Evening star., 1947-12-19
POTATO DISH;
PUNCH FOR SO.

For the lady asking Tor recipe Iof
80 cups of punch. Two cups hot
strong tea, brand Of choice; u cup
lime juice, 2 cups light corn sirup
2 cups unsweetened grape juice,
purple or white as you like; l small
bunch fresh tender mint, 4 quarts
sparkling water, small oranges or
tangerines sliced very thin, 3 small
lemons sliced very thin. Combine
hot tea, lime juice, corn slrup, sew
eral sprigs OF mint; let cool. Strain
and chill. Add chilled grape Juice.
Pour over ice In punch bowl. Just
before serving time add sparkling
water. Cut slices of orange and
lemon In halves. Stick tiny sprays
In them and use as garnish for the
punch. Should chill several hours
Cd to ripen full flavor.
X Il X
HELPFUL HINTS.
from Mrs. E. B. E., Bryanto1Un.)
Though I have failed to send in
q helpful item each week as I re-
solved to do back in October, hope
to make up for all lost time by an
swering some RICH queries in this
letter.
For the lady who wanted words,
music and directions for children's
singing games, I suggest the pur-
chase of a 25-cent book entitled
singing Games "a Little Golden
Book, by Katherine Tyler Vessels,
illustrated by Corinne Malvern. pub
lished by Simon & Schuster. New
York.
To the lady who wanted to know
a. good way to give her child the
SANTA Claus legend without caus-
ing him any establishments. A
very sweet book I read to my fourth
and fifth grade pupils (Which made
even me feel better about the Santa
Claus myth called THE Life and
Adventures of Santa Claus" by
Julie Lane, published by the Santa
Claus Publishing Co. in Boston,
copyright 1882. When I secured a
copy for my little girl five years ago,
the publishing company referred me
to Mrs. c. c. Houghton, S219 Mer-
Ger drive, Oakdale Farms, Norfolk,
Va. I wrote to Mrs. Houghton and
received my book promptly but I
assumed the book was no longer
being published. Whether Mrs.
Houghton still has copies I do not
known. The cost of the book was
one dollar and it is worth 10 times
that much to, a mother or teacher
when children reach that doubling"
age!
To Mrs. r. A., Washington, who
said she didn't hustle about house.
work unless some one was around.
Don't you think you hustle then be-
cause you are inspired and enjoy
doing for others, whereas you would
not bother to do things extra nice
for yourself? I think we all enjoy
making our homes. meals and our
selves attractive for the sake OF
other people who can share the
beauty with us and will bustle
around doing so much when we
know we will not be alone. love
to cook, especially big family din
ners, but would scarcely bother to
Ak a sandwich for myself if I lived
alone. We all need a stimulus. l
don't think Mrs. R. A. is lazy" at
all. she lust gets more zest out OF
her work when doing for others!
Regarding Christmas: I think so
manv attractive but simple deco
rations can be made at little cost II
a little ingenuity is used The things
that make our Christmas table at
tractive each year are the hot-dish
mats I made for just that occasion.
Cardboard cut the size of the usual
mats "a large one for the turkey
platter, four or five smaller ones for
vegetable Dishes covered with a
double thickness of red tissue paper
and a white crepe paper ruffle pasted
around the outer edge of each mat.
They are gay, save the tablecloth
and protect your nice table from
the heat of the dishes.
Each year I try to introduce some
new note in our home decoration.
Last year I had made a huge Christ
mas sock for woman's club lunch
con and I used this at home to hold
our gifts so that the space under
the Christmas tree could be de-
voted to a village. The SOCK was
made with a large rectangular box,
to which I fastened with straight
pins) a pillow slip stuffed with ex-
celsior to form the toe. I bound 1t
all in a white crib sheet, then coy-
cred with red crepe paper. The
heel, toe and top of the sock were
made of green crepe paper. I tied
the top" in a huge bow. The box
stood about az to feet tall, so
held many packages. Later I re-
moved the red and green crepe pa
per and used lovely shades OF pink
and blue to form "bootee' for
gifts at a baby shower.
This year holly is scarce in this
vicinity, so I have decided to place
a small cedar tree on the reception
hall table where I usually have a
huge green bowl filled with beau
tiful holly branches. This little tree
will be trimmed by my little girls.
ages S and 8, with construction
paper ornaments we plan to make
one night soon. I have some pat
terms left over from my teaching
DAYS. I will trace these on the gay
red and green paper and the chill
dren (who love to cut ouD will cut
out the ornaments and put strings
through them so they can be hung
on the tree. Any difficult pasting
I will do, but the main part OF the
work will be theirs and they will
feel they have had great part in
our Christmas when they trim their
little tree. We shall put this tree
and cur large one up on the Sum-
day before Christmas so we can
enjoy them that much longer.
Another thing that adds to our
Christmas Is our tradition. On
Christmas eve, after the little ones
Are tucked in bed, the grownups
rather round to enjoy good eggnog
and fruit cake and listen to few
carols on the radio. Then we &c
into the parlor to open our gifts,
which we enjoy without the hubbuh
Of children. Then, the next morn
ing is devoted to the children. The
rrownups sit back and watch the