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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1928 PAGE TWk. The Diaty of Christmas Pudding a ie Ap DECEMBER I made and am con- J ioe this entry in my 'with somewhat mixed feel : a funny sensation not 4 part of me B to be 'and which m Ye ¥ a elie that I record | that my manufacture un- caused a considerable stir e. Everybody, from the mi "fo the baby, had- a finger : . so to speak and came into one after another, to help mix me, Between them all they did give me a turn, Anyway, I heard the took that even Mrs, Beetson her- : 1 believe, is the Goddess of ) couldn't have mixed me more t hly, a remark Which in t oys fac y isd ut = in the Tytiar of Christ- mas pudding Mrs, Beetson couldn't shelf in the larder. T hear IT am to be partially cooked to-morrow, 2TH DECEMBE R Rose carly, hout. being called, That's one of the advant eof be- ing made with self-rais ng flour, Passed a rather restless night, how- ever, as a bit of candied peel, which hadn't been properly chopped up, oc- casioned me some discomfort. One of my raisins, too, gave me a little trouble, complainirig that he hadn't been stoned--an omission calculated to give anyone the pip. ook has just put on the stove a large saucepan, in which, I hear, I am to be boiled for four hours." 1 wonder what it will feel like? A hard-boiled egg on the shelf next to mine says it's not half bad, especially when the water bubbles and makes ov do the Charlesto. I'm to be jed up in a cloth first, it seems, Are they afraid 'of my getting water on be, beaten, 1 1 think I really must be a good | the brain? ; pudding because, just before the final | LA . stir, the mistress gave me a bright| Here I am, all tied up, and onl, new sixpence, No wonder people say | waiting for the saucepan to boil. that Christmas puddings are. rich, if | had no idea I was so big. I'm larger they all get sixpences given them. |than a soccer football. Besides, The master of the house, when he | weighing ever so much more, though saw the coin dropped into.me, said: | I'm afraid that's nothing to write "That's what I call putting money | home about, for I heard cook say to on currant account!" the parlormaid that she hoped I LA . wouldn't be heavy or there'd be-a 1 have been put into a basin to|row, I fancy cook thought I was sleep overnight and deposited on al funking being boiled, for just before THE EMPIRE LIFE INSURANCE CO. 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If it hadn't been for my cloth I should have perspired all the suet out of me in five minutes, I've been put back again into the larder to cool down, but cook hasn't: un- dressed me yet, as I hear I've got to. be boiled four hours more to- morrow, just before I'm wanted for the table, I hope 1 shan't burst my cloth, I've already swelled appreci- ably, and that ill-mannered hard- boiled egg has been laughing at me --says I've run to waist. Wait till I start chipping him! He'll laugh the other side of his yolk. my sixpence, I can't feel it any- where, Can it have melted? I hope not, though some folks would prob- ably consider it an advantage to have their only worldy asset a fquid one. And so to bed. 25TH DECEMBER 'ev Merry Christmas, everybody! Mer- ry Christmas, turkey, and sausages! Merry Christmas, mince pies! Merry Christmas, egg! Dinner is to be at 2, they say, and I'm to go back into the saucepan in a few. minutes to ensure my being properly cooked in the middle. I ought to be an authority on central heating after they've finished me, I'm to be served with sauce, I un- derstand, and the mistress has just given cook a little sprig of hol which is to be stuck in my North Pole when I'm sent up to the table. What's more, I'm to be surrounded on the dish by a little moat of blaz- ing brandy! If I could only grow a few fish scales on my chest I should look like Brynhildr in "The - Val- kyrie.," I see cook's just put the hig- gest saucepan on, so I imagine I'm Sxpected to swell some more. Well, I'll do my best. After all, one's only 1 Christmas pudding once in a life- ATER. see I'm positively trembling with ex- sitement, and have already shaken out three currants and a bit of suet, Cook has just tasted me, and says I'm the sweetest thing in Christmas puddings she's ever turned out. she took mie out of my cloth she re- funny thing happened, though, When marked how beautifully light I was; yet I had somehow turned dark brown all over, I don't understand it. I was a dingy, spotty white when I was made two days ago. I thought it was only lobsters that changed color when boiled. I wonder if one of my ancestors ever married a lob- ster, That might account for it, Ah! Here comes the parlormaid, My presence, she announces, is eag- erly awaited upstairs... Hurrah! The great moment of my life has come. I hope I shan't disgrace myself by giving somebody indigestion (or, since I am. writing this in my private diary, perhaps I may say not indigestion, but dys-Pepys-ia, Fancy a pudding going in for punning!) Back again in the larder once more, what there is of me, feeling in spite of the cordial reception they gave me, more than 2 little cut up I can't think what's happened to i A Little Boy's Complaint "I've nuts and candies I'd like to eat of all To all us little guys, "There's one thing 'bout each Christmas time" - Said little Bobbie Jones, "That peeves me when I think of it, And gives me cause for groans; It's not that I don't get nice things-- I get my share and more-- : It's that there's so much more to eat Than I've got stomach for, by the peck, That good old Santa brings, With oranges and dates and figs, And lots of other things; While I've got just one stomach and It's awful small, I guess, 'Cause it gets full before I'm through- There's no place for the rest! "About this time the dinner gong Calls us to eat the "turk," While in the kitchen ready, too, Mince pies and pudding lurk. But woe is me--it gets my goat When such bright prospects loom- that's there, But haven't got the room, "I think that Santa ought to bring A stomach made of 'lastic so "Twould stretch to quite a size; Then we'd enjoy our Christmas time Like we was meant to do, By cating lots, and never have To stop before we're through!" ~ and certainly not half the chap T was --a not altogether surprising state of affairs when I recall that the master of the house had his knife into me practically all the time. All the same, it was a, wonderful occasion. The family all cheered me when I was brought in, and I waved my little sprig of holly back at them. If I'd only had legs, I'd have stood up and bowed. As it was, I had to con- tent myself with merely looking round, The master of the house promptly proceeded to cut a number of thick slices from me, which took a good deal out of me, albeit I man- aged to come through the ordeal without going all to pieces. Everybody had two helpings of me, while some of the boys had three, which I thought was very nice and complimentary of them until I learnt that it was my sixpence they were really after. They were saying that it's very lucky to get the sixpence out of a Christmas pudding, as it: has the power to grant a,wish, But they didn't find it. I know now where it it. I'm sitting on it. It's just be- neath that bit of unchopped peel I mentioned before, And now I'm going to use that wish myself. Why shouldn't 1? I found it first, and so I'm jolly well going 10 stick to it and wish myself Many Happy Returns of the Day. I like being a Christinas pudding and hav- ing a fuss made over me; and though folks don't actually take me to their hearts, well, they take me to a fairly adjacent spot, and I can't think of a more suitable sarcophagus than an oesophagus for one whose life, though brief, has nevertheless been full of plums, WOMEN APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL When the Supreme Court of Canada decided that so far as the British North America Act was concerned women were not "per- sons," Premier King very prompt- ly announced that the Government would introduce an amendment to the Britsh North America Act de- claring them to be persons and eli- gible for appointment to the Sen- ate. But, after considering the matter the ladies who Were most active in the matter have decided to appeal to the Privy Council 'and see what that august body has to say about the subject. Some have wondered at this referénce when the womren were assured that Par: liament would deal with the mat- ter, but, after all, it is not quite certain that such an amendment would get through the Senate. There seems to be no shadow of doubt that Parliament would agree to it, but the Senate! That is quite another matter. The Senate has its own ideas, and has but very scant regard for the wish of the [just at present, and they are going and the [to see what the Empire's highest |Government to pass any further majority of the people; LUGGAGE for | CHRISTMAS | Rennes nen eng Wardrobe Trunks Club Bags Steamer Trunk- Auto Trunks Umbrellas Collar Cases Suit Cases Boston Bags Writing Cases Handbags Bridg. wets Hat Boxes Belts Pipes Toy Trunks Music Cases Beverage Cases Brief Cases Coat. Cases Bill Folds Manicure Sets Wardrobe Suii Cases Memorandum Books Key Tainers Military Brushes and Dressing Sets. 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