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Durban! :3. 6x5 Pandor‘. m the worthy host I able to aflord 3 Ps‘ the hoiel with- 29‘ woe befide him 'n to that hostelry East chance at the will get .the most. In» house and in n 2'9 10 feel that he is a! men.” “(BRA WA" “$635, but he tends "i1 day when he (gal-s board and to the innkeeper, 1‘. against possime Shingles: Mora coed flaws {tam Rossland Connecting ail Dept. 18123.0, foronto. 1â€"05HAWA, 0.; Drinker"? Glaaning I conifuues. THE ‘n' ‘ F0! ND.” hove pr . 'for th few 5 shown Hal White Bear adâ€" 'xtre Star, War It all grocers 10 cents Payments-ates. I: will stand r price is an BUY NOW. 8 do. nc-n- l‘me in: gh~itiug home :0 dress. flow 6k! you come?" “021 men). two legs." "You shall have {our to fake you :0 Brian'- wood. Wm: shall drive you [mine in' I mnrm !0 take We easily; you {WV 136} szmo n; that, Vixen; aim] I latch to have 23»: best Skid of hunters in Hamp~ shire. And new I think I must be off.” "N -. wu musm’h" cried VioEct. “The (Inn-'1' is not til! eight. I! you leave here at six. you will have no end of: hue m;- gsiligg home to dress. Howl hm. ("runs "it “ .m «are in; x-c . you'd be anxious .~:e ’e for them. ” sugges ‘cd Vixen. “i “0:;an ccrga' .. '3' tr)" :3 protect them from :: xii» -1i..1?na.c szauchter. And in tact 52m one cons; 'ders the leoseness :1 9x14 mu' game-1mm. I think exery cmmt. . gentleman ought to be in Par- FMNEX”. "6 ymvn. I “fly mom “but. 13;:- :1sz ii 1 Gon'r‘. f:~)!nz.u'.::.'-en!u “If Hwy “a It k-z'i-‘Ia'e f “i “0qu p from ' :Iirefl‘i [3:33. ‘ {0f- shr-rt. ” “.I kc lh: skews of rm tires-coals a ymr m hm :zgu.’ “But now you are of age, and can’t grew any "sure. What are you going .0 he, “uric? What are you going to m “in; you? liberty? Are you going in'o !‘:le§amcn!‘."’ Mr. “mm-9v indulfled ’n yawn. , a x a suppressed “\Mil tnat be :1. nrnx'ellv‘!” demanded Rmerivk “in: intention. “I dont know. I hated! had my ov a may in nmihing Intent” "Hem; is “ml?" "0! course you know what is going to happvn at Brim-Wood. There is to be a grand dinner party.” “And you are coaxing? How jolly!" "Oh, no. Rorie. i am not out yet, you imw. l sha'n't be {or two years. Papa means to give me a season in town. He calls it having me broken to harness. He'll take a furnished house. and we shall have the horses up, and i shall ride in the Row. Ymi’ii he with us part of tho“ time. won‘t you, Rorie‘?" “Ca 58 pout. if papa will invite me."‘ “Oh. he wiii. if i wish it. it's to be} my first sons-m, yuu know. and I'm tot have everything my own way.” i “And lhere is kc ("t-"9 of." _ Ty“ ...... a nu “ :vlul ' lady “rising sixteen" to let herself he kissed so tnnioiy. Besides, Rorie never used to do it. The thing was a new development, a curious outcome of this SwL~s tour. Perhaps people did it in Switzerland, and Roric had noquired the habit. “How dn'e you (to such a thing?” ex- claimed Vixen. shaking herself clear from the traveler’s encircling arm. “I didn‘t think you minded," said Rorie, innocently; “and when a fellow comes home from a long journey he ex- “ pccts a warm welcome.” “And 1 gm glad to see you,” cried; Vixen. giving him both her hands with! a glorious frankness: “but. you don‘t! know how I have been hating you tate- [ t 13'.” 5 ‘ “Yes. my infancy ccased and de! ~1- mum-d at the Inst stroke of midnight ytslevday. l \vundor whether my anxi- cu_s mother will recognize that fact?" “Mnny happy relume of the dm. Roric.” she said. softly. “To think that you-1“ are of age to-day! Your mm 111st- This. though vague. was, consoling. The brown became Roderick. Dark '1! visage always, he was now tanned to a bronze as one born under Southern skies. Those deep gray eyes of his looked black under their black lashes. His him-k hair was cut close to the well- shapml head. An incipient mustache darkened his upper lip. and gave fresh manhunt to the strong. firm mouth. A unmlv facefiltngcther. Roderick’s, and hantlsomelwithal. \‘ixen‘s short life had shown hm- none handsomer. He was tall and strongly built. with a frame that had been develrmed ty many an athlelic exercise. from throw- ing the hammrr to pugilism. Vixen thought him the image of Richard (1mm- tlo Lion. She had been reading ”The Talisman" lately, and the Pinn- tagenet was her ideal of manly excel- "X's-u Mme been nwav.." Al this 2: me 9311er Roderick almost ‘iS'CI d. -, . _ “How ydufye grown, Vixen!” he re- :n";cd. presently. “Hm-o i may? Yrs, I suppose I do *w ny. Vxxc-n?’ “For being always away. I thought you had forgotten us an, that you did not care a jot for any of us.” “I had not forgotten any of you. and I did cal-bvcry muchâ€"for some of me gray eyc< were looking into the brown ones admiringly. and the conver- sation was-gelling a trifle desuHory. Swirl as .1 flash Violet recollected her- self. n. dawned upon her that it was nut quite the right thing for a young lad" u..:.-:.‘_. ‘zflhmu . . . - , ........ \ luau us u“. And. aImOst. miim‘ilc-d. the tawny head dropped on his shoulder again, and iire “met childish lips {mowed themselves to he kissed. “Rod-e, how Lrown you have grown!” “Have I "’ The gray 93:04 were looking into the brown ones admiringly. and the conver- sation n‘nSaucuing :1 trinp. dncnlfnrv “My honored mother still awaits my duteous greellngs.” “And this is your twenty-first. birth- day, and you came here first of all." A...‘ M t u mammmnmm+nmmm+m (JUAPI‘ER Ill.â€"~{Cunlinucd.) “JIM half an hom'â€"-nr at, least. it. isy papa‘s dog-cart with the new mare. You don't. know her, do you? Papa. only . rir' -..s'".Sh'S‘"hn exactly half an hour sum} 1 was deâ€" biu,nt her 115! prln ei bUL ‘Yuu are only Just- home from Swil- zerlnnil?” “Within this hour." “And you have not Briarwood‘.” “My honored mother slill awaits my dutconls greetings." “And this is your twenty-first. birth- day. and you came here first. of all." And, almost linimitml. the tawny head dropped on his shoulder again, and iire ' swat childish lips allowed themselves to l»: klssml. even been to Posited at the Lyndhursl Road station.” bywly’ and goesâ€"goes~-oh, like a sky- l'i‘Ckct. She bolts occasionally; don‘t mind that, do you?" “Not. in the least. It would be rather rumantic to he smashed on-one’s twenty- fli-st birthday. Will you tell them to order West to get. ready at once?” “Oh. but you are to stop to tea with Miss M'kae anal meâ€"â€"that's part of our l-m'gain. No kettlcdrum, no Star- light Bess! And you’d scarcely care about walking to Bi-iarwood under such rain as this!” “So be it, then: kcttléitmm and mm. but you mgfiafififififi+a+a+a+atÂ¥n+m+m+fi+a+m » '\V'h \' ma? mr would like it" he said F x. ‘z ‘. .urd. I don't care about 02: 'r .M: 9 enough interest in my Mr‘me-ks are (always getting VOL. IS. NU. $0 Ram and Wm; s the forest {or you to ied Vioiet. “The “1 hope‘ yo-{x had an agreeable tour, If you Xeave Mp, vadreyr' said Miss M’Croke. lave no end M: “on, uncommonly jolly.” tc dress. i’low' “And you like Switzerland?" ’ “Yes, it's niec- and hilly," , And ihen Roderick favbred them with “N0 You :0 Briar- i n skc-‘ch uf rs travels while they sipped A ha.. L..:_. I OR, A HAPPY MARRIAGE. @@@@@@@ “Papa has gone to Ringwood to look a! a hme but you’li see him a» the grand dinnmz He'll be coming home h dress presgnflyt” . “It was rather out» of my way. cf couxse. But I wanted to see whether \_ ixen had grown. And I wanted to 329 the SQtiiref" V‘I ‘ 3“" “It sound: rather undutiful. dorsnt I? l was awfully tired after travelling (.11 night. and I made this a kind of half- way house." "No sixes of a triangie are amms longer than any one side." remarked Vixen, gravely. "At least. that's what Miss M‘Croke has taught me." “I hav'en L found Blim'wood at all yet ” answer 'd Rorie. “and Vixen seems de- termined I sha’ n’t find it. ” “What, have you only just returned?" “Only 7just. ” “And you ha e not seen Lady Jane yel?” exclalmed Miss MCroke, with :1 hr nifled look. “\Vell.-il will be rather nice to have as much money as I want without ask- in: my mother for it. She was my only guardian. you know. My father had such confidence in her reclilnde and capacity that he left everything in her hands." ‘ “Do you find Briarwood much im- pmV od?’ inquired Miss M’ kae. I ady Jane had been doing a good deal in he! orchid- houses lately. ‘ “Am you very glad to name 01' ago. Roz-fie?" asked Vixen, turning her hriglx! brrmvn eye-s upon him, full of curiosity. ,ir “You‘re afraid uf spoiling your appe- tite fur the grand dinner,” said \‘ixen. “N0. t‘m nut. i hate grand dinners. tant-;.--mnking :1 line art of eating, and studying line‘s mnnn beforehand to see what combination of dishes will harmon- iye l.e~t- with one's internal economy! :And then the mines of the things are alwnw better than the things them- selves. it‘s like a ,-h0\v at a fair. all the best outside. Gin: me a siice of English the! or mutton. and a bird that my gun ha: shot. and let all the fine art dinners g: hung." “t".u: him a slice of beef, dem- Miss M’Croko.“ said Vixen. ; “Nut nmv. thanks; I can’t eat now. I'm going to drink orange pokno.‘-’ t Argus had taken up hia position be- tween Violet and her visitor. He sat bolt-upright. like a sentinel, keeping guard over his mistress. I Her governese obeyed. The gypav table was wheeled 11p to the broad hearth. and presently the old silver len- poi and kettle and the yellow cups and saucers were shining in the cheery tire- light. The old butler put a sirloin and a Home pie on the sideboard, and then left the little part\ to §hitt for them- selxes in pleasant picnic fashion. \i.\- (1. sat down liefuie‘w- hissing lea-keltle “ith :1 prelLv imp 1111:1111 air. like a Child 111% Eng {.111 out 0! lm ten- things. Rom: buriwht :1 10.1 Square stool to a corner close to l1e1.m1dsent1d himself mm 1155 chin :1 little above the tea-table. “I lhink we had bu [101 have ten here Valet, ’ intmjeclcd Mis's \1 L101“, rm"- ing the hen. not, in Miss M'kae's' epini'on. an apmlmont to be violated by the pres- ence at a you up, man. “And as Rm-ic hasn't had any lunch- eon. and has come over so far out of ms way to see me, please order same- lhing srbstanlinl for him," said Vixen. Her pupil's sanctum sancmrumâ€"Jhat preHy upsinirs room. half sebum-room, half bolldnil'. and wholly unfhlyâ€"avas “Rm-is is going to slay to ten ” said Vixen. “\\clI hmc it here by the fire, please, (kacy (1011120119 can! hme too much of a good fire this wenthvr. 0' shall we go to my den? Which would you like best. Roxie?" $1 per annum. vadrey. bengx-uiuluted him ceremoni- ously upon his majority. and infused an element of stiffness mm the small nxqcmbly. most ungenttemanly thing, Vixen: to oblige you.” “Always be ungenttemanty. then, for my sakeâ€"if it’s nngcntlexnaniy to come and see me," said \‘ixen, coaxingty. They were standing side by side in the big window, looking out at the straight, thin rain. The two pairs of tips were not very far away fruit] each other. and Eric might have Leon tempted to com- mit a third offense against the proprie- ties if Miss M'Croke had not fortunately entered at this very moment. She wasJ \vmiderfulty surprised at seeing Mn, tea, and while .Vixen m'udeulnei “Sn be it, then; kettléilmm and Star- lxght Bess, at. any hazard of maternal wrath. 'Bulhreully now I'm doing a ‘Evcrylhinr' is thrown ‘ “waits." a at mm who “I don’t want any dolls, nor yet I don't want any toys; Ihe gveets' and ggophes ,you can give To other gxrls and boys; I don't. want a lovely workbox, Nor books. nor yet a train; But will you, please, kind Santa, se‘gfi My mamnm back again?" ‘ ' By [he time some of us have decided what would be appropriate Chrismas gigs lhg ,stores will be closed. “Dear Mr. Santa Claus," she wrotg, “I'm but. a tiny lot, But you love little children, so I’ll write and tell you what I would like to have for Christmas- For I know that you won’t mind, ’ 01‘ think me very rude indeed, For daddy says you’re kind. Here come the cart. with two flaming lamps‘. like angry eyes flashing through the shrubheries. It pulled up at the stepc. Rnrie and Vixen chisped hands and bade good-night, and then the young man swung himself lightly into the seat beside the driver, and away went- Starlight Bess. making just that sort of dashing and spirited start which in- spires the beholder with the idea that the next proceeding will be the bring- ing home of the driver and his compan- ion upon a brace of shutters. (I'o be Continued.) “I admire i1 iansch. and I'm deeply gruleful. But I feel inexprossibly sold, all thv smno. And I am to go about the \x-nrm \vilh Argus danglingf at my breast. Well. for your sake, I’ll submit even to lhnl degradation.” evex- so long. I hope J dqlgstrlhe locket l‘mrie." “\\"hy. it‘s a dog." cried Rorie, with deep-toned disgust. “It‘s 01d Argus." “Who did you think it was?” “You, of coume." “What an idea! As if I shoutd give any one my portrait. I know you worn fond of Argus. Dnr‘sn'l his head come hut, boaulifutly? The photographer said he was the best sitter he had had for There was just light enough from the newly kindled vestibule lamp to Show 1’. [0 him. “Some one I More." said Rorie. II.\ had extraclml the packet from W [rm b\ this time. It “as a thick oblon" luckot of (lead gold plain and nmssixo: Hm handsmnc~t nI ils kind [hat a South- amp' on j(‘\\tfleI' could supply. Rm-ie bpcnbd it cagerlfiléhok at [he pul'h'fl”. of.” “I shall love it whatever it is." “It’s a portrait." , “You darling. The very thing I should hme aslu‘d for." She put a liltle squnio pmket into his hand which he pxocecded instantly to 0} en 5 “ll. would la? a lurk,” nequiesced Rorie, l“l:-ut it wouldn‘t do. Now for Starlight Bess." They went into the vestibule. amt; Roxie opened the door, letting in a gust of wind and rain, and the scent of au- tumn‘s lost ill-used flowers. “Oh. I so nearly forgot!" said 'Violet, as they stood on the threshold side by side, waiting for the dog-cart to ap- pear. “l've got a little present for you â€"-quite at humble one for a grand young land-owner like you; but I never could savo such of my pocket-money; there are so many poor childr‘n always hav- ing scarlet fever, or tumbling into the fire, or drinking out. of boiling tea-l kettles. But here it is, ltorie. 1 hope you won’t hatt- it very much.” “()h, “hat fun if you “on: absent at _w m (‘zoming-oI-wc dinner?’ cried \1xcn mm 1101' brown 03; as dancing mischcvi- mzsm. “ThoV “ould hme to put an mnph ohaix [01‘ V01) “like Bnnquos.” Au. HI'I'iL‘V r61}: 0d IlquchMth aa gréat ef- fort. It was Miss M‘kao's sloopiost hour. Orange pckue. which has an awakening influence upon most people, acted as an npiale upon her. She sat blinking Owlishly at tho two young figures. v -- _V-.- n. Uuull Ivyu‘ ther?" "Do you think it's still raining?" ask- rd Vixen. innocently. “It may have cleared up. Well. we’d betlor order the cart." she added, meehly, as she rang the boil. “I‘m not or age yet, you see, Rorie. Plese, Peters, tell West, to get papa's dog curt ready for Mr. \‘awdrey, and to drive Starlight. Bess." Rurie looked at the bright face ad- miringly. The shadows had deepened; there was no light in the great oak- paneled room except the ruddy lire glow, and in this light Violet Tempest looked her loveliest. The figures in the tap- estry seemed to move in the flickering lightâ€"appeared and vanished, vanished and appeared, like the phantoms ot a dream. The carved bosses of the coil- ing were reflected grotesquely on the oaken wall above the tapestry. The slags‘ heads had a goblin look. lt was like a scene of enchantment, and \‘iolet, in her black [rock and amber sash, looked like the enchantrossâ€"-.\le- lusine or somebody of equally dubious antecmlenls. The portrait of some one you’re fond “Let's go out. to the stables and see about her." suggested Vixen. “And (hon I can show you my pony. You remember Titmouse, the one that would jump?” “Violot!” ejaculated the aggrieved gov- emu-s. “Do you suppose I would por- mi! you to go out of doors in such wea- , on. AND A GOOD THING TOO! t It. was all very niceâ€"the Toto Noirc. land Mont Blanc. and the Matterhorn. Jltm'ie jumhlcd them all together. with- [out the least regard to geography. He {had done a mud rival of climbing, had worn out. and lost dozens of alponstncks, iand had brought home a case of Swiss carmd work for his friends. “'l‘hcrc's a clock [or your don, Vixen â€"I shall bring it tn-mori'owâ€"â€"~\\'it.h a little cock-robin that comes out of its nest and singsâ€"no end of jolly.” “llow lovely!“ cried Violet. The tall eight day clock in a corner of the hall chimed the half hour. “Hal! past five, and Starlight Bess not nrdorcd!" exclaimed Roderick. dogs balance pieces of cake on their big. blunt. noses. THE CHILD'S LETTER. hope you don't huff-e Durham and Victoria Standard MlLLBROOK 0NT.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20.1906. ' Nut and Chocolate Rings.â€"Two "cups brown sugar, % CUP molasses and me same quantity each of drippings un'd buttermilk, 3, eggs, 1 teaspoon each cin- ..~ .‘ VT‘U "“' "" "j"".zp- " A.:' - .°_.. Orange Cookiwâ€"‘Onc cup sugar, 3/; cup butler, teaspoon baking powder, 4 eggs well beaten, grated rind of 2 omxges, 2 scant cups pastry flow, mea‘sured before sifting. Drop on oiled paper from a teaspoon; bake quickly. Nut Drop Cakes.â€"Crcam together ‘2 tablespoons butter and 35 cup sugar. Add 1 well-beaten egg. 2 tablespoons milk; pinch salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1 cup flour. Stir in 1 cup chopped nuts, drop on well-buttered pans from a small spoon and bake quickly. ‘ Spice Cookies.~0ne cup “bulter, 11/2 cups brown sugar. 2 eggs, 1 cup cur- rzmts. 1 large tablespoon-molasses. 1 teaspoon soda. cloves. cinnamon and nutmeg to taste; 1 teaspoon vanilla, and sufl'icicnt flour to roll. Cocmmut D01ights.â€"Bmt togotlm' (ms each of butter and sugar. add eggs uml heat again. add 2 07.5 flour. drops orange nxlmnl and "k 025 grated cocoanut. Boat wet] and have ready buttered tins and on these turn the mix- ture in strips about 5 inches long. Bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven. \V'hen cool dust with pulvo’rizod sugar. C‘LJA Fruit and Nut Cookies. â€"- Tno-lhirds cup swovl milk. ‘2 cups gmnnlalod snga . 1 cup bullor, 1 egg , 3 cups flour, 1 cup chopped raisins and figs. 1 cup chopped almonds. 2 lonSpnons baking powder. pinch of salt, a lillle ground cinnamon and nnlnwg; Drop on {lourvd tins and bake quickly. Fig Cake.â€"'Cremx1 together 1y cups sugar and )6 cup butler. Add 1 cup milk and “hen mixed the w-zellbellen yolks of'J 0 eggs. then enough flour lo form a good halter. Lnslly rule] in the beaten “bites of the eugs. l‘lmm “11h orange. Stew ] cup finely chopped figs mid !enspoon lemon juice and :2 table- spoons while icing spu‘nd letween the cake. using plain white icing for the Outside. Little Goms.-â€"To 3 cups flour add 3,; lcnspoon salt. 2 teaspoons sugar. '2 of baking powder. 2‘ eggs, 1 pt cream. Flavor with extract of cinnamon or 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon. Mix into :1 firm butler and bake in hullorcd muf- fin rings. Cinnamon Jumblos: Cream togelhvr : cup son. butter and 2 cups brown sn- gm‘. Add 4 \VCH-beatr‘n eggs. When well mixed stir in enough flour to stif- fen. having soft as possible [0 roll. (tut inlo desired shape, sprinkle ovgr with granulated sugar and cinnamon, and bake in a quick oven. isomenno to pour a tiny Sll‘Olllll of syrup boiling hot on the cam and toss it lightly till it, is coated. lt is hv's‘t not to attempt more than two or three balls at a time as it quiz-lily hm'dmis. Dip the hands tightly into the cold water. ‘shzik- ing of! the extra drops, and form the halls as soon as possible. A very little practice will enable you to lump from burningr your hands and wasting the syrup. With l-lnnoy.â€"â€"nne pt. while sugar and Pnough hot water to melt it. Add 4 large tablespoons of strained honey and boil till it becomes briltle in cold water. Pull when cool enough. , . ..-_ "J...“- u: quuUlJu ' For Popcorn Balls.â€"~Boil together till it threads 1 cup- granulated sugar with enough ho! \vnlvr to melt it and X loa- spoon cream of lurhu'. When it threads have ready ~vour largo pun of popcorn and a pan of very cold water. Get "K' ...... ulltlyfl. Nut. Dainties.â€"Bolt togcther till it threads 1 cup sugar with just» mough hot. water to dissolve it. When it is a thick syrup :1st very slowly % pt hot milk and a small lump of butter. Stir all the time until it gets sugary attm' the milk is added, and then take from the fire und beat till quite thick. Add 1 pl uut lm'ncls, ClUIOI‘ walnut or hickory. Ifnu I) AAAAA . sugar and 1 cup not water. “hen done bent lill thick and sllfl. While still sun and 110!» flavor Will) a few drops of cs- scnce of peppermint and bent again till all”. Drop in small hcups on buttered Paper 01‘ pour into n bullcrcd pun aboul lmlf an inch deep. 1f the pan is used, cut in inch squares when hard enough lo‘lie‘ep their shape. 'l‘ully.â€"Plain tally is easy lo begin on and all children delight to pull it. Take ltwo cups molasses and one of sugar with enough hot water (about half :1 CUP) to melt the sugar. Add a lump of butter the size of a walnut and a table- spoon ol vinegar. (junk without shr- l'lng till it threads, and pour on buttered pans to cool. When cool enough to handle pull Ull while and shining. Peppermint Drops. â€"- (look wllhout‘ slim-lug till it, threads 2 cups granulnled Half the fun of Christmas lies in mak- ing Candy for the wee folks. Never get ‘Ihe idea lhat it is cheaper to buy candy, for it is n )L The pure candies are ex- pf’nsivc. but the cheap ones more so. Injurious dyes. cheap sugar and adul- leruled materials go f'r make up the highly-colored cheap candies many people V buy under the impression that they are saving nmncy. Dollar deny your children candy always than to buy impure trash. 1 CAKES AND COOKIES. J pour a tiny slronm of syrup )L on the Corn and loss it it is coated. H is bv's‘i no! to )re lhzm two or three balls at it quiz-lily hnrdms. Dip the “"The Tompgg,’ .I think," answered another. _ ed “Don’t? siarm said an old sea- captain 13mm. “'lhat’s no tempest; it is only a squall, and will soon be over." ,w A young gentleman with an unmusi. cal \oice insisted upon singing at a Clnislmus gathering. “What does he call that?" inquired a disggslcd finest. i... “It would not have been any good without it. It was a cheque." Mrs. \\'ylcsâ€"--“Did vmn husband gixe yuu umthing {m u (I'hlistnms plcscnl?’ Mrs. S:y]esâ€"â€"“Indced he did.” “Did it have your name on it?” “Yes. and my husband’s namr‘. too." “That’s just like selfish men. He must share the gift with you." “But he did not." ‘ . / “What was his name doing on it, then?" (tomslarch ane.â€"To 1 cup bulim- add :2 cups sugar, 1 cup milk. 1 cup cm'nslarch, 2 cups flour. ll}; leaspoons baking powder, whims of 5 ogg<. -,‘._< leaspoon ulnwnd oxli'ncl. Follow recipe for mixing Walnut Mocha cake. This makes ‘2 nine lmvos. Balm 3.4 corn- starch cake mixture in a dripping pan. (Jul crosswise. Spread between lnyors with one-half the boiled icing,r recipe to which have been added 8 soft prunes stoned and cut in pieces and )4 cup almonds blanched and cut in pieces, first reserving enough plain boiled icing for top of the cake. Decorate the top with blanched meals. i’eunehe Cake with Nul Filiing.â€"-’]'iiis is a prize recipe. Take ‘1 cup sugar. % rap butler. % cup miik. whiles 0i 3 eggs, 2 cups siilcd iiour. siiled again will] 1).; leaspoons baking powder. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and bake in '3 layers. For ”10 mil iilling lake 2 cups ill'lHVn sugar, y.J cup milk. 1 iablespuuu hullcr, Boil iogeiher unlii ii thickens. ihen add '1 cup chopped hickory ur English walnut meals. Remove from stove and siir unlil creamy. then spread helwcen layers of cake and on lop, de- corating \viih halves of nut meals. Walnut Mocha.»â€"'l‘his is inexpensive but. toothsome. To % cup butter. add i (‘llp sugar, 34 cup strong liquid coffee, 1% Cups flour. 2V, teaspoons baking powder. whites of 3 eggs. stillly beaten. % cup walnnl meals cut in halves. Cl‘t‘tllll lllltlt‘l'. add sugar. heat well. Add cotl‘vo. than the dry ingredients sifted together. Beat, add the nuts and lastly told in the egg-whites. Bake in a loaf and frost with confectioner’s icing. Take 2 tablvspmms sweet cream to which add confectioner‘s sugar to make of the right consistency to spread. Add % teaspoon each of lemon and vanilla oxtl'acl. i Fig Loaf (Takeâ€"Boat. % cup buller lo ‘a cream. Gradually haul in 1 cup sugar. ‘lhen, allornalrly, 1/2 cup milk and :2 cups silled lluur. siiled again will) 3 level teaspoons baking powder. Flavor wilh 'l loaspoan vanilla extract and beat in whilrs or 3 eggs. licalvn dry. Have ready bola-con y; and ‘4 1b choice figs, such as have a lendor silky skin. Cut each in *2 or 3 pieces. dropping lhom hero and llivro in the mixture as it is addvd In llie pan. Bake aImut 1.0 minulvs. When cuol. invert the leaf, and cover \riih a boiling icing made a! if cup sugar and 1/4 cup valor boiled lill it lhrcads. llmn pour in a tidal stream over llio sliilly lioalen while of‘ an ngg. stirring conslanlly. I nnmon. allspico and claws. 1 cup firwly chopped raisins. l low] ll?:l<pu0n soda, dissolved in water. mmugh flour to make :1 (Imp butler. Bukv in a shallnw pan and when cool cut into rings. Jcc with chocolate and decorate with English walnut kernels. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. SO he squat him down on a slippery log That passed through the waters slow, And he said. while his wattles were all agog. “ I t's a risky thing. but all the same, you bet ' your life I go." And he made a sail. A tall-spread sall. ‘ That carried him on and on. To the land of the lea], And the turkey's weal. w Where other good turks had gone. NOT SO SELFISH. NOW this turkey lived in a wildwood glen. He wasjat. and smooth. and sleek; 4 He had ne'er borne love for the haunts of men, 5? -.‘ ‘ But he loved the little creek; / Yes. he' loved the creek‘ And its water's play. , Ana the forest's leafy shade. Q He was king of the chase. 5), And lord of the place. :5 Where the speckled eggs were laid. fa .; HOLIDAY CAKES. -Wޤ@ ' Tunflkwy AND all of ‘ the turks that stayed behind, ' In the leafy wildWood glen, Were caught by the men who were much inclined To render thanks, and then Their heads were cut off, their bodies iilled Yes, with sage were their bodies filled. And they helped give thanks While the bells did peal, But one gobbler was safe in the land of the leal For he'd left the little creele's banks. IN the turkey tongue of his elder kin. He had heard of the day of thanks. And he hurried away as it wandered in. To the creek's secluded banks. And there on the banks Of the little creek. He thought with his thinking brain: “ I 'm a gobble: now. And one I trow, Forever I will remain l ” Mrs. Newlywed--“Wcll, Henry, howdc- yo‘u. like n_1y Cpriflmas pudding?" ' Mr. Newlywedâ€"“Deares-t, it is Exist like the pudding that my father used to say .was not like his mother used to make!” _ _. v.. u.” “Juno. “Cheer up, then," advises the other with a shade of envy in his tone. “Can't you be glad because vou will not hme to buy any Christmas presents?” v... .v vw nu 1|. ‘; “No,” replieé iiiâ€"e moody one. “i have no! a single friend, and no relative: with whom I am on speaking terms." un- “Tul- tull’ says the optimist. “Surely there is :1 NW of sunshine for vou. as mar? if. for all of us if “e 100k for it. " "Alma," sighs the moody man, “there is no gludness for me in this joyous season!" r ”0 had an enemy. hmvm‘r‘r. who was ‘jmlnus of Ihe mystical pnwm‘ which prnivnlod him. and nno day this nnomy sot out In find out from fhc goddosc Friggn Hm I‘P:1<nn of a” Unix. Sho Inld him that all 1hhms oxcnnt mm. a limo Shrub Ihzlt grow rm. Ihc melon-n sidn or Valhalla, and whifih \xns 1m ynmrg and {Come in he nntim]. hm! yumuim-d m spmvc Buldvr thn Gum]. The enemy. Loki. unnn hearing HHS. went at nnrc. and cut off the mistlcirm. and when next day the gods nssmnlflod for lhoir customary play. Lnki. the h'r‘nchmnus. plncrd tho {EITHW ho had fashioned from 1hr mislietuc in Hm hand of a Mind man. who mnld not know what. it was. dim-rod his arm for him, and RalderI the Good fell pierced through andi through. i t It has lung hold a place in literature. ‘Sthnol chihhcn learn of it first in mn- nectinn “iih Druidical \xorship and it figures pmminonlh in (I-hristmns stov riv< mom yeax. One of tho nldost of the stories ahmit mistlvine is in n Norse legend about. Baidvr the Good. Raider had L-cm very much trouhlvd hy forc- hnding of imponiling death. and his hmthei' goals ussc-mbhfl tn :n'm‘t tho (langilr hy exacting promisoe from an tht‘ clerimnts, from the (tisnasns, the beasts. thc~ poisnnq and tht1 irons. that m: one of thorn would do harm to Bah der. \itnr this H m \\ ould amuse thi-m- going in hinting: things at Baldcr. and he “as dniiflhtcil to sho“ thmn how fr “ he mm {mm dungm'. i.: stout bunches. nll gcnnned over with the pretty l')(}l‘I’it,‘S. It is cosmopolitan in its habits. growing lnxuriantly all thruugh the south. abundant in Florida. and yet equally so in England and the Srandinnviun cmmlrios. 1110 still lillle lnmclms that are Sold in the clly nun-kels give lilllrr idea of the real upmamnce of the misllclne as ll was. when it. was gulhm-eil from its parent lroc. where it had found a home, afler ils firs! tiny cml-ryn leaves shot out from the seedling dropped in some canvi'nivnl. cranmy 0f the bark. by the birds of the air. The parasite, {or mis- tletoe is a parasite, loves apple and pear trees. and once it gains a foothold will Sun the lil'c- from the [1-00. but it is nflon- (-51 found in hardy mks. whore it grows t Least beautiful perhaps of all the Christmas greens. the mistletoe still holds a place peculiarly its own among the decorations of the season. Song and story have invested its unpreten- tious dull green leaves and its pearl- like berries with :1 glmnor that is more appealing than the glory of the hur- nishvd holly leaves and its glow of scar- let fruit, and. although the wreaths of holly may brighten the windows at Christnms time and the trailing smilax‘ make graceful testoons over pictures and mirrors, the mistletoe still holds first place. ll Grows Luxurinntly in All Parts of the World. T HE STORY OF MIS'I'LETOE. HELPFUL THOUGHT. \VRETCH! RICHARDS, Publisher and P1" child; “but I was {I mas, and I didn’ that I wanted!" “Remember" said the stem pa want: “1" you are not a good boy Santa Claus may tail to bring you anything at cm: s:- mas. Save a few small to'mns of the happy Ctzrzslmas tide; Wrap thmn up in evergreen an‘ put them on one side. You can um than: later. an' tthj-y‘ll bring a thrill of (how Tc some heart. that mourns in anguish that the world is cold an' drear. Jcs‘ try thls plan one Christmas. an” you'll find more good is done By snvln‘ cheer to scatter on the course the year must run. Than lw celebratin' Christmas without thoughts of days to be, An' by hangin’ all your presents on the .Christmas tree. Save a little cheerfuiness to scatter through the year: Save :1 few kind words to say, such as dry a tear; Save a few kind deeds to do when the chant-e eomes b): and by You run use at litlie Christmas if yhu have it nM‘ July. 195‘ show yaur friends you love ’01)) by the thoughtful gifts you give; Let the warmth of your sincerity touch all with whom you live.’ Till the gmwn folks chatter childiike in their pleasure and their glee nut don't hang all your presents on the Christmas tree. Christmas time‘s a-comin’ an' you bet- ter get in line: Look a bit more cheery as you giw the cmmtcrsign. Make your hundclnsp warn‘wr n~ your smile a hit more brightâ€" \\v'hen you celebrate on Chris-was tim’t you want to do it rigul? 16’ go in to make things lively until everybody's glad! Jes' go in and scatter suns‘:-;::r-; don‘r be gloomy like an’ sndi Make everybody happy, jus’ as happy as can'be, But don't hzmg all your prw .:t.c.on the Christmas tree! DON’T HANG ALL PRESENTS ON THE TREES. One person took this around. and T: having the knowledge that certain pages were for certain sexes. the turning of a page between avckings for autographs. was easy. For an affair where there are. t) be no married folks. the matter of preparation is very much easier. Suggestive are the following [or the muck register: “doesn’t like the boys, and wants them to understand so," “wants to know which of the girls he may see home to-night." “is fond of the opposite sex. and can entertain any member of said sex with ease." Another evening we took strung of paper about four by twelve ipn’nl‘S long, and left one-third at. cm‘n‘end blank. ruling, them in tbm‘same fashion. and putting t‘m-musense on the other ends. A little book was then made about four by five inches by taking a bit of bright cardboard four or eight inches, folding it in the centre. and then snapping a narrow rubber-band over it and the leaves. just. between the name blanks and the writing. By folding over the extra ends of the strips in the back of the book. it. had the appearance of a very innocent, little record book. ,4 The fun and hubbub of surprise needs to he experienced to be fully appre- ciuhd. II is best to read alternately from each of the three papers. , ful't‘ihh‘ The Astonishod guests were ‘hvn forwd to listen to the reading of We dreadful things to “hich theyD had igncd Hmirn 111111105 being reminded that [he chlmn. 11h “01-0 1;! cmnse hue or they xxould cmlninl) not. have subscxibed their names thereio! mg papers or dncunmlns. the contents or Whit'h are unknown for the signer. This can he made very impresgve and hair-raising, but must be very short, to Ats not one of the “register" clerks was allowed to see the other side at his or her list. they had thm‘r share in the hm also. At :1 certain puint tn the even- ing’s entertainment. the cmnpany was 0:1th to order, and the master u! care- monies for the evening began «'vith a severe little lecture on the folly of sign- This “as in older to lime the mo olhcr lists, “him had me funniest as- .sor,lmcni full of the namrs of those “ho would best inke the jokes. it “as lhen an easx maitcr for the lhiid list to be filled “iih laier comers the few munied young fulks. eic. ___--_-â€"._ v mung“.- We gave these into the hands of three persons who were in the secret. and who had boldly signed their own names each at the top of the list in their DOSSCS‘Kit‘Jnfi and the guests were askcd to register. 0! course no one would register twice, and the person having the third iist did not ask for signatures until the other two lists were full. V, , __ "n... .‘AJAIJU - Acuux. The first time we tried it, we simply took heavy writing paper, letter‘ size. and ruled it in rather wide spacings. On the left hand side we reserved a plain space for the names of the vic- tims, and on the right hand side we wrote in each space things like this: ‘“\vill be the next of our number to get. ?married.” When this strip was folded so that nothing showed but the long strip of spaces. no one guessed what was behind. We were to have thirty persons present that evening, so we pre- pared three strips each to contain ten names. One strip had “fillings" sini- ahle only for unmarried women or girls, the second for male ditto, and the other had such items as might fit either sex, married or single. know,", answered the practical “but I was good Detox-Mast Christ- and I didn’t gimmglg {hing In planning for an evening entertain- ment not long ago, I hit on a plan so good and so susceptible of variation that I have actually fooled some of the some people twice on practically the same thing. writes May Myrtle French. ’I'LA n,,, A DIDN’T MATTER. Tm 5) buy.