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of ics father said; coming back. : 3 "all right. There's no ather train 3 . afterwards withdrew to a corner, where he watched the other children's & _ derick wandered into the sitfing- I overcoat Between his coat A his' funny peaked cap a A f large black eyes stared sol- mnly eu. ~~ © "What is your name?' asked Mrs. Dale. - ; : The little boy replied briefly that it was Timothy. 3 "Timothy what?" "Baxter. And I was going alone to vigit my grandfather at Baywood. Where js my grandfather?' Mrs, Dale turned to her. husband. 'William, how did you get. hold y- child? His people must be Ked. worried, "The boy : "must have thought the conductor ealted ood," ho said. "And scooped: him up with the rest away to telephone to latin while the childven "I've talked-to his grandfather" night, and so Timothy will stay here with us." : < Timothy ate his supper slowly and "We shouldn't dare play with him," they said. "He looks so solemn." + When it was nearly bedtime Rod- othy didn't have to be here!" plained. "He is so funny eyed--like an owl, And mother says he's to sleep in my room. N y SS "asked him here, and there's no place! for-him to stay." : Roderick's grandfather laid down his: dittle Timothy's having the : 'another ¢hild had," he "in a whole town He Couldn't find anywhere to stay." "What child?" Roderick inquired, | - interested. "And what town? It ! ve been a pretty poor sort of a ] Where did the y sleep, grandfather?" old- man picked up his book i "In a stable, so the story he said. "The name of the was Bethlehem." ps end began to] still: ar So ey. lifted bby | back of the big | and Mrs. Baxter looked on, smiling, and the Dales and all the little guests 'stood by to ut ria {and down. Timothy sat erect, drum, the all the way down the road people turn- ed. Roderick A Country Carol Where the patient oxen were, by the ass's stalli: Watching = Lord's manger knelt the waking cattle all; - og 3 bi Mwas a little country maid vigil by Him kept-- All among the country things my good Lord slept. Fair was Rome the city on that early Christmas morn, Yet among the country folk was my Lord born! Country lads that followed Him, blithe they were and kind, ; : "Ft was only city folk were hard on Him and blind: Ay, he told of lilies, and of grain and grass that Ww . Fair {hinge of the summer fields my good Lord knew, ; By the. hedgerows: flowering there He laid His hea It was in the country that my Lord was bred. - But I shall stay to greet Him the hobbyhorse's back and sat there, clutching the reins. Te As the sleigh drove slowly out of the gate, the hobbyhorse bounced up horn and all: It was a strange sight; ed round and looked. table laden with sev- sserts : vegetables. I do to have something a little nnusual. 80 much more attractive, and will cause very little extra frouble. Red and white; it seems to me, is the most appropriate color scheme for the holi- day season. . I serve my salad as an extra course. It is much nicer and scarcely any on the porch laughing. The last thing! more trouble. There ere many salads ho saw, as the team turned a bend, that are inexpensive to make and yet was a spot of bright red bobbing gay-t5o delicious. ly in the Christmas sunshine. HE EE artless And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, | bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all peo- ple.--St. Luke, ii, 10. HR When the ¢ross weighed down on) im, on the grievous road, 3 : "T'was a kindly countryman raised my good-Lord 8 load; + Peasant girls of Galilee, folk of Nazareth, These were fain to follow Him of death-- Yea, beyond a city wall, underneath the sky, Out in open country did my good Lord die. When he rose to Heaven on that ay, i Last from open country did my away; After a heavy dinner, such as the Christmas feast always is, we like a light dessert, and cake, or a pudding, ther than a rich pastry. A chilled dessert is casily prepared, and noth- ing is nicer. We finish up, of course, on raisins, nuts, and candy. I usually plan-my dinner so I won't have to prepare it all in one day. I Rand down the ways white Ascension good Lord pass Rows of golden seraphim watched where He should dwell, Yet it was the country folk farewell ; _Out above the flowered hill, from had my Lords the mossy grass, Up from open country did my good Lord pass. : the jewelled minsters are, where the censers sway, Where ey kneel to Christ the Lord in this bearing-day: where the bonny fields begin, the fields that once my good Lord wandered in, oll His thorn-tree flowered once, where His sparrows soared, In the open country-land of my good Lord! ® Gd Bog a 'baby heir-apparent ; al, while the baby heir-appar - ; | was brought in te see it also, and Ever since, and long before Henry gazed astonished and open-eyed at IV. as we read, "kept Christmas its many lights, as a babe of but wiih the usual feastings and sports jeven weeks might well do., Windsor," Windsor's historic castle been | Throughout the Christian world the Christmas season is celebrated in mich the same spirit, though cus- tom toms differ greatly, and in some lands church-going is more general than in Canada. In Italy, particularly, there Queer Christmas Customs of Other Lands. "| ters moves through the streets sing- "| ing chants and so to the bank of the SSRI CME vy pe a z NE Sale Christmas was abolished 8y- Act-of Parliament in the reign of Cromwell. As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas, so many happy months will you have--Old English Saying. the idea being to perpetuate the memory of the lowliness of the Sa- yfour's birth in the stable. In. Rumania it is the custom to bless the Danube on Christmas, and a procession of priests and people dressed to represent biblical charac- river. The ice is broken, and a small wooden cross is thrown into the water. pny ome who can recover this cross - as extremely fortunate d and sure of good Tuck for the year to quaint ceremonial is observed in Christmas Eve: At mid- of the towns and vil- in varied costumes, the, public squares. One is) selected and into his charge is given a large illuminated star mounted upon a pole, and with this star is a guide--as the Wise men were guided to Bethlehem--a procession winds through the stréets, the men chant- ing the "Glonia in Excelsis." After the parade a great supper is served, and the Christmas Day has begun, In Norway they have a pretty cus- tom. Above every ridge pole is hung a sheaf of wheat, a Christmas feast for the birds. The Mexican Christmas is a strangely mixed 'week of sports, revels and religious observances. The "Passion Play" never fails to attract great crowds, nor do the bull fights. In the Philippines grand masses are held in the churches in the morn- Great chains of flowers are carried to the churches by the children, who parade through the streets sh Christmas songs, bands pr them. In the afternoon there is danc- and- an out.) makes things easier. =! 3 _ Here cra a few recipes 1 have (found especially popular with my ; familys he ae N Duchess Potatoes, y 3 Two cups cold mashed potatoes, 1 egg, % cup hot milk. Mix the mash~ ed potatoes with the bi egg; stir in the hot milk, sew.son, and thor oughly. Place in a buttered baking dish, and brown in the oven. : Escalloped Corn. One can corn, 3 teaspoons butter, % cup milk, 3% chopped green pep- the corn add the beaten egg and milk; add butter, seazon, and mix in the chopped green pepper. Cover with crumbs, and bake in a buttered bak- ing dish. ? Stuffed Celery Hearts. Take small celery hearts, clean and let stand in cold water. Mix up cream cheese with chopped pimento, and add enough cream to make soft cheeses. Season the cheese, and stuff it in centre of celery stock. and serve when, firm. Pear Salad. Drain and chill canned pears. Place on a lettuce leaf, garnish with nuts and cherries, and serve with whipped cream dressing. A small portion of cream cheese may be added to salad if desired. Red Apple Salad. Six apples, 2 cups sugar, % cup chopped celery, 34 cup chopped nuts, 1 cup water. Wash, pare, and core the apples. Make a syrup of sugar and water, and add enough coloring to make a deep red color. When the | syrup comes to a boil, drop in the apples. Turn apples over and over, and let cook until tender and soft. Take out of syrup and chill. Place the apples on a lettuce leaf, and stuff with celery. Serve with whipped cream dressing, and garnish with nuts. Cherry Sponge. One tablespoon gelatin, 1 cup boils ing water, %4 cup lemon and orange juice, 3 cup cold water, 3% cup cherry juice. % cup sugar, 8 egg whites. Swell the gelatin in cold water and dissolve the sugar in fryit juices and remaining water. Stir in mixture, cool until it thickens, beat thoroughly, whites. Place in wet molds. Serve with whipped cream, and garnish top with cherries. : Steamed Suet Pudding. Half cup suet, 3% cup molasses, salt, % teaspoon cinnamon, % tea« spoon cloves, % teaspoon soda, % cup raisins, 3 cup sour milk, 1 cup flour, % cup currants, Chop suet fine. Wash and dry the raisins and currants. Cut the raisins; sprinkle suet, raisins, and currants with flour to keep them from settling. Thor oughly mix the molasses and milk, then add fruit and suet. Sift the flour and Spices and add to milk. Pour into buttered molds, and steam for three hours. Serve hot with hard or cream sauce. Date Pudding. Half pound dates, 5 egg whites, 1 cup sugar, 1 pound nuts, 3 teaspoons baking powder. Stone and chop dates. Shell and chop nuts. Beat the egg whites until stiff and dry. Mix the baking powder with the egg whites, and add the sugar. Fold the chopped dates and nuts into the mix- ture, Pour the mixture into a shal- low baking tin, and bake for twenty or thirty minutes. mre mtans aree "There seems to be a magic in the very name of Christmas. ed toward each other but have been' withheld by false notions of pride and self-dignity are again reunited, and all is kind- ness and benevolence! Would that Christmas lasted the whole year through (as it ought)."--Dickens. I -------------------------------------- 'What constitutes the happf- ness of Christmas? The fact least, a larger proportion of self, and give other fellow" other day. In other words, on pers, 1 egg, salt, 3% cup crumbs, To Chill and add beaten egg . ESTE : ¥ 2 = £ Kindly hearts that have yearn- that for one day. in the year at |I. Tore es PN ad rea v SEEN AN A