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&•! •.'^'Va^» ;5',-;" -'tsr v^.v -:^'L „ THE McllENRt , mtr i' V V t " ? ^ , •'H; sm OK ®M»B EJDOAfP: •* mum FE&SIT BTOOTBOKKS ¥00 - M o o •:,m IMEE03 DfldW H5S Christmas season brings to mind the many Christmas days gone by, with their four great features--tur­ key, cranberry sauce, plum pudding and mince pie. It was a good old English cus­ tom, not to be rejected by the American colonists, although modi­ fications were necessary to suit the religion ind conditions of living in the colonies, the Christ-spirit being substituted for the pagan yuletide, the famous "boar's head" was omitted, and the Christmas pie be'eatne known as mince pie. However, many old observances were kept, including the mistletoe and holly, and Christmas was a day for family gath jf ofj^with a feast prepared by the women of the It is quite possible that we would not like their flavorings today. They used a variety of spices, wines and seasonings in even their plain­ est dishes; but as everything was prepared in the home, either under the supervision of the mistress or by her own hands, the mixtures were wholesome. Everything was turned to account in the sea­ son with a view to future use, so in this way preparations for the holiday were going on long before the day. In cherry time, a supply was carefully packed |n hay and kept for Christmas. The Christmas cookies, with coriander seed in them, were baked six months before and kept in an earthenware jar in the cellar. Mince Meat Recipe. The rich plum pudding and cakes were made early in the fall and put away to mellow and ripen. The mincemeat was then made, the recipe for which was recently found in an old Philadelphia cookbook. We copy all but the spelling: "Four pounds veal, four pounds suet, two pounds rais­ ins, one pound currants, six apples, some rose water and sack half a pound, no more of sugar, three-fourths pound cloves, mace, nutmeg and cinnamon, some candied orange peel, lemon peel, citron and blanched almonds." They made a puff paste for their pies differ­ ent from ours. One recipe called for flour, one pound butter, ten eggs and some milk or water. Some housewives made their winter supply ot mince pies before Thanksgiving and reheated them before using. For the lemon tarts, the lemons had to be first Soaked in salt water for two days. Then every day for fourteen days they were put into fresh cold water. When they were made, apples, or­ anges and sugar were added. A few days before Christmas the mistress went to market, the maid carrying the basket. She would get her turkey, cranberries, celery, oysters, and a little pig for roasting whole. The day before Christmas the real excitement began. The stuffing was made, and such stuffing! Bread crumbs, beef suet, liver, lemon peels, nut­ meg. savory, pepper, salt, cream and eggs. The little pig, only four or five weeks old, was filled to his utmost capacity with mashed potatoes or apples. Not the least to be considered were the green decorations. Ground pine for festoons and wreaths, mistletoe to hang, and holly everywhere were the necessities. When Christmas morning came the excitement was at the highest pitch. The housewife, her daughters and her maids were up early. The brick oven was heated and the mince pies put in. The turkey was dredged with flour and put on the spit, with a small unwilling child to watch and turn it as it browned. Another child was set to cracking nuts and polishing apples. Roasting the Little Pifl. T£he little pig was put before the fire to roast In the dripping pan, in wtych were three bottles Of red wine for basting. While the things were cooking a long table, the length of the room, was spread with the white linen cloth, napkin, china and silver or pewter. In the middle of the table was the famed Christmas bowl. Here are the quaint directions for making it: "Break nine sponge cakes and half a pound of macaroons in a deep dish; pour over one pint raisin wine, half pint sherry. Leave them to soak. Sweeten with two ounces of powdered sugar candy and pour over one pint and a half Of custard. Stick with two ounces sliced almonds. Place on a stand and ornament with Christmas evergreens." ~ The tankard with the Christmas brew was put on the table, and all the sillabubs, jellies, pickles, lemon tarts, red apples, nuts, the cOokies and the cherries fresh from the hay. The fireplaces were now blazing, and the red berries and green leaves of the holly were shin­ ing in the light. The mistletoe was waiting for the unwary, and the good smell of the brown turkey, savory stuf­ fing and applesauce was everywhere. Don Their Best Frocks. After the housewife and her daughters had teen to everything they hurried to put on their best flowered silks, with white whims around their necks and the most secret beautiflers on Vfheir facep. Then the dinner being nearly cooked, they took the little browned pig, raised him gently and put two small loaves of bread under him. and added jaore wine; an anchovy, a bundle of sweet herbs j|nd a half a lemon was put into the sauce, which "%as poured over him hot. They had him sitting his hannches looking lifelike. Then they put 1 mDBGJTOffi a red apple In his mouth, which, alas! he could never eat, and garnished him with holly. At last the company came, the mistress pre* serving a calm exterior, but with an Inward anxiety lest something be burned or spilled at tho last moment. When all is ready the beaming host says, "Friends, will thee join us in the Christmas feast?" And with great dignity he leads them, with the guest of hopor on his arm, followed by the older people and the children. The Table Decorated. The table is a picture to cheer the hungry. The large turkey Is at -cne end and the pig at the other end of the long table, with everything they are to eat between, excepting the plum pudding. After the silent grace, which stills the noise for a moment, the carver takes his knife, and with a deliberation born of steady nerves carves under the fire of twenty pairs of eyes. The directions in "Gentlewoman's House­ wifery" says: "Raise the leg fairly of the tur­ key and open the joint with the point of the knife, but do not take off the leg. "Then lace down both sides of the breat bone and open the breast pinion, but do not take it off. Then raise the Merry Thought between the breast bone and the top of it," and so on till the turkey is boned. While this is being done the "Christmas bowl" is pa&sed. After they are helped to turkey and pig they pass the vegetables and delicacies/ and even the mince pie is eaten when they have the desire for it. The Correct Manners. The proper conventions are strictly adhered to. The book of etiquette says: "A gentlewom­ an must not lean her elbows on the table, nor by a ravenous gesture discover a voracious appe­ tite, nor talk with her mouth full, nor smack her lips like a pig." The children were kept in order. In all the feast was decorous, but merry for all that. At last, when they have eaten to the extent of their capacity, the plum pudding, biasing and with a piece of holly stuck in the top, is brought in and eaten with brandy sauce. Then the toasts "are drunk with the good home-brewed wine, aqd the feast is done. HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS Christmas, originally Cristes masse ("the mass or church festival Of Christ"), is the English name for the season in which the birth of Christ is commemorated. It is apparent, however, that a festivrl was celebrated at this season long be­ fore it was held sacred as the birthday of Jesus of Nazareth. The Saturnalia of the Romans and the winter festival of the heathen Britons were both celebrated about December 25; and later, the Roman festival in honor of the sun god, Mithra (instituted 273 A. D.) From the latter the day became to be known as the "Birthday of the Unconquered Sun;" and after its adoption by the Christian church ih the fourth century as the anniversary of Christ's birth, this name given a symbolic interpretation. A study of the customs associated with this period also reveals a heathen, if not invariably a solar, origin. The lighting of the Yule log (la buche de Noel) on Christmas eve, once a wide­ spread European custom, is or was a function of such predominant importance among the Li­ thuanians and Letts that their words for Christ­ mas eve literally signify "Log evening." The sports of the "Lords of Misrule" in England are thought to be an inheritance from the Saturnalia. The decoration of churches with the once sacred mistletoe and holly is a pagan survival. "x SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT : ' W . r.. '-many years one Sunday school hae had a iflvlng Christmas instead of a receiving one. The pupils bring gifts instead of receiving them. The favorite method is for a cjass to plan a ' ^fhristmas dinner. Each ono in the class brings Something for that purpose. One of the boya tji|r girls can inarch forward dragging a turkey or Jl chicken, ai d other member or members of the ' fame class following with articles for a Christ* Utias dinner, not forgetting cranberries, mince jie and celery ~ : ptnL like better t6 flourish a paper with ••SfV >'-WS.'-,c« an order for a ton or half a ton of coal. This may be given by the united contributions of a class. A novel and successful' Christmas entertain­ ment was given in an eastern Sunday school. After prayer, Scripture responses and carols, sleigh bells were beard, announcing the coming of Santa Claus. He appeared upon the platform shaking an empty bag, and lamented he had no gifts for some needy children'. "Little Begin­ ners" hastened to their friend with packages of sugar and "sweet" little rhymes; primary chil- LL gifts, carefully marked, should be consigned the day before to the one in charge, and she must purchase a quanity of clothesline and clothespins. The line should be stretched back and forth across the living room, and each gift, wrapped in. tissue paper and tied with red ribbons, should be fastened to the line by a clothespin, decorated with wings of red and green paper. In the bay window a table should be arranged on which is placed a "Jack Horner" pie, containing a Christmas souvenir . for each member of the family. The ribbons attached to the pack­ ages in the pie should be carried up to a holly- decorated hoop suspended over the table, each ribbon tagged with the name of the one for whom it is intended. When the "family wash" has been taken down--each person seeking his or her own gift--they gather around the pie, and at a signal "pull out their plums." Hidden in Egg Shells. When the family is alt present at breakfast start to serve the meal of coffee, bread and but­ ter, ham and soft-cooked eggs without any men­ tion of gifts. At each place have an eggcup or saucer, on which you put an egg, the contents having been removed previously through a small hole In the end; partly fill with sand, and let each contain a small paper with a suggestion in poetry of where or how to find their gifts. As each person thinks he is cracking his egg he finds the puzzle inside. Much merriment and good cheer will be the result. Serve original content" of 'eggshells lb omelet with the ha Hide one person's gifts in bookcase, paper In egg to read: If you are either wise or smart YouH find me in a hurry. Among gifted people I now dwell; do hunt, don't sit and worry. Frost King and 8nowballs. As tl&is is the time for the clever woman of the family to devise some unique way of dis­ tributing Christmas gifts, she may decorate the living room with evergreens, holly and mistle­ toe, and then place in one corner a table covered with a white cloth, hidden from view by a screen of generous size. On this table is placed snow­ balls. These snowballs, made of white cotton batting and tied with white robbon, contain each designated present, and are heaped in a pyra­ mid, thus obtaining a mass of Snowballs of varied size. The pile is scattered freely with diamond dust, in order to give it an attractive sparkle. If there is a small boy In the house he may be dressed as a Frost King, in a costume of white wadding, sprinkled with diamond dust; leaves and holly berries can be sewed here and there upon the robe. At a given signal the screen is removed, disclosing the tiny Frost King, who, with a few words of Christmas greeting, gathers the snowballs into a pretty basket, and as each ball bears a small tag he finds no difficulty in distributing the gifts to those assembled. A Holly Pie. A novel way of distributing Christmas gifts on Christmas morning is to make a big pie in the center of the table of holly branches, and ar­ range It so the giftB can be easily drawn from under it. Each gift must be tied with a narrow red ribbon and one end lead to each place at the table. This is great fun, and of course every­ one is anxious to see who gets the most rib­ bons, the lucky one being declared the most popu­ lar. The pie is not "opened" until end of break­ fast. A Christmas Trail. One member of the family should take charge of tho gifts, and when the coast is clear should lay the "trail" with them in all of the available downstairs rooms. Start from a tiny Christmas tree on the living room table by fastening to it a card for each person, marked, for example, thus: "Card No. 1, father. Look for card No. 2 in umbrella stand in hall." In the stand he will find a package tagged in this manner; "Card No. 2, father. Look for card No. 3 in your hat in hall closet." The third card will be found on a gift in the spot designated, with further instructions, which are followed on to tho next, until all his presents come to light. Everyone pursues his or^ her trail at once, and a merry scene of confusion is the result. These cards may be prepared be­ forehand, and no difficulty will be experienced if, in placing the gifts, each trail is finished before starting to lay another. The last cards should direct the family to their places at the dining room table, where they will find amusing souve­ nirs of the occasion. Cobweb Method. A rather novel and entirely inexpensive way of distributing Christmas gifts is to employ the "cobweb" method. Suspend a rope diagonally across the room, over which the strings may cross, each string to bejabeled at Its source with the name of the member of the family or the friend for whom it is intended. A sheet can be hung across one end of the room, hiding the gifts from view until time for winding the strings. Let all begin the quest at once, it beiqg necessary to find the beginnings of the supngto where the names are attached. This will afford consider­ able amusement, as the strings should be run through keyholes, under beds, over transoms and even out of doors, if possible. Aside from the element of mystery contained in this method, there is the added value which attaches to those things which have been really earned through one's own efforts. drep followed: then representatives from every class In the school, even the Bible union. Offer­ ings were accompanied by specially prepared rec­ itations. songs or dialogues, and givers dressed to suit their gift. Children bringing cereals ap peared as "Quakers;" rice suggested Chinese costume; 4ea, Japanese; "pure" products, the Puritan style, each. Songs were set to popular airs, making drill work easy. : Finally, Santa Claus had a valuable supply of provisions for an orphan asylum. The happy givers then received remembrances from their teachers. All found " it is more bles*<Ml to give th$n to receive." Wheat Yields Reports Extraor­ dinarily Heavy. When one bears of individual wheat yields of thirty-five to forty bushels per acre, there is considerable Incre­ dulity, but when yields, in whole town­ ships extending into districts covering three and four and five hundred square miles in area, of upwards of fifty and some as high as sixty-five bushels per acre are reported, one is led to put his ear to the ground to listen for fur­ ther rumblings. The writer having heard of these wonderful yields made a trip through the provinces of Mani­ toba, Saskatchewan -nd Alberta, to ascertain first hand their truthfulness, it was remarkable tc discover that Dame Rumor was no rumorer after all, that modesty was her mantle, that all tout had been said of these yields was true, and that yields of over sev­ enty bushels per acre were told of. These were so high that the truthful­ ness of the story was doubtful and very little was said of them. But such there were, and not in one in­ stance, but in several, not in one lo­ cality but scattered in places hun­ dreds of miles apart. Leaving these out altogether, there were large areas in which the average was over fifty bushels per acre, which in all com­ mon sense ought to satisfy most peo­ ple. One hundred and thirty thresh­ ers in Alberta have made their re­ turns to the local government as re­ quired by an act of the Legislature, and the average of the wheat threshed was' fifty-three bushels to the acre. So immense was the yield that official verification was required before giving it out to the public. Sitting In the smoking compartment of a day coach, where on passing through a farming community, there may be gathered the gossipy yarns of the neighborhood one hears also a lot of news. Just now, the sole topic is that of the crops. A man with more or less of a hirsute appendage, smock, clothes and hands giving the appearance of one working in the field, was asked as to the crops. He had got on at Warner, Alberta. Taking out his pipe, lighting it and then crossin? his knees, holding bis chin in his hands, pos sessing an air of supreme content- meni, and with sn intelligent faces he looked the man who could give some information. And he was Just the man. He was a thresher and on hit way to Milk River to secure some more help. He was requisitioned for information. "Yes, a good season, I've made a lot of money. Ass for yields, let's see," and then be began to string them off. "Peterson had 63 bushels of wheat per acre on his five hundred acre farm; from 3S0 acres Roland got 65 bushels per acre; Bu­ gler had one hundred and ten acres that went 63 bushels; Carr had 65 bushels per acre off an eight hundred acre field." And he gave others run­ ning from 58 to 66 bushels per acre. All theBe people lived east of War­ ner, Alberta. Looking out of the win­ dow and seeing Immense fields, still covered with stocks he was asked why they were not threshed, he re­ plied that there were not enough "rigs" In the district, and that they would not get through before Christ­ mas. An American writing of a trip he made through Western Canada says: "I went as far west as Saskatoon, back to Kegina, Moose Jaw, and down on the Soo line, and 1 must say that I never saw such crops, of ever beard of anything to compare with It in any country on earth. The country is over the hill, and certainly the farm­ ers have a lot to be thankful for. There are very few of them that have done their work and done it pro.perly but what have their debts paid and have bank accounts left." And he only traveled the skirt of the country. The same story could be written of any part of any of three Provinces.--Advertisement. Big 8uccess. Mabel--Was your bazaar, a success? Gladys--Yes, indeed; the minister will have cause to be grateful. Mabel--How much were the profits? Gladys -- Nothing. The expenses were more than the receipts. But ten of us got engaged, and the minister is in for a good thing in wedding fees." ECZEMAS AND RASHES PADDY READY WITH EXCUSE Itching and Burning Soothed by Cut!- cura. Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. Relief, rest and sleep follow the use of these supercreamy emollients and Indicate speedy and complete healment in most cases of young and old, even when the usual remedies have utterly failed. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. No Occasion for Roasting. "I hear Mamie trowed you down." "Aw, she needn t brag. I been trowed down by better girls dan Ma­ mie."--Life. Caught in the Act, He Had His An­ swer as If ft Had Been Rehearsed. A merchant who suspected an Irish­ man in his employ of tampering with the private stock of whisky allowed the demijohn to become empty, and, instead of filling it again, put the liquor in bottles in a cupboard, and labeled them "Poison." One night, as he came home from the theater, he caught the fellow in the act. Seizing the bottle in mock terror, the employer exclaimed: "Great heavens! Do you know what you are doing? Don't you see that what that bottle contains is marked 'Poison?'" Paddy held it off and looked at it. Then he smelt it with a look of mel­ ancholy, replied: " 'Tain't poison, sir! It's meself that's foiled agin." "How dare you tamper with it whether you knew it was poison or not?" "It's like this, Bir. From the way yer honor emptied that demijohn in the cellar I thought you had your sus­ picions of me. an' it made me melan­ choly, so I thought, yet honor, I'd com­ mit suicide." CURE THAT WAS PERMANENT Farmer Had No More Thought of Be­ ing Afflicted With Cattle Plague After That. A farmer who bad lost some cows by the cattle plague was folly per­ suaded that he had himself been at­ tacked by the epidemic. Forthwith he hurried off and consulted his medi­ cal man. who tried to laugh him out of the absurd notion, but to no pur­ pose. The farmer then went to an old, well-known practitioner, who, being a bit of a wag and seeing how mat­ ters stood, entered minutely into the details of the case, expressed his con­ currence with the patient's views, and told him he could cure him. - The doctor thereupon wrote a pre­ scription, sealed it up, and told the farmer to go to a druggist in the next town. The farmer lost no time in going with the prescription, but was some­ what startled when the druggist showed him the formula, which ran thus: • "This man has the cattle plague. Take him into the back yard and shoot him, according to law." Soldiers Want No Children. I asked Zeni Peshkoff, socialist, what his sensations were when he went out to kill. "It didn't seem real, it doesn't now. Before my laBt charge the lieutenant and I were filled with the beauty of the night. We sat gaz­ ing at the stars. Then the command came and we rushed forward. It did not seem possible I was killing hu­ man beings." It is the unreality that sustains men. Germans are not hu­ man beings--only the enemy. For the wounded French soldier will tell you he loathes war and longs for peace. He fights or one object, permanent peace. He fights to save his children from fighting. "Have you any children?" I asked one soldier, "No, thank God," is the reply. "But why?" "Because," comes the fierce answer, "if I had a son 1 would rather he deserted than see what I have seen." The man is not unusual. The soldiers--not the wom­ en--are beginning to say: "We will have no more children unless there is no more war."--The New Republic. 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