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enough to handle, which should be
as soon as the hands can bear to
touch it Pull until white. A part
of it may be colored where variety
Is wanted.
Cocoanut Candy To two pounds
of sugar, brown or white, put the
milk of one cocoanut and two tea
cupfuls of. water; cook until thor
oughly done that is, until it will
turn back into sugar upon being
tested. Continue to cook ten minutes
longer, stirring continually. Pour
into a .deep bowl and stir .until it
becomes stiff. Make into cakes or
balls, or spread it on a flat dish and
cut into blocks.
Using Popcorn
Every, boy and girl likes popcorn,
and the bigger the boy or girl, the
more they like it. So, for the
Christmas festival, it can be used in
many ways. A writer in' a house
hold paper, a clipping from whicTi
is in my scrap books, tells us: First,
wash and polish some fine red
apples; oranges may be used, also,
if liked. Cut off a slice from one
end, and scoop out the pUlp, leaving
the skins whole. Pick out the very
nicest and tenderest grains of popped
corn and dip in either a thin syrup
or melted butter. Fit a soft white
tissue paper inside the apple or
- orange, and fill this with the
corn. Replace the top, and cover
with a cluster of the corn grains,
stuck together with syrup; a few
green leaves, natural or artificial,
should be added; or, if oranges are
used, use orange leaves. Put one
of these filled shells at each plate.
Another way to use popped corn
is to make a caramel syrup, using
brown sugar; cook to the caramel
point; have the grains of corn
broken up, and stir into the caramel,
pour out on a greased- plate, and
when -cool enough to handle,1 make
" into square's or balls and wrap in
waxed paper. They may be packed
in the "gift" boxes, or otherwise dls
pbsed of, and given out. The syrup
should cook two minutes, before the
corn is added, then cook eight more
minutes.
Blanch sweet almonds and pound
to a paste, adding a very little watef
, to prevent oiling; pound an equal
- amount of popped corn to a powder
and add to the almonds Stir three
tablespoohfuls. of powdered sugar
into the whites of three eggs, then
add the nuts and corn gradually,
" beating all the while; use a drop or
two of almond oil to flavor too
much will spoil the dish. Drop by
. epoonfuls on a baking tin and keep
,in a very slow oven for twenty
minutes just to be a light brown.
Cover closely when done, and when
ready to serve, put one or two in a
pretty glass, add a cone of plain
vanilla ice-cream, and two or three
macaroons piled around. One may
eat as much of this as wanted with
out disturbance of digestion.
The Cliristmas Box
Time after time, it has been sug
gested that the date to begin filling
the Christmas box was the day
after Christmas. But the custom is
to leave all such things until the last
moment, and then everything has to
be done with a rush and a whirl.
Nothing is satisfactory, and no one
la satisfied (if we except the chil
dren, who, bless their little hearts,
are ready f6r anything that comes.)
It is not yet too late to do a little
needle work, and there are so many
pretty things that nimble fingers can
make, inexpensive trifles in the way
of accessories, or conveniences,
easily fashioned' and quickly made.
The fashion books and needle work
departments in all the household
magazines devote much space to tnis
work,, giving in detail the manner
and methods of the work. Needle
work, whether in sewing, fancy-
stitching, darning, embroidering,
crocheting or knitting, or fashioning
pretty things out of bits of materials,
is very much in favor, and all man
ner of hand-made trimmings and
accessories aro in demand. If such
work were begun a few months be
fore needed, laying away each article
as it is finished, one would hardly
miss the timo taken to do it, while
a remnant here, a spool or skein of
silk there, a few ounces nf -wnni n
yard of silk, or other suitable ma
terial, could be made up into most
acceptable gifts. If It is too late for
this now, then begin the work for
the next holiday time as soon as pos
sible after Christmas, making only
the things that do not change in
fashion among the first. The Janu
ary sales will help you "out with
materials much cheapened, and a few
cents now and, then spent at the
special sales counters will soon accu
mulate quite a stock with which to
begin the work. Among the best
gifts one can give the woman friend
is a year's subscription to some good
magazine or paper that devotes much
space to the matters of the home.
To the men, a subscription to a
trades journal, or to his Dolitical
paper will be acceptable where other
gifts would fail to please.
Reminders
In stuffing n. fowl, rflmpmhor in
leave plenty of room for swelling
of the stuffing. Two-thirds full is
enough.
If oyster dressing is'wanted, soften
a sufficient amount of stale bread
crumbs by pouring cold water over
it, and as soon as soft, but before
it is soggy, take up by handfuls,
squeeze out all the water and place
in another crock; toss lightly to
separate the crumbs then add pepper,
salt, half a cupful of melted butter,
a well boaton. ogg and a tcaspoonful
of sage. Mix thoroughly, then add
a quart of fresh oysters. The oysters
rteed not be very large for dressing.
Mince meat should have been
made some weeks ago, in order to
have all flavors thoroughly blended
and ready for the pies. Pumpkin
and cream pies, are better made at
the latest moment, though they, tod
mav be a day or two old. if time Is
lacking. If every tning is ready, it
wJl take but a few minutes to mix
and bake these pies, which, for best
results should not stand.
Potato snow is a "nice dish. The
potatoes should be as white as pos
sible, and boiled with the skins on
until perfectly tender, then drained
and shaken over the hot stove a few
minutes to allow the steam to escape.
Peel and rub through a coarse sieve,
letting the flakes fall where they are
to lie until served. Servo as hot as
possible with any suitable garnish.
Pineapple cream is a nice dish for
dessert. Dissolve one-half box of
gelatine in half a cup of cold water;
add one-half cup of sugar to one can
of grated pineapple (about a pint),
and flavor with one tablespoonful of
lemon juice; warm the' gelatine, and
other 'ingredients, put into a dish set
in cold water, and as soon as it be
gins to thicken, fold in three cup
fuls of whipped cream. If a border
mold is used and the cold cream
filled into the center it will look nice.
Greens used plentifully on the
table create a Christmassy effect,
and are usually to be had of some
kind.
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TO GROW MEAT ARTIFICIALLY
m. orHflnlitl nrnduction of food,
hy merely chemical processes, has
always been a dream of the scientific
man. A recent discovery brings this
within the possibilities, provided the
chemist is allowed an organic cell
to start with. In a recent issue we
reported in this department toe note
worthy success of Prof. W. H. Lewis
25 his wife, of John Hopkins, in
causing cellular substances to grow
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indefinitely outside of the organisms
to which they originally belonged,
ur. Lewis now suggests that this
may enable us to "grow meat" on a
commercial scale. Says tho Dietetic
and Hygienic Gazette (New York,
October), quoting in part from T.
P. s Weekly:
What Dr. Lewis and his wlfo
claim to have actually accomplished
this: They have taken pieces of
chicken, placed them in a saline solu
tion, and grown chicken moat. They
have discovered that It is possible to
cut off some of thiB chicken meat
without hindering furthor growth,
and tho process can bo repeated In
definitely. They also claim that tho
process can bo applied to any sort
of flesh. Dealing with tho question
of tho discoveries, Dr. Lewis says:
'The value of all these experiments
which my wife and I have conducted
has several different phases. For in
stance, it may some day have a groat
commercial value. There is nothing
to prevent our operations from be
ing conductod on a much larger
scale. Suppose that you had a num
ber of vats filled with saline solu
tions, and that in these solutions you
put the muscles or other organs of
various animals, not only whilo In
the embryo, but even when thov had
reached the adult stage. There would
be large growth, and these would bo
edible. In other words, the salt solu
tions could be turned into incuba
tors, sure to hatch, and from which
pieces of ombryo chicks could bo
takon every day without hindering
tho Incrcaso of tho supply
"Tho possibilities conjurod up by
this statoment aro so groat as to al
moBt vorgo on tho grotesque Tho
Idea of actually growing moat ap
pears to offend tho laws of nature,
and yet sclenco has done Htrangor
things, Tho moro immedlato good
likoly to result from tho dlscovory
would bo of a medicinal character.
It would bo poBsiblo to transplant
organs of tho human body In theso
solutions, to obsorvo tholr growth,
what they feed on, what thoy secroto,
tho things which aro boneflclal to
them, and thoso that aro dangerous.
Tho way would thus bo cleared for
many Important medicinal dis
coveries, as tho discovery of the euro
for many growths cancor and tu
mor, for Instance would bo greatly
facilitated by discovering on what
thoy feed. I do not think, howevor,
that tho day Is likoly to arrlvo yet
when our butchers will sell home
grown meat manufactured by tho
Dr. Lewis process." Literary Digest.
A HINT TO JOHN
Mr. Crlmsonboak "Hero's an
item which says tho swan outlives
any other bird, In extromo cases
reaching three year's."
Mrs. Crlmsonboak "And, romom- r
ber, John, the swans live on wator."
Sacred Heart Review.
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