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' '? -ww ' Kmmt i j'HW! 4ty "wiW1KilNSPWnfJf , The Commoner. VOLUME 5, NUMDElt 50 10 ., , , ,, , - on barrels mr --.p -tn. CIV. M - rr 1 1 i " i were crosses in meant a sort of Christmas Thoughts Whenever the Christmas season Lends luster and peace to the year, And the ling-long-ling of the bells that ring Tell only of joy and cheer, I hear in the sweet, wild music These words, and I hold them true "The Christ who was born on Christ ma's morn Did only what you can do. ' Each soul that has breath and being Is -touched with heaven's own fire; Each living man is part of the plan To lift the world up -higher. 'No matter how narrow your limits, Go forth and make them broad; You are every one the daughter or son-r Crown Princess or Prince of God. Have you sinned? It is only an error; . Your spirit is pure and white; It is Truth's own ray, and will find its way Back into the path of right. Have you failed? It is only in seem ing The triumph will come at length; You were born to succeed you will ' lyive what you need, If you will but believe in your strength. No matter how poor your record, Christ lives in the heart of you; And the shadows will roll up and off from your soul If you will acknowledge the true. For "Christ" means the spirit of good ness, And all men are good at the core; Look searchingly in through the coat ing of sin, And there staudeth Truth to adore. Believe in "yourself and your motives; .Believe in your strength and your worth ; Believe you were sent from God's firmament To aid and ennoble the earth: 'Believe in the Savior within you; Know Christ and your spirit are one; Stand forth deified by your own noble ' pride, ' 'And whatever you ask shall- be done. Selected. "Suitable For Red Hair" One of our girls, who says she is "afflicted" with red hair, wants to know what colors she may wear to harmonize with it. I rather like red hair, myself, and must object to its being called an affliction. If women who have red hair would only study how to dress it becomingly, they might soon be proud of its possession as being a distinction; but to have it at its best, one must give it judic ious care. It is the same with gray hair good care will make of either a crown of glory. For either, there are some shades of color that must be avoided. For the red hair, because of the fair and delicate complexion accom panying it, it is the general impres sion that any shade of blue may be worn by the one possessing it; but most shades of blue must be avoided; the contrast is too violent; and the combination not harmonious. The most suitable colors are said to be bright, sunny browns, and all the autumn leaf tints. After these may be selected pale or very dark green, a bright yellow, and black unmixed with any color. Solid colors are al ways more becoming to red haired people than the mixed; to many peo ple, the mixed colors give more or less of a dowdy appearance. In short, red hair is usually so brilliant and decided that it must be met on its own grounds, and no vague, un decided sort of thing may be worn with it. Well cared-for hair of this color is very attractive, while ne glected, poorly nourished red hair is indeed, "horrid;" but not because its color. Some simple relish, put up In a small cup or wide-mouthed bottle will of ten add to the zest of appetite. The material for the lunch should be of ten varied, trying not to have the same things many times In succession. of Fires and Fuels When starting a fire on damp days, or in a stove long unused, crush a newspaper into softness with your hands and place it on top of the oven plate as near the stove pipe leading to the chimney as possible; light it and cover the stove. This will create a draft, and the fire will kindle im mediately and burn brightly. If you notice, after banking your fire at night with ashes, you will find much less ashes in the morning than you put on the coals. This pjoves that the ashes are consumed. When taking up the ashes, sift them into a shallow pan or box and dampen them; then, when the morning fire is burn ing to a clear bed of coals, try putting on the damp ashes, a few shovelfuls at a time, as you would coal, and you will find it a great saving of fuel. At night, bank as before with ashes. Instead of throwing away the sittings, pick out all the cinders the glass-like pieces of slag, and use the rest of the pieces as coal. This is for hard coal, but I think it would work for soft coal. Wood ashes would need no sifting. Ex. fthmlfv -m.. , wnuL.fi i uw'. .r niM decrfifi.q'nf mifiHf,;. u... ' "?Ja, Uie originally put on'by" tWelSS monks as a sort of trade m.,. cient m,i "" " ley -w tunes, and oath t.o ihn ". sworn by the manufacturer, that hft barrel contained good liquor Bells are tolled for the dead ho CmU?G' ln,th long ago, when supe stltion ruled the wnri.i !,.. ,er 'tolled, when people were 1ihh,i ,! order to frighten away the evil sniri t who live in the air. l rlts The custom of breaking a bottle of wine on the ship which is beine christened, had its origin in tho w anc custom of sacrificing to the gods. jui tiiubu uiiys, it was get some poor victim, was launched the first time, cut his throat over the prow his blood would baptise it. customary to when a boat and to so that To Remove Tartar This deposit, arising from an un- wholesome stomach, unless removed will certainly loosen the teeth and cause them to fall out. It is host a dentist remove it, but when long standing It may he taken the use of powdered pumice and lemon juice. An orange stick, obtainable in bunches at to let not of off by stone wood The School Lunch In many homes, the putting up of the various lunches becomes a serious matter, not only to the one who puts them up, but to the one who has to eat them. Many men and women whose business keeps them away from home all day, prefer to take a cold lunch from home rather than to eat the hashed-up messes usually ob tainable at nearby eating houses, of ten, even when digestible, costing many times its worth. Many women think of sandwiches as nothing but slices of bread separated by slices of meat; but1 that is really but tho be ginning of sandwich making. Like salads, there is no end to the possi bilities of the sandwich, and they are as often as not made without a scrap of meat. Good bread, thinly sliced and in good shape, is one of the ne cessities, and without good bread, no good sandwich can be made; no matter what the filling. The one who prepares the lunch should not forget that one "feeds through the eyes," and nothing which is not in viting in appearance Is properly rel A "Happy New Year" . The spirit of idle waiting, of laying away the finished and folding away the worn, rather than planning for the new and beginning the untried, seems befitting for. the closing hours of ,the spent year. The feasting of thanks for the bountiful harvest, the 9 , festival gatherings of the Christmas time, with its joyous lessons of "good will toward men." tako us nnf nf nnv. Strive and lift, us nimv , ff nf.; slie(' even by the Hungry; while, - , D ., i , , , t0 tue growing child, a neatly pre fairs of the hurly-burly davs of toil, nnmri lnnnii a nn.f f ;ii V w V. A M&a.UAl IkJ liUl L Ul 11. rt tTI I lll'.fl I I II I . The lunch for the school child should Sources of Color An interesting, enumeration has been published in a technical journal, of the sources of color. The cochineal insect furnishes the gorgeous car mine, crimson, scarlet, carmine and purple lakes; the cuttlefish gives sepia that is, the inky fluid which the fish discharge in order to render the water opaque when he is at tached; the Indian yellow conies from the camel, ivory chips produce the ivory black and. bone black; the ex quisite Prussian blue comes from fus ing horse hoofs and other refuse anl mal matter with impure potassium carbonate; various lakes are derived from roots, barks and gums; blue black comes from the charcoal of the vine stalk; Turkey red is made from the madder plant which grows in Hindoostau; the yellow sap of a Siamese tree produces . gamboge; raw sienna is the natural earth from the neighborhood of Sienna. Italv: raw umber is an earth found near fimbria; India ink is made from burned camphor; mastic is made from the gum of the mastic tree which grows in the Grecian archi pelago; bistre is the soot of wood ashes; very. little real ultra-marine blue, obtained from the precious lapis lazuli, is found in the market. Many of the most beautiful colors used in the dyeing of materials and other uses are made from coal tar. Selected. a trilling cost from any urug store, is the best implement to use for its removal. Dip the stick into the lemon juice and then into the pumice and rub over the spots until removed. Pumice should be used but seldom upon the teeth, and never upon the children's teeth. A good liquid denti frice to use after the teeth are clean, to keep them so, is as follows: Borax, two ounces; hot water, one quart; tincture of myrrh, one teaspoonful; spirits' of camphor, one teaspoonful. Dissolve the borax in the water; when nearly cold, add the other in gredients and bottle for use. Use a wine glass full night and morning in a half glass of lukewarm water, to brush tho teeth and rinse out the mouth. This is aromatic, cleansing and hardening the gums. giving us glimpses of a life of "doing unto others," in its best aspect. Tho coolcery book, the fancy work man uals, and the wearisome shoppings after things suitable alike to our .purse and purpose, have left us little strength to think of other things. JThe old year goes out with the flourish of merry-makings, dinner livings, dancing and social enjoy ments known to ho other season, and 'until this is onded, we, too, may join In the merry scramble surging about 41s, 'pausing for a moment to wish to each and all of you a hannv. whole- some,- profitable NewVYear. be substantial and nourishing, but daintily gotten up. Cake is a poor food, as it induces thirst, and leaves a bad feeling; pie Is apt to be mashed up, If not made and put up with due regard for Its appearance. Individual pies, however, are easily made, and may be very appetizing without be ing unduly rich. Fruits should be useu pienmuny, especially the apple. The meats are much better ground or chopped up fine than sliced, and some little seasoning a touch of mus tard, horseradish, celery or salad dressing, often adds much to its taste. Some Familiar Customs We do a great many things with out ever stopping to ask why they are done, or to what the custom owes, its origin. Here are a few of them: Widows wear caps Because, when the Romans were in England they shaved the heads as a sign of mourn ing; of course a woman could not lot herself be seen with a bald head, so she made herself a cap. Though the necessity of -wearing it has passed away, the cap remains, The moaning of the crosses or Xs Eyelet Embroidery The. new eyelet embroidery, now so popular, isthe old eyelet embroidery of our grandmother's days, and is by no means difficult to make. When you have selected your design and have It stamped on your cloth, you must first stay the outlines of the fig ures of the design with short stitches set close together, as you would a but tonhole on "ravelly" cloth. Where the material is very fine or thin, and the finished work to be subjected to hard usage an extra protection to the edges is obtained by twisting the needle un der each running stitch, forming a fine, cord-like edge. In working the o-iroiif rmnMi n bolfi in the center oi the eyelet in the design (after having "stayed" the edges as described), , ami work over and over the edges witn a "whipping stitch," very closely, law just a little of the cloth up on we needle, and set the needle each time over the staying stitch, setting tne stitches very close together. K an oblong leaf is to be worked, donoi cut out a piece of the cloth to matt tho hole, but cut a straight, cleanbUt down the center of tho leaf or petal, being careful not to cut too close w either end of tho figure, but leave a . ui tie space; with the point of the need e turn the cut edge of the point of cloth back to the stayed edge aim work as directed for the eyelet, i stems to the leaves are in tho J lesiP i. xi i ,i Mining stitch. iU work this, take short, runn ng ll e set at regular intervals the length BETTER THAN SPANKING Spnnfcinjr does not euro olilWron : of fort Jft Tf It dirt thoro would bfow-ohlWronuiai it, Thoro Is ti conBtltutlpntU ctuiso lor in d M. Summers. Box 118. Notro 3)nni, Ind.; ". 0 lor homo troatraont.io nny M'lllrtron tntibl nfonoV. Wrlto hor totliiv If your cl '"',., -flu yon In this way. -noire i chaueos aro It can't help it. Jla tho child. n . W 1 nM,.i.i , jfr