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VOLUME 5, NUMDElt 50
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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.
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originally put on'by" tWelSS
monks as a sort of trade m.,. cient
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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
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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
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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
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