Friday, Dec. 13, 1940
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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!
gram sketch how easy this design
(No. 8827) is to make. Just cut
out four pieces, make the tucks
and the darts, and sew it together.
Even the least experienced moth­
er or doting aunt can do it!
For the coming holiday parties
this frock will be most appro­
priate in velveteen or taffeta, with
organdy or very fine lace for
trimming. Simple as it is, this
pattern includes a step-by-step sew
chart.
• • •
Pattern No. «827 Is designed for sizes 3.
4. 5 «nd « years. Size 4 requires 11» yards
of 30-lneh material; l!i yards trimming
and Hi yards of velvet ribbon. Send
order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
14S New Montgomery Av*.
Sa* Francisco
Calif
Enclose 15 cents tor each pattern.
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Indeed Quite Simple,
In Subtle Sarcasm
JJRICE HARPER stepped from
** her train happily.
A whole
month, with Christmas only ten day*
away.
That meant nearly three
week* for after Christmas jollifies-
tian, skating. visiting round with
old friend* and just squatted before
the big flrepiuce reading and talk­
ing. Wouldn't Aunt Margaret and
Uncle Jake be pleased and cur-
priced. for *he had not written.
After three cteady, grinding, monot­
onous years in the department store,
it would be heavenly.
She flashed a look down the plat­
form.
Ye*, there wa* wooden­
legged
Sam,
the
expressman.
Thing* hadn't changed a bit in three
year*.
"Hoo-hoo!" she challenged.
The old expressman looked up.
stared, then stumped forward.
"Blest if 'tain't Brice Harper!”
he eried. "Back among your old
friend* ag'in. Fine! Come to (lay,
or a-visitin' ?”
of nice times. But for the real
One of the most important occa­
Christmas l‘m going to depend on sions in the year’s schedule of holi­
their postals. There are lots of nice days is the Christmas dinner. As
girls in the department store who homemakers, it behooves us to
haven't any home and who will have crown it with a superlative dessert.
to depend on the cheap boarding­ Cakes, fragrant with spices, and
houses they live at 1'11 write a rich with fruit* and nut*, are tradi­
postal to Aunt Marguret and to five tional Christmas fare, and are more
or six girls I know will be glad to than satisfying as a finale to the
spend a week or ten days with me. feast
And say. Uncle Sam, I'll look round
Fruit cakes improve with age.
and then make out a list of gro­ They become mellow and more fla­
ceries and other things I want you vorsome as the days go by. So,
to bring out, and—any place where make them early and let them ripen
1 can buy a Christmas tree?"
until the holiday season arrive*.
"Ain't none better than grow right Proper atorage prevent* fruit cake*
from molding and drying out Wrap
down on your uncle's place."
"All right I'll get the Dill boy the cooled cake* in wax paper, and
to help, an’ we ll rig up a nice ■tore in tightly covered tin*. Pour a
little wine or fruit juice over the
one.
"Need any Christmas present cake*, every week or *o, and when
stuff?" chuckled old Sam. "Mebbe ready to be served they will be mel­
ye'd like to see Tomson pry the lowed to the proper degree.
Make out your Christmas list now.
cover off that box."
find a few friends
" 'Deed I would," promptly. "1’U
and relatives to
be right over from the post office."
whom you may
House I* Deserted.
The girls condemned to a pros­
send fruit cake*.
"Just visiting. Uncle Sam—two pective boarding house Christmas
They will make
whole weeks, though. Out to Aunt accepted Brice's invitation relieved-
charming
gift*,
Margaret Holme*.
After three ly.
On the third day Old Sam
especially for
yeorsl I'd never have believed I brought the hilarious five out in his
those away from
could stay away that long. But 500 ancient express wagon.
home, and who
miles—too far for a poor girl to af­
Th n the girls piled in like a whole
have neither time
ford paying fare for a few days' jolly Christmas in itself, and the old
nor the facilities
vacation. Now it'* a month, though, farmhouse seemed like to burst it­
to bake their
l .
Wrapped in cel-
because 1 haven't taken a vacation self. The Christmas tree was cut
lophane and
I with a bow, or
in so long. Can you take me and and drawn home with all the appro­
fastened with colorful Christmas
my trunk right out? I'll ride with priate songs and carols and huzzas j seals, the packaged fruit cake is
you, and—"
they could think of, and trimmed indeed "lovely to look at, and de­
"Ain't ye heered—had no letter a* never a Christmas tree had been
lightful to eat"
ner nothin'?” asked the old man. trimmed before Dressed In all sort*
A box of Christmas cookies of va-
whose face had been growing trou­ ot costumes, the happy girls sang
! rious shapes, sizes and kinds will
bled.
hymns hour after hour, quitting be an appreciated present for some­
"No-no. Anything the matter?”
only when they were too tired to one on your list Perhaps it is the
"No, except they ain't there. continue
kindly little old lady next door, or
Your Aunt Marg'ret said Christmas
And then, > ight in the midst of it the lonely cld man down on the
wa* io lonesome here she couldn't
the heu*. ty voice of Uncle Jack ' corner, both of whom will thank
spend another like the last So two,
roared through the door, mellowed you for your thoughtfulness.
three day* ago she an' your Uncle
by the softer, happy laugh of Aunt
Christmas Fruit Cake.
Jack went into the next county to
Margaret
(Makes 10 pounds)
•pend Chriitma* with a cousin who
"I'm going to have that dinky
114 pounds currants
ha* a pass io o' children. I wa* by
3 pounds seedless raisins
there yes^lay, an' the house did look post office over there indicted," guf­
fawed Uncle Jack "Kept that post­
1 pound citron
dismal all shot up."
al four days before the R. F. D.
1
pound mixed candied fruit
"Isn't there any one to look after
deivered it Fifteen minutes after
1 pound candied pineapple
them?”
that we were on our way. Of course,
1 pound candied cherries
"One o' the Dili boy* wa* asked
we had to come. Five more girls
1 cup butter
to, I b'lieve. He—"
to help wake the old house up!
1 cup brown sugar
A shrill hall came from a store
Whoopee! Why didn't you write so
6
eggs
front across from the station.
we needn't have left the lonesome
4 cup* pastry flour
"S-say, Brice,” wheedled the old place?”
1 teaspoon baking powder
expressman, "would ye mind wait­
Need More Food.
1 tablespoon cinnamon
in' three, four seconds? That mad
"Why didn't you write so I'd have
1 teaspoon allspice
ahouter was Storekeeper Tomson.
known what to expect?" retorted
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Been '«peelin' a box o' Christmas
Brice.
H teaspoon cloves
stuff more'n a week, an' 'twa* jest
"Lucky none of us did,” laughed
H teaspoon salt
throwed off this train. S'pose I take
Aunt Margaret, "for then we might
1 cup fruit juice or wine
the box 'cross to him. then come an’
not have these live extra nice girls.
Cut fruits. Cream butter and add
carry you an' the trunk out to any
Come, I must get into the kitchen.” Sugar. Add well-beaten egg yolks.
o' your girl friends? They'll all be
"But we've cooked and cooked, Mix and sift dry ingredients and
glad to have ye visit 'em.”
and cooked, till—"
add alternately , with fruit juice or
But Brice had been thinking rap­
"Not enough,” declared Aunt Mar
wine to the butter mixture. Add
idly.
garet firmly, "no matter how much fruit Fold in beaten egg white*.
Invite* Girl Friends.
you've done. There are all your old Place in baking pans lined with
"Tnke the box over to the store, friends that must be invited to wax paper. Cover pans with wax
Uncle Sam,” she said, "and I'll run come—though they'll come anyhow. paper and steam 5 hours. Then
across to the post office while you're And we must invite a lot of extra bake 1 hour in a slow oven (275
gone. I want to write some postals. your.g people in evenings to help degrees).
And no, I won't embarrass any of keep things going. Then—my land!
Gum Drop Cookies.
my girl friends. You may carry me There's a wagon-load outside. Cous­ 4 egg*
right out to the farmhouse. I know in Mary didn’t want us to leave, so 2*4 cups light brown
where Aunt Margaret hides the we brought 'em all along. Jack's
2 cups flour
keys, and I'm perfectly sure she and going into town this evening to buy
1 cup nutmeats
Uncle Jack would want me to go what he can And. If any of ycur
(chopped)
right there and use everything as girls want to go along he'd like
18
large
gum
my own. I'll take care of the poul­ your company."
drops (cut in
try," enthusiastically, “and I'H
"But, Aunt Margaret, we've got
small pieces)
roast one of the turkeys for Christ­ a tree ram-jammed full,” protested
Beat eggs thor­
mas and cook everything that goes Brice.
oughly. Add sug­
with It, pies and cakes and all.
"Not enough," firmly. “We can ar and continue beating. Add flour
Won't it be fun!"
pack on the floor under the tree. ■nd beat until smooth. Fold in nut
"You con invite a lot of your girl Now I'm going into the kitchen. meat* and gum drops. Spread even­
friends to eat with you,” grinned the Can’t you see. girls," her firm voice ly tn 1 large or 2 medium-sized
expressman, entering into the spirit. dropping pathetically, "being Christ­ greased baking pans. Bake in a
"Afterward,” agreed Brice. mas, I’ve just got to cook some­ moderate oven (350 degrees) for 20
"They’ll all want to ent at home on thing."
minutes, or until firm. Sprinkle with
Christmas. Then we’ll have a round (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) powdered sugar and cut into bars.
Glace Finish for Fruit Cake*.
German Priest, Schoolmaster, Wrote ‘Silent Night*
««CII.ENT NIGHT," the favorite
Christmas carol, was written
by a German country priest and his
friend, the schoolmaster of a neigh­
boring village, for a Christmas now
a century gone. After its first use
in 1818, In a little Austrian town, It
gradually made friends until it
came to be known in all Germany
and, in translation, in many other
countries, observes a writer in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The author of the verses of ‘‘Stille
Nacht! Heilige Nacht!” was Joseph
Mohr, born in Salzburg, Austria, in
1702. He was ordained a priest in
1815, and when he wrote the song
wes assistant at Laufen, on the Sal­
za, near Salzburg. Later he held
pastorates in various other place*,
and died in 1848.
The schoolmaster of Arnsdorf,
near Laufen, who wrote the mu*ic
of this and also of a number of
lesser known hymns, wa* Frans
Gruber, born in Hochburg in 1787.
1H cups water
% cup granulated sugar
% ounce Gum Arabic (4(4 tea­
spoons)
Place sugar and water in a sauce­
pan and boll to the thread stage
(230 degrees). Add Gum Arabic
■nd heat again just to the boiling
paint After fruit cake has been
baked, remove from the oven and
garnish with nuts and fruits a* de­
sired. Then pour the Gum Arabic
mixture over the fruit cake in a
thin stream, and manipulate a* lit-
tie a* possible in order to avoid
crystallization of the glace.
White Fruit Cake.
(Make* 5% pound fruit cake.)
% cup butter
2 cups sugar
7 eggs (separated)
2'4 cups flour
2 teaspoon* baking powder
’4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sweet milk
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 pound white raisins
% pound fig*
*4 pound blanched almond*
pound citron
Vi pound candied cherries
Vi pound candied pineapple
Cream butter and add sugar. Sep­
arate eggs, beat egg yolks and add.
Mix and sift together dry ingredi­
ents and add alternately with the
milk. Add lemon extract Cut fruit*
and add. Blend well and fold in
well-beaten egg whites. Place in
pans lined with wax paper and bake
1 hour in a very slow oven (275
degrees); then Increase beat slight­
ly >300 degrees) and bake 2 hour*
more.
Yuletide Cookie*.
(Makes 60 cookies)
V4 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs (well beaten)
2 cup* flour
V4 teaspoon soda
Vi teaspoon salt
V4 teaspoon
meg
V4 teaspoon
namon
2 tablespoon*
sour cream
1 teaspoon vanil­
la extract
V4 cup seedless
raisins
% i cup candied cherries (cut)
Vi i cup citron (cut fine)
Vi i cup dates (cut fine)
Vi i cup pecan nut meats (cut)
Cream butter, add sugar slowly
and beat thoroughly. Add eggs. Mix
and sift all dry ingredients and add
alternately with cream and vanilla
extract. Fold in fruit and nut meats.
Chill thoroughly; then break off in
small pieces, form into balls, flat­
ten. and place on greased cookie
sheet Bake in a moderate oven
(350 degrees) for approximately 12
minuter.
Mrs. Milligan and Mrs. Gray­
stone were neighbors, and often
they had a few words over the
back fence.
One day Mrs. Milligan said to
Mrs. Graystone: "I don’t know if
you’re aware of it, but, my dear,
it appears to me you’ve got odd
stockings on.”
Mrs. G. was quite prepared for
her, and with her sweetest smile,
properly squelched her neighbor
in this fashion:
“Oh, my dear, I can understand
that being a surprise to you, but
it’s a thing that may happen to
anyone who has more than one
pair.”
\JAKE this adorable frock for
your own little girl, tie a rib­
bon round her head and send her
assy »feet th* Heart
off beaming to her next important
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party date! You may be sure •mart an and voaea depend art BaO aaa Tahlma la
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she'll have a good, time, and be a«
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the smartest little girl there! hotue
to ua »ad reeelre DOCBLB Mwo *Mk **■.
Correctly simple, with waistline
slimmed in by inside tucks be­
Money in Trust
neath which the skirt flares and
Put not your trust in money, but
ripples, it’s trimmed with frills put your money in trust.—Holmes.
and ribbon at sleeves and neck­
line. You can see from the dia-
INDIGESTION
Pygmies Intelligent
Pygmies live both in Africa and
in southern Asia and Oceania. The
African pygmies, called Negril-
loes, live in a zone about three
degrees north and south of the
equator, extending right across
Africa. They average about 4V4
feet in height. The Negritoes are
the pygmies of Asia and Oceania.
The Aetas inhabit the Philippines,
the Sakai the interior of the Malay
peninsula, and the Andamanese
the Andaman islands in the Bay
of Bengal. They average a few
inches higher than African pyg­
mies. Though primitive in their
mode of life, pygmies are both in­
telligent and brave.
Some authorities believe they
most closely resemble primitive
Greatest Gift
man, while others believe pygmies
He gives double who gives un­
have retrogressed from present
asked.—Arabian.
races of man.
Orang« and Lemon Christmas
Cookie*.
(Makes about 5 dozen cookies)
1 cup sugar
Vi cup orange juice
Vs cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon peel (grated)
1 teaspoon orange peel (grated)
3Vi cups flour (sifted)
2 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
Vi cup butter (melted)
Mix sugar and fruit juices well.
Add grated peel, dry ingredients
and melted butter. Stir well. Dough
should be firm enough to roll. Roll
very thin and cut with fancy cutter
in Christmas shapes, Bake on ■
greased sheet in a moderately hot
oven (375 degrees) for about 10 min­
utes. or until lightly browned on
the edges.
(The dough may be
chilled in the refrigerator for about
a half hour to make the rolling sim­
pler).
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Feeding Father.
Don't let father down when the
holiday season catches up with
you. You may be busy with the
holiday tasks before you. but Dad
will still be around for the eve­
ning meals, and during the week­
ends, and the family must be
fed, regardless of the amount of
work io be done.
Miss Howe’s cookbook "Feed­
ing Father” will help you im­
mensely in preparing the family
meals. It contains recipes for
simplified dishes to serve which
will delight the family because
they are so good to eat.
You may secure your copy of
the cookbook by wriUng to “Feed­
ing Father,” care of Eleanor
Howe, 919 North Michigan Ave­
nue, Chicago, Illinois, and enclos­
ing 10 cents in coin.
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