The Gate city journal., December 24, 1920, Image 9

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I the Throne of Grace
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by regoj^ j
happiness to keep
when we “ fa i on sleep "
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| Year, good-bye— Taps
die!
|a lot of new tilings
told us a lot of our
ped us to step better.
Id us up and knocked
hiked cross to us, at
Understood, nnd didn’t
|e knew you thought a
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dellTerod L
11« tote*
Du. as you steal away
|rn with the efforts of
of mistakes while you
_________ Id Year. But Taps tn
ant ahead and did things
t. Equi!at:* i | |
Wanted-Vn out thfnkin.
ito chaia fa
polii us afterward of
Market
So, y‘oa see, we
you, Old Year,
to Calti
gnies we were disnp-
y assai! How 1
feat things passed us
olntedl
r them, now, too.
culmina#'* But
’- - I Life, the* all Is but an unfolding,
>u » ltn
v to ktep aj*
a ! ;i- : 1 •owing and n
ed'at
ie nnd n getting up In
rs anil laughter, work
Time plays about us.
le jadft
;ut now
going away. Old Year,
n imposi«
u with what we have
et uiM k
M
g aps!
and il«
all thaj we liave lost or fnlled
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ “ ■ets—just gladness for
million prods of every
ay In the somewhere
I anew In the glad New
rito I
■waken as on the mor-
fully «1
we failed—we won.
t fu
bildm.il
> we smile, nnd a few
smiles. Rut we blow
to them. Old Year.
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)R'S IN MANILA.
II eyes New Year's day
[strange olln podrlda of
er and Fourth of July,
red In with early mass,
|he cathedral, which Is
the women attired In
the poorer class hare-
|!i" wealthy in sombre
s mantillas or shawls
Pr heads. But Immedl-
eakfast everybody be­
laud preen for cullers.
|re plastered Into elali-
wlth cocoanut oil and
Ired or yellow blossoms.
This* I
P ra yp r
T il ^
_ <Snh. our JFatbrr,
»flh the routing grar.
’ ahrr utr arrk, fur
or prarr. for support.
I am id thr turmoil of
" Ih g prrartur btatii-
| anil tog. A s mr prrr
turr. Irt tta gatrB roU
»hnm oa farr to farr
Tathrr. A b utr gaz?
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utomu forrra anil tla
»b rurnta. anb aa mr
l«HBtrrg anb thr btg-
Y n?B- lot thr rlouba
t btarloBr ilhrr krrp-
abour tEhtnr omit!
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How to Plan
the Watch Night
Party
HK New Year’s eve watch party
atforils a most charming enter-
talnment for young us well as
elderly people. It is u time when a
party can be arranged on most simple
lines and It may be easily made enjoy­
able to everyone present.
Of course the house decorations that
have been used for Christmas with a
little freshening up, will do for the
party. As the custom of giving a watch
party on New Year’s eve Is a very old
one, the entertainment should be In ac­
cordance with the old-fashioned plan
of playing gumes ami making the party
entirely informal, rather than a formal
dinner or dance.
If the guests are Invited to come In
costume, It will add greatly to the at­
tractiveness of the party. Some simple
costume that is easily gotten up is best
After the guests have assembled, pre­
sent each with a large palm leaf fan.
have the rugs removed from the floor
of one room where a fanning contest
can be played. Lurge, brightly colored
balls, very light in weight, can be pro­
cured from the
10-cent store; five
or ten o f them
are started at one
end of the room,
the guests fanning
them the length
J f t
of the rooip and
between two posts
vjmrj
at the other end.
The “ post!;" can
be little evergreen
trees in f l o w e r
pots; the one
sending his ball
to the goal first
wins a prize.
A very pretty
costume party Is a
Pierrot and I’ier-
ette dance. The
costumes are very easy to make and so
becoming to the girls and boys. Old
fashioned “ square” dances are the or­
der of the evening with gumes and
contests of various kinds between each
dance. Of course the party ends with
the Virginia reel. By introducing a
game between each dance, you give a
most pleasing variety to the evening’s
entertainment, and no one will be left
out of the fun, even If they do not
dance.
The refreshments should be of a sim
pie nature, including some fruit punch
with which to drink the health of
friends for the coming year. If you
wunt to introduce the old-fashioned
“ hot pint” make a hot grape Juice lem­
onade with maraschino or preserved
cherries In It.
Never attempt anything that is be­
yond your means or the customs of the
place you live In. Pretentiousness never
brings comfort to the guests or reflects
credit upon the hostess. The true host­
ess enn show as much refinement In
serving a simple cup of te%us in giving
an elaborate dinner. Remember to be
your natural, unaffected self, and If
your wealthy friend has entertained
you nt a banquet, don’t hesitate to In­
vite her to your party even If It Is of
the. simplest sort.
Try to give your guests a good time,
but don't overdo It. .Make the evening
genuinely enjoyable. But if you have
a bright idea In the way of entertain­
ment, work It out and present It—never
hesitate to be original, but keep within
the bounds of your especial capacity
for entertaining and your pocketbook.
Whatever y o u
offer In the way
of entertainment,
have the refresh­
ments all planned
and ready before­
hand so that you
can join In with
the fun without a
care or thought
of leaving your
friends
to
pre­
pare an elaborate
luncheon. I f you
a re g i v i n g a
dance, be sure to
hnve the
room
warmed so that
betw een d a n c e s
the guests
will
not take cold.
The merrymaking at a watc
party should stop In time for
gather silently around the Are
Christmas tree and listen to the
striking of the clock that proclal
birth of the new year. Then shot]
toasts be drunk to the year, to t
and hostess and to the friends,
ly afterward the guests should
quietly, for a lltt'.e note of sol
Is not Inappropriate at a watc
party.
Here are some appropriate toa
such a time:
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R in g out th e old. rin g tn
R in g h app y belts a cross
T h e y e a r Is g o in g let him
R in g out the fa lse , rin g
the ne
the an
go.
In the
C om «. I « » ’ » Join the m e r r y thron
Cpon the couch o f l ife w e 'll rl
Spending the co m in g y « « r »to n g
H a p p y w e’ ll be w h a te 'e r betide.
W e lc o m e be ye th at a re her*.
W e lc o m e a ll and m a k e good cheer.
W e lcom e at', a n o th er year.
t’ n d er m istleto e and h o lly
A p a rty g a y and Jolly.
Would Be Grd^kReform.
Even an approxlm a^^^of the Net»
Year’s ideal of vlrtu^W ould be •
great reform.
Happy New Y ear!
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Another Royal Suggestion
eur
Chocolate Layer Cake
The winds that from the Northland blow,
From regions of eternal snow,
A t midnight now are chanting low
Goes desolate upon his w a y ^ ^
A King without a realm to sway,
Like sad, discrowned Lear.
t t cup shortening
1 cup sugar
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The Old Year passes; lo! he stands
And watches Tim e’s fast faflmg san^s,
Like dying flames from d
That soon will quepcnHuetr ng
And now a last flame fitfuTthrotys
Its flickering light o’er wintry snows;
And lights the way the Old Year goes
T o distant realms of night.
But while we stand, silent, devout,
O’er eastern hills, old Tim e’s redoubt,
There comes a gladdening “ H ail!” and sb
That brings to us new cheer.
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For Twenty-One, both lithe and young^O^
With merry peal from glad bells flung;:
Has come with joys as yet unsung— ZE
A new King now is here!
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Saluting the Parish Pump
HEItE has always been a close
and mystic association of kiss­
ing with the New Year. Every
lover. If circumstances permit, thus
salutes his sweetheart at the dawn of
the New Year—and some lovers are
not particular whose sweetheart she
Is that they thus salute on this aus­
picious occasion.
There Is an ancient kissing custom
associated with a parish church in
Lancashire. The legend Is that any­
one who nt the first stroke of mid­
night kisses the keyhole of the church
door, nnd then runs right round the
edifice In time to kiss the keyhole be­
fore the last stroke of the hour. Is cer­
tain of good luck during the whole of
the year.
It requires a certain amount of
nerve to enter this country churchyard
at the dead of night, even for sutfl a
purpose, hilt rumor hnth It that no
new year Is born without someone es­
saying the race round the church. The
dlstanre Is such that it Is Impossible
for more than one person to thus court
a year’s luck.
Churchyards have always been favo­
rite places for New Year ij^culatlons.
In the Wensleydnle distr1
T
>o, for
tmodn-
he de-
e was
Ing— if
nd of
obtain
rences
custom
to the
s waft
s unl-
t
rT 'H E R E are thirty-
1 two unusual cake
recipes in the Chapter
on cakes in the New
Royal Cook Bookl
T ry this one:
Chocolate Layer Cake
In silent woods low droops the fern
And seems for summer’s flowers to
But holly berries gham and burn,
T o grace the Old Year bier;
And from the blue of heaven’s exparii
The stars look down with pitying glai
And softened seems the radiang£<^Z
O f moon at midnightjde^r. '
New Year Kissing
Customs
From the N e w R o y a l C ook B ook
1 cup m ilk
l t t cups flour
4 teaspoons R o ya l B ak ­
ing P o w d er
tt teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon va n illa
ex tra ct
C ream
sh ortening;
add
sugar gradually, beating
w ell; add N iaten egg, one-
h a lf the m ilk and m ix
w ell; add on e-h alf tho
flour
which
has
been
slftod w ith salt and bak­
in g pow der; add rem ainder
o f m ilk, then rem ainder
o f flour and fla vo rin g;
beat a fte r each addition.
B ake In greased la ye r
cake tins in m oderate
oven 15 to 20 minutes. Pu t
togeth er w ith
ROYAL
BAKING
POWDER
Absolutely Puro
Made from Cream of Tartar,
derived from grapes.
Chocolate Filling and
Icing
I cups confectioner's
sugar
b o ilin g w ater
1 teaspoon va n illa ex tra ct
2 ounces unsweetened
chocolate (2 squares)
tt teaspoon grated oranga
peel
T o su gar add boiling w a ­
ter v e r y slo w ly to make
a smooth paste; add v a ­
nilla.
m elted
chocolate
and oran ge peel. Spread
betw een layers and on top
o f cake.
S E N D F O R IT
Y ou can use one o r more
o f the 400 recipes given
In the N e w R e y a l Cook
Book at e v e r y home meal,
e v e r y da y tn the week.
W r ite fo r you r copy to­
day. A ddress
R O Y A L BAKING P O W D E R O a
11* Fulton Street, New York City.
NOT OLD BOY’S LUCKY DAY DRUG STORE BY ALL MEANS
At That, It Must Be Admitted He Got
Out of Tight Situation Rather
Neatly.
Victim of Accident in No Hurry to Be
Carried to the Undertaker's
Establishment
He was the picture of sedate middle
age, from the broad-toed shoes to the
plncenez suspended by a broad black
SuJauth. In N. Y. World
ribbon.
lie gazed long and longingly at the
portrait of a maiden in rather skimpy
attire which adorned the lobby of a
theater.
resourceful occupant of the mayoral
He entered the lobby.
chair to Interpret the custom as relat­
He came out again.
ing to thd first tiii'ce market women,
He was met by an equally sedate
•nnd henceforward they were the re­ middle-aged woman.
cipients o f the New Year kisses until
“ Whnt are you doing In there?” she
the ancient custom vanished alto­ detnnnded.
gether.
“ Why, my dear, I thought It was the
It Is much to be feared that the entrance to the bird store, but hurried
abuse of kissing customs has been out as soon ns I discovered my mis­
largely responsible for their falling take," was hls rn*her halting reply.
Into disuse, though some of them are
As they started away, the man drew
certainly more honored in the breach something from
hls pocket and
than in the observance.
dropped it surreptitiously to the side­
One such, which used to obtnln In walk.
Oxfordshire, concerned the tenants of
A newsboy quickly picked It up.
certain estates which they held on
“ five," he muttered, “ a orchestry
eonditlon that on New Year's morning seat to the hurtles.”
they publicly kissed the parish pump
The sedate gentleman nnd hls wife
or paid a drink tine to the assembled strolled on.
populace.
As might he supposed, the tenants
Heavenly Inspiration.
nlmost Invariably preferred to pay the
The film corporation was on the
fine, but It Is on reeord that one mis­ verge of bankruptcy. Try as It might,
guided. elose-fisted Individual actually It could not sell Its oierttres.
kissed the pump In order to keep the
Then, one day. the president con-
fine In his pocket.
cblvAd a brilliant Idea, nnd soon he was
The populace were so disgusted nt
usttig' a sertop shovel to handle hls
hls meanness nnd Infuriated at the
money.
loss of the liquor that they held him
Instead of selling pictures he made,
tinder the pump and pumped the wa­
he charged $.r> ndniission to hls studio
ter on him until he was nlmost washed
to see them made.— Film Fun.
away.
The exchange of drink for kisses
Always Loses.
was. In the had old days, a not Infre­
“ You're a good loser."
quent New Y’ oar's day practice In pub­
“ I ought to be. I get so much prac­
lic houses, where It sometimes led to
rows and riots among the frequenters. tice at It.”
At one hostelry in the metropolis
The sugar output of Cuba has risen
it was the custom for the landlord to
by more than 1.000,000 tons since 1014.
hand out to every member of the op­
posite sex who called before the hour
of noon on New Year's day a measure
o f ale In exchange for a kiss.
What the landlord's better half
thought of this proceeding reiairt say
eth not.
At another London public house It
used to be permissible for the first cus
tomer on New Y'enr's morning to kiss
the barmaid by way of paying for his
liquor. But only the first was entitled
to this privilege, nnd any subsequent
caller who presumed to pay in this
fashion hail to forfeit half a crown to
the barmaid. One astute Ilebe got her
sweetheart to call first nnd mulcted
several Inter callers of the customary
half crown In the course o f the morn
Ing.
In a collision between and auto nnd
a load of hay, the driver of the latter
was projected into the village road on
hls hetd and lay there .«einl-cnnscious
until two occupants of the more speedy
vehicle lifted him out of the dust and
started to carry him toward the side­
walk.
“ Shall we tnke him Into that under­
taker's shop there, or to the drugstore
farther down the street?" usked one
of the burden bearers.
The victim raised his head with
alacrity and vociferated:
"Take tne to the drug store first,
you darn fo o l!”
London Bird Boxes.
That body of nature lovers, the Sel-
bome society, has for the last 18
years provided a haven of refuge for
birds in the London (Eng.) district.
Nineteen acres of woodland within
walking distance of the west of Lon­
don have been set apart as a sanc­
tuary where birds can build; and be­
tween 40 and 50 species are known to
have nested there, besides some 150
others who have lived there for a
longer or shorter period. Widespread
Interest has been nrou.sed In the ex­
periment.
Good Rule of Safety.
A good rule of safety is to think nt
others ns you move about. Persona
who do this will not stop suddenly In
the middle of the sidewalk to pick un a
pin or some other trifle. The felb w
behind you Is likely to walk Into you
and both may he Injured. They will
not start across n street without look­
ing first to see If the way Is clear.
It sometimes happens that a man
refers to hls wife as a “ Jewel" Just lie-
cause she is "set" In her w-ays.
P ostum
used in place c f
coffee has many advan­
tages, soon recognized.
Postum
A N EW Y E A R 'S W ISH .
thelr
rm It T o those m y frie n d s w h o hold m e dear.
r and I w ish g re a t Jtry throu ghou t the year.
other
T p oth er friends, w h o lik e me tea«,
if the A fu ll ten m onths o f happiness.
i that
ir lot. F o r such as lik e m e not at a ll—
fa ll.
omen I hope th e y ’ ll h a ve good luck till —Irla.
rig to
h bell.
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a jtra vS w n ea n d a piece of coffin
wood. This remedy was very fre­
quently resorted to; and so supersti­
tious were the Basque maidens that
hut for the consolation afforded some
L -IA P P IN E 5 S comes not *o
o f them would have lost their reason. I
much from whet if dene
In these degenerate days the lot of
for us as from what we do for
the mayor of Lmrham I* far happier
others. Its prescription is the
than that of his predecessors tt. aa
best service o f which we ent
dent times. If tradition can he relied
capable,
rendered un selfishly.
on the chief magistrate war then un­
Let 1921 be a year of service to
der an obligation to kiss the first cow.
G o d , our country and
the first sheep and the first pig
our fellowmen.
brought into the first market of the
New Year.
i
This went on until It occurred to a |
HAPPINESS
is b e tte r fo r
health, costs less th a n
coffee, yet has a flavor
v e ry similar to coffee.
Postum Cereal should
b e boiled a full fifteen
minutes. Another form
Instant Postum is made
instantly in the cup, no
boiling required.
Grocers sell both kinds
r