She Maken Lovely Baskety to Fill With Christmas Cookies.
years worked out joint Christmas presents which we their friends, are crazy about,
Another friend loves to work Barbaru in
im elegant cook, with leather, has a book on it, and makes up tremendous and has worked out boṇutiful batches of Swedish
a
Christmas alim belts of various colours, cookies. Martha, her sister, has which she gives to her friends, no cooking skill, but
is quite at Christmas time.
They are aristic. She has learned how wonderful presents, and they to make really lovely little afford her an outlet for skill all baskets, and she works at it in your
She is forever spare moments all year long, experimenting with new colour At Christmas time, we receive and now textures,
charming basket alled with
Never underestimate the de- cockles.
The baskets are useful light of a homemade Christmas forever, and I for one would be present. If you learn to make extremely disappointed if they yours, you are not only sparing
to stop this were
chuming the budget, you're also develop habit, und send orthodox, ing a useful skill, and making "boughten" "premenis,
your friends happy.
long.
Holiday Desserts To Delight Children
A
is
By ALICE DENHOFF
doubly until frothy. Add stiffty-boater
of
beating until mixture is stuff enough to hold its shape. Chil in individual moulds and stand the angels in the pudding just before serving.
HRISTMAS a card, which she had lettered to look like Д department store's
within gift youngsters
the certificate. It said, "This family circle. And wise card entitles you to 100 folk without small fry or hours of free baby-sitting, grandchildren try to "bor-
time which at any
suite row"
number
To prepare the angels, use an your convenience. Good for youngsters for the holidays, inverted ice cream cone for the body, a marstumllow for the We have one friend who, year head with a dried apricot halo, after year, entertains elx young-
and paper wings affixed with sters from a local orphanage, a transparent tape. The marsh- gesture that brings even more mallow will stick to the cone it happiness to the host than to the you clip the bottom, then pull guests. One special that always the cul apart and fit it over the goes over well with the children small part of the cone. Draw the Iz a delicate, delicious
"face" with a toothplek and red Pudding, complete with Christ- food colouring, and place the mas Angels.
opricot halo of a slightly 'raklih angle,
THE FUTURE FOR FACES
an exciting future. The beauty experts are turning to every kind of animal, vegetable, and mineral to see that woment remain as they were when they were sweet seventeen.
To date I con
the repor following departures from plain cold cream and chemistry:—
A cream that contains shark's oil
FACES are facing
WAY .
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Beachcomber
AM kid that the starlings, for a street where smbing rardonically, are still
gathering In Trainigar-aquare.
are at work.
BOYS'
Three new beautifiers contrin tomato, cucumber, grapes;
that
or
• A clearing mask containing carrot oil;
•
embryo of
Creams that lighten, de- wrinkle, remove blemishes, etc.
the made from young chickens
And for those who OTC United States of Christmas time....there is
containe cream of creams that the lot-bee's Jelly, shark oll, turtle oil, stlicones, and practic
other beauty dis- ally every covery, for a mere 240 a time. JOY MATTHEWS
visiting the A complete range of maskts, creams, powders, and founda- tions all from orchid-pollen;
A royal jelly that queen bees, which the skin should And equally taining;
feeds human
KUD-
AND GIRLS'
Some Strange Bubbles
-The Kind Merlin Blows Look Like Animals-
By MAX TRELL bookcase, you'll And several cakes of soap. Bring them all to me, please. And I'll blowing bubbles."
"NARF and Hanid, the shadow
children with the turned about names, were sitting on the back steps rond-drills
outside the kitchen door wondering what when they they ought to do, heard steps beind them. Turn- ing around, they were delighted to see that it was their friend
Merlin, the Magician.
"Good morning. sald Mr Merlin.
Evidently even the Strabismus Hygienic ink will warm pian to mear all buildings with marine glue, and to hang gigan- captive
fie By-papers between
balloers, has coine
nothing. DOUB
Other suggestions from
you
¡OUBLE-STRENGTH electric ink worms the paper you the write on, and gives every word
sge of Waggling Parva include a soft glow. Switch on your pen
the loosing of awarms of electric starlings as decoys, the pumping
now. A Spott dumping battery, cased in suct, emits a constant stream of inky vapour by means
of of a grooved catele cylinder with
A
if bird-polson over the National Gallery, and the operation
a copper spout 2in. by in, cleaners from aircraft. vacuum
muction valve illuminates The so brightly Granger indicator that you go grinning to bed, covered with warm, nourishing, double-strength, to calth-elving.
sparkling ink,
the
At present the din goes on, as man sald when the willow- wren spoiled his enjoyment of a Lroadcast motor-cycle rally. So
Londoner sensitive is the wise that, to escape the chatter of the starlings, he will search
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
(Advt.)
Dr Rhubarb's Corner
E. L. T. ask: How can I
from beer-stains lining of a bowler?
remove
De Rhubarb says!
Mr
Magnificent
my dears,"
"Good morning, Mr Merlin,"
answered Kmart and Han'd
Long Clay Pipe
start
Knarf willingly ran back to Mr Merlin's room behind the
bookcase. A few minutes later, he returned with many cakes of soap. They were strange looking. There was brown soap, yellow soap, green coup, blue soap, soap with dots and soap with stripes.
"Oh, thank you very much," aald Mr Merlin. "Now which soap would you like me to put in the water first?"
"The soap with the dols," said Knari:
Mr Merlin dropped the soap They now noticed that Mr Merlin had a long, clay pipe in with the dots into the glass of water and stirred it up until the ore hand and a tall glass
water, became suday. water in the other,
of
beside Mr. Merlin sat down Knart and Hold: "I suppose he said, "you're wondering what I'm about to do with this long clay pipe and this glass water."
to amolce "You're not going
-" said Krayt "I know
the
tint that.
pipe,"
Tear out
the Bning. As you are evidently
in the habit öf drinking beer out of the hat, you will not miss the lining.
Nothing to do with me
READ of a horse which seema to be a family pet. It
mot simply. "o" like other horeca. It has a daily 'INDIMA, and I suppore il orders
the dish it wants by placing dainty hoof on the kem. This kind of thing is called putting the carte before the horse. This beling Horse: Friday, I also
draw attention to a horgo Was ridden round the ballroom fou
From actual play; White to flour at buot ball move and win materiaa
ion!!
proble
1 K6 (52)
that
which i had a banci raiding the vem mun Soolcard in mod bit th
of
Mr Merlin said no, he wasn't zcing to smoke the clay pipe.
"And I don't think you'rq going to drink the water out of that lase," said Hanid,
Mr Merlin nodded again and said no, he wasn't, intending to drink the water out of that
Soap Bubbles
"The foot of the matter is," Ma Merlin aid, "I'm going to blow soap bubbles. Unfortunate. ly," he added, "I forgot to bring the soup, kar
song what is 'shame,” Hanke
Can't wo get you some?" sold, Khárt," AN
Colina, maling:"business" (with | salch ME, Mat
watched
Knart and Hand silently as he dipped the pipe into the water, put the pipe in his mouth and blew.
Out came a bubble, shaped like u Icopard, covered with spots. It went floating away over
Snow
MOCK PLUM PUDDING
Instead of the usual very rich
To prepare the pudding for 6, soften envelope plain gelatin in 1/4 c. cold water. Add % c. sugar and 1⁄4 jap, salt, also one c. hot water, stirring until gelatin is Cissolved. Add 4 c. lemon juice and
grated lemon the rind. Stir
mixture occa. sionally and when quite thick, and, of course, beat with wire spoon or whisk
flavouring.
MAGAZINE
the garden, wagging its fail and shaking its head.
After this, Knart and Hanid asked Mr Merlin to put in the brown scop.
Chocolate Soldier
Again they watched, wonder- ing what would come out next. Out came a chocolate soldier,
He put in the green soap and blow a bubble that looked like a green parrot.
He put in the yellow soap and out came a yellow cat with yel- It sailed off with the wind, low whiskers and yellow eyes.
causing all the dogs in neighbourhood to jump up the air, barking.
"And now," said Knarf. "Put In that striped soap."
the-
Me
"I bot," said Hand, as Merlin stirred up the soap, "you're going to blow out barber pole
1:20
The Shadows watched, won- Koring what
the babble would be.
Out came a zebra!
It was a lovely zebra,
"No, he's going to blow out a gently galloped through the air. candy stick,” said Krunt.
ACROSS the sunny garden followed the
the
Mr Merlin the Magnificent Magician, didn't speak, Slowly he dipped the pipe into audry water and slowly he blow on the stem.
Kneef and Hand watched him intently.
Rupert and the Fishing-rod- 42
When Constable Growler, hai laughs the squire, but you linte mone" back to his diaty, the, squirt: 2 knew what a good turn you were, takes Rupert; and: Bill into his doink to me when you and Bili 14 house, and sets a rhes) before themi started playing Red Indians i” And Then, Rupert tells himcha whole; ; we last the. Utile palt,, feeling very atory and Bill who sin 'atif won). 3. happy, indredi, are, silowed, id, race dering what I là, all about, Hatena, home, hayaa
Adventora, Betina Támase
plum pudding, the children get a mock copy that is just so good to taste and very
wholesome,
with the usual
Mix and sit one c. flour. tap, matoreg, top, cinnamoE, tap, cloves and isp, each salt and soda. Stir in one e, brown sugar. Add 2 c. raisins and, stir until coated with four mixture. Stir in c. melted butter and one c row each groted
Carrot - an grated raw potato. Fill 1-qt. greased mould 2/3 full. Cover lightly and steam 2 hours. Serves 6. Serve with hard. or foamy sauce. If desired, half ench rabins and currants may be used in lieu of all raisins. ·
For cinnamon hard sauce, cream 1/3 c. butter until softi and fluffy. Gradually beat in one e confectioner's sugar and
cinnamon, mixed to gether. Then beat In Y1⁄2· top, bemon flavouring and tap, credm. Beat until smooth and fluffer, Chill until cold but not" bară Makes about 4.
Press the hard auce izito ftat pan, having the sauce about K inch thick. Chill until firm and cold. Cut into stars. Lift out with knife or spatula and place around pudding on sprigs holly:
Household Hints.
pre
and Orange - coloured spotted leopard, such as carrots, the chocolate soldier, the green sources of vitamin A. parrot and the yellow cat.
"Those are the loveliest poap bubbles I've ever seen, Mr Mer-
Excellent
Add chopped celery and green Kn," said Hoold. "You really are pepper to a pot roast for fine a Magnificent Magician."
flavour.
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