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womans world j by mair m morgan happy together in their phobic prison gift giving we hope as you read these lines that you aro possessed of the com- fortablo glow that can only come from virtuous knowledge that all your christmas packages are ready to the last holly sprig and bow of red ribbon for delivery to their ultimate owners all the same even the most forehanded giver usually finds a few- leaks in her careful campaign of pre paredness to staunch those in a way that will make everybody happy wo are suggesting that you go right out to the kitchen and make up a few glass es of jelly to have handy for last minute presents mint jelly has all the glow or christmas and is easy to make be sides for a rich yuletide red take the juice of canned strawberries or red raspberries and boil it down there are always cranberries too and if youve never tried turning grape juice into jelly nows hie time to do it peaches and pineapple are also good just use the juice from the canned ones rolish is another christmassy looking kitchen present the green of peppers and cabbage the red of beets and pimentos make a perfect holiday color soheme mint jelly onehalf cup good cider vinegar 1 cup water 34 cups granulated su gar cup commercial pectin to 1 teaspoon mint extract few drops green coloring put vinegar water and sugar into a large sauce pan mix and bring to the boiling point add coloring and as soon as mixture boils add pectin storing constantly bring again to a full boil and boil hard for thirty sec onds remove from fire skim and add extract to taste pour at once in to sterilized glass cover with parafin and when cold cover with another layer of paraffin cranberry jelly two pounds 2 quarts ripe cran berries 1 cup3 waler 5 cups granulated sugar u cup commercial pectin put water and cranberries in a large sauce pan and bring to the boiling point cover and simmer ten minutes rub through a strainer there should be 7v4 cups pulp and juee add water if necessary com bine sugar and fruit and bring quick ly to tho boiling point stirring con stantly the mixture must boil hard begin to count the time when hard boiling begins and boil hard stir ring constantly for one minute re move from fire and stir in pectin skim and pour at once into steriliz ed glasses cover with paraffin as in preceding recipe grape juice jelly two cups grape juice 3 cups granulated sugar cup commercial pectin put sugar and juice into a large sauce pan and mix well bring quickly to the boiling point and add pectin stirring constantly boil hard for thirty seconds remove from fire skim and pour at oneo into sterilized glasses cover witli para ffin beet relish two pounds beets g cups granu lated sugar x cups cider vinegar 1 cup commercial pectin cook beets until tender plunge in to cold water and slip skins put through coarse knife of food chopper pack firmly in measuring cup and measure 2 cups put sugar and vine gar into kettle add beets and mix well bring quickly to boiling point stirring constantly boil hard for two minutes stirring removo from fire and stir in pectin skim and stir al ternately for five minutes pour into sterilized glasses and cover with paraffin pepper relish this makes a green relish which is very pretty to serve with the beet relish beets and peppers are always in market so thc3e relishes are splendid to make for christmas one dozen green peppers gj4 cups light brown sugar 1 cups cider vinegar 1 cup commercial pectin cut open peppers and discard seeds and white pith put through finest knife of food chopper twice drain pulp measure packing solidly in cup until juice comes to top there should be 2 cups mix sugar vinegar and prepared pepper and bring quickly to the boiling point stirring con stantly boil hard for two minutes stirring constantly removo from fire and stir in pectin skim and stir alternately for live minutes pour into sterilized glasses and cover as in foregoing recipes strawberry jelly two cups juice from canued straw berries 1 lemon 4 cups granulateu sugar cup commercial pectin drain the syrup from the canned berries and add the juice of lemon put sugar and syrup into sauce pan mix and bring quickly to the boiling point stirrng constantly add pectin stirring constantly and bring to a bard boil remove at once from the fire skim and pour into sterilized glasses pleasing gifts that will gratify men at this time of year the feminine mind is always more or less perturb ed there is scarcely a member of the gentler sex from the age of fifteen to the period when age has been forgotten who is not confront ed with the annual christmas prob lem what should i give to the male there are a great variety of males in this world but here is a tip for the perturbed female who has to solve the problem do not forget tee fact that every man has a touch of vanity in his makeup if he lacks that he is not just the sort of male you should know whether he is your father brother nephew or gentleman friend the rule applies there must be a trace of vanity if ho is the sort to fit into your scheme of existence so play upon that masculine touch when you are do ing your christmas shopping the finest way to play upon the masculine vanity is to hand the gentleman something to add to his personal appearance the shops are ted with such things at this seas on of the year as you will readily see by a display of the ads in the papers and you will be astonished when you visit a haberdashery shop to discover how simple it is to solve the male problem of giftgiving for what man ths side of the north pole can be impervious to the gift of a shirt a pair of slippers a pair of py jamas a new neckscarf a necktie or any one of those almost unaccounted gifts which the average haberdashery stores are now displaying in such a tantalizing manner an appealing array the female of this- season has not dono her duty until she has visited some of these stores shirts special ly mado up for the christmas trade are displayed in all their appealing vanity it does not matter what the temper of the male the answer can he found on the shirt counter of the mens store or the departmental in stitution if you are really trying to solve the christmas problem in the most acceplablo manner devote a few days to studying the types of shirts which your particular male likes to wear if ho is youthful of the col lege boy type the stores will have plenty of colors to meet his most exacting taste if it is friend hus band the answer is the same no matter who the man or what his walk in life you will be able to satisfy him with the appropriate gift christmas recipes giblet stuffing two cups soaked stale bread two cunday hool tins is the first picture made since the marriage last summer of professor william e leonard 59year old university of wisconsin poet and his bride the former miss grace golden 2s their mar riage attracted wide attention when miss golden willingly entered his phobic prison a fear that he has of going more than half a mile from his home minced onions two chopped apples one teaspoon poultry seasoning one set cf giblets heart liver and giz zard twothirds teaspoon salt one- quarter teaspoon pepper squeeze bread quite dry add ths minced onion apple seasoning and finally giblets which have been simmered in water until tender and then chop ped chestnut stuffing three cups sweet chestnuts one- halt cup butter one teaspoon salt simplicity is chic oneeithth teaspoon pepper one quarter cup cream one cup cracker crumbs shell and blanche chestnuts cook in boiling salted water until soft drain and mash using potatoe rlcer add half the quantity of but ter along with salt pepper and cream melt the remaining buttejr mix with the cracker crumbs and then com bine the mixtures an oyster cocktail oyster cocktail sharpens the ap petite for the good things to follow and is quite appropriate for christ mas dinner for each person take six raw oysters one tablespoon to mato catsup one halt tablespooon of vinegar or lemon juice two drops tabasco pinch of salt one teaspoon celery finely chopped onehalf tea spoon worcestershire sauce mix in gredients chill thoroughly and serve in cocktail glasses or in cases made from hollowed out green peppers turkey bones soup dont throw away the turkey rem nants without first considering the following recipe take turkey bones and any leftover pieces of meat and boil threequarters of an hour in water enough to cover them add a little rice and celery chopped fine just before serving thicken with a little flour browned and season witli pepper salt and a small piece of butter this is a cheap but dej licious soup and softens the other- 1 wise hard bump the family receives when a return from a festive to ev- oryday fare is necessitated food decorations canned cherries and other fruits are decorative for salads puddings and other desserts and are a deli cious accompaniment the woods can most always fur nish material for a bouquet for the centre of tho table let us not be grudge the very small amount of time and effort such things require but let us introduce daintiness and beauty into our lives in any way and whatever we can lesson xi december 15 ezra teaching the law of god etra 710 nehemiah 813 5 6 812 golden text thy word have i laid up in my heart psalm 11911 the lesson in its setting time the year of the revival recorded in nehemiah s is not de finitely stated but it would seem that this event followed immediately the completion of the- rebuilding of the walls of jerusalem and conse quently occurred bc 414 for ezra had set his heart to seek tho law of jehovah and to do it and to teach in israel statutes and ordin ances this important passago was extensively commented upon in the lesson for december j and need not occupy us again at this time some qualifications for instructing men in divine truth are bestowed by god hmself others are received from the i hands of great teachers and great books while others can be had only by a deliberate consecration of ones heart to the teachings which it is ones purse to expound and all the people gathered them selves together as one man into the broad placo that was before the water gate and they spake unto ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of moses which jehovah had our strength there is a natural royal infants horoscope read son of duke and duchess of kent born under sign of virgo the horoscope below was re- understood tho reading the result ntly published in the london was that the great multitude were r able thus to comprehend the words baby son of the duke and falling upon their ears ken was born with tho and nehemiah who was the gov planet enus in the sign virgo ernor and ezra the priest the scribe thcre is a possibility to be guard- and tho levites that taught the anst of his being a little deli- people said unto all the people this in childhood but he should day is holy unto jehovah your cod outgrow these troubles mourn not nor weep for all the t planet venus is in good aspect people wept when they heard the to mercury therefore- it is most like- words of the law as the people had j iy that he will inherit the artistic listened to the words of the law talent of his mother and of his they became conscious of their own grandfather prince nicholas of sinfulness and broke out in great jugoslavia weeping read the sacred volume he will be studious and thought- and whether you will or not it will j f ul and give great care to all his un- so affect you so pierce your heart so work its way into your very mar row that in comparison with the im pression so produced that of orators and philosophers will almost disap pear making it manifest that in he sacred volume there is a truth di vine a something which makes it imeasurably superior to all the gifts and graces attainable by man then he said unto them go your way eat the fat and drink the sweat and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared for this day is holy unto our lord see deut 1614 esther 919 1 sam 913 2 sam 6 19 ezek 391720 neither be yo rieved for tha joy of jehovah is commanded to israel probably the latter half of the seventythird verse of tho preceding chapter should be attached to this verse suddenly there now appears in this vivid nar rative for the first time the scribe ezra who had been in jerusalem twelve years before this and had spoken severely to the citizens of the city concerning the expulsion of the strange women ezra 9 and ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly both men and women and all that could hear with understanding how much of the book of the law was in the hands ol ezra we do not know possibly the entire pentateuch bvt how much of this was read before the people it is difficult to determine upon the first clay of the seventh month this was a day of the new moon and the beginning of the autumn era and he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until mid day in xiie presence of the men and the women and of those that could understand and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law exactly where this read ing tool place we are not definitely told but it is prqbably the sme lo cation as that mentioned in ezra 10 9 and is supposed to be the broad place lying between the southeast precincts of the temple and the east ern wall i adaptation or provision in the gospel both of iat it brings to us and by what it takes away from us to make a calm and settled and deep glad ness the prevalent temper of the christian spirit so tho levites stilled all the people saying hold your peace for the day is holy neither be ye griev ed and all the people went their way to eat and to drink and to send portions and to make great mirth because they had understood the words that were declared unto them tho people had sorrowed because they had not kept the law they were able to understand the law dertakings saturn and the moon aro beneficial assets to his ruling planet it is interesting to note that he is unlikely ever to attain a throne it is also remarkable that troubles will omc should he at any time choose to live permanently abroad he should remain in tiie land of his birth during his early twenties some af fair of moment surrounds him plans will be made and countermanded and for a time he will be much in the limelight the end of his life will be passed in much happiness away from all public affairs he will be greatly interested in theological and legal studies personal habits an old mans thoughts at christmas old santa claus a tough old chap oh surely he must be hes made the trip each christmas eve since i was only three and now im over seventy and like to take my eas yet santa still is on the go youd think hed surely freeze and he nlust have come the chimney way as nimbly as of old for tho windows and use doors are fixed for keeping out the cold and ezra opened the book in politeness of the orient the dress patterned for today will fill a need in every smart wardrobe for casual wear its the simple tailored typo with dashjust right vou may make it of rabbits wool jersey novelty siik weaves velveteen etc and the result will be equally lovely style rvo 270g is designed for sizes 14 1c 18 years 36 38 and 40inches bust size 10 requires 4 yards of 39inch material 39 how to order patterns write your name and address plainly giving number and size of pattern wanted enclose 15c in stamps or coin coin prefer red wrap it carefully and ad dress your order to wilson pat tern service 73 west adelaide street toronto japans official travel bureau ad vises on treatment of tourists do not whiser among yourselves or titter in the presence of foreigners dont imitate fancy gestures learned at the cinema which will only excite disgust on the part of foreigners dont ask a foreigners age unless it is absolutely- required light pranks add zest to your ser vice but dont pull peoples ears dont eat bananas without cutting them up dont suck your fingers or form a circle with your thumb and forefinger dont go as far as the door when you direct foreigners to the lavatory dont go into the bathroom when foreigners arc bathing to ask whe ther the temperature of the water is just right or to help them wash themselves large napkins should be offered to foreign ladies so that they may hide their knees when sitting the i and yet on christmas mornin sight of all the people for he was i wei above all uie people and when he opened it all the people stood up cf luke 417 standing was some times the posture of prayer denoting humility 1 sam 120 1 kings s luke is 11 13 and ezra blessed jehovah the great god this blessing probably took the form of a prayer and all the people answered amen amen with the lifting up of their hands cf 511 some churches have re sponsive worship now and they bowed their heads and worshipped jehovah with their faces lo the ground such an attitude of prayer is a frequent occurrence in the scriptures gen 191 i2g 4s12 1 sam 2041 24s 1 chron 2121 and they read in the book in th- law of god distinctly the word here translated distinctly occurs in num 1531 and means with clearness and precision for which careful study was required and they gave the sense this phrase occurs only here in the old testament and refers to tho parenthetical comment introduc ed by the reader to explain the text which he is reading so that they e presents on the tree and floor and all the childrens stockings buldged with toys and sweets galore i would like to know the secret of how santa keeps so spry and of how ho always keeps that merry twinkle in his eye of course that trip behind the deer is dandy for his health but it takes some pluck to tackle it id hate the job myself fu manchu by sax rohmer so heres good luck to santa and his reindeer and the sled and also in his snowwhite beard and to his coat of red and may he long continue when the winter breezes blow to mako his trip on christmas eve at fortyodd below and fill the children with delight j and mako the old folks ftlad when they think upon old santa and the happiness theyve had though all approve of general peace there are quite a number who are unprepared to run any risk in order to preserve it viscout cecil who is ho sir exactly this dr fu man- chu eskod inspector ryman he is the greatest genius iho powers of evm have put on earth for cen turies replied smith sol emnly he is backed by an immensely woahhy political group and ho iifho advance agent of a yobow movement o f imbeliev- able propor tions the severed fingers on a perilous errand smith was first ashore lio close in with your ears open ho tcw inspector rymanj frcm his voice i know this night mysteryf of tho thames the threat f of fu manchus nearness had unstrung evon smiths iron nerves we went on deck as the launch drew closer in tovard the murky shore end in- spoctor ryman ordered on your faff past tho woodoo piorl not whore the lamp h beyond that nut to tho dark square baildsng shon yens the subject of personal habits is a very ticklish one one which needs careful handling it is an old saying that fools rush in where angels fear to tread and in this case wo will take the fools chance in fact that is what many people are doing in their careless personal habits with fire every day of their lives per haps the most effective way to ap proach the matter is to relate tho results of some personal habits in other people as people generally like to hear about the other fellow a man dropped a cigarette in a rubbish pile in a rooming house and burned to death eleven people a man dropped his cigarette in a couch in the lobby of a hotel fire resulted at 3 am and resulted in the death of four people a mother in one of our leading col lege cities for the fifth hundredth time started a fire with coal oil tha fire she started burned to death three children besides herself a man dropped a match on a garago floor walked on and left it a six- yearold child found it and ignited her clothing which resulted in burns that caused her death a tew hours later man attempted to sleep and smoko at tho same time result he set bed afire was overcome with smoke and removed in an unconscious stale only the timely arrival of the fire department saved him from being cremated alive some grownups placed strike-any- where matches on kitchen table two small children acted upon the implied suggestion and carried some to their playhouse innocently start ed a fire result a little boy badly burned do you always think about the safety and welfare of those about you when you discard your match and clgaretlo stub are you mindful of the safety of tho children in your home to the extent of providing safety matches and keeping them out of their reach do you have proper respect for tho dangerous properties of gasoline and always handle it with care every movie star a flower type hollywood is at the polls again this time nominations have hern mado for tho ten most distinctive floral types among screen stars by omar klam worldfamous amer ican designer and helen taylor film courturlere tho nominees 1 miriam hopkins hdiieytsuckle 2 marlon davies iris 3 josephine hutchinson for gotmienot 4 merlo oboron wild rose 5 katbarino hepburn poppy g orota garbo water illy 7 joan parker mountaln iaurol 8 dolores costello gentian 9 princess natallo palcy lilac 10 elsa lanchcstor foxglove according to omar klam who made his selections while visiting miss tay lor on the united artists lot the sec ret of chic is selfknowledge tho smart woman recognizing her limitations both physical and temperamental will learn to associate her personality with a flowor ho said onco sho discovers her floral typo her fashion problems aro solvod flowers represent moods toxturea characteristics if you belong in the roso family dont dress liko a daisy or a gardenia know thyself