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a plum pudding party by margaret m scott a plum pudding party dont you want to start it this minute but since guests do add to a party it might be a good thing to invite some this little verse on brown trapping paper could be used for the invitation the plum pudding fairy wiu be in town thursday four hours past sundown if you would see this jolly sprite dont forget to come that night name date pl-ace- then fold the paperand tie it up in a fourinch square of white cotton to represent a pudding bag bare branches can soon be changed into sugar plum trees just hang sticks of candy lollypops cookies strings of raisins and pieces of cin namon bark on them and watch the transformation narrow strips of brightcolored paper could take the place of leaves and you might pin some cutoat birds on the curtains and draperies and hang some from the chandelier if you prefer you might invite the guests as early as six or seven and serve the refreshments as the evening meal and then follow with the pro gram as a supper party you might eerve a more substantial menu but hands on the shoulders of the person the plum pudding fairy the plum pudding fairys a beau tiful queen who possesses the magic key of the wondrous land of cookies and cakes where sugar plums grow on a tree this wonderful land just out of our reach has trees that aro very handy they ak aro covered with cinna mon bark and twigs that are made of candy the toadstools are jumbles the springs root beer flower cookies are found with ease while squirrels and birds are fat kttle cakes and jelses ooze out of the trees in the very midst of this wondrous grove on a stalk thats not very tall there grows hie plum pudding spicy and sweet the best and the grandest of aiu kttle totan of- eflefieift iota still toe sit tt lie i little tobhi of ttijltrrin i oh still toe 6te ifyzt liel gfcebe if beep anb breamles sleep ije silent stars go ap set in tfj fearfe street sfjmetii tefje everlasting sirjrjt fje fjopes nub fear of all rjje ytktf fire met in ibee- tewsitrijt fa either case serving at seven pre ceding the program or at ten follow ing it the ceremony of the fairy and her pudding can be made especially delightful and entertaining tho suggested decorations are not feard to obtain or to arrange and ihould enable the hostess to give a different kind of christmas party that will be quite as enjoyable as the timehonored kind with a christmas tree and a santa cvaus menu cheese sandwiches meat or peanutbutter sandwiches pickles olives plum pudding coffee if supper is served at seven you might add a salad or a hot vegetable like baked beano escalloped corn or potatoes or something even more elaborate heres the recipe for scotch plum pudding for 20 one pound seeded raisins 1 pound ourrant3 1 pound diced suet 1 pound granulated sugar 1 loaves bread crumbs a pint milk enough to mois ten ami bind 4 ounces grated orange peel 2 ounces grated lemon peel 1 pint sifted white flour enough to bind 2 ounces chopped figs 3 eggs well beaten 1 teaspoon heap ing ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon level ground cloves 1 tablespoon vanilla extract mix ingredients well mould into round- shape having boiled yard of new muslin unbleached ten min utes wring out spread on table sift flour 116 inch deep and 14 inches in diameter in centre of cloth deposit in front of him at a sigpal the game begins the largest player tries to catch the smallest one and the others attempt to prevent it by twisting coiling and turning about the line must not be broken the antics caused by keeping the ends apart furnish no end of excite ment and fun when the smallest player is caught the game may be re versed the largest player being pur sued this time when the game is over place a smah table in the centre of the room and then bring in what appears to bo a pudding but instead of savory steam red and green ribbons come from the top fastened to the rib bons are little packages two of which one red and one green contain a few raisins two others a cube of sugar you might fill the rest with nutmegs orange peel figs hard candies cur rants nut3 or litte cookies but there must bo a red to match each green give each girl a red ribbon and the green ones to the boys and as the large pudding is untied the guests pull gently the little packages aro open ed then and the matching contents de cide who are supper partners serve the sandwiches salads and coffee or whatever you decide upon for the first course and now is the time for the fairy your little sister will enjoy impersonating her to her ald her coming the plum pudding fairy is read aloud the fairy is dressed in a light brown costume to which are sewed raisins- candy and small cookies she carries a wand with a small pudding bag on the end there is a room the kttle king has como has come ilast thou a guest room in thy home iend him not forth with beasts to lie seestthou his star shines in the sky wecome emmanuel neer depart there is a room within my heart watching their sheep on distant hill angelc strains tho shepherds thrill joyful they haste to see the child the promised saviour undefiled so would i hasten glad to greet and kneel 0 christehild at thy feet alas 0 world turn not away thy sacred guest this natal day too oft in ignorance and sin have nations turned him from the various shadows games for the childrens party inn but from me saviour neer depart dwell in the room within my heart emma watt easton christmas company is played thus stretch a sheet across a doorway and behind it place a barn antern or elec trie light do not use an oil damp let a group of young folks dress in various grotesque disguises and ap pear one by one behind the screen so that their shadows will be thrown upon it tho other guests then en deavor to recognize the christmas company by their shadows noses can be built up or out by means of wax in order to change the pro- flies pillows will change tho slender to stout and it will be no easy prob lem to determine the identity of the when it runs the directions say to turn the handle clockwise what does that mean how absurd dont you know the way your clock runs sure it runs down christmas presents can bo made a jolly game tho players sit in a circle and the leader asks a player what did santa claus bring you the player may reply for example a ukulele and immediately pretend he is strummingone in answer to the same question tho next phayor may mention a vacuum cleaner and be gin to roll an imaginary cleaner who ever names a gift that can not be pantomimed is out tho leader goes fires take toll in three countries japan loses 2000 homes- four actresses perish in rome us towns suffer rome four actresses were killed when a fire caused by a shotcircuit swept through the apollo tlatre in the midst of tho performance on fri day night the screams of panic- stricken women in the audience and the roar f tho flames were heard in tho adjoining eiiseo theatre where a performance of cavallera rusticarta was in progress causing a stamped among the thousand persons in the audience tokio two thousand homes were destroyed by fire friday night at namuztt shizuoka preferature the town had postoffice postoffice sta- round the circle until ail are panto- 1 tion and other pubh buildings were- miming their presents in an absurd fy in tbe flame3 no casualties manner the question is agam asked were reported the ukulele player who may thenl nun jjy three children were answer hairbrush and try to brush turned to death when fire friday his hair and play the ukuelo at the night destwyed flve business buihings same time tho questions continue tho hutrt of thi3 yjjlago with a around the circle and it will not be hated t sloflrrt ol cfiioj of etfjlefitm eseenb to us toe prap cast out our sin anb enter in 3e bortrln us tobap 52k tear trje fjristmas angels efje great glab tibingfi tell rj tome to us abibe toitf us suv iorb icmmatwel fbmtb sreou loss estimated at 100000 the children were alone in the building at the timo and it is be long until the game breaks up in a gale of laughter for the christmas candy box cufcijj y t with cardboard into oblongs the shape of matches candy boxes and write on each the fol- j ropal 5 the water lowing rhymes have pencils in readi- j works left the village practically ness and award a box of candy to the without waterj and th fire soon wa3 person who first writes tho correct j beyond control of tho local depart- answers j ment 1 tis in the mouth to thisadd a fall paterson nj a score of silk and now you have candy for chil- 1 manufacturing companies a foundry dren so small and u novelty silk manufacturing 2 sometimes tis foolish praise tis p were p out b fire tonight true j the loss is estimated at 750000 the fire embraced two of the three the gifts by jeannie pendleton hall the little jisus droppad the glistening 1 to lade the beast saith he mold gather up edges of cloth tight- a soon a3 p is fini the rd evenly allowing for pudding and to th c y- rt j inanv then she waves hpr watih nwt pany then she waves her wand over the table and two of her attendants appear one carries the pudding the other the sauce they place them bow and disappear then the fairy bows and goes out and the guests and that fairyland puddings are as good as theyd dreamed they would be swelling a little and tie with inch wide strip of muslin in a slipknot put in deep pot of boiling water and boil for four hours briskly keep cov- li ered with water all the time an old piate in bottom of the pot will prevent pudding from sticking to bottom of pot recipe for sauce two ounces butter 2 pints milk 2 heaping tablespoons sifted white flour 1 heaping tablespoon grated cocoa or chocolate 1 ounce grated crystallized ginger 1 tablespoon van- jlla extract sugar to suit taste bring milk in saucepan almost to toil add butter and slowly stir in thickening which has been mixed with cocoa add ginger and sugar bring just to boil a moment remove end add vanilla note to reheat whole pudding boil 1 hours contest op spices 7-j- a good way to break the ice at hla party would be to hold a conj rt of spices first appoint a judge j keep tho score he sits at a table gather in the mistoetoe to which are arranged six or more then opened wido tho barons hall jiumbered envelopes each containing a 1 4 vassal tenant serf and all different spice the players are pro power laid his rod of rule aside vided with paper and pencil each c doffed p- paper having a column of numbers th ftre with welldried logs supplied corresponding to those on tho en- went roaring up the chimney wide velops tho player writes his name tho h hul tabes oaken face on his paper approaches the table i scrubbed til it shone tho day to grace fanells but may not see each envoi- j b th u lts massive board ope in rotation and writes his guess no mark to p th s and lord dm hispaper when all have one this there hu s reeked hard by the judge collects the papers and por stood and christmas awards a prixo of an applo stuck full p bf cxives to the player having tho nor faiedod scotland to produce keenest nose no player is allowed ch tide her savoury goose xnoro than three minutes to examine england was morry england when the envelopes iw christmas brought ills sports v plum rtiniukg sfeiuno bee i is twas christmas broached the mer- tms hrt of worcs is suzgested i rjest tale- pudding sugar cndy7kics sauce twas christmas broached the might- fnmukitcd hark spices ingredients lent ale nutmeg crystallized fted cloth twas christmas told tho merriest jrtring raisirs mold walnut milk tae 6rnonbuuorp2und itir level- grata christinas gambol oft could cheer d loaves quart extract seeded hat- j tho poor mans heart through half thins tho place smelled sweet of frank incense and myrrh and mary pressed her darling close to her it seemed so very strange like any other babys were the rings of soft damp hair upon his tiny head and yet those three the stately cameltread the star that did not change christmas in olden time sir walter scott was known far and wjde as a poet long before he won fame as a novelist the following lines are taken from marmion heap on more wood the wind is chill but let it whistle as it will well keep our christmas merry still each age has deemed tho newborn year the fittest timo for festal cheer and well our christian sires of old loved when tho year its course had rolled and brought blithe christmas back again with all its hospitable train forth to the wood did merrymen go she hid the magi- gifts half tenderly half jealously for joseph in dis tress groaned of their splendor and their uselessness and would have proffered them back to the givers could such rude- s ness be but they were gone the rested cam els sped busily eastward now and rumor said not by jerusalem the warning came to egypt and within her simple bundle mary stowed the gifts they scented it like appleblossom drifts in may but joseph frowned i fear it is a menace half a sin j with things so rare when shall our sonling need that in cense there saith she when he is crowned where were the gifts those three sharp crowded years twixt wilderness and calvary mayhap his mother kept them sometimes would unwrap the covering and behold the wellsaved treasures through her lonesome tears the little censer deftly wrought and filled worthy a prince delightsome to a child the myrrh the yellow gold where now were they caught heav enward glowing hung as was the holy grail that none might see except the knight of stainless pur ity no matter far away the winds of centuries the shards have flung of larger trophies but these centuries keep the magithought and while the cae sars sleep our hearts give gifts today and sometimes its sticky candy i winga yn kirk silli mih j where the companies had their quar ters fireman john j nunnick was se verely burned about the upper part of the body when an explosion of cleaning chemicals sent a burst of flames through the doorway of tho mill within twenty minutes of the out break of the fire the entire kentucky and west railway avenue wings were a mass of flames a too 8 a word for nonsense youll oft ex claim and thus a favorite candy name 4 your christmascandy box may hold a meadow flower bright as gold 5 the first a dairy product tis always on tho table the next a peoplo oer the sea now guess if you are able 6 where they make money so shining and bright and so as a candy it must be all right 7 the second is a color the first a chilly season the whole a candy old folks like of course there ia a reason 8 a french word meaning good suppose you say it twice and you will have a candy thats always very nice 9 to make this good candy words you must take the first is a nut the next to break 10a slangy word for whip a vowel then a food youll have a candy that is black but also very good answers 1 gumdrop 2 taffy 3 fudge 4 buttercup 5 butterscotch mother and child perish in blizzard prairies swept by worst storm in years disrupting traffic calgary alta dec 12 the worst blizzard in years swept alberta and saskatchewan over the weekend taking a known toll of two lives dis rupting transportation and piling snowdrifts ten to twenty feat high in some districts mrs john f stewart and her 2- yearold daughter lost their lives in their own farmyard six miles east of hanna alta fe- mrs stewart who was alone on th farm with two children sent an older 6 mint 7 wintergreen 8 bonbon- 9 j daughter to do the chores becoming two easy 2tsi peanutbrittle 10 licorice tr plums cinnamon jumbles cloves fcweeten ginger flour diced muslin tft currants slipknot suet orange tanima eggs shape heaping bollmg beaten crumbs smooth flavoring iwckenirg teaspoonful dromedary dates tibefipoorful the fluttering ribbon players in this game are arranged in a line recording to sfao the largest on one end end the smallest on the ether ecch player stands with his tho year jut about i want a shirt for littlo brother said tho child in the dry goods store what size my dear how old is your brother i dont know zactly hes not very old ho just takes two step3 an nen ho falls clown toa drunk in excess may be rcs- ponslblo for neuritis according to a new medical theory growing trees there should be christmas trees but lot them stand deep rooted in the woodland and the lawn so may they point to christmas stars above and bow before the wonder of the dawn down all the singing highways of the world j confided to each wind and listening j somewhere breeze alarmed at the length of time the child was out she took her 2yearold daughter ceci5ia and went out into the storm to try to find the older daughter apparently tho outbuild ings were obscured by the driving snow and she lost her way the older daughter returned to tho house and missed her mother and lit tle sister and- went out to look for them after visiting all of the out buildings s calling through the storm she gave up the hunt believing that her mother had gained safety christmas trees alison brown earl hewitson of calgary and p wim coma their hymn of gratitude swift of red deer trainman and and joy fireman respectively of a south- the mighty choir of growing j i fast freight on the canadian pacific railway were injured and several head of cattle killed in a col lision at airdrio alta at c oclock saturday night when the freight crashed into an engine of a way freight standing on tho main lino due to tho blizzard it was impossible to see tho signal fusees put out to warn tho freight train service on the calgaryed monton lino was disrupted by tho storm which j m cameron division al superintendent cpr says was tho worst in his experience for a time two passenger trains and four freight trains were practicaily snow ed in m getting ready mr bug my i navor raw little johnny so industrious before ijady hug why dont you know christinas is coming s sixteenth federal parliament hung parliament iip failed to dim thi brilliance 01 detract from the im- prssivoness of ceremonies- attending tho sicond opreing of tho canadian parliament within tho year llooming cannon glittering sabres and swords officers in- scarlet and gold windsor uniforms ermincd supreme court judges the glint of niintiys silver slippers rnd the sheen of hvr evening dress tho clank and clatter of the princess louise dra goons guard with pennants stream in and that soulstirring moment when the guard of honor drawn up riue the bu gave wilingdon the royal salute with band crashing into the national anthem these wcro the high spots of tlie formal oponing the commons reassembled once 1 more heard the three raps of senate on the lakes took until shortly after midnight monday to complete aj bteck rodj rnd oncc ottawa leaden skies uhich over- heard vwcount willingdon canadas governorgeneral rend steamer looks like arctic explorer ccated la ico from bow to stern and from waterlin to the tops of her rigging t the end of her last lake trip for the season the canada steam ships line 3co0 ton bulk freighter mapjeton presents a frigid appear ance as she mos docked at toronto tho mapletoa which is commanded by captain dan ooniett loft wallaooburg with a cargo of 2000 tons of sugar for the dominion sugar company last thursday and between forcing a pass- ago through tho rapidly closing welland canal and battling with the waves jaucnonty ironi owck uoa ara once run that is normally mad in twoandahalf days tho maploton is the last i more obeyed tho summons to appear but ono of the companys boats to lay up for tho winter i j the upper chamber there they now tiovernorgeneral rend tho speech from tho throne and its her- aldings of the sessional program it portended the following rein traduction of government measures which fell by tho wayside in last sessions turmoil legislation to assist in tho establishment of cok ing plants for aiding the marketing of canadian coal action upon tho recommendationa of the maritime commission report rointroduetion of tho threeyear program for canadian national branchlino construction approval of tho agreement- with tho holders of grand trunk pacific per petual debonturea and consideration of amendments to house of common rules the speech announced also that tho prince of wales had adopted the in vitation of tho govornmcnt to visit canada for tho celebration jf con federation next year also that pre mier baldwin would come in crofibta