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Show UTAH STATISMAN RE nZjjl - I It's great to set Is a rush for tbe library where packages are studied high on the big table, "8am, you give 'em out, says grandfather. And you tackle the Job. Everybody Is pleased, or pretends to bv with what be or she gets. And Uncle Peter sidles up to you with your box of dgars In bin hand, and says with a grin, "You hit me where Im weak. Presents are viewed and reviewed and right In the midst of It mother calls, "Dinner la ready." You all pour Into the dining room. There are eighteen of you at the table. Your father sits at one end and your mother at the other. And you are at your mother's right Your father asks the blessing; then grandfather carves the turkey. There Is a jolly datter. Plates are passed until each baa made tbe circuit and received Its load of good things. After all have eaten all ihey can bold, your mother pushes back her chair and rises; you all follow suit And your grandfather says to your mother, Sally, that was a fine dinner; and Uncle-- ' Bob adds; "Yes; 1 think I can get along all right now until supper. The family sifts back Into the living room. Mingo comes In and puts more wood on the fire, and the flames shoot up the throat of the chimney. Talk lags. And cousin Nat asks you, "Who was the most precocious borne for Cbrlstmoe I iRjRM Ton bave been away for tbe first time In your life, bolding down a Job a thou-an- d mllea from tbe home town,, but no you're on your way borne for Christmas, rolling Into a country that you know all about . Ton are the first one off the train, md the first through the gate. Father and mother are there waiting for you. Mother hugs and kisses you without a word,' but there Is a tightening of her arms that speaks much. Father . Ibakea hands with you heartily and says, "Well, my boy, youre looking fine! When you reach the car, there are grandfather and grandmother, and Aunt Jennie and Aunt Molly; and they all act aa though they never had seen anyone In their Uvea look ao good to them as you I Ton climb Into the front seat alongside your father. It Is Christmas morning and moat folks are at home. But you see an occasional acquaintance and wave your hand gaily and about, "Merry Christmas I" And one or two step out from the sidewalk and-sto- p you and say, "Well, I'll he dogged 1" and shake hands with you and tell you how glad ' The Chlffonnler Your Father Gave they are to see you. You for a. Birthday Present Ton are out of town now, speeding . over the road that runs along the rivchild mentioned In the (Ubler You er, that beautiful, wide, blue river, answer glibly, "Job; he cursed the where in summer you swam and boat- day he was born. "Youve heard that ed and caught fish, and In winter huntone before," says Nat ed ducks. There down the road comes Then you give Nat this one: a familiar figure with a gun on his shoulder and a dog at his heels I It Is Every lady In this land twenty nalle upon each hand: Chuck Andrews. He recognizes you a Has Five and twenty on hands and feet; hundred feet away and grins Joyously. And this la true without decolt "Merry Christmas I he yells. Your that again, asks Aunt Eleanfather stops the car, and you and or."Say You repeat the doggerel, and are ' Chuck grip hands. required to do so again and again. "JImlnyl Fm glad to see you, he "ItS nonsenses" declares Cousin says. "Howl long are you going to John. be home! "A week," you reply.' "Hold on I" saya Cousin Nat "fTne and dandy 1 says he enthusi"There Is some catch in the punctuastically. "Tliere la the biggest flock ation." And while the rest continue of wild turkeys I ever saw over In Ce- to puzzle, he takes out a pencil and dar Swamp; and the quail are as thick an envelope and writes the thing as grasshoppers this year. Well start down. "I've got It I he announces, and Tbe car moves on. something. reads: You are turning In at the home Every lady la this land has twenty place; 'you are purring up the avenue astla; to the house. Cousin Nat and Cousin Upon oach hand flvo; and twenty on hands and feet Bill have your grip and hat and overcoat and carry them to your room. Everybody laughs and Uncle George Suddenly you ask, "Wheres Unde saya, "That's a good one; then the c conundrums fly thick and fast Barry? Grandmother answers, "HarIs called It know the come. family you so couldn't He Is far ry away In to eat cold turkey and other fixings he felt he shouldn't leave his business so long. You are disappointed, for left from dinner. You spend the evening cracking Uncle Harry la your favorite unde, ' and you have been loklng forward esJokes, and you pop corn, eat candy, and commit various gastronomic enorpecially to seeing him. You all sit down In the large living mities. But who cares? Christmas cornea but once a year I What If one room before the crackling, fragrant fire In the big fireplace. All are should fed logy tomorrow? It la log ' talking at once Then mother Bays. worth It To everybody's surprise, ' "Mingo and Maria are In the kitchen. the tall clock In the hall booms twelve. and go And the folks say good-nigDon't you want to see them? Mingo to bed. and Marla helped raise you. You go up to your room the room . You open the kitchen door and Minyou always have had and always will go and Mnrla. their black fares shinhaveL The lights are on. There Is a cheery fire on the hearth. The bedclothes are turned down and your pajuinas laid out Your mother has been there. You close the door and look around. There la the chlffonnler that your futher gave you for a birthday present And paper on the wall, yon picked It out yourself with your mother: and you and she selected the carwhich pet There la the Cousin Marjorie ga m you made of embroidery hoops covered with red satin. You go over to the closet, and peer In. Your shotgun la right where you left It You think of what Chuck Andrews said about the wild turkeys and the quail "Oh, boy 1" There Is a tap at the door. Your mother conies In. "I Just wanted to " You and she tell my boy Where Im Weak. sit down on the edge of the bed and talk; then she says, "Now you must lug with affection, greet you with go to bed and get some rest" and site "Cliris'inas girl Chrls'mns gif!' hugs and kisses you and goes out And Marla hugs you and croons eu You step to the window and raise dearlng names to you as she did wheu the sash. The full moon Is shining as you were a youngster. Mingo shaken ouly a Southern moon can shine. The hands with you and says, "I'se sbo air Is frosty and perfectly still. Far powahful glad to see yo', Mistali off a dog la barking. You hear a cow Sam"; and you tell them you have lowing softly. A rooster, fooled by brought Santa Claus with you. the moon, crows for daylight Down Back you go to the hunch, and you In the village the. chimes ring out are no more than seated when then- - from Matlln tower: t la the whir of a motor outside. Some Lord, through this hour bo Thou my ImkJj looks out the window and shouts. guide: "Here's Harry I Everybody tries to That la Thy power I may abide. once. out the door Unde at liar get You put down the window, undress, ry, natty and debonair aa usual, steps and climb Into those pajamas that smiling from a taxi. "Thought you your mother has laid out You ' exweren't coming I somebody yells. tinguish tbe light And the next thing "Had to cornel he fluidics back you know you are on your knees by Then the side of the bed. You have been "Couldn't stand the pressure. the folks crowd round him. And lie skipping that sort of thing lately. pushes through to you, grabs your You crawl In between the sheets hand In both of his and says, "Well ai d snuggle your head Into the pillow here's Sami" And he adds, "I don' A delicious drowsiness creeps over know as I should have come If I you.' hadn't known you'd be here. Gee I It's great to get home for "Let'a have the presents before din ' 'hrlstmaa . ner augpssts some one. And there lA HIT. WMin Nnwwu Oil.) Be-foif- - tie-rac- k good-night- . ' (CORNS f-JiesoN SALESMANSHIP 9y O. T. FRASH Knocking tko Bom Ends pain at once and can't get of It that you're working for a lightweight outfit, you'd better nova ' Generally speaking, the employe le, at least, no better than tile boss. It may be true that your superior official Is a brotber-ln-laof tbe proprietor's aunt, and holds his Job on the strength of relationship, but If ha hasn't got dors ability than you have, the chances are that you II, have his Job some day. If you can prove your Yon have the Idea IFrid In owemaura pain Item rornelaandcd. do thla aafofT Dr. Bcboll'a Zino-pnd- a by removing tha causa pressing andrubbing of shoes. They an thin, medicatad, antiseptic, healing. At all drug and ahocstoraai Cost but a trifle, , w worth. . (Prcpsnd by Uu Untied States Dspartmat of Aerienit urs.) ' (tee of the most convenient dinners yon esn servo le a flab chowder, since It contain potatoes and vegetables as well as the fish. For dessert gingerbread with cream "one-piec- e eheese filling, Washington pie, or Boms other substantial sweet la suggested. Recipe for Chowder. " lilt chowder- - the bureau of home economics gives the following Ingredients : Ons and one-hapounds of fresh fish. Ood or haddock In the kind generally preferred for chowder, but any kind of fresh, dried, or canned fish will do If It fane lajge flakes of meat and only I few bones which can be easily picked out before the flab Is combined with the other Ingredients. Or, If yon prefer, nae n quart of clams or oysters Instead of the fish. In addition to the one and one-hnl- f pounds of fish yon will utf four potatoes, peeled and cat In small pieces; one onion, sliced ; two cupfuls of car-rot- a cut In places; quarter pound salt pork; two cupfuls of milk; pepper. . For lf cake for fruit CHRISTMAS and salt If needed. Cat the pork In small pieces and fry with the chopped onion for five minutes. Put pork, onions, carrots and potatoes In a kettle ancj cover with boiling water. Cook until the vegetables am tender. Add the milk and the fish which hot been removed from the bones and cut In ynnii pieces. Cook until tbe fish is tender, or for shout ten minutes. Thicken With Flour. Chowder css be thickened with flour, but most people prefer to sdd crackers In Imitation of tbs fishermen who always nsed pilot bread. For this quantity of chowder yon will crackneed eight or nine good-slse- d ers Split them so that thay will soak op the liquid evenly knd not bo soft on the outside and dry lnalds Add them to the chowder n few minutes before serving. If yon am using floor for thickening, mix three with about one-hacupful of milk, stir it lntothe chowder, and allow It to cook for a few minutes If you prefer a chowder made with tomatoes nee two end one-hal- f cupfuls of stewed and strained tomatoes Instead of the milk. table-spoonfu- ls lf D Scholl's Xino-pad- s ... FktMM-Afohiif- Ml Tha man above you baa made mistakes. 'l can tell that from here. I kfiow It because he's human and they all do IL Probably that man would admit bis mistakes If he were asked. He could do It and not cocfeea a lack of ability either. a Maybe yon wouldn't hare made the same mistakes If you had been In hie place, but there are plenty of other possible blunders that you most certainly would have fallen Into. Nobody le perfect If the boas made a mistake, It's your duty to make the consequences of that mistake as light .as possible for the concern which employs both of you. Maybe the boss didn't ask you to bolp him. Well. Is it necessary for you to receive an engraved Invitation before yon'll do a thing that Is In your own Interest? Anything that helps your concern helps yon. Anyhow, that's where you get your money, lent It? If you think the hose Is 100 per cent dob, why don't yon tell him ao? Proh-- , ably he'd discharge yon. Bnt that's what ought to bo done anyhow, for your own gpod even more than that of the concern. You're In the wrong Yon ought to be "some piece Job. where yon ain't" When yon knock your boos youre not hurting anybody bnt yourself. You're feeding yonr own discontent and that won't get you anywhere, any time. Be loyal. Be ambitions, Chang bnt don't be discontented. gears. Youre trying to go ahead with your lever set In reverse. Gaa, hrarfbuin, nansaa, end ether di gaativt disorders qoldjy and aus-l- y relieved, lafob Pleasant Not a lasadva, Band for free aasaplee to Boll A Co, be Orangeburg; N.Y. BEUcAMS Hot wafer SuralMtof CLL-AN-S FOCMNEHOCSnOtf E9t AND 751 MCKA6ES I (Prepared hr tha United State Department at Agriculture.) Every housekeeper likes .0 have on hand st least one good recipe for fruit cake. Because of Its keeping qualities fruit cake may be kept In reserve to offer the unexpected caller or to pass with punch or ginger ale In the evening. As 'tha holiday season approaches frnlt cake ' seems to be fow appropriate, and small-size- d cakes may well bo made several weeks before Christinas to use especially as gifts x Fruit pound ralnlnn H pound-citro1 pound cur route 4 cupfule flour 1 cupful cuaur H cupful elder K cupful tart Jelly cupful sour 1 Cake. H teaepoonful sod 1 tni tablet poon cinna- (Prepend by the United States Department of Ayriralttirc.) Javella water may be nsed success- a number of stains, but should be applied only to uncolored cotton or linen materials, since fully In removing It bleaches colors, and rota silk, wool, and some kinds of rayon, according to the bureau of home economics. The solution usually called Javella water (more correctly termed labar-raqu- e solution) is prepared aa follows: Dissolve one-ha- lf pound of washing soda in one quart of cold water. To thla solution add pound of ordinary bleaching powder (commonly called chloride of lime). one-fourt- h mon M teaepoonful nut- meg Any candled or chopped fruit, nut pecans blanched erfcam almonds or Eng-lle- h walnuta VI pound butter I cupful molueaea H teaepoonful unit The fruit must be prepared with great care, removing any stems or fruit not Is perfect condition. Wash and dry tha frnlt thoroughly. Cut the citron Into very small pieces Cream the butter and sngnr together. Separate llie eggs and add the yolks after the butter and sugar are blended. Add the liquids the cider, the Jelly, the sour cream, and molasses and the soda wlilrfa has been dissolved In small amount of water alternately of the flnnr mixed with with one-hal- f the salt and the spires Mix the other half of the flour with the fruit and add the (Inured fruit and last the whites of the eggs d tube pan with Line s waxed pnper and then grease the paper. Poqr In the cake mixture until s full and cook In a slow oven (from 278 to 30L degrees Fahrenheit) for 8 or 4 hoars A rap or pan of water In the oven daring the cooking period helps to keep the cake from drying too much during the long period of bnklng. -- The bureau of home economies of the United States Department of Agriculture has tested this recipe and found It satisfactory. Corn Rabbit Delicious for Luncheon or Supper An unusual and substantial lunch or supper dish la corn rabbit A fruit salad with French dressing would for both salad and dessert and supply a good contrast In flavor. Here Is the recipe, from the bureau of homo economics: Corn Rabbit I cupfuls canned 1 tablespoonfu! green pepper corn, crushed 1 or I grains tecspoonfulc minced onion I tablespoonfuls Few drops tabasco ' butter t tablespoonfuls sauce alt Toad or crackorc I cupful grated cheese Melt the butter, add the pepper cut finely and the onion. Cook slowly for three minutes, add the corn and simmer Air ten minutes; remove from the fire and beat In tha cheese until melted. Four over the toast or crackers and aervs at ones. an-rw- er one else, when you disregard the You hurt rules of yonr organization. the organization, too. of course, but you loosen the rein on your fix upon yourself a lax and dangerous habit and decrease the value of the only thing yon have to sell yonr efficiency. The good clerk realizes the value of discipline In the tales organization. He knows that no organisation can succeed unless ell Its members do their work together along some wdl defined ' plan. - Therefore, the gnod clerk does bis share by conforming to that plan, and ho recognizes every rale aa a part of IL Thus, the good clerk becomes a bet-tclerk and Increases tbe efficiency of tbe entire staff. Yon may break a' rule today and get away with it And yon might duplicate the feat tomorrow or next week. Bnt even so. you will have gained nothing of real value and In the end you will have loat Juat a little of efficiency, Just a little of Just e little of your employ-erregard and a very considerable amount of character. A retail clerk who observes the tore rules Is like a citizen who obeys the Iowa s source of strength to the entirecommunity and a person whom hie associates delight to honor (0. HIT. Wtan Krapapr lTnto.t bride At Elmdale, Kan a brand-necreated a furor when she luet a $8U0 diamond engagement ring. The entire town turned out to try to find It end afar everyone had missed dinner the bride happened to remember rhe had hid the diamond In her stocking. News. To Caro a Cold in one Day Taka Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets. The Bate and Proven Hamad Look for alunatnro of E. W. Grove oa the box. lie. Adv. r "r Natives Take Chances The only' people who will brave the dangers of the East Indian Jungles to gather the Jelntong used In chewing gum making are primitive natives of Borneo, There ere two things that make one excuse men: Philosophy or affection. , et The BABY self-respe- e . Sentimental Power Sentiment Is about the must powerful thing In the world. Timber experts say it Is poor policy to teach children to plant a tree on Arbor day and let them put a tree In the house ation on Christmas day. True and Christmas dont work well together. But so long as there Is still sweetness .and love light In the human heart Christmas will win. There are some things that rise above all practical consideration. Mobile Register. enough-reforest- Applying Javella Water. well-grease- two-third- EVERYWHERE Ring Wat in Sato Spot JAVELLE WATER Yon Brook Store Rules REMOVES STAINS When GIFT vyOU Injure yourself more than any Seems to Be Especially Ap- - Useful on Uncolored Cotton or Linen Materials. . propriate for Holidays. akfc ovar-acidi- ty Filter this liquid through a piece of muslin to remove the sediment Keep tbe clear liquid In tightly atoppered bottles. In treating stains with Javella water, stretch the stained portion over a bowl filled with water and apply the Javelle water to the stain with a medicine dropper. Do not allow the Javelle water to remain In contact with the fabric for more than one minute. If necessary, the entire garment may be placed In the liquid. Then apply a ounce solution containing h of sodium thiosulphate and ounce of 80 per cent acetic add In two quarts of water. 8od!nm thiosulphate (hypo) Is found In many homes where amateur photography la being done and la very effective in removing the chlorine which remains In tha fabric after treatment with Javelle water. Rinse thoroughly. Oxalic add solution may be used Instead of the thiosulphate. If allowed to remain too long in contact with tha fibers, Javelle water rots even linen and cotton materials. It should therefore alwaya be followed very promptly by a solution of thiosulphate, and tha fabric rinsed to remove all traces of the chemical. With persistent stains Javelle water and thloanlphata to neutralist It may need to bo applied several times. Commercial Ink removers are similar In adlon to Javelle water and are very convenient for removing many states besides Ink spot one-fourt- h one-eight- thor-oughl- y - Friend of Man One of the most efficient sweepers of the fields Is the vesper sparrow, which we may recognize by the white outer tall feathers, says Nature Many dwellers of the grass, Insect larvae, leaf hoppers, army worms, young grasshoppers, are devoured during tha summer; and Innumerable weed seeds make up their fall and winter diet. Mug-azln- e. Lotting Marble The marble nsed In the Ithode Island statehouse came from Georgia. There were 827,000 cubic feet used In construction. This was shipped In large blocks weighing from 10 to 20 tons each, and was sawed. .ut and carved In a Providence marble yard. Although the building has been finished 28 years, the marble le la splen did condition. Tax Paid by Smoken The Internal revenue taxes collected In North' Carolina are very large because taxes on tobacco are collected at the factories rather than from retailers. Since the price of the rev-enelampe la eventually paid by the amoker of the tobacco, people all over the world contribute to the Interna! revenue receipts of North Carolina. ne No mother in thla enlightened age would give her baby something she did not know was perfectly harmless, especially when a fow drops of plain Cnstorla will right a baby's stomach and end almost any little 111. Fretful-oes- e end fever, too; It seems no time until everything Is serene. Thats the besnty of Caatorla; Its gentle Influence seems Just wliat le needed. It does all that castor oil might accomplish, without aliock to the system. Without tha evil taste. It's delicious I Being purely vegeta-able- , you can give It sa often as there'a of colic; constipation; diarrhea; or need to old sound, nat- ural sleep, Juat oafv warning: It Is genuine Fletcher's Csstorls that physicians recommend. Other preparations may bo Just' si free from all doubtful drugs, but no child of this writers la going to test them I Besides, the book on care and feeding of babies that comes with Fletchers Csstorls is worth ll n weight In gold. i |