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Show frp Woman's iphepe. alii -.By . Or?e . of . te 5ex. tbrlslnixNinrr Telllnariir ! till. Irrli. After Hie tin horn has tooted Its last dreadful note, alter the last chocolate cresm candied elephant has disappeared down childish throats, nfier dull and wagon ha e become a w ell know n friend, the shades of the swlft-iomlng Christinas Christ-inas night comes on and mamma Is called upon (on.ll the children just one itory, before thu tired e) es close in restful rest-ful drv. -iless sleep. Dreamless, did I ii) f Tint depends upon the plum pudding and infant powers of digestion. However, it may go so, and we will turn wnli willing arms to hold the baby while the other children croud around our knees, and tell them the story of the Christmas. Perhaps joti are ono of those mothers who have no prejudice tjalint repeating fables and fairy talcs to your children ; if so, tonight, Ihe s eel Christinas Eve, you uill tell your I ttle ones about jolly Kris Krlngle nnd his funny sleigh, and It may lit. you will tell them all the story of the dear, holy Rule, who uas born In a manger. Hut, just here, I want to nsl. you Latter-day Balm mothers If ou think it ulicniid test tu teach your children that Jisus as born on the 35th of December t Some may siy this Is a small nnttcr, but it is these same small matters which are maling deep Impressions upon the plastic minds of your children. Why not, at least to Ihe six and ilglit car olds, say that this holiday uas one which kept by Ihe old Koniani, nnd that lwn wily King Constnntlno embraced tat faith, to further his own ambitious projects, this particular feist day was set Part as the Christmas holiday or Divine ""rtiiday, Ji is not Ills natal day, every "ne knows ll at, and ) et w e go on, per-Writing per-Writing the errurs ol trio outside orld. Cannot the mothers of this pio-fie. pio-fie. at least, teach their children the P . 1 "l"1 ,cl1 lhel" t1"11 ,vllil 1"'' l """ we birthday uf Christ, yet it Is a lime for K0? cIltlfind a llnnj when we can "ink of Christ and Ills teachings, and lot the renewal of friendships nnd the 'flvenes of enemies? If thty ulsli to hear the story of Christ, no better fme can be chosen to tell that story, but f Itaching theru the wliole truth, don't !u.te that jou arc steeling their minds P'nst the errors of the world? Alter )ou have uplained this, then go tnand tell them the bcntitllul story of "J royal birth. In dealing with this iect, try and exnliln to their iincom-fentnding iincom-fentnding ears what a shepherd Is, ond " "icy are city bred tell them about ntep and how sheep live. Tell them, . hit an Inn was In the Halor's me, anj lnw j, wa, ,int na .,eope tedln stables, as they were sheltered !, , 1' '"u, not uncleanly. Take them w tor one moment and show them the "avtm above, and point out the stars while ) ou are telling them about the star that appeared 10 the east. TlKil while j 1111 are out, speak of thu he n truly choir which tilled the unucrte with melody. Do not lorgct to tell them how Ihe hulli ol lliebaMorvris heralded on this continent, con-tinent, and what Ihe condition ol the people was tit that time. You must im press upon ll em that the Habe was in looks Just like other children, and that only those w ho hud revelation from Cod to know who and what lie was, were nwnieof the fact of His divine oiljm. Telllhcm of the vh.it of the wise men, nnd explain what the gifis ueie, and why thu wise men brought such gins. Tjn-n speak uf Ihe wicked kin Ikiod, nnd tell thuil why he was so anxious to have the new Jewish King killed, lljou can read an) authentic lile uf Chriat, )uu will be idle to glenn very much as tu the circumstances nnd cuiiditlons under which the bavior was born. If not, study well the Testament and Hook of Mormon, and be suru )oii btiiig all our words down to a perfect under-, standing by the little ears urouiid you, and you will nut go unrewarded yoursell fur your time and cllorl. One little lesson that can well be Impressed ou older children's minds In connection with the infancy of Jesus, is that while it would have been air easy matter for our Heavenly lather tu so arrange conditions con-ditions in Jerustltm that it would be unnecessary un-necessary for Ihe child Jesus to be cuu cealeil in tg)pt. yet it Is not In that way that Cod ever does Ills work. He uses men and conditions, nnd ulille never Interfering with the agenc) of any nun, He rules and uvcriults, and accomplishes accom-plishes Ills purposes, sometimes in one way nnd sometimes in another, but til-wa) til-wa) s through intural means. Ill any story of Christ, the ono lesson firmly to bu taught and constantly to be bornu in mind by the narrator, is thu life of infinite love and infinite piticnce. Vou may not think, oh, moilier of a half dozen noisy bojs, that your words lire having the least ellecl upon the active, somewhat quarrelsome dispositions around ou; nut persevere I the lessons )ou thus leach will remain when all things else have faded Irom the mind, mid sooner or later you will see the beauty of the. labor you haw wrought, here a gleam, and there a Hash, aim in thu years you will know that your cllons were not 111 sain. I lie rr ur ! MurUInk'. ' Away out is the country districts, it is next to Impossible 10 have a tree. That sounds strange, for ono would think tliatsuicly out in the country was the vcr placo to get trees. Tho 'dilhculiy Is, that (allien and brothers have not been educated up to the tree business, und therefore don t caru to venture Into the eold canyons for something which has no money value. Now-,' little country coun-try mother, it you are sentimentally Inclined, In-clined, you must try and train our boys up to thu tree tradition su that their w v es will not experience the same difficulty diffi-culty ou have done. If you cannot get the tree, do be eamest about carrying out the stocking tradition. Don't refuse to hang up juur own or the papa's stockings simply because you are weary and the thing is so old and well known, you can't realize how generous cnthus-hsm cnthus-hsm on jour pait will help out the occasion and )our own 5011th will return re-turn to )0U In joyous nicinurv as vou enter imo)oiir children's glcefullabor. If ou can get ntrt-e.it is n charming addition to the Christmas memories, and will repoiy ) oil for all your trouble and expense. slirltlma tonkins. Maybe you have not prepired jour plum pudding, I'erhips jou are a young and inexperienced huusckcrper who dreads to put together a lot of expensive ex-pensive materials, which possibly may turn out a disin-il failure. I remember years ago, 1 took a recipe from n book, 11 very expensive recipe Indeed it was, and alter properly compound!).,, my materials, I tremblingly tied up the dough In a stout bag and put it on to boll Ihe rtguhlion twelve hours. Wth the fatality of joung housekeepers, I invited all my husband's family to come and partake of Christmas hospitslitv, There was no lack of good things to eat, and in the early course of the dinner din-ner I went out to takeout the pride of my hcatl and the eagerly expected triumph of the feast, that rich and delicious de-licious pluin pudding. I turned it out on the plate, and oh dear me, something had happened; the bag had leaked, the water hid stepped boiling or some wicked sprite had determined to ruin my dinner and my reputation. That plum pudding poured all uver the table in one thin watery mass ol fruit, It stenied as if there was nothing but wtter ami fruit-and I gaacd at the mess in wordless despair. My dear little mother-In law came out, and helped me to recover speech, but 1191 peace of mind, nor could she restore solidity to the dumpling. Desert that day began and ended with mince pie. The little mother In-law was an experienced cook. That miserable fruit was all gathered up, suet, debris, and all, Hour and jeast powder was added and (tall went into the oven and camo out several hours after, a f sir enough cross between baked plum pudding und fruit c ike 10 recommend recom-mend Itself to all the boys of the family, and one solid week of enjoyment ni fruit cake nnd night-mare made them all forget the Christinas catastrophe. '1 he little mother-in-law, brought over after that her modest little recipe for plum pudding, one that came In her dear little head clear from old Digtand, thu home of plu-n puddings. It Is safe, digestible, and as rich as a pudding ought ever to be. Here It is: One pound, (I take n pint measure for all these and press the weight Into that, as I haven't scales) of chopped and shredded suet three and three miarter pounds; three quarter pint (pressed well down) of bread crumbs, one fourth Eoundof Hour with 0110 tempoonful of aklng powder sifted into It, four eggs well beaten, ono cup of sugar, one cup of milk; enough milk to make a good batter not too still, one pound of raisins; one pound of currants;one fourthpound of citron and lemon peel each; one ground nutmeg. If you wish to use some wine or brandy, do not use- so much milk, and you can add spices If jouwlsh. A little molasses In place of all sug ir darkens the color, and if you I oil it twelve hours that will darken it. 1 he longer Ihe boiling the darker the pudding I always boil this In a tin bucket, well greased, Inside a pot of boiling water, nnd never use nbag any niore, oe sure of that. Tor sauce, put a quart of boiling water In a asuce pan, work together two large tablespoonfuts of butter with n luge tablespoonful of flour. When creamy add to the lolling water, one cup of sugar, and when cool nutmeg ami lemon may be added, some flavor with wine or brandy, and some use vinegar. The little mother-In law al wajs used a halfa-teacupfull of rich cream Instead tf brandy or wine. Mrs. Francis M. Richard-.. IUk 10 llatu mgthlti. Well. The secret of successful darning lies in "running" the thread of the darning cotton so far on eacli side ol Ihe hole tint it does not Immediately fray and pull out the goods. Take a long thread of darning cotton to begin with, nnd run It at least half an Inch along the Soods on each side of the hole. Con-nue Con-nue this until Ihe hole is snugly covered. Now cross the threads In the regular darmngstyle.taklngcare that the same precaution is observed. A stocking stock-ing darned In this way will wear, ns far as the darning Is concerned, just as long ns though no hole had ever existed. To darn very large holes, such as are apt to occur with even the most careful steppers when shoes are loose at the heels or are 111 fitting, something more thin a thread of dulling cotton is necessary. neces-sary. A case like lids requires a patch. Such holes almost always occur in the heel, so thnt In treating of the method of minding them it is safe to taku the heel for n model. from the leg of an old slocking, such as Is sure to be found in your basket, cut a kite shaped piece of goods about five inches long and four Inches across. Turn the stocking uront side out and hy the kite upon the heel so that the long-pointed end runs up the back of the leg and the lower rounded part Is at the base of the heel. "Run" clown the centro of the kite with a stout linen thread, taking rather large, loom stitches. Now "run" III the same way across the kite shaped piece, letting the thread be very slack. The next slep is to sew the pitch tight!) to the heel, which is done by stitching. It around the outside. If deftly done there will be neither wrinkle nor crease to tell the wearer that so hnportmt an operation has taken place upon the heel of 1 stocking. stock-ing. I'alches that nro mido of material other than bits of old stockings are apt tu be -harsh. And It is by their use that the patched slocking has fallen Into disrepute dis-repute among comfort-loving people. Hut, let the housewife grve this simple litllo method a trial and she will live to rriolce that such a useful bit of knowledge knowl-edge has been added to her list of household facts Not Trill- ol all Wuurn, Sai the New York H'orlJ The fact that men of learning have swung open college doors and men of business the doors of counting-houses to her, his not really changed the sweetly confiding and dllhdent nature of woman. It is doubtful If the possession posses-sion of the much demanded ballot itself would, hhe still has implicit trust In the knowledge nnd power of man, and sometimes she shows It In a most amusing amus-ing way. There was a woman of dignified beir-Ing beir-Ing and apparent Intelligence standing at .1 Ilroadwav post-box the other diy. Near h) a policeman looked upon the scene with flic high and indiflerent air common lo potentates, i.hc had dropped In several letters and gazed hesitatingly at a small package which she held .She glanced about for assistance assist-ance in her problem and her eyes lit upon the policeman. An expression of relief came upon tier f ice and she advanced ad-vanced with her package. "I beg v our pardon, she slid sweetly, holding the package up for his Inspection, Inspec-tion, ' but do jou think that there are enough stamps on this to carry ll?" And such is the chivalrous altitude of man towards perplexed woman that the policeman said promptly, without making mak-ing even an attempt lo weigh the package pack-age In his hands; "Oi'ni shurc there's enough, ins'sni." Her doubts banished by this statement and the lady dropped her bundle and went onher way rejoicing. TbClarrturlllril tliqiiii. Si)s I'olly Try in the N. V, KtcorJer I hear that liiecn Victoria, when a little- girl, was fond of climbing trees and walls whenever she could filch an opportunity which wasn't often. On one occasion she had escaped from her attendants, and, climbing 11 particularly high tree, sat there ami enjoyed en-joyed herself while she watched her chaperons running around, wildly seek-her. seek-her. As soon us they w ere out of sight she started to descend, but became frightened at the height, and drew luck. A young gardener named Davis happened hap-pened to pass at this time, and she- attracted at-tracted his attention. He ran for a ladder lad-der and soon had her on terra fir ma. She gave him a guinea as a token of her gratitude, nnd lie had It framed, and still shows It to visitors as he tells the tale. Victoria has done some lofty climbing since then, and the splendid eminence that she now occupies must possess a great attraction for her, for she seems to leel no anxiety about getting down. I wonder if the Prince of Wales wouldn't gladly run for n ladder to help her descend, de-scend, If she would only do it? His reward re-ward wouldn't be n guinea, of course, bu; it would be a crownt As Olli-.ru h Is. It is often well to see ourselves as others see us. The following is clipped from an Kngllsh paper; No Englishwoman can fully appreciate appre-ciate the jealousy existing between New York and Chicago girls. New York girls say that Chicago girls would be all very well In their way if they had not such large feet, and declare that the rhyme of "The Old Woman Who Lived hi a Shoe" originated thus. A New York girl married, ns second wife, a Chicago w Idovv er und was blessed w Ills three arrivals of Iwlns. Not knowing what to do with them, as she lived on u small Hat, she kept them In the lust wife's shoe The first wife was a CJiicigo girl- Another story is told by the New Yorkers to Ihe clfcct that when a lloston woman wants id stop a train she waves a book, the Western woman whistles, Ihe New Yotkvvomau signals wlthlier parasol or umbrella, while the Clilcagotan merely put her foot on Ihe line) .-vol... Corsets have been found upon the waists of Egyptian mummies. "What Is pluck?" asks some one. Eating two pieces of jour wife's Christmas Christ-mas pie. TJiat is pluck. The British government has made Anne Hathawaj's cottngr at Shotlery national property, pa Ing 3000 for it. I'lfty jears ago it was sold for J43. Three hundred thousand dollars has been given to cbirity by the Duke of I'ortland since his marriage, In fulfillment fulfill-ment of his promise to his wife to de vote to that purpose all the money lie should win on the racetrack. Miss Watianiikcr counts among her various accomplishments the unusual but dccldedl) healthful ono of boxing, Her tutor in great measure, mid the- one with whom she most frequently tries her skill, is her father, the I'ustmasler General. Gen-eral. t One Mnjajle, a ni) sterlous chleftalness whom u traveler In the 'lransvaal lately met. claims to be original Rider Haggard's Hag-gard's "She" an ancient dame, strangely decrepit and with white complexion, com-plexion, bright blue e-jes and snowy iialr. He was unable to elicit anything of "She s" personal history.' ""An unknown girl saved a train with two hundred and fifty passengers from destruction In Oregon, hhc was on her way home from n party, when she discovered dis-covered that n rail had been removed on u high trestle, and she procured a lantern lan-tern and signalled the approiching train. Hlie then went modestly on her wa) and never waited for thanks. Seven girls were having a confab over their embroidery the other daj when some one suggested that each girl tell what she wanted most fur Christmas. "Wall!" cried another "one. "Let's find out how much we think alike." Slips of paper ami pencils weie passed around and each gill was requested to write the narne of the article of wearing wear-ing apparel hhc coveted above all .others. You should have heard the outcry when the slips were read uloud! The only i.irl who liadu't written "Mackintosh" was she who had bought n new one Just the week before. Strange to relate, theru was not a seal-skin jacket in the list. |
