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Show THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT, MOAB, UTAH ByBy ) Giarles (hain: as aro WNU THE Miserly old Scrooge, who didn’t believe in Christmas, partner, was was one casting first spirit nities he warned night his to bind chains showed had by that Scrooge missed his dead selfishness him. The the opportu- for happiness in his past life. The second spirit took him 0 SF Dickens {(— = STORY SO Z Ruth Wyeth Siar to the home of his poor clerk and let joked about his decease, and two debtors © him see how they were happy,in spite of were glad to lose a merciless creditor. his unreasonable attitude as an employScrooge was now a pretty miserable er. He watched his nephew and niece at . man: A new spirit was animating him play and saw that even they considered though only a day before he had said him a disagreeable lost soul. The third that if people starved it showed there spirit showed Scrooge how the town peowas ‘‘surplus population,” ple would react to his death: some (Now continue with the story) NARROW SPACE BETWEEN DOOR AND WINDOW ms) ADDING LONG CURTAINS, SHELF AND MIRRORS——}3 SMALL MIRRORS WITH STRAPS ALONG BACK OF FRAMES NEW YEAR PARTIES MUST HAVE PLENTY OF ZIP *“Let me see some tenderness connected with a death,” said Scrooge. (See Recipes They entered Bob Cratchit’s house. her work a VOW upon the table, put her hand up to her face. “The colour hurts my eyes,’’ she said. The eolour? *They’re Cratchit’s Ah, better wife. poor now Tiny Tim! makes them weak by candlelight; and I wouldn’t show weak eyes to your father when - he comes home, for the world. It must be near his time.” . “Past it rather,’”? Peter answered, shutting up his book. ‘‘But I think he has walked a little slower than he used, these few last. evenings.”’ They were very quiet again. “It’s I—your Saw an alteration in the Phantom’s hood and dress. It shrunk, collapsed, dwindled down into a bedpost. STAVE FIVE The End of It At last she said, and in a steady, cheer- ful voice, that only faltered once: “I have known him walk with—I have known him walk with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder, fast indeed.” “And so have I,” other. So had all. exclaimed an- “But he was very light to carry,” she resumed, intent upon her work, “and his father loved him so,. that it was no trouble: no trouble. And there is your father at the door!”’ Bob was very cheerful with them, and he spoke pleasantly to all the family. He looked at the work upon the table, and praised the industry and speed of Mrs. Cratchit and the girls, They would be done long before Sunday, he said. Yes! and the bedpost was his own.., The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his aa ‘to make amends in! He was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions, that his broken voice would scarcely answer to his call. **T don’t know what to do!” cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath. “I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel. A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world.’’ He was checked in his transports by the churches ringing out the “Sunday! You went today, then, lustiest peals he had ever heard. Robert?”’ said his wife. Clash, clang, hammer; ding, dong, Bell. Bell, dong, ding; hammer, ““Yes, my dear,”’ returned Bob. “‘I wish you could have gone. It would | clang, clash! Oh, glorious, glorious! have done you good to see how Running to the window, he opened green a place it is. But you’ll see it and put out his head. it often. I promised him that I *“What’s today?’’ cried Scrooge, would walk there on a Sunday. My calling to a boy in Sunday clothes. little, little child!’’ cried Bob. “My : “Hih?’? returned the boy, with all little child!’’ his might of wonder. He broke down all at once. He *“‘What’s today, my fine fellow?” couldn’t help it. “Today!’”? replied the boy. ‘‘Why, They drew about the fire, and Christmas Day.’’ talked; the girls and mother work‘Tt’s Christmas Day!” said ing still. Bob told them of the exScrooge to himself. “T haven’t traordinary kindness of Mr. Scrooge’s missed it. nephew. “I’m sure he’s a good Mrs. Cratchit. soul!’’ said “You would be surer of it, my dear,”’ returned Bob, “if you saw and spoke to him. I shouldn’t be at all surprised—mark what I say— - if he got Peter a better situation.” **And then,”’ cried one of the girls, “Peter will be keeping company with Someone.’’ “Get along with you!’’ retorted Peter, grinning. “Tt’s Bob, just ‘‘one as likely as of these days; not,” said though there’s plenty of time for that, my dear. But however and whenever we part. from one another, I am sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim—shall we?’’ : **Never, father!’’ **And I know,” my dears,, that cried said Bob, when they all. ‘“‘I know, we recollect how patient and how mild he was; although he was a little, littlé child; we shall not quarrel easily among ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.’’ “No, never, father!’’ “I am very happy,”’ said little Bob, “I am very happy!’’ Mrs. Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and “a xe himself shook hands. Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God! < “Spectre,’’ said Scrooge, ‘‘something informs me that our parting moment is at hand. I know it, but I know not how. Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?”’ The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him to a _ churchyard. “Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,” said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” Still the Ghost pointed downward _ to the grave by which it stood. Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, Eb“enezer Scrooge. *‘Spirit!”’ he cried, tight plevahane at its robe, “hear me! I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. Why show me this if I am ‘past all hope!’’ ‘Holding up his hands in a las¢ vrayer to have his fate reversed, he OLSTERY TACKS FRINGE ON Celebrating the advent of a new year is excuse enough for a party in any crowd. Whether it’s youngsters or the “oldsters’” that gather to see the old year out, the new year in, the party must have plenty again,” said ‘It ACKETS The Spirits have done it all in one fellow!”* night. Hallo, my fine ‘Hallo!’ returned the boy. “ “Do you know the Poulterer’s, the next street but one, ner?”’? Scrooge inquired. “TY should “An hope at the in cor- I did.” intelligent boy!” said Scrooge. ‘tA remarkable boy! Do you know whether they’ve sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there?—Not the little prize Turkey: the big one?’’ ‘‘What, the one as big as me?” turned the boy. “What Scrooge. to him. ‘It’s a delightful boy!’ “It’s a pleasure to Yes, my buck!”’ hanging there resaid talk now.” “Ts it?’ said Scrooge. buy. it.’ *“‘Walk—er!’? exclaimed ‘‘Go the and boy. **No, no,’’ said Scrooge, “I am in earnest. Go and buy it, and tell "em to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. Come back with five minutes and a-crown!’”’ The “T’ll boy send whispered hands, and “‘He shan’t twice the was it him in less I’ll give you off like to than half- a shot. Bob Cratchit’s!’’ Scrooge, splitting rubbing his with a laugh. know who sends it. It’s size of Tiny Tim.’’ He dressed himself ‘‘all in his best,’”? and at last got out into the streets. The people were by this time pouring forth, as he had seen them with the Ghost of Christmas Present; and walking with his hands behind him, Scrooge regarded every one with a delighted smile. He looked so irresistibly pleasant, in a word, that three or four good-humoured fellows said, ‘‘Good-morn- ing, sir! A merry Christmas to you!’’ And Scrooge said often afterwards, that of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard, those were the blithest in his ears. . He had not gone far, when coming on towards him he beheld the portly gentleman, who had walked into his counting-house the day before. “My dear sir,” said Scrooge, ‘““How do you do? I hope you succeeded yesterday. It was very kind of you. A merry Christmas to you.” “Mr. Scrooge?”’ “Yes,’’ said Scrooge.. ‘“‘That is my name, and I fear it may not be pleasant to you. Allow me to ask your pardon. And will you have the Uncle of Scrooge.’’ goodness”—here Scrooge whispered in his ear. “Lord bless me!”’ cried the gentleman. “My dear Mr, Scrooge, are you serious?”’ “If you please,” said Scrooge. “Not a farthing less. A great many back-payments are included in it, I assure you.’’ “My dear sir,” said the other, shaking hands with him. “I don’t know what to say to such munifi— “Don’t say anything, please,” retorted Scrooge. ‘‘Come and see me.” **I will!” cried the old gentleman. He went to church, and walked about the streets, and patted children on the head. In the afternoon he turned towards his nephew’s house. “Is your master at home, my dear?”’ said Scrooge to the girl. Nice girl! Very. “He’s in the dining-room, along with mistress. I’ll show upstairs, if you please.” sir, you “Thank ’ee. He knows me,’’ said Scrooge, with his hand already on the dining-room lock. ‘“I’ll go in here, my dear.’’ “Fred!”? said Scrooge. Dear heart alive, how marriage started! “Why bless my *“‘who’s that?” his niece by . soul!’’ cried Fred, “It’s I... Your uncle have come to dinner. me in, Fred?” Scrooge. Will you I let Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off. He was at home in five minutes. Nothing could be heartier. His niece looked just: the same. So did Topper when he came. So did the plump sister, when she came. So did every one when they came. Wonderful party, wonderful -games. But he was early at the office next morning. If he could only be there first, and catch Bob Cratchit coming late! And he did it; yes he did! The clock struck nine. No Bob. A quarter past. No Bob. He was full eighteen minutes behind his time. “Hallo!” growled Scrooge, in his accustomed voice, as near as he could feign it. ‘‘What do you mean by coming here at this time of day?” “I am very sorry, sir,”’ said Bob. “Now, I'll tell you what, my friend,’”’ said Scrooge, “I am not going to stand this sort of thing any longer. And therefore,’’ he continued, leaping from his stool, and giving Bob a dig in the waistcoat: *fand therefore I am about to raise your salary!’’ Bob trembled, and nearer to the ruler. got a little _He had a ‘mo mentary idea of knocking Serooge down with it, holding him, and ealling to the people in the court for help and a strait-waistcoat. **A merry Christmas, Bob!” said Serooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the back. *‘A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year! I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family.”’ Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more;: and to Tiny Tim, who did not die he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as gcod a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world. Some people laughed to see the alteration in but he let them laugh, and heeded them; for he was enough to know that nothing happened on this globe, for at which some their of fill him, little wise ever good, people did not have laughter in the outset. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all cf us! And so, as Tiny Tim observexl, Gad bless Us, Every. One! [THE END] novelty and ‘“‘get-up-and-go”— new games, new music, new refreshments, too, and something to drink is a moderate oven (350 iearcen for 35 to 46 minutes. Mixed Salad. (Serves 10 to 12) 1 large head lettuce 2’ cups carrots (shredded) 8 eups red skinned apples 2 cups red grapes (diced) (halved and seeded) (% % 8 tablespoons onion (minced) French dressing Separate leaves re-Gly quirement! Drink a_ toast to the new year with a piping hot of ‘punch: while the \ winds of winter howl and fling sheets of snow against of lettuce, wash and dry thoroughly. Tear into pieces. Place in large salad bowl with carrots, apples, grapes and onion. Add French dressing and mix very, lightly, mixing. | using forks for the French Dressing. (Makes 114 cups) cheer your guests (both young and % clove garlic (grated) old!) and it starts them on the | 4 lumps sugar homeward trip warmed from within. 1 tablespoon salt “Hawaiian Hot Cup” isa drink 1 tablespoon paprika that is new as the brand new year. 1 cup salad oil Serve it steaming hot in small eups, 14% cup lemon juice or vinegar with crisp crackers and wedges of Grate garlic on lump sugar. Comcheese to accompany it. bine with remaining ingredients, Hot Spiced Cider and Holiday pour into fruit jar, and shake until Mulled Grape Juice, served with well blended. Ginger Cookies or Doughnuts, make Hot Spiced Cider. simple and satisfying refreshments (Serves 20 to 25) for a crowd, and crisp, buttery pop1 gallon cider eorn or salted nuts are good to nib2 cups brown sugble on while the entertainment is ar under way. . 3 sticks cinnamon the windows, a hot, tangy drink will If you’d like to start the evening with a buffet meal, here’s a menu you and your guests will like. Tuna Curry on Chinese Noodles Mixed Salad With French Dressing Hot French or Italian Bread Orange Ginger Bread With Whipped Cream Coffee Tuna (Serves 6 tablespoons % cup flour Curry. 10 to 12) butter | Add remaining ingredi- ents. Serve hot on Chinese noodles, and if desired, sprinkle with .shredded, salted almonds. Orange Gingerbread. (Serves 15) % eup shortening 1 cup sugar 4 teaspoons orange rind (grated) 2 eggs (beaten) 3% cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 2% teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1. oup. molasses ’ 1 eup sour milk Cream shortening and add sugar gradually. Add orange rind, and beaten eggs. Mix well. Sift together the flour, soda, baking powder, salt. and. spices. Add to first mixture alternately with milk and molasses. Place batter in 2 greased 8-inch square pans and bake in a Have You Year’s I hope lutions Made Your New Resolutions? that in your for the new year, there And resolve to keep the family eookie jar filled to the brim? And resolve to try at least one new cake or pie a week? To make it easy, and to keep your own interest alive, send for my cook book ‘Better Baking.” You'll. find it’s fun to try the recipes for Mountain - Muffins, Honey Drop Biscuits, Hot Cinnamon Rolls, and Boston Brown Bread. 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(sliced) 1 cup sugar 5 cups canned unsweetened Hae waiian pineapple juice 4 tablespoons of lime juice 2 tablespoons of lemon juice Place sliced kumquats in bowl and mix well with the sugar. Let stand for 1 hour. Heat pineapple juice piping hot but do not boil. Pour over sugar and kumquats and (Released method this sketch is described fully in ae Boo. This book contains thirtyhomemaking projects with step by to Brighten Your Home With ed Crochet ¥% teaspoon salt at Union.) HINTS Pattern 6800 Salt Lake's NEWEST HOTEL RVEN a beginner will find this medallion an easy one to crochet. Joined together the medallions form a lovely pattern for large or small accessories. Pattern 6800 * ¢ 8 contains instructions making medallion; illustration of it stitches; photograph of medallion; terials needed. Send order to: Sewing 82 Bighth Circle Ave. for and ma- Needlecraft Dept. New York Enelose 15 cents in coins for PatBern NOs. 3 acces Name SCeHPeSOSSHSGORA Bae Address .... 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For instance, why not resolve to serve a home-made hot bread once a week? in small 12 whole cloves 2 sticks cinnamon % teaspoon orange rind (grated) 4% teaspoon lemon rind (grated) Combine ingredients in sauce pan. Bring slowly to a boil. Strain. Serve hot. ‘Hawaiian Hot Cup. lemon *¢ The stiffened INDIGESTION - may affect the Heart Holiday Mulled Grape Juice. (Serves sateen eureuine turned the space between door and window into a definite panel crying for a long mirror and a console shelf. The sketch shows you how these were made from next to nothing. The frames of the three inexpensive small mirrors were painted red before they were fastened together. The shelf was covered with cream colored monk’s cloth to match the walls and woodwork | and edged with cream color cotton fringe tacked on with large red tacks, Gas trapped in the stomach or gullet may act like s hair-trigger on the heart. At the frst int re Gistress smart men and women dependon Bell-ans Tablets to (Serves 10 to 5% cups grape juice 2% cups water - % cup sugar 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 quart milk 3 cups. tuna (coarsely flaked) % cup mushrooms Mushroom liquor 6 hard cooked eggs (sliced) Melt butter, add flour and seasonings, and stir until smooth. Add milk gradually and cook, stirring eonstantly, until sauce is smooth and thick. 12 whole cloves 2 teaspoons: allspice berries Combine ingredients in sauce pan. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Strain and serve hot HER way home from the club Mrs. Martindale was thinking, “‘It will be my turn next. What will they think when they come to our house?’”’ Then she put her latch key into the lock and stepped into her own front hall. “Just what I was afraid of,’’ she said aloud. ‘When you look at this hall as an outsider the worst thing you think is that its owner is lacking in imagination.’’ Right then things began to happen. The shabby old hall carpet was washed right on the floor and then dyed a deep green with hot dye applied with a scrub brush. The long lines of the new green a laid WITH. ; Po mother 8 So set those them. 8"BOARD C MONK'S iS The Below) Household News Quiet. Very quiet. The noisy little Cratchits were as still as statues in one corner, and sat looking up at Peter, who had a book before him. The mother and her daughters were engaged in sewing. Where had Scrooge heard words? He had not dreamed od? Service. FAR INSTALLMENT FIVE Yes. Soften it as they would, their hearts were lighter. The children’s faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier house for this man’s death! * *And He took a child and him in the midst of them.’ ” y/ s & 2 Try peanut butter frosting for covering white or spice cakes. Add one-third of a cup of peanut butter to your regular uncooked white frosting. Blend in the peanut butter well before icing the cake. Decorated with a few roasted peanuts. s of uniform size. Cut them in halves lengthwise and using a fork, scrape out the pulp. (It may be used later.) Wash and chill the cases. Stuff them with fruit, melon balls or berries. * * 2s Try making edible place cards for children’s parties. A simple one may be made by cutting out cards | of cooking dough Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee, a body of water 13 miles long by 7 miles wide, Softwoods Produce Hard Lumber Some trees known as softwoods produce harder lumber than some hardwood trees. is about the size of Staten island. Improved Highways More than 750,000 miles of improved roads make up the highway system of the United States. Bee. Faster When in full flight, a bee’s flight is much faster than that of a bird. St. Simeon Stylites sat on top of a pillar for 30 years. Sat Thirty Years ¢ Pineapples may be used for holding salads or desserts. Use pine- apples ” $12, 000 an Acre It costs almost $12,000 to cover an acre of ground with glass for growing of hothouse produce. 1 by 2 inches in size. Bake them carefully and then write the name of each guest on his card with thin icing squeezed through a pastry tube. | NOW... Rooms as low as $2.29 Enjoy the eomforts and conveniences of this world-famed Hotel at prices as low as you'd pay elsewhere. A renovation program completed ovember Ist makes these accommodations an unusual value, Park your car in our new, garage at extremely low rates, The modern HOTEL UTAH SaLt Lake City COFFEE SHOP: Breakfast from 80¢; luncheon from 45; dinner from 65e. . |