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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE, CLAYTON, GEORGIA.
Christmas Gifts by Little Fingers
By PEGGY POWERS
IDEAS FOR THE SICK ROOM
Preparation of Proper Food, and Oth
er Matters That Will Be of Ben
efit to Invalid.
Beef Tea.—Cut a pound of fresh,
juicy beef without fat Into as small
pieces as possible; pour a pint of cold
water on It; let It stand for two hourB,
then pour off, and add a pint of boil
ing water and a little salt, and simmer
It In the oven for two hours; pour off
and mix the two liquids together, and
heat.
Linseed Poultice.—Put a quarter-
pound crushed linseed In a basin pre
viously heated, and pour on half a pint
of boiling water, stirring carefully un
til of proper consistency, then spread
evenly on Boft linen and apply as
warm aB possible, covering the poul
tice with oiled silk.
Arrowroot.—Take two teaspoonfuls
of best arrowroot, mix with It as much
cold water as Is necessary to make
It Into a paste, then pour on half a
pint of boiling water and stir briskly,
when It will become a clear, smooth
Jelly; add sugar to taste.
Barley Water.—Wash two ounces of
pearl barley In boiling water until
thoroughly clean, then add the washed
barley to two pints of water; heat
gently until a nice thickness; strain
and add lemon Juice and sugar to
taste.
Mustard Poultice.—Mix one or two
ounces of pure mustard with tepid
water until smooth. Apply on paper,
or mixed with linseed poultice.
IMPORTANT PART OF SERVING
Garnishment of Dishes Adds Immense
ly to the Stimulation of the
Appetite.
1—Doll’s Cord Hammock.
2— Thermometer.
3— Doll's Raffia Hammock.
A—Card Board Work Basket.
7
S Christmas drawB near,
^ri the little folks are wonder-
I ing what they shall make
17 I this year. They should
nr n know that something made
I by themselves Is appreci
ated a hundred times more
than anything money could
buy.
As Christmas draws near, the little
folks are wondering what they shall
Blake this year. They should know
that something made by themselves Is
appreciated a hundred times more
|lhan anything money could buy.
Doesn't mother still use the needle
case given her two Christmases ago,
and Isn’t father as proud of his desk
calendar as the day he found It hid
den under his breakfast napkin?
Remember, whatever It Is, wrap It
neatly In tissue paper when finished,
|tle It with ribbon and stick a piece of
evergreen or holly through the bow.
|A carefully wrapped present always
adds to the pleasure of receiving It.
Here are some Ideas that will help
answer the question of “What shall I
jnake this year?” The first five sug
gestions are chiefly for the boys, be
cause to make these presents they
twill need their tool chests, although,
of course, mnny girls are as handy
with tools an their big brothers.
Ring Toss.
Make a base or stand of wood nine
inches square, and two Inches thick.
Jlore five holes in the top of this, one
In the center and one In each corner,
one Inch from the edge. In these holes
fit rounded sticks about an Inch thick.
JPalnt or shellac the wood. Shellac
can be bought at any paint store. If
It Is too thick, thin It with a little
alcohol. The tops of the sticks are
gilded for about an Inch,
i Six rings are made of reeds formed
In circles. Soak the- reeds for about
;20 minutes to make them bend easier.
e over them with rafila. This game
111 give much pleasure during the
long winter afternoons.
Neok Tie Rack. >-
1 Basswood should be used for this
rack, because It Is soft, easily cut and
light In weight. Saw out of the wood
a design as shown In the picture. It
Is Y* inch thick, 5% inches wide ahd
,13 Inches long. The rod is % Inch
(thick and 11 Inches long. The posts are
1% Inch by 1M Inches. The rod and
{posts should be made out of birch or
fcnaple wood because It is harder.
Give the rack an even coat of shellac.
Place two screws and two screw eyes
on the top of the rack so it will be
ready to hang up on Christmas morn
ing.
Match 8trike.
Out of a piece of bass wood that
measures U inch thick, 6% Inches
wide and 7 Inches long, cut with a
scroll saw a match strike like in the
picture. Place a piece of sand paper
around a small block of wood and
sand paper U in the direction of tne
grain of the wood. Never work against
the grain. Give the board a coat of
shellac. Cut a square of sand paper
and place it on a t.hin layer of glue In'
the center of the panel. Place some
thing heavy on the sand paper until
5— Raffia Collar Button Box.
6— Neck Tie Rack.
7— A Pretty Bag.
the glue Is hardened. With your
carving punch and hammer strike
light, careful blows over the board to
decorate It.
Thread and Needle.
How glad mother will be to receive
this useful gift! It Is made of bass
wood % Inch thick, 3>4 inches wide
and 14(4 Inches long. (See picture.)
This must bo given a coat of shellac.
Bore a hole In the middle of the board
one Inch from the top by which to
hang It. Two, four and six Inches
from that bore holes snd place In
each of them a peg >4 Inch thick
and 1 Inch long, which holds the spool
of thread. Two Inches from the low
est one glue a velvet pin cushion.
This cushion is 2 % inches square. It
Is stuffed with cotton batting One
inch below the cushion screw a brass
hook to hold the scissors.
Thermometer.
Any one Is glad to have a pretty
thermometer for his or her room.
Look at the picture and cut a design
like it out of basswood. Bore a hole
near the top for hanging. Sand paper
the board the same as you did the
match strike. Shellac both sides. If
you put a coat on only one side the
board will warp. Stamp the back
ground to make It look pretty with a
carving punch and hammer stamp.
Cut out a background like picture for
the thermometer. Glue It in place.
Tack on a thermometer with the brass
escutcheon pins that are used for that
purpose.
Cardboard Work Basket.
And here is a dainty basket that
does not require the tool chest., and
"big sister” will be glad to have it.
It is useful ub well as pretty. Cut
out of heavy white cardboard four
pieces shaped like the picture. They
should be 2 Inches across the bottom
and 4 inches across tho top. On each
one embroider several spider webs
with mercerized silk. Cut out of
cardboard a square, a trifle less than
2 inches, for the bottom of the basket.
Fit and Bew the stdes to the bottom
and then sew the sides together to
form a basket. Bun a ribbon, about
an lnoh wide, along the edges of tbe
basket. Sew it firmly at the cornera.
At each top corner place a pretty
bow.
A Pretty Bag.
This is a crash bag 14 jAches long
and 7 inches wide when finished. At
the top a piece 4 laches long Is turn
ed over and 1% Inches of It at the
bottom 1b ravelled for a fringe. An
Inch from the top of the bag eight
small embroidery rings are sewed,
each 1\% inches apart Through this
a silk cord is drawn. You can make
up your own embroidery design. The
one in the ploture U worked with a
simple chain stitch.
Crotchet Bag.
This bag was crotcheted with a very
simple stitch and was made by a little
girl only nine years old. Get out
your crotchet needle and see what you
can do. This bag may be used for
many different things and it well made
will last for years. For the bottom
of it, cut a piece of cardboard 4 inches
by 6 inches. Cover It with any piece
8— Match Bffjke
9— Crochet JtBg.
10— Thread ;)x>d Needle.
11— Ring Ti
of pretty silk you have In the house.
Crochet, with mercerized silk crotchet
thread, a chain of 160 chain stitches.
For the second time round take seven
stitches and go Into every fourth
stitch of the first row. Keep on
crotchetlng In this manner until yonr
hag is ten inches long; then sew It to
the cardboard base. Run a pretty
draw ribbon ^ finished with bows
through the to p. At each corner of
the bottom of the bag place a bow.
Raffia Collar Button Box.
How the children love raffia work!
And it is wonderful what beautiful
things even very little children can
make. The raffia box In this picture
was made by a slx-year-old youngster.
It is for father’s collar buttons. In
the middle of It cut a Uny hole. Wind
raffia evenly around this circle from
the center to the edge. Cut a piece of
cardboard 2 Inches wide and long
enough to fit the base. Wind the rafila
around this piece and with a piece of
raffia sew It to the bottom of the box.
Braid three pieces of raffia for a han
dle. Punch one hole on each side of
the basket near the top and run the
ends of the handle through them.
You can Bew smaller bows where the
handles join the basket (f yon wish.
Any one who has eypr made a rnf
fia basket knows how much pleasure
It Is and how glad one is to receive
It for a gift. Soak a reed In hot wa
ter. Thread a needle with rafila.
Make a point at ono end of the reed
with a knife. Wind the piece of raf
fia around the reed. Form this end
Into a coll and sew tightly. Wind the
thread over the reed and place the
needle through the coll of reed and
rafila. In starting a new thread, hold
It along the reed and work over s It
until the end Is fastened. The de
signs are worked In colored raffia.
When the bottom of tbe basket Is fin
ished begin the sides by placing the
reed right on top of the last’ colL
When the basket is finished sharpen
the end of the reed to a point, finish
ing the coil gradually.
Doll’s Raffia Hammock.
Take- a piece of straw board 10
inches long and 7 inches wide. Along
the longest edgsg make notches *4
Inch apart.
In the middle
Carry a cord
back through
front acroSs th
through over 1
through the o
til the thread
notch. Then
once across the
edge. Work over
sew between the ■
you place your <lo)
it won’t ravel. UR
and break away th f
Doll’s Cord
Here Is a pict
for dolly, made of
ten-year-old child
mock for her little
one yard long and
mon'» knots. Yon
mamma show you b
too.
(Copyright, by
two brass rings
of strawboard.
ne ring on the
comer notch In
the board,
It
ham*
about
fckuo-
ftlso
have
crochet one.
How to garnish artistically Is an
Important secret In lending zest to a
dish. Fritters and vegetables are at
tractive and delectable accompani
ments cf meat dishes during cold
weather, and the garnishes that can
be formed from hard boiled eggs, to
matoes, cucumbers, asplo jellies nnd
pickles make a long list In themselves.
Tho led radish cut fancifully Is a
pretty garnish, and when the little red
buttons topped with small green
leaves are placed on a slice of green
pickle a most attractive combination
of color is obtained.
Instead of the heavy old-time
wreath of green about meats and
fowls, It Is bettor to use a few sprigs
at one side of the foods, Nut meats
can be used advantageously with sa
vory and sweet dishes, and croquettes
are delightfully adapted for garnish
ment. Flowers and fruits should
never garnish any dish, but a sweet
one, except nasturtiums, which are
of the crest family and combine bet
ter with meat and vegetables. In pre
paring the toast, bji attractive variety
can be given by lightly buttering after
toasting and sprinkling partly nr
wholly with minced green parsley.
Fruit oalad.
Beat yolks of four eggs till very
tnlck; beat Into them gradually one
cup powdered sugar and one-half tea
spoonful salt. Beat until sugar Is dis
solved. Add Juice of two lemons and
beat again. Peel and slice thin six
bananas and four oranges; put In a
deep dish a layer of bananas, then of
dressing, then cf orange and so on,
having bananas cn top, and yuur fne
remainder of dressing over it. Serve
very cold.
Plum Cakea.
One cup butter, two cups brown
sugar, yolks of three eggs, whites of
two eggs beaten separately, one-half
cup inllk, one-half cup molasses, one-
halt teaBpoonful soda, one-half tea
spoonful cream of tartar, one-half
pound stoned and chopped raisins,
one-half pound currants, two table-
spoonfuls fruit sirup, four cups of
flour, two teaspoons mixed spices. If
not dark enough add a little melted
chocolate.
Fruit Suet Pudding.
Sift together two cupfuls and a half
of flour, one teaspoonful of mixed
ground spices (cinnamon, clove and
nutmeg), one-half of a teaspoonful of
salt and one teaBpoonful of baking
soda. Add one cupful oI finely chop
ped beef suet, ono cupful of chop
ped raisins and mix. Into one cupful
of molasses stir slowly one oupfal of
milk, add this to the dry mixture and
work thoroughly together. Turn into
two well buttered molds and steam for
three hours.
Lemon Foam.
Juice and grated rind of one lemon,
yolks of three eggs, six tablespoons of
sugar, five tablespoons hot water.
Cook until thick, then add the beaten
whites. Servo with whipped cream.
This is very nice.
Worth Knowing.
Scraps of cream cheese may be
mtde useful by mixing them with but
ter and milk or a little cream. This
Should be spread on thin, wafer-llke
crackers, made Into sandwiches and
served with salad.
FOR BETTER POULTRY STOCK
Keeping Birds Healthy and Improving
Them Can Be Done by Adoption
of Few Systematic Rules.
In raising stock or poultry it should
be the air of everyone to keep it
healthy and improve it. You can do it
very easily by adopting systematic
rules. These may be summed up in
brief as follows:
Construct your houses good and
warm, so as to avoid damp floors and
afford a flood of sunshine. Sunshine
is better than medicine.
Provide a dusting and scratching
place where you can bury the grain
and thus induce the fowls to take the
needful exercise.
Provide yourself with some good,
healthy fowlB, never to be over three
years old, giving one cock to every
12 hens.
| Give plenty of fresh air at all times,
] especially in summer.
I Give plenty of fresh water dally, and
j never allow the fowls to go thirsty.
Feed them systematically two or
three time^ a day. Scatter the food so
they cannot eat It too fast or without
proper exercise. Do not feed more than
they will eat up clean, or they will get
tired of that kind of feed.
Give them a variety of both dry and
coked feed. A mixture of cooked
meat and vegetables Is good for a
morning meal.
Give soft feed in the morning and
the whole grain at night, except a lit
tle wheat and cracked corn placed in
the scratching pens to give them ex
ercise during the day.
Above all things, keep the house
clean and well ventilated.
Do not crowd too many into one
house. If you do, look out for dis
ease.
Keep the house, nests, etc., sprayed
with some good disinfectant, in or
der to keep down the lice and mites.
Wash your roosts and bottom of
laying nests, and whitewash once a
week In summer and once a week In
winter.
Let the old and young have as largo
a range as possible, the larger the bet
ter.
Do not bred too many kinds of fowls
at the same time. Better have one
breed and understand it. '
1 Introduce new blood Into your stock
every year or so, by either buying a
cockerel or a setting of eggs from
some reliable breeder.
BROODER HOUSE VENTILATOR
Device Invented by New Jersey Man
Prevents the Delivery of Too
Strong Current of A’r. *
The Scientific American, In do-
scribing a ventilator for brooder
houses, the design of 0. W. BriclJ of
Crosswick, N. J„ says:
This invention relutcs particularly
to a means for ventilating brooder
houses, and provides an improved
Ventilator for Brooder Houses.
form of ventilator and in connection
therewith, means for heating the air
induced by the ventilator; and to pro
vide a safety valve exteriorly of the
brooder house, whereby to prevent the
delivery of too Btrong a current of
air thereto.
Feed plenty of sharp sand or grit
with the food.
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Please the consumer and you can
raise the price.
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Systematic marketing will over
come overproduction.
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Pekin ducks do not make good sit
ters—use a chicken hen.
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Good development before beginning
to lay 1b beBt for the pullet.
Ducks must have plenty of green
food or they will not thrive.
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Impure water will not produce many
eggs of any kind, and none that are
good.