THE CHARLC-JTPETOWN GUARDIAN

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HIIBIUTXAH "Christmas is coming." the children

ry. (‘Jl-IBUIII the wet-ks that‘ are hurry- ing by."

ltnd sometiues it makes us oltlcr ieik feel like crying, too, as those "e g arc "hurrying by."

The chilly blasts of tvintt-r. tine

crackling tire on the hearth. the dear Mes clustering ‘round, the hotnlness of we season tl_li give one enlargement of rm heart and make one lovc every- holly with n grcai, swelling love. liut unfortunately the pocket-hook does not avvcii In proportion. What n tra~ pay it is then. to have (‘hrittinitts cuinc "long spare! We would like to give Dull sonic-thing wonderful. and dear hlotltcr, nnd there's John and Mary and Esther nrld nsnk anti Aunt Anna. and great (irund< mother-thc sued must he remembered "nerousiy for their Christmases are "authored. Anti the children liluitt not he stInted-for Christmas is their day and why should one pass by the best ilsioved nlatc? liut where to draw the lino? How to ruaile_n scunt purse dn justice to a marvellous love’: it ls the annual problem.

Fact of the innttcr Is-It can't he done. The resolute fucc it prnctIt-rtlly‘ sail send (‘hfifltilliltl cards. The scu-

glesnl somewhere for you arid ruc'.‘

Why not sit down to~du.\'- item-Ii in hand slid iuukc a list of those we want to remember; then cull it rlotvn, cut~ ting by half. The next stscp is to hutlt irl the shops for something Iitiic and Inexpensive, which will scrvc as n reulenibrarlt-e onIy-tfionlcthirtg ,which luotis like five dollars arld costs fifty Perhaps we can enchant-c its raiue by ridding some of otrr own handiwork lo it.

if you really are going to put hard‘ earned money Illtu a. gift—sorltctlllng which represents sacrifice alld great iuvo on your part-ho sure that It is a thing which tile rccipictlt ncttrrllly wants alid will use and appreciate.

it Is u pity to give Mother‘ n din- ruond ring when she would rattler lave u kitchen range; or Mildred a purple velvet dress when she wanted greorrcrepc; or Dad n gold bended cane when be wanted a golf club; or iliek an elaborate luecbsnicul toy when he wanted a sir of skatcs: or Betty .1 wax doll which walks when she nauted n rug baby to hug.

The ideal way to give Christmas presents is to feet around inrd see what people wniii; thcu pretend you aren't suing to give it to thcal: then do. liut be sure you don't get thcrli to drop- ping the hint In general so that three or four of their friends givc thcin the same thing.

A SNlFll‘ 0!‘ Alli.

Feel stupid and weary? The prob- ability is that _\'ou are ecohonllsing on fuel and hate to open n window for fear of losing some of the heat gcrler~ ltted, by expensive coal. it costs sornc- rntng to live fully, and tho price of your efficiency and alertness may he an extra shovel of coal. - '

Un a winter's day. when you begin lo feel lasy and “trtoved up", put. on your bonnet and shawl and tukc n llrisk run In the open. Yeti will corne buck ilveued up, nnd thc house will fcci warmer, but stsler. than you re- aiisod it was when you left.

. 0st people never ventilate the kit- r-tle except. to open the door for a dread moment when they hnvu burncd something. The wind, which whizscs Ill then, chills everything and one would almost prefer the mat-odor.

The kitchen window should be pried loose from tho top and luft n woe bit open the most of the limo. This would Icl. the smell of cooking csrspe and itesp the worker feeling fir. it is ‘the lack of fresh sir in the kitchen which has made it he called a "Museum of slneli and tastes." lf thc kitchen were kept sweeter, the house would not. slueli like u Dutch boarding house, and your over coat would not bc red- olent of pancakes when you sit irl church of a Sundty.

IJBAUTIFYING TIIE HOME.

"ilske your; home your hobby." is It good slogan for husband rind wife. ‘fhsro is no dearer object to set unit's heart upou, no inoro appropriate "first- iovc" for a married cotlpic, no "cnusc" n man nnd woman can espouse so worthy of devotion as HOME.

To milks.- the holuc bountiful rlot on< iy affords plcusurs- to the one who dc- iights in that tailor, but it adds to tho comfort and Joy of thc whole family. iiolnc is the background of our lives. if it is beautiful, there will he syln- luctry and poise about our lives which IIQIKQB for finer living.

Try It on llubby and thc ciliidrelt. ilcgin your beautifying with the first itslotn: "'i'hc beauty of the house is order." When you have set your lrorlsc in order, look about you nnd see what next.

Docs the furniture look good‘! Do the pieces match or at lcnst harmon- irer ls .that chair bottom shabby?

Mr the walls soiled or faded. or do lit‘ colors of the roorutt opening illto one another "holler" at one another? Ill the table-top scratched: the wick- "r chair anus cloudy with dirt: or the nlndow-scst rnsrrcd with a water spot. “hen.- sorneonc has set u plant‘! ls thc mantel tcrscitad, the floor bare of buint in spots. the rugs frayed.‘ or the shades worli and thc curtains failed‘! Do things generally IOORJIQIIDRIIIUG?

This can ho remedied. Jill it rc- ltllires is that you shall v mskn your homo your hobby-putting your hcsrt lud soul into it and working st it. ll ill!!- lt_ little odd times.

rlf a piece of furniture in s rooih does not harmonise with the rut, M- Inovs that piocu to some other room. A chair which seems old in lilo living ""1 III! Ioenl luxurious in a bod room. elnvciaily if it has s saw coat M ilsist or s cover o! cratonue or tap- tst Study the gfoopihg -of your furnishings. {Dsciaa what go vnli to- Ilthor and shift thin strand. This lrscess in fan for t hill» ones in "'5! v iait for a change, nag if. the l"! srrsttlltliotii: is not; actually an

inn-realest. . ot give tho villi! l haw

Ylfll (‘III

if lost int or paper, govsr that soil-

fll Iii osn refin-

i~-i'»'-"‘i.i"‘i..'5"'.‘.'.i ' it a an color. 3n . tats "

tiuiental worry. .lsrl‘t there n golden’

‘paper. zThaf n‘ than the . path! til it; flab _ h“ which trassfikttres all those who yield

like Hcaltvdy vllilan’s ‘Corner?

PVQIQII-PFZ

water spots by rubbing with a cloth ‘dampened with water in which is u Iittiu ammonia. Fill ti crui-k in the mantel with Ilecswax; sandpaper tilc surrounding silrfllcc alld work the dust into the beeswax to iuuk like the woodwork. ‘ltub an oi. dressing lightly into the leather bot- iltllll‘ on your cbuirs. Paint the floors or stain them. or|glve them au~ other mat of wax. ‘ '\Vhen the rugs bcgill Io fray. irrit-

lltllito It nil -

MAKING .\ SUMMER. ll0l'i5‘

lluriliilcr iit-uses are liilitlt‘ Itl various designs front runny tiiffr-reilt inntcri- dill such its brick, eorlcrctc. tinlbcr or‘. oftcrl, Il r-olnbirltition of two or uiorc. l‘ilc roofing lnay ilc of tiles, weather‘ boards, or iuatchbuairtl vovcrctl with letting. ltuililerold, or ovcn guivtliriacrt tron. 'i’ilc luttcr is not plcnslilg irl up’- pcrtrilllcc, Iiotvt-vcr, itird is seldom its

'l‘ln,- strnrnn-r ilotisc sitotvri In tin- rlrirttirrg can be rrlrltie tvitll ruilgil wood

lorlhoic or blrld thorn on thc cllds, and around thcfiiides if these begin to look ragged. You can buy rug binding to: a fcw cont» :t yard. ErlIIvr-ll faded rugs by pniutirlg tbeln with dyes.

rf‘ttt off the lower purl of worn will- dow shades and turll thcln upsid- dowll .bvnlulirlg tilc exposed clld. Wash the old color out of faded curtains and dyc them silt-u‘. Look ‘through your remnant rIruwl-r nnd find pieces of silks untl lttttlns to rnuke lluiut: rlctv cov~ ers for the sofa pillows. '

‘There um no end of things you cult do—-urld kt-cp doing-to lrlake home more and ulorc lovely ,'l‘tley do not cost so rnueil money. only loving thought. .l\tld oh, what n lolly Job it is-whcn horlle is your bobby.‘ Here's to you: May your iloluc bccorue it iiitie paradise on earth and trnay llub- by nud the children realize that “There's no place like houlc“!

POPPING CORN.

-’i'lrerl,~ is strait-tiling rio-Iigirlftrl ttlmtii this popping business-whether the popec is corn. or "the question." t-iilorilti It happen lo bc corn. proceed thus: liilvc n hot fire all ready. Ilul rjust ctrongh corn Into tilc popper to cover the bottom. ,If you ilnvc llitl“ itbc popcorn will not be crisp and fink rind there will be rltorc “uldairrid lllitve thc corn frcc from ciruff, which tli-orchcs easily‘ and glvcs tlic corn n lburnt taste.

Begin heating tilc corn slowly that thc kernels will not scorch’. llt should begin popping ||i a tlilrlnto anti n hull if Ii lllkcs longer, you have loo little bent. or thc corn is poor. or illcro are tlraftlrirl Ille room tvillell cool the corn.

, _ _ _ . _ and l; inches rllarnctr-r. and strip ill!‘ mo’ n’ mlxhw u" “m Imm- sprimdv should ilc ltlrrcd and Nilllif‘ Into lilt- "gm" wuh “n: "llxlm: m‘ “m ground about l8 int-hos. ‘l he posts flprminc. ‘ nlust Irr- quite vt-riicul. a lrood lest In»

ICSPA LLOPEII PRAXIIIIIUIIICR.

l'ln|‘c n iuyct‘ oi’ sliced apples in the bottom of u baking rlisll. Sprinkle stigitr ntid clrlriiilltorl. Uvcr this. arid Il layer of sliced bananas. (lrl top put n layer of cranberries rnixcd with onc- third their btiik of sugar. (‘over thc dish and_ ilirke slowly for urn: Iiudr‘. When baked. top with a lrlcrirlgtlt- and brown. a glass dish anti served Ill it.

IIAPPINEHS.

"'i‘o wulvtl thc corn grow, ui‘ ill!‘ iliossouls sci: to draw hard Ilro-atii ov. cr thc plougllshitro or spirtic: to rcnri. to think. to love, to pray. ure the things that rrlakc incri llnpp_v."

MR5. HOLOMON HA YB:

“We are rich, not in what \\‘c

iirivc, but irl vvhst we enjoy."

SMILES.

irate l-‘athtrr: "You can't kiss daughter and get away with it." Suitor: "Well, do I sccrn to be ing to gct away l"

in y

try-

Whoro "W" moans s Lot. "is he a reckless driver?” "No. n wreckless driver."

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The Christmas Spiri

Notwithstanding the immense prog- ress mudo by science In the material- Isution of the universe, the scicncc irl the Christmas spiris remains tho saute Ill all agcs. {The secret of this is to be found Ill the fact. that Christians‘ tide is essentially ll children's festival. and thc children of nil times anti ail clitncs an: thc

Boys nnd girls who have passed thc creduions and fanciful ilurder-iiuc of irlfarlcy hold tertaciously to thc dear old make-believers while litany children.

dcsoctlrinut of Dickens‘ "(lid Scrooge" lurking ill some .‘ do alh-v of our rnod- t-Hs iifc, but tlicrrl arc few towiay who run tinuaitutnerlly scoff‘ lli the spirit oi‘ Christmas. ‘Life tilc vent‘ round to rilost oi‘ till is lnade up oi‘ lluul-ritrul duties. null the cast-Iron actuality or things Ill only too cvlrlt-ili. llconotny and frugality. altd uftirncs parsinnlua‘. have to be strictly oilscrvctl Ill pro~ riding for the necessities of til-tiny and to-niorrotv. if thcro were no Christmas a chronic rigidity and hab- itual tight-fiateducss would take pos- session of us. rtnrl thc festive season provides both nu r-xctlsc nlld an m» portunity for looseuingw-p and Indulg- ing In n little "spree" of guucrnlly‘ “Norm? is the right word in this con~ ncctlolt. for there is a dcliglrittrl int toxiraiion to be derived forlu- irnblbirllr freely of the (‘hristrrlus spirit. 'i'hut expressive word, “lnebriutioufl has lost its respectibiliiy in common use. hut therc is no reason in the world why we should not nil become inehrl- sled with Joy that overflows at Christ- tnaltide. and at the same time rrrnnin the ltoberest and most orderly of cit-

ll~ llvns.

The keynote of Christmas is good- will. Whore there is good-will. thcru ‘is peace. and peace brings Joy. The

is a story of the descent of utharai messengers into our terrestrial sphere. It was the linking up dhhesven and sarth. ths human vrith the divine: the material with the _ spiritual. new Christmas morning Itersly remind us of the visit of those asisstlsl messengers who inherited the hlrth of the Christ-Child. ii should sc- luslly bring us into direct communi- cation vvtth the sprliual world. ‘filo Child should b0 rn-born In us. Our fslry stories may be more fignisnta of fancy but they sra more enduring and infiusntal than the realistic stuff of curnnt litaratnra. llaeause they pos- III that spiritual quality which makes the highest literature immortal. It is this splrltnspqnality in s divine de- gree that has ‘Iansfigursd the story of ths firot Christmas rnorainl. IMI

This is ilcrrtitiftil If Ilrrkcri irl __

story of the first Christmas morning

livery should not

posts st-curcly. ill sotuc (‘liliifthill light soils it is as well to fill the cavity llrfllillfl tire posts with cont e. ill- termcdlsto posts shouti be set up la a slulilnr lnnllncr, nnd, to ellsurc thrrt all will ire square anti irl llue, stretch ll stunt string or gnrderl iillc from corn- cr post to corucr post as a guide.

Next fix rt stout cross piece to tilr- upright curucr posts by rlotching tilc cross pieces, as sfliotbjlr irl Fig. i. to plcvtrrlt thcur rnorirlg laterally. Null licnl securely together with good strong nrllls drivcrl well holnc. Note that these cross pits-cs tnust \.t\'.i'i|illi|,' cacti post about ti to l2 inches, to form tilc en

c.\t llllil lung pieces oi’ stout pulc on to tilc projecting -nlis of thc cross pieces. allowing sirffll ~nt for theul to overhung iit cucll cud by 9 to l1! its shown irl Fig.2. liaivo the Joints, as before. iirld also those of the cross pieces wilicit unitt- the projecting ends of‘ tilc long side piwes.

.\l this stilgv of the work then- sin-nid he a fvtlflilgllllll‘ frarltc. about ‘J lnclus with-r car-ll way than lin- out- linc 0i" liu- walls. Add sonic of tile ircrlnuntsl and cross rilt-illilcrt-l iu-ttvet-ri lilo pmrla to strt-lllrtilcll nnd support iin- whole strut-lore. Tin- roof rafters rllay Ilc glint-rd us shown irl Fig. 1!. and rluIit-tl us Illustrated Iir Fig. ti, ilfier spiuyirll: the foot. or cud, where Ii rests on tilc cross grit-re, lllilI also tvhcrc It rut-ct» the ridge plccc.

Sec that everything is us

rigid as

_ possible. nnd tbcri iitltl lilc illp rafters

50-“

ill sinis- or poles. es. as stlrltvll iii l-‘ie. i, may be til'l'l|l'- uteri tyltll rroilis work ui‘ some olllr-r simple cillbr-iiisilrucut. ov luu_v cvcll In‘ enclosed with girlss rluur-ls. Th.» posi- tloll oi’ tilc srluitucr‘ house should be cureftiiiy‘ tilorlgllt olll taking into cow sirlcrtitlorr llif‘ rclutivr- positions nl‘ tilc sun nud tin- prevailing tvind.

-‘i"or tile co l~r posts obtain grunt |liil"li~\\'tI(r(| |iI'.'l‘.~i lthout an

four long

Inl: to coulprlrr- tiu- position oi‘ tilr- posts with tilc corner oi‘ any adjacent building. '

'i'hc posts arc sr-t up by irlsr-riing thorn iuio holes Ill IIII‘ ground and leni- porrlriiy llulriiilg tin-ill lrl a vcvtlcni pu- sitiorl, either by iuillrl or by light but- terls of wood as indicated In Ilig 2. 'l'llr~ rest of tile srlll is tilt-u replaced in iilt- iloit.‘ and rnnlineri down as hard us possible Ill order to ilillkf‘ lt grip lili-

Pol-lions of the slll- pvatcrtiltlrt.

—~tbosc which tlli- r-Itloc to

rcucil front tilc ends oi‘ the four corners of tile

- fraructvrlrk.

'i'hc ‘root’ bus now to be covered with tollgucd and grooved nuitcli-Iloartilrll: ulld rlflcrullrlis with felling or \vt-r|~ lllcr-llorlrtis. 'l'host- should overlap our- uuothcr slightly, l-tlrnrilctlcirlg from tilt- ‘ilfilr; or lower cdgcs of tilc roof. _

..\t tilc rblcc and at thc hips or side zirlglos, narrow covering boards sllouiil tlr- rlrllleti to the roofing llollrlis as \iill]\\'ll in l‘il;. i, to lnnkc tin- Joints Tito open portions ut Illt‘ sidcs should ho filled with irl-ills anti llu- panels flilod In with eicft plot-cs, or boarded as tit-sired. Either iron irl‘ “nod glitters can be fined ill the listrlli

\\‘ll_\'. nnd led to n writer butt at tile rear. .

inside lltl‘ lion. seal can in: cott- structcrl, rls ill l‘ l. This is \'ct‘_\‘

simple, and is rnrlril» oi‘ poles and slats. a sloping |li.ll‘i\'~|'¢~.\‘l enellancirlg thc all. pt-rlrrlllcr- umi ruaklllg it rrlrlvc. colrrforl~ able.

'i'hc Iioor oi‘ itll- stinrtucr‘ house ir-r usually‘ left llarc, but can hi‘ covert-ll with crazy puvirlg. concrete, or boards. if eoollorllv he tilc first r-ollsIdr-rrltirlll, r-linkcrs or gravel truly br- list-d.

Thr- tvllrlll- oi‘ lllr- tvtulrlitllrit Nillllllli bt- given ‘I pmul t-mrl or coals ul’ tvrrt-

cvprrlr-f st: l. of willch tin-re arc sov- crai reliable brands on the inirrkct. The roof, It’ not covcrtrri tvltb felt. rrilrnrld be tarreri, itnti. whih- wct. sprinkled with stlrld. Altcrniltively, n tvcntbenboartl roof call in- painted. or st-iillr-rl ll rcddIs-il brown.

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i Scientific Facts

NE“ lfi-‘T NOTES 0|" i4

5TH.

which we all like how few of us know

Whois Santa Claus?

Cirrlstmas

has many custom-H to keep. But

the way in

which they first canto into being.

Holllllflell illcrlllol supplies tilc fut-l for a new l-rlrlirlg iron heart-r.

Noutll Afrivnb-t prlrrcipn coal produc- Irllt areas are ill the ‘Frtiilsvuill and Natal.

lillrnr-rslou irl baths of ruoitr-ll sul- phur ilnrdi-ns soft rwotliis rtrld rtrticlcs

of wood pulp. rlrlnrl cilt-ullsts hun- dctclaped u Iircilrod fortbc lriurlrifnctrrrc of sui- pirnrlo acid friltli .'-'.i‘l>s| ll.

l'sinl: ciooiric Ileui, ll tziuiplc machine itus lltltlll developed for printing upon iclrtht-r with gold.

“in-less telegraph service Ill-tween lit-Igirtiu and ilic (‘ollgo has been iuntle uvniinillr- to the public.

A pad weighted with shot to hold It tiowu firruiv features n new iit-vice for polishing waxed floors.

..\u iinglisil illlltllilililill} tit-signer bus rnutrrltcti an t'.\'|IIl iluitoll for tho irorn on nu crrlercollcy‘ ilrllkr- lever.

A uovcl var-uni cleaner for Ilorsos irl- r-Illrics a revolving ilrush irl its nozzle

tilnt rirllsllnges their coats. Belgrade is to have a new radio llrorltlcrlsiirlg station with sufficient

power to lu- heard uII over Jllgllslnvla.

Win-u tile crlginc of an rlulultlobiie equipped with a iit-n‘ tborrrloslutic dc- vil-o orcrilcrlis tilc car's lrorrl ls sound- cd

.\ gas lilask for iilllrcrs has IJ|'i‘li dc- vcirlpcrl that can lrc curried Ill a pock» ct braille liiill- lrrrgct‘ than a tobacco

Tariorls radii» interests ill Japan are planning iu rlrgllrlirn- one r-olrlpally to control all broadcasting In thc r~rltril~ try.

Uyrunasirlnl apparatus tins ilcr-rl Iu< vcrltcri by :l (‘ilicrlgtl tllurt lo add strl-rlgilr to‘ tilc lrlrisvlcs luost essential lli golf plrpvr-rs.

.\ pr-rrllulu-nt Illti-rrlrliilluai eonlnlitlbo has iii“l'l| appointed to rlevt-lop leir-~ pill-no cortlrutrriicntion arllolll: all I-2lr~ rllpi-all countries‘.

It has ins-u estimated that tile lllii lion iiinlill‘ ifllvkri in the ifnileri Stiller‘ Irntii l.i3lt,lllll|,lll_lft illiiri of freight untr- unlly.

Xr-eordillc |l|l‘l‘1‘i‘ill r-srilurttr-s two lillvlls oi‘ riu- population o1‘ tln- irldiar; hlrrtpim- is directly lil‘|)f‘IltI1'IlI upon at:- rll-trituro.

lin-ltirlod in the imso oi‘ u new ilolli er for Pilrislrlras trees that revolver tilcnl is a tuusic ill-x tllul plays appro-

prlrltt- turn-s.

.\ lir-riln scientist Irns developed r process l’<lr‘ nlukirlg rilolor fur-i from would at loss ~ oxpr-ust- tilztn lzusoiirlc costs In tierillillly‘.

A circular snw to hi- mounted on a furur tractor and rlpcvlltcrl by its \‘ll' gilic itns been irlvculcti that does its work at llii,\' ung -.

'i'hc province of ifattrllgil in tilc llel-

clan (‘lingo r-iairus first rurlk rluiorlp lilo coilllit and ruriiunl pvorlucillg corin- ‘trics oi‘ tilc world.

Xmas Day Customs

siithrlrlgll (‘hristnlos is cr-lebriltoti in iuuch tilc tiilllitl rnrlrlrlcr all ovcr the vnrld, different countries have ccrtniri customs pcculiur to themselves. tievnv‘ any is one tllai has tilc greatest rltrlllil- tr or ibcsc, perhaps. for (iorurau chil- rlrerl regard Chrhiiulns Day with fsv more revert-rice than do those of llil_\' other nation. til nas front flcrinarly that thc (‘hrislrlrns ifli‘, laden with gifts. wits first Introduced. 'i'hc Idt-il. |l0\l\'t‘l‘t!l'. is rcaily of lloirliltl origin. A flrlll ilclicf aun-rlg (lcrnrurl chit» dren is tllnl on Dcct-ltlber 25th aululais tolvc thc gift of spcecll for 2i hottrs. Their inability’ to understand what they any i iltic. no their pitrt-llis tell ihcnl, to the fact tllnt: they ilavc nlis- ilehrlvt-d thcrlrseivcs during some por- tioll of thc previous l2 months. In Norway tilerc Is n pretty cristonl or providing a good dinner on (‘hristruas Dny for all rioruct-lit: iiniulrtls. Tire farnlcrs give their horses and cows an extra strpply of fodder. while sheaves of corn nud dishes of grain are put out in thc yard for the benefit of the illrtis.