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WOMA N’'S PAGE Chocolate or Fondant for Coating Candies that are covered with choco- * Tate or with fondant are among the confections. come under the term bonbons, while those most Those attractive BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. covered with looking fondant AL LINE ng that after cut them despite hiad anily t ag CANDY SFACTORILY ould be MAKER TO COAT CONFECTIO CAN ve called choc i without touch: MOVING had Paddy the W the iE STORIES i begun wi I within easy the choco: 1d stand in iat the coat the t tem < melted just tune # look in the | night that 1milyshe supply. good for loves to LVER HIM. Paddy to think 't going to work he nd his 4 that pond. But us lovked and never will 1d. fe future futurs ay do fo 110 take some the vt rticular who pre| those night he 1s vou know, wre for fied 10 let self. which sat t will not do in the least ¢ understand | the big pond, Paddy i vacation inst - tree: was sit HOME NOTES NY WREN. old secrotary desk is an r earl which of the > type ure rts in a Dletely unassembled the booke omise of top that the dealer was persua ther up the pieces and fit|nald ad le Stile, hem together 1e entire desk is nut with the exception of the panel of the flap, which is re tinished and waxed. it h; nd beauty which only age can | contracted form of Juster we such rare forammed with such name: - atte Stile,” harden- | to o long enough to be the consistency of a heavy white sauce. The chocolate should not be quite so thick. It is made by’ melting what is known as coating chocolate until it is a hot liquid. This is beaten with a spoon after it is taken from the fire until it becomes nearly cold and has the de- sired consistency. By keeping each over hot water this temperature can be maintained. Common Mistake. th® bottom. Less of the coating mix- ture will be needed. tempting to coat candles in too small a quantity of fondant or chocolate. In factories these coating contalners hold about one quart. good afmount for the home candy maker. | dipping fork is best. The tines or | prongs’ are a_little broader and are | flattened on the top. Put the dipped candles on_ heavy preference to a buttered dish. Coating Process. To dip a candy in fondant or choc- { olate, drop a center into the melted | fondaint, press it down into the mix- | ture and push it about a little with the fork, but not with the ends of the tines. Lift it on the tines and hold it for a second over the bowl to drip. Then slip it off on to the paraffin paper. bringing it off on te the from under the top of the candy (holding the tines down. but not touching the candy), and then quickly | twist the tines upward to prevent any | more fondant falling from them. Hold the fork over the bowl, while with | the left hand another center is drop- ped in the mixture and proceed as ! described. Spiral Coating. Another method of covering cen- | ters with chocolate that is used chiefly with nuts is to squeeze the chocolate in spirals over a center placed on a dot of the chocolate. Use a_paper | pastry tube. Make it by rolling a sheet’ of writing paper into a cone with a small opening at one end. Put several spoonfuls of chocolate in the cone and fold the top over. Wave the filled cone in the air a little to lcool the chocolate. sufficiently to hold its shape. Then, holding the opening close to the lower part of the nut center, squeeze the tube with the right « | hand while giving it & spiral motion ! about the nut. | Ornament Another hocolates g Chocolates. decorative treatment is given by means of milar pastry tube, with {50 small that the stream pressed through it is a hairline. Guide thi 1s the tube is squeezed, to form tin interlacing circles about the rims of | “hocolates or in designs over the top. Dot top with tiny silver candles or vith wee bits of nuts or candied fruits. of BY THORNTON W. BURGESS f those poplar > had come over there ea bund, red Mr. Sun iad disappea : night and the Black Sh way and that wa) X 15 ., Peter had been in the all day instead of at| ar Old Briar patch, as have been. Anyway, Mra says he should have heen there. Peter sat idly looking out on the | r he caught sight of a silver line | moving toward m. Rack of that! was another and back of that another. | A fourth was back of that t him. Becaus. guessed right away the Beaver family in a clump of brown, dry He wanted to see without bei for a while anyway. eter nodded apy how make sure that the w: | fore he came ashore or allowed the ‘} hers | to come ashore. But once | those four little lumbermen | wasted no time. Each selected a tres Then each sat up, clasping the tree with the forepaws. One had his broad, | flat tail bent under him and used it a seat. The others used their tails | props. They made themselves quite | ible and then they went to there that he one nearest Peter was one of the young Beavers, but he was nearly il grown. He was the one who had | made a seat of his tail. Peter watched | him start work. He tilted his head to |travel or the |one scide and drove his great cutting teeth into the t He did the same [thing lower down. Then with his |teeth he pried out the chip Letween | |the two bites. Peter had to admire | | the way in which those great orange- | colored teeth cut into that wood. Then {the Beaver did the same thing over again. So he kept on cutting out chips until he had a deep notck cut on tha side of the tree. Then he moved around to the other side of the tree | and began doing the same thing. | Peter was so intent watching th voung lumbermun at work that he | quite forgot the others. So he v started half out of his wits when the: | came «a sudden sharp thud, thud! Be- | tore he had had time to th r had jumped from his hiding place and started to run. As he ran he lH)l‘ young Beav lpmm direction, toward the twate Then Peter heard a snapping break: iu\z sound and down crashed tree right across the very pateh of dry terns in which Peter had been hiding. { So it was a lucky thing that he had | jumped when he did. { " The tree was the one Paddy himself | had been cutting, and the thud, thud! | had been the sound made by Paddy’s tail as he thumped the ground with jt » give warning to the others to get ut of the way because his tree was about to tall. (Copsright, 19 History of Bour Name BY Use a bowl that tapers decidedly at | One of the mis- | takes of home candy makers is in at- | A pint is a | A two-timed fork is the only equip-; | ment needed for dipping candies. A | paraffin_paper in| an opening | =ping this | through the Green | Peter | carefully ; | ! slender face. w that | * he had been watch- | f; |ing was also running, but in the op- | a young | PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN. | THE EVENING COLOR CUT-OUT COSETTE’S CHRISTMAS. ! ) i i Cosette's Diffic-1t Tasks. That evening Cosette had to go for the water. “Here,” said her stepmother, hand | ing her a cotn before she left. “take this money and bring a loaf from the baker's.” So Cosette hurrled out bidding. The pail of water was heavy as she drew it out of the pool, and Cosette’s little hands were scarcely Strong enough to lift it to the bank. She tugged and pulled at it. however, and | finally succeeded in filling it. But as i she did so the silver coin slipped from the pocket of her little cotton apron and dropped down, down, until it was out of sight in the clear pool. to do her Color Cosette's ragged little dress blue with a red and a_brown patch. Her cap is blue with the front plece ! left_white. The pall should be col ored brown or gra (Copyright, 1825.) | | | | The festive earring has come back | with _stately courtes Once the shingled hob was considered too mas culine for the earring, but now, the shorter the Lob the longer the bauble. | 1 the time. { complain if by i be forced to behave k TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY. DEC MBER FEATURES. Apron-String Husband Who Wants a Night Off. How to Improve Home Manners of Sixteen- Year-Old Girl—Foolish EAR MISS DIX: I have been ma that time T have very seldom gone out thing as going out alone, or with some 1 more, that I do not care for company to her: I work all day, and she claims tha 1 am expected to spend =11 of my even some of her friends, but she will not Now I love my wife, but I don't v T want to get out with men while, and I am beginning to think her any i What do you think? Answer: I think, Robert, that y woman, and one who has little know Else she would have sense enough to know that the world to make her husbuid jump ove and that she could tukd no surer me keep a death grip on vou The wise wife never argues with gives him two of them, and feeling that he is free 1o go Wher pleases to stay at home. Many men are better housed, bett jail than they are anywhere clse, but lives to break out of jail is just the kucwledse 1 world of thought for wiv can't get out. There ‘There are many w husbands, body and soul thought, an idea, a friend, an interest the average woman does er she g es who are mi husband from his family, 1l his old friend d she up any outside hobby or town o' nights $he wants to be “all in alr can no woman supply mental can of a woman. The things that men are interest are outside of a woman's real range vitally interesting to a woman are of has need of companionship with its ¢ every Of course, there =hould he re husband spends every ther, but a man « evening off a week to do as he likes w And foolish is the woman who re a man gets fed up on too much of his of time until he cuts her apron strini My advice to you, Robert, is to fight for life, libert; liberty of a servant girl. where men for DEAR MISS DIX: Please tell me he who has lovely manners with ev: demand respect from her off week at a time. She is he: about everything, What can I do to Answer: The Mexicans have a1 makes polite children,” and the best t to send your daughter off to sume g rself. T am a great advocate is about 1 e old, b neither w child nov en her and her mother, she were a baby, while she cc wisdo and experience. The result is that they ure often the girl is enti position into doing f during this tryins t and what sixteen mav do girl is through school moth sendinz in ted fr hardy things. wsition period, t and may n r has ad They are not willing for their to her husband human being can compleiely satistv our ne and the pursuit ¢ istrong, and thinks that I x i “ather. rried a little more than two years. In v myself. 1f T su t such o i friend, my wife we laim and that I prefer other people’s ated all day I8 enough, and | to o out with t heing sepa ings A1 her un ) with her. nt to 1 or apron and h man’s company once that I married a Jealous, selfish ROBE A u have marrfed a4 very narrow, selfish | dge of the psychole men, strings all in 2 ve surest way in the | he bars is to pen him in « thod of driving you from her than to She \ her husband about a latchk 1 likes he er fed, better warmed and cared for in the thing that makes them risk their that they ave locked in, and | in that fact. They want to absorb thei usbands to have apart from them. The fivst thing that | ets married to try to separate her rd to force him to give ictions if he goes down onopolists 10 nne pecially « man ind she forgets that for companionship. need of a man any more than like (o talk about things that are | md so they s the man, ed in and t »t inter no conc »swn kind rnto a ench sex « vight to Dlaces Jeast one | 41 thing wi B with his friei right At A by o pettice | It is her undoing, for when simply | 1+ in evenin ertainly has ithout bei fu; this. wife's society, it is and escapes e a man and not A mou: happiness—and win DOROTHY Make 1t st DIX 16-year-old da When 1 scold ¥ speak to me is ry pouting rrect my but me. na will stop this pouti OTHER vhieh says, “Stranger’s bread yu can do if striet boarding school, erh hi vou can ersell the er perpetual qus om_ her But if she he daily clash over clothes is avoided, and by the 1 herself to the tho ot do just | being grown, and having a right to her own point of v i | | For that reason jewelers have fash- foned the most delicately feminine ones we have seen—pearl balls like !soap bubbles Into which has been | blown the smoke of a fragrant cig- arette—languld drops of crystal which sway with their wearer in the rhythm of the dance. Strangely, they lengthen the fea- tures of a round face; surely they emphasize the sophlstication of MARGETTE. What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BL. Sagittarius. jpects of tomorrow spicious for change, initiation of an: no matter how alluring | may be. The prevailing | influences will engender a spirit of luck of self-confidence, and an intro spective mood that might very easily | ap well meant efforts along lines of constructive endeavor. It is better to confine your attention to routine work and not to branch out in any unfamil- i Even in the discharge | duties there will be ire to “let up” and to do only with half a heart what should be donc with your whole heart. This | temptation to flop must be squarely | met and overcome. In the evening | conditions reveal a marked im- | ement, and it will prove a pro- pitious opportunity for social or fam- ily reunions. Children born tomorrow will enjoy rly good health during infancy, and their exceptional recuperative powers will enable them easily to shake off any of the slight ailments | to which they will be subjected. They | are very liable, however, to develop ! too rapidly, and a weakness will prob- ably materialize in their “teens,” which will call for careful treatment and unremitting vigilance. In disposi- tion they will be cheerful and rather indifferent to their surroundings. They will rarely, if ever, complain, ! but will possess contented spirits, no | matter if similar conditions would | | cause satistaction on the part of| others. They will be vold of any zreat ambition, and be perfectly pre- pared to work along in a rut, provid- ed their few wants are thereby satis- | fled. 1f tomorrow is vour birthday your | The. planetary are quite in enterprise the prospec | p { family, and the inevitable r ihave a right to rule the household. and that th We spoil our girls. We this conceit out of them so quickly as of a number, and their opinion make them of 1t is that they too much importunce in the are cocky, and think that th know it all. Nothing knocks: to be put just where they are just are not considered If you cannot send your girl off to school, the best wi her pouting is just to tell her that ¥ time she has i pouting spell she wil something t she wants. D SAR MISS DIX: I have a son 15 on pigeons. He mever saves buys them, and I can’t do a thing with him i1s a good boy. Answer: Good gracious, T. A. B., you ever have the pigeon mania? It as the measles. You have to xo thr that is all the complaint you have i You should be thankful that he dtversion, instead of spending his time Let me tell you that a pigeon is hoodlums. 1 and one that he will get far less ha Mttle chicken with bobbed hair and ro of the world. 1t is pitiful to think how many { knocking their little fads, instead of chum interest in the things their boys are Believe me, in not becoming a § a great opportuntty to get close (Copyri to your boy. to cure her of | ou won't stand for it, and that ever I bave to pay for it by being de: DOROTHY DI vears old who spends all of his money nt. He raises pigeons and sells and | jout them. In other ways he | T. A B. were You never a boy yourself? Didn't is a complaint as incident to boyhood ough with it to be a_regula . 1f uinst your son, you are a lucky | { has such runnin 1 and wholesome the st with a gang of mighty innocent’ compandon | m than he would petting some kings 1 too much knowledsg an innoc rm fi Ned ste fathers alienate boys by ing up with them and tak ted in n fancier yourself you are losing | DOROTHY DIX pir ays | g an! inter NUMEROLOGY McMEIN. Telling Future by Name. Goodness knows, little enough of my education remaing, but one thing that Qoes stick in my memory is the gen orally accepted fact that every seven Vears the human body undergoes a complete change—each’ individual cell having been renewed. Numerology however, teaches us that our lives are divided into periods or cycles of nine vears and that we are under the Influence of each letter of our given name for nine years. The change from one letter to another is usuall accompanied by important physical, ‘mental and emoticnal chunges. v T suppose the best way to explain what T mean is to take, for example, & child named Ruth. The name Ruth, as you can see by the chart, is an- alyzed lke this: 3t 328 | This child starts out under a power-y ful number, a number denoting love and integrity. She stays nine years under the influence of R and then goes into her U, which ought to be | the time when her carcer begins to shape itself, since 3 is the number of fine arts. Toward the close of this perlod she might well take up acting, singing, music or painting At about the 18th year gins’to come into Irer T, or number the distinctly feminine number, and {he chances are that she wouldn't es- cape marriage. If there is anything in this number business at all, how. ever, providing she stays single until she is 27 and the T has run its course to no avail, she goes into her II, she be- . Fruit Salad. Mixed fruit salad may an endless variety of ways. like you may buy d ‘fruit re: for salads in tins. This should then be drained and the fruit arr d on let-| tuce leaves with French or any de-| sired dressing. At this time of year you will prob: nt to use some | canned fruit : A little fresh apple cut in cubes is an economical addition to any fruit salad. Sandwiches. To make toasted cheese sandwiches, place a slice of American cheese be- tween slices of iwhite bread. Press together and toast the bread on the | outside. The cheese melts and sticks ! slices of toast together. | | '3 Minute Test| { Proves Your Skin SIVIEES but the gracious curve olid black wal- wood. Re- that soft ive. The price of this desk, including of reconditionin; < ne of those ¢ 10 believe iU was only and refin- ings which llector's VARIATION—Stiles. RACIAL ORIGIN—English. SOURCE—A locality. Here is a family name of very sim- | ple, though to the average person to- 4 parti the might not at once be apparent. In me ces modern methods of production. together with the s of hardware, have made the arm gate and the slip-ruil fence more conomical and handy usly spelled. {not jump so quickly to this explana- tion. The old literally records are as “Peter Cecilia ad St ete. It is interesting {to note that this prefix “at the,” used pretty much in the same manner as | the modern French “a la” in contrast | with our more modern way “of the.” ‘took many forms, sometimes a simple “a,” sometimes | “atte,” “ate,” “a la.” “ad le” and so on. It is interesting also to note that “le” and “la” appear to have been used pretty much as a matter of choice. without regard for gender. 5.0 “Regi-| { nature 1s more idealistic then prac- ! tical, although you possess an active { mind and are gifted with much tact. { In the rough and tumble of every- day life you, as a result of your sen- | sitiveness, feel knocks harder then others, and you are more adapted for some artistic pursuit-than for that which sa of commercialism or drudgery. YYou are exceptionally | honest, straightforward and frank. You are true and faithful to those you love, yet capable of bitter enmity toward those whom you dislike. This enmity does not often take on the character of anything definite, but is carried out by sullenness and - sulki- ness—twin children of unhappiness and discontent. Your home life, and you prefer your home to wny place, is happy ind harmonious, as here you are able | | to dream your dreams and picture | your ideals. Well known persons born that date | are: John F. Hartranft, soldier and governor; Stephen . Thaver, bank- er and poet; Mary H. Catherwood, author; Arlo Bates, poet and author; Fdward E. Barnard, astronomer, and Lillian Russell, singer. (Copyright. 1825.) = Sis St. Andrew's University, in Scot- land, has placed'a ban In its elec- tion of a lord rector against all po- litical candidates. . Naturally White which ig governed by number and ! thus comes under the influence of the ; No matter how sallow or muddy your | number of busines Of course, al-{complexion may now be, it is naturally | most any lady who has not married at 27 must begin to think about sup- porting herself, so it 1s just as well that 8 encourages business achieve- ment and is known as the number of practical mentality. Since people are apt to fall in love in their change from one letter to another, Ruth may again feel the marriage urge at 36, when she starts all over again on her R. I've grown quite used to my role of pseudo-fortune teller, prophesying new interests or marriage, as the case may be, to my friends, and, really, it is quite surprising to see how often my | predictions come true. Stuffed Celery. Buy a head of celery and use the best of the white stalks for the stuffed celery for the appetizer at dinner. To make this take a few tablespoons of cream cheese and mash it up with a| very little cream or top milk, adding a few drops of table sauce. Have the celery stalks chilled and well cleaned and then fill each stalk with some of the cheese mixture. If you like use Roquefort cheese instead of cream cheese. Sprinkle each with a dash of clear and white. This amazing 3-minute | test will prove it to you! Tan, sallowness muddiness, redness, roughness, pimples and blackheads—all imperfections and | blemishes vanish as if by magie—almost | overnight. A new, safe, harmless discov- lery of science—Golden Peacock Bleach | Creme—brings vou ck the smooth. | | clear transparent skin of a baby. Here |is the amazing test. Just before hedtime smooth some of this cool. fragrant | ereme on your skin. The very next { morning notice how tan. muddiness and | allowness have already started to give | | way. Ask yvour dealer for a jar of Gol- | den Peacock Bleach Creme (concentrat. (ed). Use it for five days. If not de i lighted with the transformation, your money will be gladly refunded. At all | | | good drug and department stores. 'Donnell’s Drug Stores, Peoples Drug res, Gllman's Drug Store, Christiani Dru; Goldenberg's Dept. Store. Paluis Koyal Dept. Store, King's Palace Dept. Store, S. ,I‘K‘nnn Sons Co. Dept. Store, Sigmund's Dept. ore. Golden Peacock Bleach Creme Smell the fragrance of this fresh, brown loaf Let your family enjoy its rich, satisfying flavor EEL the yiclding loaves. Smell their fresh fragrance. Rice’s big ovens are always baking. Day and night, their fast motors are rushing new, warm loaves of Rice’s bread to your grocer—fresher than if you had baked it yourself. Whether you market early in the morning or late in the afternoon, you get delicious, newly baked loaves. The red seal of City Baking Institute on the wrapper is your guarantee that this bread is always fresh, made of the very ingredients you know you use in your own kitchen, and carefully tested daily for purity and richness. * * % MORE AND MORE of the keen hostesses of Washington are serving this fine loaf. They know they can depend on the same richness and freshness every day. Your family too will enjoy the satisfying flavor and perfect baking of this un- usual bread. Get a loaf of Rice’s from your grocer today. RICHNESS and FLAVOR from these ingredients— Gold Medal Flour Domino Granulated Sugar Diamond Crystal Salt Libby’s Milk Swift's Shortening -/} Filtered Water 3 Fleischmann'’s Yeast