Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1943 — Page 14

we, as 1 amfßJcans /WILL ALWAYS • OBSERVE •, CH RISTM AS And We're Grateful g| , For the Privilege Jg sfasairsl saannss SMITH DRUG CO.

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fflaw FOR REFERENCE EVERY DAY H nc“ R Dale Moses, Dairy _J(

11 « a flrond opportunity to forget our fl* 1/ coretond to tote ouneivet in the otor- M * / IM otmoophere es the flood follow- V A / ahto> H Monde and toeed onet. H's \ / flw Amorican wcy al Wo and •*, at \ /J Amoricora, appreciate the hoppineto «l 1 and contentment reeuhmfl from th« [I ideaL 1\ WWdnfl Youa < || HEARTY CHRISTMAS II II SEASON II ,n told a New Yaw «* toe many K happierdoyo. J * Suman’s Case

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

? J (Jlrciitmai AND A VERY <^a i ) yv ew BRUSHWILLER TAILOR SHOP Q s -= 'Gieellncp As the Christmas Bells Ring Out may they bring to you and yours much happiness and a New Year crammed full of Happy Days. WEST END RESTAURANT “Andy” Appelman

WJ# —1 BEST " r fi WISHES W M |. ***>* f° r a Merry ML B. IM Christmas from Congressman George W. Gillie

\f “One Nation indivisible with lib erty and justice for all" It seems |\ important to us that this pledge of |\ allegiance to our flag to singularly H appropriate at Christmas time. The (| observance of thto pledge with a V background of the true meaning of Christinas can only lead to a world A of happiness with the brotherhood I \ of man as ft predominating factor. V \ The combination of these thoughts , «t Christmas time will mean a genuino happy American Christmas, DECATUR LUMBER CO.

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Shortbread Is • Tasty Scotch Holiday Fare WANT to please someone who "has everything” with a really extra special Christmas gift? A festively decorated round of Royal Scotch shortbread is the perfect answer to that very pressing problem. The familiar tartan-cov-ered, heather - trimmed tins are missing from the stores this year, so we’ll use a really wonderful old Christmas recipe from Scotland and make some ourselves instead. A quarter cup ot powdered sugar U all the recipe requires, ao you can plan to make aa many roundi aa you can for Chriatmaa gifts. After all sugar is a very precious item this Christmas, isn’t it. and it’s good to know of something so delectable that does require so little! One es the trlrks in making good Scotch shertbread is to rub the butter into the Hour mixture with the Hngertlpe Instead es a pastry blender. The butter softens slightly that way and absorbs the Hour and sugar perfectly. The sliced cherries and the chopped almonda are the ingredients that give the regal touch and unbelievably Christmassy texture to this usually somewhat austere Scotch specialty. It’s so good you just have to taste it to believe it! Save half a dozen of the most perfect cherries snd almonds for decoration—or use bits ot green angelica with the cherries instead. If you have a box ot glace fruit you can let your imagination run riot of course and really go to town, but in genera! the cherries will do the job very nicely indeed. When the shortbread is baked, cut a round of white cardboard exactly the same size. Slide a broad apatula gently under the round of shortbread when it is cool and lift it carefully on to the cardboard. Wrap gaily In cellophane and trim proudly with red ribbon and holly, for a gift of Royal Scotch shortbread is a very elegant gift indeed! Royal Scotch Shortbread. K cup sifted flour H cup cornstarch % cup powdered beet sugar 1 egg yolk, beaten K cup chopped bleached almonds H cup candied cherries, quartered Sift together Hour, cornstarch and sugar. Add butter, blending with Anger tips until thoroughly mixed. Add egg yolk, mix well with fork. Add almonds and cherries. Form Into a ball. Place in the center of a greased cooky sheet. Pat or roll out about half an inch thick keeping as perfect a circle as possible. Plnqh edges decoratively. Arrange halved cherries and almonda or angelica in the center. Bake in a slow oven (300 degrees) for half an hour or until center is done and edges are lightly browned. Allow to cool. Loosen carefully with spatula before transferring from cooky sheet. The shortbread may be shaped into a square and cut into Anger strips before baking if preferred. ________ < Songfest Bh r ■ Almost any acheal teacher we«M envy Santa hta ability to extract ne ale from theee youthful admirers. Their voices may not be theee of the herald angels, but their dtepeoittoas at thto time as year appeoaeb the angußa CromtcelTs Decree Forbid Observance of Christmas In the time of Cromwell, aa edict forbidding the observance ot Christmas was issued. It ordered all shops to ba kept open on Chrtstmaa day. the shopkeepers to be protected again* violence, and says "that no obaervation shall bo had eg the Ave and twentieth day at Deeesn bur. commonly called Chrtstmaa day; nor any solaraaity used a* a*•relaed in churchee upaa that day ta respect ttwreof.’’ Miming es Paaanbar December to «rivW Roman calendar the year begun in March and Bit amber wav the tea* I man*.

t Isost ons time in the yeor we con be happy. The conS tentment and enjoyment of abundant life to greatly in • at this one season of the year—Christmas. On this great J lfi nif?cont occasion we need to toon toword those things for which Christmas stands. ip> !SX!.« o«.zS wptrtyw?* , '' d conditions, with sacrifices, and In many coses—unhappiness. «. * Lot ut remember those things for which Christmas' «onds, obtaining from these remembrances the confi- \ f” dance that will enable us to —' meet the problems of the future with heads unbowed . £ rS Moy we w $h you 0 happy . trtantm for this and many ♦ 1 Citizens Telephone Co.

• ‘ » • e * « WITH THE WA COMING ' ofthe Lnr . e A■/ The season Io which we hove been looking forward has arrived i and wHi it the happy experiences of renewing old acquaintances snd th opportunity of exprsssing our feeling of friendship to those whom we servo. Ife not a normal season, to be sure. Bat it remains for those of os at boose lo ouiataia th true spirit of Christmas that those who an) in distant points may eventually rstnm Io th normal American way ofMk Wo are proud of th heritage of Christmas and as th season ap> pmtrfise, w mrimd to pen, and to those dear to you, wherever they may h» a Merry, Merrv American Christmas. Meshlierpr Bros. Stone Corp. UNNGROVB, IND.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23,)