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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1919 EuuQ 2HS2S2S3 jidys & ' Girls Read How to Make and Do Useful Things I

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. Do you know our big brother, the ' ' dictionary? If you do not know him, . , make his acquaintance at once. He ; is always willing to help you, but as - he has so many people to help, you ' must let him know when you need 'help. ' He can help you In more " .ways than you realise. Do you know how many differ .cat questions .the .dictionary answers?. In the' first place, he ' tells the various meanings of all the .words ' in the English language. -: 'The words are arranged according to the alphabet: The definitions are given usually in the historical order'. ' That is, the oldest mean- ;' lag is given first and-then the later ones. ' The Standard dictionary ".reverses : this order and gives for convenience the latest meaning , first. - So if you are using any - . dictionary, other than the Standard, .remember that the meaning given -last is the correct one, while in the ".Standard, the meaning given. first f . is correct ..---...,. . - . , The dictionary also tells us if the -word 'begins -with a capital letter, .If it has a hyphen, how to pronoun' ce it,how many syllables It has, , .what they are, what Its history or j etymology is and. what are its synoI .nyms or.other words with the same t meaning. .In it, too, are found the .explanation . of. the noted charac ters of fiction, legend, and mytho logy, such as Rip Van Winkle, the ' .Argonauts, and Achilles. . .In the front of the dictionary, is ,;, . history of the English language .with rules for spelling. In the back .Is a gaseteer. This is a list of geo- ' .graphical places. It tells us.whefe . the place is, how large it is, and how the name should ; be pronounced. In the back, too, is the biographical dictionary which contains the names of thousands of famous persons, a slight description of each, and the dates of birth JMd death.- If the date of the death is missing, it means that the person is still living. There is also a Section In the baca called Pictorial ' Illustration which contains pictures Illustrating certain subjects such as architecture, war, mechanical devices, and many others. . ' Spend your next idle hour with the dictionary. , You will be sur riled to find how interesting it is, ys' and OlrU Newspaper Service ' By J. H. Millar . THAT CALF. An old farmer one morning burfried out to his barn, where the cattle were staying and said, while they trembled with fright, "Now, which of, you last night shut the barn door while I was in bed?' Each of them shook his head. Now, ' the little calf. Spot, was down in the lot, and the way the rest said they saw her shut the -door was a shame, for not one of them saw ' Jier shut the door, but she said she did just the same, for they always made her bear the blame. " Then the farmer said, "Next time I shall phut you up and then you will not hut the door while I am In bed." r Reba Taylor, age 11 years. " QUEER ADVERTISEMENTS frith a furnace and bath. . For Sale A dog by girl with fchort curly hair and an intelligent pee, . r.j-.,;; ,u.;;. .-,? f: Sale A cow by a man with Ehort horns. H. B-

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Homecraft HOME MADE CHRI3TMA8 GIFTS Br Carolyn Sherwin Bailey Do you want to beat the High Cost Of Christmas this year by making with your own hands all the presents that you give? You can do Just that thing, if you begin your Christmas girts today. That New 8kat!ng Scarf How pretty, how stylish they are, and how they do cost if you buy them! But you are going to make one for your friend who loves out doors even in the winter time. Use Coarse; wool and , large bone or amber knitting needles. ' Cast on enough Stitches to make the scarf about twenty inches wide. Knit It loosely with the same plain stitsb that you would use for a wash cloth, " and make it long enough to come well below the waist. Knit in ' a plain border of a contrasting color at the ends, and crochet fringe to finish it. A green scarf may have a border of crimson, a gray, one of rose. ' - Jeweled Hat Pins Use an . ordinary hat pin and sealing wax of a natural color. Heat the wax over a candle, and as it melts, shape it over the head of the hat pin until the head is of the size ' you wish. Then, before the sealing wax has hardened, decorate the head of the pin with as attractive beads as you can Jlnd. These can be easily imbedded in the wax in aay design and color scheme that you decide upon.' They may match your friend's hat, or, for the plain tam-o-shanter, you can make them in very gay color schemes. Christmas Calendars Buy a few sheets of heavy .book cover paper in gray, dark green, and tan. Get a roll of the decorated crepe paper that has holiday designs on it, greens, Christmas wreaths, and figures. Cut the book cover paper neatly into mounts that measure a convenient desk size and glue a small 1920 calendar on each. Around the calendar paste the cut-out designs from the crepe paper, using the most artistic color plan possible. Press them under a heavy weight until they' are quite dry, and then glue a cardboard standard to the back, or punch holes in the top for a bit of holly ribbon. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service Copyright. 1919, by J. H. Millar AT HOME Once upon a time, ' A boy gave me a dime; But I spent the dime Tor candy, And it was dandy. I ate it by the fire, - And I was very tired; Everything was cozy, But I was dozy. I was soon asleep, But I did not treat Myself to the cake , That was just baked. Warren Hadon, St Andrew's School CHILD PHILOSOPHY "Ethel, 'asked a' teacher, when Ethel had - grown quite large and begun to thinlf a little more, "whom do. the ancients say supported the world on, his shoulder?" - "AtlaSr-sir. "Yes. quite right. Now, if Atlas supported the world, who supported Atlas?" "I suppose he married a rich wife,", replied Ethel, thoughtfully.

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HOME MADE CHRI8TMA8 CANDIE8 By Belle C. Harrlna-ton Home made candy always sells readily at Christmas time, and the girl who plans carefully, securing her orders in advance, can make a neat little sum. There are a num ber of delicious kinds which can be made with little or no sugar, and that will be a big advantage this year. Maple Pralines Boil maple syrup until it makes a . firm ball when dropped In cold water. Remove from the fire, and when partly cool stir in a cupful of pecan or hickory- nut meats. Grease the small round hollows in the bottom of inverted . teacups and fill with the candy mixture. Pack the lozenge-shaped goodies in neat boxes, -with waxed paper between the layers. ' Kisses 2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup water 1-2 teaspoon vinegar Boil until it "hairs" when poured from a teaspoon held high in the air When the syrup is partly cool, add one-third teaspoon vanilla and the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs. A little shredded cocoanut or chopped Almonds may be added, if desiredi Beat five minutes, drop on buttered paper and brown 1-2 minute in a hot oven. Butter Scotch 1 cup karo syrup 1 cup Jbrown sugar 1 tablespoonful butter. Boil until it makes a hard ball of wax when dropped in water. Pour into square tins, butter thickly spread with nut meats. When cold, cut into squares and wrap in oiled paper. Molasses Taffy 3 cups Orleans molasses 1 cup granulated sugar Boil until it makes firm wax in cold water. Set off from the stove and stir about one teacupful at a time until cold. Then grease hands thoroughly, and pull until the taffy Is a pale yellow. Twist into strips the thickness of one's finger; and cut into inch chunks with shears. Wrap In oiled paper. Pretty holly boxes may be bought at the stores, or you may use candy boxes you have in the house. Remember that home made candy is always best when freshly made. BOY'S WORKSHOP BEFORE CHRISTMAS By J. H. Millar "Bobby, what under the sun are you doing down in the cellar all the time?" asked Bob's mother about a week before Christmas, "It seems to me there hasn't been an even ing or a Saturday for about a month that I havent heard you sawing and hammering down there. "There hasn't been, Mother. I've been there all the time. I'm making things to sell for Christmas pres ents. . Come down and I'll show you." So Bob's Mother went with him down to his Christmas workshop. "This bobsled," said he "I figure on selling to Mr. Collins. Jimmy told me some time ago that he thought his father was going to give him a bob for Christmas, so I saw Mr. Collins about it and he said that, if I could make a good one, he would buy it This one is better than any be can find down

town. Got the idea from Mr. Hyde's article on 'How to Make a Bobsled.'

"Then there is an indoor flower box that Chuck Moore is going to buy for a present for his mother. She has been wanting one for a long time. Got that idea out of one of Mr. Hyde's articles, too. Here is a plant stand I Intend to sell to Annabelle Brown to give to her mother. I got the idea for it from Mr. Hairs book on 'Handi craft for Handy Boys'. "These picture frames I haven't sold yet. Cousin Dick is going to give this umbrella stand to Aunt Kate. It's a pippin if I do say it niyself. And this cedar chest I'm going to try to make Dad buy to give to some-one." - "My! I've been wanting one like that for a long" time." said Mother. "Next year," Bob went on, "I'll start .earlier.. I'm goin to try a tireless cooker. It doesn't look so terribly hard. Then there are a lot of other things I can make such as clock shelves, necktie racks; towel racks, book racks, and a dozen other things." "You certainly will make some money, Bob." "Sure and you ousht to see the presents I have stowed away for you and Dad. You'll be tickled to to death." Woodcraft For Boy and Girl Scouts NATURE'S CHRISTMAS TREE EyAdelia Belle lieard Supposa you put aside all the tinsel, glass balls, glass fruit, and other artificial trimmings for your Christmas tree and this year use only honest-to-goodness decoration things made by Nature, not manufactured in a factory. There are many to be found in the woods, the fields, the garden, and yes the barn. Some grow wild, others are cultivated, but they all grow. If you can go to the woods and bring home the tree yourselves. that will be a trip which will send the Christmas feeling down to the tips of your toes. Choose a Bal sam-fir if you have a choice, its spicy, aromatic breath makes the air redolent of the Christmas season and its slender, symmetrical, cone shape makes the young tree especially well adapted to the purpose. , Here are materials for your dee-

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orations. Clusters of red berries of any kind tied to the branches with narrow red or bright green ribbon. Berries of the Mountain ash, holly berries, the dangling, four-lobed berries of the spindle tree, or burning-bush, and the pendulous coral drops of the barberry bush. Bunches of clean, yellow heads of barley and other bearded grain from the barn, with their sprays of stiff hairs standing out like rays of light. Strings of shelled, golden corn, also from the barn, and from the. woods, clean, dry cones, large acorns, balls of the sycamore tree, the spiky balls of the sweet gum tree, and many other dry seed vessels that are decorative. Gild the cones and balls to make them shine and hang them to the branches by yellow strings several inches long. Add the time honored festoons of white popcorn and red cranberries; then let the tree bear real fruit; apples, oranges, clusters of grapes, nuts, and raisins, and it will be a real, not a make-believe Christmas tree. . Bovs and Girls' Newspaper 'Service Copyright, 1919, by J. H. Millar

Nature Study Outdoor Life THE BIRDS'. CHRISTMAS TREE ByAdella Belle Beard A new and thoroughly happy way to celebrate Christmas, an outdoor way for outdoor boys and girls is to prepare a Christmas tree for the winter birds, then sit down, keep still, and watch them enjoy it. If you have grounds around your house where suitable trees are growing,. choose a small one, an evergreen, if possible, for the Christmas tree.. You don't have to cut it down. Use it where it stands. But' if-you live in a tity, shake its dust or snow from your feet and get out into the country where the birds are and where the loan of a living Christmas tree may be had for the asking, or taking. In either case, make your selection well in advance of Christmas day so that you may plan just how to load the tree with food, the gift most acceptable to the hungry little visitors. Me 1M PCU1NI) TOOT una TMI Tit IT lO THAT DO NOT Lev TneBmn Do not add any bright colored or glittering tinsel trimmings, that will frighten away the birds instead of attracting them. Some soft, ripe fruit, cut open to show the seeds, may be hung to the branches to give a festive look and provide a tempting delicacy. Make a number of shallow containers to hold seeds and grain, and after filling, hang them securely to the branches as high up as possible, well out of the reach of prowling cats. Box lids, coverer with brown wrapping paper and suspended by brown or green cotton string, are excellent to use for the swaying trays. These trays should be large enough to allow standing room for one or two birds and the grain should be spread out in the centre. - . For FEED EATING BIRDS select from this list: Cracked corn, millet, hemp, buckwheat and mixed chicken feed. For INSECT-EATING BIRDS have raw suet, also sunflower seeds or crumbs of raw peanuts. Tie the suet to the tree as you see it in the illustration.

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