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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. Omission A little old man, whose hobby was inspecting the inscriptions on tombstones, stooped over to peer again at one in particular. He read it aloud this time, j “Here lies John Barrister, who was a great lawyer and an honest man,” he read. ! "Durn it,” he exclaimed, “they put the lawyer’s name on it, why didn’t they put the other fella’s.” Jolly Wooden Puppies Moke Excellent Gifts 2 PULL-TOY WIGGLE-DOGS PATTERN :i0 Jolly Toys For Christmas fcpHESE puppies wll be favorites. They are cut from two pieces of wood and then hinged together ,with canvas and glue. The wheels are arranged to give thsm a nat ural life-like motion when pulled by string. Making and assembling directions on •de ‘ if ^ pattern 310, price 25c. Order trom WORK- BIT ^ “ SHOP PATTERN SERVICE. Drawer 10. Bedford Hills. New York. Keep Posted on Values By Reading the Ads CRANBERRIES & HOW TO COOK THEM ’ A 40-page bulletin illustrated in full color tells you all you should know about cranberries, old recipes, new recipes, how to can, how to freeze. For your tree .■copy, write Post Office Box ltB3. New York 8. New York. Adv. JtonHfBest tk«« i? iTIMeV HOME ( [ l POPPING' TR)'IT/> /NOHUMS MINCEMEAT MUFFINS Moist and tender made with Kelloggs All-Bran! 1 cup All-Bran % cup sugar cup milk 1 egg 1 cup prepared 1 cup sifted mincemeat flour 2 tablespoons 3 teaspoons shortening baking powder H teaspoon salt 2. Combine All-Bran, milk and mincemeat; soak about 5 minutes. 2. Blend shortening and sugar; add egg and beat well. Stir In All-Bran mixture. S. Add sifted dry Ingredients; mix only until combined. 4. Pill greased muffin pans % full. Bake In mod. hot oven (400°F) about 25 min. Yield: 12 medium muffins. JUnrica’s most laxative cereal for diets of in sufficient bulk —try a bowlful today! Mother Knows RESET LOOSE SCREWS EASY! No skill required. Handles like puny . •. and hardens into wood KNOWS NO SEASON While giving is the paramount attribute of Christmas, as it is gen erally observed, records show thaS giving is not really confined to any one season of the year. There are thousands of little acts of courtesy and greater acts of self-sacrifice and giving that punctuate the entire year. For instance, there are tho women who shared their ration coupons in the years befora rationing was lifted in England . . . There's the quarter of a million Americans who contributed a penny each so that a tiny church in a Colorado commumty might have a church bell . . . The youngsters in Nunspeet, Holland, who shared the contents of their piggy bank with their financially embarrassed parents . . . The thought- ltd transit company in Calgary that provides free rides for pensioners . . . The railway engineer who backed bis locomotive many miles to rescue a motorist be bad seen stranded in a blizzard. The graciousness of giving really knows no season when the human heart is touched. HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS ... Another thing that we Ameri cans have good reason to be thankful for is that our youngsters still can sing Christmas carols the way they want to without any dictatorial Intervention. These angelic-looking choir boys were photographed at the Church of the Heavenly rest in New York as they held a dress rehearsal for the Christmas season. 7(/atc6 out ON CHRISTMAS SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 7-14; Jeremiah 29; 31; Luke 1. DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 139: 1-10. Is God Available? Foreman The safest way to insure against fire at Christmas time which might originate from the Christmas tree is to keep the tree standing in plain, ordinary water from the time you get it home until you discard it after the holidays. That’s the most practical, satis factory and convenient method found so far for reducing fire haz ards and keeping tree needles from losing their color or dropping from the tree. Tests show that keeping trees standing in water will prevent needles from drying out and be coming inflammable. They con tinue to appear fresh and green. As compared with tests of trees standing in fire-retardant chemi cals, it was found that trees so treated did not absorb the chemi cals rapidly or in as large amounts as water. This resulted in increased combustibility, needle discoloration and fall. Here’s how to carry out the tree treatment suggested: Select a tree cut as recently as possible. Cut about an inch diag onally off the bottom of the trunk. Stand the tree at once in a con tainer of water, and keep the wat er level above the edges of the cut during the entire time the tree is in the house. If the tree is not set up at once, keep it standing in wat er in a cool place. This treatment does not make the tree absolutely flame-proof, so other cautions are necessary. Check the wiring of lights and keep tinsel and other flammable material and decorations away from the sockets of the light bulbs on the tree. Educated Santas School Teaches Kringle Know-How A school for Santa Clauses? Yes, there is one, and it’s the only educational institution of its kind in the world. Graduates wear white wig and whiskers, red suit trimmed in white fur, wide white belt and black leather boots. It is the Santa Claus School at Albion, New York. It gives credits for deep, jovial laughter and twinkling, smiling eyes. Fresh out of Santa Claus school, a graduate with honors in throaty “ho-hoing” knows, among other things, how to remain calm when a kid glares and yells, “There ain’t no Santa Claus,” and how to maintain diplomatic relations with a parent who thinks Santa Claus has given her tot the brushoff. The school holds that to be a good Santa Claus, one has to almost believe he really is Santa Claus. The Santa Clauses are taught that when a fresh kid declares there isn’t any Santa Claus to say: “I wouldn’t be too sure of that, son—I wouldn't be too sure, if I were you.” Caroling Held Favorite With Many at Christmas One of the favorite customs of Christmas Eve in many sections of the world is the singing of car ds. The carols are sometimes called •noels” because of the word having originated in France and descend ing from the Latin word meaning a “cry of joy at Christmas.” Car ols also once meant round dancers accompanied by gay songs. The earliest collection of carols was published about 1521. The Yule Log A medieval Christmas toast al ways accompanied the burning of the Yule log. It was: ‘This Yule log burns. It destroys old hatreds . nd misunderstandings. Let your envies vanish and the spirit of good fellowship reign su preme for this season and all through the year.” But if you want a Yule log in the best Christmas tradition it should be of oak, ash, olive, apple of pine. EPIPHANY EVE Trees Bow in Adoration of Christ in Syria Among the most interesting leg- nds connected with Christmas is >ne popular in Syria and is con- iected with Epiphany eve. Accord- ng to this legend at twelve mid- ight on that night the trees bow n adoration before the Christ- hild. The night, which the Syrians all “Laitat-al-Qadr” is held to be .ie “night of destiny.” One writer om that co rntry describes the be lief thusly: “But what was anything com pared to the feast of Epiphany, which we celebrated in commem oration of the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan 12 days after Christmas. I was taught to believe and joyously did believe that the rivers and fountains of the entire world became suddenly holy about sunset on Epiphany eve. Lesson for December 18, 1949 D OES GOD EXIST? Yes. There is every good reason to believe that he does. But when we have an swered that question in the affirm ative, we have not settled the most Important questions of religion There are the other two questions of equal importance: What kind of God is he? and. Is he avail able? Let us give some thought to this last question. One of our Christ mas carols begins, “Draw nigh, draw nigh, Immanuel!” Immanuel Is one of the names by which Jesus is called, for the Christian church has always read Isaiah 7:14 as a proph ecy of Jesus Christ. The name means “God with us” and is the an swer to the deepest cry of the heart. God in heaven far away,-God the Creator who set in motion this mighty universe, God the All-power ful ruling beyond the stars, God the Eternal who knows neither youth nor age. Such a God has sometimes been believed in by men who neverthe less walked in a dark cloud of loneliness, doubting that so great a God could possibly have any in terest in their own affairs. Is God WITH ns? Is God with US? Is GOD with us? That is the question that torments the troubled mind. With one voice, the whole church of God answers Yes; the name of the one in whose face we see the glory of God is named “God- with-ns.” | In the first chapter of the Bible we hear of a God who walked with his children in a garden. In the first chapters of the Gospels we hear songs to the God who has “vis ited his people;” and in almost the last chapter of the Bible we hear the promise, “God himself shall be with them and be their God. * • * “When ye shall search for him with all your hearts” IWfOST TRUTHS are two-sided. 1 ^ You have to keep both sides in mind or you will not fully under stand. God is with us yes; God is with all men, yes—that is, there are no favorites with him, he refuses his presence to no one. God is al ways available, available to all. That is one side of the truth. The other side is this: God is not equally with all men. Some men are alienated from God. Some men are godless. Even among those with whom God lives, we may fairly say that God is with some in a higher degree, in fuller measure, than he Is with others. Jeremiah gives the clue to this truth: “Ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” (Jer. 29:13.) Those who do not search for God will not find him. Those whose search is half hearted only half-find him. God does not enter uninvited. He is available, bat he will not force his way in. We can see how this is when we think about Christians we know. It does not make sense to say that they are all equally godly. We have known some great Christians of whom we might al most dare to say that Paul’s prayer had been answered, that they have been “filled with the fulness of of God.” (Eph. 3:19.) But in other Christians, who certainly have some small seed of faith in them, it may be hard even for a kindly observer to see many signs of God’s presence. • • • “Thou can’st, a little baby thing. . . G OD IS in all things, “he shines in ail that’s fair,” as we sing the familiar hymn. But the center of the Christian faith is that God comes to man especially and most closely in Jesus Christ. No matter how strongly men believed in God in olden times, always they looked forward, as the prophets show, to a time when God would come nearer than he had been before. True, it was a surprise when finally he oame to Bethlehem, “a little baby thing that made a woman cry.” A world accustomed to kings In purple robes, in w e 11-guarded castles , was surprised that the King of the Universe would be found as a child among the poor. But after all, which better repre sents the All-Available God— a king behind his palace walls, or a child in a home that loves him? (Copyright by the International council ol Religious Education on behalf of 40 Protestant denominations. Released by WNU Features.) Make Your Holiday Menu A Gay, but Simple One With Yuletide Coloring C HRISTMAS is in the air and excitement reigns supreme. There’s a tradition of hospitality that’s a part of the whole spirit and idea of Christmas and no small part of this be gins and emerg es from the warmly frag rant kitchen. The climax is reached with a festive board on which you’ve placed delicious foods in holiday colors. Red and green are the colors which you want to push forward, and this comes easily if the menij includes ham, cranberries and avocado in the salad, and a cake frosted in white and green. • * • How to Bake Ham R emove wrappings from ham, but do not remove rind. Rewrap loosely in inside glassine wrapping paper or heavy waxed paper. Place flat side up on rack in any shallow uncovered baking pan. (Place butt or shank end of ham cut side down on rbek.) Bake in 325° oven for length of time as follows: Weight of ham 10 to 12 pounds 14 to 16 pounds Over 16 pounds Half Ham If ham is room temperature 18 min. per lb. 16 min. per lb. 14-15 min. per lb. 20-25 min. per lb. If ham is chilled 20-22 min. per lb. 18-20 min. per lb. M 16-18 min. per lb. 24-27 min. per lb. ^ Cooked hams should only be re heated 10 minutes per pound. If meat thermometer is u^ed, remove ham when the internal temperature reaches 150 to 155°. In inserting the thermometer, be sure the bulb of the thermometer reaches the center of the thickest part of the meat away from the bone. Half an hour to 45 minutes be fore done, remove paper and rind, score fat, stud with cloves If de sired, and cover with a glaze. Fin ish baking at the same low tem perature (325°) until well glazed. Use any of the following glazes: Glazes for Ham Orange Glaze: Mix 1 cup brown sugar, juice and grated rind of one orange and spread over fat surface. Finish baking. Garnish with orange slices. Jelly Glaze: Mix 1 cup bright jelly with about V* cup hot water and spread over fat surface of ham. This forms a lovely red glaze. Stud with cloves or decor ate with halves of candied cherries. •Mashed Potato Faff (Serves S) •4 enp hot milk 2 tablespoons hotter H teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper 3 cups hot mashed potatoes 2 egg whites, beaten Add milk, butter, and season ings to mashed potatoes and beat Your cake for Christmas can convey the holiday greeting simply if yon write it in gay green tinted frosting with a pastry tube as shown here. Garnish the base of the cake with glossy leaves and holly berries. CHRISTMAS DINNER Tomato Soap Francaise Celery Croutons Carrot Sticks •Baked Ham •Mashed Potato Puff Buttered Lima Bean •Cranberry-Avocado Salad •Cinnamon Twists Nut Cake with Boiled Frosting Beverage •Recipe Given Beautifully beautifnl to Joy to eat feast when Use the time column for ready-cooked only heating glased ham is behold and pore at the Christmas baked properly, chart given in the regular ham or ham which needs through. LYNN SAYS: Make your Holiday Foods Interesting with Flavor Large slices of ham, turkey or chicken make good sandwiches when they’re served on those crusty, split and toasted rolls. Plenty of butter is indicated to make them succulent. Simple but festive desserts dur ing this season include small cups of custard which have been well chilled and decorated with candied fruit. Serve with thin slices of fruit cake. until smooth. Fold in egg whites and put into a greased baking dish. Bake at 400° for 45 minutes. •Cranberry-Avocado Salad (Serves 6-8) 2 cups cranberries 1 cup water VA cups sugar 1 tablespoon gelatin V* cup cold water tt cup diced celery H cup coarsely chopped wal nuts 1 avocado Cook the cranberries in the cup of water in a saucepan for 15 min utes. Just before removing from heat, add the sugar, also gelatin which has been softened in the cold water. When cool, fold in celery and walnuts. Pour into in dividual molds. Chill until firm. Arrange lettuce on individual salad plates. Arrange three or four thin slices of avocado on this, then un mold the jelly in the center of it. Serve with mayonnaise. • • • L ET THE FRAGRANCE of cin namon in these rolls give that homey touch to the Christmas din ner. The dough requires no knead ing and the rolls are simplicity themselves to prepare. •Cinnamon Twlstz (Makes 30 rolls) / 1 cop milk, scalded H enp sugar 1 teaspoon salt H cup shortening % cup lukewarm water 2 packages yeast, compressed or dry granular 3 eggs, beaten 5’A cups sifted all-purpose flour Add sugar, salt and shortening to scalded milk and stir. Cool to lukewarm and add water. Sprinkle or crumble in yeast and let stand untU dissolved. (If dry yeast is used, the time required is from 5 to 10 minutes). Add and stir in eggs, then flour. Place dough in greased bowl and brush top lightly with melted shortening. Cover and chill or store in refrigerator for at least 2 hours. When doubled in bulk, punch down and turn on lightly floured board; divide in half. Roll out each half into an oblong 15xl5xM> inches. Brush lightly with butter, then sprinkle with ?. mixture of 1% cups sugar and 4 teaspoons cinnamon. Sprinkle center third of each ob long with 4 tablespoons of the cin namon-sugar mixture. Fold one- third of dough over center third. Sprinkle with another 4 tablespoons of the sugar cinnamon mixture. Fold remaining third of dough over the two layers. Cut with a sharp knife crosswise into strips !.-inch wide. Take hold of each end of strip and twist in opposite direc tions. Seal ends firmly. Place on a greased baking sheet 1% inches apart. Sprinkle tops of twists with remaining sugar-cinnamon mix ture. Cover with a clean towel. Let rise in a warm place free from drafts until doubled In bulk. Bake in a hot (425°) oven about 20 min utes. Small potato balls are appropri ate to serve for holiday time if they are given a frosty look with dill-seasoned soured cream. Brazil nuts make a nice item for those who like to nibble if the nuts are boiled for five minutes, then shelled and sauteed in butter and seasoned with salt. Bread and butter sandwiches served with holiday salads can be more than interesting if you add finely chopped chives or water cress to the butter before spread HtO n H Yeah, Which One? An Englishman was on his first big-game hunting expedition. It was impressed upon him that he must never take a chance with a leopard, he must shoot instantly. Came the time when he did meet with a leopard. His guide shouted the reminder: “Shoot him on the spot.” The Englishman, a little rattled, said: “Be more specific, my man, which spot?” Buy U.S. Savings Bonds! 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