CHRISTMAS REUNION HOW TO MAKE THE HOLIDAY PARTIES MOST ENJOYABLE. A Number of Cames That Will Prove Pleasing for Both Old and Young at the Yuletide Season. By Mary Dawson. The wealth of new games is so great of late years that the entertainer is apt to overlook the splendid old games, many of which have never been surpassed, if, indeed, we can equal them. Old favorites are special ly good for Christmas reunion gather ings because in most cases they re quire no advance preparation and are easily grasped by the few to whom they are unfamiliar. One such sport is that called "act ing adjectives." To play it one mem ber of the company leaves the room, and each person remaining agrees upon a certain adjective, which he or she will act out when called onto do so. When the retiring player is re called he asks someone in the group a question. This player must then an swer in a way which will illustrate the adjective assigned to him. Thus, a player who has taken the word noisy ' will bawl his reply, and at the same time contrive to let a book fall to the floor with a loud clap. The man or girl representing "taci turn" must reply in as few words as possible, and so forth. As soon as the guesser has divined one of the con cealed words he takes a chair in the circle, while the person whose adjec tive he guessed withdraws from the room. "Magic music" makes a lively num ber in the program, played in this way. One person is chosen to hide the coin or ring. All the rest with draw, with the exception of the per son who will play the piano. The per son holding the ring then hides it, ac quainting the musician with its where abouts, and the company is read mitted. The players now arrange themselves In a row, each one with his hands on the shoulders of the person in front of him. One player, the leader, head ing the procession. When the music starts the line of boys and girls goes off in search of the ring, guided in this by the music. This, of course, ] lays loud and cheerily as the object is approached, slow and dolefully when the procession is headed in the wrong direction, and faintest when they are furthest from the prize. "Thought transference" is not pre cisely a game of contest, but there are few better ways to interest a party of guests, arid whatever the psychologic explanation vt the phenomenon, it never fails to create amusement. To arrange it the person to be "subject" is sent out of the room. Two players are appointed to transfer the thought, and these decide upon what simple stunt the player will be required to perform. 1 hus, he may be required to pick up a book, to arrange a cush ion, or to touch the keys of the piano. The rest of the company is informed what the required stunt will be. The "subject" is then readmitted, and those who are to guide him stand on each side and hold his hands. These thought transferers, as well as the rest of the company, then center their minds upon the thing to be done. In eight cases out of ten the "subject" then wends his way, still holding the hands of the other two, towards the appointed object, and does what is re quired of him. It is most exciting. The audience will probably demand several "sub- FOLDING STAND FOR TREE! One That Can Be Easily IVUde and Which May Be Kept fot Fu ture Use. Tlie accompanying out shows a simple way to make a support for a Christmas tree, says the Scientific American. The material should be of hard or tough wood that will not split ecsily. Make three pieces like A, of %x - inih strip, also three pieces like C, of ... i< -• ~ **• - '/v/i Folding Tree Stand. 7 '*\2"'s-i!ich strip, and one piece like B; for this the bottom of a peach basket will do very well. In the center of the disk B bore a 2-incli hole to receive the sharpened base of the tree. Fasten the C pieces to the under side of the dick B with screws. Bore holes in the arms of each C piece to lust receive a three-inch wire nail. 1 the top of each leg, A, as shown, insert a small nail or screw to form a point that will press into the tree. Now place a leg, A, in the slot sawed out of C, end pass a three-inch wire nail through the holes. When the Christmas tree is taken down the legs may be unhinged and Ihe stand folded and packed away for use next year. A. V. SEARING, JR. No car may hear His coming. Hut in this world of sin, Whore meek souls will receive IJim still, Tin dear C,'hr!*t enters in. jects" and experiments before thett curiosity is sated. A new game which will appeal to active, lively girls, as well as to the boys, is color base. This is a splendid frolic for the hall or living room, and can be played in quite close quarters. Each member of the company but one is given a certain color or shade, which will represent his personal safety, since, when standing with a foot or hand on something of that color he cannot be tagged. The re maining player is made "catch" and pursues the fugitives around the room. He must remember the colors given to each, as the pursued, when in a tight fix, will try to deceive him by touch ing some color not theirs. When the catch succeeds in catch ing Sonic one off base and tagging him he changes places with the person caught. It adds to the fun to give the catch a long, flexible stick with a handle of raw cotton dipped in flour tied to one end, with which to tag. Now for a sit-down game while legs and arms are resting and players take breath. A good one is a contest seeing who can write down the longest list of words suggesting or belonging to the Yultide season. Pass around blank cards and pencils and allow 15 minutes for working up the lists. Such a list will include the words, holly, mistletoe, St. Nick, Christinas carol, waits, yule, yule log. gift, greeting! Christmas box, snapdragon, holidays and a long list of related terms. Give a prize to the player whost list proves longest. To carry the fun a bit further on, get two pictures as large as possible, representing the Christinas taint'. "Ads." or illustrations from back num bers of periodicals will do. Cut each picture into six or eight pieces and hide the pieces in odd nooks and cor ners around the room. When the sig nal is given players hurry away in search of the fragments. As soon as a player has found a piece he ceases to search, and all those who have found mosaics commence to patch them together. All those who And fragments are entitled to draw for the prize—a Christmas book. This makes a most exciting scramble game, since it is not until both pictures ar« com pleted that the unsuccessful players give up hope. When the company does not include children too young to read or write, composing a Christmas story makes a pleasant pastime. The players are given penny blank books and pencils and each ig called onto name a word which must be woven into the story each writes. These words everybody puts down. Twenty minutes is allowed in which to think out Christmas stories or incidents and for putting them into words. At the end of the contest the stories are read aloud and voted on. The best is awarded a prize. If any story fails to include all the given words it is not entered in the competition. The best place to play this game is around a large table which affords room for the different papers, pencils and elbows. Have for the centerpiece of the sup per table at this Christmas party a largo cake iced in white, with wreath or artificial holly and a crown of red candles. In the center have a tiny Santa Claus, with or without reindeer, and a sleigh. From the cake run scarlet ribbons, terminating in souvenirs at the differ ent covers. Serve for the refreshment hot oyster soup and crackers, cold sliced tongue and potato or chicken salad, followed by ice cream and cake or a dainty jelly or custard. Then coffee, wafers and cheese. Wrap tiny bonbons in squares of tin foil and pour a little alcohol ovei them on a metal tray. Let the guests snatch them from the (James with their lingers. I PRETTY NECKPIECE OF LACE GHrts are making elaborate neckpieces of lace and sa tin, or net and ribbon. The one shown in the sketch is made from white fig ured filet net attached to a high, boned stock of black satin. The bow in front, and the jabot, are merely pinned on and can be replaced by oth era. All-White Tree. An all-white tree is a beautiful nov elty. Wrap all gifts in white, fringed tissue paper, tie with white ribbon, decorate the tree with strings of pop corn, white paper chains and bells, surmount it with a large white but terfly and powder it liberally with sil ver powder that will glisten like snow in the candlelight. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909. Kitchen JSo^ABINET i I'' YOU prepare? u dish of food carelessly, you do not expect l'rovldenee to make It palatable: neither If through years of folly you misguide your own life, need you expect divine in terference to bring round everything at last, as il' you liuil done right?"— John Rugkin. Thoughts for the Home Nurse. A plain cotton dress with little starch to cause rustling is a desirable gown for the nurse. In case of in fectious diseases her hair should bo covered with a cap. Perfumes and scented soaps should be avoided by those in care of the sick. A trained nurse who has been most successful in caring for diphtheria pa tients and has escaped taking the dis ease she thinks because of the pre caution to always cover the nose and mouth of the patient with a handker chief wet in a solution of one-five thousandth per cent, of bichloride. This protects one from the germs that might fly out of his mouth while spraying the nose or throat. Another important rule for a nurse to remember is never to eat anything in the sick room, and always rinse her mouth with listerine or some antisep tic wash before eating. A nurse's hands should be dipped in a disinfecting solution each time after caring for the patient. The nails should be trimmed quite close and serf jed carefully with a nail brush, as they form a good hiding place for germs. A solution of one one-thou sandth of bichloride should always be on hand, for the nurse and the doc tor. Dishes for One or Two. As most of our recipes in cookbooks are made for families of five and six, It is hard to find recipes for quanti ties small enough for two. Many reci pes will not divide nicely so it is well to have a few well worked out, and tested, so that one may have small amounts well served. Such dishes as vegetables, stews and soups do not need proportions given as judgment is a fair guide. Cakes, puddings and other made dishes must be carefully measured in order to have success. Health Hints. For the person who leads a seden tary life, care should be taken as to the foods. Heat producing food is not necessary as it is to the person much in the open air. The craving for sweets may be satisfied by figs, prunes or candied ginger. Simple, wholesome food, plenty of sleep, regular habits, frequent baths and well ventilated rooms are a good savings bank for health. m" J I E STAND on the place To-day lias given, To make or to mar our lot; We may tiII it up to"the brim with heaven. Or blur It with stain-or blot. Bravely may toil for the good and true Earnestly strive and pray; Ftut tlie good or the ill we all may do Must be done in the span of to-day." —M. E. Sangster. The Dietetic Value of Some of Our Foods. Beets and carrots are valuable foods as the3 r contain a large amount of sugar, the mineral salts of the carrot are also of value. Onions are valuable for their pun gent oil, and are often prescribed for sleeplessness; they are also good ap erients. Spinach contains a large quantity of iron and has been called the "broom of the system." Lettuce has the same quality as on ions, a beneficial form or opium, and should be eaten plentifully by people troubled with "nerves." Tomatoes are good to make active the torpid liver. Grape fruit has a form of quinine, and has often been prescribed by phy sicians as a pleasant medicine. Fruit contains a large amount of water, and we eat it because of that, together with its sweetness and fla vor, as most fruit has little nutritive value. The banana-is an exception, as it may be called a food. Dried fruits, as the date, fig and raisin, have even a higher food value than the banana. Weight for weight, dried figs are more nourishing than bread. Apples, peaches, plums, melons and grapes are Nature's aperients, and should be eaten freely by all those who envy a good complexion. Sour fruit 3, like lemons, are taken by sufferers from rheumatism, as the fruit acid, turning to alkali, acts upon the uric acid. Illinois Versus Missouri. A Missourian informed a traveler who had inquired about corn, that "each stalk had nine ears on it and was 15 feet high." "That's nothing compared to our corn," replied the other, quickly. "Up in Illinois, where I came from, we al ways had nine ears to each stalk and a peck of shelled corning hanging to each tassel; but we never could raise any field beans with it." "Why?" asked the Missourian. "Hecause," nodded the other, "the corn grew so fast that it pulled th« beans up."—Circle Magazino. FREED AT LAST From th# Awful Torture* of Kidney Disease. Mrs. Rachel Ivie', Henrietta, Texas, ■ays: "I would be ungrateful If I did a not tell what Doan's Kidney Pills have done for me. Fifteen years kidney trouble clung to me, my ex istence was one of misery and for two whole years I was un able togo out of the house. My back ached all the time and I was utterly weak, unable at times to walk without assistance. The kidney secretions were very irregular. Doan's Kidney Pills restored me to good health, and I am able to do as much work as the average woman, though nearly eighty years old." Remember the name—Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster- Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Hypnotism Long Recognized. Hypnotism has been recognized by the medical profession since the fif teenth century and In the last 100 years has been experimented and test ed out in thousands of cases by such savants as Charcot in Paris and Bern heim in Nancy, yet with all these years of trial its results have not jus tified Its practical and general use in iickncss. —New York Press. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot read the scat ot the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or consti tutional disease, and In order to cure tt you must lake Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure to taken In ternally. and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a qunck medi cine. It was prescribed by ono of the best physicians In this country for years and Is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purlflers. actinic directly on the mucous surfaces. 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Almost anything: can ID© raised in the I know ilili VHIICT FRNM R»NII TN EN I country—oranges and 1 Lvr s eeneTorsp^ntedanSha?ve2?: wheat, lit,s and apples, delicate crapes ed in everv one of its countit-s T hiv» t n^Jr a /t dy a SS tatoe ?\ Pr { ° ducts °< the Intervfewed farmers! ranchers and mcr- Isll s1 de by side BU 2ones flour " chants. I have collated the testimony ••il-f °y hide. ...... of crop experts. from tlfe ne™ by' Slerra fnowS it™ . A" this valuable information Is con e«,y for one to make «.tar?.°Land bi- S der issued bv" M'V" 4 tween the rows can be used, while or- write for ft eivinl fun £«£?» chard is young, for many profitable dress I will niVn i 1 crops. Tile point is to lnnke everv • . S2, U. you our ' mml * square foot bear something. " fretj '° n J° uri >al, Ihe l.arth, six months What some farmers have donei 0n „.„ , . , Frank Thomas, of Fresno Cal ... Santa Fe employs me to help bought twenty acres of land Ave years ft ® 5! p Southwest lines. The Cora ago. He had but S3OO to start on. To- p ? n ?I has no land to sell, but I will day his place is paid for and he has an P la^ ly rofpr y, our . Inquiry to reliable income of over $2,000 a year land owners who have. William Shrayer. R. F. D. 7, Fresno, „ , '° , v '»"■ are offered by the Sanls. Cal., bought his first ten acres six "e daily. Comfortable tourist sleepers years ago. Now owns sixty acres all n d chair cars. The Journey also may paid for.and refuses $12,000 for his be made at other times for a reason place. able cost. Santa Fe tourist service to M. F. Tarpey, of Fresno, owns vine- San Francisco Is quickest, yard of 1,200 acres, from which her 1 criroivrc r 1c 1 • .• i takes an annual profit of $125,000. otAliKAVta, Oeneral lolonizaiion Agrst On the Harold estate, twenty-two A. T. &S. F. Ry. Syatem acres of peaches yielded a $15,000 crop. 11 SO Railway Exchange Chicago, 111 WESTERN CANADA Senator Dolliver, of lowa, sayo: 111 from the Unitod States utinue." Do!liver recently paid a visit to Western Canada, and saytt 'There in a In d d boncer Int lie hen rts of J£m,'luoi sneaking poo pie; tills will account for the removal of so many lowa farmers to Canada. Oar neopfe are pleased with its Government and the excellent adminis tration of low. oad they are coining to yoo in tens of and tb«-y are still coining/' lowa contributed larne I ]y to the 70,000 Amerl »er» who made Canada .ouio (lurlu£ 1909. •rop retu ma alone "a r added tot lieu calf li miitry upwnrdH of 1,000,000.00 rrowlnjr, mixed farm !e raining- und dnlrjlns rofltable. Free lloine f 100 acre* are to be 110 very l»eat dl*< rlrts, pre-emptions at tf.i.oo within certain area**, find churches In every at, climate un< xrolled, leliONt.wood, water and material plentiful, blcnlarans to location, low ailway fates and deecrip. trated numphlet. "Last t," and other Informa o to Hup't of Iminigra* wn. Can., or to Canauiaa >nt Agent. 4. M. WILLIAMS ling Toledo, Ohio iridress nearest yon ) (3) DYSPEPSIA "Having taken your wonderful 'Cnsca rets' for three months an