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
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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.
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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
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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.
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It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined
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Avoiding Popularity.
"How shall we avoid popularity?"
John Wesley once asked his preach
ers, and straightway gave them the
answer in a set of rules. Here is rule
4: "Warn the people among whom you
are most of esteeming or loving you
too much." And here is rule 5: "Con
verse sparingly with those who are
particularly fond of you."
The next time you liave a cold on the
lungs try rubbing Wizard Oil on your
chest and see how quickly it will draw out
the inflammation and bicak up the cold.
Every man has his gift, and the
tools goto him that can use them.—
C. Kingsley.
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'erry Davis' Painkiller. The home remedy TO years.
Occasionally a thin woman acquires
the art of not showing it.
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrnp.
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A wise man suppresses fully two
thirds of his opinions.
The
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Equipment
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scientific attainments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
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excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
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skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
As there is only ono genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
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genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline imitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.
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the bottom. Take No Substitute. g«yil|» JKI»Sj
$125,000 net from 1200 acres grapes.
$15,000 from 22 acres peaches.
$3,200 from 20 acres raisins, in the
San Joaquin Valley, California
A cow and an acre of alfalfa will earn >l2O a year in the San Joaquin Valley.
Grapes will yield from SIOO to S3OO per acre; peaches and apricots, $l5O to » r ,oo;
while oranges will produce from $250 to SSOO, and in many instances more than SIOOO
an acre. There are ten million arable and irrigable acres here. You still may buy
unimproved land for SSO an acre.
Ten acres are enough to comfortably support a small family. Twenty acres afford
a fine living, with money ia the bank. Forty acres should make you rich.
..7T, pay , fr V m one-fourth to one- Carson need. Reedley, Cal from a
third down, balance easily can be paid twenty-acre crop of Sultana raisins
for out of the crops. netted $3,200.
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
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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
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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
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o to Hup't of Iminigra*
wn. Can., or to Canauiaa
>nt Agent.
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ling Toledo, Ohio
iridress nearest yon ) (3)
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