10 *\. < \ I' 'W 5> ■ .as HOUSEHOLD Henrietta D. Grauel Christmas Pudding "The mistletoe hung in tlie Castle Hall, The holly branch shone on the dark oak wall." To s make a Christmas pudding really requires a day and a half, if the work i* to be a pleasure and not tiresome. The nuts should be cracked, the ker nels picked out and chopped, not too fine. The suet must be freed from ten dons and fibres and chopped in a wooden bowl; the chopping machine crushes it. The spices should be meas ured and sifted into, aud through the flour. The molasses may be measured and set to one side. The currants should he picked over and put in warm water over night, and the raisins, too, will need looking over. The citron must be cut in thin, small slices; if a little butter be robbed on the knife and over the fingers this need not be a sticky, unpleasant piece of work. Now chop the orange and lemon peel and put all aside until the follow ing morning. Here is the perfect Christmas pml ding recipe: One cup of light brown sugar, one cup of suet, two cups of seeded raisins, one cup of currants, one-half cup of citron and candied lemon and mange peels. One cup of New Orleans mo lasses containing a teaspoon of soda. Mix all these in a deep bowl. In an other bowl sift three cups of flour con taining three teaspoons of baking pow der, one teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger; one-half teaspoon of allspice, mace and cloves. Stir the dry ingredients into the first mixture, adding, as you stir, a cup of sweet milk. When smooth the mixture will be too moist and require more flour; you must use your judgment in regard to ihe quantity you add. The batter should be moist enough to drop from the spoon, but stiff enough to hold its shape in the bag and tin while baking. Wet the pudding bag and flour it generously on the inside. Put the pud ding in and bring the edges of the pud ding bag together and tie with a strong string. Leave .plenty of room in the bag for the pudding to swell. Place in a steamer over enough boiling water to last unfil the pudding is cooked. Cover closely and do not remove the cover until the cooking is done. If you must renew the water in the under ket tle, be sure the water you add is boil I SOME ELECTRICAL Jj3 SUGGESTI ° NS F ° R i !! Coffee Percolators, Curling Iron Heater, jjl| Mazda Lamps, Portable Lamps, ,|l|r; ' Chandeliers, j/j% Electric Supplies. |IL Dauphin Electrical Supolies Co. II JOHN S. MUSSER, President ft 434 Market Street M "Of Course We Do Wiring." JBl —wr r-iat'" *wrrrFißT n m———— ——H^— GIFTS OF PLANTS It is a satisfaction to know in advance that the gift you select will bo Ef 1 . b V he T cipl . en V Everybody loves plants. We have the largest » l.w that they S'XS"" IVSJ "" " """ SOME SUGGESTIONS ' Auracarias Scotti Ferns Dracaenas W. K. Harris Ferns Cocos New Single Crested Evergreens Ferns Begonias Lorraine .. 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MILLER, Cashier. flflji TALKS ling, as the temperature must not full. | If the pudding is cooked in molds or [tins, oil them well and then sift flour in and shake it about; this prevents all sticking. Small puddings weighing half a pound will cook in forty minutes; a large one will require from an hour and a half to three hours. All Knglish recipes call for brandy or wine in mince pies and puddings. A fine fruit flavor may be secured by the American'housewife by using grape I .juice, oraiige juice or any jelly in the i place of the cup of milk called for. An extra word of caution should bp given in regard to this pudding swell ing. l)o not fill the molds much more than half full when you put them in the steamer or oven. A very pretty way to serve a Christ mas pudding is to decorate it with a wreath of holly around the platter and put whipped cream over the top. The sauce should be hot if the pud ding is; not otherwise. One that is best hot is made with a cup of sugar creamed with half a cup of butter. Add one unbeaten egg and a teaspoon of flavoring. Put this in a porcelain pan and set over boiling water; pour on a third of a cup of hot water, stirring meantime. Cook over the water heat fifteen minutes. CHRISTMAS MENU Breakfast Oranges Creamed Rice Hot Toast Broiled Mackerel Baked Potatoes Coffee Christmas Dinner Grape Fruit Cocktail Cream of Chicken Soup Celery Olives Salted Nuts .lellies Gherkins Boiled Salmon Egg Sauce Balled Potatoes Candied Sweet Potatoes Creamed Turnips Roast Stuffed Goose or Turkey Fruit Salad Plum Pudding Pumpkin Pie Mince Pie Apples Tangerines Kumquats Dates Pomengranafes Christmas Candies Coffee Supper Cold Baked Fowl with Mayonnaise Cold Slaw Fried Oysters Hot Tea Biscuits Honey Pickles Mince Pie Spiced Cider Cakes HARRISBURO .STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21. 1914. THE KLOVED ADVENTURER ji2lA|H [HKTt dimta KAIL 4^ A Novelized Version of the Motion Produced by the Lubin Manufac- Photographs From the Picture Pro- I IS ductioa Copyright, 131*. by the LUBIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY OoDtinnod "You do love me. my own." she whispered, "aud 1 have never caused you shame.' I would have known if I had waited to look into your eyes. I do not understand it all, but 1 do know I have been deceived and that I will never doubt your love again a:i long as we live." "We are not to live, sweetheart." Cecil told her. gripping his pistol. She did not blanch, but pressed closer against him. The flames for ward A-ere now leaping high. "You mean we cannot escape from the ship?" she asked. "I am not afraid, and we will be together," she said bravely. "How long will It t>e be foro it comes?" "At any moment." he told her grave ly. "If I were not wounded I might save you. but with one arm I cannot Kiss me, beloved, and we will await ii with a smile." lustantly her arms were about his neck In a clinging caress, and her llpp were pressed to his. The motorboat bad not gone a bun dred yards from the schooner's side when the cry of fire and the follow ing panic swieken departure of the crew caused tlie waterman to urge Ins motor to its highest speed in order that he might be at a safe distance when the explosion which seemed to be expected occurred. At a quartet mile vantage he came to a stop iu or der to watch what promised to be in teresting developments. The report:' of revolvers came faintly, aud lit scratched his head wonderingly. The; as the flames mounted there could clearly be distinguished the forms o Lord Cecil and Betty, and the watel man gasped. •'They uns didn't get away—him a •ouie wl' us. an' a lass," be sai They'll be blown up, belike!" Sarah Gray stared at the burniu -hip with horror. "We must save them! He wen there for my sake!" she cried, "Gi backl" The waterman stolidly shook hi bead. "Ship may blow up any miuute." he declared. "I wouldn't go alongside, not for fifty pound!" "I will give you a hundred—see?" Sarah Gray cried aud thrust before his dazzled eyes a handful of bank notes. Without a word he seized the notes, crammed them into his pocket and started the motor. "Every man must die some time.* 1 he muttered, "an' might as well be for a hunner pound lis for nothin' at nil. mayhap!" As the boat shot into the Illumina tion oast by the flames Cecil tightened his clasp about Betty's shoulders, and a smile lit up his face. "After all. sweetheart, we may live." be whispered and hurried her to the ladder that hung over the rail. Three minutes later, when they were half a mile away and headed for Whitehaven port, a great pillar ol flame leaped into the sky and then where had been the burning schooner was only the black water. CHAPTER XIV. A Perilous Passage. THREE months had passed slncd Lord Cecil and Betty returned to CrofUaigh and a happlnes-t even greater than that which they had known when they had tirst entered the old house hand in hand. On a day when the leaves of the an cient oaks were drifting lazily down to lie in rustling heaps of brown and gold. Cecil entered the library, where Hetty eat reading, and with an air of delighted mysterlousness asked her tc come out and welcome a visitor. "Oh. you ditrllng! It's 1'lnto!" she cried Joyously as her eyes fell upon a pony wearing the saddle and bridle fa miliar to the cowboys of the western world. Gurgling with pure happiness she danced forward and threw her arms about the horse's neck. "How did you ever guess I missed him?" she demanded as Cecil lazily Joined her. Ready for one of her rides later Betty, as usual, went to the library, where Cecil was accusloined to work, to say geodby. As she eutered the room she realized that Cecil was not alone and would have withdrawn had he not called her name. With a sink ing heart she noted that his face was grave and troubled. Collnpsed miser ably In a chair was a handsome, sun tanned young man. who pulled himself together with an effort and rose as she came forward. Cecil placed his hnnd upon the other man's shoulder with a kindly smile. "This Is my nephew. Bob Stanley, Betty." he told her. "He Is In serious trouble, and 1 wish you to hear all the facta. We will calf It a family coun cil." he added, smiling a little sadly. Briefly the story was as follows: Captain Robert Stanley had two months before been the senior surviv ing officer when the ragged remnanta of a British column cut Its bloody way to the heart of the tierce little outlaw kingdom of Gokarnl. hidden away in the Himalayan mountains, and storm ed the palace from which had ema nated the orders that had spread deso lation along the border, and it was to Captain Stanley that the maharajab gravely offered his jeweled sword. Now. it is not good for the future peace of the Indian empire that such an one as the king of Gokaral, who had a son that would reign in his stead, should be unduly humiliated and Cap tain Stanley, devoutly trusting that his unauthorized act would meet the ap proval of the powers that were, begged his majesty to keep bis blade as a boon from the emperor of India. The maharajah returned the steel to its gold sheath. "Had you touched It." he said, "mine lionor would have l>een touched, and my son. the mabarajah and his sons aft er him. would have continued a blood feud against the English. You serve your king and emperor wisely as well as with a stout sword. Wherefore you are fit to bear (he message and token of a king to a king. Aud the message is this: Because it is obviously the will of God—seeing that your handful have overcome my thousands—that the em peror of India he overlord of Gokaral, the ma barn Jab will be faithful vassal in the emperor's palace, though still king in his own. And for token I will send the Star of Gokaral." Xot a man in Asia but had heard of 'he Star of Gokaral. It was not merely * state jewel-it was the embodied an rfi® : > wW V • Betty Approached the Edge of Wide Fissure and Cautiously Peered Down. thority of the state. Where it rested abode the fealty of Gokarul. The fact that it was n jewel of inestimable value, consisting of nineteen pprfect blue diamonds, each as large as the Star of India, was a small matter com pared to its political significance. Captain Stanley duly landed In Eng land and heaved n sigh of relief. His responsibility had lain heavily upon him. and he felt that now practically all danger was passed. He hurried ft out tile dock, intent upon catching an early train to London. As lie step ped Into the roadway a motorcar charged swiftly. iln d to avoid being run down he stepped hastily back, di rectly into the path of another which sprang forward from the opposite di rection. Iten dp red unconscious by the blow received from the .second motor, he fell to the pavement between the cars, both of which had come to a thing! It is a pity that It is of so much political importance." "For heaven's sake be careful what you say and let us get on to the boat/ a man responded uervously. and then the voices receded. Betty's heart leaped. Fate had plac ed it in her power not only to wreak n Just revenge on this woman, but to •serve her husband's country and hi* nephew, whom he loved, by recover ing (be stolen Star of Ookaral. Or had she this jiowcr? To Be Continued. CHIMNEY SANTA HIS UNDOING Nine-Year-Old Falls as He Investi gates Mother's Story of Trick Suubury, Pa., Dec. /21. —Seeking Santa Claus down the chimney at his home near Winfield, Clarence Meyer, aged 9, fell off the roof and suffered a broken arm and severe bruises. Doc tors said he will recover. Saturday night, when he went to bed, he tucked his teddy bear under his arm- and asked his mother to tell him the story of Santa Claus, which she did. thinking nothing of it. When he came to his senses -after the fall yesterday, he lisped to her that he was trying to see if old "Santa had come yet. , Ladies'-- Buy Cigars FOB PRESENTS AT Golden Seal Drug Store, US. Market Square. 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