The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 23, 1943 Page: 24
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Household Helps
5IHS MAKGAHET STUTE Editor 1809 Ashland Fort Worth Texas
ENJOY IlEAUTY OF THE SEASON DO TOR OTHERS
By GLADYS HUNTINGTON UEVANS
C0p7rlaht 1942 byi News Syndicate Co Inc
Somo pcoplo have an impulso to pass up
Christmas doings because of various reasons
or personal grief when 11 beloved member of
tho family is missing for tho first time or
because of thinking Wo havo no money to
spend so why bother Still others in this
year of war may think they aro too weighed
down by its meaning not only hero but in tho
tortured starved countries of the rent of tho
world to havo any heart for Christmas celebration
And last arc thoso who havo a husband
a father sons or a sweetheart away
from home in the service perhaps actually
fighting somewhere
To all of these I can say I bellovo it is better
and I believe you will feel bolter if you
keep Christmas in somo
measure in your homo
this year
Christmas is not a
silly senseless festival
It Ls a timo of beauty
Its meaning la of dcop
significance It is a
festival of love It cclo
brates tho birth of tho
Princo of Pcaco Surely
lovo and pcaco on earth
and good will to men
giro Christmas always a
reason to bo observed
And I beliovB it helps
ven tho sad heart If
oomo symbol of Christmas
la viiiblo in their
home
If yon decldo then that
rou aro not going to lot
Christmas down but it is going to bo unusual
ly hard for you this year in your heart or in
your parse you aro not bound to obscrvo it in
rwrjr usual way Neither if you dont wish
It n d your observance of Christmas bo loud
uad elattory and crowded and rushed But
jnou ean obsorvo Christmas in some of tho
bther ways which aro of tho very essence of
tho day What that essonco ia may bo this or
that to you
Sweet Potato Pudding
This padding was mnde
four generations ago by our
family they did not hnvo
white sugar or light syrups
in the country writes Mrs
L M Sharpe Atlanta GaIt
is delicious Ono may get
a different tasto by using Vi
cup of white sugar and lA
cup honey in place of molasses
and brown sugar
Vanilla extract or cooking
aherry may bo used instead
of brandy
4 cups of grated raw sweet
potato nut in a mixing
bowl and add Ingredients
as follows
J4 cup sifted cornmeI
H teaspoon each of ground
allspice cloves nutmeg
and cinnamon
1 oup of brown sugar
U teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon molasses
U cup butter
2 cups sweetmllk hontcd and
poured over ingredients
8 eggs well beaten and added
and mixed woll
1 tablespoon of brandy
To bake havo oven to baking
heat then pour pudding
Into deep baking dish and
turn heat low so you can
bake it around 45 minutes
Prune Cranberry Whip
Two and onehalf cups
cranberry puree
cup puree made from cooked
prunes cup granulated
sugar J6 teaspoon salt 1
egg whites
Combine cranberry purco
prune puree sugar and salt
bring to a boil ami continue
boiling about two minutes
cool Beat egg whites stiff
add pureo gradually beating
continuously thill and
servo Servos 0 to 8
Ilico Stuffing for Koust
Duck
Onu cup raw nee eun
chopped celery 2 tablespoons
butter 1 teaspoon seaoned
Halt teaspoon red pepper
i teaspoon powdered sage
U teuspoon fresh onion juice
V4 cup duck slock 4 to C lb
duck Use a good head rice
Wash through several cold
waters until the last rinse
iter is clear Rub j toa
in shortening over bottom
xrgo saucepan add rice
ir over it at least 2
rapidly boiling wa
rapidly uneover
jout IB to 20 min
> Ml grains are soft
1 between thumb
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spirit comes into a homo Is with its decora
tions wreaths holly mistletoe garlands
eandlo light red for sure on tho holiday
table and If trees aro to bo had this year a
Christmas tree This tree may bo largo or
small or symbolized and trimmed not at all
11 little or a lot
Christmas dinner takes on added importance
ibis year as boys come home on furlough to
eolebrate tho holiday with their families and
as students arrivo homo
from school Tho dinner
must bo the best tho house
ean afford and tho grocor
supply
The question as towhoth
nr it Is to bo turkey goose
or a fat hen has no doubt
been settled long ero this
It may not even bo necessary
to offer suggestions
of dishes or menus for certainly
the familys favorites
must bo given preference
However there will bo
those looking for ideas so
here thoy are
Modest Chrlstmaa Dinner
Molded Tomato Aspic
Assorted Relishes
Warm Rolls
Roast turkey goose or
chicken with
Stuffing and brown gravy
Sweet potatoes with apples Buttered onions
Hot mince tarts with hnrd sauce
Applo nnd nut bowl Coffee
To visit friends one loves nnd favorito rela
tives ono hasnt seen in a long time to invito
them to ones homo This too is part of
Christmas So aro carols and so is the Christmas
Bcrvico at church So is doing some
thing n gift a visit to bring joy to tho heart
of some special child a dear very old person
or nn invalid
Tho Christmnssy Christmas dinner tablo is
another observance of
Christmas that simply is
to mo an inseparable
part of the day
As for your children
almost no matter what
may bo holding you
back I dont believe they
should see their homo
denuded of tho Christmas
spirit Christmas stands
for loving and giving and
beauty and peaco These
vcrties and homo nro
what were working for
and our men aro fighting
for Our children
sense it And cortainly
our boys and montoiic
fnr away to whom home
is a warm bright spot
aro not aa Christmas
Day draws near going to visualize their own
homo in n Christmas dimout They wont
want it that way
Most of tho other things I havent mentioned
which make Christinas for a child should
go on if possible And I want to add that
this applies very definitely to our boys and
girls in their teens War 1ms come very close
to thorn and home should be as vibrant for
them and they should figure in tho Christ
To me the ono way In which tho Christmas mas scceno as much as the younger ones
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
Spoon Bread
If you enjoy spoon bread here Is ono that
is different ono so soft that it must be spoon
ed from tho dish in which
it was baked delicious for
either breakfast or luncheon
served with gravy or butterPour 1 cup wnter over 3
tablespoons of white cornmeal
and mix until smooth
Add 1 tablespoon flour 1
teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon
sugar Cook in double
boiler until thick stirring
constantly Stir in 1
cup drained cooked rice and
1 tablespoon butter Add
the beaten yolks of 2 egg
whites and pour into greased
baking dish placo in a
pan containing an inch of
hot water and bake in a
moderate oven 350 degrees
F 35 to 10 minutes
Frosted Grapes
Mako a delightful centerpiece for tho holi
Continued top next column
day banquet Select threo large
firm bunches of red or blue grapes
brush with a mixturo of a tablespoon
of water and an egg white
beaten until blended but not bubbly
Dust lightly with granulated
sugar and allow to dry Ar
rango on a largo mirror and tie
stems together with a shining silver
bow Surround mirror with
holly loaves or laurel
Peanut Butter Taffy
Ono and onethird cups 1 can
sweetened condensed milk 2 tablespoons
peanut butter Vi cup corn
syrup
Cook sweotcned condensed milk
peanut buttor nnd corn syrup together
in a heavy pan Stir over
low heat until hard ball forms
when tested in cold water Cool
on buttered pan Pull until firm
Stretch into long ropo nnd cut in
pieces
Holiday NlblilcrH
Always approve of sugared nuts
Make them yourself this way Boil
a halfcup of wntcr a cup of sugar
and a quarterteaspoon of Bait
until it will form a soft ball in
cold water Add a halfteaspoon
of vanilla then gradually mix In
two enps of nutmcats stirring until
all aro coated
PLANE WING AND TAIL
DEICER
Thermal antiicing a system
by which air warmed by
the exhaust gases is blown
through ducts onto wing and
tail surfaces has been installed
on big bombers made by
Consolidated Vultee Exhaust
gases formerly wasted heat
the deicing air through heat
exchangers in the exhaust
pipes The aid then is circulated
through wing and tail
surfaces The heated air
keeps the leading edges of the
wing where ice usually
forms first at GO degrees
when the outside temperature
is 40 below zero Thermal
antiicing can be used in combat
at slow flying speeds and
during takeoffs and landings
The antiicing effect begins
as soon as the motors are
started and will begin instantly
to remove ice that accumulated
on a grounded airplane
which formery had to
be removed by hand Popular
Mechanics
And when they were departed
behold the angel of
the Lord appeareth to Joseph
in a dream saying Arise and
take the young child and his
mother and flee into Egypt
and be thou there until I bring
thee word for Herod will
seek the young child to destroy
him When he arose
he took the young child and
his mother by night and departed
into Egypt Matthew
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CRADLE SONGS
Ever since tho babe of
Bethlehem lay swaddled in a
manger under starsprinkled
eastern skies mothers
throughout the world have
rocked their babies to sleep in
cradles akin to that first
crude trough According to
an article printed in the Chicago
Tribune of August 8
1888 and embellished with
line drawings the cradle is a
direct descendant of the manger
in which the Christchild
layIn
In shape design decoration
its traditional UBe in
Christian homes and churches
and the religious surroundings
of the songs sung over
it tho cradle shows its Christmas
derivation
The Dutch painted open
armed figures of the little
Jesus on the footboards of
the hooded cradles in which
their babies slept The Holy
family stood guard at the
head of Russian babies beds
Hungarian children slept with
tho cross at their heads and
German children once lay in
cradles surrounded by the
painted images of the Holy
Mother and the Magi
Even the hammocks in
which young South American
Indians lay and the hooded
boards used for carrying
North American Indian babies
show a trace of the
manger in their design Japanese
and Chinese children
slept on the floor Hottentots
rocked their babies in their
arms and Zulus squatted on
the ground and dandled the
babies on their knees
Singing of cradle songs
once was one of tho great
festivals of German Christians
They were always sung
on Christmas night and almost
always in a church
All lullabies murmured
over cradles throughout the
world have the same soothing
sort of words and tunes
as those of the lullaby classic
Rockabye baby on the
tree top Almost without
exception each exp 1 a i n s
where daddy has gone or
promises the baby something
special if he will go to sleep
Tho last line of a Danish
lullaby says that daddy has
gone to buy baby a new pair
of shoes
Hottentot mothers sang
songs of their sultry surroundings
to their children
describing their silver rivers
singing the twining flowers
amid the trees and the flight
of tho gay green birds Japanese
mothers promised red
beans and fish on awakening
and Chinese mothers agreed
to prepare boiled mutton
Scottish mothers sang a
lullaby which has renewed
significance this year
Baloo baloo my wee wee thing
0 softly close thy bllnkin eoj
Thy daddy now is far awa
A sailor laddlo oer tho sea
LIGHTED CANDLES A
LEGEND
There is this legend behind
the custom of lighting candles
on Christmas Eve
Long long ago in Austria
there lived an old shoemaker
in a little cottage at the edge
of a village Although this
humble man had little his
goodness of heart was such
that each evening ho placed alighted
candle in his window
to welcome weary travelers
who might bo asking shelter
War came to the village
famine and hardships came
to all sons died in battle animals
starved for want of
grain Yet always the old
shoemaker suffered less The
peasants finally gathered to
figure out why he was spared
They decided it might bo
because of the welcoming
candle which still burned
brightly in his window each
night That night the eve before
Christmas every house
in the village had a candle
burning in the window
When morning came it was
as though a miracle had happened
A soft mantle of snow
covered tho village There
was something more a new
air of peace and hope Shortly
after daybreak a messenger
came riding into the village
bringing news of peace
The peasants were awed It
was the candles they whispered
They have guided
the Christ Child to our doorsteps
We must never again
fail to light candles on His
Birthday
HEDGECOCK
ATEXAS
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PUTTING SALT ON THE
FIRE SAVES FUEL
The United States Bureau
of Mines finds that table salt
thrown on a furnace fire reduces
soot formation and thus
saves fuel House holders
who had found it necessary to
handclean surfaces of their
heaters two or three times a
week threw one or two cupfuls
of salt on the fire everyday
and reported a decided reduction
in soot
Salt volatilizes at high
temperatures and forms a
vapor which settles on the
surface of the soot This lowers
the ignition temperature
of the soot nnd enables it to
burn away more readily
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The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 23, 1943, newspaper, December 23, 1943; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42729/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.