The Okemah Ledger. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1910 Page: 3 of 10
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EST and merriest ot all
dinners that of Christmas
sweetly compels us to take
extra thought and put forth
extra effort that it may be
set forth in state At the
' icall of some one whose heart is ‘‘good”
toward us we gather round the bright
table Sweet with fir beautiful with
holly gleaming with white napery and
twinkling glass and all lit with rosy
candles it sets the heart aglow be-
speaking a loving kindness which is
the salvation of our workaday world
The dining room is the heart of the
house and its great day is Christmas
day It is really very little trouble to
decorate it for a Christmas dinner
and dressing the table cannot be
spoken of as a trouble — it is a pleas-
ure ' The dining room must be entirely
clean — the windows newly washed and
the walls and furniture wiped off and
polished up a bit before the placing
of decorations begins These should
Ibe simple and in green so as not to
distract the attention from the table
! If a hanging lamp or a chandelier
Is suspended over the table nothing
much more effective than the fes-
toons of green from lamp to the cor-
'ners of the room Ropes of ever-
green are made by cutting off small
' branches and winding the stems with
dark cord or heavy black thread The
lamp or chandelier supports may be
dressed with sprays of evergreen and
holly and the evergreen festoonB ar-
ranged along the walls underneath
the plate rail the festoons to be
' caught up with sprays of holly
Branches of green over the windows
and door casings and wreaths pinned
at each window on the curtains are
the time-honored Christmas decora-
tions that cannot be Improved upon
and are dear because familiar
But In setting forth her table the
hostess has a chance to exercise her
Christmas Candle 8hades and a Mica
8hade for Protection
ingenuity and be as original as she
may please
The table is to be made amply long
so that it will not be crowded and
spread with a protecting pad and an
Immaculate cloth smooth and shin-
ing ' Silver and glassware are to be
scoured and polished and the china
treated to the same freshening proc-
ess until everything shines Lay a
dinner napkin at each place and pro-
ceed to decorate the table
A centerpiece is to be provided A
very handsome one is made of a bolt
of No 80 red satin ribbon Two
lengths of this each 1 yards long
are crossed at the middle of the table
lying flat and the ends extending
toward the corners of the table In
the center an ornamental fern dish
Is fashioned of the ribbon about a
plain fern dish
The ribbon is made Into standing
loops each about six inches in length
These are placed in a row about the
dish with the loops upstanding The
dish used may be an ordinary milk
pan previously covered with red pa-
per In crepe or tissue Fill the pau
with moss or sand In the center
stand a miniature Christmas tree a
natural baby tree if possible Deco-
rate the miniature tree with tiny can-
— dies and the smallest of red tinsel
balls The candleB are not to be
lighted Place few decorations and
have them all in miniature The effect
Is charming
Another pretty center piece is made
with five ordinary tin candlesticks
supporting five red or white candles
Set one of these on an Inverted paste-
board box in the center of the table
and the four remaining candles one
at each corner of the box on the table
Use a small box not larger than the
bottom or the candlestick Cover the
candlesticks and the box with sprays
ot evergreen and holly and sprinkle
over these the "diamond dust" which
maf be bought or made by cutting a
piece of tinsel rope into little parti-
cles Make shades for the candles
using red paper Buy the fireproofed
kind for safety
The shades are very easily made by
cutting four petals of paper and
mounting them over an isinglass pro-
tector on the brass shade holders
Pull out the edges of the paper to
get the ruffled effect Tie the shades
about their support with a small cord
Over this place a piece of tinsel fin-
ishing it In a little bow or knot Each
candid will appear to spring from a
nest of green The candles are to be
lighted when the dessert is served A
candle shade sr h as Is described is
shown in the picture
A third pretty centerpiece Is made
of a small round hand mirror and sil-
ver tinsel in the form of a flve-polpted
star Cut the star from ' a piece of
white wrapping paper making it 12 to
18 Inches across Lay the paper star
In the center of the table and place the
small mirror in the center of the star
Cover the paper star completely with
silver tinsel Place a tall slender vase
in clear glass on the mirror and fill It
with poinsettla blossoms or red carna-
tions or bright red roses If natural
flowers are not available a tall candle
in a glass stick surrounded by shorter
candles In shorter candlesticks will
do nicely
At each place at table a little bas-
ket is to be set containing salted pea-
nuts or almonds or red cinnamon
drops and green mints These bas-
A Bonbon Basket for the Dinner
Table
kets are made of red paper with a llt-
tie spray of holly fastened to thej
handle Or they are pretty made of
brown tissue paper twisted into cordsj
and gilded with gold paint A basketi
of this kind is shown in the lllustra-i
tion
If the table is long candles may be
placed at' Intervals around it but!
fiber wise the centerpiece with one
cr two candles at opposite ends ot the!
table will be the better arrangement
Place these candles diagonally oppo-
site White candles with red shades!
are as pretty as red ones for the din-i
ner table
Cranberry Jelly which is nearly al-
ways a part of the menu served in
glass dishes or set in a glass bowl
is decorative Gellatin in two colors
(red and green) in tall sherbet glasses
is also fine as an aid in carrying out
the Christmas color scheme Triangu-
lar slices ot bread or rolls of bread
tied with red baby ribbon and placed
on the bread and butter plates gives
an additional little finishing touch
When the silver is laid and the wa-
ter glasses placed a small spray of
holly for the buttonhole or corsage is
to be placed for each person at the
table It bests on the napkins
In order that the candles may last
out the dinner it is as well to postpone
lighting them until the dessert is serv-
ed Other lights may be turned lower
at this time The effect of glowing
candles is very inspiring to the guests
Often the Christmas dinner must be
served in the early afternoon If arti-
ficial lights are decirod the hostess
must darken the dining room But
there are pretty decorations from
which candle light is omitted The
center piece for such a table may rep-
resent any familiar winter or Christ-
mas scene One may buy at a trifling
cost a Santa Claus on a chimney top
about to descend These are made of
painted pasteboard and a doll At
the confectioners’ there are all sorts
of-Christmas pieces in the form of
large candy boxes Santa Claus and
his reindeers are fine for the center
piece mounted on a small box con-
cealed by evergreens and holly
A table for daytime light may be
arranged with a small mirror in the
center about 18 Inches square Sur-
round this' by evergreens to represent
a skating pond Dress two or more
Decorations for the Christmas Dinner
Table
tiny dolls to represent skaters The
closer you can come to making it look
like a real pond in miniature the more
you and your guests will be delight-
ed At the ten-cent stores one may
bu7 small red houses and even glass
Icicles Icicles may be represented
by little pieces of tinsdl also After
you once get to work the thing will
grow under your hands and you will
be enthusiastic at the end When all
Is finished the Christmas table justi-
fies the thought and work put on it—
the play is indeed worth the candle
If one must count expenses careful-
ly the decorations will be found to be
more a matter of ingenuity than
money Evergreens and red paper
wax candles and cheap candlesticks
are within reach of nearly all of us
Of all days Christmas is for that very
leason the one for which we should
make our very best endeavor
Christmas Precaution
"Mother If Santa Claus comes
down the chimney he’ll have to walk
though the kitchen won’t heT”
"1 suppose he will dear”
"Well don’t you think we’d maybe
perhaps better lock up tho pre-
serves I”
SIMPLY A WASTE OF MONEY
Old 8exton Had His Time Mapped
Out and There Was No Need
of a Clock
There had been some talk of
placing a clock in the tower of the
Village church But John the old
sexton who lived in the little cot-
tage opposite the church declared
himself “dead again it” and expressed
the opinion that it would mean "an
awful waste - o' brass” were the
scheme carried out
“We want no clocks" he said the
other day "We’ve done 1 without
clocks up to now an’ we shall man-
age Why lyin’ 1’ my bed of a morn-
in’ I can see the time by the sundial
over the porch” '
“Yes” replied one who approved of
the scheme “that’s all right so far
as it goes But the sun doesn’t shine
every morning What do you do
then?”
"Why” answered John surprisedly
"I knows then as it ain’t fit weather
to be out O’ bed an’ I Just stops where
I is"— Tit-Bits
BABY'S SCALP CRUSTED
"Our little daughter when three
months old began to break out on the
head and we had the best doctora to
treat her but they did not do her any
good They said she had eczema Her
scalp was a solid scale all over The
burning and itching was so severe that
she could not rest day or night We
had about given up all hopes when we
read of the Cutlcura Remedies We at
once got a cake of Cutlcura Soap a
box of Cutlcura Ointment and one bot-
tle of Cutlcura Resolvent and- fol-
lowed directions carefully After the
first dose of the Cuticura Resolvent
We used the Cuticura Soap freely and
applied the Cutlcura Ointment Then
she began to Improve rapidly and in
two weeks the scale came off her
head and new hair began to grow In
a very short time she was well She is
now sixteen years of age and a pic-
ture of health We used the Cutl-
cura Remedies about five weeks reg-
ularly and then we could not tell she
had been affected by the disease We
used no other treatment after we
found out what the Cutlcura Remedies
would do for her J Fish and Ella M
Fish Mt Vernon Ky Oct 12 1909”
BUSINE83 IS BUSINESS
1 —
Mr Kicker — Your bill actually
makes my blood boll
Doctor Slick — Then sir I ' must
charge you $20 more for sterilizing
your system
END STOMACH TROUBLE NOW
Dyspepsia Gas Sourness or Indiges-
tion Go Five Minutes After Taking
a Little Diapepaln
If your meals don’t fit comfortably
or you feel bloated after eating and
you believe It is the food which fills
you if what little you eat lies like
lead on your stomach if there is dif-
ficulty in breathing eructations of
sour undigested food and acid heart-
burn brash or a belching of gas you
can make up your mind that you need
something to stop food fermentation
and cure Indigestion
A large case of Pape’s Diapepaln
costs only fifty cents at any drug
store here in town and will convince
any stomach sufferer five minutes after
taking a single dose that Fermenta-
tion and Sour Stomach is causing the
misery of Indigestion
No matter if you call your trouble
Catarrh of the Stomach Dyspepsia
Nervousness or Gastritis or by any
other name — always remember that a
certain cure is waiting at your drug
store the moment you decide to begin
its use
Pape’s Dtapepsln will regulate any
out-of-order Stomach within five min-
utes and digest promptly without any
fuss or discomfort all of any kind of
food you eat
These large 50-cent cases contain
more than sufficient to thoroughly
oure any chronic case of Dyspepsia
Indigestion Gastritis or any other
Stomach trouble
Should you at this moment be suf-
fering from Indigestion Gas Sour-
ness or any stomach disorder you can
surely get relief within five minutes
No Wonder
“I thought I would Introduce a real
cow into my comic opera”
"How did it work?”
“Didn’t work at all The milkmaids
frightened the cow”
A true friend is a link of gold in tbs
chain of life
Bsoauss ef tho
THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING REDUCED
Much has been said about the high
cost ot living its causes and the possi-
bilities ot Its reduction But little has
been said about the most costly leak:
the false economy existing today in near-
ly every household
Much foodstuffs are bought with but
one point in view: "How cheap can I
get It” without a thought of quality or
"after cost" One of the most serious la
baking powder
By the use of perfect baking powder
te housewife can derive as much econ-
omy as from any other article used In
baking and cooking In selecting the
baking powder therefore care should
be exercised to purchase one that re-
tains Its original strength and always
remains the same thus ‘making the foor
sweet and wholesome and producing
sufficient leavening gas to make the
baking light
i Very little of this leavening gas Is
produced by the cheap baking powders
making It necessary to use double the
quantity ordinarily required to secure
good results
You cannot experiment every' time
you make a cake or biscuits or test the
strength of your baking powder to find
out how much of it you should use
yet with most baking powders you
should do this for they are put together
so carelessly they are never uniform
the quullty and strength varying with
each can purchased
Calumet Baking Powder Is made of
chemically pure Ingredients of tested
strength Experienced chemists put It
up The proportions of the different
materials remain always the same
Sealed In air-tight cans Calumet Baking
Powder does not alter In strength and
Is not affected by atmospherio changes
In using Calumet you are bound to
have uniform bread cake or biscuits as
Calumet does not contain nny cheap
useless or adulterating Ingredients so
commonly used to Increase tho weight
Further It produces pure wholesome
food and Is a baking powder of rare
merit therefore Is recommended by
leading physicians and chemists It
complies with all pure food laws both
STATE and NATIONAL The goods are
moderate In price and any lady purchas-
ing Calumet from her grocer If not sat-
isfied with It can return it and have her
money refunded
Couldn’t Be Thankful
Bishop Charles W Smith at a har-
vest dinner in Portland said of the
harvest spirit:
"The harvest spirit is one of thank-
fulness but there ate some crabbed
old farmers who couldn’t he thankful
if they tried
"I said to such an old fellow as he
conducted me over his farm on a gold-
en autumn afternoon and showed me
a record harvest:
“‘Well sir this year at least
you’ve got nothing nothing whatever
to complain of’
" ‘I don’t know about that bishop’
he answered with a shake of the
head ‘I’m afraid there'll be no spoilt
hay for the young calves’”
A Sure Cure
Mother— I’m afraid Gwendoline is
setting her heart on that young Pen-
niless Father— You think so?
Mother — I am almost sure of it
Father— Well he is not a fit person
for her to marry He is as poor as a
rat and has no prospects Something
must he done to set her against him
Mother — I have thought of that and
have hit upon what I think is an excel-
lent plan
Father — Yes? What Is It?
Mother — We must tell her that we
want her to marry him
Some One Must Do It
J Pierpont Morgan at one of the
sumptuous dinners that he gave in
Cincinnati during the recent church
congress praised the power of adver-
tising Mr Morgan’s eulogy concluded with
an epigram quite good and quite true
enough to be pasted In every business-
man’s hat
“If a dealer" he said "does not ad-
vertise his wares it is ten to one tbat
the sheriff will do it for him”
There to more Catarrh In thto aectlon of the country
than all other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be Incurable For a great
many yean docton pronounced It a local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment pronounced it Incurable
Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional dis-
ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactured by F J Chencfr
A Go Toledo Ohio la the only Constitutional cure on
the market It Is taken Internally In doees from 10
drops to a teaspoonful It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system They offer one
hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure Send
for circulars and testimonials
Address: F J CHKNEY A CO Toledo Ohio
Bold by Druggists 75c
Tako Hall's Family Fills for constipation
He Never Shaved Again
Marmaduke — What do you suppose
that wretched barber said when ha
shaved me?
Bertie — I don’t know
Marmaduke — He said It reminded
him of a game he used to play when
a boy called “Hunt the Hare”
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AiNU If L liil III THE SYSTEM
Take the Old huodard (JHoVEti TAaTtiLfcad
CllLLL TON 10 You know what you are taking
Tue formula Is plainly printed on every bottle
showing it Is simply Quinine and Iron In a taste-
less form The Oulnlne drives out the malaria
and tne Iron builds up tho system Bold by oil
dealers for 8U years Frice 60 oenu
Sharp
“She’s wonderfully sharp”
“Yes whenever she cuts for a prize
she always wins"
Rheumatism Neuralgia and Sore
Throat will not live under the same roof
with Hamlins Wizard Oil the best of
all remedies for the relief of all pain
Rumor is a spark at first then a
fire then a conflagration and then
ashes — W H Shaw
DON’T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow All grocers Sc a package
The charm of the unattainable is
long drawn out
Mrs Win lows Soothing Syrup
Forchlldren loathing softens tho gurus rodueaaln
MwimanonllasaiiaiBRurMWiniliioliiL 2bca UOtUft
Too oiten a piano stool is tbe seat
of discord
ugly grizzly gray hairs Uso “LA
- SUFFERED 30 YEARS
But Chronlo Kidney Trouble Was
Finally Cured
Charles Von Soehnen 201 A 'St
Colfax Wash says: “For 30 years I
suffered from kidney trouble and was
laid up for days at a time There was
a dull ache through
the small of my
back and I had rheu-
matic pains in every
joint The kidney
secretions passed
too freely and I was
annoyed by having
to arise at night I
could not work without Intense suf-
fering Through the use of Doan’s
Kidney Pills I was practically given a
new pair of kidneys I cannot exag-
gerate their virtues”
Remember the name — Doan's
For sale by all dealers 50 cents a
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Costly Talent
“You are sure tbat airships wlH
make war so expensive as to be utter-
ly Impracticable?” said one military
expert
“Quite sure” replied the other
"The flying machines won’t cost so
much but we won’t be able to pay
the sums required by aviators for go-
ing up in them”
A mother makes a fatal mistake
when she leads her children to be-
lieve that' they are wingless angels
An Experience
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Read this letter from Mrs Albert Root of Amanda Ohio
giving an account ot her experience and how she found
relief :
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ralgia of the stomach Since taking Cardui the woman’s
tonic I have gained 10 pounds and now I can do all of
my own house-work and washing and my friends say I
ook like a different person”
The Woman’s Tonic
No harmful effects can possibly come to young or old
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women have written like Mrs Root to tell of the great
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Cardui is a reliable tonic Its ingredients are mild
medicinal herbs acting mainly on the womanly constitution
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