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■ TIMELY SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL HELP THE HOSTESS A New Year’s Eve Party. This really clever affair was original with the hostess who gave It last year. It came to my notice too late for use* then, so here It Is now, all fresh and newly embellished. There were twelve guests with the hostess. Each one was assigned a month In the Invitation and she came dressed to represent that month. Then each girl had the privilege of asking a man who was to come representing an event or promf- nent person associated with the month represented by his \fair lady.\ On arriving It was most Interesting to see the way the girls took to repre sent the months and their escorts the events. For Instance, an animated firecracker accompanied “July,\ a \Santa Claus\ came with \December who was clad In pure white with a chaplet of holly. There was an Informal dance, and at 11 o’clock refreshments were served. The guests all watching the hands of the clock, a t five minutes before 12 all arose. Joined hands and sang, “Auld Lang Syne.\ As the hour sounded the hostess opened the front door for the passing out of the old year and the entrance of the little New Year. There was a fortune cake contain ing a good wish or prediction for each guest. The latter were tightly rolled and concealed In glided nut shells. The place cards were cut In bell shape and had little calendars on them tied with a knot of red ribbon. The one who guessed the most “events” or characters was presented with a wee traveling clock; the other two prizes were calendars. New Year’s Reception. •7ew Year’s calls, like many other g;ood old fashions, are returning to favor, and it is now quite the* thing to give receptions on the first day of the year. Especially for debutantes is the time auspicious, for the men have no excuse to offer for not being pres ent. The hours are from 4 to 7 and the opportunity Is great, for every one Is apt t ” be In a holiday humor After the reception an Informal dance may follow with only ices served. The Christm as greens are in evidence, with mistletoe hung in bunches fas tened by scarlet satin ribbons. There was an old custom that said m istletoe ohly should be used at Christmas, but the old legends say that Christmas lasts until the 6th of January, or “twelve night,” so I say make the best possible Use of the mistletoe, as there Is something very fascinating about its waxen berries combined with holly. Some Good Games. Here are some very old games, but I am sure they will be brand new to many of our young readers. The first Is called “Catching thd Snake’s Tall” and comes to us from Japan, where It is a great favorite. The children form In line, each with, hands resting upon the shoulders of the player In front. The one who Is' to act as \catcher\ Is left out. The first child In the line is called the “head” and the last one the “tall.” The \catcher” is placed about fifteen feet from the “head,” and at a signal he tries to catch the \tail or the last child in the “snake” without touching anyone else. The others may defend the “tall\ by mov ing about, keeping the line unbroken, for If the Hne should be broken ‘i Is equal to (he \tall” being caught, and that unlucky person must become the catcher while the last named goes to the head of the line. Now for the second game, called \Feather Play.” It Is very amusing, although It sounds so simple. All the players are seated on the floor, having first counted \out\ to see who will be “It\ A hollow square Is formed with a sheet held close up to the chins of the players on the floor. A feather Is produced, a little downy thing, and blown back and forth by the players. The child who la “It” Is to try to catch the feather on one of the chil dren or directly in front of a child when that one becomes “It.\ The feather must not be touched by the hands 6f the children on the floor, nor must they rise from the floor; their hands must be kept under the sheet, all manipulations of the feather being done )»y blowing. * • A Jolly Celebration. A reader writes: \Last New Year’s night we had such a jolly time I want to tell you about it for the benefit of all the department readers who may want a real frolic. “I asked .the guests, who were all intimate friends, to come dressed like children not over 10 years of age. At the top of each invitation card was written: B a c k w a r d , tu r n b a c k w a r d , O, Tim e , li y o u r flight. M a k e m o a child ag a in Just fo r to n ig h t \There was a lawyer, a minister, and several prominent business men among the guests, who came garbed as boys; they called each other by their front names, each brought a toy and all entered heartily into children'! games. A picnic supper was served on the floor In a room decorated with small trees in tubs, ferns and palms, This was supposed to be a ‘grovef and there Were signs up like these: 'This way to the swimming hole.1 ‘Look out for the dog,’ etc. There was stick candy, gum drops and heart mot to candles. The women brought doll! and played ‘Come to see’ most natur ally, as most of them had youngster* to keep them In practise. We had a spelling bee, and sung the songs ol our school days. The party went down into history as one of the best the hostess had ever achieved, which is saying much, as she Is noted foi her original schemes.” M A D A M E M E R R I. Now doth the busy card fiend com mence her winter’s work. While the weather is very pleasant it is also very enervating. Lapis-lazuli Is enjoying a revival for earrings and brooches. Brocades shot with metallic effecti make regal looking gowns. Chantilly lace veils, In colors match Ing the costumes, are exceedingly chic. Embroidered Belts £ iwtrei*sr) V.lt Ottad 4 f.ai, lEfiSESk- Ca*vM VW u\i Si$ (HOUGH high-waisted dresses are still very fashionable, there are a very large num ber of coats and skirts which adhere to the natural waist line, and for these, of course, (mlts are a literal necessity. A piece of Oriental embroidery gath ered into a handsome buckle at one end and adorned with a row of eyelet holes at the other makes a very effec tive belt. * . For morning wear a belt of linen, worked with broderle Angledse, Is both useful and pretty, and has the addi tional merit of washing easUy, whilst canvas* worked In cross-stitch or Rou manian stitch. Is extremely effective, and very quickly worked, red and blue in g r a i n cotton being perhaps the best material In which to execute the em broidery. The sporting, golfing girl usually delights In a belt of crochet worn with a neat shirt and a tie to i match, and these belts are often J*« w-#IU4 worked in club colors, and are can ried out In Tunisian stitch. For evening dresses, the craze foi Jeweled effects extends to belts, and charming girdles are to be seen mad* of beads and Jewels, whltis* may b« copied without any great difficulty These are sometimes made on a bead loom, such as is used for making th« chains and necklaces that are worn so much Just now, but there are plenty of exceedingly effective designs which may be quite easily carried out with an ordinary needle and cotton. The foundation cotton needs, of course, to be really strong, and It la best to use thread or fairly thick silk for the pur pose, whilst the beads will, 6t course, be of a color chosen to match the dress. Another pretty belt for evening wear Is embroidered In gold thread In a conventional design of flowers and leaves, the foYmer being then filled in with sparkling Jewel* One From t l * Cashier. The harmless customer leaned across the cigar counter and smiled engagingly a t the new eashler|. As he handed across the amount his dinner chock called for he ventured a\ bit of aimless converse, for he was of that sort \Funny said he, \how easy it Is to spend money.\ “Wed,” snapped the cashier as she fed his fare to the register, “If money was Intended for you to hold on to the mint would be turning out coins with handles on 'em.” Had Money In Lump* r Charles H. Rosenberg of Bavarlg had lumps on his shoulders, elbows, and hips when be arrived here from Hamburg on the*Kalserin Auguste Vic toria. In fact, there was a series of smaller lumps along his spine, much like a mountain range, as It js present ed on a bas-relief map. The lumps were about the size of good Oregon apples, and as Rosen berg passed before the Immigration doctor for observation, the doctor said soitly to himself, “See that lump.” Then he asked Mr. Rosenberg to step aside. “You seem like a healthy man,\ said the dpetor, \but I cannot pass you until I know the origin of those lumps on your body.” “Ah, It Is not a sick ness,” laughed the man from Bavaria. “Those swellings is money.\ Taking off his coat he broke open a sample lump and showed that it con tained $500 in American bank notes. He informed the doctor that he had $11,000 in all, with which he was go ing to purchase an apple orchard In Oregon. He was admitted to the country.— New York Tribupe. Why He Laughed. Miss Mattie belonged to the old south, and she was entertaining a guest of distinction. On the morning following his arrival she told Tillie, the little colored maid, to take a pitcher of fresh water to Mr. Firman’s room, and to say that Miss Mattie sent him her compliments, and that if he wanted a bath, the bathroom was at his service. When Tillie returned slfe said: “I tol' him. Miss Mattie, en’ he laughed fit to bus’ hisself.” “Why did he laugh. Tillie?” “I dunno.” “What did you tell him?” \Jus’ what you tol’ me to.” \Tillie tell me exactly what you said.\ “I banged de doah, and I said, ‘Mr. Firman, Miss Mattie sends you h erlub, and she says, ‘Now you can get up and wash yo'self!”—Lippincott’s Mag azine. Where He Was Queer. The negro, on occasions, displays a fine discrimination in the choice of words. “Who’s the bqst white-washer in town?\ inquired the new resident. “Ale Hall am a bo'nd a’tist with a whitewash brush, sab,” answered the colored patriarch eloquently. \Well tell him to come and white-! wash my chicken house tomorrow.” Unvie Jacob shook his head dubi ously. * \Ah don’ believe, sah, ah’d engage Ale Hall to whitewash a chicken house, sah.” “Why, didn’t you say he was a good whitewasher?\ “Yes, sah, a powe’ful good white- washer, sah; but mighty queer about a chicken house, sah, mighty queer!” •—Mack's National Monthly. M A K E U P Y O U R M IN D . If ytm ’ll m a k e up yo u r m ind to be C o n tented w ith y o u r lot A n d w ith the o p tim ists agree T h a t tro u b le's soon forgot. Y o u 'll be su r p r is e d to find. I guess, - D e s p ite m isfo r tu n e ’s d a r t s . W h a t c o n s ta n t sp r in g s of happiness Lie hid In h u m a n h e a r t s ; W h a t sun n y gleam s and golden dream * T h e p a s s in g y e a r s unfold. H o w soft an d w a rm th e lovcllght beam s W h e n you a r e grow ing old. Acted Like the Genuine • \The landlady seys that new board er la a foreign nobleman.\ “Bogus, I'U bet.\ “Ob, 1 don’t know. He may be the real thing. He h a ta't paid her a cent as yet. ’ More Human Nature. Orouchly—By denying myself three ten-cent cigars dally for the past 20 years i figure that I have saved $2,190. Mcxley—Is that#so?” Orouchly—Yea. Say, lot me have a chew of your tobacco, will you? Thanke to Burnt CorlL “Gosh! But the colored race la a- comtn' to the front fast!\ whispered Innocent Uncle Hiram, at the vaude ville show, as the black-face comedian was boisterously applauded. \Yes Indeed,\ smiled the city man; “anyone can ate that that fellow Is a self-made negro.” Lo, the Rich Indian. The per capita wealth of the Indian la approximately $2,130, that for other Americans Is only a little more than $1,300. The lands ownql by the In dians are rich in oil, timber and other natural resources of all kinds. Some of the best timber land in the United States is owned by Indians, The value of their agricultural lands runs up in the millions. The ranges which they possess support about 500,- 000 sheep and cattle, owned by lessees, bringing In a revenue of more than $272,000 to the various tribes besides providing feed for more than 1,500,000 head of horses, cattle, sheep and goats belonging to the Indians themselves. Practically the only asphalt deposits In the.-United States are on Indian lands.—Red Man. No Slang for Her. \Slip me a brace of cackles!” or dered the chesty-looking man with a bored air, as he perched on the first stool in the lunchroom. \A what?\ asked the waitress, as she placed a glass of water before him. “Adam and Eve flat on their backs! A pair of sunnysiders!” said the young man In an exasperated tone. ‘ “You got me, kid,” returned the waitress. “W atcha want?” “Eggs up,\ said the young man. ‘E-g-g-s,’ the kind that come before How She Learned. The mother of a family of three small children was discussing their comparative precocity with a friend. “John was very slow at everything,\ she said, refehing to her oldest \Tom was a little better, and Edith, the baby, is the am a rtest^f all. She picks up everything quick as can be.\ Master John, who had been listen ing, now contributed his share of the conversation* __ “Humph!” he'exclaimed. \I know why her learns so quick. It’s 'cause her has ns and we didn’t have us.\ Economy. 'T h e late former Governor Allen D. Candler of Georgia was famous In the south for his quaint humor. \Governor \Candler said a Gaines ville man, “once abandoned cigars for a pipe at the beginning of the year. He stuck to his resolve till the year's end. Then he was heard to say: \ 'By actual calculation, I have saved by smoking a pipe instead of cigars this year $208. But where Is It?” ' A RotiWIon. “You shouldn’t have called that me* a pig,” said the conciliatory bum. \That’s right,” replied the vindictive person. “There la no sense In Imply ing that he’s worth 46 cents a pound to anybody.” Moslem Traditions. Ramadan la the month exalted by Moslems above all others. In that month the Koran—according to Mos lem tradition—was brought down by Gabriel from heaven and delivered to men in small sections. In that month, Mohammed was accustomed to retire from Mecca to the cave of Hlra, for prayer and meditation. In that month Abraham, Moses and other prophets received their divine revelations. In that month the \doors of heaven are always open, the passages to hell are shut, and the devils are chained.\ So run the traditions.—The Christian Herald. Hard on the Mare. ' Twice, as the bus slowly wended Its way up the steep Cumberland Gap, the the hen or after, I never knew w h ichA i door at\the rear opened and slammed. \Why didn’t you say so In the first place?” asked the waitress. \You’d a had ’em by this time.\ “Well, of all things------” said the young man. “I knew- what he was tirivin’ a t all the time,” began the waitress as the young man departed. \But he’s one of them fellers that thinks they can get by with anything. He don’t know that they’re using plain English now in restaurants.” The League of Politeness. The League of Politeness has been formed in Berlin. It aims at inculcat ing better manners among the people of Berlin. It was founded upon the initiative of Fraulein Cecelia Meyer, who was inspired by an existing or ganization in Rome. In deference to the parent organization the Berlin league has chosen the Italian motto, “Pro gentiiezza.” This will be em blazoned upon an attractive little medal worn where Germans are ac customed to wear the insignia of or ders. The Idea is that a glaance at the “talisman” will annihilate any In clination to indulge in bad temper or discourteous language. “Any polite person” is eligible for membership. The \Country Churchyard.” Those who recall Gray’s “Elegy in a Country Churchyard” will remember that the peaceful spot where “the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep” is identified with St. Giles’, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. In the pro saic pages of a recent Issue of the Gazette there appears an order in council providing that ordinary inter ments are henceforth forbidden in the churchyard. A Medical Compromise. “You had two doctors In consulta tion last night, didn’t you?\ “Yes.” \What did they say?” “Well, one recommended one thing and the other recommended some thing else.” “A deadlock, eh?” “No, they finally told me to mix ’em!\ At first those Inside paid little heed; but the third time demanded to know why they should be disturbed in this fashion. “Whist,” cautioned the driver, doan’t spake so loud; she’ll overhear us.” “Who?” “The mare. Spake low! Shure, Ol’m desavln th’ crayture. Everry toime she ’ears th’ door close, she thinks won o’ yez Is gettin’ down ter walk up th’ hill, an’ that sort o’ raises her sperrits.”—Success Magazine. Exaggeration. On her arrival In New York Mme. Sara Bernhardt, replying to a compli ment on her youthful appearance, said: “The secret of my youth? It is the good God—and then, you know, I work all the time. But I am a great-grandmother,\ she continued, thoughtfully, “so how can these many compliments be true? I am afraid my friends are exaggerating.” Mme. Bernhardt’s laugh, spontane ous as a girl’s, promoted a chorus of “No, no!” \Yes said the actress, \uncon scious exaggeration, like the French nurse on the boulevard. Our boule vards are much more crowded than your streets, you know, and, although we have numerous accidents, things aren’t quite as bad as the nurse sug gested. “Her little charge, a boy of six, begged her to stop a while In a crowd, surrounding an automobile accident. ‘Please wait,’ the little boy said, ‘Want to see the man who was run over.' ‘No; hurry,’ his nurse answered. 'There will be plenty more to see further on.’ ” Blissful Ignorsnes. \Were you nervous when you pro posed to your wife?\ asked the senti mental person. \No repUed Mr. Meekton; \but If I could have foreseen the next ten years I would have been.” Economy In Art. \Of course,” said Mr. (jirius Barker, \I want my daughter to have some sort of an artistic education. I think I’ll have her study singing.” “Why not art or literature?\ \Art spoils canvas and paint and literature wastes reams of paper. Singing merely produces a temporary disturbance of the atmosphere. Home Thought. \It must have been frightful,” said Mrs. Bosslra to her husband, who was In the earthquake. “Tell me what was your first thought when you awakened In your room at the hotel / and heard the alarm.\ i “My first thought was of you,\ an- x swered Mr. Bossim. • v “How noble!” \ \Yes. First thing I knew, a vase off the mantel caught me on the ear; then a chair whirled In my direction, and when I jumped to the middle of the room four or five books and a framed picture struck me all at once.\ Even after saying that, he affected , to wonder what made her so angry for the remainder of the evening.—Mack’s National Monthly. Our Voices. I think our conversational soprano, as sometimes overheard in the cars, arising from a group of young persons who have taken the train at one of our great industrial centers, for in stance, young persons of the female sex, we will say, who have bustled In full dressed, engaged in loud, strident speech, and who, after free \discussion have fixed on two or more double seats, which having secured, they pro ceed to eat apples and hand round daguerreotypes—I say, I thdnk the conversational soprano, heard under these circumstances, would not be among the allurements the old enemy would put in requisition were he get ting up a new temptation of SL An thony. There are sweet voices among us, we all know, and voices not musical, it may be, to those who hear them for the first time, yet sweeter to us than any we shall hear until we listen to some warbling angel In the over ture to that eternity of blissful har monies we hope to enjoy. But why should I tell lies? If my friends love me, It. is because I try to tell the truth. I never heard but two voices in my life that frightened me by t h e i r . sweetness.—Holmes. \ What About Brain Food? This Question Came Up in the R ecent Trial for Libel. A \Weekly\ printed some crJticisms of the claims made for our foods. It evidently did not fancy our reply printed in various news papers, and brought suit for libel. At the trial some interesting facts came out. Some of the chemical and medical experts differed widely. The following facts, however, were quite clearly established: Analysis of brain by an unquestionable au- thi*ity, Geoghegan, shows of Mineral Salts, Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos phate \of Potash), 2.91 per cent of the total, 5.33 of all Mineral Salts. This is over one-half. Beaunis, another authority, shows “Phos phoric Acid combined\ and Potash 73.44 per cent from a total of 101.07. Considerable more than one-half of Phos phate of Potash. • Analysis of Grape-Nuts shows: Potassium and Phosphorus, (which join and make Phos phate of Potash), is considerable more than one-half of all the mineral salts in the food. Drl Geo. W. Carey, an authority oa_lhe ron- stituent elements of the body, says .♦'\T h e gray m atter of the brain is controlled entirely by thp Inorganic cell-salt, Potassium Phosphate (Phosphate of Potash). This salt unites with albumen and by the addition of oxygen creates nerve fluid or the gray matter of the brain. . Of course, there ,1s a trace of other <alts and other organic m atter In nerve fluid, but Potas sium Phosphate is the chief factor, am T Ing the power within Itself to attract, by its own 1 law of affinity, all things needed to manufac ture the elixir of life.” Further on he says: “The beginning and end of the m atter Is to supply the lacking princi ple, and in molecular form, exactly as nature furnishes It In vegetables, fruits and grain. To supply deficiencies—this Is thu only law of cure.” The natural conclusion Is that If Phosphate of Potash Is the needed mineral element In brain and you use food which does not contain It, you have brain tag because ita^daily loss is not supplied. On the contrary, if you eat food known to be rich in this element, you place before the life forces that which nature demands for brain-building. In the trial a sneer was uttered because Mr. Post announced that he had made years of re search in this country and some clinics of Europe, regarding the effect of the mind on digestion of food. But we must be patient with those who sneer at facts they know nothing a b o u t Mind does not work well on a brain that Is broken down by .lack of nourishment. A peaceful and evenly poised mind is neces sary to good digestion. Worry, anxiety, fear, hate, &c„ &c„ directly interfere with or stop the flow of Ptyalin, the digestive juice of the mouth, and also Inter fere with the flow of the digestive Juices of stomach and panpreas. ,y Therefore, the mental state of the individual has much to do (more than suspected) with digestion. x This trial has demonstrated:' That Brain is made of Phosphate of Potash as the principal Mineral Salt, added to albu- men and water. That Grape-Nuts contains that element as more than one-half of all its mineral salts. A healthy brain Is Important, if one would “do things” In this world. A man who sneers at “Mind\ sneers at the best and least understood part of himself. That part which some folks believe links us to the Inflntte. Mind asks for a healthy brain upon which to act, and Nature has defined a way to make a healthy brain and renew It day by day as It Is used up from work of the previous day. Nature’s way to rebuild Is by the use of food which supplies the things required, y. 'T h e r e ’s a. Reason* 7 IS! I . Posttim Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek. Mich. New Process of Staining Glass. > The art of coloring glass has been lost and refound, Jealously guarded and maliciously stolen so many times In the history of civilization that it seems almost impossible to say any thing new on glass staining. Yet a process has been discovered for ma king the stained glass used In windows which Is a departure from anything known at the present time. What the Venetians and the Phoenicians knew > of it we cannot tell. The glass first receives its design in mineral colors and the whole Is then fired In a heat so Intense that the col oring m atter and the glass are Indls- soluhly fused. The most attractive feature of this method Is that tho sur face acquires a peculiar pebbled char acter In the heat, so that when the glass Is In place the lights are delight fully soft 'and mellow. ... • In making a large window In many shades each panel Is separately mould ed and bent and the sections are as sembled In a metal frame. 1
