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the prettiest crepe de chine for a dress;
and for father they also bought a new
pipe.
The day before Christmas the man
next door came over and offered to drive
over to Oxford after the boys, saying
that he wanted to be in on the Christ
mas work, too. Mother met them all at
the door when they returned, and every
body said, “Merry Christmas.” The kind
neighbor was invited over for the big
dinner on the morrow, as he was an old
bachelor, and did not have anyone with
whom he could pass Christmas.
After supper they put up the tree as
soon as the boys had gone to bed, and
got the box down from the attic. When
the trimming was finished, the tree was
simply gorgeous. About nine-thirty
there was a knocking on the door. Fa
ther opened it to find the foreman of
the electrical shops standing there with
a large package under his arm. He
wanted to be in on the party, too, so
he had brought over electric light bulbs
on a thin cord which he wound in and
out among the branches of the tree.
When the plug had been inserted in the
reading lamp socket, Father shouted so
at the pretty illumination that mother
warned him to be quiet else he would
have the boys down. So he went to
shut the door, and there stood the
neighbor who had driven the boys over
in his car. He had four crisp two-dollar
bills which he wanted to put in the
already overflowing stockings. He said,
“I guess the boys won’t think them un
lucky. This is the first Christmas that
I ever wished that I had a boy of my
own. I’m going to get me one before
th’s time next year.”
Bright and early the next morning—
Christmas morn—those four boys rush
ed down to the tree. Father pushed on
the switch. The boys were so over
whelmed that they couldn’t say a word
for a whole minute. All morning long
chey played with the new presents, father
spending most of his time winding up
the train of cars. Dinnertime found
them ready—and what a dinner it was!
Not a thing was missing, trust mother
for that. By the time they were due
to eat the plum-pudding, it was question
able whether they could finish the course
—but they did.
In the afternoon they went auto rid
ing with the man next door. Upon re
turning, mother prepared a snack. First
she called out W. J. to help her, then
J. B., next she called for Alex, and then
for Tom. They all carried in plates of
snack, while mother brought in a big
pitcher of milk and father fetched a
jug of cider. When they had finished,
some neighbors dropped in. Someone
played the piano, and the man next door
got his violin. Then they all joined in
singing Christmas songs, thus bringing
to a close one of the greatest days in
the memory of either mother or father.
The boys from the home went back
the day after Christmas, but the man
next door was so favorably impressed
with them that he says he will see
whether they are going to remain in the
orphanage much longer or not. They
wrote mother a nice thank-you letter, but
W. J. and J. B. were unable to put their
thanks and appreciation into words. Yet
father and mother know how they feel
about it.
—Isabel K. Coffman
Rinsing Colored Clothes
Add one teaspoonful of Epsom salts
to each pail of water in which colored
clothes are rinsed, and even the most
delicate shades will not fade or the col
ors run.
Christmasland Tarts
One pound flour.
One pound sugar.
One-half pound butter.
Two eggs, saving out white of one.
Creeam butter and sugar, adding egg
and flour, work very stiff, and roll thin;
cut in squares, lay in pans, brush toP
of each with white of egg, sprinkle with
sugar and cinnamon; put a blanched
almond in each, and bake a light brown.
Merry Christmas
Christmas brings so many things,
Wind-up toys and diamond rings.
Furs of ’possum, squirrel, and sable.
Cut glass dishes for the table.
Roasted turkey, pumpkin pie,
Eggnog made without the rye;
Never have to legislate
’Bout our having good fruit cake.
Santa Claus with his big pack—
That boy has the strongest back.
Reindeer skiming o’er the roof
Surely shake a welcome hoof.
Baby’s bank’s been opened up;
Gifts for all includes the pup.
Sister had a wad not lean—
She’s another Hetty Green.
Brother’s savings in an old cracked
jug,
Mother’s underneath the rug.
Been cutting wood myself a spell.
Got to buy her something swell.
Stockings full from top to toe—
Good results from vanished dough.
Merry Christmas, good and plenty,
In this year of nineteen-twenty.
—Isabel K. Coffman
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