To Be Made at Home for Christmas
Xmas Candle and Lamps
Candles for the lunch or dinner ta
1U candles for the living room mul
candles for the dressing table are
anions the :ifts that delight everybody.
Among them are classed small electric
lumps (often made to simulate the old
fashioned candle) which are used as a
substitute for candles. Glass candle
sticks prove easiest to keep clean and
shining and are therefore the best
choice for the dining room and the
dressing room. Hrass or gilded candle
sticks, or those of mahogany, areliUed
for living rooms or the library.
It is the gay little shade that makes
candlelight so fascinating. This year
Ihere tire the usual silk shades In rose,
or other colors, with gold lace and the
tiniest silk flowers festooned on them,
and shades of many other things. There
are some wonderfully pretty shades
made of paper and they include some
novelties made of stiff paper as well as
Ihe popular and familiar crepe paper
kinds.
A bedroom candle, all ready to cast
Its soft glow on the dressing table. Is
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shown ut the left of the picture. It
is made of thin, white cardboard or
even thinner paper, with strips of
black pasted on it. A cluster of three
small roses and tine foliage, made of
colored sealing wax decorates the shade
in two places. The candlestick is of
glass and the shade holder slips over
the top of the candle supporting a
mica protector for the paper shade as
well as the shade.
At the right a pretty little lamp is
made for the same purpose as the can
dle. It is all of paper rope and wire.
The stand and shade are white and
both have small bluebirds of happiness
(made of sealing wax) pictured in
flight across them. An unwoven
space Is left in the shade for a blue
satin ribbon, which is strung through
it and tied in a bow. The lamp is fit
ted with a small electric bulb at the
top.
Lamps made in the same way for
the living room are of brown or green
paper rope with any color in the rib
bon, and decorations that may be flow
ers or birds or figures. A chain at
tached to the lamp turns the light on
or off.
For the Bedroom Desk
An attractive desk set, for either
men or women, is made of heavy paper
and cretonne.
The desk pad Is made of an oblong
of heavy colored paper. The pockets
at the end are made of the same paper.
with a covering of cretonne pasted
over it. The cretonne turns over the
edges and extends a quarter of an inch
on the under side. At the ends of tin
long pocket it turns over the edge of
the pad and is pasted down. Then the
pad is glued to a heavy piece of card
board of the same size.
A blotter is made of the heavy col
ored paper, covered with cretonne, and
blotters are tied to this cover with
narrow ribbon. A small round pen
wiper is made in the same way, with
the cover tied to circular pieces of
flannel by a small bow of ribbon.
Sure to Please Grandma
What to give to grandma is the
question that puzzles young heads at
Christmas times.
Here is a little tea cozy which is
sure of a welcome from grandma, and
It is the simplest thing imaginable to
make. Printed Japanese silk or silk
ulene or cretonne will serve the pur
pose with equally good results, and it
takes very little of any one of these
materials, even for the largest size
In teapots.
This cozy is made of four sections
of figured silk sewed together to form
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of plain silk or other materials sewed
together to form the lining. When the
lining has been made, it is covered
with a thick layer of cotton batting
tacked down to it in several places and
the cover is slipped on over it. Then
the raw edges of both materials are
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turned up and overcast together. A
very full bow of many loops of bright
satin ribbon is sewed to the top.
The gayest and brightest of colors
make the tea eo.y a cheerful part of
tea drinking. It slips on over the pot
and keeps the tea hot for a long time.
For His Dressing Table
No one ever heard of a Christmas
when new pincushions did not arrive
to replace old ones and to provide always-needed
pins. Very elaborate and
pretentious ones, ot embroidered net
and lace and all sorts of rich ribbons,
are made to grace the dressing tables
of the ladies, but here are two meant
for men. They are selected from a
number of small cushions made to hang
or stand within easy reach near the
mirror that reflects an almost pitiless
toilet. And they are mere pleasantries
in pincushions, which will be looked at
if not used, and therefore their clever
ness commends them.
At the left a soft heart of pink
satin provides a resting place for a
kewpie soldier boy. He has a gun in
his hand and a cap on his read and is
ill dressed up with a belt about his
waist. He is in sad case for a soldier
he can neither shoot nor run, for he
is bound to the heart with bands of
satin ribbon. But he looks happy and
sheepish.
The pins are in hiding behind a shir
ring of narrow satin ribbon that en
circles the heart. Short hangers,
of ribbon, united at the top with a
rosette, make it easy to find a place
for this cushion.
At the right of the picture a pin-tree
flourishes. It is made of a cork, paint
ed green, on the end of a short meat
skewer painted brown. The other end
of the skewer rests in a little green
bucket made of wood and tilled with
brown sealing wax. Black pins, with
heads of many colors and white are
stuck in the cork, providing the recipi
ent with a variety of pins to choose
from. The chances are that this little
tree will lose few of its branches be
tween this and next Christmas, if its
owner can keep it away from the fe
male of the species.
Bags for Everything
There are bags for everything this
Christmas, with vanity bags and opera
bags and shopping bags made of the
richest brocades and ribbons and me
tallic laces.
A party bag and a shopping bag are
shown above, and the party bag is
made of plain and figured ribbon set
together with corded seams. This bag
is lined with silk. It is gathered
near the top on a narrow satin ribbon
run in a casing formed by two rows of
stitching in the bag. There are bows
of the narrow ribbon at each side, and
the bag is suspended by it.
A handsome shopping bag is made of
heavy purple satin ribbon brocaded
with purple velvet and silver flowers.
It opens with a "gate" fastening al
the top, in silver, and is suspended by
narrow purple' satin ribbon. A hand
some silver tassel finishes !t.
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(By R O. SELLERS, Acting Director oi
the Sundav School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1916, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 26
A LIVING SACRIFICE.
LESSON TEXT Romans 12.
GOLDEN TEXT Present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God, which Is your spiritual service.
Rom. 12:1 R. V.
The first 11 chapters of this, let
ter teach and Illustrate the great
principles of the Christian life. Paul
calls it "my Gospel." Its funda
mental principle is that Justification
regenerates men, and nothing else.
The second section is the practical ap
plication of these truths.
I. The Exhortation to Gratitude
(vv. 1-2). "Therefore," because of the
work of Christ on our behalf, we are
to present our bodies as living
sacrifices unto God, to be used for
his glory and service. (See chapter
C:13, 16, 19). Paul urges, he beseeches ;
he is winsome, though he might com
mand. To "present" technically means,
"bring an offering to God." The body
is the sum of all human faculties,
physical and spiritual. It must not be
defiled by being yielded as an instru
ment to sin, for it is the temple of
God. (1 Cor. 3:1G, 17). A "Living Of
fering," (not as the bodies of slain
animals offered by Jews) is a conse
cration of the body, and not a destruc
tion of life. The original means that
this the offering of ourselves as a
living sacrifice is a reasonable, ra
tional service. God has the right of
ownership of every member of our
body, and there never was a day when
there was greater need of insisting j
upon a Christianity that affects the
bodies of men than today. Hands, lips,
ears, eyes every member should be
constantly presented to him who pur- j
chased it by the blood of his own Son.
(I Cor. G:20; I Pet. 1:18-19.) Tils
Is a spiritual, religious service be
cause it is our spirit which presents
the offering of the body which he in
habits. Too many of us are "fash
ioned according to this age."
II. The Expression of Gratitude
(vv. 3-8). Or the right use of the gifts
of God. (1) Avoid "self-conceit" (vv.
3-5). These verses indicate how im
portant this subject is. Conceit is en
tertaining an exaggerated opinion of
one's own ability. The church has
many members, and they do not all
have the same office ; there is a variety
in the unity of the body. So in the
church there are many "members in
one body," -each of which is important;
all are essential. (2) "Prophecy"
(v. 6), not necessarily foretelling, but
the revelation of spiritual truth and
experience according to the propor
tion of our faith (Ps. 39:3), the living,
spiritual experience of the presence of
God within us. (3) "Ministry" (v. 7).
The business side of the church, col
lecting of its money and the distribu
tion to the poor. Some can best at
tend to such business. Many churches
fail by not selecting wise leaders for
this work. (4) "He that teacheth."
The true pastor is a combined proph
et, pastor and teacher. We are all
teaching, whether we wish to or not.
It is a privilege as well as an obliga
tion. III. Conduct Toward All Men (vv.
9-21). The renewed soul needs guid
ance, encouragement and instruction.
(1) "In love" (v. 9). The hypocrite
wears a mask. Notice the close con
nection of "abhor that which is evil"
with "cleave to that which is good."
The word for cleave means literally
to glue it, so that nothing can separate
you from love which is the supreme
good. "In honor preferring one an
other" (v. 10). Let others carry the
banner few of us can stand this acid
test. (3) "Diligent in business" (v.
11) . Whatsoever your hands find to
do, do it with your might, being fer
vent or boiling in spirit, the reverse of
the previous exhortation, in that which
we are thus to serve the Lord. Few
need exhortation to be diligent in their
own business, but all of us need this
exhortation with r gard to the "king's
business." (4) "Rejoicing in hope (v.
12) . Triumphing over trials and diffi
culties in the way. Looking for that
"blessed hope" (Titus 2:13). (D) Pa
tience and tribulation (v. 12). The
Latin "tribulum" was the thrashing in
strument or roller whereby the hus
bandman separated grain from the
husk. Sorrow, distress and adversity
are the means for separating men from
the chaff of their lives. Sometimes
small annoyances, long continued, be
come great tribulations. (See Joshua
24:12.) (6) Continuing in the school
of prayer (v. 12). Steadfast, urgent,
pressing, persevering prayer (Luke
12:1). (7) "CIven to hospitality" (v.
13) ; literally, pursued it.
To Prolong a Mat's Life.
Doormats i-un be prevented from
fraying and made to last much longer
by buttonhole stitching all around the
rdges with a large packing needle and
some medium-sized string. The
stitches should be about one inch apart
and one inch deep.
For Broken Crockery.
White lead is one of the few cements
that resists both heat and water. Ap
tly thinly to the edges of the broken
pieces, press them tight together aac
et aside to dry.
The Man at the
Sheep Gate
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By REV. JAMES M.GRAY, D.D.
Dean of Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago
TEXT Wilt thou be made whole? John
5:6.
This question was asked by our
Lord of him who is knowa to Bible
readers as the im
potent man at the
sheep gate.
Jesus was in Je
rusalem, and was
passing by the
gat through
which the sheep
for s.iorifice were
driven into the
city. Near this
gate was a pool
of watet of heal
i n g properties,
and around the
pool porches
erected for the
ailing who gath
ered there for its
physical benefits. In these porches
were many sick folk, but there was
one whose case was most hopeless of
all. For eight and thirty years had
he been a sufferer, and oh! how long
had he waited to get into the pool, but
in vain. He was too weak to walk
or crawl into it himself, and never
had there been a friend ready at the
right moment to help him in. Hope
less was lie as well as helpless. Type
of the sinner w ho conscious of his !
lost condition before God, has tried
every human means to save himself
without avail.
To this man Jesus addressed him
self, not merely because his condition
was the worst, but because he knew
he had come to the end of himself.
Jesus can never aid a man until he
gets there, simply because the man is
not ready to receive his aid, to j"ield
himself up to be saved.
(1) The question he put to hira is
one of health, "Wilt thou be made
whole?" In this case physical health
was in the foreground, but as the !
story goes on spiritual health followed, j
In the case of the sinner today spirit- i
ual health is usually in the foreground, I
but not infrequently physical health
follows. Sin is the cause of many of
our diseases, and when that is put
away through faith in Christ, we get
well all round. However, spiritual
health means salvation full salvation.
"Christ Jesus makes thee whole." He
removes the guilt of sin by his work
on the cross, and the power of sin by
his work within us through his Holy
Spirit.
(2) But this is also , a question of
will, "Wilt thou be made whole?"
There was no doubt about it in this
man's case, so far as his bodily better
ment was concerned, but there often is
on the part of men whose souls are in
danger.
In an evangelistic meeting a few
weeks ago I talked with a man who
was literally trembling under convic
tion of sin. He said he knew he was
lost, yet he could not be persuaded to
receive Jesus as his Savior. In his
instance it was a fear that he would
not be able to hold out, for he could
not be brought to see that the one
who was able to save him was equally
able to keep him saved.
' Others hesitate, however, because
of some secret cln they are hugging
to their breasts, or some gratifying
habit they will not relinquish, or some
iniquitous business whose profits they
are loath to lose. Let any such think
of it just now, that present and eternal
salvation from sin and its conse
quences is here offered them in Christ
if they really want it, if they ,are will
ing to be saved! What a responsibil
ity rests upon us human beings in the
possession of a free will!
(3) In the third place, therefore,
this is a question of faith. "Wilt
thou be made whole?" It is not some
thing you can do for yourself, but
which another must do for you, only
you must yield yourself to him to do
it. How often men trust themselves
absolutely to a physician of the body,
permitting him to administer poison
to them, or to plunge his knife into
their vitals If he says it is needful for
their recovery? They trust them
selves to other men In business and in
vest their all upon advice they give
them. In a higher moral sense a
woman trusts her life to the man
she marries as her huiband. We are
all trusting ourselves every day in the
fullest physical sense to mechanical
and scientific appliances of men,
which, if they should fail, would drop
or hurl us Into eternity in a moment.
Why not trust Jesus Christ? Why
not commit ourselves to him? He has
said. "If any man wiileth to do his
will (I. e., the will of God) he shall
know of the doctrine. Whether it
is of God or whether I speak of my
self." (4) In the last analysis, therefore,
this is a question for you, "Wilt thou
be made whole?" Do not seek to
avoid it. Do not imagine it must be
meant for someone else. For the pur
pose is disclosed there is not another
being in the universe just now but thy
self. What is thy name? Just sub
titute It for the word "thou." Should
v-ou like your sins forgiven, your soul
ustified, your heart cleansed, your
ife changed, your future absolutely
nd gloriously secured? O, hearken
- Jesus, if that is true, and know
.hat It Is c.8 ttis man did to "rise up
nd walk."
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'most every day, and were always per
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Oh, I tell ye, I've got a wonderful
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Later tlie children said among them
selves: "Truly, Uncle Gulliver has an
amazing memory he can recollect
things that could not possibly have
happened." Kansas City Star.
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' Irresistible.
"So Maude is a charming girl, eh?"
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"Who was that?"
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The New Reading.
"When there is u will there is a
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"Sympathy is two hearts tugging at
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Abe Did you get the opera score?
Pandora Yeah; they were tied in
the last minute of the play.
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A full-grown elephant yields 120
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Prevalency of Kidney Disease.
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