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i i Woman^s 4 I JL >!.. World By Mair M. Morgan NO ''MACHINE TOUCH" In this machine age. home-made candies carry a greeting of individ- ual care and thought. They can't be bought but must be made personally and consideratii-.n given to the favour- ite assortment of each friend. And every 'hostess is delighted to have something "different" to offer her gu''sts during the holiday season. Fri'it combination.«- are attractive- and a boon to dieting friends. This delicious confection isn't even cook. ed but the fine.st ingredients must be used, coconut that has been packed •when It was fre.'ih and kept air-tight gives a splendid flavour and mol.itness to these balls. Coconut Apricot Candy \ cup dried apricots % cup premium shred coconut % cup nut meats % teaspoon grated orange rind % teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 tablespoon lemon juice Wash apricots, and steam 5 minutes. Put apricots, coconut, and nut meat> through food chopper. Add orange and lemon rind and lemon juice and knead until mi.xture is blended If camly i^ dry, add enough orange juice to mois- ten. If too moist, work in small amount of confectioners' sugar. Shape Into balls about % inches in diam- eter. Roll in granulated sugar. Makes 18 to 20 balls. Chocolate is always popular and a fine, creamy fudge must be fresh to be really good. A candy thermometer Is valuable, but the practical test giv- en in the_ recipe is satisfactory but less accurate. Chocolate Fudge 2 squares unsweetened chcolate, cut In pieces 2/3 cup milk 2 cups sugar 2 *ablespoons butter Dash of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Add chcolate to milk and place over low flame. Cook until mixture is smooth and blended, s'irring constant. ly. Add sugar and salt, and stir UD|^I svgar is dissolved and mixture boBs. Continue cooking, without stirring, until a small amount of mixture forms a very soft ball in cold water (2S2 de'n-ees F.). Remove from fire. Add butter and vanilla. Cool to lukewarm (lit) decrees Â¥'.^ th-^n beat until mix- ture begins to thicken and loses its gloss. Pour at once Into greased pan 8x4 inc'ies. When cold, cut in squares. Makes IS large pieces. Cnconut Cherry Divinity adds a touch of color r to the candy assort- ment. 2 cup sug;"- 2/3 cup water % cup lieht corn syrup 2 c%% whites, stiffly beaten 1 t'^aspoou vanilla D-sh of salt I3 cnn southern style coconut, toast. ed and crumbled "ii cup candied cherries, thinly slice il Bring Vs cun su'jar and 1,'3 cup â- wa'er to a boil until a small amount of s'-rup forms a slightly firm ball In cold water (240 degrees F.). W^hil'^ m cups sugar. 1/3 cup water, and co-1 svrup to a boil and boil until a s">i'l amount of syruu forms a hard ba'l in cold water (252 degrees F.). Remove first syrup (240 degrees F.1 f:rm fire and cool sH-jhtly; pour slow- ly of the stifflv beaten egg whites. beri'^Pi conslautly un'il mixture loses its g'oss (IV^ miui'tes). Then add second syrup (253 dgerees F.) slow- ly, beatiug as before. Fold in vanilla, salt, coconut, and cherries, and turn Immediately into greased pan 8x8 inches. Cool until firm. Cut in pieces luxl inches. Roll in additional toast- ed coconut if i'o:''r'-d ST-kes 3'>2 doz. en pieces. Broken pecan nu's. chmned dates, or r.ilsins may be substituted for can- . died oherries in this recipe. Fondant is the basis of all French 'tandy, and may be used for a wide 'Wounded Division" Sails For More Action veriety of colorful aud attractiv., sweets. It must be made several dajT be.'ore it is to be used because i- requires ripening. 2 cups sugar ' " l',4 cups water 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1 teaspoon vani'la Combine sugar, water, and corn sy- rup. Place over low flame and stir con.stantly until sugar is dissolved and mixture boils. Cover and cook 3 minutes; then remove cover and con- tinue boiling, without stirring, unt-l a small amount of syrrp forms a sofi ball in cold water (23S degrees F.). Wash down sides of pan occasionally wth damp cicth. Remove from fire, and pour out on cold, wet platter or porcelain table top. or on greased surface. Cool to lukewarm (110 degres F.). Work with paddle or spatula un- til white and creamy. Add vanilla and knead until smooth. Store n covered jar to ripen for .â- several days. For Coconut Balls add 1 cup chop. ped southern style coconut to ripen- ed fondant, knead and shape into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Roll halls in additional coconut, plain or delicately tinted. Very delicate gre''n coconut give.-, a ''Christmasy" touch to the balls. Makes 6 dozen balls. To make bonbons, the ripened fon- dant may be melted in the upper part of a double boiler, keeping water in the lower part just 1 eluw boiling point. Add flavoring and coloring as desired. Din nuts, candied fruits or firm fon- dant cream centres- into soft fondant. Remove to waxed paper and cool. If t'le fondant thickens when dipping, heat very slightly, an dthin to desired consistency with a vrv small amount of cream. Old, experienced cooks always warn the beginner that fondant should be made on a clear day as a heavy, damp atmosphere has an unfavourable effect on t.he boi'ing of su.ear. COOKIE SEASON Bits 01' nothingâ€" dainty and colour- ful â€" these are the cookies needed for this season of the year. They're just as necessary as the cup of tea, or anything else that brings cheer to merry .holiday visitors. So every smart homemaker should have cake aud cookie tins well filled. Swedish Cookies are very rich, and may be decorated with bits of angel, ica, candied cherries, coloured sugar, or dccorettes to give them a festive air. 4 cups sifted cake flour Icup sugar 2 cups butter 1 egg, weil beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla Sift flour once, measure and sift again. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Add flour, a small amount at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Add vanilla and blend. Shape into 2 rolls, IV^inches in diameter, chill overnight, or until firm enough to slice, and cut in thin slices. Or uress dough through cookie press. Bake on ungreased sheet in hot oven, (400 degrees F.) 4 to 5 minutes or until done. Makes 5 dozen cookies. A can- died cheri'y and two very thin bits of angelica pressed on top of the sliced cookie gives a holly effect. Rolled Coconut Cookies are not nearly as rich as Swedish Cookies, but like them, will keep fresh and crisp for some time wihen packed In a jar or tin with a tight-fitting cover, ;'.ud stored in a cool, dry place. 2 cup coconut M cup heavy cream 2 cups sifted flour 1 cup sugar 1^4 teaspoons baking powder >4 teaspoon salt >4 cup butter 1 egg, unbeaten Add ^ cup coconut to cream; let stand. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift again. Joyously looking' forward to action in Ethiopia, members of a division of Italian veterans, all of whom received wounds in World War, leave Rome enroute to East -Africa. Cream hutter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, creaming until light aud fluffy; then add egg and beat thor- oughly. Add Hour, alternately with wivh cream, mixing well after each addition. Olij.l. Roll 1/8 inch thick on .slightly floured board. Cut with flour- ed fancy cookie cutter and decorate with remaining 1^ cups coconut, sprinkled on top of each cookie. Ad- ditional decoration of bits of candied pineapple of cherries, or small cina. mon cand'^3 may also be added. Bake in hot oven (400 degrees F.) 12 to 14 minutes, or until delicately brown- ed. â-  Chocolate Macaroons give a note of contrast to any small cake assortment, and are delicious. 2 egg whites 1 cup sugar 'i teaspoon salt lu, squares unsweetened ohocolate, melted 1V4 cups premium shred coconut 1,2 teaspoon vanilla Short, meaty coconut that has been kept fresh in sealed packages gives perfect results in this recipe. It is called premium shred. Beat egg white's until foamy throughout; add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating after eaoh addition until sugar is blended. Then continue beating until mixture will stand In peaks. Add salt and vanilla. Fold In chocolate; then coconut. Drop from teaspoon on ungreased heavy paper. Bake In slow oven (325 .iegrees F.) 20 minutes, or until done. Cool 5 min- utes before removing from paper. Makes 2 dozen II3 inch macaroons. The egg yolks from making the macaroons may be utilized for Choco. late pinwheels. The recipe given here requires 1 egg yolk and makes 3V4 dozen cookies. But 7 dozen Is not too many in a holiday household, although it is better to make two separate quantities of the dough thau just double the recipe. IV2 cups sifted flour 1 8 teaspoon salt 1 egg yolk, well beaten 1 square unsweetened chocolate, melted "-i teaspoon baking powder V2 cup butter or other shortening 'a cup sugar .3 tablespoons milk Sift flour once, measure accurately I'i cups, add baking powder and salt and sift again. Cream butter thor- oug'hly. add sugar gradulally, and cream together until light and fluffy. .\dd egg yolk. .\dd flour, alternately with milk, beating each addition un. til smooth. Divide dough Into two parts. To one add chocolate. Chill. Roll each half into rectangular sheet, 1/S Inch thick, and place chocolate sheet on top. Then roll, as for Jelly roll. Chill overnight. Cut In 1/S inch slices. Bake on ungreased baking sheet in hot oven (400 degrees F.) 5 minutes, or until done. Delicate Lady Fingers or Sponge Di'ops may be easily made some days before using. If they show any tend- ency to dry out, a slice or two of s UNDAY chooLesson Vi5 LESSON XIIâ€" December 22 MALACH FORETELLS A NEW DACâ€" Malachi 1 : 1 â€" I : 8 GOLDEN TEXTâ€" Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the wav before me. â€"Malachi 3 : 1. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Malachi Timeâ€" Malachi was contemporary w^ith Ezra and Nehemiah and there- fore ministered probably between the two visits of Nehemiah, 445-432 B.C. Place â€" No doubt Malachi ministered in the city of Jerusalem. Chistmas Lesson Timeâ€" The visit of the Wise Men to the manger of Bethlehem occurred 4 B.C. Place â€" The two cities prominent in this lesson are Jerusalem and Bethle- hem. "Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me." This particular clause is quoted of John the Baptist in the New Testa ment (Matt. 11 : 10; Mark 1:2; Luke T : 271. This and the following verses are the reply to the skeptical question, Where is the God of judg- ment? In the first piace, prepiiratory work was r^eeded before God could come to nis {eople. They were not in a .'it iiaXo to receive him. The de- lay of which they complained was occasioned, not by indifference on his part, but on theirs. "And the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he white bread, placed in the cookie tin, will add enoug>h moisture to '"rejuven- ate" them. Lady Fingers or Sponge Drops 13 cup sifted cake flour Dash of salt 1 egg and 2 egg yolks 1 tablespoon melted butter 2 egg whites 13 cup powdered sugar 'i teaspoon vanilla Sift flour once, measure, add salt, and sil't together 4 times. Combine egg and egg yolks and beat until thick and lemon coloured. Beat egg whites stiff, add sugar gradually, and continue beating until mixture will stand In peaks. Fold In egg-yolk mix- ture carefully and vanilla. -\dd flour, folding In carefully; then told in but- ter. Drop from teaspoon on ungreased paper. Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 12 minutes. For Lady Fingers, shape In oblongs. 4%x?i In. ches and bake as directed. Makes 2% dozen drops or flngers. Cometh, saith Jehovah ol hosts. " The last pare of this verse is never quot- ed in the New Testament, and it awaits fulfillment. Verses 2-5 speak of judgment, not of grace. Malachi, in eon:mon with other Old Testanien; prophets, saw both advents of Mes- siah blended in one horizon, but did not see the separating interval des- cribed in Matt. 13 consequent upon the rejection of the King (Matt. 13 : 16, 17). "But who can abide the day of his coniinj;? an<l who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refin- ers fire, and like fullers' soap." No stain, no spurious goodness, could survive his coming; as fire burns out the slag and sifts it from the sound metai, as a chemical lye eats out impurities, so should the presence of the Messiah infallibly separate the true from the false, the seeming from the real, the bad from the good. ".A.nd he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah ufferings in righteous- ness." .A. refiner is said to sit before that which he is refining until he sees his own face reflected in the glowing metal. The sons of Lvi are mentioned first in this purification because, until the priests were clean, the offer- ings could not be accepted. "Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jeho- vah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years." This versa is gen- erally ignored by commentators. Certainly the coming of Christ did not re-introduce the offering of sacri- fices. In fact it put an end to them. If the verse is to be literally interpreted, it must refer to a future period of Ishael's history, when sacrifices will be resumed. If the language is to be interpreted figuratively, the verse simply means that, when the priests are purified, their offerings will be pleasant to the Lord. "-â- Vnd I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift wit- ness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against ihosi that oppress the hireling in his wag- es, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. The contemporaries of Malachi were satisfied with them- selves. It was necessary that their sins should be first brought home to thm before punishment wa« inflicted. "For I, Jehovah, change not; there- fore ye, sons of Jacob, ar« not consumed." Jehovah remembers his covenant in both its aspects: on the one hand, his oral law reains vamlid, and Judah (Jacob) suffers ia th« present of offenses against it and) will have to submit to a future judg-j ment also; on th« other hand, Jv hovah's covenant and promise to b« the God of Jacob still stands, and Jacob, although chastised, it not destroyed, "From the days of your fathers y« have turned aside from mine ordin- ances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts." Cf. Zech. 1 : 4. This is the invitation of One who loves those who have gone astray. "But ye say. Wherein shall we re- turn?" This probably m.-ans, In what manner shall we return? "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not des- troy the fruits of your groimd; neither shall your vine cast its fruit' before the time in the field, said I Jehovah of hosts." The devourer here! referred to may be the locust, or drou;?ht, or blasting, or mildew, or hail. ".\nd all nations shail call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts." Cf. Isa. 62 : 4; Dan. 11 : 16; Zech. 7 ! 14; 8 : 13. Here Goil reminds hi« backslidden people that they have even talked against him. and said hard things about him. This is often,! to their sh.ame, a sin of Christian people when things go wrong, especi- ally with those who are far from the Lord. They blame him for those dif- ficulties and disappointments which are the fruit of their sin, and then, instead of examining their own hearts for some possible evil, they turn and berate God for allowing such things to come into their lives. Dash and Utility Exciting news I Cut it out and Hey, Presto I It's finished! Back and front sections â€" sleeves cut in one with shoulders ribbon on "self" fabric inserted through casing at neck. Dark ground cotton In Dubon- net pictured is exceedingly smart and new looking with green ac- cent in ribbon an<l buttons. 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