1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
late  herself,  the  host  serve  the  plates, 
and  both  should  send  the  cups,  saucers 
and  plates  around  to  the  guests  by  a 
waiter,  who  afterwards  dishes  vegetables 
from  a  side  table. 
Sometimes  a  breakfast  is  followed  by 
an  excursion  to  a  picture  gallery  or  the 
hours  until  noon  are  passed  in  the  house 
of  the  host  and  hostess. 
Who  Shall  Supply  Interest  in 
the  School ? 
A  MAJORITY  of  the  parents  in  a 
country  district  would  cheerfully 
do  anything  in  their  power  to  help  their 
schools.  But,  unthinking,  Hiey  would 
say,  “  What  can  I  do  ?”  apparently  un¬ 
conscious  that  they  are  either  helping  or 
hindering  the  cause  of  education  all  the 
time  their  children  are  in  school.  And  I 
am  glad  of  this  opportunity  to  answer 
the  above  question  by  expressing  my 
ideas. 
A  few  teachers  have  great  disciplinary 
powers  and  they  would  be  able  to  gov¬ 
ern  a  school  under  any  circumstances. 
Oftener  the  teacher  must  have  the  help  of 
the  parents. 
Besides  this  absolutely  necessary  co¬ 
operation  with  the  teacher,  children 
should  be  trained  to  instant,  unquestion¬ 
ing  obedience  ;  then  it  will  be  natural 
for  them  to  respect  and  obey  orders. 
It  is  my  belief  that  parents  do  not  gen¬ 
erally  “commit  the  manners  and  morals 
of  the  child  wholly  to  the  teacher.” 
Admitted  that  in  the  hurry  of  farm 
life  etiquette  is  often  neglected  ;  at  the 
same  time  most  parents  are  anxiously 
doing  their  best  to  teach  their  children 
to  do  right.  Once  during  my  life  I  found 
a  school  where  “  manners  and  morals” 
were  unknown  to  a  majority  of  the  pupils, 
and  their  actions  led  me  to  the  con¬ 
clusion  that  only  a  few  parents  leave  so 
important  a  part  of  the  child’s  training 
to  the  teacher.  Truly,  it  is  not  fair  that 
they  should.  The  root  of  this  teaching 
should  be  at  home  and  the  teacher  will 
aid  in  a  variety  of  ways  found  in  every¬ 
day  school  life. 
See  that  your  boys  and  girls  start  for 
school  every  morning  in  time  to  be  punc¬ 
tual.  They  will  soon  be  proud  of  their 
clean  school  record,  besides  beihg  taught 
that  best  of  qualities — punctuality.  Par¬ 
ents  can  help  the  school  more  than  they 
imagine  by  insisting  on  a  steady,  punc¬ 
tual  attendance.  This  is  of  the  greatest 
importance  to  the  success  of  your  school. 
Naturally  the  teacher  is  expected  to 
supply  the  interest  in  the  school  room,  but 
even  in  this  the  parents  can  aid  in  many 
ways  too  numerous  to  mention.  It  would 
be  an  inconceivable  help  if  the  school 
houses  presented  a  more  pleasing  appear¬ 
ance  to  the  children.  Parents  can  help 
by  contributing  a  few  pictures  and  occa¬ 
sionally  furnishing  a  little  money  to  buy 
curtains  or  some  other  article  needed. 
“  The  State  acknowledges  that  the 
legitimate  and  divinely  ordained  teachers 
of  children,  are  their  parents.”  I  claim 
that  teachers  can  not  take  the  place  of 
parents,  because  it  is  not  possible  for  us 
to  love  the  children  as  their  parents  do. 
Therefore  we  see  their  little  faults  more 
plainly.  Nor  can  we  like  the  bad  boy 
better  than  the  good  one  as  mothers  can. 
Parents- do  not  have  25  different  disposi¬ 
tions  to  deal  with,  so  children  be  a  little 
charitable  if  your  teacher  is  not  always 
smiling  and  pleasant. 
Fathers,  help  elect  good,  wide-awake 
men  for  school  directors,  men  who  have 
children  to  be  educated,  and  who  will, 
consequently,  take  an  interest  in  educa¬ 
tional  matters ;  men  who  are  willing  to 
have  teachers  well  paid  for  their  work. 
When  Baby  was  sick,  we  gave  her  Castorla, 
When  she  was  a  ChUd,  she  cried  for  Castorla, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castorla, 
When  she  had  Children,  she  gave  them  Castorla 
Then  do  all  in  your  power  to  have  the 
school  term  lengthened,  and  use  your 
voice  in  opposition  to  changing  teachers 
every  term.  Suppose  you  have  a  farm 
to  rent ;  will  it  be  to  your  profit  to  have 
a  new  tenant  every  six  months?  No; 
when  you  find  a  good  man,  you  will  make 
an  effort  to  keep  him.  Do  the  same  when 
you  find  a  good  teacher. 
In  regard  to  the  length  of  term,  allow 
me  to  quote  from  a  speech  of  the  late 
(deceased)  Superintendent  of  Public  In¬ 
struction  of  Pennsylvania  :  “  We  do  not 
take  care  of  our  pigs  six  months  and  let 
them  run  six  ;  we  do  not  take  care  of  our 
sheep  six  months  and  let  them  run  six  ; 
we  do  not  so  treat  our  Durham  or  Jersey 
stock.  Why,  in  the  name  of  Heaven,  not 
take  the  care  of  your  children  that  you 
do  of  your  stock  and  have  them  in 
school  in  the  precious  years  of  early 
youth  that  can  never  return  to  them  ? 
Every  school  in  the  Commonwealth  of 
Pennsylvania  ought  to  be  open  nine 
months.  There  is  no  reason  why  they 
should  not  be.”  “  school  teacher.” 
Canned  Fruit  for  Daily  Use. 
LEST  apples  be  used  to  satiety,  a  cor¬ 
respondent  pleads  for  putting  up 
more  canned  fruit.  She  suggests  that  to 
preserve  80  or  90  jars  is  not  a  heavy  task, 
if  five  or  six  jars  of  a  kind  are  put  up,  as 
the  fruits  come  in  season.  This  plea  for 
variety  is  good,  as  far  as  it  goes  ;  and  it 
is  needed,  for  there  is  many  a  farm 
home  where  canned  fruit  is  almost  an 
unknown  quantity  except  on  company 
occasions.  The  chief  reasons  for  this  are 
a  lack  of  the  raw  material  and  a  lack  of 
jars,  the  latter  being  an  expensive  item. 
Still,  as  the  jars  may  with  care  last  a 
lifetime,  or  indefinitely,  they  are  not  a 
real  extravagance,  and  the  gain  in  having 
fruit  ready  for  use  at  all  times  is  very 
great.  But  the  90  cans  of  which  our  cor¬ 
respondent  speaks  are  a  most  inadequate 
provision  for  every-day  use  with  any  but 
the  smallest  families.  A  family  of  two, 
well  supplied  with  every  variety  of  fresh 
fruit,  so  that  no  drafts  need  be  made  on 
the  stores  during  the  summer,  can  easily 
use  100  quarts  of  the  canned  product. 
Spice  Twists. — Here  is  Octave  Thanet’s 
idea,  given  in  the  Atlanta  Constitution, 
as  to  the  best  method  of  making  spice 
twists.  This  Swedish  sweet-bread  she 
pronounces  “truly  delicious.”  Take  a 
good-sized  lump  of  dough  that  has  risen 
once,  cut  into  small  strips  about  eight 
inches  long,  two  inches  wide  and  one  inch 
thick.  (These  dimensions  do  not  need 
to  be  measured  with  a  rule — they  may 
be  guessed.)  Have  ready  a  saucer  con¬ 
taining  melted  butter  and  another  saucer 
containing  a  cup  of  sugar,  a  teaspoonful 
of  cinnamon  and  a  scant  teaspoonful  of 
allspice,  well  mixed.  Roll  the  strips  in 
the  melted  butter,  then  in  the  sugar  and 
spice.  Tie  the  strips  into  a  knot  with¬ 
out  drawing  the  loop  through.  The  loop 
will  be  in  the  air  and  the  ends  concealed, 
making  a  pretty  twist.  Put  the  twists 
in  a  pan — no  need  to  butter  the  pan — a 
little  distance  apart,  that  each  may  bake 
on  all  sides.  The  sugar  will  melt  with  a 
pleasant  effect.  They  will  require  about 
20  minutes  in  a  good  oven  to  bake.  Be¬ 
fore  taking  them  oat  it  is  often  well  to 
put  them  upside  down  on  the  top  grate 
of  the  oven  to  stiffen  the  under  crust  of 
sugar.  They  are  best  drained — if  I  may 
use  the  expression — on  a  piece  of  brown 
paper. 
Toothpick  Service. 
“  'T'  II E  practice  of  serving  toothpicks 
JL  as  a  course  is  no  longer  observed  in 
polite  society.  Neither  are  they  used 
as  a  sideboard  decoration  and  a  center- 
piece  for  the  table.  Neither  are  they 
served  along  with  after-dinner  coffee, 
and  it  is  not  polite  to  pick  the  teeth  at 
the  table  ;  it  is  rather  the  act  of  a  scav¬ 
enger,  even  if  the  face  and  mouth  are 
covered  by  a  napkin,  as  some  people 
seem  to  think  is  correct.  Really  refined 
people  suffer  pain  rather  than  to  pick 
their  teeth  at  the  table.  The  toothpick 
is  properly  an  an  article  for  the  toilet 
and  for  the  bathroom  and  dressing- 
room,  and  not  for  the  dining  room. 
People  do  not  clean  their  nails  at  the 
table,  which  would  be  far  preferable,  j 
The  time  has  really  come  when  some¬ 
thing  should  be  said  about  this  disgust¬ 
ing  toothpick  fad.  Better  go  to  the  den-  | 
tist  and  have  the  holes  plugged  up  with 
gold  and  cement,  instead  of  prying  meat 
out  with  a  toothpick.” 
This  is  from  the  Hotel  Journal.  As  the 
“  toothpick  service”  no  doubt  originated 
in  the  hotels,  it  is  grat'fyingto  know  that 
even  in  these  refinement  is  slowly  but 
surely  working  its  way.  As  a  people  we 
are  surely  improving  in  surface  man¬ 
ners  ;  but,  unfortunately  for  our  reputa¬ 
tion,  a  craze  like  the  toothpick  service 
sometimes  temporarily  engulfs  the  whole 
nation. 
An  Irish  Cup  of  Tea. 
COMING  in  tired  from  a  long  walk,  I 
went  to  my  room  to  lie  down,  and 
on  my  way  left  a  message  for  Mary : 
“Tell  Mary  to  make  me  a  cup  of  tea — 
strong — and  bring-  it  up  stairs.” 
In  the  course  of  time  there  appeared  at 
my  door  Mary’s  round,  smiling  face. 
“It’s  an  Irish  cup  of  tea  I’m  bringin’ 
you,  ma’am,”  she  said. 
“An  ‘Irish  cup  of  tea,’  Mary!  And 
what  is  that  ?  ” 
“It’s  a  cup  flowin’  into  the  saucer; 
ma’am.” 
I  laughed  as  I  took  the  “  Irish  cup  of 
tea.” 
“  Wait  and  take  down  the  cup,  Mary.” 
And  Mary  stood  beamingly  beside  me 
while  I  drank  the  tea.  “So  that’s  the 
kind  of  cup  you  get  at  home,  Mary,  is  it — 
the  tea  running  into  the  saucer  ?  ” 
“Oh  yes,  ma’am,”  she  said.  “When 
ye  give  a  cup  of  tea  to  a  friend,  ye’re  not 
givin’  plenty  unless  it’s  flowin’  into  the 
saucer.  We’d  not  be  insultin’  a  friend 
wid  a  cup  that  wasn’t  full.  At  home  it’s 
mane  ye  are  if  ye  don’t  fill  the  cup  run- 
nin’  over.” — Harper’s  Bazar. 
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