1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
4i5 
pastry is unknown to my children, and 
sponge cake is their cakQ. A little taste 
of frosted cake is a treat not often in¬ 
dulged, the frosting being their nearest 
approach to candy. 
I have been accused of being “ fussy” 
about my children’s food, and perhaps 
all mothers would not need to be so 
careful; but both children have delicate 
stomachs and any variation from the 
regular diet usually causes trouble; ordi¬ 
narily they are perfectly healthy and re¬ 
quire very little medicine. I prefer to 
keep them well with proper food, vary¬ 
ing it as the case requires rather than to 
use medicine for them. 
FRANCFS MOSELEY TERRY. 
Some Good Reasons. 
Shou’d the children eat at the same 
table and of everything the parents 
do? Yes, and no. I think no part of 
the family circle is more complete than 
the table surrounded by healthy, well- 
behaved children, in which all, even baby 
in her high chair, furnish their share 
of the entertainment. There the baby’s 
training begins. A little firmness when 
she asks for what she may not have, and 
being taken away when naughty, soon 
teach her that it is best to be a good 
child. Train children while very 
young to eat properly, leave napkin, 
plate, etc., in proper order, and there 
will not be so many disagreeable people 
at table. 
Much of the food found on the tables, 
especially of farmers—who might and 
should have the best—is unfit for any one 
to eat I know whereof 1 speak, for 
years ago I boarded ai ound. I make visits 
unexpectedly now, and times have not 
changed much. Poor bread, rich, half- 
baked pies and cakes, greasy meat, few 
and poorly-cooked vegetables and very 
little fruit. I know this is not an agree¬ 
able picture to those who are accustomed 
to light bread and cake, fiaky pie crust, 
delicious yet healthful puddings, vege¬ 
tables the year ’round, well-cooked meat, 
fish or eggs, and fresh or nicely-canned 
fruits in abundance. Of this food, all 
may eat, save baby, who should have a 
crust of bread, or bread and milk, fruit 
and grains, well cooked, with milk. A 
fine grain food is called Granola, not 
Granula, already cooked, and only needs 
warm, hot or cold milk, and to stand 
about 10 minutes to make ready for use. 
Well people like it; sick ones may eat it, 
and for children there is nothing better. 
It is made at Battle Creek, Mich. Our 
grocer keeps it, but I think it is not gen¬ 
erally known or used. mrs w. w. h. 
A WORD ABOUT ROADSIDES. 
N OW that the newspapers are agitat¬ 
ing the subject of good roads, 
would it not be advisable to say a word 
in regard to roadsides ? The city people 
advocate good roads, especially the 
bicycle element which is rapidly increas¬ 
ing. What shall we do with those who 
disfigure our roadsides by dumping all 
the refuse of their back yards and pan- 
tries, consisting of broken crockery, old 
tinware, tin cans, etc., by the country 
roadsides without leave or license ? One 
of our beautiful mountain roads leading 
from the neighboring city, which has 
been widened and improved at consider¬ 
able expense to the town, as it is a pop¬ 
ular and pleasant drive, has been made 
such a dumping ground that, although 
the trees grow beautifully on either side, 
one can hardly find a spot of ground 
which is not covered with back yard 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, 
OuB new cash terms are attracting 
a great many subscription club work¬ 
ers. There are good wages in it. Are 
you interested ? If so write for them. 
refuse. If these people who consider the 
whole country free, would dig a hole and 
bury such refuse out of sight, or dump it 
in a hole and shovel a little earth over it, 
doubtless Nature would soon conceal 
their broken treasure. But at present, 
it is not a pleasant sight for country peo¬ 
ple or any one else, and this practice 
should be discontinued. There is very 
little to encourage country people to 
beautify their roadsides. For instance, 
there is a case very near home of a farmer 
having about half a mile of land front¬ 
ing a public street, who has taken a cer¬ 
tain amount of pride in picking up all 
the stones and smoothing off the land by 
the roadside so that it is green and level. 
Too level, in fact, so that people will 
turn down on to it and drive right straight 
up through past the front gate, cutting 
deep ruts', not only during the spring¬ 
time when the roads are muddy, but in 
the warm weather if the roads are a 
trifle dusty. Of course, the people who 
do this have their own roadsides dug out 
in holes from which they cart soil to the 
barnyard, or covered with heaps of stone 
picked up from the farm. The road is 
always kept in good repair, but there is 
a certain lawlessness about such things 
in the country that is discouraging to im¬ 
provements, and exasperating to would- 
be improvers. Alice e. pinney. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Something About Mason Jars. —To put 
up fruit with Mason jars, make the lids 
hot before putting on ; the contents will 
keep better. When opening, pour a pint 
of boiling water over the lid, or hold it 
over the spout of a teakettle when boil¬ 
ing, for one minute, and it will come off 
easily. I often had to wait for my hus¬ 
band to come in to remove the lids for 
me before I found this way. 
MBS. WRIGHT. 
[We have found a much easier way of 
removing the lid. Take a knife and 
force the blade between the lid and the 
rubber, and press the rubber down. 
This will admit the air into the jar, and 
relieve the partial vacuum caused by 
the contraction of the hot fruit. This 
vacuum is the main source of the diffi¬ 
culty in opening. It is sometimes neces¬ 
sary to run the edge of the knife all 
around between the rubber and the lid, 
as the rubber sometimes adheres to the 
lid.—E ds.J 
Some Features in Summer Millinery.—A 
very pretty style of trimming hats is 
deservedly popular this summer. It con¬ 
sists in arranging flowers, ribbon or vel¬ 
vet on the under side of the hat so as to 
lie against the hair. Sometimes there is 
a wreath of flowers or a twist of ribbon 
all around, but oftener a half wreath or 
trimming on one side only. Then, again, 
the front or back of the hat is chosen for 
the bow of ribbon or the flowers. The 
placing of the trimming depends on the 
shape of the hat and the taste of the 
trimmer ; the charm of the arrangement 
is in bringing the dainty colors alongside 
the hair. Pretty hair, well arranged, is 
necessary to complete the pleasing effect 
aimed for in this style, and colors should 
be well chosen. Golden hair can have 
nothing prettier than light blue or lilac. 
Dark haired women are in the majority, 
and they have a wider range of colors to 
choose from, almost any being suitable. 
Caring for Young Animals.— I believe 
that any loving, warm-hearted woman, 
takes more solid enjoyment feeding the 
pretty calves, with their innocent faces, 
the little roly-poly pigs with their cute, 
bright ways, as they whisk around their 
broad-shouldered mothers, and the lov¬ 
ing, pet lambs, than she would sitting in 
an elegant parlor without care working 
at fancy work intended only to please 
the eye. Feeding live stock in its infancy, 
is making one’s self truly useful, and 
there is a daily satisfaction in noting 
their growth. The poultry belongs to 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
the household work just as much as does 
the care of the pet canary, and it should 
in nowise be considered as part and 
parcel of the farmer’s work, unless he 
makes it a specialty. may maple. 
HOME CONFERENCE. 
Preserving Strawberries. 
F. W. H., Warren, Me.—W ill The 
R. N.-Y. or some of its readers tell how 
to put up strawberries in glass jars so 
that they will look well, retaining their 
color and form ? There are some for 
sale here, put up in Rochester, that look 
as bright and fresh as when picked—a 
strong contrast to most preserved fruits. 
What About Oil Stoves? 
L. E. M., Petersburg, Va.—I would 
like to hear from those who have used 
them, their experience with oil stoves. 
Which is better, kerosene or gasoline ? 
Which is the easier kept clean, and 
which the safer ? 
THOUGHTS FOR THfi WEEK. 
Don’t pick a quarrel with the Past, 
My friend, but go your way ; 
And If you must a quarrel have, 
Come, quarrel with To-day ; 
To-day Is nearer to your size. 
The Past, a monster vast, 
Invulnerable, and all untamed. 
Don't quarrel with the Past. 
- Oood Housekeeping. 
... .Anonymous ; “ A good many sermons 
are aimed too high ever to hit anything 
on earth.” 
-Katherine B. Johnson: “Absolutely 
perfect housekeeping is not essential to 
the most beautiful home-making — indeed 
is often fatal to it—while a little j udicious 
shirking and charming disorderliness is 
the highest wisdom.” 
_Frederic W. Farrar: “Remember 
that if the opportunities for great deeds 
should never come, the opportunity for 
good deeds is renewed for you day by 
day. The thing for us to long for is the 
goodness, not the glory.” 
... .Auerbach : “ The best and simplest 
cosmetic for woman is constant gentle¬ 
ness and sympathy for the noblest in¬ 
terests of her fellow creatures. This 
preserves and gives to her features an 
indelibly gay, fresh and agreeable ex¬ 
pression.” 
_Atchison Globe : “ Woman is a crea¬ 
ture that goes to a dress-reform club and 
votes that bifurcated skirts be adopted, 
and then goes to her dressmaker and 
orders her dresses made low in the neck, 
with long trains. She also gets on a 
platform and demands the ballot for 
woman, and then fails to register.” 
Everybody’s 
Shoes 
.should be kept oiled with 
Vacuum Leather Oil* 
It saves money—the shoes last longer; 
1 lector’s bills—wet feet. Harness needs 
it also, and more of it at a time. 
25c. worth is a fair tri.il —ami your 
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eacli can. 
l-'or p.iinphlet, free, “ How to Takk Cark 
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VACUUM OIL CO., Rochester. N. Y. 
Beecham’.s pills are 
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liver, dizziness, sick head¬ 
ache, bad taste in the mouth, 
coated tongue, loss of appe¬ 
tite, sallow skin, when caused 
by constipation; and consti¬ 
pation is the most frequei 
cause of all of them. 
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