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©7>e  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  11,  1916, 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day 
The  Evening  Prayer 
In  the  twilight  of  my  days, 
In  the  evening  of  the  years, 
Life  unto  my  saddened  gaze 
Scents  a  vision  veiled  in  tears. 
All  the  knowledge  fades  away 
That  I  vainly  thought  to  keep; 
As  a  little  child  I  pray: 
"Now  1  lay  me  down  to  sleep.” 
I  have  wandered  far  from  Thee 
Since  that  childish  prayer  I  said, 
And  the  lips  that  taught  it  me 
Have  been  gathered  to  the  dead; 
Yet  her  face  I  seem  to  see 
When  the  evening  shadows  creep, 
And  again,  as  at.  her  knee. 
Pray  Thee,  Lord,  my  soul  to  keep! 
Softly  fades  the  lingering  light; 
l.o  !  the  last  beam  leaves  the  skies; 
And  I  watch,  amid  the  night, 
For  the  evening  slur  to  rise. 
Far  beyond  the  bounds  of  space 
I  may  drift  ere  day  shall  break ; 
Let  me  see  my  mother's  face 
If  I  die  before  I  wake ! 
Darker  grows  the  gathering  gloom, 
While  my  soul  its  vigil  keeps 
With  the  memories  that  loom 
I  p  from  Life’s  unsounded  deeps. 
When  upon  a  sunless  strand 
I  shall  hear  the  surges  break. 
Ere  I  near  the  Nameless  Land. 
Pray  Thee,  Lord,  my  soul  to  take! 
—Marie  Conway  Oemlcr,  in  the  Indepen¬ 
dent. 
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Horseradish  sauce  is  excellent  with 
roast  or  boiled  beef,  hot  or  cold.  It  calls 
for  one  teaspoonful  of  dry  mustard,  rme 
teaspoonful  of  vinegar,  three  tablespnou- 
f uls  of  thick  cream,  one-lialf  teaspoon ful 
of  chopped  onion,  a  pinch  of  salt,  and 
the  horseradish.  The  vinegar  and  dry 
mustard  are  mixed  well  together,  then  the 
cream,  onion  and  salt  added.  The  horse¬ 
radish  is  then  grated  in.  enough  to  make 
a  sauce  as  stiff  as  whipped  cream.  Cold 
boiled  salt  pork,  cut  in  tlii.n  slices,  is  very 
nice  with  this  sauce. 
Fairy  gingerbread  wafers  are  dainty 
and  delicious.  Mix  half  a  cupful  of  butter 
with  one  of  brown  sugar.  Add  three- 
q natters  of  a  cupful  of  molasses,  oue 
scant  teaspoonful  of  baking  soda  dis¬ 
solved  in  a  half  cupful  of  sour  milk,  gin¬ 
ger  and  spices  to  taste,  about  two  cup¬ 
fuls  of  sifted  flour  and  one  cupful  of 
chopped  nut  meats.  Spread  as  thinly 
and  evenly  as  possible  on  inverted  pans, 
well  greased,  and  bake  to  a  golden  brown 
(do  not  hake  too  hard).  Cut  quickly  into 
squares  and  roll  up  into  small  cylinders. 
Many  women  who  do  china  painting 
employ  hydrofluoric  acid  to  remove 
stains  or  discoloration  from  the  finished 
china,  as  this  acid  has  a  powerful  cor¬ 
rosive  effect  on  glass  or  porcelain,  etch¬ 
ing  away  the  surface.  Those  using  it  are 
always  warned  against  any  carelessness 
with  the  acid,  hut  we  think  many  do  not 
realize  its  danger.  It  has  the  peculiar 
property  of  hardening  the  surface  of  the 
skin  while  eating  away  the  tissues  be¬ 
neath  it,  the  corrosion  being  accompanied 
by  intense  and  fur-reaching  pain.  In  one 
case  under  observation  the  china  painter, 
who  had  been  using  a  minute  quantity 
of  the  acid  on  cotton  hatting,  carelessly 
touched  this  bit  of  cotton  with  her  finger, 
washed  her  hands  carefully,  and  then  dis¬ 
covered.  by  the  increasing  pain,  that  she 
was  already  burned.  She  lost  the  tip  of 
one  finger,  and  passed  through  a  long 
period  of  suffering.  Certainly,  hydroflu¬ 
oric  acid  is  not  a  substance  to  he  handled 
by  the  careless  or  absent-minded. 
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Just  how  much  useless  lumber  do  you 
store  away?  A  city  woman  in  a  small 
apartment  cannot  accumulate  things  ;  she 
has  just  room  enough  to  live  in,  and  no 
more.  lienee  rags,  broken  crockery, 
leaky"  preserve  jars  or  disabled  kettles 
must  be  discarded  at  once,  and  their 
space  given  over  to  articles  in  use,  On 
the  farm  there  is  a  strong  temptation  to 
store  things  that  “may  come  in  handy 
some  day.”  If  they  don’t  come  in  loiudy 
they  remain  to  accumulate  dust  and  litter 
— to  make  the  “shop”  look  like  a  junk- 
pile,  or  to  take  up  space  in  the  attic  or 
storeroom,  where  they  must  be  turned 
over  wearily  at  every  house-cleaning. 
Now,  we  certainly  would  not  substitute 
the  drastic  plan  of  one  woman  who  as¬ 
serted  that  every  third  year  she  threw 
away  everything  that  was  not  in  actual 
use,  for  that  plan  means  waste.  There 
is.  however,  a  happy  medium,  and  with 
the  approach  of  housecleaning  this  may 
well  be  considered.  A  broken  article  that 
it  does  not  seem  worth  while  to  repair 
and  restore  to  use  at  once  is  certainly  not 
worth  storing  away,  unless  it  can  be  used 
in  repair  work.  Iu  that  case  it  may  be 
stored  in  the  farm  repair  shop.  Broken 
glass  and  crockery  should  either  be  mend¬ 
ed  promptly,  or  sent  to  the  “dump.”  We 
see  all  sorts  of  broken  remnants  littered 
about  roadsides  or  fence  corners  iu  some 
communities,  when  they  would  benefit 
the  neighborhood  by  decent  interment  in 
some  low  swampy  place  that  needs  filling. 
As  for  old  furniture,  while  we  may  thank 
our  forbears  for  storing  away  old  walnut 
and  mahogany,  that  may  be  restored  to 
beauty  and  value,  many  modern  pieces, 
inexpensive  to  begin  with,  are  only  fit  for 
the  woodbox  when  they  give  way.  If  they 
cannot  lie  inexpensively  mended,  and 
made  new  by  varnish  or  enamel  paint 
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The  Rural  Patterns 
In  ordering  give  number  of  pat¬ 
tern  and  size  desired.  Price  of 
each  pattern  10  cents. 
8696 — Blouse  With  Vest  Effect,  34  to  42  bust. 
8515 — Two-Piece  Yoke  Skirt  With  Plaited 
Sides,  24  to  32  waist.  With  High  or  Natural 
Waist  Line. 
8832 — Blouse  With  Vest,  34  to  42  bust.  With 
or  with  Hovers  and  Peplura,  with  Collar  that 
•itn  be  Hulled  Open  or  turned  up  about  the 
throat. 
8830 — Four  Piece  Skirt,  24  to  34  waist.  With 
Hu i soil  or  Natural  Waist  Line. 
8792 — One  Piece  Gown  With  Plaits,  34  to  42 
bust. 
8G95 — Gown  With  Raglan  Sleeves,  34  to  44 
bust. 
8693 — Gown  With  Plaited  Skirt,  34  to  42  bust. 
With  High  or  Square  Neck,  Long  or  Elbow 
Sleeves,  with  or  without  Pockets. 
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they  should  not  be  stored  away.  One  of 
the  things  that  always  strikes  an  obser¬ 
vant  woman  on  shipboard  is  the  orderly 
neatness  of  nautical  housekeeping.  There 
is  no  room  for  disorderly  superfluities; 
therefore  there  are  none.  The  same  rule 
applied  on  land  would  lighten  busy  hands 
of  many  extra  tasks  that  do  not  repay  the 
time  and  strength  expended. 
Seen  in  New  York  Shops 
“Buttonhole  braid”  is  now  seen  as  a 
finish  for  blouses.  It  is  a  slightly  waved 
cotton  soutache  with  a  small  loop  stand¬ 
ing  out  at  two-inch  intervals.  Put  along 
the  edge  of  closing,  it  forms  a  pretty 
finish  to  a  blouse  or  the  waist  of  a  cotton 
dress ;  many  of  the  readymade  garments 
have  this  closing  as  part  of  the  trimming. 
The  buttonhole  braid  costs  10  cents  for  a 
two-yard  piece,  and  may  he  obtained  in 
white,  black,  pink  and  pale  blue.  It  is 
very  pretty  for  children’s  Russian  dresses, 
and  a  great  saving  of  time. 
Among  separate  skirts  seen  recently 
was  an  accordion  pleated  model  of  serge, 
with  folded  satin  girdle,  price  .$4.49.  An¬ 
other  serge  skirt  was  a  strictly  tailored 
sport  model,  having  two  pockets  finished 
with  silk  ornaments;  it  was  buttoned 
down  the  front  with  bone  buttons,  and 
had  a  separate  belt;  in  black  and  navy 
blue,  it  was  $5.49.  A  pretty  style  in  good 
men's  wear  serge  had  a  circular  skirt 
stitched  to  a  shaped  yoke;  it  had  smart 
side  pockets,  and  was  fastened  in  front; 
price  $10.74.  There  are  very  attractive 
separate  skirts  of  black  taffeta  from 
about  $7,50  up,  many  of  them  for  about 
$10  pleated  in  panels.  Many  elderly 
women  like  a  nice,  black  taffeta  skirt  and 
lingerie  waist  for  Summer  wear,  and  they 
will  welcome  its  return  to  favor 
“Laundry  tints,”  to  he  used  like  bluing 
in  washing  fabrics  of  delicate  color  that 
might  fade,  come  in  shades  of  pink,  blue, 
green,  lavender,  tan,  yellow,  pearl,  etc., 
and  cost  25  cents  a  packet; 
All  sorts  of  shoe  buckles  are  shown  for 
Spring  wear.  We  are  promised  that  plain 
black  pumps  will  he  the  leading  style, 
decorated  with  buckles.  They  are  large, 
small,  plain  and  fancy;  leather,  silver,  jet, 
steel  and  rhinestone.  Plain  black  pumps 
are  a  good  investment;  they  can  be  worn 
with  spats  when  the  weather  is  cool  and 
as  warmer  days  come  the  spats  are  dis¬ 
carded  and  buckles  added.  Buckles  cost 
from  50  cents  to  $18  or  over  a  pair. 
A  Batch  of  Pancakes 
Feather  Griddle  Cakes. — Make  a  bat¬ 
ter  at  night  of  a  pint  of  water,  a  tea¬ 
spoonful  of  Salt  and  half  a  teacupful  of 
yeast;  in  the  morning  add  to  it  one  tea- 
cupful  thick  sour  milk,  two  eggs,  a  table¬ 
spoon  melted  butter,  a  half  teaspoon  of 
soda  and  flour  enough  to  make  the  con¬ 
sistency  of  pancake  batter.  Let  stand 
twenty  minutes,  then  bake. 
Bread  Griddle  Cakes. — Rub  one  cupful 
of  stale  bread  crumbs  fine  and  soak 
them  in  one  cupful  of  milk  for  fifteen 
minutes;  then  beat  until  smooth.  Add 
one-half  of  a  level  teaspoonful  of  salt, 
one  tablespoonful  of  butter,  melted,  and 
one  egg,  beaten  until  light.  Sift  iu  three- 
fourths  of  a  cupful  of  flour,  beating  the 
batter  well ;  then  quickly  stir  in  one 
rounding  teaspoonful  of  baking  powder. 
Bake  on  a  hot  griddle  and  serve  with 
maple  sirup. 
Bread  Griddle  Cakes  No.  2. — Add  one 
and  a  half  cupfuls  of  scalded  milk  and 
two  tablespoonfuls  of  butter  to  one  and 
a  half  cupfuls  of  tine  bread  crumbs,  and 
soak  until  crumbs  are  soft.  Add  two 
eggs,  well  beaten,  then  one-half  cupful  of 
flour,  one-half  teaspoon  fill  of  salt  and 
two  teaspoonfuls  of  baking  powder,  well 
mixed  together  ami  sifted.  Cook  as  other 
griddle  calces. 
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