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April  8,  1910. 
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From  Day  to  Day 
The  Flutes  of  April 
Don’t  you  hoar  the  flutes  of  April  ealliug 
Hear  and  calling  cool 
Fnm  the  crests  that  front  the  morning, 
from  the  hidden  valley  pool, 
Uunes  of  rapture  half  forgotten,  tunes 
wherein  old  passions  rule? 
Passions  for  the  sweet  earth  beauty  hid¬ 
den  long  and  hidden  deep 
Underneath  the  seal  of  silence  in  the 
vasts  of  Winter  sleep. 
Now  unleashed  and  now  unloosened  once 
again  to  pulse  and  leap! 
Don't  you  hear  the  flutes  of  April,  like 
the  ancient  pipes  of  Pan, 
Summoning  each  slumbering  kindred, 
summoning  each  drowsing  clan. 
Sounding  a  far  borne  reveille  to  the  lag¬ 
gard  heart  of  man  ! 
Bidding  every  seed  to  quicken,  bidding 
every  root  to  climb, 
Thrilling  every  thevv  and  fibre  as  with 
some  ecstatic  rhyme, 
Sotting  floods  of  sap  to  dancing  upward 
in  triumphant  time! 
Don’t  yon  hear  the  flutes  of  April  blow¬ 
ing  under  sun  and  star. 
Virginal  as  is  the  dawning,  tender  as  dim 
twilights  are. 
With  the  vital  breath  of  being  prisoned 
in  each  rhythmic  bar? 
With  their  lyric  divination,  prescience  of 
all  things  fair. 
With  their  magic  transmutation,  guerdon 
for  each  soul  to  share; 
Don't  you  hear  the  flutes  of  April  wafted 
down  the  April  air? 
-  Clinton  Scnllard  in  New  York  Sun. 
* 
DjwjciOUS  little  croutons  to  use  with 
soup  are  made  by  slicing  stale  bread  an 
inch  thick,  cutting  into  one-inch  squares, 
and  then  browning  carefully  in  the  oven, 
so  that  they  are  brown  all  through,  like 
zwieback.  Made  of  good  light  bread 
these  croutons  are  as  crisp  and  light  as 
the  little  English  dinner  biscuits.  They 
are  also  nice  served  with  hot  milk  as  a 
cereal.  Croutons  that  are  dropped  into 
the  soup  before  it  is  brought  to  the  table 
are  half-inch  squares  of  bread  fried 
brown  in  butter. 
IlKRK  is  a  fudge  icing  that  we  are  told 
will  stay  soft  and  creamy  as  long  as  the 
cake  lasts:  One-fourth  cake  of  chocolate 
melted  with  a  little  hot  water,  two  eups 
sugar,  one  cup  milk.  Boil  until  a  little 
dropped  in  cold  water  will  make  a  soft 
ball  (not  until  it  threads);  stir  in  a 
teaspoon ful  of  butter,  and  let  it  cool. 
When  cool  beat  till  creamy,  add  nuts  if 
desired,  and  spread  on  cake  while  it  is 
still  about  the  consistency  of  thick  mo¬ 
lasses. 
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Oxk  of  our  friends  explained  recently 
that  she  had  been  dyeing  a  crepe  de 
chine  waist  with  Crape  paper,  the  re¬ 
sult  being  entirely  satisfactory.  Tt  was 
a  flesh  pink  waist  that  had  faded  in 
washing,  and  was  washed  perfectly  clean 
before  dyeing.  The  dye  was  prepared  by 
tearing  off  about  a  yard  and  a  half  of  pink 
crape  paper,  which  was  put  in  a  howl,  and 
boiling  water  poured  over  it.  Enough  water 
was  added,  when  the  paper  was  strained 
out,  to  get  the  color  desired,  and  iho 
waist  was  then  dipped  until  the  right 
tint,  after  which  it  was  rinsed  in  clear 
water,  and  rolled  in  a  cloth  until  dry 
enough  to  iron.  It  should  he  deeper  in 
color  when  wet  than  the  desired  tint 
when  dry,  A  nice  shade  of  yellow  is 
obtained  from  orange  crape  paper.  We 
do  not  advise  substituting  crape  paper 
for  regular  dyes,  but  there  are  doubtless 
emergencies,  where  a  little  bit  of  dyeing 
is  needed,  when  colored  paper  may  he 
used  with  satisfaction. 
* 
As  wo  travel  about  the  great  city  and 
adjacent  suburban  towns,  we  arc  often 
impressed  by  the  extremely  had  manners 
displayed  by  young  people  generally,  and 
especially  by  young  men.  We  do  not 
allude  here  to  deference  for  age,  for 
young  America  has  never  been  noted  for 
that,  but  to  a  generally  selfisli,  aggressive 
attitude,  and  an  apparent  determination 
t<>  seek  personal  comfort  or  gratification 
at  any  expense  to  others.  There  has 
certainly  been  a  distinct  deterioration 
in  public  manners  during  the  past  decade. 
Education  is  wider  in  scope,  and  more 
costly  to  the  taxpayers,  than  ever  be¬ 
fore,  but  it  lias  not  ameliorated  the 
amenities  of  the  street.  Nothing  so  rec¬ 
ommends  a  young  person  to  people  of 
“Uhe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
sense  and  good-breeding  as  courteous  and 
agreeable  manners,  Perhaps,  as  time  goes 
on,  we  shall  have  to  send  city  young  peo¬ 
ple  to  the  country,  to  learn  those  good 
manners  that  are  founded  on  genuine  un¬ 
selfishness  and  consideration  for  others, 
for  the  city  veneer  seems  to  slip  aside 
very  easily.  “Manners  makytli  man." 
said  William  of  Wykeham  five  hundred 
years  ago.  There  is  good  reason  to  con¬ 
sider  that  motto,  and  to  remember  that 
boorishness  is  no  evidence  of  independ¬ 
ence  or  strength  of  character. 
Raw-canning  Process 
I  can  peaches,  pears  and  berries  by 
raw  canning  process,  as  follows:  Make 
a  rich  syrup  and  have  it  boiling.  Ster¬ 
ilize  jars  and  have  them  standing  in  very 
hot  water.  Pack  prepared  fruit  in  the 
jars,  fill  to  overflowing  with  hot  syrup, 
taking  out  air  bubbles  with  a  silver  knife. 
Seal  the  jars  and  fill  the  pan  they  are  in 
with  boiling  water,  turn  another  pan 
over  them  and  stand  aside  until  cool. 
The  Rural  Patterns 
In  ordering  give  number  of  pat 
tern  and  size  desired.  Price  of 
each  pattern  10  cents. 
8955 — Short  Coat  for  Misses  and  Small  Women, 
in  iiikT  Is  years. 
8909 — Gathered  8lurt  with  Yoke  for  Misses 
and  Small  Women,  10  n m  1  IS  years.  To  be 
joined  on  stminlil  or  pointed  outline. 
8913 — Blouse  with  Double  Breasted  Closing.  31 
to  44  lmst.  With  eollar  Pint  rat i  be  irinde  round 
and  worn  closed  or  open,  or  lioished  with  liuriii); 
points. 
8907 — Three-Piece  Skirt  with  or  without 
Pockets,  24  to  34  waist. 
8911 — Short  Coat,  34  to  42  luisl 
8877 — Four  Gored  Skirt,  24  to  32  waist.  With 
Or  Without  Jioekels. 
8749 — Gown  with  Three  or  Four  Piece  Skirt. 
34  to  46  bust.  With  collar  that  can  tie  worn 
open  or  closed,  long  or  elbow  sleeves. 
8906 — Side  Belted  Coat,  34  to  42  bust.  With 
Y-shaped  neck  and  cape,  or  with  high  collar 
that  can  be  worn  closed  or  open. 
8926 — Four  Piece  Skirt,  24  to  34  waist .  With 
or  without  pockets  and  with  or  without  shaped 
belt. 
Remove,  dry  and  wrap  in  paper.  I  have 
had  strawberries  keep  live  years  that 
were  done  that  way. 
Canned  corn.  Cash  each  row  and 
with  a  dull  knife  press  out  pulp;  to  eight 
cupfuls  of  pulp,  add  two  of  water,  three- 
quarters  cup  sugar  and  one-third  cup  of 
salt.  I-et  cook  slowly  for  13  or  20  min¬ 
utes,  put  in  sterilized  hot  jars  tilling  up 
with  boiling  water  if  necessary. 
Canned  string  beans.  Prepare  as  if 
for  table  use.  In  another  vessel  have 
water  slightly  saltier  than  the  water 
beans  are  in.  When  the  beans  are  thor¬ 
oughly  heated  through,  or  when  they  have 
commenced  to  boil,  dip  them  out  with  a 
tea  strainer  and  put  in  hot  sterilized 
jars.  When  filled  with  beans  till  jars  to 
over-flowing  with  the  saltier  water,  run¬ 
ning  a  silver  knife  down  so  as  to  get  out 
all  air  babbles,  fasten  tops  on  and  turn 
upside  down.  When  cold  wrap. in  paper 
or  put  in  the  dark.  I  have  found  out 
that,  canned  stuff  does  not  keep  so  well 
if  exposed  to  the  light.  MUS.  i>.  <'.  B. 
Seen  in  New  York  Shops 
Unlined  corduroy  coats  for  girls  of  10 
to  14  are  $13.75,  very  pretty  models  of 
sand  color,  rose  or  blue.  Black  and 
white  cheeks,  or  blue  serge  with  collars 
of  rose  or  blue,  sizes  0  to  14,  are  87.  m. 
These  are  all  Spring  weights  and  styles. 
Very  pretty  are  little  girls'  coats  of 
black  and  white  check  at  $5,  sizes  2  to  G 
years.  There  are  attractive  belted  mod¬ 
els  in  wide-wale  Bedford  cord,  navy  and 
Copenhagen  blue,  with  scalloped  white 
pique  collars,  for  $0.73. 
Princess  slips,  for  wear  under  thin 
gowns,  have  full  flounces  and  frilled  skirts; 
crepe  de  chine  slips  are  made  with  net 
flounces.  A  slip  of  white  taffeta  is  S3; 
crepe  de  chine  $G.73. 
Misses’  sailor  suits  of  white  linene, 
sizes  14  to  20,  are  82.30.  They  are  made 
just  like  the  more  expensive  dresses  of 
real  linen  with  red  hand  on  right,  sleeve, 
red  anchor  on  shield  and  left  sleeve,  sail¬ 
or  collar  and  cuffs  of  blue  percale.  There 
is  a  yoke  on  both  blouse  and  skirt  and 
patch  pockets.  These  suits,  and  in  fact 
most,  misses’  garments,  are  also  made  in 
the  intermediate  sizes  known  as  “jun¬ 
iors,"  for  girls  of  13  and  17. 
Among  women’s  readymade  dresses  for 
Spring  wear  are  many  pretty  moderately 
priced  styles  in  serge,  silk  poplin  and  taf¬ 
feta.  One  mourning  dress  of  soft  Jap¬ 
anese  silk  had  a  plain  full  blouse  with 
sailor  collar  trimmed  with  cord  ng,  long 
sleeves  gathered  into  eitfl’s  trimmed  willi 
buttons  and  cording,  and  a  full  skirt  with 
cording  at  the  top  of  the  hem.  Ibis 
dress,  in  black  only,  was  $0.7. ».  There 
arc  pretty  models  in  serge  and  silk  pop¬ 
lin,  black,  navy  blue  or  Russian  green, 
for  $5.73. 
Black  glassware  is  si  new  fstd,  seen  in 
bowls,  flower  baskets,  bud  vases  and  all 
sorts  of  odd  p'cces,  some  plain,  some 
painted  with  (lowers  or  decorated  in  gold. 
The  pieces  are  all  prices  from  13  cents 
for  a  little  ash  tray  to  810  or  more  for  a 
large  flower  center. 
Puff  Paste 
Would  you  let  me  know  how  to  make 
the  dough  for  oyster  patties?  ,r.  R.  <•. 
T’ufT  paste,  which  is  richer  and  flakier 
than  ordinary  pie  crust,  is  used  to  make 
patty  shells.  The  great  point  iu  mak¬ 
ing  it  is  to  keep  it  cold  throughout  the 
process;  for  this  reason  it  is  best  to  use 
a  glass  rolling-pin  and  a  glass,  marble  or 
Refinish 
Your 
Furniture 
Mission 
Style 
It's  so  easy  — costs  so  little 
if  you  rely  on 
Him 
Purposely  Made  for  Every  Purpose 
Use  T. ruas  Hone  Helps  Abbey  Main  for 
the  Mission  finish,  and  the  result  will  be 
so  beautiful  you’ll  want  to  go  ull  through 
your  home,  'sprucing  up'  this  piece  of 
furniture  and  that,  tOc  buys  enough  to 
i-ltnish  two  elinira.  Ank  your 
dialer  for  Deietu  tie  me  Help*.  If 
Ji«  hasn't  them,  send  20c 
The  in  stamps  and  wc  will  see 
r:„,  thnt  you  are  supplied. 
*>  :  ,21  Valuable  hook-  •■palnt- 
l  a  inter  |fU  ||eiM  *  ^  fr,*. 
John  Lucas  &  Co.,  Inc. 
Office  13,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Antiqur  (Hhtuys. 
homespun  bed  spreads,  bed-warmers,  mirrors, silver, 
chairs,  etc.  Send  J  or  HI  of  things  desired. 
L.  E.  K  N  O  T  T 
Jamaica  Plain  Mass. 
WILL  MEND  THAT  VASE 
LET  ER  RAIN 
If  you've  a.  mail’s  work  to  do  — 
wear  Tower's  Fish  Brand 
RfflfX  SLICK  f.R  « 
JefC  A.J  TOWtRCO. 
The  Favorite  Table  Syrup  From 
Maine  to  California 
THIS  MORNING — thousands  of  men,  women  and 
children  breakfasted  on  crisp  griddle  cakes  and  Karo 
— the  great  table  syrup  of  this  country. 
There’s  no  syrup  quite  so  good  or  so  popular  as  Karo  for 
waffles,  hot  biscuits,  corn  bread — every  kind  of  bread. 
In  cooking,  too,  preserving,  in  making  desserts  and  candies, 
clever  housewives  are  finding  Karo  a  wonderful  help.  The 
Corn  Products  Cook  Book  tells  how.  There  is  a  free  copy 
for  you,  send  for  it. 
Housekeepers  nowadays  order  tCaro  by  the  dozen  cans  to  avoid 
running  short. 
Karo  Premium  Aluminum  Griddle  to  Karo  Users 
At  Less  Than  Half  Price 
Send  us  the  labels  from  50  cents  worth  of  Karo  and  85  cents  in 
stamps  or  money  order  and  you’ll  get  this  $2.25  Solid  Aluminum 
Griddle  by  parcel  post  prepaid. 
Women  who  have  used  this  Aluminum  Griddle  say  they  would 
never  go  back  to  the  ordinary  kind. 
Remember,  it  needs  no  greasing — doesn’t  smoke — can’t  rust;  does  not 
chip  and;  is  really  easy  to  keep  clean  and  bright  on  both  sides.  It  heats 
uniformly  over  entire  baking  surface — every  cake  well  done  all  over. 
Get  the  Karo  from  your  grocer  and  send  for  one  ot  these  Griddles  at  once. 
CORN  PRODUCTS  REFINING  COMPANY 
Dept.  204  New  York  P.  O.  Box  161 
