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May  27,  ’016. 
Z>’he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day 
At  General  Grant’s  Tomb 
Upon  the  river’s  silver  tide 
The  warships,  stern  and  gray, 
At  anchor  patiently  abide 
The  word  to  go  or  stay. 
Perchance  within  the  marble  tomb 
Where  stately  columns  soar, 
A  spirit  trottbleth  in  the  gloom 
For  the  old  ways  once  more. 
Perchance  a  warrior  lying  cold 
With  sword  in  moiled  hand. 
Sees  what  dark  clouds  of  doubt  enfold 
11  is  well  beloved  land. 
Soldier,  from  chariots  of  the  sun 
Still  may  thy  spirit  lead. 
And  may  tli.v  mantle  fall  upon 
One  worthy  to  succeed ! 
Let  not  the  visiou  pass  away, 
Nor  thy  strong  influence  cease, 
Till,  foul  ' wrong  righted,  we  may  say 
With  thee,  “Let  us  have  peaee !” 
— M.  E.  Boehler  in  New  York  Sun. 
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We  have  been  asked  to  reprint  the  re¬ 
cipe  for  the  delicious  Strawberry  and 
pineapple  preserve.  The  proportions  are 
one  quart  of  pineapple,  peeled  and  shred¬ 
ded,  two  quarts  of  hulled  strawberries, 
three  quarts  sugar.  Mix  the  shredded 
pineapple  with  the  sugar,  let  stand  two 
hours,  thou  mix  the  strawberries  with 
it,  beat  in  the  preserving  kettle,  and 
boil  20  minutes,  stirring  well  to  pre¬ 
vent  sticking.  Red  raspberries  may  he 
used  with  pineapple  in  the  same  way. 
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Asparagus  fritters  are  “something 
different.”  The  ingredients  required  are 
two  bunches  of  cooked  asparagus,  one 
egg.  one  cup  flour,  a  pinch  of  salt,  one- 
half  cup  milk,  one  tablespoon  fill  melted 
butter,  one  teaspoouful  baking  powder. 
Cut  the  asparagus  into  half-inch  pieces, 
rejecting  the  hard  ends.  Beat  the  egg 
until  light;  sift  in  tbft  A  oil”  and  salt; 
add  tho  milk  and  the  tablespoonful  of 
melted  butter.  Beat  thorough)-  until 
smooth  and  let  the  batter  itand  for  at 
least  an  hour  before  using.  Then  add  the 
baking  powder  and  the  asparagus.  Crop 
the  batter  into  smoking  hot  fat  by  the 
spoonful,  and  cook  till  a  light  brown; 
serve  very  hot. 
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The  Cornell  Reading  Course  lias  is¬ 
sued  a  bulletin  on  “Waste  of  Meat  in  the 
Home.”  Part  I.  which  gives  instructions 
for  canning  meat.  It  very  wisely  advo¬ 
cates  the  canning  of  surplus  cockerels. 
The  bulletin  gives  several  excellent  re¬ 
cipes  for  using  canned  chicken,  among 
which  we  find  canned  chicken  with  Cre¬ 
ole  sauce,  as  follows : 
One  pint,  canned  chicken  ;  six  tomatoes 
or  one  pint  canned  tomatoes ;  three  sweet 
red  peppers,  fresh  or  canned,  chopped; 
three  sweet  green  peppers,  chopped ;  % 
pound  hum  or  two  or  three  slices  bacon, 
chopped  fine;  four  tafilespoou fills  flour; 
%  buy  leaf;  one  teaspoonful  chopped 
parsley;  V’  teaspoonfnl  salt;  one  small 
onion,'  chopped  fine;  two  tablespoonfuls 
butter  or  bacon  drippings. 
Warm  the  contents  of  the  can  of 
chicken.  Pour  off  the  liquor,  and  dry  the 
chicken  meat.  If  desired,  brown  the 
meat  delicately  in  a  little  butter  or  ba¬ 
con  fat.  Cook  the  onion  in  butter  or  ba¬ 
con  droppings  until  it  is  light  yellow, 
sprinkle  into  it  four  tablespoon  fills  of 
flour,  and  brown  the  flour  delicately. 
Pour  into  this  mixture  the  tomatoes, 
which  have  been  simmered  with  the  bay 
leaf  and  salt  for  fifteen  minutes.  Allow 
the  mixture  to  thicken,  and  strain  it. 
Add  the  minced  ham  and  parsley,  and 
simmer  the  mixture  for  fifteen  minutes. 
Add  the  chopped  peppers  and  the  chick¬ 
en  liquor,  and  bring  the  mixture  to  the 
boiling  point.  Simmer,  do  not  boil,  the 
browned  chicken  in  this  sauce  for  ten  or 
fifteen  minutes.  Serve  the  chicken  in  a 
border  of  lint,  boiled  rice  on  a  hot  platter. 
* 
One  of  our  friends  asks  what  histor¬ 
ical  novels  of  American  life  she  can  find 
that  will  give  young  people  a  vital  pic¬ 
ture  of  the  making  fit  their  own  nation. 
She  says  that  there  are  so  many  stirring 
and  romantic  stories  of  foreign  hi  story 
that  American  readers  are  quite  likely  to 
ignore  the  picturesque  side  of  their  own 
nation.  This  is  true,  but  there  are  stir¬ 
ring  books  of  American  history  too,  and 
these  may  be  read  with  pleasure  and  in¬ 
struction  both.  Among  tiiese  we  should 
include  “To  Have  and  to  Hold,"  by  Mary 
Johuston,  a  tale  of  Virginia  in  1622; 
“The  Seats  of  the  Mighty.”  by  Gilbert 
Parker,  dealing  with  the  taking  of  Que¬ 
bec.  “Cardigan,"  by  It.  W.  Chambers, 
the  scene  laid  in  New  York  at  the  time 
of  the  Revolution ;  “Richard  Carvell,”  by 
Winston  Churchill,  the  same  period  in 
Maryland;  "Hugh  Wynn,”  by  S.  Weir 
Mitchell,  the  same  period  in  Philadel¬ 
phia,  and  “Janice  Meredith,”  by  Paul 
Leicester  Ford,  which  deals  with  New 
York 'and  New  Jersey  and  Philadelphia 
during  the  Revolution.  “The  Crossing." 
by  Winston  Churchill,  deals  with  early 
Louisiana,  while  "D’ri  and  I,”  by  Irving 
Bacheller,  is  a  tale  of  the  War  of  1812. 
This  does  not  exhaust  the  list,  but  the 
books  named  are  all  by  well-known  au¬ 
thors,  and  possess  literary  merit  as  well 
as  historic  interest.  We  do  not  approve 
of  substituting  fiction  for  serious  and 
well-written  history,  but  the  history  it¬ 
self  is  far  more  likely  to  stick  to  youth¬ 
ful  memory  when  it  is  associated  with 
vivid  pictures  of  life  and  character. 
Seen  in  New  York  Shops 
Nightgowns  of  flesh  pink  crinkled 
crape  with  a  printed  pattern  of  blue 
birds  were  finished  with  blue  hemstitch¬ 
ing.  The  neck  was  cut  in  a  V  back  and 
front,  a  favorite  style  with  this  season’s 
The  Rural  Patterns 
In  ordering  give  number  of  pat¬ 
tern  and  size  desired.  Price  of 
each  pattern  10  cents. 
8944 — Dressing  Jacket  and  Cap;  Small.  34  or 
30;  Medium,  38  or  40;  Large,  -1-  or  44  bust. 
8951 —  Four-Piece  Petticoat,  24  to  34  waist. 
With  Hoiuu-e  that  can  be  uttnohed  or  finished 
with  band  and  buttoned  into  place. 
8496 — Dressing  Jacket,  34  to  44  bust. 
8976— Child’s  Night  Gown,  2  to  <i  years. 
8024 — Child’s  Wrapper,  0  mouths  1,  2  and  4 
years.  With  Long  or  Short  sleeves. 
8128 — Corset  Cover  for  Misses  and  Small 
Women,  10  and  IS  years. 
8952 —  Three  Piece  Petticoat  for  Misses  and 
Small  Women,  10  and  18  years,  With  Plaited 
or  Gathered  Elounee  that  can  be  joined  to  the 
lower  edge  or  Finished  Separately  aud  Buttoned 
into  plaee. 
nightgowns,  and  there  were  short  kimono 
sleeves ;  price  $1.  There  was  a  little 
patch  pocket  on  the  left  side,  another 
fancy  seen  in  many  new  nightgowns. 
Many  of  the  new  Summer  nightgowns 
are  entirely  without  sleeves. 
Bead  necklaces  are  in  great  variety 
for  wear  with  light  Summer  gowns,  in 
length  from  IS  to  24  indies,  costing  front 
50  cents  up.  If  the  color  is  selected  with 
a  proper  idea  of  harmony  or  contrast, 
such  a  string  of  inexpensive  beads  adds 
much  to  a  simple  dress.  Jade,  coral, 
lapis,  jet  and  malachite,  alone  or  iu  com¬ 
bination,  are  very  well  imitated. 
New  “Croix  de  Guerre”  handbags  are 
made  of  silk  in  red  aud  green  stripes, 
copied  from  the  ribbon  to  which  the 
French  Cross  of  War  honor  medal  is  at¬ 
tached.  They  are  shown  in  both  pouch 
and  envelope  shapes.  Mandarin  bags 
are  of  dark  silk  with  drawstrings,  hav¬ 
ing  panels  of  heavy  Chinese  embroidery 
applied  on  each  side,  the  bottom  being 
finished  with  Chinese  tassels  of  silk  and 
beads. 
Among  new  neckwear  are  pretty  collar 
and  cuff  sets  of  , polka-dotted  batiste. 
Maline  boas  in  butterfly  pleats  are 
$2.50  to  $3.25;  ostrich  ruffs  from  $1.05 
up.  Neckstrings  to  wear  with  the  Spring 
blouse  are  25  to  50  cents;  we  can  hard¬ 
ly  call  thorn  neckties,  as  they  do  not  tie, 
but  slip  under  the  collar,  to  be  held  in 
place  by  a  slide  or  brooch.  Roman 
stripes  with  amber  drops  or  a  black  and 
white  ribbon  finished  with  jade  or  cor¬ 
al,  are  very  pretty. 
White  hats  are  appearing  in  great 
variety,  both  small  toques  and  the  wider 
shapes.  Some  close  little  toques  of  fine 
white  straw  have  no  trimming  except  up¬ 
standing  white  wings  on  the  top  of  the 
crown ;  others  show  a  touch  of  color. 
There  are  many  wide-brimmed  hats  of 
the  mushroom  type  offered  as  “sports 
hats.”  The  simplest  styles  are  of  Chin¬ 
ese  Wenchow  weave  or  some  coarse  straw 
or  fibre,  decorated  with  painted  decor¬ 
ation  of  flowers.  This  is  a  favorite  style 
with  “garden”  hats.  A  pretty  sport  hat 
noted  was  smooth  black  Chinese  fibre, 
bound  around  the  brim  with  citron  yel¬ 
low  ribbon,  and  with  a  small  wreath  of 
field  flowers  around  the  crown — little  red 
poppies,  cornflowers,  buttercups  and 
daisies. 
lets  her  coal  fire  go 
out  altogether. 
installs  a  New  Perfection 
Oil  Cook  Stove. 
I  visited  a  dear  old  grand-dame  quite 
recently.  She  was  making  the  prettiest 
tufted  rug.  She  had  raveled  out  some 
gray  cotton  socks,  aud  was  using  the 
thread  for  knitting.  She  had  cut  iu 
strips  about  1 44 -inch  long  and  *4 -inch 
wide,  a  deep  blue  petticoat,  aud  an 
other  a  bright  red,  The  material  was 
worn  thin  and  badly  moth-eaten.  She 
knitted  strips  or  blocks  of  about  six 
inches  in  length  and  four  inches  wide, 
using  the  red  in  one  block  aud  the  blue  in 
another.  These  were  theu  sewed  together 
blue  and  red.  and  the  strips  joined  iu  the 
same  manner. 
To  knit  them,  as  many  stitches  as  desir¬ 
ed  are  thrown  on  needle,  and  two  rows 
knitted  back  and  forth.  The  first  stitch 
is  slipped  on  the  needle,  a  strip  of  the 
cloth  laid  between  needles  and  next  stitch, 
then  a  stitch  knit,  and  end  of  cloth 
pulled  back  up  between  needles  and  next 
stitch,  and  another  stitch  knit.  If  heavy 
cloth  is  used  for  tufting  about  two  or 
three  stitches  may  be  knit  between  each 
strip  of  cloth  and  between  each  row  of 
the  tufting.  If  ends  are  not  even  when 
finished  the  uneven  ones  may  be  clipped 
off.  These  rugs  are  lasting  if  knit  of  car¬ 
pet  chain.  Other  rugs  were  crocheted 
aud  some  plaited  in  the  manner  of  shoe¬ 
string  belts,  using  eight,  nine  or  11 
strands.  One  has  to  tack  rags  as  they 
are  plaited  with  these,  and  if  rugs  are 
round  start  center  of  rug  with  a  three- 
strand  plait  to  prevent  cupping. 
Rhe  had  picture  frames  and  mats  made 
of  corn  husks.  The  inner  husks  fire  first 
cut  in  narrow  strips  soaked  in  warm 
water,  cut  off  in  nearly  square  lengths, 
doubled  down  to  form  a  V-shape  and 
sewed  on,  the  V  covering  every  row  of 
stitches.  Cardboard  mottoes  were  framed 
with  pine  cones  sewed  on  pasteboard 
— and  a  New  Perfection 
Kerosene  Water  Heater. 
and  cooks  in  comfort 
all  summer. 
NEW 
Oil/  COOK-STOVES 
Look  for  the  Ions  hive  chimney. 
The  long  blue  chimney  burner 
mckes  the  New  Perfection  as 
quick  and  convenient  as  a  gas 
si  /e.  Yet  it  costs  bss  to 
oj  ate  than  a  coal  range. 
19  i  model  Ne Perfections 
hav-  the  new  oatented  revers¬ 
ible  glass  reservoir,  and  many 
other  important  improvements. 
Some  with  built-in  heat-retain¬ 
ing  ovens.  Sold  in  1,2,  3,  and  4- 
btirner  jizeo  by  dealers  every¬ 
where. 
Yv  rite  for  booklet.  Also  tells  about 
i  ie  New  Perfection  Kerosene  Water 
Heater— hot  water  whenever  you 
want  it  (for  dish  washing,  laundry 
•  nil  bath). 
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With  Our  Children 
The  Arbor  Day  exercises  in  a  certain 
Southern  school  were  most  beautiful  and 
instructive.  Each  girl  was  dressed  in 
the  color  of  the  flower  she  represented, 
reciting  a  verse  descriptive  of  that  flow- 
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