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TShti  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
July  1,  1916. 
WOMAN  AN©  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day 
The  American  Flag 
When  Freed.  |n. from  her  mountain  height, 
Unfurled  her  standard  to  the  air, 
She  tore  the  azure  robe  of  night. 
And  set  the  stars  of  glory  there! 
She  mingled  with  its  gorgeous  dyes 
The  milky  baldric  of  the  skies. 
And  striped  its  pure,  celestial  white 
With  streakings  of  the  morning  light; 
Then,  from  his  mansion  in  the  suu. 
She  called  her  eagle  hearer  down. 
And  gave  into  his  mighty  hand 
The  symbol  of  her  chosen  land. 
Majestic  monarch  of  the  cloud ! 
Who  rear’st  aloft  thy  regal  form, 
To  hear  the  tempest  trumping  loud. 
And  see  the  lightning  lances  driven. 
When  strive  the  warriors  of  the  storm. 
And  rolls  the  thunder  drum  of  heaven, — 
Child  of  the  Sun  !  to  thee  ’tis  given 
To  guard  the  banner  of  the  free. 
To  hover  in  the  sulphur  smoke, 
To  ward  away  the  battle  stroke, 
And  bid  its  blendings  shine  afar. 
Like  rainbows  on  the  cloud  of  war. 
The  harbingers  of  victory  ! 
Flag  of  the  brave  !  thy  folds  shall  fly, 
The  sign  of  hope  and  triumph  high  ! 
When  speaks  the  signal  trumpet  tone. 
And  the  long  line  comes  gleaming  on, 
Ere  yet  the  life  blood,  warm  and  wet. 
Has  dimmed  the  glistening  bayonet. 
Each  soldier's  eye  shall  brightly  turn 
To  where  thy  sky-born  glories  burn, 
And.  as  his  springing  steps  advance, 
Catch  war  and  vengeance  from  the  glance. 
And  whan  the  cannon  mouthings  loud 
Heave  in  wild  wreaths  the  battle  shroud, 
And  gory  sabers  rise  and  fall 
Like  shoots  of  flame  on  midnight's  pall, 
Then  shall  thy  meteor  glances  glow, 
And  cowering  foes  shall  shrink  beneath 
Each  gallant  arm  that  strikes  below 
That  lovely  messenger  of  death. 
Flag  of  the  seas!  on  ocean  wave 
Thy  stars  shall  glitter  o'er  the  brave; 
When  death,  careering  on  the  gale. 
Sweeps  darkly  round  the  bellied  sail. 
And  frighted  waves  rush  wildly  back 
Before  the  broadside’s  reeling  rack. 
Each  dying  wanderer  of  the  sea 
Shall  look  at  once  to  heaven  and  thee. 
And  smile  to  see  tli.v  splendors  fly 
In  triumph  o’er  his  closing  eye. 
Flag  of  the  free  heart’s  hope  and  home, 
By  angel  hands  to  valor  given  ! 
Thy  stars  have  lit  the  welkin  dome. 
And  all  thy  hues  were  born  in  heaven, 
Forever  float  that  standard  sheet! 
Where  breathes  the  foe  but  falls  before 
us, 
With  Freedom's  soil  beneath  our  feet. 
And  Freedom’s  banner  streaming  o’er 
us ! 
— Joseph  Rodman  Drake, 
* 
Tins  recipe  for  Canadian  oat  biscuits 
is  recommended.  The  ingredients  are 
IVj  cup  flour,  one  cup  shortening,  iy2 
cup  boiling  water,  one  cup  brown  sugar, 
2y>  cups  rolled  oats,  one  teaspoon  soda, 
one  teaspoon  salt.  Rub  shortening  into 
flour  very  thoroughly,  then  mix  other  dry 
ingredients,  except  soda.  Dissolve  soda 
iu  the  water  and  mix  iu,  then  roll  very 
thin,  as  quickly  as  possible,  cut  with  a 
round  nutter,  and  bake  iu  a  quick  oven. 
* 
Inspectors  of  the  New  York  City  De¬ 
partment  of  Hen  1th  have  been  visiting 
restaurant  kitchens  and  scoring  them  as 
they  do  dairy  burns.  Milk-makers  will 
be  interested  in  learning  that  of  50  or 
60  places  first  visited  only  two  scored  as 
fair,  and  none  as  good.  The  lunchroom 
of  one  grant  financial  institution  has  a 
kitchen  appointed  with  white  marble  fit¬ 
tings  at  a  cost  of  $35,000,  luit  the  health 
inspectors  rated  it  as  poor,  for  with  all 
its  luxury  it  had  no  facilities  for  em¬ 
ployees  washing  their  hands!  Even  t lie 
farm  housekeeper  whose  old-fashioned 
kitchen  is  provided  with  few  conven¬ 
iences  would  be  better  off  than  this. 
Many  of  the  restaurants  visited,  which 
would  otherwise  have  received  a  “fair” 
card  were  set  back  by  keeping  milk  in 
cans  in  the  open  kitchen,  instead  of  in 
refrigerators,  lumps  of  ice  being  put  in 
the  milk  to  keep  it  cold,  tbits  diluting  it. 
Dirty  kitchens  and  refrigerators,  and 
spoiled  food,  were  other  causes  for  poor 
scores.  We  think  milk  producers,  who 
are  held  up  strictly  to  sanitary  require¬ 
ments  in  their  barns  and  the  handling  of 
their  milk,  will  feel  the  justice  of  a 
stricter  oversight  of  the  restaurants 
where  their  product  is  served  to  the  con¬ 
sumer. 
* 
During  Spring  and  early  Summer  any 
country  home  with  a  few  trees  and 
shrubs  around  if  looks  attractive ;  it  is 
in  the  cold  months,  when  foliage  is  gone, 
that  we  realize  landscape  defects.  As 
we  look  at  Summer  conditions,  we  may 
well  consider  what  improvements  may  be 
made  in  planting  for  Winter  effect.  Ever¬ 
green  wind-breaks  and  shrubbery  relieve 
Winter  monotony,  and  are  desirable  on 
the  farm,  while  a  touch  of  Winter  color 
is  given  by  red-harked  dogwood  and 
golden-barked  willow.  One  of  the  fre¬ 
quent  problems  on  country  places  where 
there  are  many  trees  around  the  house 
is  the  impossibility  of  making  grass  grow 
under  the  trees.  Where  money  is  no  ob¬ 
ject  special  care  and  special  grass  mix¬ 
tures  are  used  to  remedy  this  defect,  hut 
it  is  often  impossible  to  do  this  where 
both  labor  and  expense  must  be  consid¬ 
ered.  Our  remedy  for  bare  spots  under 
trees  is  lily  of  the  valley ;  it  is  aston- 
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The  Rural  Patterns 
In  ordering  give  number  of  pat¬ 
tern  and  size  desired.  Price  of 
each  pattern  10  cents. 
9024 — Middy  Blouse  for  Misses  and  SmaU 
Women,  1(1  nml  ]8  years.  Willi  Long  or  Elbow 
Sleeves. 
9028 — Three-Piece  Skirt  for  Misses  and  Small 
Women,  Hi  imd  18  years. 
9026— Girl's  Press,  8  to  14  years.  With  or 
without  I'eplnm  that  can  be  made  Pointed  or 
Straight,  with  V -shared  or  Round  Neele,  Short, 
'i  liree-Quarter  or  Long  Sleeves. 
9032 — Shirred  Dress  for  Misses  and  Small 
Women,  II!  nml  IS  years.  With  Short  nr  Long 
Sleeves.  Itcmur)  or  High  Nook. 
9038 — Child’s  Dress,  4  to  S  years.  With 
Straight  Skirt  to  be  made  with  or  without 
Prill  at  Timer  Edge,  with  High,  Round  or 
Square  Low  Neele,  Short  or  Long  Sleeves. 
9005 — Dress  for  Misses  and  Small  Women,  16 
and  IS  years.  With  Illous*-  ami  skirt  that  cati 
be  joined  or  finished  separately,  with  Long  or 
Elbow  Hb'Oves. 
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fishing  how  it  thrives  under  beech  trees 
that  tire  too  greedy  to  give  grass  a 
chance.  The  first  year  or  two  lily  of  the 
valley  often  fails  to  thrive,  and  takes 
hold  very  slowly,  but  as  time  goes  on  it 
usually  becomes  so  vigorous  that  it  can 
hardly  he  kept  in  bounds.  Woodland 
ferns  are  also  desirable  under  trees,  and 
it  is  usually  possible  to  find  attractive 
wild  sorts  for  transplanting.  The  little 
creeping  plant  known  as  moneywort  is 
sometimes  used  to  cover  bare  spots  where 
the  ground  is  moist  but  it  very  easily 
becomes  a  troublesome  lawn  weed. 
Seen  in  New  York  Shops 
English  oilsilk  coats  are  offered  as 
Summer  waterproofs.  They  are  shiny, 
semi-transparent  and  come  in  all  sorts  of 
brilliant  hues,  as  well  as  plain  dark  col¬ 
ors.  Some  are  double,  and  some  lined 
with  thin  Japanese  silk.  They  are  very 
light,  and  fold  up  into  small  space; 
price  from  $16.50  up.  A  bright  red 
waterproof  of  thiu  oilsilk  is  rather  sug¬ 
gestive  of  the  little  isinglass  cornucopias 
we  see  on  Christmas  trees. 
I  nderwear  of  striped  flaxou  is  shown 
in  attractive  models.  This  flaxon  is 
rather  like  dimity,  with  a  shadow  stripe. 
The  garments  are  trimmed  with  blind 
embroideries,  picot-edged  ruffles  and  col¬ 
ored  piping. 
Large  flat  capes  of  ostrich  feathers, 
shaped  almost  like  a  large  sailor  collar. 
are  among  neckwear  novel  nos.  -There 
are  also  similar  capes  of  black  velvet, 
lined  with  white.  Black  velvet  scarfs 
lined  with  white  satin  have  straight  or 
tasseled  ends,  and  make  graceful  Sum¬ 
mer  wraps. 
A  sewing  machine  electric  motor  costs 
$15,  and  may  be  attached  to  either  a 
single  or  lock-stitch  machine.  It.  is  said 
to  consume  very  little  electricity  and  is 
easily  attached.  This  is  another  house¬ 
hold  strength-saver  that  may  be  operated 
by  farm  water  power. 
White  Shetland  veils  are  cool  and  de¬ 
sirable  for  Summer  wear ;  there  are  pret¬ 
ty  styles  at  50  cents. 
This  is  the  hammock  season,  and  there 
is  great  variety  to  choose  from.  A  couch 
hammock,  with  steel  frame  and  galvan¬ 
ized  steel  chains,  fitted  with  a  comfort¬ 
able  mattress,  costs  as  a  rule  about 
$7.50;  complete  with  iron  supports  and 
awning  about  $13  up.  The  iron  stand 
separate  averages  from  about  $2.75  up. 
Remedies  for  Chiggers  or  Redbugs 
Recently  a  correspondent  in  Texas 
asked  for  a  remedy  for  the  cbigger  or 
redbug,  which  he  found  very  annoying 
when  working  ou  his  lawn,  or  in  the  gar¬ 
den.  The  U.  S.  Department  of  Agricul¬ 
ture  has  now  issued  the  following  ad¬ 
vice  : 
“If  a  bath  in  hot  water,  or  in  water 
containing  salt  or  strong  soap,  is  taken 
within  a  few  hours  after  exposure  in 
shrubbery  and  weeds  infested  with  chig¬ 
gers  or  redbugs,  no  ill  effects  will  he  ex¬ 
perienced.  After  a  long  exposure,  how¬ 
ever.  a  bath  has  practically  no  effect,  and 
direct  remedies  arc  necessary.  After  ir¬ 
ritation  has  set  in,  and  small  red  spots 
appear,  the  application  of  a  moderately 
strong  solution  of  ammonia  to  the  affect¬ 
ed  parts  is  recommended  by  the  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Agriculture's  entomologists.  A 
supersaturated  solution  of  bicarbonate  of 
soda,  or  common  cooking  soda  or  salera- 
tus,  will  afford  Tclief.  Liberal  applica¬ 
tions  should  be  made  uptil  the  irritation 
subsides.  If  the  suffering  is  severe,  a 
dilute  tincture  of  iodine  or  collodion 
should  be  lightly  applied,” 
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In  Your  Shoes 
All  Day 
Out  in  this  hot,  swelter¬ 
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over  the  farm  from  morn 
to  night — that’s  the  kind 
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