zr/ie  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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Farm  Women’s  Experience  Club 
Nurse’s  Shoes. — Is  there  any  foot- 
weary  housewife  who  has  never  tried 
wearing  nurse’s  shoes?  They  have  low 
rubber  heels,  the  cost  is  low  and  they 
arc  so  restful  to  tired  feet. 
Electric  Wires  And  Trees. — What 
is  the  best,  way  to  handle  a  case  like  this? 
An  electric  transmission  line  is  going 
through  this  region  regardless  of  shade 
trees.  The  poles  are  about  25  feet  above 
ground,  not  high  enough  to  clear  any 
hut  very  young  trees.  The  others  must 
be  shamefully  mutilated,  Worst  of  all, 
many  of  the  farmers  do  not  seem  to 
mind.  lias  anyone  had  similar  experi¬ 
ences  with  electric  power  lines?  The 
menfolk  (and  maybe  the  women,  too)  of 
New  York  State  surely  need  educating 
along  this  line,  and  most  certainly  the 
children  need  to  be  taught  the  value  and 
the  beauty  of  trees,  for  our  future  legis¬ 
lators  are  among  them,  l’rof.  II,  R. 
Fi'ancis  of  the  New  York  State  College 
of  Forestry  says,  “I  expect  that  a  great 
deal  of  good  will  be  dune  by  this  asso¬ 
ciation  both  for  the  forest  and  the  forest 
resources  of  the  State  as  well  as  for  the 
shade  trees  ....  At  the  same  time  I 
would  say  that  a  great  deal  of  good  may 
be  done  by  the  cooperation  of  other  or¬ 
ganizations  such  as  local  women’s  clubs, 
Granges,  etc.,  in  bringing  about  better 
shade-  tree  laws.”  Prof.  Franklin  F. 
Moon  of  the  N.  Y.  State  Forestry  Asso¬ 
ciation  writes:  “We  have  no  such  laws 
as  exist  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts, 
and  we  earnestly  hope  that  you  may  be 
able  to  interest  any  club,  or  local  Grange, 
or  any  other  organization  in  which  you 
are  interested,  in  the  cause  of  better 
shade  tree  legislation.” 
Sweet  Baked  Arri.ES. — Is  there  any¬ 
thing  in  the  world  quite  as  good  to  eat 
as  sweet,  linked  apples?  Some  sing  the 
praises  of  boiled  sweet  apples,  but  after 
a  thorough  trial,  we  have  gone  back  to 
the  old  way  of  preparing  them.  Almost 
every  day  a  panful  of  Telman  Sweets  is 
brought  up  from  the  cellar,  washed  and 
trimmed  of  blossom  ends  and  bad  spots. 
The  inner  tray  of  the  granite  roaster  is 
filled,  a  pint  or  more  of  hot  water  add¬ 
ed  and  a  half  cup  of  sugar  sprinkled  over 
the  apples  which  are  halted  slowly  for 
two  or  three  hours,  being  turned  over  as 
needed  to  cook  evenly,  When  they  are 
done  remove  from  the  tray  and  pour  the 
thick  baked  apple  syrup  over  them.  A 
pitcher  of  cream  may  accompany  them 
if  you  have  it,  but  they  disappear  quite 
fast  enough  without  it. 
Pork  Sausage. — When  butchering 
time  comes,  the  following  recipes  may 
come  handy.  They  are  the  result  of  sev¬ 
eral  years’  experimenting.  Pork  sausage: 
For  20  lbs.  meat  (two-thirds  lean)  take 
one  cup  salt,  one-third  ground  sage,  two 
tablespoons  pepper.  If  you  have  no  reg¬ 
ular  sausage  cutter,  an  ordinary  meat 
chopper  does  good  work  if  the  meat  is 
cut  in  small  strips  and  is  very  cold. 
The  large  or  hotel  size  is  better  than 
the  family  size  if  you  have  50  pounds  or 
more  to  grind.  After  the  meat  is  chopped, 
work  the  seasoning  in  and  knead  the 
mass  uutil  it  is  solid  and  sticky.  It  takes 
both  time  and  muscle.  We  sometimes 
pack  in  narrow  cheesecloth  bags,  squeez¬ 
ing  the  sausage  until  the  fat  oozes 
through,  but  for  long  keeping  we  like 
pans  the  best. 
Hams  And  Bacon. — For  100  pounds 
of  hams,  shoulders  and  bacon,  make  a 
brine  of  four  gallons  of  water,  6*4  pounds 
of  salt,  two  pounds  of  sugar,  two  ounces 
of  saltpeter,  and  two  ounces  of  soda.  It 
is  not  necessary  to  boil  the  brine  before 
packing,  as  it  is  almost  certain  to  need 
boiling  and  skimming  after  the  meat  has 
been  in  it  a  week  or  two.  Eternal  vigil¬ 
ance  is  the  price  of  well-cured  meat,  as 
well  as  a  great  many  other  things  be¬ 
sides  liberty.  Put  the  shoulders  in  the 
bottom  of  the  barrel,  the  bams  next  ami 
the  bacon  on  top  where  the  brine  is 
weakest  as  it  does  not  need  as  much 
salt  as  the  other  parts.  In  about  six 
weeks,  the  meat  can  be  drained  and 
smoked. 
The  First  Snowfall. — Ever  notice 
how  the  world  brightens  up  with  the 
first  snowfall?  Doubtless  it  is  just  a 
matter  of  light,  of  the  reflection  of  snow 
on  the  ceiling,  but  one  feels  that  the  gray 
days  are  nearly  over.  The  geraniums 
look  brighter  and  the  fire  seems  cozier. 
The  children  must  have  their  handsleds 
out  right  away  and  there  is  a  hurry  call 
for  loggings,  overshoes  and  mittens.  It 
seems  to  banish  the  weariness  left  by  the 
Fall  cleaning  and  one  has  new  energy 
to  attack  the  Winter’s  work.  Some¬ 
times  mending  accumulates  during  the 
busy  Fall  days  and  it  is  surely  a  pleasure 
to  reduce  the  mending-basket  as  the  big 
flakes  are  falling  outside.  And  when 
supper  and  chores  are  over,  and  the  little 
folks  are  tucked  away  in  their  blankets,, 
we  put  a  maple  chunk  in  the  living  room 
stove  and  gather  around  with  our  books 
and  papers,  with  a  dish  of  Snow  apples 
near  at  hand.  The  telephone  rings  and 
big  sister  tells  us  what  she  got  in  her 
Latin  test  and  what  her  sewing  lesson  is 
and  all  the  little  items  that  we  love  to 
hear.  The  snowflakes  are  falling  yet. 
It  always  seems  as  if  the  spirit  of  Christ¬ 
mas  comes  with  the  first  snowfall,  and 
covers  up  mercifully  our  faults  and  fail¬ 
ures  with  the  weeds  and  dead  leaves  out¬ 
side,  and  bids  us  revive  the  kindly  feel¬ 
ing  toward  all  that  finds  expression  at 
Christmas  time,  mks.  a.  g.  doren. 
A  Potato  Goose 
Nature  does  some  queer  tricks  with 
vegetation.  She  seems  to  be  trying  to 
jump  from  the  vegetable  kingdom  into 
.Sweet  Potato  Copies  a  Goose 
the  animal.  She  comes  close  to  making 
the  form,  but  leaves  out  what  we  call  the 
spirit.  The  picture  given  Imre  shows 
that  o£  a  potato  which  resembles  a  goose 
in  shape.  You  will  notice-  the  bill  also 
a  mark  on  the  side  of  the  head  which 
looks  much  like  an  eye.  This  potato  was 
found  in  a  barrel  of  Jersey  Sweets  at  a 
grocery  store  at  Lewiston,  Pa.,  and  nat¬ 
urally  it  attracted  much  attention  in 
that  town. 
Electricity  in  a  Dishpan 
The  Department  of  Agriculture  de¬ 
scribes  a  new  method  for  cleaning  silver 
without  the  tiresome  rubbing  to  which 
housewives  or  children  object.  This  is 
known  as  the  “electrolytic”  method  be¬ 
cause  it  combines  n  mild  form  of  electric 
work.  Most  of  the  tarnish  which  oc¬ 
curs  on  silver  is  due  to  the  action  of 
sulphur.  This  comes  from  rubber,  wool, 
foods  like  eggs,  aud  sulphur  found  in  the 
air.  This  new  method  depends  on  the 
fact  that  this  silver  tarnish  is  slightly 
soluble  in  the  solution  employed,  and  is 
broken  down  chemically  so  that  the  small 
amount  of  silver  in  it  is  put  back  on  any 
utensil.  The  necessary  materials  are  a 
graniteware  kettle  deep  enough  to  per¬ 
mit  the  silverware  to  be  covered  by  the 
solution.  You  take  a  teaspoonful  of  bak¬ 
ing  or  washing  soda  and  a  like  amount 
of  common  salt  for  each  quart  of  water. 
This  is  brought  to  a  boil,  then  a  sheet 
of  aluminum  or  clean  ziuc  Is  dropped  in. 
The  silver  is  put  in  so  as  to  come  in 
contact  with  the  aluminum  or  zinc.  The 
tarnish  or  stain  will  disappear  in  a  few 
seconds;  then  the  silver  can  be  taken  out, 
rinsed  aud  dried  with  a  soft  cloth.  The 
aluminum  is  more  satisfactory  than  the 
zinc  for  this  process.  This  method  is 
said  to  give  the  clean  silver  a  fine  finish 
after  several  cleanings.  When  the  or¬ 
dinary  polish  is  used  a  small  quantity  of 
the  silver  taken  from  the  utensil  is  lost. 
The  ordinary  polish  is  made  of  powdered 
whiting,  and  there  is  a  distinct  loss  of 
silver  when  the  spoons  or  knives  are 
rubbed  or  scoured  with  it.  The  ziuc  and 
hot  solution,  however,  removes  practi¬ 
cally  no  silver  whatever. 
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Before  you  start  out  to  tackle  that 
job,  that  means  traipsing  all  day  in 
sloppy  weather,  through  rain  and  mud, 
slip  on  a  pair  of  Lambertville  Rubber 
Arctics.  Then,  no  matter  how  wet  it 
is,  your  feet  will  never  know  the  dif¬ 
ference.  They^l  be  snug  as  a  bug  in 
a  rug. 
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throughout),  “L”  Brand  (duck  vamp),  “Lamco” 
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shown  here,  are  made,  in  1  to  4  buckle,  of  the 
highest  grade  pure  rubber  and  built  practically 
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tip  and  the  way  the  seams  stay  closed.  “Snag- 
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nesses  of  pure  Para  rubber  ground  right  into 
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to  the  Lambertville  standard. 
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