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'iShe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
December  30,  1910. 
From  Day  to  Day 
Old  Year,  Good  Night ! 
Olrl  year,  good  night!  A  faithful  friend 
You've  been  to  us,  and  heaven  send 
You  peace,  as  through  the  noisy  night 
You  take  your  long  and  solemn  flight 
Adown  the  path  we  all  descend. 
You  brought  us  merry  hours  to  spend ; 
In  gratitude  we  would  forefend 
From  you  the  thought  of  parting  slight: 
Old  year,  good  night  I 
nourishment,  the  delicate  digestion  of  the 
house’s  head  (rendered  troublous  by  too 
close  adherence  to  white  bread)  caused 
me  to  feed  coarsen  brands.  The  result  paid 
twofold,  for  indigestion  ceased,  and  the 
bread  bill  lowered.  I  obtain  graham  at. 
retail  for  3%  cents  a  pound.  In  half¬ 
barrel  lots  it  reaches  the  .$(5  limit  for  a 
barrel.  In  some  localities  it  would  be 
less,  perhaps  $5.  I  use  this  for  muffins, 
and  for  raised  bread,  half  and  half,  with 
white  flour.  It  needs  a  little  longer 
rising,  and  longer  baking.  Common 
brown  middlings,  cattle  feed,  makes  a 
Good  night  and  when  we,  too,  must  wend 
Our  midnight  way  your  path  to  attend, 
Come,  good  old  year,  and  bring  a  light 
To  make  our  path  a  little  bright ; 
Not  here,  not  now,  let  friendship  end ; 
Old  year,  good  night ! 
— Alexander  Maclean. 
♦ 
IIebe  is  a  recipe  for  egg  bread,  given 
by  the  New  York  Tribune,  that  dispenses 
with  wheat  flour:  Gradually  beat  into 
half  a  cupful  of  cold  boiled  rice  one  pint 
of  milk  and  add  one  teaspoonfnl  of  salt, 
one  tablespoonful  of  melted  butter,  two 
eggs  lightly  beaten,  two  cupfuls  of  Indian 
meal  (white  is  best)  and  half  a  teaspoon¬ 
ful  of  baking  powder.  Beat  the  mixture 
very  hard  and  bake  in  shallow,  greased 
tins  in  a  quick  oven.  This  bread  should 
he  quite  thin  nnd  served  cut  into  gener¬ 
ous  squares  with  plenty  of  sweet  butter. 
* 
A  NUMBER  of  New  York  women  have 
started  a  nation-wide  movement  for  the 
purpose  of  educating  men  and  women 
along  economic  lines  so  that  they  will  be 
better  able  to  solve  the  high  cost  of  living. 
Among  the  ideas  to  be  developed  are  the 
following : 
To  conserve  the  food  supply  of  the 
country  to  the  end  that  prices  of  food¬ 
stuffs  shall  be  kept  within  normal  limits. 
To  encourage  economy  and  thrift  in 
An i erica n  households. 
To  eliminate  carelessness,  waste  and 
ext  ravagaace. 
To  promote  the  idea  of  personal  mar¬ 
keting  and  bargaining. 
To  excite  interest  in  the  development  of 
increased  production  of  foodstuffs. 
To  bring  about  improved  transportation 
and  better  distribution  of  foodstuffs.  _ 
To  advocate  some  form  of  national 
council  to  adopt  practical  measures  of 
prevention  and  relief  from  increasing 
higher  prices. 
It  is  suggested  that  missionary  work  in 
these  lines  be  carried  on  through  women’s 
clubs,  housewives’  organizations,  colleges, 
schools,  women  doctors  and  lawyers, 
newspapers,  magazines  and  the  movies. 
The  movies  were  used  in  the  egg  boycott 
quite  effectively,  flashing  on  the  screens 
an  admonition  advising  economy.  Every 
other  civilized  country  is  now  studying 
economy  in  food,  clothes  and  living.  The 
United  States  has  long  had  a  reputation 
for  extravagance  arising  from  our  plenty  ; 
the  time  has  now  come  to  copy  the  thrift 
of  the  old  world. 
* 
A  quick  coffee  cake,  that  will  be  found 
excellent  in  an  emergency,  is  made  as  fol¬ 
lows:  Sift  together  three  cupfuls  of 
flour,  half  a  teaspoouful  of  salt,  three 
tablespoonfuls  sugar  and  two  teaspoon¬ 
fuls  baking  powder.  Bub  in  very  lightly 
two  heaping  tablespoonfuls  butter.  Beat 
two  eggs  till  light,  add  two-thirds  of  a 
cupful  of  milk  and  stir  into  the  dry 
ingredients,  adding  more  milk  if  neces¬ 
sary,  but  the  batter  should  be  very  stiff. 
Grease  a  pan  thoroughly,  and  spread  the 
batter  about  three-fourths  of  an  iuch 
thick.  Mix  together  two  tablespoon fuls 
of  flour,  four  tablespoonfuls  granulated 
sugar,  two  tablespoonfuls  of  butter  and  a 
teaspoonful  of  cinnamon.  Mix  these  in¬ 
gredients  until  crumbly,  and  spread 
quickly  over  the  top  of  the  batter.  Bake 
in  a  moderately  hot  oven  for  half  an  hour. 
* 
New  Year’s  resolutions  are  often  a 
subject  of  jest,  but  there  are  very  few  of 
us  who  would  not  be  the  better  for  mak¬ 
ing  some.  With  the  average  person  it  is 
not  so  much  great  moral  reforms  that  are 
needed  as  the  minor  faults  that  cause 
friction  in  family  life.  There  is  many  a 
household  where  at  least  one  member  of 
the  family  could  remove  half  the  jars  and 
disagreements  by  being  pleasant.  Don’t 
we  all  know  good,  kind,  hardworking 
people  who  have  never  learned  that  “a 
merry  heart  doeth  good  like  medicine?” 
Cheaper  Breadstuffs 
Part  I 
Before  the  rising  price  of  process  flour 
scared  me  into  searching  for  lower-cost 
very  nice  muffin,  but  only  one  part  to 
three  parts  white  flour  can  be  used  with 
success.  Still,  if  pastry  flour  (which  is 
a  dollar  a  barrel  cheaper  than  bread 
flour)  is  used,  this  is  quite  a  cheap 
The  Rural  Patterns 
In  ordering  give  number  of  pattern  and  size 
desired.  Price  of  each  pattern  15  cents. 
9241— Clli  Id's  Ki. 
mono  Night  Gown, 
1,  2,  4  an<l  (>  years. 
9189 — Child's  Coat, 
4  to  10  years. 
9233 — C  H  e  m  i  s  e, 
small  34  or  30.  me¬ 
dium  38  or  40.  large 
42  or  44  bust. 
9155 — Girl’s  Dress 
4  to  8  years. 
9209  —  Gathered 
Blouse,  34  to  44 
bust. 
9240 — Skirt  with 
Plaits  at  Sides,  24 
to  32  waist. 
9227 — boose  Coat, 
34  to  44  bust. 
“gem,”  and  pastry  flour  is  better  than 
high-priced  flour  for  everything  hut  yeast 
bread. 
A  muffin  very  popular  among  my  neigh¬ 
bors  is  of  bran,  one  part  bran  to  two 
parts  white  flour.  This  makes  an  ideal 
health  biscuit,  some  cooks  even  using 
half  bran.  Somo  add  an  egg.  and  two 
tablespoons  sugar  to  a  quart  of  the  com¬ 
bined  flours.  I  use  molasses,  but  some 
think  this  too  sticky  with  bran.  If  so, 
use  less.  Mix  stiff,  no  shortening.  But¬ 
termilk  with  the  soda  is  better  than 
cream  of  tartar. 
I  have  been  varying  my  breakfast 
cereal  with  different  meals.  I  still  have 
graponuts  on  hand,  and  oatmeal,  which 
is  the.  cheapest  of  all  brands,  because  the 
rolled  goes  farther  than  any  other,  but 
two  mornings  of  the  week  we  have  rye. 
This  is  a  balf-cent  higher  than  graham, 
but  can  be  served  with  a  syrup  of 
molasses  and  butter.  Sugar  is  higher, 
and  harder  to  digest.  Cook  like  any 
mush,  stirring  into  boiling  water.  Some¬ 
times  for  supper  we  crave  corumeal 
mush  with  milk.  Next  morning  slice  the 
left-over  mush  and  fry  in  a  little  butter, 
and  serve  with  boiled  molasses  and  but¬ 
ter.  Some  like  the  mush  when  first 
made,  served  with  the  hot  syrup. 
Whole  corn,  hulled  in  boiling  lye 
(soda)  well  washed,  and  cooked  in  quick 
boiler  makes  a  delicious  cereal  with 
milk.  And  who  knows  that  homemade 
hominy  can  be  secured  by  boiling  plain 
cracked  corn  in  salted  water?  Serve  like 
the  put-up  brand. 
Personally  I  like  buckwheat  mush 
Served  with  honey,  or  maple  syrup,  hot, 
and  butter.  It  is  delicious  with  quartered 
apples  added  after  the  mush  has  thick¬ 
ened.  Set  in  oven  till  apples  have  cooked, 
then  serve  with  cream  and  sugar. 
Entire  wheat,  ground  or  with  kernels 
whole,  is  a  very  nourishing  dish  and  an 
excellent  variant.  Ground  wheat  is 
cooked  like  any  mush,  but,  the  whole  ker¬ 
nels  requires  as  much  time,  steamed  or  in 
double  boiler  or  tireless  cooker,  as  rolled 
oats.  Serve  usually  with  cream.  Cane 
sugar  taxes  the  digestion,  and  whenever 
the  consumer  may.  honey  or  maple  sugar 
is  preferable,  either  for  sweetening  syrup 
or  for  cookery.  When  the  breakfast 
cereal  is  homemade  five  mornings  a  week, 
and  some  form  of  “colored  bread”  supple¬ 
ments  the  white  bread  every  day  at  din¬ 
ner  and  supper,  the  family’s  health  gains 
at  the  same  pace  that  the  purse  fattens. 
Buckwheat  Bread. — Two  quarts  white 
flour,  two  (pi arts  buckwheat  (ground  en¬ 
tire).  two  teaspoons  salt,  one  cup  fresh 
yeast,  or  one  compressed  yeast  cake,  half 
cup  molasses,  warm  water  or  new  whole 
or  separated  milk,  quite  warm.  Mix  stiff 
enough  to  knead.  After  rising  to  twice 
its  bulk,  knead  down,  and  leave  to  rise 
again.  Mold  into  very  small  loaves,  size 
of  man’s  fist,  and  raise  to  twice  size,  and 
bake.  After  it  seems  done,  cover  and 
bake  again.  This  gives  a  hard  crust, 
which  may  be  remedied  by  greasing  all 
over,  under  and  upper  side,  without 
breaking  loaves  apart.  This  is  very  good 
without  the  molasses.  If  expense  is  an 
item,  the  cheap  molasses  used  for  cattle 
feed  is- fairly  good  in  this  combination. 
Buckwheat  Biscuit. — One  quart  cheap 
pastry  flour,  one  quart  buckwheat,  tea¬ 
spoon  salt,  two  tablespoons  molasses, 
scant  teaspoon  soda  to  every  two  cups 
buttermilk  in  mixing  stiff  enough  to  roll. 
Thick  sour  cream  may  be  used,  or  bonny 
clabber.  If  sweet  milk  or  sweet  cream  ist 
used,  or  ice  water,  add  cream  of  tartar, 
twice  amount  of  soda.  If  sugar,  maple 
sugar,  or  honey  displaces  the  molasses, 
use  a  little  less  soda.  Quick  fire.  They 
may  be  made  without  sweetening. 
LILLIAN  TROTT. 
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Farmers  need  a  change.  This  includes 
the  “women  folks.”  They  need  to  get 
away  more  than  anybody  else.  That’s 
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different  from  back  home. 
In  California  you  never  are  “  frozen 
up.”  There  every  day  is  a  summer 
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so  much  of  your  effort  is  necessary 
“  just  to  live.”  Schools  and  churches? 
None  better. 
California  adds  fifteen  years  to  the 
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Hasn’t  California  always  appealed  to 
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Would  you  like  to  know  how  reasonably  you 
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