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May 13, 1922 
Mary Speaks 
Martha's house is swept and garnished, 
Full of treasures rare— 
Through drawn shades the daylight 
scarcely 
Dares to enter there. 
(Mine's a simple home, with sunshine 
Streaming everywhere!) 
Prim and dainty, Martha’s children, 
Reared by rote and rule. 
(My strong, sun-browned brood are 
pupils 
At Dame Nature’s school; 
Lesson rooms, the fields, the orchards 
And the swimming pool!) 
Martha’s husband thinks in terms 
Of stocks and motor cars. 
(Mine—God bless him!—often fails 
To lock the pasture bars— 
Comes in late to supper, nights, for 
Gazing at the stars!) 
In our world of many women, 
Always there must he 
Marthas, who take love and service 
Too unsmilingly. 
And the Marys—of life’s largess 
Oh. how rich are we! 
MAZ1E V. CARCTIIERS 
in the New York Times. 
Martha Speaks 
(In reply to “Mary Speaks”) 
Mary’s house is gray and dusty. 
(Mary's plump and fair.) 
All unchecked the sunbeams chase the 
Cobwebs everywhere, 
Mary's in the orchard, trusting 
Some one else will do the dusting. 
I would like to sit with Mary, 0 
By the leaping brook, 
But she left the baby with me, 
And. with sunny look. 
Murmured: “Since you’re not. working, 
dear, 
I will just leave Johnny here.” 
How T wish my tired husband 
Could run out. and play. 
But he’ll have to rake and hoe and 
Plant, for yesterday 
Mary’s husband's chickens’ scratches 
Left our onion bed in patches. 
Mary’s husband’s in the meadow, 
'Neath the singing trees. 
Mary’s husband's cow is resting 
On our radishes. 
So they're all as snug as may be— 
Mary, husband, cow and baby. 
In this world of many women 
Always there will lie 
Marys who will let the Marthas 
Work unstiiltingly, 
Knowing they are safe in trusting. 
Some one’s got to do the dusting! 
VTLDA SAUVAGE OWENS 
in the New York Times. 
* 
According to the New York State De¬ 
partment of Labor, 25 per cent of the per¬ 
sons employed in gainful occupations in 
this State are women. New York has a 
greater proportion of women in industry 
than any other State in the Cuion, Penn¬ 
sylvania ranking second, and Illinois 
third. In the city of Greater New York 
54 per cent of the men are employed, and 
<11 per cent of the women. Domestic 
service leads all other employments for 
women, there being 135,252 reported in 
the State, while there are 103.721 stenog¬ 
raphers and typists. 100,985 clothing oper¬ 
atives and 95,208 clerks. It will be seen 
that while it is generally believed that 
modern women have a tendency to get 
away from home life, a large majority 
remains in domestic work. On the other 
hand, the report from which these figures 
are taken gives among New York's woman 
workers, one electrician, one miller, two 
plumbers, two stone cutters, one cabinet 
maker, one veterinary surgeon, one aero¬ 
naut, six hostlers and hack drivers, and 
220 longshoremen and stevedores. 
* 
The following is our old-fashioned 
recipe for preserved rhubarb: Wipe the 
rhubarb, and skin if tough ; cut into one- 
lialf inch pieces. Put in a large earthen 
bowl, and cover with sugar, using one 
pound of sugar to one quart of rhubarb. 
Let it stand over night. Be sure the 
bowl is large, as there will be a flood of 
juice by morning. Strain off the juice 
and put in a preserving kettle: when it 
begins to boil, add the rhubarb. Boil 
slowly for a hour, or until tin* rhubarb 
assumes a deep red color, stirring fre¬ 
quently to prevent burning, and removing 
any scum that rises to the top. About 
15 minutes before removing from the fire, 
add the yellow rind of one lemon, chopped 
fine, tnd the juice of two lemons to each 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
three quarts of preserve. Seal tight in 
jars. This preserve is very nice for open 
tarts, or in boiled roly puddings. An¬ 
other very nice preserve is made by com¬ 
bining one quart of rhubarb, cut up, with 
six oranges and DA lbs. sugar. The or¬ 
anges are sliced or chopped, skin and all, 
the seeds being removed. The preserve 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
2110. Chilli's 1 1 l'i'SB with bloomers. 2. 
4, and 0 years. Tile medium size will re¬ 
quire l ; q yds. of material 30 or 44 In. 
wide for the dress, with l 1 , yds. 3<• or 44 
extra for the bloojuers. Price 20 cents. 
2120. Girl’s dress, 8 t,o 14 years. The 
12-.vear size will require 3% yds. of ma¬ 
terial 31! in. wide, 3 yds. 40, 2*4 yds, 44. 
Price 20 cents. 
is boiled until a little of it will jelly when 
put on a cold plate. It is a very nice 
marmalade. 
A Successful Attack on Midnight 
Marauders 
To the woman having a trial of her pa¬ 
tience with bedbugs, my sympathy goes 
out, for I had si long, hard siege. We 
had two wooden bedsteads and springs 
with ends of wood. They were in excel¬ 
lent condition, and furthermore, we did 
not feel we could afford to get others if 
these could be made clean again. 
First, I decided what bedding should 
be used on those beds, and stuck to it. not 
changing from bed to bed as we had for¬ 
merly. Various plans were tried out, but 
finally one seemed more successful, and 
so it became my plan of attack. All 
Winter, on warm days. I went upstairs 
and gave those bedsteads a good applica¬ 
tion of kerosene. By night it was evap¬ 
orated so no odor was noticeable in the 
room. In the Spring, about the time the 
usual exodus of bugs began. I took some 
floor filler and filled every crack and 
crevice, no matter how small. This was 
allowed to dry for a few days. Then, 
with the odds and ends of paint, made 
rather thin. T went over the in He <>f the 
sideboards, the slats and the back of the 
bedsteads, not forgetting the wooden 
parts of the springs. Tin* thin paint was 
readily worked into and around the 
points of contact of the wire. The irons 
that hold the .sideboards in place were re¬ 
moved and that place was givcu a coat¬ 
ing, too. 
The edges of the bedsteads were not 
marred by surplus paint, and the ex¬ 
terior was ready for the necessary care. 
One was damaged somewhat by use, so a 
coat of varnish stain was used. The other 
was given a coat of very thin trans¬ 
parent varnish. 
The mattresses wore a special prob¬ 
lem. One mattress was too old to be 
worth much work on it, so a new one 
was bought. The other was made safe 
by saturating tin* corners with kerosene 
at least once a week for several weeks. 
Perhaps it may not have needed such ex¬ 
tended care, but we know the proverb, 
“An ounce of prevention is worth a 
pound of cure.” The mattress cover made 
an excellent cover for the new mattress, 
after being thoroughly boiled. 
The care of the room may or may not 
be necessary, depending cm whether the 
bugs have got into the walls and around 
woodwork of doors and windows. We 
painted all the woodwork, being careful 
to work iu paint around any crevices and 
loose joints, and painted a strip all 
around windows and doors the width of 
the brush. The paper sticks to the paint 
and the job is more thorough. Iu our 
case, we had never had but a single floor, 
when we intended having a double one. 
At this time we laid the floor and sealed 
it to keep all the various small animals 
out. This is not necessary with au or¬ 
dinary floor, only our first floor was an 
inferior lumber, knotty, with wide cracks. 
The bedding that could be washed was 
all gone over while the rooms were torn 
up. Snell as could not be washed whole 
was ripped up and washed. All furnish¬ 
ings of the room were washed. Even the 
roller of the shade was inspected. Y’ou 
will say this was a lot of work ; it. was, 
but it is worth the while, and' more, too, 
to lied once more free from such a vile 
curse. 
The patent destroyers may be a success 
where there are bugs oil the bedsteads 
only, but if they work into any old or 
inferior wood, such as our under floor 
was. it is a never-ending job to try to get 
ahead of them. At one time or other I 
tried the most of them, for I thought 
some four or five times I was rid of 
them. Finally, we decided the floor was 
at fault. Since the rooms wore gone over 
and the floor sealed tight we have had no 
further trouble. 
This ended the career of the “pesky 
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Increasing your profits 
get for your dairy, the workshop and the 
house. You’ll be surprised the 
time they ’Usave. The cost is low. 
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Others up to 34 -75- 
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The same time in your overall 
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T rl L price y 
farm produ 
the market at the rime you sell. 
But vou can make extra money 
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Time saved on the farm cuts the 
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.Time saved means more things 
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To save time you should know 
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A handv, dependable Westclox 
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