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Vht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 24, 1922 
Home and Human 
A practical and handy 
book or all kinds of build¬ 
ing information from con¬ 
crete to carpentry. 
PRICE $1.50 
For sale by 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street, New York 
Save Fruit—Make Money 
with thu 17. S. f'oolc Stove Drier. Can 
be used on Cook or tins Stuve. Dries 
ail finite and vegetables. Thousands 
in use. Rndorsed by Agi l. Dept. U. S. 
Gov. I- u 1 1« fa e t i o n Oiiiiranteed. 
Directions free. Price S5.50 and post¬ 
age. Write for full description and 
price delivered to you. ieout. wanted. 
AMEBICAW EVAPORATOR CO. 
Box Jf-U Waynesboro, Pa. 
SAVE All Your Grain 
Don't wait for the custom thresher. Do your 
threshing when the gram is right and get the 
full return from your labor. 
The Ellis Champion Thresher and Cleaner 
equipped with self feeder and wind stacker makes 
the ideal small outfit. 
If vou have only a very little threshing to do. nr small 
power, we can supply you with a machine without 
self feeder or wind stacker and at a price that 
will make your purchase a real investment. 
Just <rlve as the slr.e of your engine ami tin- amount of grain 
usually mT»«sd ami wr-'II sabrrut « proposition on a machine 
that will be juttt the one for your work. 
ELLIS KEYSTONE AGRICULTURAL WORKS 
Pottstown - Pennsylvania < 
$2,500 Worth Crops .Included 
with this 76 ncre farm, J.t miles north Philadelphia City 
Lina Cosy stone dwelling. Extra 30-head baril. Numer¬ 
ous buildings. £| acres tinitial . Picturesque stream. Su- 
perior foil. Shows prosperity ftbi) Incomer OM wKnt* De- 
tails, photo--, illustrated catalogue- other baigains. 
IIF.K8E li I.1N1IEIIM AN 9 N. Airy 8t. korri.town, «‘a. 
MAKE A DATE 
ipert farm* offered in famous Warwick Valley, 
within l*u hours to Now York hy auto when author¬ 
ized road via Tuxedo is completed. Farms, all 
sizes, from $3,800 to $40.1)00 for crack certified dairy 
farm anil gentleman's estate, including fancy stock 
and tools Dowirablo property in "Queen Village," 
sale or rout, including stone mansion, formerly 
estate of Urinnell Burt.', 
r* A n IV/f 9 acres, in town adjoining R, K. 
Jf station 1 sQimre to stol en, schools, 
busline. Coin mu ting distance Phila. 
4^ acres asparagus, bringing *I‘-5 week; acre straw¬ 
berries. Now 7-room bungalow, every convenience; 
good outbuildings. Fruited. Stock and equip¬ 
ment. included. @7,500 : terms. Possession. 
\t niter IH-Cump, " * Cooper Nt., W oodbury. ,V J, 
F s ™ Large Plot of Water Front Property 
Will sell in j Or 10 Itcrc plots. 0. ItOSUM.l.. feprnnk, N. Y. 
u, . r_ir.„. 198 acres near Ralishtiry, Maryland. 
Waierrrontrann i.x,-,ii,-nt inn<i pum sis,poo. 
Full particulars mid reus S. IHANK1YN WOODCOCK, Salubur,. Mil. 
PTYR C AI F-lht H. ,J - 121)0 R - R- M.. 1 cylin- 
rwiv dnLti ,l #r —Leader—Domestic Gas 
Engine—4 H. P . 800 R. P. M , New Way Model 
I) Has Engine. Prices very reasonable. 
PTIR <sAI C—U4 H. P., MO R. P. M.. Fair- 
O/ALil-. hunks Morse Gasoliue Engine 
—3 H. P.. 450 R. P. M., Fairbanks Morse Gasoline 
Engine. Prices very reasonable. 
CAP CA| F-Blaek Iron Pressure Tank, 3*4 
rwiv ft x J 0 f t 1,000 to 1,250 Gals. 
Price very reasonable. 
BUFFALO ELECTRIC CO., Uo-lncorpomU-d 
656-557 Washington Street Buttulo. N,. Y. 
Moral and Legal Right to Property 
We have many letters from women who 
do not have a clear idea of the ownership 
of the home property. These women 
have worked with their husbands to pay 
for the farm and home. In some eases it 
must be said that the women's work is 
the more valuable, since they were the 
real planners and economists. Now comes 
a time when money is needed. Iu one 
typical case just reported to us n daugh¬ 
ter was taken ill and was forced to go 
to a hospital. The mother borrowed the 
needed money from a relative. The 
daughter is slowly recovering, and the 
relative demands his money, threatening 
the mother with all sorts of legal actions. 
The father is not prepared to help, and 
the mother wants to know if she cannot 
sell half the property or use it for credit. 
Her argument is that since she worked 
hard to earn it, half of it is hers. We 
find that a common belief among many 
married women. It is hard to make them 
understand the difference between a moral 
and a legal right to property, tWhere a 
woman works hard and denies herself she 
has a moral right to a share of the family 
savings. This moral right will not per¬ 
mit her to sell or use the property as 
credit. That goes with the legal right, 
and that goes to the person in whose 
name the property is registered. Usually 
the deed is made out to the husband, and 
his name appears on the public records. 
In that case the wife could not sell or 
realize on the property without her hus¬ 
band’s consent. There may have been 
cases where a creditor was willing to 
take a chance on a wife’s dower rights as 
security, but that would hardly be pos¬ 
sible in ordinary cases. The woman can¬ 
not usually dispose of such property with¬ 
out her husband’s consent. 
The Wife’s Signature Needed 
We have had many questions from wife 
or husband—living apart—as to whether 
the wife must sign a deed transferring 
real estate. In most States the wife’s 
signature is necessary. We have known 
one or two cases where the buyer felt so 
secure that he was willing to take a 
chance without such signature, hut iu 
most cases the buyer will refuse the 
property unless the wife signs. This 
works both ways. Tn some cases it seems 
to protect the wife’s interests, while in 
others it does, without doubt, give a 
woman an opportunity to annoy or spite 
her separated husband and eanse him loss 
and trouble. Tn most of the States a 
woman can transfer her own property, 
but most buyers demand the husband’s 
signature. 
Hunting for the Wanderers 
There have recently been many calls 
from people who want to locate lost rela¬ 
tives. In one case a boy left, home after 
trouble with his father. He simply dis¬ 
appeared. Father came to us with an 
appeal which he wanted printed in Tiie 
R. N.-Y. Tn Ibis case the boy was found 
working on a farm about 30 miles from 
his home. Tie was glad to go back, and 
both father and son are better for the 
experience. In another case a farmer 
writes that has wife lias ran away with 
the hired man. In still another case a 
woman wauls to find her father, who was 
last seen iu New’ York City five years 
ago. All these folks and many others 
ask 11 s to tell their sad stories in The R. 
N.-Y.. because they say these wanderers 
love the paper and will always read it. 
Therefore they think that if their appeals 
could only be printed the lost one would 
see it and be induced to come home. It 
is very hard to explain to these good 
people why we cannot print such things. 
Wanted, a Woman to Work 
I am anxious to find some worthy 
woman, I don’t care how old or how 
young, so long as she can do the work 
I want done. 1 keep a family boarding¬ 
house during the Summer, also have a 
hoys’ camp, but for the latter do nothing 
but. furnish the food. I want to get a 
woman who will attend to the kitchen 
work, aside from cooking. There will he 
on an average 12 or 14 people to wash 
dishes for, including my own family and 
help. Here is a good chance for some 
woman who wants to get. in the country 
for the Summer. 1 do nol_ object to it 
woman with a child if it is a well-be¬ 
haved cue. 'There is no heavy work at¬ 
tached to this, and our busy time is from 
7:30 a. in. until two or so in the after¬ 
noon. There is a lake resort a few min¬ 
utes’ walk from m,v house where boating, 
bathing, fishing and dancing can be had. 
It depends on the person herself how 
much of an evening she has, for as soon 
its supper work is out of the way the 
evening is hers. To sum the whole mat¬ 
ter up, I would like to get some one who 
can do the many little things that need 
doing in a kitchen without being told. 
One who would clean the stove, mop the 
floor or wash dish towels when necessary. 
The matter of wages would have to be 
settled witli the one who would take this 
position, They can have a comfortable 
room, plenty to cat of all farm products 
and time to themselves. Is there anyone 
whn cares for this nosition? M. U. 
Child and Dog in New Jersey 
Is there a law in New Jersey that 
when dogs are running at large you have 
to keep a muzzle on them? My boy, four 
years old, was bitten by a dog one week 
ago. The people who own the dog say 
they will not pay the doctor’s bill, also 
they will not have the dog shot. They 
have a car, also own two large houses, 
and have money in the bank. I went to 
the doctor, and he says the dog should he 
sent to the State Laboratory at Trenton, 
N. J. The people refuse to do this. 
Could I got a lawyer to sue them, or 
could I get advice from the State at 
Trenton? The dog is miming loose and 
is dangerous. Can I have the dog shot? 
Is there a dog tax law in New Jersey? 
M. R. 
“Jersey justice” has become a sort of 
proverb, because in most cases a person 
with a just grievance is well protected 
under New Jersey laws. When it comes 
to the dog and his doings, the famous 
“Jersey justice” becomes very much of a 
farce. The State has no strong dog law. 
The New Jersey Legislature refused to 
pass a bill placing dog control under 
charge of the State Department of Agri¬ 
culture, as was done iu New York State. 
The result is that all matters of regulat¬ 
ing dogs are left to the local authorities, 
As a rule these “authorities” do nothing, 
they exercise no authority, and the dog is 
mightier than the child! We have had 
several cases where these local Scions ac¬ 
tually sided with the dog and encouraged 
his owners to keep up his mischief. In 
one case a dog killed several valuable 
chickens. When their owner claimed 
damages the president of the local board 
said he hoped the dogs would kill every 
chicken in town, because ihe roosters 
woke him every morning. Therefore, the 
only thing this woman can do is to engage 
some capable lawyer and let him bring 
suit for damages. He ought to be able to 
collect on the statement this woman 
makes, but it is humiliating to admit that 
New Jersey seems to provide no other 
remedy. It- is also humiliating to admit 
that there are Jerseymen with “two large 
houses and money in the bank” who will 
refuse to settle a case of this sort. 
Can Women Make Coffee? 
Taking a chance on gaining the ever¬ 
lasting enmity of the fair sex, the writer 
must say he never met a woman who 
could make coffee lit to drink. Tu be fair, 
he never met a man who could, either. 
They boil the Coffee; that liberates an 
acid which is deadly. Try boiling the wa¬ 
ter, then removing it from the fire, put. 
ting in a level tablespoon of ground oof, 
fee for each cup of water. Let it soak 
not over five minutes, then pour the cof¬ 
fee from the coffee grounds, and serve 
hot. Never let it boil after the coffee is 
put in, and never let it soak on the coffee 
grounds over live minutes. Then it never 
injures anyone and is the finest drink 
that can he made. ff. o. ' 
Of course the critic will want to know 
how many women this gentleman has ever 
seen try to make coffee. At any rate, it. 
is easy to test his method. At many of 
the New York restaurants now the tea is 
nerved iu little cloth bags. A small pot 
is filled with hot water and the bag of 
ten bung inside and served at once. It is 
far better than the strong decoction taken 
from a large pot or urn. 
The Twelve Greatest Women 
Someone has asked the National League 
of Woman Voters to name the “12 great¬ 
est women in the United States. The 
New York Times makes this comment : 
“The 12 greatest, women in the United 
States are women who have never been 
heard of outside of their own homes, and 
seldom appreciated theyc; who have put 
aside their own ambitious—for the mo¬ 
ment—to build careers for which their 
husbands got. the credit; who have not 
been afraid of membra nous croup or re¬ 
duplicated mortgages, of the disillusioned 
weariness that walketh in darkness or the 
ever-eaerouchipg wrinkle that wasteth at 
noonday; who. nt last, when the field' is 
won, go back to those private aspirations 
buried twenty-five years ago. discover that 
it is too late to do anything with them—• 
and smile. They arc the greatest women, 
but they are never heard of in their life¬ 
time. and their memory lives only in their 
children’s vague impression that mother 
must have been rather clever before all 
her ideas got out of date.” 
Having said tills, the Times goes on to 
name 12 women who, as it says, “owe their 
distinction to 1 hoii* own efforts, and not 
to accident,” It appears that six of these 
12 women have never married, and all of 
them combined have not produced a single 
child who may carry their high qualities 
on to future generations. We hope that 
a great majority of the married men who 
read this would, if selecting the 12 great¬ 
est women in the country, head the list 
with their wife’s name! We wonder how 
many of the wives, if asked to name the 
12 greatest Americans, would head the 
list with husband’s name? 
First Chicken : “Is it safe to dig tip 
his seeds now?” Second Chicken: "Yes, 
the boss has gone motoring to tear some 
blossoms off trees.”—New York Herald. 
The Farmer 
His Own 
Builder 
BY 
H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS 
Like' the 
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correct installation of “Red Cross” 
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room of any size building 
in coldest weather. Burns 
less fuel. 
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