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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 5, 1022 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
“One, Two, Three!” 
It, was an old. old, old, old lady, 
And a boy that was half-past throe; 
And the way that they played together 
Was beautiful to see. 
She couldn't go running and jumping, 
And the boy, no more could he; 
For he was a thin little fellow. 
With a thin tittle twisted knee. 
They sat in the yellow twilight, 
Out under the maple tree ; 
And the game they played I'll tell you, 
Just as it was told to me. 
It was hide and go seek they were playing. 
Though you’d never have known it to 
With the old, old, old, old lady. 
And the boy with the twisted knee. 
The boy would bend his face down 
On his one little sound knee. 
And he'd guess where she was hiding, 
In guesses, one, two, three. 
“You are in the china closet!" 
He would cry and laugh with glee— 
If wasn’t the china closet. 
But he still had two and three. 
“You are up in papa's big bedroom, 
Tu the chest with the queer old key !’’ 
And she said: “You are warm and 
warmer; 
But you are not quite right." said she. 
“It can’t be the little cupboard 
Where mamma’s things used to he— 
So it must bo the olothespress, gran'ma !” 
And he found her with his three. 
Then she covered her face with her fingers, 
That were wrinkled and white and wee, 
And she guessed where the bo.v was hiding, 
With a one and a two and a three. 
And they never had stirred from their 
places, 
Right under the maple tree— 
This old. old, old, old lady, 
And the boy with the lame little knee— 
This dear, dear, dear, old lady. 
And the hoy who was half-past three. 
—H. C. BTJNNER. 
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Readers are asking us again for tlmt 
method of canning string beans with 
cream of tartar. Wash and cut the beans 
in inch pieces. Add water enough to cover, 
and to each quart of water add one tea¬ 
spoon of cream of tartar. Boil 20 min¬ 
utes and seal in fruit cans. When using, 
pour off the water, rinse in fresh cold 
water and cook like fresh beans. We can 
our heans according to the cold pack 
method with entire success. but many 
correspondents tell ns that they find this 
cream of tartar canning more certain. 
* 
The mosquito plague has been worse 
this Summer than for many years in the 
vicinity of New York. New Jersey, after 
heavy State expenditures to check this 
annoyance, seems to have returned to 
old-time conditions. It is said that ex¬ 
cessive rainfall has washed away the oil 
used on stagnant water, swamps and 
creeks. It is a season when every effort 
should be made to prevent mosquitoes 
from breeding about the home property. 
Old tin cans or broken dishes that may 
be lying about with other rubbish should 
not he allowed to hold water They are 
often unsuspected breeding places for 
mosquitoes. A rainwater barrel is some¬ 
times allowed to become a nuisance in this 
way. We cannot control all the mosquito’s 
breeding grounds in a rural community, 
but we can watch out for such places on 
our own property, and do all in our 
power to encourage others to do likewise. 
Cellar windows should bo as carefully 
screened as all others, for the house mos¬ 
quito often spends the Winter in a cellar, 
and thus keeps up infestation throughout 
the house. 
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We were interested to hear from a 
reader who tells us how corn on the cob 
may be stored in brine. We arc not told, 
however, how the flavor compares with 
canned corn. We still think canning 
preferable, and it may be prepared for 
the table more quickly than when brined 
on the cob. Many women think brining 
or drying more economical, because it 
eliminates glass jars and rubber rings, 
and saves fuel—the latter a very impor¬ 
tant thing this season. 
Comfort and Beauty on the Summer 
Porch 
I thought perhaps some of the readers 
of “our" page would be interested in the 
way I furnished my porch this Summer 
at practically no expense. T did not feel 
that I could - afford wicker at anywhere 
from $I!).7- t i up for a single chair, so I 
turned as usual to my handy paint brush 
and proceeded to evolve a set of porch 
furniture as unique in its way ns any¬ 
thing you will see in the shops. First., 
I foraged about m the garret and an old 
unused house on the farm, and unearthed 
various odds and ends which I confess 
didn't look particularly promising, but I 
thought I saw possibilities even in the 
old straight rocker without a seat. I 
found three good, solid, old-fashioned 
small rockers, a straight chair and a 
small table with a drawer which would 
hold writing materials, crocheting, ete.; 
a comfortable cot with wooden end-pieces 
and a small round stool, just the thing 
for holding a big yellow bowl of wild 
flowers. There was also a willow stand 
which had once been a work basket, on 
legs (minus the basket) and which with 
an old earthen bean pot, painted and 
decorated, as l shall presently describe, 
and filled With woods ferns, is the most 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and *ize desired, sending price with order 
& 1013 
204-2 
0783. G hernias 
dress, 34 to 42 bust. 
Closing at shoulder 
and mnler am seam, 
loss. Cross-stitch 
border, suitable for 
any trimming pur¬ 
pose, The medium 
size will require 4 'i 
yards of material 32 
or 36 inches wide, -i 
yards 44. Width of 
skirt 114 yards. 
Each, 20 rents. 
2042. Coat with 
rnglnit sleeves. 34 or 
30, 38 or 40, 42 or 
44 bust. 
1073. Embroidery 
design illustrated. 
The medium size 
will require u yards 
of material 40 inches 
wide. 5% yards 44, 
4 % yards 54. Each, 
20 cents. 
204-6 
2034'. Middy suit 
for misses and small 
women, Id and 18 
years. The 10-year 
size will require 3 1 .i 
yards of material 80 
inches wide, 4 ; % 
yards 44, 4% yards 
54. Each 20 cents. 
2040 Coat, wrap, 
one size. This pat¬ 
tern will require 7VI 
yards of material 36 
inches wide. 0 yards 
44. rp/, yards. 54. 
Each 20 cents. 
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attractive bit of furniture on the porch. 
All of these things I painted a pretty 
dark gray, with knobs of orange. Oil 
the hack of each chair, the drawer of the 
stand, etc.. I stenciled a spray of orange 
flowers and black leaves. The ends of a 
linett crash runner for the table were 
treated in the same way. Some old 
earthen jugs a ltd crocks were also deco¬ 
rated and are handy for holding flowers. 
I have several hanging baskets which 
are just old earthen kettles filled with 
ferns, painted gray and decorated with 
the orange and black motif, as are also 
the porch boxes. 
My pillows (and one needs mile a 
few i are black and white striped linen 
crash, with one or two of old-fashioned 
oil-boiled calico in orange, which will not 
fade. Touches of orange are particularly 
pleasing, because there are so many flow¬ 
ers that help to carry out the scheme— 
marigolds. Zinnias, goldenrod, Black-eyed 
Susans, buttercups, Jacob’s ladder, and 
many others. I chose gray for the back¬ 
ground because our house is gray, but 
other color combinations could be carried 
out with equal success. A white house 
with greeu blinds should of course have 
green porch furniture. With rose and 
white and touches of black it could he 
very decorative. The striped awnings in 
all colors are a great help in carrying out 
any color scheme. Comfort: and ga.vety 
are the two main points to remember, 
and never forget to have flowers—till you 
can get. The common so-called weeds 
make attractive porch bouquets if ar¬ 
ranged properly. 
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Cooking Rabbits 
T note one of your correspondents is in 
doubt how to cook rabbits. Skin and 
clean as you would a fowl for frictissce- 
ing. The hindquarters are flue roiled it; 
cracker dust and fried in butter. 
Woodchuck, when fat. is fine eating. 
Bleed well, clean as ouo would it fowl 
for roasting; stuff the same and hake in 
a slow oven. Opossums and skunks are 
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though in case of tho latter remove the 
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