1266 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 21, 1022 
|| WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Daybreak! Daybreak! 
Daybreak! daybreak! bright grows the 
east at last; 
Bells ringing, birds singing, sun in the 
dewdrop glassed; 
Leaves shaking, hi no waking, soft sounds 
from field and wood— 
Look up, my weary heart! morn's here, 
and God is good! 
New skies and blue .skies—cheer, heart ! 
another day 
Lights on the changing world. Up! 
strive! whilst strive thou may. 
What though the past went wrong? 
What though the night were long? 
Wake! wake! my weary heart! new be 
thy hope and song. 
Daybreak! daybreak! Thank God for 
veiling night. 
Sleep’s sweet forgetfulness, settling the 
sad world right. 
Thank God for birds amt bells. “Cheer! 
cheer!’’ they seem lo say. 
All that is past, is past; life is new¬ 
born each day. 
Sparkle of beamy dew, deep skies so clear 
and blue. 
God smiling on the world, light me to 
labor true! 
Help me to strive with zeal—strive, 
though my star go down— 
Sure that, while mornings rise, some day 
my task shall crown. 
—JAMES BUCKIIAM. 
* 
On page 123!) we gave an outline of 
the work planned by the women’s club 
of a small Connecticut town. It would 
he very interesting to hear from others, 
not only from women's clubs, but also 
from ladies’ aid societies and other 
church organizations. The women who 
worked so loyally for the Bed Gross dur¬ 
ing the Great War learned the value of 
united effort, and there is no doubt that 
their energies are being used efficiently 
in local and community affairs. What 
is your organization planning for the 
coming season? What can you do to 
help your neighborhood, and to make the 
future of your young people brighter and 
better? 
A RECENT query from a Western State 
brings out another angle of the same 
idea. A woman’s organization wished to 
prepare a pageant for Armistice Day, 
and wished some suggestions. The time 
was short, and as a pageant of any pre¬ 
tensions takes long and patient drilling 
it would seem hardly possible to present 
more than a few tableaus, but still a few 
groups, carefully planned, with a musi¬ 
cal program, would be attractive and in¬ 
teresting. We would like to hear from 
any rural community which has planned 
and carried out a pageant. There are 
professional entertainers who go about 
from place to place arranging such dis¬ 
plays. and they are usually very skillful 
in using local talent, but we would like 
to know how such things have been done 
without outside help. What was your 
best entertainment of this class, and how 
was it managed? 
... 
Every housekeeper who depends on 
kerosene lamps for lighting—and many 
thousands of our readers are still in 
that class—should see that she has a 
good light place to fill and trim lamps, 
with all sui)plies close at hand. A zinc- 
covered table, with a zinc tray beneath 
to hold oil cans, is clean and convenient, 
and relieves one from the anxiety of oil- 
soaked wood. Chimneys and wicks to fit 
the different lamps should he on hand. 
Is there anything more discouraging in 
stormy Winter weather than to find that 
the most needed lamp has a short wick 
or broken chimney? There should he a 
special table or shelf for cleaned lamps. 
A row of lamps in good order, with shin¬ 
ing chimneys and even wicks, is an at¬ 
tractive display, hut every woman knows 
how much disagreeable work they repre¬ 
sent. We wish that every housekeeper 
who reads this could enjoy the dean 
brilliancy of electric light. It is not an 
impossibility, even on the most isolated 
farm. % 
Peach Marmalade 
Here is a recipe for pencil marmalade 
that is very good: Twelves peaches, 
peeled and stone removed, three oranges, 
one lemon. Put through the food chop¬ 
per and save the juice; add an equal 
amount of sugar to juice and pulp, Cook 
until thick. It is very nice, and I have 
never seen the recipe printed. 
MRS. ir. L. A. 
Tennessee Notes 
Oar school is in operation. Wo had 
the house ready for school in 2!) days 
from the day the foundation was laid. 
The teacher came home with Thelma last 
night : you know that is a great thing in 
the eyes of a little fellow. The children 
all like her and thiuk she is coming along 
splendidly. We want to make her Jife 
just as pleasant as we can, for. do you 
know, it's a right good undertaking to 
go in a strange neighborhood that way; 
but she said it was the first place she 
ever taught that the patrons came with 
brooms, chair, table, flowers, vases, etc., 
the first day. 1 told her perhaps it was 
the first time she ever taught where they 
had been without a school for 15 years. 
The days have Ibnvu by. It seems 
almost incredible that Autumn is here 
again, hut looking from the east window 
1 see the chestnut burs are beginning to 
open, the green tree leaves to turn scar¬ 
let, and brown oak leaves •<> drift down. 
One can hear the acorns pattering down 
at the least shake of the wind like wee 
brown elves among the leaves. No rain 
for days ami days has seared the grass 
until the hills of the north are barren- 
looking indeed, but on the crest of the hill 
is the neatest, whitest schoolhouse, cov¬ 
ered with tin that glistens like silver in 
the sunlight. Within are 25 children and 
a serious young teacher striving to teach 
them the essentials of reading, writing, 
etc. And every time. I hear the school 
bell ring or the hippy laughter of the 
children I am just so glad and so thank¬ 
ful words don’t tell it. 
We have reorganized our Sunday 
school and moved it to the new school- 
house. True, we need an organ, lights, 
maps, globes, charts, etc., but we are 
going along fine. 
Gunning arid butter-making about over 
with. Sweet potatoes to dig, wrap in 
paper and pack in paper-lined boxes. 
Irish potatoes no trouble at all. as the 
dry weather took can' of them, as well 
as the late tomatoes, beaus and roasting 
ear patches, but one need never expect to 
reap the fulfillment of the hopes of plant¬ 
ing time, need they? Life is made up of 
hopes and failures, heartaches and joys. 
Hens have been on a strike or vacation 
for several weeks, but I notice as they 
show lip new Fall dresses they begin to 
cackle. I nave treated them very kindly; 
have free access to millet, peas, sunflow¬ 
ers and a cornfield, as w ell as a treat of 
oats now and then. 
We have turned the pig over to the 
black cow. and she has made of him a 
good-sized porker. It would take three 
of his mates to balance him on the scales, 
which proves that warm sweet milk right 
from headquarters cannot he beaten. 
To those who inquired about the cover¬ 
let. draw first row of circles through 
center, allowing each circle to lap two 
or three inches, according rn size: then 
keep lapping circles until surface is cov¬ 
ered hack and forth. A little practice 
with a saucer on a paper will soon teach 
one lmw. mbs. i>, n. i*. 
The Daily Milk Ration 
A generation or so ago those who 
drank milk did so because they liked if 
as a beverage. Very little was then com¬ 
prehended about the value of milk as a 
food. Today we know that it is the 
most valuable of foods for growing chil¬ 
dren, and for adults as well. However, 
it is sometimes difficult for the busy 
housewife to plan so that each member 
of her family shall in one way or another 
get (he amount of milk daily w hich they 
should have. 
Unfortunately people sometimes dis¬ 
like milk or do not care enough about it 
to make an effort to drink it. Of course 
the best time to overcome this Is in early 
childhood. Children are often attracted 
to milk by the sort of receptacles from 
which they pour and drink it. A queer 
jug. one of the large-mouthed bottles doe- 
tors often throw away, your new alumi¬ 
num stewpan, or a pitcher the children 
have been allowed t• * buy for themselves 
are enough out of the ordinary to prove 
interesting for the supply of milk you 
serve your small folks at their mid-morn¬ 
ing lunch. At regular meals a pitcher 
of milk for the family should have a 
place on the table as does your plate of 
bread. If the children have favorite cups 
or glasses the milk will taste much better 
from them. Then when there is a camp¬ 
ing parly or a game of Robinson Grusoe 
in your backyard he sure that grape 
juice bottles, patty tins or baking pow¬ 
der eatts are used in the place of glasses 
or cups, as they will lit in with tin* chil¬ 
dren’s imagination. 
Flavored milk is most delectable for 
grown-ups or children. Gocoa. ehoeolalo 
syrup, strawberry and raspberry juices, 
honey, maple syrup, vanilla and sugar or 
barley wafer and sugar may he used. 
You have tried a howl of milk with pieces 
of baked sweet apple in it. have you not? 
Ripe blackberries, molasses cookies, old- 
fashioned meal “puddin* ” and ground 
popcorn are also good in milk. Butter¬ 
milk is a favorite beverage with many 
people, and is very healthful as well. 
One may use odds and ends of vege¬ 
tables in making milk soups. One vege¬ 
table or more, according to your liking, 
placed in a double boiler with the amount 
of milk you wish, llien heated for three 
hours, slightly thickened and strained, 
makes a delicious soup. Gelery tops, 
onions, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, salsify, 
lettuce and shell beans are all suitable 
for making vegetable soups. Glams and 
oysters offer a chance for using milk. 
Cereals may he cooked in milk. Creamed 
vegetables should he used frequently and 
scalloped vegetables offer still further 
possibilities. 
Desserts may he selected with a view 
lo the use of milk. Cream tapioca, choc¬ 
olate and plain cornstarch, rice and bread 
puddings, custards and junkets arc all 
vehicles for the milk. Shredded cocoa- 
nut, maple syrup, figs, raisins, dates, 
stewed peaches, pears and prunes give 
variety when added to the desserts. 
f.i.siK a. wit,I.COX. 
Gelatin Ice Cream 
I notice a recent inquiry regarding the 
use of gelatin in ice cream. Perhaps this 
will help the reader who asks; 
I always use powdered gelatin in mak¬ 
ing ice cream. I use one level tablespoon 
for each quart, four to a gallon freezer. 
I put a small quantity of the milk to be 
used ou the stove in a small saucepan, 
add the gelatin and heat until the gelatin 
is dissolved. Do not boil. I then add 
this to the rest of the "mixture and freeze. 
Gelatin not only helps to make the ice 
cream stand up better, but greatly im¬ 
proves the quality, making a much 
smoother ice cream. I do not use eggs 
when using gelatin. I use one pint of 
cream or evaporated- milk in making a 
gallon of ice cream. The consistency of 
the ice cream will lie much improved if 
cream is whipped and then added. Evap¬ 
orated milk can also he whipped. I can 
make an excellent ice cream with 2U> 
quarts milk. cups sugar and the pint 
of cream, with anv desired (layer, using 
the gelatin. I purchase the powdered 
gelatin in ’4 lb. lots. It is rather high 
in price, hut then no eggs are necessary, 
and not so much cream. mbs. w. f. g. 
Pickled Eels in Jelly 
This is for 5 lbs, of eels. Gut in small 
pieces, about 5 in. long. Use one veal 
hone to make a thick jelly, one lemon 
( sliced), sail and pepper to suit taste, 
five or six bay leaves, two onions, l’ut 
this all on to boil with enough vinegar 
to cover. Boil about 15 to 20 minutes. 
This can he put up in quart jars; seal 
t ight. MRS. J. F. M. 
M 
SEDAN 
f. o. b. 
k Toledo 
“Notv 
Mother Qoes 
to Market 
by Motor* 
% l K i ■ f 
r-> l U:> 
For the Woman Who Drives Her Own Car 
/ T'HOUSANDS of women who are 
driving Overland Sedans wonder 
how they ever got along without them. 
Everything about an Overland Sedan 
is remarkably simple. The driver's seat 
is comfortable. The gears shift easily. 
Steering becomes second nature. 
Built with scrupulous care, the Over¬ 
land Sedan is a car to be proud of—the 
upholstery is rich and inviting, the 
cushions deep and resilient, the seats 
roomy and comfortable. The body hangs 
like a hammock on the patented Triplex 
Spring Suspension—road shocks are 
banished. 25 miles to a gallon is com¬ 
mon experience. Tire mileage is sur¬ 
prisingly high. For the woman on the 
farm the Overland Sedan is without 
question “the greatest motor car value 
in America.” 
WILLY S' O VERL AN D, INC., TOLEDO, O. 
TOURING, $525 : ROADSTER, $525 : COUPE, $795 : SEDAN, $875 
f. o. b. Toledo 
‘Overland, Always a Good Investment, Now the Greatest Automobile Value in America’ 
