THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 14 
116 
f Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
MATINS. 
I threw some crumbs from my window 
At the falling of the night, 
" And I thought no more about them 
Till, at break of morning light, 
A ceaseless chirping and twitter 
On the frosty air I heard; 
’Twas the sparrow’s morning blessing. 
And my heart with joy was stirred; 
For ’tls something to make happy 
Even the heart of a bird. 
It gave me a pleasant keynote 
For the music of the day; 
A song of thanks for each blessing 
I should find along its way; 
A thought for the joy of others. 
And how oft with little care 
I might give some crumbs of pleasure 
To another heart, and bear 
In my own a double measure 
For the sake of another’s share. 
Yes, twitter, ye little sparrows, 
For the scattered crumbs I threw; 
We are holding morning service. 
Ye are choir and preacher, too. 
Whatever one thinks of the singing 
With the sermon there’s no compare; 
A thought of the blessed Master 
To my waking heart ye bear; 
His text was the little sparrows. 
When He told of His Father’s care. 
—I. D. French, in Boston Evening Tran¬ 
script, ^ 
To BRXJSir dust off silk nothing equals 
a piece of velvet or velveteen. A brush 
has little effect beyond acting as an 
irritant to the surface of the silk, but 
the velvet wipes off all traces of the dust 
without injuring the fabric. Taffeta 
millinery has a knack of gathering dust 
that is hard to remove, but the velvet 
wipes it out of every fold. 
« 
A simu-E liquid glue that is easily 
made is a great convenience In the 
house. Put ordinary glue in a wide- 
mouthed bottle (ground glue will dis¬ 
solve more readily) and add to It double 
its quantity of acetic acid. If it gets too 
thick add more acid. In cold weather 
warm slightly before using. It is said 
that this glue may even be used for 
mending china and glassware. 
* 
Huck toweling is a favorite material 
for art embroidery at present, an effec¬ 
tive style being an all-over design in 
darning stitches, running in and out 
with the pattern of the material. Shaded 
silk or “silkateen” floss is used. For a 
table scarf, a good effect is given by a 
border of leaves outlined with herring¬ 
bone veins, whiie a background is form¬ 
ed for the leaves by covering the re¬ 
mainder of Hie material with darning 
stitches. 
* 
Poiuv is at its best during cold weath¬ 
er, and at this time of year roast fresh 
pork will be i-elished even by those who 
do not ordinarily care for it. Although 
we hear so much from some dietetic au¬ 
thorities on the unwholesomeness of 
pork, it must be borne in mind that it 
furnishes in cheap form the fat that is 
a necessary part of our diet, and it is a 
very useful food for persons engaged in 
muscular exertion. It should always be 
very thoroughly cooked, until the meat 
inside looks almost white. Roast leg of 
pork, from which the bone has been re¬ 
moved, and the cavity filled with a sage 
dressing, is described as “poor man’s 
turkey”; it is really very nice. When 
roasting pork without dressing we like 
to rub its outer surface with powdered 
sage, salt and pepper before putting in 
the oven. Some cooks rub the pork with 
a mixture of salt, pepper and mustard. 
Onion and apple sauce are the usual ac¬ 
companiments of roast pork; some mod¬ 
ern cooks add to a pint of apple sauce 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use“Mrs.Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
for this use a tablespoonful of Worces¬ 
tershire sauce, a tablespoonful of fresh¬ 
ly grated horseradish, and a dash of 
salt and red pepper. Fried apples are 
a good combination with roast pork; so 
too are fried peaches; canned peaches 
that are drained, dusted with flour, and 
a dash of red pepper, and quickly fried 
in butter. 
• 
Here is a recipe for jumbles made 
without eggs, which have the merit of 
being very nice, as well as inexpensive: 
Mix half a cupful of carefully rendered 
suet or any of the lard substitutes with 
two tablespoonfuls of butter. Dissolve a 
teaspoonful of soda in two tablespoon¬ 
fuls of water; stir it into one cupful 
(half a pint) of New Orleans molasses. 
When foaming add a cupful of strong 
boiling coffee; add this to the shorten¬ 
ing; mix and add teaspoonful of ground 
ginger and about three cupfuls of flour 
or sufficient to make a soft dough. Roll 
out half an inch in thickness; cut with 
a round cutter and bake in a moderate¬ 
ly quick oven 15 minutes. 
* 
It is sad to learn that the succulent 
oyster devotes his leisure to the cultiva¬ 
tion of microbes, particularly of the ty¬ 
phoid variety. A recent English outbreak 
of typhoid was traced to oysters, and the 
bacteriologists are solemnly warning us 
to avoid this insidious denizen of the 
seas, unless thoroughly cooked. Life, 
however, is full of compensations; some 
benevolent scientists assure us that the 
lemon juice we squeeze over our oysters 
will destroy typhoid germs, so we are 
safe until some other searcher after 
truth informs us that we ought to steri¬ 
lize the lemon juice. In that case we 
shall be driven to cook the oysters, and 
put our trust in Tabasco sauce. 
* 
The Japanese tea sets sold here usual¬ 
ly approach our own models in char¬ 
acter, but the real thing as used in Japan 
does not include sugar bowl or cream 
jug, consisting merely of the teapot, a 
shallow bowl with a nose or spout, and 
several small handleless cups, Japan¬ 
ese tea is made with blood-warm water. 
The water is boiled, poured into the lit¬ 
tle bowl, and then after cooling is put 
into the teapot and allowed to stand four 
or five minutes. Visitors to the little 
Japanese tea house on the edge of the 
Lagoon at the Columbian Exposition wili 
remember the deiicious tea served there 
after this fashion by the quaint littie 
waiter, accompanied by tiny square 
4327 Child’s Dress, 6 mos. to 4 years 
cakes made of highly sweetened rice 
flour, which made one feel a little uncer¬ 
tain whether they were really cakes, or 
some unknown sweetmeat translated in¬ 
to Japanese._ 
The Rural Patterns. 
The child’s dress figured will be found 
a useful model for all seasons, but es¬ 
pecially for Summer. It Is equally suit¬ 
able for fine white materials or for col¬ 
ored cottons. The dress is made with 
the shaped yoke and a plain skirt that is 
gathered at the upper edge and joined to 
the yoke. The sleeves are full and gath¬ 
ered into wristbands at the lower edgea 
Over the shoulders are shaped frills that 
form the stylish epaulettes. At the neck 
is a band or narrow standing collar. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size (two years) is three yards 
36 inches wide with one-half yard of 
tucking for yoke, seven-eighths yard of 
embroidery and two yards of insertion 
to trim as illustrated. The pattern No. 
4324 Work Apron, 
'’■mall, Medium, largo. 
4327 is cut in sizes for chiidren six 
months, 1, 2 and 4 years of age; price 
10 cents from this office. 
A capacious working apron is a good 
protector ot the clothes, and the style 
illustrated will be found very useful and 
easy to make. It is sometimes belted 
with strings coming from the back and 
tied in a bow in front. At a harvest 
supper given by a church society last 
Fall, all the waitresses wore aprons of 
this pattern, made of blue check ging¬ 
ham, over white piqud skirts and shirt 
waists; the effect of this uniform was 
very good, and many guests expressed 
a desire to buy these aprons. We heard 
recently of a Christian Endeavor circle 
whose members have earned a good deal 
of money by making these aprons upon 
order. The apron is made with front 
and backs that are gathered at their up¬ 
per edges and finished with bands that 
serve as a yoke. To these bands are at¬ 
tached others that form shoulder straps 
and which serve to keep the apron in 
piace. A single button and buttonhole 
make the only fastening that is required. 
The quantity of material required for the 
medium size is iVz yards 27 inches wide, 
or 4% yards 36 inches wide. The pat¬ 
tern No. 4324 is cut in three sizes, small, 
medium and large; price 10 cents. 
Ie thou cast away one cross, without 
doubt thou shalt find another, and that 
perhaps more heavy.—Thomas h Kem- 
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