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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 19 
[ Woman and Home ] 
t*rom Day to Day. 
A RECIPE FOR A DAT. 
Take a little dash of water cold 
And a little leaven or prayer, 
And a little bit of morning gold, 
Dissolved in the morning air. 
Add to your meal some merriment. 
And a thought for kith and kin, 
And then, as your prime ingredient, 
A plenty of work thrown in. 
And spice it all with the essence of love. 
And a little whiff of play. 
Let a wise old book, and a glance above. 
Complete the well-made day. 
—Christian Advocate. 
* 
Thk Woman’s Journal tells bow two 
little girls, aged six and eight years, 
were discussing religious matters. The 
older one said to her sister: “Which 
wonld you rather do, live, or die and go 
to Heaven?” 
“Why,” the young one said, “I would 
rather live.” 
Whei’eupon the older one burst out 
with the emphatic question. “Sarah B—, 
what does your religion amount to?” 
m 
It is a good plan, when tomatoes are 
plentiful, in addition to canning, to 
cook some of them to the consistency 
of a well-thickened stew, and then seal 
up while hot. This is handy for soup^ 
stews and other cooking. One house¬ 
keeper says that she put her tomatoes 
in a bean pot, and left them in the oven 
all day. They were thus cooked with¬ 
out any further attention, or need of 
care, and then canned. 
• 
Af’pjji jelly flavored with mint is 
recommended for serving witli roast 
pork or goose. It is made in the usual 
way from green apples. To each cupful 
of strained juice a tablespoonful of mint 
extract made as follows is added before 
the sugar is put in. Wash one cupful 
of mint leaves, and steep one hour in 
a cupful of hot water. Strain the mint 
leaves through cheesecloth, pressing out 
all moisture, and add this juice to the 
apple. This jelly is a delicate green in 
color. 
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Tuy grape marmalade among your 
Autumn preserves. Choose ripe grapes 
of any familiar kind, and place them in 
the preserving kettle with just enough 
water to prevent their burning. Cook 
slowly at the side of the stove until they 
are well broken and mashed. Then 
press through a sieve and measure the 
pulp. For each pint allow half a pound 
of sugar. Place the grape pulp over the 
lire, boil for 20 minutes, add the sugar 
and boil from 10 to 20 minutes longer, 
or until a drop of the mixture when 
put on a plate will retain its shape with¬ 
out spreading. Stir constantly while 
cooking. Skim carefully from time to 
time and when done pack in small jars. 
• 
Within a stone’s throw of the R. N.-Y. 
office are many crowded streets where 
the tenement dwellers represent all the 
races of eastern and southern Europe. 
Half-clad children play in the open 
street, watched over by energetic little 
sisters, who share maternal burdens be¬ 
fore they are out of babyhood.Growing 
things are scarce in the East Side 
streets, though there is an occasional 
struggling window plant, or a tangle of 
anaemic scarlet runners trying to clam¬ 
ber over the scuttle on some roof, but 
within the past year some tree lovers 
have received official permission to plant 
a few shade trees on some wider streets, 
and if smoke and dust will only permit 
it, green branches may yet wave above 
the dingy pavements. One objection 
urged against this planting was that 
the swarming children would surely de¬ 
stroy the slender saplings. This temp¬ 
tation was first provided against by the 
use of a wire guard, and then reenforced 
by a neatly-lettered sign, which reads* 
“This tree is a gift to all children—be 
its friend.” We wish the force of that 
inscription could be realized by many 
whose scant appreciation of trees or 
plants makes them neglect the proper 
embellishment of a country home. Too 
often our blessings brighten as they 
take their flight, and all too late, im¬ 
prisoned in city brick and mortar, we 
may realize the possibilities of some 
neglected dooryard, which might have 
been a beautiful setting for the home. 
* 
In some of the French restaurants in 
New York the coffee drinker is served 
with a cup nearly filled with hot milk, 
accompanied by a little metal pitcher 
containing strong black coffee. The 
coffee is poured into the hot milk, and 
sweetened with powdered sugar. It is 
rather surprising that so few households 
serve hot milk with the morning coffee; 
it adds wonderfully to the richness of 
flavor when cream is not procurable. 
The milk should be hot, but not boiled. 
In coffee-making it. is a decided economy 
to have the berry very finely ground, 
thus giving up more of its strength. 
Every housekeeper has her own pei 
formula for coffee-making. Our prefer¬ 
ence is for a drip coffee-pot and no 
boiling. 
* 
The director of athletics at North¬ 
western University thinks that the aver¬ 
age university woman graduate knows 
too little about housekeeping, cooking 
and the practical things of life, and 
that her knowledge of Greek and Latin 
roots has been acquired too often at the 
expense of knowledge that is much more 
needful, though more humble. He says: 
I believe the modern university should 
include in its curriculum a course in house¬ 
keeping, and that the course should be 
required for all young women students. 
The greatest flaw in the education of the 
average wife to-day is her inability to 
cook appetizing food. Indigestion from 
poor cooking is probably responsible for 
more marital Infelicity than all other 
causes combined. Northwestern could 
make no wiser move this year than the 
establishment of such a course of study. 
The Photographic Competition. 
EXTENSION OF TIME. 
It has been decided to extend the time 
for the competition in farm garden pic¬ 
tures one month beyond the period 
originally settled upon, closing Novem¬ 
ber 1, instead of October 1. Many gar¬ 
dens are very late this year, owing to 
the unfavorable season, and, if frost 
holds off, their beauty is likely to be 
prolonged beyond the time of usual 
bloom. September and October should 
show a great luxuriance of Autumn 
flowers. Chrysanthemums, Cosmos, 
Marigolds and Alyssum hold up their 
heads almost until snow flies, and the 
hardy native Asters we pick so care¬ 
lessly not only bear out their name of 
Michaelmas daisy, but stay with us till 
the Feast of All hallows. There is 
plenty of material for garden pictures 
still. 
First Prize, - $7.00 
Second Prize, - $6.00 
Third Prize, - $3.00 
Competition now open until November 
1, 1903. Any further information de¬ 
sired will be furnished upon request. 
Address all pictures to Prize Photo¬ 
graph Competition, Woman and Home 
Department of the R. N.-Y. 
A Baking Suggestion. —If, when bak¬ 
ing, the oven is too hot and cakes or 
pies are browning too fast, a piece of 
tin or sheet iron laid on the grate over 
the food will serve to keep the heat 
away better than laying paper on the 
top. G. H. T. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The becoming sailor blouse shown is 
made of pongee in natural color with 
shield of tucked Liberty silk, and is 
trimmed with bands of the same em¬ 
broidered in Chinese characters, but the 
design is suited to linen and cotton ma¬ 
terials of many sorts and also to light 
weight wools and simple silks. The 
waist consists of the fronts, back, collar, 
shield and sleeves. The back is smooth 
across the shoulders and drawn down 
in gathers at the waist line but the 
fronts pouch slightly over the belt. To 
the open neck is joined the big sailor 
collar and beneath this collar the shield 
it attached. The sleeves are snug above 
the elbows, full below and are gathered 
into straight cuffs. The quality of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size is 
4% yards 21 inches wide, 4^4 yards 27 
inches wide, 3 yards 32 inches wide, or 
2% yards 44 inches wide, with % yard 
of tucking for shield and 2i/i yards of 
trimming to make as illustrated. The 
blouse pattern 4482 is cut in sizes for a 
32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 inch bust measure, 
price 10 cents. 
Long loose coats are still favored for 
children and young girls. As shown, 
the coat is made with fronts and back 
and is shaped by means of shoulder and 
under-arm seams. At the neck is a big 
round collar that laps over with the 
fronts, to close in double-breasted style. 
4483Girl’s Three-Quarter Coat, 
6 to 14 yra. 
The sleeves are full with pointed roll 
over cuffs to the wrist. Pockets can be 
inserted in the fronts when desired or 
omitted as may be preferred. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size (10 years) is 5 yards 21 inches wide, 
3% yards 44 inches wide or 2% yards 
52 inches wide. The pattern 4483 is cut 
in sizes for girls of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 
years of age, price 10 cents. 
My name on a 
lamp-chimney says, 
“ Pay double for 
me; I give double 
light and don’t 
break.” 
Macbeth. 
How to take care of lamps, including the 
getting of right-shape chimneys, is in my 
Index; sent free. 
Macbeth, Pittsburgh. 
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Makes baking sure 
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