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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 7 
; Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
UNSPOKEN WORDS. 
The kindly words that rise within the 
heart. 
And thrill it with their sympathetic tone. 
But die ere spoken, fail to iday their i^art, 
And claim a merit that is not their own. 
The kindly word unspoken is a sin— 
A sin that wraps itself in purest guise, 
And tells the heart that, doubting, looks 
within. 
That not in speech, but thought, the 
virtue lies. 
It is not; so another heart may thirst 
For that kind word, as Hagar in the wild— 
Poor banished Hagar!—prayed a well 
might burst 
From out the sand to save her parching 
child. 
And loving eyes that cannot see the mind 
Wili watch the unexpected movement of 
the lip; 
Ah. can ye ict its cutting silence wind 
Around the heart, and scathe it like a 
whip? 
Then hide it not the music of the soul. 
Dear sympathy, expressed with kindly 
voice; 
But let it, like a shining river, roll 
To deserts dry—to hearts that would re¬ 
joice. 
Oh. let the sympathy of kindly words 
Sound for the poor, the friendless, and 
the weak! 
And He will bless you—He who struck 
these chords 
Will strike another when in turn you 
seek. 
—John Boyle O’Reilly. 
* 
Very handsome collar and cuff sets 
are made of mercerized basket-weave 
cheviot embroidered with Russian cross- 
stitch, which is done in bright red, 
green and blue cotton. The combina¬ 
tions are very attractive and striking, 
and go well with a flannel waist. 
* 
Oi.D-FASinoNEi) Colonial glass is now 
in stylie, the tall straight-sided vessels 
which were formerly seen in cut glass 
only. Now they are made in pressed 
domestic glass, having a cut finish. A 
two-piece set, sugar bowl and creamer 
of this style, costs 40 to 50 cents and is 
very jiretty. 
A WESTERN philosopher suggests to 
the men that when they get “real mad" 
they take it out in shaking the rugs, 
instead of slamming doors. There is a 
good deal of wisdom in that advice; 
followed out it would leave no breath 
to be expended in snajjpish words ad¬ 
dressed to the unoffending members of 
the family. 
* 
How do you use little scraps of pas¬ 
try left after pie-making? We make 
them into Eccles cakes by rolling out 
thin, spreading with currants, sugar and 
spice, laying another sheet of pastry 
on top, and then rolling lightly. Cut 
out like cookies and bake. The pastry 
may also be spread with a mixture of 
figs, dates, raisins and nuts, all chopped, 
then covered as before with the second 
(layer of piaste. Pastry Is al^o nijee 
rolled thin, cut into fancy shapes, and 
sprinkled with cheese before baking. 
A MANiTSCRiPT cook book of the year 
1734 contains this recipe for “a fricka- 
sie”: “Take ye fowls cut them in pieces 
and clean them season with peper & 
salt a little mace nuttmeg cloves, some 
parslay, a little bit of onion. Let them 
lay 2 hours then flowr them very well, 
fry in sweet butter & make ye butter 
hott before you put them in. Fry a fine 
brown. Wash ye pan & put them in a 
gain with a pint of gravy. Lett them 
swimyer in ye gravy. Take the yolks 
of 3 eggs with a little grated nuttmeg 
& a little juce of lemon & 2 spoonfulls 
of wine. Shake it over the fire till it 
is as thick as cream, pour over yr frick- 
asie and so serve it to ye table Kott.” 
A GOOD many arguments may be ad¬ 
vanced against war, but one of the most 
comprehensive was offered by a pupil in 
a rural school. At the beginning of the 
war with Spain the teacher told the 
class something about the circumstan¬ 
ces, and asked all who favored the war 
to hold up their hands. Up went every 
hand but Jack’s. 
“Well, Jack, why are you opposed to 
the war?’’ asked the teacher. 
“’Cause, Me='s Sophie, war.makes his¬ 
tory, an’ there’s more now ’n I can ever 
learn.” 
* 
A SWINDLER Is reiiorted to be visiting 
towns in the Middle West selling a 
cleaning fluid to housewives for $1 a 
bottle. He demonstrates its virtues by 
cleansing fabrics with it and then holds 
a lighted match over the bottle to show 
that it contains no gasoline nor other 
inflammable substance. After purchas¬ 
ing, however, it is found that in spite 
of the formula printed on the wrapper, 
the bottle merely contains a pint of in¬ 
ferior gasoline, worth about four cents. 
The bottle used by the agent in demon¬ 
stration contains some totally different 
material that is really of value, but this 
is merely a decoy. This swindle is not 
only dishonest, but barbarously wicked, 
since it exposes careless purchasers to 
the danger of the inflammable gasoline. 
It emphasizes the folly of dealing with 
wandering salesmen who have no cre¬ 
dentials except a glib tongue and a per¬ 
suasive manner. If you want a cleans¬ 
ing fluid, better consult a reliable drug¬ 
gist; the best material we have used 
only costs 25 cents a bottle. 
* 
A V RiTER in the Woman’s Home Com¬ 
panion makes these helpful suggestions, 
which will be found valuable when con¬ 
tagious disease appears in the family: 
When my small boy came down with 
the diphtheria I was unprepared for the 
emergency. Deeming it wrong to ask any 
one to wash such articles, the first change 
of bed-clothing and night-dress were 
burned. Then I searched my chests, and 
found several old sheet.s, from which I 
made temporary night-dresses and pillow- 
ca.ses. I also bought chee.se-cloth, and 
made sheets and cases. These, were con¬ 
signed to the flames as soon as soiled. The 
cost was small compared with the first loss. 
I used no towels, napkins or handkerchiefs, 
substituting soft pieces of old cotton and 
linen garments, and cremating them as 
soon as once used. The danger of conta- 
g'on was greatly lessened, I believe, bv 
this procedure. A friend who had the soiled 
linen from her child’s sick-room laundered 
at home had the disease spread through 
her entire family. I limited it to the one 
case. In convalescence I gave my boy pa¬ 
per soldiers, scrap-books, cheap crayons, 
colored pencils and blocks of inexpensive 
paper with which to amuse himself, and I 
put every scrap into the stove w’hen he was 
released from quarantine. It will pay any 
mpjther to devote one box or drawer to an 
accumulation of old garments, to be used 
in such an emergency as came to me. and 
may come to any family at any time. 
* 
People who have never visited a 
Chinese restaurant often wonder what 
is meant by the mysterious compound 
known as chop suey. We have never 
ventured to eat it as served by the 
Chinese, because we have visited some 
of those groceries in New York’s China¬ 
town where they sell smoked dog’s feet 
and similar delicacies, and this has 
given a lack of confidence in the ori¬ 
ental cuisine, but here is a tested re¬ 
cipe, said to be genuinely Chinese, for 
chop suey, which is a favorite with 
those who have tried it: Blanch one 
dozen almonds, and as many hazelnuts, 
the meats of a dozen English walnuts, 
and chop rather fine. Remove the 
brown skin from a Brazil nut and cut 
in thin slices. Pare the flesh from each 
end of the raw gizzard of a chicken, 
simmer until tender. Take one-quarter 
of the breast meat of a cooked chicken, 
the gizzard and one ounce of smoked 
beef; run all through a food chopper. 
In a saucepan slowly cook two teaspoon- 
fule of butter until the color begins to 
change. Add quickly four tablespoon- 
fuls of strong chicken stock, one table¬ 
spoonful tomato catsup, the prepared 
meat and nuts. Cover and simmer 1C 
minutes. Have ready two good-sized 
Jerusalem artichokes which have been 
scraped and cut in thin slices (be sure 
to keep in cold, slightly acidulated water 
until needed, or they will become dis¬ 
colored). Now add the artichokes, with 
a high seasoning of paprika, and salt- 
si>oonful salt. Cook for 10 minutes 
more, and it is ready to serve. 
Caring for an Iron Sink. 
I have heard several housekeepers 
ccmplain that they could not keep their 
sinks in good condition. Ahvays wash 
it out after every meal when dishes are 
done, and wipe out with the cloth wrung 
out. If inclined to rust, wipe all over 
with a little greased rag, using some soft 
unsalted grease, and leave the grease on 
until the next meal. Do not use soap 
freely unless the sink has become very 
greasy. It is better to have it slightly 
greasy. If pot-black gets on it, clean off 
with grease instead of soap. If it gets 
gummy clean with kerosene, then wash 
off and grease it, as kerosene will cause 
it to rust if left on. Treated in this 
way, your sink will soon begin to shine 
as if varnished. 
Don’t try to keep it dry, but let every¬ 
one pour in all the water they please; 
it will do no harm, and that is what 
sinks are made for. I have seen people 
who put tunnels in the outlet, and tried 
to have all the water poured down them, 
and their sinks did not look as well as 
others that had all sorts of things 
poured into them. If Johnny comes In 
some night and brushes his teeth with 
salt, you may find your o’nk badly 
rusted next morning, but don’t scold; be 
thankful that he cleans his teeth at all. 
If the rust is very thick, scrape off with 
an old knife, grease and go on as be- ' 
fore. _ M. A. E. 
One thing is clear to me: that no in¬ 
dulgence of passion destroys the spirit¬ 
ual nature so much as respectable sel¬ 
fishness.—George MacDonald. 
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