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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 10 
[ Woman and Home j 
From Day to Day. 
TWO LITTLE GIRLS. 
I’m twins, I guess, ’cause my Ma say 
I’m two little girls. An’ one o’ me 
Is Good little girl; an’ th’ other ’n’ she 
Is Bad little girl as she can be. 
An’ Ma say so, ’most ever’ day. 
An’ she’s the funniest Ma! ’Cause when 
My Doll won’t mind, an’ I 1st cry, 
W’y, nen my Ma she sob an’ sigh, 
An’ say, “Dear Good little girl, good-by! 
Bad little girl’s corned here again!’’ 
Last time 'at Ma act’ that a-way, 
I cried all to myse’f awhile 
Out on the steps, an’ nen I smile, 
An’ git my Doll all fix’ in style, 
An’ go in where Ma’s at, an’ say; 
“Morning to you, Mommy, dear! 
Where’s that Bad little girl wuz here? 
Bad little girl’s goned clean away, 
An’ Good little girl’s corned back to stay.” 
—James Whitcomb Riley in Century 
Magazine. 
* 
A tost office fraud order was recent¬ 
ly issued against a swindler in New 
York, who under the name of Rhode, 
advertised easy work at home. Money 
was remitted to him for the necessary 
outfit, and he would then advise his vic¬ 
tims to start a scheme of endless-chain 
letters as a remunerative business, this 
advice being the only outfit offered. 
* 
A very nice pudding sauce may be 
made with unfermented grape juice, tak¬ 
ing the place of the wine sauce given by 
many cook books, which we never use. 
To make it, boil together one cupful of 
sugar and one-half cupful of water until 
it forms a syrup that will spin a thread; 
then add one-half pint of grape juice 
and the juice of one lemon, and stand 
aside to cool. Such a sauce is very nice 
with a plain farina, rice, or bread-and- 
butter pudding. 
* 
Baked potatoes may be varied by tak¬ 
ing from the oven when just cooked, 
carefully cutting in half and removing 
the interior, which is then mashed with 
cream and seasoning, piled in the shells, 
and put back in the oven for 10 min¬ 
utes. Large potatoes should be selected. 
This is a decided improvement when the 
potatoes do not bake very floury, which 
is often the case at this season. We 
have found it rather difficult to get good 
potatoes during the present Winter, and 
have been obliged to study advantageous 
ways of cooking them, since they would 
obstinately refuse to look inviting when 
plainly boiled. 
* 
Among knitted comforts for men 
whose work causes long exposure to cold 
or storm, the Balaklava caps which Eng¬ 
lishwomen knit for their soldiers would 
be very desirable. They are close hel¬ 
met-like hoods, the hood and neck-piece 
being all in one, closed in front, like the 
collar of a turtle-neck sweater, an ori¬ 
fice being left which just leaves the face 
exposed. Ears and neck are thus fully 
covered, without extra bulk, and there 
is no risk of the covering slipping aside. 
The knitting is a plain ribbed stitch. 
The Balaklava would be just the cover¬ 
ing to wear on our western prairies dur¬ 
ing blizzard season, the appearance 
being something like an Eskimo hood. 
♦ 
The Chicago Board of Education is 
discussing the project of separate 
schools for girls and boys in all the 
minor grades. The scheme is based 
upon the plan in operation in New 
Orleans and other cities in Louisiana, 
where co-education is not allowed. The 
reason for this is that in such a cosmo¬ 
politan city as Chicago, many of the 
boys are not fit associates for the girls. 
The plea is made that the companion¬ 
ship of the girls is elevating to the boys, 
but friends of the new plan assert that 
the gain is not worth the sacrifice. Co¬ 
education is not opposed in schools 
where the pupils are few or select, and 
where proper supervision may be exer¬ 
cised, but this is impossible in a 
crowded city school. It is certain that 
few parents feel disposed willingly to 
risk the morals of their innocent little 
girls in the hope that companionship 
with them will elevate coarse-minded or 
immoral boys; the danger is too great. 
* 
In the Government bulletin on Bohe¬ 
mian horseradish, recently issued, ref¬ 
erence is made to the fact that foreign 
cooks use horseradish more extensively 
than we do, often using it 'in boiled 
dressings. Some of the foreign restau¬ 
rants serve a cooked horseradish sauce 
with boiled meat, which is very appe¬ 
tizing, but we have never been able to 
learn how it is made. If any of our 
friends can advise us, we should be glad 
to obtain this recipe. Our favorite 
horseradish sauce is made by mixing the 
grated root with enough cream to make 
it a smooth, rather thin paste; the or¬ 
dinary mixture with vinegar destroys 
the characteristic horseradish taste to 
some extent, while the cream preserves 
it fully, without being too biting. 
• 
The economy with which milk is used 
by the poorer tenement dwellers in large 
cities is shown by the fact, mentioned 
at a meeting of the New York Diet 
Kitchen Association, that, in many 
cases, a pint of milk a day must feed 
three children. The real feeding value 
of milk is unknown to these poor people. 
Such a family, consisting of five persons, 
averages earnings of about $4.35 a week, 
lives in two rooms, and often takes 
boarders. The conditions under which 
such people live are shown by the state¬ 
ment of one foreigner, who told the in¬ 
quirer that she could take boarders at 
$3 a month each, give them two meals a 
day, and make money at it! The chil¬ 
dren were started at sewing buttonholes 
at the age of three years! The poorest 
farm laborer is better housed and fed 
than these poor creatures. 
* 
We sometimes hear references to 
superfluous women, from ill-natured 
masculine critics, but a recent report 
from the New York State Charities Aid 
Association gives quite a different view. 
This report states that the demand for 
girl babies for adoption is far larger 
than the supply, while boy babies are a 
drug in the market. The Association 
says that good family homes could be 
found for all the girls whose circum¬ 
stances are such that they should be 
placed out, but that the number of ap¬ 
plications for boys of all ages is only 
about half the number received for girls. 
No doubt the greater favor shown to 
girls is due to the expectation of their 
proving an aid and comfort in the home, 
which is less likely to be the case with 
boys. One small Sunday school in our 
circle makes a point of working each 
year to supply at least one needy child 
with a good home, and an appropriate 
outfit of clothes and other necessities. 
This work proves very interesting to the 
more fortunate children, and seems 
especially suitable for a Sunday school. 
* 
It is said that unmarried working wo¬ 
men in Boston have formed an organiza¬ 
tion to prevent the competition of mar¬ 
ried women who are at least partially 
provided for. They include workers in 
department stores, restaurants and fac¬ 
tories. They try to induce employers to 
engage unmarried women only, with 
such exceptions as women who have lost 
their husbands, or are otherwise needy. 
A good many of the employers seem dis • 
posed to support the cause of the un¬ 
married women. It really appears, each 
year, as though more married women 
were disposed to continue in business 
life, and, in many cases, their competi¬ 
tion is seriously unfair to the single 
woman. We have no wish to express an 
opinion as to the duties a woman tacitly 
assumes when she marries, but it is cer¬ 
tainly unjust for her, with reasonable 
assurance of support, to take the bread- 
and-butter away from a woman entirely 
dependent on her own exertions. 
Domestic Science at Farmers’ 
Institutes. 
We are anxious to learn what practical 
farm housewives have to say concerning 
domestic science at the farmers’ institutes. 
This is a new field for the instructors, and 
they are anxious, on their part, to learn the 
needs of their audiences. A friend in 
Onondaga County, N. Y., gives her opinion 
below, and we should like to hear from 
others. 
As I had only kept house a year be¬ 
fore I heard Miss Barrows, I gained 
many practical hints, and believe I have 
profited by her demonstrations. I have 
never lived on a farm myself, but the 
farmers’ wives who were there, and with 
whom I spoke, said they were very glad 
to hear Miss Barrows, and had found 
out the easy way to do many things. In 
the two years that I have lived here, I 
have discovered that the place is noted 
for its good cooks, chiefly, I believe, be¬ 
cause the housewife, in almost every 
case, is her own cook, and takes pride in 
getting up good, wholesome, tasty meals. 
So I think the fact that such housekeep¬ 
ers were so interested in the class on 
domestic science that they attended 
every session, speaks for itself. I be¬ 
lieve it is the general desire that Miss 
Barrows come again this year; certainly 
it 'is my desire. I could suggest no im¬ 
provement of her method, for the ques¬ 
tion box and liberty in discussion bring 
out all that is helpful and necessary. 
Immunity to Disease. —Is it best to 
keep children away from contagious 
diseases? There is something to be said 
on both sides of this question. During 
the Civil War many soldiers died of 
measles, or the following exposure 
which goes wih camp life, whose lives 
might perhaps have been saved if they 
had taken the disease in childhood, 
When tended by a careful mother. I 
would not advocate taking children to 
places to expose them, but home seems 
the proper place for children’s diseases 
to be taken care of. aunt raciiel. 
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