THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 17 
196 
l Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
A HOPEFUL BROTHER. 
Ef you ask him, day or night, 
When the woiT warn’t runnin’ right, 
"Anything that’s good in sight?” 
'Phis is alius what he’d say, 
In his uncomplainin’ way— 
"Well, I’m hopin’.” 
When the Winter days wuz nigh, 
An’ the clouds froze in the sky, 
Never sot him down to sigh. 
But, still singin’ on his way, 
He’d stop long enough to say— 
"Well, I’m hopin’.” 
Dyin’, asked of him that night 
(Sperrit waitin’ fer its flight), 
“Brother, air yer prospec’s bright?” 
An’—last words they heard him say, 
In the ol’, sweet, cheerful way— 
"Well, I’m hopin’.” 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
* 
A woman at Council Bluffs, Iowa, at¬ 
tempted to commit suicide by poison re¬ 
cently, and a near-by druggist saved her 
life by administering emetics. Now she 
threatens to bring a damage suit against 
the druggist, on the ground that his 
pharmacist’s license did not entitle him 
to practice medicine! This appears to 
be straining the strict letter of the law. 
• 
The popular idea that spinsters out¬ 
number bachelors in the United States 
is shown to be an error by Government 
statistics, since the latest figures give 
3,224,494 spinsters to 7,427,767 bachelors. 
Even Massachusetts, often upheld as the 
banner Commonwealth of spinsters, has 
an excess of over 6,000 bachelors, while 
California is the one State where un¬ 
married women outnumber single men. 
• 
Some- of the large stores now show 
what are called rainy-day petticoats— 
short skirts of black flannel or silk, 
often elaborately embroidered. They 
are pretty, but not really suited for wear 
under a rainy-day skirt. The right un¬ 
derwear for a short skirt is the same as 
for wheeling—bloomers or knickerbock¬ 
ers, either of flannel or sateen, accord- 
inging to the season. On a rainy day, 
above everything else, one needs ample 
protection combined with light weight. 
* 
A friend in New Jersey, commenting 
on the recipes for making blood sau¬ 
sage, of which we have received a large 
number from different readers, has this 
to say regarding an Italian dish. 
The Italians here make quite a different 
concoction from the blood. I have been 
unable to get the exact rule, as the women 
talk little English, but besides the 
blood and flour, they use sugar, sweet 
chocolate, peanuts, and as many kinds of 
dried fruit as they can afford. I could not 
bring myself to taste the result, but some 
Americans think it “not bad.” 
* 
A firm in Iowa recently advertised, 
with some recklessness, that they could 
furnish anything, in any line. They 
were rather surprised to receive from a 
South Dakota man an inquiry for “a 
good middle-aged lady that would like 
a good home for life.” The writer 
signed his name in full, and sent a 
stamped envelope for reply; he evident¬ 
ly took the advertisement literally. We 
are not told what reply he received, but 
it is to be hoped that his obvious lone¬ 
liness received some consolation. 
* 
A good many of the children we know 
have suffered this Winter from exceed¬ 
ingly angry-looking and extensive fever 
sores, after having an attack of grippe. 
The sores have spread more than usual, 
being very disfiguring. Our doctor 
warns us that these sores are distinctly 
contagious, the child spreading them by 
touching another part of the flesh, after 
rubbing the sore. They should be gently 
bathed in a solution of baking soda in 
water, which is allowed to dry on, then 
anointed with any simple ointment. The 
baking soda does much to prevent their 
spread. Little bits of linen rag should 
be kept for the bathing, each piece being 
promptly burnt after using. Such sores 
should never be wiped with an ordinary 
towel, especially one that may be used 
by others. 
A Remodeled Closet. 
In many old-fashioned houses one sees 
shallow closets, filled with shelves, in 
dining rooms or parlors. They are not 
ornamental, or deep enough to be very 
useful, but in Fig. 65, reproduced from 
the Ladies’ World, we show the manner 
in which such a closet may be turned 
into a stationary writing desk and book¬ 
case. The door is completely removed, 
book shelves put at the top, and below 
the usual pigeon-holes of, a writing 
desk. The panel in the center, which 
closes f%e desk, lets down, being held 
in place by brass chains, like many of 
A REMODELED CLOSET. Fio. 65. 
the combined desks and bookcases. Be¬ 
low are convenient drawers, and a little 
closet which would hold loose period¬ 
icals. 
Another pretty arrangement is to 
make the lower third of the space into 
a closet, with a paneled door, with two 
rather shallow drawers above it, and 
over these three shelves. The top shelf 
may hold china ornaments, and the 
others books. The shallow drawers will 
be convenient for photographs, which 
accumulate so rapidly, especially when 
there is a camera in the house. Either 
of these arrangements is quite within 
the power of a home carpenter. What¬ 
ever paint or stain is used should har¬ 
monize with the rest of the woodwork 
in the room. 
Applied Science in Cooking. 
Tile Teacher’s Personality. —I have 
been a close reader of scientific cookery 
for years, and believe there can be no 
doubt about the helpfulness of the pure 
article; but think that like all products 
or to-day, it gets wonderfully mixed. 
In nearly all such information we find 
personal prejudices cropping out to an 
alarming extent. For example, one of 
tne foremost scientific cooks of to-day 
informs us that strawberries, by their 
habit of growth, are reptile food, and 
not fit for man, and that all the small- 
seeded fruits are injurious. This is like¬ 
ly to make us think that if scientific edu¬ 
cation leads to such conclusions, we for 
our part would choose an undisturbed 
enjoyment of these same condemned 
fruits, with plain common sense. We 
are again told that after years of care¬ 
ful study the teacher has proved to her 
own satisfaction (not her family’s) that 
breakfast is a mistake, a lunch at noon, 
with a hearty dinner at night, being the 
correct mode to take food. This might 
do for city people, out farmers are not 
likely to agree with such teaching. I 
am a farmer’s wife, and find that for 
myself three moderate meals a day keep 
up my health and strength; the last 
meal of the day, when I am tired, must 
be a light one. Science of to-day would 
say that then one has no other work to 
do, and at night the stomach can do its 
work of assimilation without disturb¬ 
ance. Here experience in my own in¬ 
dividual case proves beyond a doubt that 
my stomach is as tired as the rest of my 
body, and rebels if required to do most 
of its work at night. 
Crystallized Common Sense. —In 
cooking there are several questions de¬ 
manding equal attention. What we 
farmers want is applied science, not 
theory aloner This each one must study 
for herself and family, as everyone has 
some different factors to consider. We 
must not be so wedded to theory that 
we forget to note results carefully; it is 
the same in home management as in 
home government. Don’t hang to cer¬ 
tain rules unless they give the best of 
results; if a child improves under your 
theory of spanking, continue to apply 
when needed, but in a large family that 
will not be found to be the best correc¬ 
tive for all. Look well to the ways of 
your house, and build up the inner as 
well as the outer man. 
Feeding Out Dyspepsia. —My hus¬ 
band, when I took him for better or 
worse, 17 years ago, was an inherited 
and acquired dyspeptic. I may be ex¬ 
cused, perhaps, for being somewhat 
elated over the fact that my cooking on 
theory has corrected this natural tend¬ 
ency, so that now he says that every¬ 
thing tastes good, and indigestion is a 
thing of the past. There has to be a 
very judicious combining of such a per¬ 
son’s favorite dishes with others of a 
corrective nature, not saying that pies, 
cakes, candies and all other question¬ 
able foods shall be forever banished 
from our table; but just enough to tempt 
the appetite without impairing digestion. 
Tt is a wise housewife who studies the 
products of her own market, and from 
the farm and town chooses carefully 
those that cannot be adulterated, and 
thus secures for her family a pure food 
supply, always remembering that the 
costliest foods are rarely the most nour¬ 
ishing. MRS. KITTIE GRANT. 
Strong 
Bones 
In speaking about Scott’s 
Emulsion for children, you 
should not forget that it con¬ 
tains lime and soda, just 
what the child must have to 
form strong bones and good 
teeth. It’s this forming time 
you want to look after. 
Growing bodies must have an 
easily digested fat Just think how 
much of it there is in milk, as cream. 
Scott’s Emulsion 
is even more easily digested than 
cream. It’s surprising how chil¬ 
dren thrive when given it 
Don’t keep the children living on 
the edge of sickness all the time. 
Make them strong and rugged, 
plump and hearty. Scott’s Emul¬ 
sion of Cod-liver Oil and the Hypo- 
phosphites of Lime and Soda will do 
this for them. 
At all druggists; 50 c. and $ 1 . 00 . 
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. 
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