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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 24 
l Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
THE OLD-TIME CHIMNEY. 
These here steam-het buildin’s 
Ain’t a-suitin’ me! 
Want the ol’-time chimney, 
With the sparks a-flyin’ free! 
’Taters in the ashes— 
, Fine as fine kin be; 
Fire jest a-tellin’ 
The old-time tales to me! 
Want the ol’-time fire— 
Chimney jest so wide— 
Fam’ly in the middle, 
An’ room on either side! 
Fiddle in the corner— 
Watchdog on th’ mat; 
Greasy griddle smokin’, 
An’ possum top o’ that! 
Take yer steam-het buildin’s— 
Don’t keer fer yer steam; 
Want the ol’-time chimney 
Whar’ I love to dream! 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
« 
A Californian poet, unmoved by his 
glorious climate, sings: “How oft my 
inclination leans, T<^ ham and eggs, and 
pork and beans.” He is warned by a 
pomological authority, that if he will 
vary the diet by fruit, fresh or cured, 
the leaning inclination will be straight¬ 
ened several degrees. 
A Kansas critic says that some 
women make cheese pie, just to see 
what will happen as the result of com¬ 
bining two dangerous articles. He also 
observes that too much attention is paid 
to the art of making good pie crust, 
considering that this would be a pleas¬ 
anter world to live in if there were no 
pie crust in it. 
* 
We met with a definition of woman’s 
rights, published in Short Stories re¬ 
cently, which differs noticeably from 
some of the ideas offered. A woman 
was asked to define her position on this 
question. “I think,” she said, “that 
every woman’s right 'is to fool one good 
man into the belief that she is the best 
woman ever made. That’s my position 
in full.” 
* 
A New York legislator wishes to in¬ 
troduce a bill providing that a hat-pin 
more than three inches long shall be 
considered a deadly weapon, the woman 
having it in her possession to be sub¬ 
jected to the penalties imposed by the 
criminal code. The intelligent law¬ 
maker who desires to enact this law 
says that a hat-pin longer than three 
inches, in the hands of an enraged wo¬ 
man, is a really dangerous weapon, in 
several cases serious injuries having 
been inflicted by this means. If the dis¬ 
tinguished legislator will tell us how a 
woman may securely fasten a 12-inch 
hat with a three-inch hat-pin, he will 
confer a favor on many, who find it 
hard enough to anchor their erratic 
headgear even with the long pins he de¬ 
nounces. With modern hairdressing, an 
elastic is a horror and an abomination 
for the adult feminine. 
* 
At any of the great railway terminal 
stations, a stranger is often puzzled by 
the announcements of trains made by 
the gateman. That functionary usually 
speaks a language which may be known, 
as railroadese. If one is familiar with 
the names announced, his statement 
may be understood, but the stranger 
Who hears Newarkelizabethlindenrah- 
waymetuchen called out in one colossal 
word, without any punctuation, is usual¬ 
ly quite at a loss until he has asked for 
further information. We fully appre¬ 
ciate the feelings of a dignified and 
solemn little girl of five, who was seated 
with her uncle in the railway waiting 
room. Presently a man in railway uni¬ 
form came in and bawled out a long list 
of perfectly unintelligible names. The 
little girl looked at him disapprovingly. 
Then she looked at her uncle and said: 
“Isn’t that an awful silly way for a 
great big man to thlk?” 
* 
Ginghams, madras, chambray and 
pique for Summer gowns would better 
be Shrunk before making up, and this 
seems even more necessary with domes¬ 
tic than with foreign goods. Children’s 
frocks are usually made with allowance 
for growth and Shrinkage, but the neg¬ 
lect of such precautions in making gar¬ 
ments for grown-ups may lead to annoy¬ 
ing results. The shrinking should be 
done before cutting, the fabric being 
dipped quickly in water, allowing it to 
remain long enough to be thoroughly 
wetted, without actually soaking it. 
Drain without wringing, hang so that 
the threads run straight, and shake from 
time to time until nearly dry; then 
press with a hot iron. The fine foreign 
ginghams do not ordinarily seem to re¬ 
quire shrinking, but they must be cut 
carefully, so that the threads do not 
seem likely to pull unevenly when 
washed after making up. In sewing all 
wash materials, it is an error to use too 
Short a stitch; this usually causes puck¬ 
ering. 
* 
Jumping beans, from Mexico, are oc¬ 
casionally seen for sale as curiosities in 
our large cities. They are unquiet seeds, 
continually rolling or jumping about. 
As we now know, the jumping is caused 
by an insect in the bean. While they 
were still little known, a number of the 
beans were once shown in a Chicago 
hotel, to a group of men of National 
prominence. Each one had a different 
theory, but they all deferred to the final 
judgment of a distinguished physician, 
whose position as a man of science gave 
his words especial weight. “The move¬ 
ment is caused,” he said, “by the con¬ 
traction and expansion of the outer 
shell, which is evidently abnormally 
sensitive to thermal changes.” Every¬ 
one accepted this opinion, when a plain¬ 
faced country woman, who 'had been lin¬ 
gering on the outskirts of the crowd, 
spoke up. “1 think there must be some 
kind of bugs in them things,” she said, 
but 'her opinion was received with roars 
of laughter. As later investigation 
showed, she was the only person pres¬ 
ent who had guessed at the truth. 
* 
In the course of a university lecture 
delivered at Boston, Miss Caroline Haz¬ 
ard, President of Wellesley College, had 
this to say of the influence of the ideal 
woman: 
There are three ways in which women are 
preeminent. They are the binders to¬ 
gether of society, they are the beautifiers 
of life, and they are the observers of 
morals. Thus, women must stand for con¬ 
servatism, for grace, for purity, and in 
these three directions they must have 
special training. Wise conservatism must 
be founded on law, and law must teach 
obedience, which lies at the root of all 
growth. Those who are to interpret beauty 
must have knowledge of what is beautiful, 
and the training of the perceptive faculties 
has to be undertaken in a very thorough 
and serious way. No one can reproduce, 
what he is not absolute master of, and 
beauty to wield any influence on life and 
character must be deeply absorbed and 
enter into the personality of its exponent. 
Beauty must pass into duty. This is the 
supreme task of all education, the training 
of the soul. How shall duty govern con¬ 
duct? What fruit of personality shall be 
the product of training? It is women who 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs.Wins- 
lcw’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
Young Girls 
How easy it is for young 
girls to go into the ‘ ‘decline. ’ * 
They eat less and less, become 
paler and paler and can 
harldy drag through the day. 
They are on the steady down¬ 
ward course. Iron does them 
no good; strychnine and bit¬ 
ters all fail. They need a food 
that will nourish them better, 
and a medicine that will cor¬ 
rect their disease. 
Scott's Emulsion 
is both of these, elegantly and per¬ 
manently combined. The Cod-Liver 
Oil makes the blood richer, and 
this gives better color to the face. 
The hypophosphites of lime and 
soda act as a strong tonic to the 
nerves. Soon the weight increases, 
the digestion improves and health 
returns. 
At all druggists; 50 c. and $ 1 . 00 . 
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York 
must answer many of these questions, for 
women are the guardians of morhls. 
Women ought to be the spiritual leaders 
of the world. 
Why We Study Domestic Science 
Since the words domestic science in¬ 
clude so much, I cannot help but think 
it will be of great value taught in our 
farmers’ institutes, not only to farm 
nousewives, but to the town wives also, 
who usually attend these meetings. 
There are so many short cuts and 
easier ways of doing things pertaining 
to the home by those who have made a 
study in this line, and such a satisfac¬ 
tion in knowing that in housework, 
cooking, etc., there is science or sciences 
involved, that this work in the insti¬ 
tutes surely will be of much benefit. 
There is very much more pleasure in 
Knowing the whys and wherefores when 
doing one’s work. 
In our farmers’ institute this Winter 
there was quite a discussion between a 
physician of one town and one of the 
State workers; the doctor argued that 
our grandmothers knew how to raise as 
healthy girls and boys, and how to make 
as good bean soup and corn bread, even 
though they did not know the reasons 
for so doing, as the mothers do to-day. 
But if we are going to progress at all, 
why not know the reasons for doing 
certain things, and be able to apply 
scientific principles to the ordinary 
duties of home life? Farmers’ wives, 
and other wives, too, must make more 
of a study of a balanced ration for their 
families; that is, if they expect healthy 
minds and bodies in the girls and boys 
now growing up. Having made some¬ 
thing of a study in this line of work, I 
am much interested, and feel that It will 
be a big step forward when we can have 
instruction in domestic economy in our 
several institutes. The superintendent 
of farmers’ institutes in Indiana realizes 
the need of such instruction, and is 
aiming to secure workers in this line. 
Steuben Co., Ind. mrs. l. d. creel. 
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WASHING CROCKS AND 
MILK VESSELS 
A great deal depends upon the care of crocks I 
I or pans In which milk is kept. They should be 
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out, with right side up, in the fresh air and aun-1 
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