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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 5 
l Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
’NOUGH FOR ME. 
“Sometimes I think I’ll thrash him, good, 
He needs it bad, I’m sure, 
An’ sometimes—well, I b’lieve I would 
’N then I can’t endure 
T’ tech th’ ’musin’ little kid. 
For when he smiles, y’ see, 
He looks jes’ like his mother did. 
An’ that’s enough for me. 
I guess a hundred times or more 
I’ve taken him inside 
Th’ bedroom there, an’ closed th’ door 
An’ tried an’ tried an’ tried 
T’ bring myself to strike him, onct, 
Jes’ once—an’ then I see 
His mother’s smile on his wet face. 
An’ that’s enough for me. 
First thing I know I’m sittin’ there 
Pettin’ th’ little chap, 
An’ strokin’ of his curly hair, 
Holdin’ him in my lap. 
An’ dreamin’ of her—seein’ her 
Jes’ as she used to be, 
An’ somethin’ makes my eyes t’ blur 
An me cry silently. 
Y’ know, sometimes he’ll come t’ me 
An’ say to me: ‘Say, Dad, 
Y’ ain’t goin’ to whip me, now, are ye? 
I ain’t been very bad.’ 
An’ then he’ll twist, an’ sort o’ smile, 
My eyes get blurred an’ dim, 
Th’ ain’t enough gold in the world 
T’ hire me t’ tech him. 
Folks say I’m spoilin’ him—may be 
I am, but I don’t dare 
To tech him rough—he looks like she 
Did, an’ so I don’t care. 
He puts his little arms aroun’ 
My neck, an’ I can see 
Her in his eyes, so big an’ brown, 
An’ that’s enough for me.” 
—Bismarck Tribune. 
* 
A Kansas paper says that if a woman 
is a good cook she owes the world no 
apology if she does not shine in society. 
* 
It is noticeable this Spring that the 
newest and prettiest challies are pat¬ 
terned in solid almond designs or open 
rings, rather than flowers. Some of the 
prettiest are black upon violet, dove 
gray or carnation red, or white on 
porcelain blue. The same patterns are 
seen in foulards. 
* 
“Pinched tucks” are often referred to 
in this season’s fashion notes. They are 
tucks which gradually diminish in size, 
until they become the merest wrinkle of 
material. They are seen on skirts, 
starting as a wide box pleat, and grad¬ 
ually growing smaller at the waist line. 
They are also used on waists. 
• 
A little bedroom convenience, very 
useful to a woman, is a set of shelves 
having a box fitting each shelf. The 
boxes should be covered with a pretty 
chintz, harmonizing with the room. 
Each has a strap to draw it out, and a 
close lid, so that the contents are pro¬ 
tected from dust. Gloves, veils, and all 
sorts of small articles could be kept in 
these boxes. Inexpensive little bamboo 
shelves may readily be fitted in this way, 
or the entire thing may be made at 
home. 
• 
We have seen some handsome table 
covers and cushions in some of the large 
shops which are said to be embroidered 
by Hungarian peasant women. They 
are recommended for Summer cottages, 
and certainly they would be very suit¬ 
able for any country house. The ma¬ 
terial is a thick bolton cloth, which re¬ 
sembles a firm, heavy unbleached sheet¬ 
ing. It is embroidered in conventional 
scrolls, flowers and foliage in three col¬ 
ors, deep red, navy blue and cadet blue, 
in cotton. The deep, solid colors are 
very rich-looking, and these embroid¬ 
eries wash perfectly. Such embroidery 
is not difficult, and offers an idea for 
those who wish some useful fancy work. 
Heavy laces or lace braids in light 
colors are used most extravagantly on 
Spring gowns, and it is interesting to 
note the diversity of color seen in them. 
We used to be offered white, cream and 
ecru, in the light shades; now they in¬ 
clude butter, twine, champagne, mastic, 
and a number of intervening tones. 
What is called champagne may be called 
ecru with a pinkish tinge; butter is, of 
course, quite a bright yellow. 
* 
It is said that Miss Helen Gould re¬ 
ceives more letters than any other wo¬ 
man in New York City, her mail aver¬ 
aging from 1,800 to 2,000 letters and 
packages a week. During one single 
week recently, it is said that amounts 
aggregating $1,548,502 were asked for. 
In Our Mutual Friend, Dickens tells 
about the extraordinary requests for aid 
sent to the suddenly-enriched Mr. Boffin. 
The requests sent to Miss Gould are 
quite as varied and extensive. Girls 
write asking for money to buy their 
wedding outfits, to send them to school, 
to give them musical or artistic training. 
One modest request was from a girl 
who wanted a house, so that she could 
marry at once. During one week, it is 
said that Miss Gould received 380 re¬ 
quests for money, including loans 
amounting to $500,000; 43 churches and 
27 educational institutions asked aid; 
she was asked to raise 149 mortgages, 
and to aid 26 libraries. One writer 
wanted money to buy a set of false 
teeth. It will be seen that Miss Gould’s 
secretary has no sinecure. 
* 
A Chicago school teacher, Miss Gog- 
gin, recently gave at a teachers’ meet¬ 
ing the reasons why she had not mar¬ 
ried. Among other things, she stated 
that all the good men seem to be al¬ 
ready married. This recalls another 
Chicago woman, who explained a simi¬ 
lar phenomenon on the ground that 
nice married men weren’t originally so 
nice; they had only been caught early 
and tamed. Other reasons against mar¬ 
riage given by the quoted teacher were 
•that the possible husband might demand 
an itemized account of household expen¬ 
ditures; he might part his hair in the 
middle; he might call her pet names, 
and he might object to her belonging to 
five clubs. She also suggested that he 
might like tidies, but such a proposition, 
as regards any man, is so wildly im¬ 
probable as to be unworthy of consid¬ 
eration. Her final reason was a con¬ 
vincing one; that the possible husband 
had not yet proposed. Miss Goggin lias 
a record of 20 years’ faithful service in 
Chicago’s public schools, so it is more 
than likely that she has done as much 
for the rising generation as though she 
had brought up a family of her own. 
• 
The Eton jackets are having enor¬ 
mous popularity this Spring. The length 
varies a good deal, some of them only 
reaching to within an inch or so of the 
waist line in the back, while others come 
right to the waist, but they all agree in 
one particular; the front is invariably 
longer than the back. Many of them are 
double-breasted, but these are not nearly 
so becoming to the figure as those left 
open in front, which usually extend in 
two tabs, or points, from four to six 
inches below the waist line. Many such 
jackets have flaring Medici collars and 
revers, faced with a contrasting color, 
white or cream particularly. Abroad, 
women are wearing detachable sailor 
collars of embroidered muslin, white or 
ecru, with their Etons, and this pretty 
style is sure to be repeated here. It is, 
however, a distinctly youthful fashion, 
and women who wish to forget their 
birthdays would do well to avoid it. It 
is not difficult to remodel a well-fitting 
but old-fashioned blazer jacket of dark 
cloth or serge into an Eton, thus mak¬ 
ing it up to date. The back should be 
carefully fitted; in most cases center- 
back and side-back seams must be taken 
in a little, graduating carefully to the 
waist, for an Eton must fit snugly. The 
skirt should be cut off just below the 
waist line at the back and sides, the 
deeper points or tabs being left in the 
front. The edge is finished with ma¬ 
chine stitching. In finishing such an 
edge, a strip of interlining, such as soft 
canvas, should be inserted when the 
cloth is folded over, to give a firm edge. 
The cloth is, of course, stitched separate 
from the lining, which is blind-stitched 
over it afterwards. 
Rural Recipes. 
The man who complains of his victuals. 
And all his wife’s cooking belictuals, 
Should be starved till he's thin 
As a wooden tenpin 
Like they used in the old game of skictuals. 
—Catholic Standard and Times. 
A recent issue of The R. N.-Y. told 
something about Mexican cooking, and 
refers to the beans, which form such a 
conspicuous part of the diet in the sister 
republic. Here is the ordinary way of 
preparing frijoles or frijolitas: Boh 
two cupfuls of red or brown beans 
in an earthen vessel until they are very 
soft. This will take from four to eight 
hours. Less time is required when the 
beans are soaked over night. Mash 
when they are cooked down nice and 
dry, and salt with one teaspoonful of 
salt. Have a pan of smoking-hot fat; 
some shredded onions or pepper pods are 
often stirred in the lard just before the 
beans are added. Ordinarily the beans 
are fried in this plain, and make the 
chief dish on the common table, but for 
extra occasions mold the seasoned beans 
into small croquettes and roll in egg and 
crumbs or cheese, and fry until brown. 
Serve with tiny red pepper stuck in the 
top of each. 
Among southern recipes one held in 
high esteem is egg bread, made as fol¬ 
lows: Two eggs, one pint of but¬ 
termilk, three pints of corn meal, 
one-half pint of lard, one teaspoon¬ 
ful of soda, a pinch of salt, 
sweet milk or sweet cream. Stir the 
soda in the buttermilk until it boils up, 
mix the bread quickly, adding a sufficient 
quantity of sweet milk or sweet cream to 
make a rather thin batter; beat in the 
eggs, and add the lard, melted and hot, 
last. Pour quickly into frying hot 
greased baking pans and bake quickly to 
a delicate brown. This bread will be a 
golden yellow and as light as cake. 
Another southern recipe is crackling 
bread, which is eaten warm, with butter 
or sorghum molasses. It is light, rich 
and delicious. One must have a quart 
of corn meal—three pints make more 
dough—a pint of buttermilk, a teaspoon¬ 
ful of soda, a big pinch of salt, 
a pint of brown cracklings left 
from making lard, warm water. 
Crush the cracklings with a roll¬ 
ing pin, heat them and stir in the dough, 
which must be thick enough to mold 
well (thin with the warm water). Mold 
the bread with the hands in small oblong 
pones about three inches thick, putting 
the pones as you mold them in hot, well- 
greased pans. Bake in a hot oven until 
brown. 
Still another mode of preparation for 
our National cereal is in corn dumplings. 
Cook a piece of shoulder of pork in a big 
pot until tender; then mix the desired 
quantity of cornmeal to a thick dough 
as in making bread (the addition of an 
egg to the dough improves the dump¬ 
lings). Drop balls of the dough about 
the size of a walnut in the boiling water 
about the meat in the pot and cook 20 
minutes, when the dumplings will be 
done, and will have a thick gravy 
around them. Take care not to let the 
mixture burn. The fat and juices of the 
meat season the dumplings excellently. 
Sour-milk corn bread is also a plain 
and wholesome food. Mix together in a 
bowl three cupfuls of corn meal and one 
cupful of graham flour. Stir in a tea¬ 
spoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of melt¬ 
ed butter, and two cupfuls of sour milk. 
Now beat in three eggs, whipped light, 
and a small teaspoonful of soda dis¬ 
solved in a little boiling water. Beat for 
five minutes, then pour into a greased 
mold with a funnel in the center. Bake 
for an hour, or until a straw comes out 
clear from the thickest part of the loaf. 
Some time ago The R. N.-Y. alluded 
to Berwick sponge cake, a cake made at 
North Berwick, Me., 50 years ago, which 
became famous all over New England. 
The following recipe for it is given by 
request: Six eggs; powdered white 
sugar, three cupfuls; sifted flour, four 
even cupfuls; cream of tartar, two tea¬ 
spoonfuls; soda, one teaspoonful; one 
cupful cold water, one-half of a lemon. 
First beat the eggs two minutes, add the 
sugar and beat five minutes more, then 
stir the cream of tartar in two cupfuls 
of the flour and beat one minute; dis¬ 
solve the soda in the water and add; 
wash the lemon dry, then grate the rind 
and squeeze in the juice. Finally, add 
the remaining two cupfuls of flour and 
beat all one minute. Put into deep pans 
in a moderate oven. This will make two 
bars, or loaves. When it is done it 
smells like fresh pop-corn. There is 
considerable beating about this cake, 
and therein lies the success. You can 
use three tablespoonfuls baking powder 
(if you wish, in place of cream of tartar 
and soda), but sift it in the two last cup¬ 
fuls of flour. 
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us with many ideas of men and things, 
yet it is our meditation that must form 
our judgment.—Watts. 
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