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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 13 
l Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
ONCE IN A WHILE. 
Once in a while the sun shines out, 
And the arching skies are a perfect blue; 
Once in a while ’mid clouds of doubt 
Hope’s brightest stars coming peeping 
through. 
Our paths lead down by the meadows fair, 
Where the sweetest blossoms nod and 
smile, 
And we lay aside our cross of care 
Once in a while. 
Once in a while within our own 
We clasp the hand of a steadfast friend; 
Once in a while we hear a tone 
Of love with the heart’s own voice to 
blend; 
And the dearest of all our dreams come 
true, 
And on life’s way Is a golden mile, 
Each thirsting flower is kissed with dew 
Once in a while. 
Once in a while in the desert sand 
We find a spot of the fairest green; 
Once in a while from where we stand 
The hills of paradise are seen; 
And a perfect joy in our hearts we hold, 
A joy that the world cannot defile; 
We trade earth’s dross for the purest gold 
Once in a while. 
—Nixon Waterman in Boston Beacon. 
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In canning and preserving, be sure 
that all extra syrup left from filling cans 
is carefully bottled and put away. Not 
only are such syrups useful in making 
agreeable drinks, but they also form the 
foundation for delicious sherbets, which 
are the least expensive of frozen des¬ 
serts. 
We always advise the use of safety 
matches striking only on the box. It is 
true that a smoker who fills his vest 
pocket with such matches thinks unkind 
things when he finds himself and his 
tobacco several miles away from a 
matchbox whereon to strike a light, but 
for all household purposes there is en¬ 
tire satisfaction in the safety match, and 
there is comfort in knowing that either 
children or careless adults cannot mis¬ 
use them. We do not know whether 
there is any actual foundation for the 
household superstition that rats carry 
scattered matches away, and thus prove 
incendiaries, but the safety matches pre¬ 
vent any risk from such causes. 
• 
Wf. recently received, from a corre¬ 
spondent in Trinidad, British West 
Indies, a tropical delicacy new to us, 
nutmeg jelly. As those familiar with 
spices know, the nutmeg is encased in 
an outer fruit-like' covering, within 
which, wrapped around the nut itself, 
is the fringy material which, dried to a 
rich golden brown, we use as mace. 
Ordinarily the outer pulp is allowed to 
decay from the inner spices, this being 
hastened, we believe, by the use of lime. 
Our correspondent, Mrs. Hart, experi¬ 
mented with the use of this outer fruit 
in jelly-making, and the result is a deli¬ 
cious product of unique flavor. It has 
the clear reddish-gold tint of crab-apple 
jelly, nor one more marked by the indi- 
ed sweetness with a sprightly spiciness. 
We have never tasted a more delicious 
jelly, nor one more markea by the indi¬ 
viduality of its flavor. We have always 
held guava jelly in great esteem, but we 
are willing to give a much higher place 
to the nutmeg jelly. The same corre¬ 
spondent sends us samples of her mango 
chutney, an East Indian sauce highly 
esteemed by our English friends. Bike 
most Indian sauces, its flavor is reminis¬ 
cent of a tropical climate, for it is in¬ 
tensely hot, and not to be used reckless¬ 
ly, but the combination of flavor gives 
a desirable piquancy in cooking, and 
used as a catsup it is free from the 
harshness of tabasco sauce, which gives 
merely the crude heat of bird’s-eye 
peppers, and nothing more. 
Old-fashioned appie turnover is now 
in season. This is rather different in 
construction from the little triangular 
puffs sold as turnovers by the bakers. 
Peel and slice tart apples to fill a flat 
earthen pie plate; if deficient in juice 
moisten a little. Cover the apples with 
a rich pie crust, no under crust being 
used. Bake in a steady oven until the 
apples are well cooked; then lift off the 
crust without breaking and put it on 
4-191 Plain Shirt waist, 
32 to 41 bust. 
another plate, outer side down; mash 
the apple to a smooth pulp, flavoring 
with sugar and spice, spread over the 
crust and serve. The addition of cream 
is, of course, desirable; if the apples are 
rather dry a little butter may be stirred 
into the fruit Late in the Winter, when 
apples are losing their flavor, they are 
much better cooked in this way than 
made into an ordinary pie, and there is 
no soggy, doughy under crust. 
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A little bed of parsley is not as com¬ 
mon as it should be in country gardens; 
if it is lacking this year, there is all the 
more reason to plan a sowing for next 
season. It must be remembered, lest 
discouragement result, that parsley re¬ 
quires plenty of time to germinate; four 
weeks being an ordinary period before 
the little seedlings show, and it may 
even be six weeks before the leisurely 
parsley makes up its mind to appear 
above ground. A strip of carpet laid 
over the place where the seed is sown 
until it begins to sprout conserves mois¬ 
ture, and encourages germination. We 
soak the seed a few hours before sow- 
irfg. In the Fall we lift a clump of pars¬ 
ley with a spade, so as not to creak 
the earth around the roots, and place it 
in a box, which stands in any reasonably 
light place where it will not freeze hard, 
and thus supplies a Winter garnish and 
flavoring. Thyme is always dried for 
Winter use, but dried parsley gives lit¬ 
tle of its characteristic flavor. Thyme 
is a hardy perennial easily established 
in the garden, and the variety with gol¬ 
den variegation makes a very pretty 
edging for a flower border, while its 
spicy fragrance, especially when the lit¬ 
tle lavender-blue flowers are open, 
makes it a delight 
The Rural Patterns. 
A simple waist with a round open col¬ 
lar and either elbow or long sleeves will 
be a comfort for house wear, and is also 
a prevailing style this season. The 
waist figured is simply cut with fronts 
and back only and is fitted by means of 
shoulder and under-arm seams. The 
back is gathered at the waist line where 
it is stayed with a band, but the fronts 
can be gathered or left free to be adjust¬ 
ed to the figure as preferred. The 
sleeves are one seamed and can be fin¬ 
ished at the elbows with roll-over flare 
cuffs, or at the wrists with narrow cuffs 
buttoned over into place. The neck is 
cut away to form a Y and is finished 
with a roll-over collar seamed to the 
edge. To cut this waist in the medium- 
size 3 Vi yards of material 27 inches 
wide, 2% yards 32 inches wide or two 
yards 44 inches will be required. The 
pattern No. 4191 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 36, 38, 40 and 42-inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents from this office. 
The habit back is again in style, and 
makes a desirable walking skirt. The 
skirt is cut in five gores that are snug 
about the hips and flare freely about the 
feet. In the case of the original the 
closing is made invisibly at the left 
front seam, so doing away with all the 
annoyance often attendant upon a 
placket at the back, but when preferred 
the opening can be made at the center 
back seam and closed invisibly, or by 
means of buttons and buttonholes ex¬ 
tended for the entire length of the skirt. 
The upper edge can be finished with the 
belt or with either a narrow facing or 
binding. To cut this skirt in the 
medium size 5% yards of material 27 
inches wide, 5% yards 32 inches wide, 
4% yards 44 inches wide or three yards 
52 inches wide will be required. The 
pattern No. 4190 is cut in sizes for a 22, 
24, 26, 28 and 30-inch waist measure; 
price 10 cents from this office. 
Gooseberry Vinegar. —Some time 
since an inquirer asked for a recipe for 
making gooseberry vinegar. The fol¬ 
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ROYAL 
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THE AMERICAN WRINGER CO. 
99 Chambers St., New York 
lowing has given excellent satisfaction: 
Boil one gallon of water; when cold add 
three quarts of ripe gooseberrries, 
mashed. Allow it to stand for four days, 
stirring every day. On the fourth day 
strain through a sieve to remove the 
seeds, then barrel. To each gallon of 
the liquid add 1 V 2 pound sugar, and one- 
eighth cake of compressed yeast. We 
4190 Five Gored Walking Skirt, 
22 to 30 waist. 
used to use barm (the foam from fer¬ 
menting beer) which was the ordinary 
form of yeast years ago in communities 
where home brewing was practiced. Stir 
every day until the vinegar has done 
fermenting, then close the barrel. Green 
or amber gooseberries are best. This 
is a very superior vinegar. I have 
not made vinegar from rhubarb, but if 
I did I should follow the same process. 
I have made excellent vinegar from 
green grapes, using one quart of green 
grapes to three quarts of water, allow¬ 
ing it to stand 24 hours, and then strain¬ 
ing through a canvas bag. One pound 
of brown sugar (but no yeast) was al¬ 
lowed to each gallon, and it was then 
put to ferment in a cask with open 
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