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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 25 
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[ Woman and Home 
From Day to Day. 
THE BREAKFAST FOOD FAMILY. 
John Spratt will eat no fat, 
Nor will he touch the lean. 
He scorns to eat of any meat; 
He lives upon Foodine. 
But Mrs. Spratt w r ill none of that; 
Foodine she cannot eat. 
Her special wish is for a dish 
Of Expurgated Wheat. 
To William Spratt that food is flat 
(7n which his mater dotes. 
His favorite feed—his special need— 
Is Eata Heapa Oats. 
But sister Lil can’t see how Will 
Can touch such tasteless food 
As breakfast fare it can’t compare, 
She says, with Shredded Wood. 
Now, none of these Leander please; 
He feeds upon Bath Mitts. 
While sister Jane improves her brain 
With Cero-Grapo-Grits. 
Lycurgus votes for Father’s Oats; 
Flaked Pine for Dot; while “Bub,” 
The infant Spratt, is waxing fat 
On Battle Creek Near-Grub. 
—Chicago Tribune. 
* 
A little glass churn about a foot high 
is one of the things offered in the de¬ 
partment stores. One would wonder 
what sale there could be for it, but there 
is a demand from suburban families 
keeping only one cow, whose small 
quantity of surplus cream can be used 
up in this way. 
* 
Most of our small pieces of soap are 
used in the soap shaker for washing 
dishes, but where fine scented soap is 
used it is an economical practice to have 
a little linen bag with a draw-string, 
into which small pieces are put. When 
tied up the bag can be used like a cake 
of soap, as the linen lets enough of the 
soap through to make a lather. 
* 
Lemon syrup is very desirable "with 
waffles or griddle cakes. Boil together 
until slightly thick one cupful of granu¬ 
lated sugar and one-fourth cupful of 
water, skim, then add a tablespoonful of 
butter and the grated rind and juice of a 
lemon. As soon as the butter melts stir 
well and serve. In place of the lemon 
a small stick of cinnamon may be boiled 
with syrup for a few minutes, before the 
butter is added. 
* 
Rotation of crops is a good thing for 
the farm, and it is equally good for the 
mind. If we keep in one narrow groove, 
thinking of nothing but our own imme¬ 
diate affairs, we need hardly wonder if 
our mental development is stunted and 
sterile. New thoughts, new r studies, new 
books, all aid us in retaining mental 
freshness and vigor. This is especially 
true of women absorbed in domestic af¬ 
fairs. Are you preparing for this men¬ 
tal rotation of crops during the coming 
Winter? 
* 
The folding bed is one of the dangers 
that lurk in city flats. It may look meek 
and manageable, but there is no knowing 
when it may rebel against the burden of 
the double life it leads, to the infinite 
embarrassment of its occupant. A Chi¬ 
cago paper tells how, in a city street, a 
front door bell was rung furiously in 
early dawn. A head adorned with 
shaggy and unmanageable whiskers was 
thrust out of the chamber window, and 
a voice that fitted the bearer inquired: 
“Who is it?” 
“0, is this Mr. Higgins?” came a shrill 
voice from the shade of the doorway 
below. 
“Yes.” 
“Please come to No. 41 High Street 
just as quick as you can, and bring your 
instruments.” 
“I ain’t no doctor—I’m a carpenter. 
Dr. Higgins lives two doors below,” and 
the window was coming down with a 
slam, when “Please, sir,” said the little 
voice, “it’s you we want. Pa and ma is 
shut up in the folding bed, and we can’t 
get ’em out!” 
* 
A wiuter in one of the household 
magazines advises steaming fruit cake, 
instead of baking it. It is recommend¬ 
ed to steam for three hours, and then put 
in a cool oven to dry off superfluous 
moisture, but not to bake. We have 
often eaten damp, clammy fruit cake, 
suggestive of cold plum pudding of un¬ 
yielding texture, which looked as though 
it had been cooked in this way, but we 
were not favorably impressed by it. We 
should like to hear from some one who 
has experimented with steamed fruit 
cake. 
* 
The following note, received by a 
teacher from the mother of a tardy 
pupil, will appeal to those who have had 
business interviews with kicking cows: 
“Mister sir, my Jason had to be late 
to-day. It is his bizness to milk our 
cow. She kicked Jase in the back to¬ 
day when he wasn't looking or thinking 
of her actin’; so he thot his back was 
breke, but it ain’t. But it is black and 
blue, and the pane kept him late. We 
would git rid of that cow if we could. 
This is the fourth time she kicked Jase, 
but never kicked him late before. So 
excuse him for me.” 
* 
Here is a recipe for Spanish pickle, 
which can be recommended: Chop fine 
or put through a meat chopper one large 
cabbage; peel and chop one dozen large 
cucumbers, chop one-half peck of green 
tomatoes, three green and two red pep¬ 
pers, and one quart of onions; mix thor¬ 
oughly and add one-half pint of salt. 
Let stand over night and press dry. Put 
one gallon of strong vinegar in a kettle 
with one ounce of mustard seed, one 
tablespoonful of cinnamon and one of 
cloves and one ounce of juniper berries 
tied in a bag; add two pounds of sugar. 
Let come to a boil and pour over the 
pickle. Seal and keep in a cool dry 
place. 
* 
There is no doubt that a good many 
neat women injure good rugs by too fre¬ 
quent cleaning, hanging them over the 
line and beating them until it is a won¬ 
der the poor rug consents to stay to¬ 
gether. For ordinary cleaning, it is a 
good plan to put the rugs upon the grass, 
4225 Girl’s Coat in Gibson Style, 
4 to 10 years. 
right side down, beat them with a furni¬ 
ture beater, and then turn over and 
sweep carefully with a soft broom or 
carpet sweeper. If very badly soiled 
they may be fastened down upon a board 
floor by a tack at each corner, and 
scrubbed with a scrubbing brush and 
warm, soapy water, rinsing well, leav¬ 
ing them fastened down until they are 
dry to prevent shrinking. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The Gibson coat for little girls is new 
and stylish. The model shown is of cas¬ 
tor broadcloth, but any coat material 
may be used, including velvet and cor¬ 
duroy. The body portion of the coat is 
laid in deep pleats which extend over 
shoulders and give the “Gibson” effect. 
The skirt is box pleated at the back and 
seamed to the body, but forms side pleats 
in continuous lines with those above the 
belt at the fronts. At the neck is an odd¬ 
ly shaped collar, and the right side laps 
4214 Misses Three Quarter 
Coat, 12 to 16 years. 
over the left to close in double-breasted 
style. The sleeves are in coat shape with 
roll-over flare cuffs. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
(eight years) is 4 y 2 yards 21 inches 
wide, four yards 27 inches wide, 2% 
yards 44 inches wide, or 1% yard 52 
inches wide. The pattern No. 4225 is cut 
in sizes for girls of 4, 6, 8 and 10 years 
of age; price 10 cents from this office. 
Three-quarter coats, with fitted backs 
and loose fronts, are exceedingly becom¬ 
ing to young girls and are among the 
features seen in advance styles. This 
model is adapted to all materials design¬ 
ed for coats, but as shown is of kersey 
cloth in a soft shade of castor and fin¬ 
ished in tailor style with machine stitch¬ 
ing of silk. The coat is shaped to curve 
gracefully to the figure. The sleeves are 
amply loose for comfort and can be 
gathered into cuffs in bishop style or left 
free to form bell sleeves as shown in the 
small cut. The neck is finished with a 
becoming round collar and the right 
front laps over the left in double-breast¬ 
ed style, the closing being effected by 
means of buttons and buttonholes work¬ 
ed in a fly. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size (14 years) is 
2% yards 54 inches wide. The pattern 
No. 4214 is cut in sizes for misses of 12, 
14 and 16 years of age; price 10 cents 
from this office. 
Grange Reading Courses. 
Do local granges ever form classes among 
the women members for reading or study, 
outlining a course like the Chautauqua 
Circle or similar organizations? Is it not 
possible that such courses of home study, 
under Grange auspices, would be welcomed 
in many farm homes during the Winter? 
How would you start the formation of 
such a circle? 
I am not certain that no local Grange 
has ever formed a class for systematic 
study, but I know of very little done in 
that way. In our own State a good deal 
has been done by the Granges in foster¬ 
ing the “farmers’ reading course” of 
Cornell University, and within a year 
much interest has been and is being 
manifested in the farmers’ wives’ read¬ 
ing course from Cornell. With us much 
interest is always maintained in the 
Chautauqua Circle, both in and out of 
Granges. I have never known the work, 
however, carried on under Grange aus¬ 
pices. My home is only 12 miles from 
Chautauqua, and our Pomona Grange is 
about to establish a Grange headquarters 
there, which will be a home (in a sense) 
for every Patron who goes to the 
grounds. About starting such a circle 
as you suggest, I could not advise. My 
judgment is that it would be very diffi¬ 
cult to make such a special movement 
successful. Farmers’ homes are not the 
isolated class that they were only a few 
years ago. While of course there are ex¬ 
ceptions, they are rare. Electricity and 
Granges have done much to change this 
method of living and conducting their 
business. Rural delivery of mail is a 
child of the Grange, and it is a great fac¬ 
tor in the education of our rural people; 
but with these advantages come greater 
demands upon this time and the diffi¬ 
culty encountered in securing desirable 
(or any other kind of) help in their 
homes or in their business gives them 
less leisure. We are making an effort to 
interest our people in “child culture 
study,” and hope for a good degree of in¬ 
terest in that work. Miss Helen Mills, 
of Syracuse, has been appointed chair¬ 
man of a committee to prepare a year’s 
study on that subject. While I do not 
feel prepared to advise in regard to this 
work, still I am deeply interested in any 
movement that holds promise of im¬ 
provement and broader culture for our 
people. MRS. B. B. LORD, 
Sec’y N. Y. State Grange. 
FOOD FOR A YEAR. 
Meats.300 lbs. 
Milk.240 qts. 
Butter.100 lbs. 
Eggs.27 doz. 
Vegetables.500 lbs. 
This represents a fair ration for one 
man for one year. 
But some people eat and eat 
and yet grow thinner. This 
means a defective digestion 
and unsuitable food. To the 
notice of such persons we pre¬ 
sent Scott’s Emulsion, famous 
for its tissue building. Your 
physician can tell you how it 
does it. 
We’ll send you H little to try if you like. 
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