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T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 26 
From Day to Day. 
THE OLD-FASHIONED WINTER. 
How clear to my heart is the old-fashioned 
Winter, 
The kind that we thought had clean melted 
away. 
It brings back the days of the sleds and 
the snowballs, 
Before our December got mixed up with 
May. 
The streets full of coasting, the park fun 
of skating, 
The air full of jingling and musical noise, 
’Tis an old-fashioned Winter, a health giv¬ 
ing Winter, 
A brisk, bracing Winter, as when we were 
boys. 
The breezes are brisk in the unheated 
trolley 
Where good zero weather is freezing our 
toes. 
The children are sliding with glee on the 
sidewalk, 
And elderly citizens slide on their nose; 
The water pipes bursting, the coal bill as¬ 
cending, 
The gas meter freezing to add to our joys— 
’Tis an old-fashioned Winter, a health 
giving Winter, 
A brisk, bracing Winter, as when we were 
boys. 
The beautiful snow rises black by the road¬ 
side, 
With new-fashioned fever germs filling 
the breeze, 
We merrily skate and are down with pneu¬ 
monia, 
We go for a sleigh ride and come back to 
sneeze; 
We slip and we slide as we start from the 
doorstep, 
We fracture our bones if we once lose our 
poise— 
'Tis an old-fashioned Winter, a health 
giving Winter, 
A brisk, bracing Winter, as when w r e were 
boys. 
—New York Sun. 
* 
When putting up a screen door in an 
exposed place it is well to tack a strip of 
oilcloth about 18 inches deep across the 
bottom, inside. This not only prevents 
rain from beating in, but also protects 
the door in a place where it is often in¬ 
jured by kicking it open, or by the 
scratching of dog or cat. 
* 
A WiNTF.it dish of Lima beans is very 
nice when browned in the pan with roast 
beef. The beans should be soaked over 
night and parboiled; then, when the 
roast is partly cooked, put in the drip 
ping pan to bake slowly in the fat of the 
loast, browning on top. For conveni¬ 
ence the roast should be supported on a 
wire rack. With French cooks, roast leg 
of mutton in the Breton style is served 
with white navy beans cooked in this 
manner. 
* 
When a woman travels at night and 
is compelled to use a sleeping car, she 
would do well to supply herself with 
some of those hooks having safety-pin 
attachment, used to fasten portieres to 
curtain rings. These pins can be fast¬ 
ened to the berth curtain, and any gar¬ 
ments removed hung upon it. The 
clothes hang there just as though in a 
wardrobe, without risk of wrinkles and 
are right at hand when dressing, a con¬ 
venience that will be appreciated by any¬ 
one who has searched anxiously in the 
morning for garments that have wrig¬ 
gled far under the berth during the 
night. 
* 
Poaohfd eggs in the French-Canadian 
style make a dainty and nourishing 
dish. A cupful of milk is brought to 
the scalding point in a shallow granite 
vessel, and into this the eggs are gently 
dropped, then covered. The milk is not 
allowed to boil, merely kept at the scald¬ 
ing point. The eggs will be ready in 
about two minutes, with the yolk inside 
of a beautiful pearly film. Lift them out 
carefully with a skimmer and set each 
egg on a slice of buttered, delicately- 
browned toast. Add to the hot milk one 
tablespoonful of butter and one table¬ 
spoonful of flour rubbed smooth, season 
with pepper and celery salt., beat, till 
creamy and pour over the poached eggs. 
* 
As a natural result of the long shoul¬ 
der seam now shown in all the new 
waists, stitched shoulder straps, extend¬ 
ing down over the sleeves, appear in 
many patterns. Sometimes they are 
trimmed with buttons or crocheted 
rings, sometimes merely finished with 
the stitching. With these straps a plain 
military effect is sought, the stitching 
and buttons forming the only trimming. 
Linen belts are made t.o»mat.ch the shirt 
waists; they widen in the back, being 
boned to girdle shape, and fastened with 
a plain harness buckle. The wide crush 
leather belts are still offered, but one 
rarely sees them worn because, though 
they may have “style,” they are not be¬ 
coming. We have seen some of them 
used, however, as bands around the 
crown of wide outing hats, and the ef¬ 
fect was really pretty. The wide high 
girdles seen on many of the elaborate 
new gowns are always boned and fitted 
as carefully as the bodice itself. 
* 
A good many people are inclined to 
treat their good resolutions somewhat 
like Mrs. Jennings, as described by the 
Youth’s Companion. She looked through 
her glasses at her sister, Miss Sprawle, 
with considerable severity. “This neigh¬ 
borhood has got into strange ways the 
last few years, or else I notice it more 
as I get further along,” she said, “and 
lest I should get into the same way, I 
want you to remind me now and then, 
Mary, during the New-year that we’re 
just starting on. 
“If you find me backbiting like that 
hateful, stingy Annabel Powder or Lucy 
White, that had better look to her own 
saucy, bad-mannered girl, and her boy 
that’s the poorest scholar in Number 
One—or if you catch me growing close- 
fisted like’ the minister’s wife that has 
never returned the cup of granulated su¬ 
gar she borrowed that time the delegates 
came—or long-winded like Jane Larkin 
who interrupted me in the very midst of 
my telling her about Sally's twins, anrl 
went on about her spindling grandson 
for most 15 minutes without stopping— 
I want you should tell me frankly. 
“And that’s not all,” said Mrs. Jen¬ 
nings as Miss Sprawle opened her mouth 
to speak. “If you find me getting inqui¬ 
sitive like Helen Lane, that’s asked me 
three times when my birthday comes 
and what year I was born, after my hav¬ 
ing to go to the town records to find out 
her age! I want you to mention it free¬ 
ly, and I shall do the same by you. 
“If folks don’t help each other, what’s 
the good of being set in families? You’ve 
got a little habit of interrupting, Mary, 
that’s growing on you, and I’m going to 
do what I can to help you break it up.” 
Wanted—Some Laundry Infor¬ 
mation. 
A Canadian reader wishes to know how 
she may make collars and cuffs as hard 
and stiff as when new. The making of 
the starch, the use of wax, if added, and 
all details of the work are desired. We 
feel sure that some'members of The R. 
N.-Y. family can instruct us in these 
points, and shall be glad to hear from 
anyone possessing this knowledge.. 
Cooking for Invalids. 
To make a good strong broth take a 
knuckle of veal and three pounds of the 
neck of mutton. Wash the mutton in 
salted water. Then put them together 
in a saucepan, cover with cold water, 
and as it comes to the boil skim it well; 
then add a few peppercorns and a tea¬ 
spoonful of salt. Let simmer slowly for 
two hours and a half; then take out the 
meat, pour off the broth, and when cold 
take off all the fat. This may be given 
a cupful at a time; it is very nourishing 
and is a change from beef tea. Celery 
salt may be used to vary the flavor. 
A poached egg or a slice of lightly 
buttered toast make a light meal. 
Tea and coffee are too exciting for the 
sick after five o’clock, but drowsiness in 
the morning, often caused by exhaus¬ 
tion, may be relieved by an early cup of 
tea or coffee. Coffee diminishes organic 
waste and rouses muscular energy. It 
should be made strong, of good quality, 
and half milk. 
To make a cooling drink mash a well- 
baked tart apple and pour over it a pint 
of boiling water; beat it up, cool, and 
strain, adding a little sugar. 
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baking by the best families everywhere. 
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