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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 16 
£ Woman and Home j 
From Day to Day. 
THE PLANTING OF A TREE. 
Would thou upbuild a home where sweet 
wild lives are nested. 
Glad with the sound of song, quick with 
the flash of wing; 
Where the soft broods may rock, warm 
housed and unmolested, 
Deep in the leafy nooks, through all the 
changeful Spring? 
Or wouldst thou rear an arch of noblest 
grace and splendor. 
Lifted in air and light, shaped by the 
sun and storm. 
Moved by the wandering wing, swayed by 
each influence tender. 
Yet by the hand of life molded to stead¬ 
fast form? 
Wouldst thou make day more fair and 
night more rich and holy, 
Winter more keenly bright and Summer’s 
self more dear; 
Grant the sweet earth a gift, deep rooted, 
ripening slowly. 
Add to the sum of joys that bless the 
rounded year? 
Go, then, and plant a tree, lovely in sun 
and shadow, 
Gracious in every kind—maple and oak 
and pine— 
Peace of the forest glade, wealth of the 
fruitful meadow. 
Blessings of dew and shade hereafter 
shall be thine! 
For, though thou never see the joy thy 
hand hath granted, 
Those who shall follow thee thy generous 
boon may share. 
Thou shalt be nature’s child, who her best 
fruit hath planted, 
And each of many a Spring shall find thy 
gift more fair. —St. Nicholas. 
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Food protectors are among little nov¬ 
elties in housefurnishing. They are 
disks of enamel ware, perforated and 
Indented, which are put in the bottom 
of pots and kettles. They prevent food 
from sticking or getting “caught” on 
the bottom of the vessel, even if the 
water boils away, thus making an ordi¬ 
nary pot as safe to cook in as a double 
boiler. This naturally saves wear. A 
set of four protectors, in varying sizes 
from 6 y 2 to nine inches, costs 65 cents, 
or they may be bought separately, cost¬ 
ing 12 to 20 cents each, as to size. 
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Lemon mince pie is a new recipe to 
us. To make it, stir together two table¬ 
spoonfuls cornstarch thoroughly cooked 
with a cupful of water, one cupful of 
sugar, one cupful of molasses, one cup¬ 
ful of chopped raisins, a little citron, 
the juice of two lemons, and the grated 
rind of one. Bake in two crusts. This 
makes several pies. For lemon mer¬ 
ingue stir together the juice and rind of 
one lemon, one cupful of sugar, three- 
quarters of a cupful of water with one 
tablespoonful of cornstarch, and the 
yolks of four eggs. Bake in one crust 
and make a meringue of the four whites 
for the top, adding a little powdered 
sugar after having been stiffly beaten. 
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Readymade white lawn skirts to wear 
with shirt waists are quite cheap, and a 
decided saving of effort to one who has 
little time for sewing. They cost from 
$1 to $2.50 each, the cheaper ones being 
trimmed with tucks, straps or folds, and 
those at $2.50 with lace insertions. Any 
white lawn waist looks well with such 
a skirt, nice ones costing from 98 cents 
to $2 readymade, and thus providing a 
pretty Summer suit. No woman is con¬ 
sidered too old to wear a white gown 
nowadays, and it is a real comfort for 
church-going in warm weather, when 
dust and heat cause one’s “Sunday 
best” to lose its freshness. A white 
canvas belt is a good investment too, 
as it washes well, and is more becom¬ 
ing to most figures than a dark waist¬ 
band which brings the waist line into 
startling contrast. In addition to the 
washing cotton shirt waist dresses 
pretty suits of this style for Spring and 
Summer wear are made of unlined bril- 
liantine or challis. The challis, plain 
or figured, if trimmed with straps or 
pipings of silk, makes a handsome dress 
for cool or damp Summer days. Bril- 
liantine is light and cool, and sheds dust 
admirably, but it is wise to line the 
waist with thin lawn, because the fabric 
feels rough to the skin. 
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The Charity Organization Society 
here makes an effort to find a living for 
old women from the tenements, who are 
often thrust out by children and grand¬ 
children when no longer able to do hard 
work. They are usually quite unskilled, 
except in scrubbing and washing, often 
scarcely knowing how to handle a 
needle. One industry the Society is de¬ 
veloping is that of rag-carpet making. 
These old women can sew carpet rags, 
and an effort is being made to develop 
this industry, as many well-to-do wo¬ 
men like these old-fashioned carpets 
for country houses. The carpets and 
rugs are made chiefly of cotton mater¬ 
ials, rather than woolen, such as denim, 
awning cloth, and cretonne scraps. The 
denim strips are folded for weaving, to 
prevent ravelling. 
A common wooden box from the gro¬ 
cery is a very useful kitchen article, ac¬ 
cording to the Woman’s Home Compan¬ 
ion. It is 28 inches high and 13x15 
inches wide, open on one side, with a 
shelf midway. It is the same height as 
the range, and when getting a meal it 
is a convenient place on which to set a 
platter or other dishes. When raising 
bread, the pan of dough is put on the 
box near the stove. When raising in 
the loaf, one tin stands on top, and the 
other inside on the shelf. If the house¬ 
keeper is tired she brings the box to 
the table, and uses it for a stool to sit 
on while washing dishes or ironing 
small articles. If the table is crowded 
with dishes, it can be used to set the 
dishpan on while washing, as it is 
nearly the height of the table. The box 
should be painted the same color as the 
woodwork. 
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The following little anecdote has an 
obvious moral, which is respectfully 
submitted to many worthy persons who 
seem quite able to reconcile outward 
professions of piety with a habit of per¬ 
petual fault-finding. At the morning 
meal the head of the family repeated, 
as was his custom, “Lord, we thank 
Thee for these blessings Thou hast so 
provided,” and then as was also his cus¬ 
tom began to grumble about hard times, 
the poor quality of the food they were 
forced to eat, the way it was cooked, etc. 
“Father,” interrupted his little daugh¬ 
ter, “do you s’pose God heard what you 
said a while ago?” 
“Certainly,” with a confident air of a 
religious instructor. 
"And did he hear what you said about 
the potatoes and coffee?” 
"Of course,” not quite so confidently. 
“Then, Father, which one did God be¬ 
lieve?” _________ 
Appi.e Sauce. —I have found that ap¬ 
ple sauce is best when cooked as quick¬ 
ly as possible. Cut the apples in quar¬ 
ters and fill a saucepan two-thirds full. 
Put in quite a little hot water and set 
the saucepan on a hot part of the stove. 
Shake the saucepan a little if there is 
danger of the sauce sticking. Just as 
soon as the apple is tender, add the 
sugar and let it boil up once, shaking 
the pan gently to distribute the sugar 
among the apples. If the apples are 
good the sauce will look very attractive 
—the syrup clear and the fruit nearly 
whole, but tender. s. b. e. 
How Dispose of the Waste ?0 
PLANNING THE KITCHEN SINK. 
The absence of a complete sewage 
system on the farm, such as our city 
friends possess, makes the disposal of 
waste water that continually accumu¬ 
lates in connection with household af¬ 
fairs one of vital importance as viewed 
from a sanitary standpoint, and with 
many it still remains an unsolved prob¬ 
lem. The result of remodeling our 
kitchen, necessitating an entire change 
in the arrangement of sink for dish and 
hand washing, location of cistern, pump : 
etc., may be of interest to Michigan 
Rural Reader, page 199. Our sink for 
dishwashing is six feet long, two feel 
four inches wide, 3% inches deep at one 
end, 2 y 2 inches at the other, for fall to 
waste pipe. It is constructed of seven- 
eighths-inch matched pine for bottom, 
sides of one inch pine four inches wide. 
After being well supported in place the 
entire inside is lined with zinc, the 
joints well soldered, making it perfectly 
watertight with exception of drainage 
pipe at one corner. At right end of sink 
is fitted a slatted rack one foot wide for 
dishes before wiping, at the left on a 
foundation four inches lower than sink 
is cistern pump, and iron sink for wash¬ 
ing hands. Drainage pipes from both 
sinks join underneath, conducting the 
water outside, the pipe entering an 
open-top drain projecting a few inches 
above the surface of the ground, of size 
sufficient to allow a rain-water conduc¬ 
tor from the roof to enter also, serving 
occasionally to flush the drain, that 
leads a good distance away, discharging 
on the surface of the ground. This may 
seem contrary to correct hygienic prin¬ 
ciples, but after a test of several years 
we have experienced no unfavorable re¬ 
sults by freezing or otherwise. The fact 
that much of the waste water during 
the Summer is still disposed of in dif¬ 
ferent places by use of the barrel on 
wheels may in a measure account for 
our success. We have found that draw¬ 
ers arranged on the underside of the 
long sink make a convenient place for 
articles often called in use. 
IRVrNG D. COOK. 
I have just finished the job of putting 
in sink and cupboard with which we 
are much pleased. Our cesspool is 40 
feet deep to a cleft in limestone forma¬ 
tion beneath. Waste pipe is inch iron, 
with trap to prevent return of foul 
gases. Sink of iron (galvanized) 18x24 
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