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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 25, 
V'7 
From Day to Day. 
VIRTUE 
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright. 
The bridal of the earth and sky, 
Sweet dews shall weep thy fall to-night, 
For thou must die. 
Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, 
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye. 
Thy root is ever in its grave, 
And thou must die. 
Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, 
A box where sweets compacted lie. 
My music shows you have your closes, 
And all must die. 
Only a sweet and virtuous soul. 
Like seasoned timber, never gives; 
But when the whole world turns to coal, 
Then chiefly lives. 
—George Herbert (1593-1632). 
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Broiled sardines are a savory dish for 
tea. The large, rather wedge-shaped Por¬ 
tuguese sardines are very nice for this 
use, though we have no doubt some of 
the domestic fish are equally as good. 
Drain the fish, split open and remove the 
backbone, then broil in a close wire 
broiler, or in a pan “sizzling hot,” until 
heated through. Of course no fat is put 
in the pan, if this is used. Put each 
fish on a piece of hot toast, and serve 
with lemon points. 
* 
Mexican codfish is a very appetizing 
variation of the familiar “Cape Cod tur¬ 
key.” Fry to a pale yellow one small 
onion, chopped fine, in three tablespoon¬ 
fuls of butter; add two tablespoonfuls of 
flour, half a green pepper, chopped fine, 
and one cupful of stewed and sifted to¬ 
mato pulp. When the sauce reaches the 
boiling point, add half a pound of salt 
codfish, which has been freshened for 
24 hours in cold water and slowly sim¬ 
mered until it will readily separate into 
flakes. 
* 
If the hands become very much grimed 
with housework, before washing rub them 
thoroughly with vaseline or grease (old- 
fashioned mutton tallow is excellent), 
rubbing the emollient in just as one uses 
soap. Then wash well in hot water, us¬ 
ing plenty of good soap and a hand or 
nail scrubbing brush. If, after this, the 
hands are rubbed with moistened oat¬ 
meal or bran, and then well rinsed and 
dried, the condition of the skin will be 
greatly improved. When we think of the 
discomfort caused by roughened hands 
in our regular avocations, we realize that 
daily care to avoid this is not an evidence 
of vanity, but of good sense. 
* 
A stock and belt of the same silk, 
chosen with an eye to contrast or har¬ 
mony of color, gives a look of smart¬ 
ness when worn with a plain jacket suit 
and white waist. The stock may be 
a plain collar piece, with a four-in-hand 
knot or jaunty bow, a little white top 
collar being worn over it. The belt 
should be boned in the back, or held out 
by a metal girdle former, and either fold¬ 
ed or tucked lengthwise; it may be fin¬ 
ished with a buckle, or a flat ring of 
bonnet wire covered with the same ma¬ 
terial as the belt twisted over it, the belt 
slipping through this and being hooked 
invisibly beneath. Nearly everyone can 
find, among her odd pieces, material 
enough to make such a set. One of our 
friends has just finished making a very 
pretty stock and belt from the cover of 
an old taffeta parasol. 
* 
A friend asks for a recipe for “old- 
fashioned souse.” The following is a 
tested formula. 
Clean the ears and feet well; cover 
them with cold water slightly salted and 
boil until tender. Pack in stone jars while 
hot, and cover while you make ready for 
pickle. To half a gallon of good cider 
vinegar allow half a cup of white sugar, 
three dozen whole black peppers, a dozen 
blades of mace and a dozen cloves. Boil 
this one minute, taking care that it really 
boils, and pour while hot over the still 
warm feet and ears. It will be ready to 
use in two days and will keep in a cool 
place two months. If you wish it for 
breakfast, make a batter of one egg, one 
cup of milk, salt to taste, and a teaspoon¬ 
ful of butter, with enough flour for a 
thin muffin batter; dip each piece in this 
and fry in hot lard or dripping. Or dip 
each in beaten egg, then in pounded 
cracker before frying. Souse is also 
good eaten cold, especially the feet. 
Frankfort (Frankfurter) Sausage 
The Old Way. —Take pork, lean and 
fat, in the proportion of four pounds lean 
meat to one pound fat, and chopping 
up, or running through machine, inti¬ 
mately mix with the seasoning. This is 
composed of clove, mace, salt, pepper, 
thyme, sweet marjoram, and finely-cut-up 
lemon peel (which is omitted if the 
sausage is to be cooked without smok¬ 
ing). In this case, after stuffing the 
skins and being tied up a finger long, 
they are fried in butter (or sweet oil or 
fat) to a rich golden tint. If to be 
smoked, they are hung up in the smoke¬ 
house. 
Modern Mode. —Chop up pork, lean 
meat and fat (ham can be used) in the 
proportion of four pounds lean to one 
of fat. To a pound of the mixture season 
with salt, 11 grams, one-half gram salt¬ 
petre, two grams white pepper and one- 
half gram cloves. Mix the whole so 
intimately that “you cannot tell the fat 
pieces from the lean.” The more thor¬ 
ough the mixing the better the result. 
If the mixing is not free, you can add a 
little water, but do not overdo this. If 
too “waxy” from excess of fat, add lean; 
or, the other way, if too meaty. Use 
pig’s cases for the filling. 1 ie the sau¬ 
sage in length desired. Hang the links 
well apart in the smokehouse. Tolerable 
heat will do them rightly enough, but if 
you want the deep rich tint of brown, 
you will have to finish them off over a 
brisk fire. It is hard to fix the tempera¬ 
ture, as the smokehouse in the open will 
be cooler than the one indoors. Test 
the state by running a quill in and ex¬ 
amining the extract by the taste, sight 
and smell. Sometimes they are put in 
bundles of 10 or 12 folded together and 
pressed to flatten. Keep in a box under 
weight before putting in the smoke. 
_ H. l. w. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Shirt waists made full at the shoulders 
are among the latest novelties shown. 
This one allows a choice of yoke or no 
yoke and includes sleeves full at both 
shoulders and wrists. In the case of the 
model the material is white Persian lawn, 
the collar and cuffs being of linen, but the 
model is adapted to all waistings that 
can be made full with good effect. The 
waist consists of the fitted lining, which 
4963 Gathered Shirt Waist, 32 to 40 bust. 
can be used or omitted as material ren¬ 
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and there is a turn-over collar at the 
neck that is attached to the neck-band 
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quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 4 yards 21 or 27 inches 
wide or 2 yards 44 inches wide. The 
pattern 4953 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 
36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure; price 
10 cents. 
The circular skirt with sectional shirred 
flounce is a favorite model for soft or 
light materials. The skirt is made with 
the circular upper portion and the flounce 
which is made in three sections. Each 
section of the flounce is gathered to form 
a heading and again below that point 
4874 Circular Skirt with Sectional 
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material required for the medium size is 
11 yards 21 inches wide, 9 yards 27 
inches wide or 5 % yards 44 inches wide. 
The pattern 4874 is cut in sizes for a 22, 
24, 26, 28 and 30-inch waist measure; 
price 10 cents. 
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