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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 15, 
l Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
IifiTIftED FRIENDSHIP. 
Here let us sit and bless our stars, 
Who did such happy quiet give. 
As that removed from noise of wars, 
In one another’s hearts we live. 
Why should we entertain a fear? 
Love cares not how the World is turned : 
If crowds of dangers should appear, 
Yet Friendship can be unconcerned. 
We wear about us such a charm, 
No horror can be our offence; 
For mischief's self can do no harm 
To Friendship or to Innocence. 
—-Katherine Philips (1631-1664). 
* 
Our favorite strawberry pie is a very 
simple one. Line a pieplate with good 
short crust, fill with ripe whole berries, 
liberally sugared, and then cover with a 
lattice formed of criss-cross strips of 
crust. By the time the crust is browned 
the berries are cooked in their own rich 
juice, and the pie is much nicer than with 
an ordinary double crust. 
* 
Travelers' collar hags, now offered in 
all men’s furnishing stores, are easily 
made and form a useful little gift; they 
are meant for packing collars in a trunk 
or suit case. The receptacle is exactly 
like a round-bottomed workhag. The 
round bottom, stiffened with cardboard, 
is about six inches in diameter, and the 
bag, about eight inches deep, is pulled 
up with a drawstring. The bags are 
usually made of broadcloth in some rich, 
dark color, lined with light silk. 
* 
Have any of our readers tried the cold- 
water process for canning rhubarb? The 
rhubarb is cut in lengths, packed closely 
in jars, and the jars then filled with cold 
water. The water is poured in to over¬ 
flowing. so that all air bubbles are driven 
.out; the jar then sealed, and put upside 
down in a cool dark place. We are told 
that gooseberries and pie cherries will 
.also keep in the same way, but we have 
not tried them. Tomatoes are also 
treated this way, but the only time we 
ever tried the process the result was very 
discouraging. We should like to hear 
from those who have had better results. 
* 
A thin lace stock, such as we find 
attached to fine waists this season, loses 
its transparency when lined with a foun¬ 
dation, yet persists in wrinkling down 
without it. This may be remedied by 
using four supporting strips of slender 
featherbone, not fully tbe depth of the 
stock, one at each side of the front, the 
others at the back. Featherbone made 
for the purpose costs about seven cents 
a yard. Each end of the stay should be 
covered with a bit of soft silk or muslin, 
so that it will not rasp the neck. If the 
full depth of the stock the stays are like¬ 
ly to project a little in wearing; for this 
reason they must be a trifle shorter. The 
front stays should be put in with 
a slight slant towards the back at the top, 
this giving a better fit. Sets of four stays, 
bound ready to sew in, cost 10 cents. 
* 
A reader asked recently how to prepare 
candied cherries. The following recipe 
has since been given us: Select perfect 
fruit, sour red cherries should be used. 
Remove the pit, preserving the shape of 
fruit as much as possible; make a rich 
syrup, and cook the cherries, a few at a 
time, or one layer, in a porcelain-lined 
kettle, until they look clear; now spread 
the cherries on good white plates or plat¬ 
ters (do not use any old dish) and dry 
in the oven or warming closet, turning 
them occasionally once or twice a day 
until dry enough to put in glass fruit 
bottles packing them loosely; sprinkle 
sugar over them while drying; also the 
syrup, if any is left, should be poured 
over. Pears may be treated in the same 
manner. Halve them, pare carefully and 
follow the above directions. They re¬ 
semble figs. 
* 
One of our friends, who is interested 
in an institution for the care of aged 
people, declares that S5 per cent of the 
inmates have near relatives who could 
care for them if they did not shirk the 
responsibility. They prefer to pay an 
entrance fee and leave old people depend¬ 
ent upon them to the care of strangers, 
rather than lessen their own selfish ease 
by returning, in some measure, the love 
and care they received in infancy. It is 
quite true that there are many unlovely 
old people—cranky, small-minded and an¬ 
noying—who seem a disturbing element 
in the family, but they are only a small 
proportion of those thrust aside by im¬ 
patient youth. The tragedy of King Lear 
is often repeated in plain and homely sur¬ 
roundings. The unloving son or daughter 
who thus throws aside natural duties and 
affections is sowing the dragon's teeth of 
future discord. The example given is 
easily followed by a succeeding genera¬ 
tion and the cold, calculating and selfish, 
who have repudiated their obligations to 
helpless age, may find too late that a 
similar fate in turn awaits them. 
Suggestions in Eggs. 
Baked Eggs with Cheese.—Cut 12 hard 
boiled eggs in thick slices, and, having a 
buttered baking dish well sprinkled with 
dry crumbs, place a layer of eggs in the 
center. Sprinkle with grated cheese and 
season lightly with salt and paprika. Add 
another layer of eggs and cheese until the 
dish is filled, finishing with the cheese. 
Pour in a cream sauce thickened with the 
yolks of three eggs, sprinkle with fresh 
bread crumbs mixed with cheese, dot with 
butter and bake about 10 minutes in a 
hot oven, or until the crumbs are a golden 
yellow. Serve at once. 
Creamed Eggs.—Boil six eggs for about 
eight minutes. Cool, remove shells, and 
cut into halves. Put two tablespoonfuls 
of butter in a saucepan and blend with 
the same amount of flour. Adel a cup of 
water and stir until smooth. Put in some 
more butter, "season with salt and pepper 
and a little lemon juice. Stir in the eggs 
and serve on toast. 
Pannikins.—Take some little earthern 
pans, such as are sold for toy milk pans, 
capable of holding one egg only; heat 
them in the oven, and when quite hot 
take them out. and with a paste brush 
butter them inside; break an egg carefully 
into each pan; set them into the oven 
until the white of the egg is hard enough 
to retain the form of the pan; turn them 
out in a circle on the dish in which they 
are to be served. On the top of each 
sprinkle a little fresh parsley or grated 
ham; have ready a sauce of bread crumbs 
beaten up with rich gravy, browned and 
seasoned; place this in the center of the 
dish, the eggs inclosing it. 
Eggs with Green Peppers.—Allow six 
eggs for four or five persons. Toast as 
many slices of bread as there are persons 
to be served, and put where it will keep 
hot. Put a tablespoonful of butter in a 
frying pan, and while it is heating break 
the eggs into a bowl. Allow a tablespoon¬ 
ful of milk or water to each egg, and as 
soon as the butter is melted and begins 
to bubble turn the eggs and milk or water 
mixture in. When the whites begin to 
set, lift and stir with a silver fork. Have 
in readiness two finely chopped sweet, 
green peppers, from which all the seeds 
have been removed, and as the egg begins 
to cook, stir the peppers through the mix¬ 
ture. Cook just a moment, spread on hot 
toast and serve immediately. 
Egg Salad.—Boil six eggs perfectly 
hard, putting them on in cold water and 
cooking 10 minutes after this reaches the 
boil, that the yolks may be dry and mealy. 
Cut the whites in two, remove carefully 
and rub the yolks to a paste with three 
tablespoonfuls of minced ham or chicken 
or both, 10 drops of onion juice, a salt- 
spoonful of mustard, a tablespoon ful of 
melted butter, salt to taste and half a 
teaspoonful of paprika. Crowd this mix¬ 
ture back into the halved whites, cutting 
a bit off the bottom of each cup, that it 
may stand upright, and letting the newly 
formed yolk rise above the edge of the 
white as far as the original yolk would 
have done. Arrange these on lettuce 
leaves and serve with a French dressing 
or with boiled - salad dressing. 
Deviled Egg Sandwiches.—Mash the 
yolks of hard-boiled eggs to a powder 
and moisten with olive oil and a few 
drops of vinegar. Work to a paste, add 
salt, pepper and French mustard to taste, 
with a drop or two of tabasco sauce. 
Now chop the whites of the eggs as fine 
as possible, or until they are like a coarse 
powder, and mix them with the yolk 
paste. If more seasoning is necessary, 
add it before spreading the mixture upon 
sliced graham bread. 
Roses from Cuttings. 
Who ever has enough roses? Not many 
readers will answer in the affirmative, un¬ 
less they hail from a clime where blight 
and insects do not destroy, and frost is 
unknown. Some varieties seem to have 
an inherent weakness of constitution, 
which causes them to dwindle and die 
after a few seasons. Others are unable 
to withstand the severe extremes of our 
climate. The introduction of the Ram¬ 
blers with their hardiness and general 
adaptability has marked a new era in rose 
growing. Hundreds are now planted 
where only one was formerly. Thousands 
more should be grown. At this season, 
every rose lover should start a few cut¬ 
tings. If her own garden is full, she 
may help along the good work of neigh¬ 
borhood improvement. Is there no for¬ 
lorn school-house or cottage near you 
whose occupants would be gladdened by 
the gift of a rose? We prepare a bed 
having an eastern and southern exposure 
by scooping out the soil and refilling the 
cavity with sand mixed with a little rich 
earth. To ensure making the cuttings at 
the right stage, they may be taken from 
shoots on which the flowers have just 
faded. Cut them about three inches long, 
and insert half their length in the sand. 
Some prefer to break them down, leaving 
a heel at the base of the cutting. Place, 
a glass fruit jar over each one, and water 
religiously every day unless it rains. The 
success of the undertaking depends upon 
keeping the soil well moistened. Just 
before the ground freezes in the Fall, 
place a frame of boards around the cut¬ 
tings and fill the enclosure with leaves. 
Lay a few boards or evergreen boughs 
over the frame to keep the leaves from 
blowing away. The Ramblers, Polyanthas. 
and Hybrid Teas start readily at any time, 
but the Hybrid Perpetuals seem to root 
best in the Fall. 
By May of the following year, they will 
be ready to transplant to the permanent 
bed. Some will bloom the first year, but 
it is better to keep off most of the buds. 
A Gruss an Teplitz which I started from 
a cutting last September now stands near¬ 
ly a foot high, and has three fine buds. 
Some shrubs can be rooted by making 
cuttings four or five inches long from 
half-ripened wood. Remove all but the 
top leaf, and insert nearly the whole 
length of the stalk in the soil. I have 
rooted the climbing honeysuckle in the 
same way. m. e. colegrove. 
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