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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December &, 
[ Woman and Home 
From. Day to Day. 
LAUS MORTIS. 
Nay, why should I fear Death, 
Who gives 11 s life, and in exchange takes 
breath? 
He is like cordial Spring, 
That lifts above the soil each burled thing; 
Like Autumn, kind and brief— 
The frost that chills the branches frees the 
leaf; 
Like Winter’s stormy hours 
That spread their lleece of snow to save the 
flowers ; 
The lordliest of all things— 
Life lends us only feet. Death gives us wings. 
Fearing no covert thrust, 
Let me walk onward, armed in valiant 
trust— 
Dreading no unseen knife. 
Across Death’s threshold step from life to 
life! 
Oh, all ye frightened folk. 
Whether ye wear a crown or bear a yoke, 
Laid in one equal bed, 
When once your coverlet of grass is spread. 
What daybreak need you fear? 
The Love will rule you there that guides 
you here. 
Where Life, the sower, stands. 
Scattering the ages from his swinging hands. 
Thou waitest, Reaper lone. 
Until the multitudinous grain hath grown. 
Scythebearer, when thy blade 
Harvests my flesh, let me be unafraid. 
God’s husbandman thou art. 
In Ilis unwithering sheaves, oh, bind my 
heart! 
—Frederic Lawrence Knowles, in “Love 
Triumphant.” 
The newest silk petticoats are all 
trimmed with little pleated ruches of 
pointed pinking. These ruches are used 
to trim accordion-pleated ruffles at the 
foot, while gored flounces are often 
trimmed with several ruches. 
* 
The return of the circular skirt is a 
noticeable feature in dress this Fall; many 
of the new models approach quite closely 
to the bell skirts fashionable nearly 15 
years ago. The same shape is obtained 
in the many-gored umbrella skirts, which 
are often especially desirable in cutting 
narrow goods. 
* 
A brass hanging lamp which did not 
harmonize with the room was painted 
dull black with one of the ready-mixed 
varnishes. It now has the effect of 
wrought iron, and is very pretty and ar¬ 
tistic. The same plan may be carried out 
advantageously in the case of any metal 
lamp that is tarnished or discolored. 
* 
It is a favorite assertion with some 
amateur hygienists that dainty and appe¬ 
tising cooking is a menace to health, 
since it induces one to eat more food than 
the system really requires. These teach¬ 
ers assert that when a capricious appetite 
turns from plain food it should not be 
coaxed in any way, since repugnance for 
food must mean that the system does not 
require it. Medical science, however, does 
not endorse this view. The New York 
Medical Record says that the Russian 
physiologist Pavlov has clearly demon¬ 
strated, in his researches on digestion, 
that the ingestion of substances with a 
purely nutrient value does not sufficiently 
satisfy the demands of the body—taste 
and appetite must also be taken into con¬ 
sideration. These are satisfied only by 
the addition to the food of spices and salt, 
and it is largely due to the influence of 
these condiments that the proper amount 
of gastric juice is liberated by the mucous 
membrane of the stomach. The action 
upon the stomach of reflex stimuli is 
shown by the favorable effect on the flow 
of the gastric secretions made by mental 
impressions induced by the mere sight and 
odor of a well prepared dish. In this 
manner Epplen leads up to the broad 
claim that the proper preparation of Jill 
food, as demanded by the essential re¬ 
quirements of the culinary art, is not a 
luxury, but a physiological necessity, and 
to develop and disseminate this knowledge 
is an act beneficial to the public welfare. 
The same view is taken by Mrs. Mary 
Hinman Abel, who, in her prize essay, 
“Practical Sanitary and Economical Cook¬ 
ing,” remarks: “Surely the economical 
housekeeper who would throw out of the 
list of necessaries all the things that tickle 
the palate, that rouse the sense of smell, 
that please the eye and stimulate our tired 
nerves, just because these things contain 
but little food, would make a grave mis¬ 
take. She may know just what cuts of 
meat to buy, what vegetables are most 
healthful and economical, but if she does 
not know how to make the mouth water, 
her labor is largely lost. Especially if 
she has but little money should she pay 
great attention to this subject, for it is the 
only way to induce the body to take up 
plain food with relish.” 
Be like a rock that is beaten by the 
waves. The rock stands firm while the 
serried waves sink down before it.—Mar¬ 
cus Antonius. 
Brush nud Comb Case. 
When Bettie displayed the compact lit¬ 
tle cases she had made for her friends to 
use when traveling, she explained; “You 
see how simple it is. You cut two pieces 
of linen 10 inches long and five inches 
wide, and round off all four corners 
evenly. The brush pocket is formed by 
these two pieces, but you must not put 
them together till the other pockets have 
been added. But bind and brier-stitch the 
one that is to have the comb pocket on it. 
For this cut a piece an inch smaller all 
around, that is, eight inches long and 
three wide. I basted the binding of white 
ribbon all around this, then basted it in 
the center of the larger piece and brier- 
stitched it down. The stitches held the 
binding in place and also secured the 
pocket firmly, but of course I was careful 
not to catch my stitches to the under part 
around one end, for the comb must slip in 
and out there. On the other side of the 
case there are two pockets. Cut third 
piece of linen exactly like the first two, 
rounding the corners just the same. Then 
cut this across the middle and fold each 
back across the straight edge for a half¬ 
inch hem. Brier-stitch the hems with the 
white embroidery silk. These pieces make 
pockets for hair pins, curlers, etc., and are 
closed with flaps bound and brier-stitched 
around and provided with loops to slip 
over small white buttons. The two flaps 
can be cut in one piece, and if you have 
rounded the corners of your case well off 
the flaps can be merely a circular piece 
five inches in diameter. Lay it on the 
center of the other 10-inch piece and 
stitch across the center. Next put the two 
hairpin pockets in place beneath it and 
bind and brier-stitch all together entirely 
about the edges. You have then only to 
lay the two 10-inch pieces together and 
stitch them about the edges on the sew¬ 
ing machine just inside the bindings, leav¬ 
ing of course one end open that the brush 
may be put in there. You see the whole 
thing will launder well and adds almost 
nothing to the weight in your suit case.” 
PRUDENCE PRIMROSE. 
Liver and bacon cooked in a saucepan 
or casserole is much richer and more del¬ 
icate in quality than when fried. JSlice 
liver about half an inch thick, and put in 
a buttered saucepan, peppering lightly. 
Over the liver lay a dozen thin slices of 
bacon, and strew these with chopped onion 
and parsley. Cover closely and cook 
slowly for about two hours. The cooking 
must not be hurried. When ready to serve 
the liver, let the gravy, with the bacon 
in it, boil hard for two minutes, then pour 
it over the liver in the serving dish. 
* 
One of our friends had occasion to dye 
some cotton goods yellow recently, using 
a standard commercial dye, and being un¬ 
familiar with the process her first attempt 
was a color much too deep. Being fa¬ 
miliar with chloride of lime as a bleach¬ 
ing agent, she at once tried a solution of 
this to lighten the color, with the start¬ 
ling result that the bright yellow imme¬ 
diately began to change to seal brown! 
Chemical reactions appear in unexpected 
results to the uninitiated, but in this case 
the experimenter began to rinse the goods 
through clear water, until, after some 
trouble, the brown disappeared, and a uni¬ 
form light amber was secured. It is ob¬ 
vious that unless a deep bright color is 
desired, one should test a shred of the 
goods before submitting it all to the dye- 
pot; also, it will be wise to abstain from 
experiments, unless one’s chemical knowl¬ 
edge is exact enough to cover possible 
contingencies. 
Home Made 
Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis¬ 
cuit home-made. They will be fresher, 
cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. 
Royal Baking Powder helps the house 
wife to produce at home, quickly and eco¬ 
nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised 
hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer- 
cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and 
muffins, with which the ready-made food 
found at the bake-shop or grocery does 
not compare. 
Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. 
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK. 
WANT AND NEED. 
There’s a big difference 
between what a baby wants 
and what he needs. Deny 
him the one, give him the 
other. Most babies need 
Scott’s Emulsion — it’s the 
right thing for a baby. It 
contains a lot of strength¬ 
building cpualities that their 
food may not contain. After 
a while they get to want it. 
Why? Because it makes 
them comfortable. Those 
dimples and round cheeks 
mean health and ease. Scott’s 
Emulsion makes children 
easy; keeps them so, too. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St., New York, 
THERE iS NO 
SLICKER LIKE 
Forty years ago and after many years 
of use on the eastern coast. Tower's 
Waterproof Oiled Coats were introduced 
in the West and were called flickers by 
the pioneers and cowboys. This graphic 
name has come into such general use' that 
it is frequently though wrongfully applied 
to many substitutes. You want the genuine. 
/ZBO L°°k for the -Sign of the fish, and 
- the name Tower on the buttons. 
! / MADE IN BLACK AND YELLOW AND 
SOLD E>Y REPRESENTATIVE TRADE 
THE WORLD OVER. "j 
1 XTTOWER C0..B0ST0M. MASS., II. 5. A. 
TOWER CANADIAN CO.,Lit n iU<LTOtONTO.CAH. 
This Is the Mark 
that stands for the 
range which 
BAKES 
A BARREL OF FLOUR 
WITH 
A HOD OF COAL. 
SILL STOVE WORKS, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Trade-Mark, 
dealer Jlfir Gnarnnteed to go twice as far 
for it JW as P a ste or liquid polishes. X- Hay is the 
J ** ORIGINAL Powdered Stove 
Polish. It j?ives a quick, brilliant lustre and Doeg 
Ufo t Horn O ft. Sample sent if you address Dept 40 
LA.TIONT, CORLISS St CO., Agtg., 78 Hudson St., New York. 
THE HESSLER STILL LEADS. 
RURAL MAIL BOX. 
Best made and 
most durable box 
on ttie market. 
Don’t be deceived 
by pictures that 
look like 
“ The Hessler.” 
To get the best, 
insist on having 
the Original Gen¬ 
uine HESSLER 
BOX, not the im¬ 
itation. Agents 
wanted in every 
town. 
H. E. HESSLER CO., Syracuse,N.Y. 
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