52 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 20, 
[ Woman and Home \ 
see a man in a fur-lined overcoat walking 
with a woman who wears a little Eton 
jacket with elbow sleeves and a trans¬ 
parent lingerie waist under it, her feet 
protected by paper-soled Oxford tics and 
openwork stockings, we feel sure that 
From Day to Day. 
COME HOME, COME HOME. 
Come home, come home; and where Is home 
for me, 
Whose ship is driving o'er the trackless sea? 
To the frail bark here plunging on its way, 
To the wild waters, shall I turn and say 
To the plunging bark, or to the salt sea foam, 
You are my home? 
Fields once I walked in, faces once I knew, 
Familiar things so old my heart believed 
them true. 
These far, far back behind me lie; before 
The dark clouds mutter, and the deep seas 
roar 
And speak to them that 'neath and o'er them 
roam 
No words of home. 
Beyond the clouds, beyond the waves that 
roar. 
There may indeed, or may he not, a shore 
Where fields as green and hands and hearts 
as true 
The old forgotten semblance may renew, 
And offer exiles driven far o’er the salt sea 
foam 
Another home. 
But toil and pain must wear out many a day, 
And days bear weeks, and weeks bear months 
away. 
Ere, if at all, the weary traveler hear. 
With accents whispered in Iris wayworn ear, 
A voice he dares to listen to say, “Come 
To thy true borne.” 
Come home, come home! And where a home 
hath he 
Whose ship is driving o’er the driving sea? 
Through clouds that mutter and o’er waves 
that roar, 
Say, shall we find, or shall we not, a shore 
That is. as is not ship or ocean foam, 
Indeed our home? 
—Arthur Hugh Clough. 
* 
The Atchison Globe says that an Atchi¬ 
son girl is in Chicago taking a course 
in a physical culture school, and one exer¬ 
cise consists in walking up and down 
three flights of steps six times a day. All 
these years her mother has been taking 
instruction in physical culture at home, 
and didn’t know it. 
* 
A very pretty Summer petticoat may be 
made from six yards of mercerized cham- 
bray, pink or blue, and a yard of white 
curtain net. Make the skirt after any 
good pattern, then make a deep flounce of 
the net, ornament it with three graduated 
bands of the chambray, and finish the top 
of the flounce with a bias band. The ef¬ 
fect is very pretty, and the petticoat laun¬ 
ders well. 
* 
The Boston Post says that buckwheat 
flour will remove grease spots from the 
most delicate fabrics, or will absorb od 
More moisture, Tits of preserve or jelly 
may be added when used. 
* 
Among the new Spring silks—which ap¬ 
pear on the counters as soon as Christ¬ 
mas is over—are shower-proof twilled 
foulards at 75 cents and $1 a yard. They 
are serviceable, as water does not spot 
them, and are shown in solid grounds or 
scroll pattern backgrounds, with Dresden 
figures. Rajah silks, 30 inches wide, at 
$1.25 a yard, are likely to show the same 
popularity as last Summer; Burlingham 
silks, similar, but heavier, are especially 
meant for coats and suits; $1.75 a yard. 
There are also all-silk rough suitings. 2(3 
inches wide, at 65 cents and $i a yard, in 
a great variety of shades, which make 
handsome and serviceable gowns. These 
are all recommended as of good wearing 
quality—a very important matter, for 
many modern silks prove a sore disap¬ 
pointment in this particular, especially 
stiff taffetas. 
* 
An original idea in dressing a turkey 
is thus given by the Youth’s Companion; 
It was the day before Thanksgiving, 
Mrs. Ray’s first one as the mistress of a 
home. Mary, the cook, had been hurried¬ 
ly called away by the sickness of her 
mother. Fortunately, the desserts had al¬ 
ready been made. But there was the tur¬ 
key to be stuffed and roasted. Mrs. Ray 
before her marriage had been a teacher of 
embroidery, and she knew very little about 
cooking. She did not feel well enough 
acquainted with the neighbors to ask them 
how to prepare the turkey. With deter¬ 
mined air she went into the kitchen, put 
on Mary’s big blue gingham apron, rolled 
up her sleeves and with a shudder at¬ 
tacked the turkey. No cook-book could be 
found, so the stuffing had to be from an 
original recipe. After the stuffing was 
made and coaxed into the turkey, the 
question arose how to keep it there dur¬ 
ing the roasting. Mrs. Ray was sorely 
puzzled. Then a happy thought came to 
her. She made two buttonholes, sewed on 
pearl buttons, and buttoned the stuffing in. 
Ei.bow sleeves, seen in many of the 
Winter Eton jacket suits, do not suggest 
much comfort for cold weather, but fool¬ 
ish women continue to wear them. Long 
mousquetaire kid gloves are of course 
worn with them, but they seem a chilly 
substitute for a cloth sleeve. When we 
woman must be the more robust sex. It 
is quite possible, however, that the physi¬ 
cian and the undertaker may be in a posi¬ 
tion to give a different opinion. This has 
been a very mild, open Winter so far, but 
it is difficult to believe that the flimsy 
garments worn by many women give them 
sufficient protection. Advance styles in 
shirt waists shown right after the Christ¬ 
mas holidays promise continued favor for 
the elbow sleeves. There is no great dif¬ 
ference from last year’s styles so far. 
Tight-fitting, adjustable undersleeves or 
cuffs of lace and thin muslin are very 
often worn with short sleeves; sometimes 
lined with pale-tinted silk. They have a 
pretty effect, and give variety to the gown. 
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The Conquest of Arid America; by 
William E. Smythe. The first edition of 
this book was published five years ago. 
This second edition is revised, and in¬ 
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was the founder of the National Irriga¬ 
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the cause of irrigation. The historical ac¬ 
count of the irrigation movement in Amer¬ 
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especial interest. Appendix I is a note on 
methods of irrigation, which will be very 
useful to any farmer who plans the regu¬ 
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conditions than he can obtain from any 
other source. The book is freely illustrat¬ 
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tains a copious index. It is a most wor¬ 
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course of lectures given by the author for 
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from carpets without leaving a spot be¬ 
hind. It is treated just like French chalk. 
Rub as much dry buckwheat flour upon 
the oil or grease spot as it will take, cov¬ 
ering and surrounding it entirely; let it 
remain a few days, and then brush it off. 
A second application is rarely needed. 
Buckwheat flour is at hand in most house¬ 
holds, when French chalk is not, and the 
treatment is worth trying in an emer¬ 
gency. 
* 
A Vermont correspondent asks for a 
mincemeat recipe. The following comes 
from Maryland: Two pounds of lean 
beef; cook, let get cold, and pass through 
meat grinder; mix thoroughly with one 
pint of finely minced suet, two quarts of 
chopped, high-flavored apples, one pint of 
stoned raisins, a scant pint of sugar, one- 
half pint of currants, one-third pound of 
citron shaved in fine shreds, a cupful of 
molasses (which is omitted if preferred, 
sugar taking its place), one tablespoon fill 
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tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, one-half 
tablespoonful of cloves, two grated nut¬ 
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same of sour orange, one-half cupful each 
of candied lemon and orange peel. 
Moisten with unfermented grape juice, 
sweet cider, peach or plum syrup. The 
syrup from sweet pickles is a great im¬ 
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