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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 7, 
[ Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
EARLY SPRING. 
Once more the Heavenly Power 
Makes all things new, 
And domes the red-plow'd hills 
With lovinc blue; 
The blackbirds have their wills. 
The throstles, too. 
Opens the door in Heaven; 
From skies of glass 
A Jacob's ladder falls 
On greening grass, 
And o'er the mountain-walls 
Young angels pass. 
Before them fleets the shower, 
And burst the buds. 
And shine the level lands. 
And flash the floods: 
The stars are from their hands 
Flung thro' the woods. 
The woods with living airs 
How softly fann’d. 
Light airs from where the deep, 
All down the sand. 
Is breathing in his sleep. 
Heard by the land. 
O follow, leaping blood, 
The season's lure! 
O heart, look down and up, 
Serene, secure. 
Warm as the Crocus cup, 
Like snowdrops, pure! 
Past. Future glimpse and fade 
Thro' some slight spell, 
A gleam from yonder vale. 
Some far blue fell. 
And sympathies, how frail, 
In sound and smell ! 
ming light-colored Summer silks and 
other thin materials. A great many silk 
and mohair fancy braids are used on both 
silk and woolen materials, costing from 
about 10 cents a yard up; one very pretty 
style noted was about an inch wide, hav¬ 
ing a fancy open-mesh center with a bor¬ 
der woven into a narrow ruche on each 
side; in black mohair this was 14 cents 
a yard. These braids are very desirable 
for finishing an inlaid coat collar, as well 
as for skirts and waists. 
* 
The long gloves, which now must be 
worn with short sleeves, form quite an 
extravagant fashion. As an economy, el¬ 
bow-length armlets are now offered, made 
of fine soft kid like the tops of long 
gloves. They extend from wrist to el¬ 
bow, and clasp over short gloves at the 
wrist. Long gloves wear soonest in the 
hands, naturally, while the arm covering 
is still perfect, and as they cost from 
$2.35 to $3.50 in elbow length the armlets, 
at $1.50 and $2 a pair, are a decided 
economy, as they may outwear several 
pairs of short gloves at $1 to $1.85 a pair. 
There is a great demand for long silk 
gloves, especially in black, which cost 
$1.50 for 16-button length; white and 
light colors cost $1 and $1.15. 
Till at thy chuckled note, 
Thou twinkling bird. 
The fairy fancies range. 
And, lightly stirr'd. 
Ring little bells of change 
From word to word. 
For now the Heavenly Power 
Makes all things new. 
And thaws the cold and fills 
The flower with dew; 
The blackbirds have their wills, 
The poets, too. 
—Tennvson. 
* 
Shadow checks and plaids are among 
new materials, both silk and wool. They 
are so woven as to give a changeable ef¬ 
fect ; plain when viewed at one angle, 
plaid or checked at another. 
* 
Long necklaces of tiny Pacific Ocean 
shells have been among the souvenirs 
brought from California by many tourists. 
Their shades of color are like those of 
an opal, wonderful melting combinations 
of palest blue, green, rose and lavender 
in pastel hues of soft translucence. They 
are very much admired and in increasing 
demand, though few dealers here offer 
them. 
* 
Some of our Florida correspondents 
have referred to the attractions of the 
Avocado or alligator pear. One of the 
New York tea rooms makes this fruit 
into a salad, putting the pulp through a 
fruit press; it is then mixed with stoned 
olives cut in pieces and blended with the 
yolks of hard-boiled eggs rubbed into a 
cream with a little olive oil. A spoonful 
of this mixture is put on a bed of shred¬ 
ded celery on a lettuce leaf. The whole 
is dressed with oil and vinegar and a lit¬ 
tle mayonnaise. 
* 
One of the striking new styles shown 
this Spring is a suit consisting of a black 
taffeta Eton jacket worn with a light 
cloth skirt of check, plaid or striped hard- 
twisted worsted. The skirt is very full 
and pleated; the jacket has elbow or three- 
quarter sleeves, and usually a little trim¬ 
ming introducing some color. It is quite 
likely that this style will be followed by 
others that include a contrasting coat, as 
a change from the plain jacket suits so 
long worn. Silk Eton coats cost from 
$10 to $20; pleated cloth skirts $8 to $15. 
* 
Black lace is to be used a great deal 
for trimming this Spring, both Chantilly 
and black point Venise, which is very 
handsome in the imitations. The black 
lace is to be used a great deal in trim¬ 
C a lining Beef to Keep Through 
Hot Weather. 
Trim off all surplus tallow from meat, 
and either boil or roast the beef, using but 
little salt and pepper, preferably none at 
all, as these will attack the tin; meat can 
be spiced, etc., when removed from can 
to serve. When cooked remove from 
liquid and trim off from bones. If liquid 
is too greasy let it get cold and then re¬ 
move tallow. While again heating liquid 
and meat boiling hot get the cans and 
covers ready, the covers to be pierced by 
an awl in the center. Use the friction top 
tin can only, for keeping meat through 
the Summer and dog days. You can use 
glass jars to keep same till May, but they 
are risky during warm weather. When 
meat and liquid are hot pack meat into 
the cans—any size you wish—not quite 
full, and pour liquid over same so as to 
cover meat somewhat, then place on the 
covers good and tight. Put cans into 
oven and bake one to two hours. If cans 
are too full, liquid will ooze through 
vent. The baking will drive out every 
particle or atom of air through vent, and 
is absolutely necessary for safety. When 
nearly done baking liquefy some paraffin 
or sealing wax, and heat a soldering iron. 
The paraffin is to seal cover airtight 
around edge, and the soldering iron to use 
with solder to close up vent opening in 
center. Take out of oven a can at a time 
and solder vent opening as quickly as pos¬ 
sible, then paraffin the edge of cover. 
Place cans—after finishing job—where it 
is dry and cool. By this plan one can 
keep meat, soups, etc., for any length of 
time, do the cooking in cool weather, 
either all at once or at your leisure, and 
when meat, etc., is taken out of can and 
served properly heated and spiced you 
cannot tell the difference between it and 
fresh meat out of the butcher shop, at the 
same time it’s far cheaper—four to five 
cents per pound by the quarter—all 
through the year, always ready at a mo¬ 
ment's notice, fresh and wholesome. One 
can put up one or more quarters of beef, 
veal or mutton at any time, and make one 
job of it, especially in hot weather. A 
steer can be packed into about 50 or 60 
quart cans. If family is large use two- 
quart cans, and gallon cans for soups. 
An earthenware meat roaster with cover 
is ideal for roasting meats, etc. 
To keep meat through Winter, even 
during moderate thaws, cut up into con¬ 
venient roasts, stews, etc. When frozen 
stone-hard wrap the pieces up in wrap¬ 
ping paper or paper bags, and place in 
layers in a box with grain—preferably 
wheat—all around and between layers of 
meat, localizing the different cuts and 
soup bones. Box ought to stand in cold 
place, in the north part of an unheated 
building. Packed tins way meat can be 
kept until Spring in this locality (Wis¬ 
consin) even this mild Winter. 
MRS. KATIE REITZ. 
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