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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 14, 
[ Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
MEMORIES. 
I remember, I remember 
The gowns I used to wear; 
The yellow-figured jaconet, 
The purple-sprigged mohair. 
They always were a bit too long, 
Or else not long enough; 
And often, in the latter case, 
rieced out with different stuff. 
I remember, I remember 
The roses, red and white, 
Upon my bayadere barege,— 
(It must have been a sight!) 
My solferino balzarine,— 
My lilac satinet,— 
AVe gave that to an orphan child. 
(The child is living yet!) 
I remember. I remember 
My magenta wool delaine; 
My salmon taglioni too, 
(’Twas lined with satin jean.) 
My lovely light blue empress cloth. 
Picked out with bands of dove, 
I wore the night Joe came to call 
And told me of his love. 
I remember, I remember 
Those gowns so quaint and queer; 
I wore them with a happy heart 
For many a happy year. 
I have an ivory satin now. 
Embroidered fair with pearl; 
But, ah, I’m farther off from Heaven 
Than when I w.as a girl. 
—Carolyn Wells, in Good Housekeeping for 
April. 
Cotton prints are among the fabrics 
•offered for making kimonos, and dressing 
gowns; they are like a smooth soft- 
finished cambric, printed in gay figures, 
flowers, butterflies, Japanese maidens, etc., 
very bright and oriental. This material 
also makes a nice covering for porch 
cushions, or may be used as bedroom 
draperies. It is 27 inches wide, and costs 
25 cents a yard. 
* 
Last year we covered a bedroom floor 
with blue denim, and were delighted with 
the effect; it looked so clean and Summery 
with white furniture, and was easily swept. 
But alas, that blue denim, which in the old 
days of vegetable dyes would have been 
a permanent color, has faded out evenly 
to a sad lead color and must now give 
way to matting. The room is very light 
and sunny, as every bedroom ought to be; 
where the denim is used as stair-covering 
in a hall without direct sunlight it fades 
very little, and we greatly prefer it to 
stair carpet. Of course the stairs are well 
padded. 
Elbow sleeves and long-wristed gloves 
have brought bracelets back into vogue, 
mid all sorts of old styles are being re¬ 
vived, to the great satisfaction of women 
who have such ornaments stored away. 
Bangles, plain bands and chain bracelets 
are all in style; the handsomest of the 
novelties are new designs in chains with 
jeweled links. The round necks and Dutch 
collars that are to be worn so much this 
Spring and Summer will renew the de¬ 
mand for strings of beads and close-fitting 
necklets. All these are attractive styles, 
and all add another item of expense to 
the feminine wardrobe. 
* 
As a nutritious soup without meat cream 
of egg may be recommended: Slice a 
medium-sized onion into a quart of milk 
and bring the milk to the scalding point 
in a double boiler. Strain out the onion 
and return the milk to the kettle with a 
teaspoonful of flour that has been rubbed 
to a paste with the same quantity of 
butter. Stir to a smooth cream-like soup, 
and just before serving season with one 
teaspoonful of salt and three shakes of 
pepper. Chop coarsely, the white of four 
or five hard-boiled eggs and add to the 
soup. When ready to serve sprinkle each 
portion with the grated yolks. 
* 
The oyster season is nearly over, but ?n 
oyster omelet in Baltimore style is worth 
trying. Six oysters are stewed in their 
own liquor for five minutes and then re¬ 
moved. The liquid is thickened with a 
walnut of butter rolled in flour, seasoned 
with salt and cayenne and beaten to a 
cream. The oysters are then chopped, 
added to the sauce and simmered unt 1 
it thickens. Four eggs are beaten lightly, 
a tablespoonful of cream is added, then 
turned into a hot pan and fried to a golden 
brown. The oysters are folded within the 
omelet before it is removed from the pan, 
and the remaining sauce poured around it. 
* 
The death of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, 
the author, was announced at her home 
at Milton, Mass., March 21. Mrs. Whit¬ 
ney will be regretted keenly by thousands 
of young people, who have found both 
pleasure and profit in her wholesome pages. 
She was born in Boston in 1842, and leaves 
one son, four grandchildren, and one 
great-grandchild. When we consider the 
flood of literary trash too often listed 
among “best-selling books,” the false sen¬ 
timent and warped ideals, even where 
there are not warped morals too, we have 
reason to fell very grateful to Mrs. Whit¬ 
ney. She made young people see the 
pleasures and duties of simple home life 
with an added interest, and her influence 
was ever on the side of all things of 
good report. Whatever her place in liter¬ 
ature, her lasting monument will be found 
in the young lives she has molded to a 
higher appreciation of their duty to home 
and friends. _ 
Canned Fresh Rhubarb. 
On page 232 the small garden man gives 
his experience and tells how to have pie 
plant in Winter. That may be a man’s 
way but I can give a much better one 
that I have used for years with perfect 
satisfaction. Cut your pieplant when it 
is well grown, in small pieces as if for 
pies or stewing, pack the same in jars 
as tightly as you can, then cover with 
clear, cold water until the jar is full and 
seal up tight as usual. When ready to 
use it pour off half the water and put 
the pie plant in the pie without stewing. 
Add plenty of sugar with lemon, etc., to 
taste. Bake in a deep dish in a brisk 
oven and you will find it makes a better 
pie than fresh rhubarb ever made, as the 
soaking so long in water takes off the 
raw acid taste. If properly done it will 
keep for years. I am using some this 
Winter that 1 put up over three years ago. 
To anyone who is fond of rhubarb 
stewed this makes a great luxury in 
Spring when fresh fruits are scarce. 
_ a. j. c. 
Easy Ways With Geraniums. 
Wc have had excellent success with 
geraniums handled in this simple fashion 
Turn all Winter-grown plants out into 
the border when danger of frost is over. 
At that time break several cuttings from 
each sort and set these in the ground near 
the parent plant. Firm the soil close 
about the base of the cuttings, and with 
the coolness and moisture of that season 
and some shade from the larger plant 
nearly all will strike root. They will not 
make very large tops, or give many 
blooms, but by September they will have 
a fine root development. Pot in three-inch 
crocks and you have excellent specimens 
for Winter flowering, almost as good for 
busy people and perhaps better than those 
cared for in pots and disbudded and 
watered all Summer. The border plants 
are absolutely no trouble, and as each 
cutting stands near its blossoming parent 
you are at no loss as to what colors and 
varieties you are saving. 
A shelf full of these stock young plants 
kept in a sunny window where there is no 
coal gas can be depended upon for Win¬ 
ter blossoms. Sometimes there is an un¬ 
used chamber whose temperature never 
falls below freezing, and there one may 
grow bouquets for the dining-table or the 
sitting-room. Even one large head of 
bloom with two or three pretty zonal 
leaves in a slender vase of clear glass is 
often prettier than a whole windowful of 
scraggly, blossomless plants. As a Sum¬ 
mer bedder the scarlet geranium needs no 
one’s recommendation, for it is a favorite 
everywhere, and seems to grow in popu¬ 
larity every season. 
PRUDENCE PRIMROSE. 
Flower Notes. 
Last year I decided to raise some 
bachelors’ buttons. The flowers proved 
so satisfactory that I recommend this old- 
fashioned flower as one of the easiest to 
care for, as well as one of the freest 
bloomers. Even when slighted, it goes on 
cheerfully bearing its wealth of neat blos- 
some. I had one bed of mixed colors, 
various shades of lavender, pink and 
white. The prettiest collection was a small 
clump in another bed of the variety Kais¬ 
er Wilhelm. The color was exquisite, a 
deep blue of great richness. As this 
shade is not found in many varieties of 
flowers, it is well worth raising on that 
account. The bachelors’ button is known 
also as Centaurea, cornflower and blue¬ 
bottle. They are free bloomers. The 
stems are long and stiff enough to make 
them admirable as cut flowers. 
A fine contrast to the bachelors’ buttons 
was afforded by plants of the calliopsis, 
mixed varieties. These are also plants of 
easy culture. The flowers were of various 
colors and markings. Here were golden 
yellow, there velvety maroon, and some 
yonder had touches of a warm brown. 
The flowers are borne freely, as well as 
for a long period. They are excellent for 
cut flowers. 
I invested in a package of Clarkia for 
the first and last time. The flowers were 
of various shades of pink and red, ar¬ 
ranged on the plants as the balsams, but 
far smaller. As cut flowers I found them 
a failure. Those of a delicate shade of 
pink, however, made a pretty spot in the 
garden. Helen c. Andrews. 
Summer Sausage. 
For putting up Summer sausage use 
any recipe you like best, but use cloth 
casings made from muslin, casings to have 
a diameter of three to four inches, and 
length to fit a baking pan. Casings arc 
easily made with sewing machine. Smoke 
the finished sausage to your heart’s con¬ 
tent. After smoking let sausage dry suffi¬ 
ciently, which takes four or five weeks, 
depending on where hung to dry. The 
sausage should be fit for eating, which 
can readily be ascertained by cutting one 
through. When dry enough melt a quan¬ 
tity of paraffin—about one-half pound 
for a dozen sausages—put in baking pan. 
then place the sausages therein and roll 
about in the hot paraffin, one at a time. 
Hang up in a dry place and they will 
keep nicely and indefinitely. 
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