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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 12; 
From Day to Day. 
THE VOICES.. 
Maw’s callin’ from tbe milkliouse. 
Callin’ stern ; 
“Jim, yer lazy good fer nutliin’. 
Come and churn.” 
Paw’s callin’ from the cornpatch, 
Callin’ loud: 
“James, yer hulkin’, stupid loafer, 
Time yer plowed.” 
Nature’s callin’ from the trout-brook. 
Callin’ wblsh: 
“Son. yer poor, tired, lazy feller. 
Come and fish.” 
Stranger, if we just swapped places, 
Put it clear; 
Which of all the three a-callln’ 
Would you hear? 
—New York Sun. 
* 
Try making a rhubarb pie with stoned 
raisins for one-third of the filling. Sweet¬ 
en and cook as usual, between two crusts. 
* 
Asbestos table sets, consisting of three 
mats slipped into embroidered linen cov¬ 
ers, cost $1.50. These are for putting un¬ 
der hot dishes, asbestos being a non-con¬ 
ductor of heat. The cover is removed for 
laundering when soiled. 
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It is noticeable this Spring that white 
gloves have lost their favor for dress oc¬ 
casions, although they always look well. 
Gloves that match the costume in color 
are most fashionable; next to these gray, 
tan or black. In spite of being the pre¬ 
ferred style, bright blue, green or crim¬ 
son gloves still look a little odd to us. 
We always liked white kid gloves, be¬ 
cause they looked well with any costume, 
and could be so easily cleansed at home. 
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Potatoes have lost something of their 
flavor at this season, and the following 
method of cooking them will be a pleas¬ 
ant change: Peel and cut into dice half 
a dozen potatoes, crisp in cold water, 
then drain, and boil until tender. Drain 
the water off, put the potatoes in a baker, 
season with pepper and salt, stir a table¬ 
spoonful of butter through the pieces, 
pour over them half a cup of milk, cover 
the top with grated cheese, bake quickly 
and serve hot. 
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Porch screens and outdoor furniture 
add very much to one's Summer comfort. 
Outdoor furniture is a real economy, for 
it keeps the indoor chairs and couches 
where they belong. If a handy man or 
boy has any knack with tools he can 
make rustic chairs and settees, or plain 
heavy styles approaching the “Mission” 
furniture, for much of the most admired 
porch furniture looks “homemade.” A 
good deal of small Silver birch, with the 
bark left on, is used in this furniture. 
The ordinary bamboo porch screens are 
very inexpensive, beginning at 55 cents 
for one 4x8 feet, and going up to $2.50 
for 12 x 10 feet. Joto bamboo screens 
painted a permanent green, cost from 
$1.50 up to $3.50; Vudor screens, made 
of broad slats of linden wood, in dark 
or mottled green, 0x8 feet, cost $2.75, 
the largest size, 10 x 8 feet, costing $5. 
A selection of cushions or sofa pillows, 
with serviceable washing covers, should 
not be forgotten; honest gingham is ex¬ 
cellent for this, and all the better for no 
decoration, unless the little girl wishes to 
practice cross-stitch upon it. Red and 
white or green and white is prettier than 
blue for this purpose, as a rule. 
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“What happened to your lawn?” asked 
a puzzled neighbor of a garden-loving 
friend last month. The question was 
called out by a group of gay Crocuses, 
holding their painted cups above the 
brown and withered grass, for it was be¬ 
fore the first touch of Spring green ap¬ 
peared. The inquirer, who confessed that 
he was not sufficiently acquainted with 
Crocuses to address them by their first 
name, admitted that he thought some 
queer floral miracle had happened, which 
would surprise the owner of the lawn as 
much as anyone else. It is always pleas¬ 
ing to note the interest aroused by these 
early Spring flowers; the wonder is that 
we do not see more of them. A small 
expenditure in October brings a harvest 
of beauty in March, April and May. This 
year our first snowdrops were in bloom 
January 31, but they suffered a temporary 
eclipse during the February blizzards. 
Another good investment is a packet or 
more of good pansy seed, to be sown in 
August. The little plants are carried 
over Winter in the open garden, with a 
light mulch to prevent heaving, and come 
out in Spring in fine condition, with a 
mass of long roots. They are not in 
flower as quickly as the florist's frame or 
greenhouse plants, but they are in bud 
the latter part of April, and sure to give 
satisfaction all through the season. 
How Do You Can Com ? 
I wish to can sweet corn this coming 
Summer for family use, but find it very 
tedious work with the facilities at hand. 
I have a steam boiler that can furnish 
steam to do the cooking, provided it can 
be cooked with steam, or can boil water 
in a tight box if steam will not do. In 
large canneries is it cooked with steam 
under pressure? The most tedious part is 
cutting corn from cob. Is there any ma¬ 
chine or knife made that will do this 
work faster than a common knife, that I 
could afford to buy for what I have to 
do? s. D. E. 
Oregon. _ 
More About the Bread-Mixer. 
I would like to cast my lot with the 
woman who prefers to mix her bread with 
a spoon. I know nothing about the bread 
mixers, but I do know that good bread 
can be made with no molding. Quite by 
chance I stirred enough flour into my 
bread, then decided to try it without 
molding. I haven’t molded any since and 
the bread doesn't last any longer than 
before. I never have had to do any 
ladling and seldom add more flour when 
putting the bread into loaves, neither is 
the work of stirring more difficult than 
that of molding. Everyone has her own 
standard for good bread, so we can’t all 
expect to make it alike, but please give 
the stirring idea as fair a trial as you 
would the bread-mixer. 
MRS. J. T. MERRITT. 
After reading the article on bread-mix¬ 
ing, page 341, I feel that I must add, 
what to me, is the most important advan¬ 
tage of the bread-mixing machine. The 
bread making of E. P. N. is good for 
small batches, and just the thing for rye 
bread; but where the small boys and hired 
men of a large household, cause the 
loaves to disappear at an astonishing rate, 
the work of mixing is beyond spoon- 
power. Here is where the mixer is use¬ 
ful, in harnessing the ever-present and 
generally superfluous energy of the grow¬ 
ing boys. Let them put it where they 
can get it again—into the bread. When 
the “lord of the manor” comes in to 
“talk things over” a minute, hustle the 
water, yeast, salt, and whatever else you 
use in bread, into the mixer, with flour 
enough to make a stiff dough, and make 
him useful; the longer he talks—and 
turns—the better the bread. Then there 
is the studious daughter, who needs phys¬ 
ical culture; the mixer is right in her 
line. No thought or worry, just exercise. 
And the ever welcome guest, who loves 
to be in the kitchen and “see you do 
things,” can just as well “do things” also, 
with a bread-mixer handy. You’ll have 
no idea how much brawn and muscle is 
going to waste until you have a bread- 
mixer. My husband bought mine as a 
surprise for me. Now all good R. N.-Y. 
husbands who have not done so. get busy! 
We have enough to do without mixing 
bread. mrs. e. c. van houten. 
Arbor Day oil the Farm. 
Is there a more ideal place for observ¬ 
ing Arbor Day than on a farm ? Then 
plan to devote at least a portion of the 
day appointed by tbe State, and spend it 
in the interest of “green things growing.” 
To get the greatest good and the highest 
enjoyment out of such an occasion, the 
housekeeper should for the time being 
lose all sight of work indoors. Suppose 
but one choice fruit tree is planted each 
year, the cost will be triflng, but in time 
you will reap a goodly reward. A fruit 
tree is often a good investment for a 
woman who finds it difficult to get spend¬ 
ing money. There is in our side yard 
growing next to the walk, a Bartlett pear 
tree. We have lived here for 13 years, 
and during that time it has borne bushels 
of large, fine-shaped pears. As we have 
other trees, the fruit from this one is 
sold each year, the amount received rang¬ 
ing from $2 to $3, depending on the size 
of the crop. It never has failed to bear 
since we have owned the place, and this 
trifling amount multiplied by the fast- 
vanishing years has made, in time, a neat 
sum. The fact that it is so near the 
street probably accounts for its fine fruit. 
Then there are the sour cherries which 
can usually be depended on to furnish 
fruit for some years. If possible plant a 
tree or a grapevine for each of the chil¬ 
dren to be their own property. The own¬ 
ership of a tree may be that from which 
will one day spring the decision of the 
boy to stay on the farm. 
HELEN C. ANDREWS. 
Household Congress. 
Apple Sauce Cake. —Have the readers 
of The R. N.-Y. had the following recipe 
for cake? One cup sugar, J4 cup shorten¬ 
ing, 1 saltspoon salt, }4 teaspoon ground 
cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 14 teaspoon 
grated nutmeg, 1J4 cup raisins, more fruit 
if desired; 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in a 
little water, 1 cup unsweetened apple 
sauce. Put the dissolved soda into the 
sauce, let it foam over the ingredients; 
l}i cup flour; bake 45 minutes. M.L.R. 
Orange Roly-Poly. —This is an old 
southern recipe, that will make a pleasant 
change when oranges are cheap. One pint 
of flour, one tablespoonful of lard, one 
saltspoon of salt, sufficient water to make 
a stiff paste. Roll out and lay thick on it 
orange peeled and sliced. Sprinkle lib¬ 
erally with sugar and scatter a teaspoon¬ 
ful of grated orange peel upon it. Roll 
up like jelly cake. Put it in a well-floured 
bag and let it boil two hours; serve with 
any preferred sauce. 
Rhubarb Pie. —Cut in rather coarse 
pieces enough rhubarb to fill a large cup. 
Beat one egg thoroughly, adding a good 
pinch of salt, add the rhubarb, one cup 
of sugar and two soda crackers rolled fine. 
Mix thoroughly then turn into a pie tin 
lined with pastry. Put a few bits of but¬ 
ter over it here and there, add a grating 
of nutmeg, and bake as a tart pie, bands 
of pastry laid over the top before baking. 
This quantity makes one pie—a small 
deep one, or a thin large one. 
MRS. c. ir. LYON. 
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The day has prone by when tbe farm telephone is consid¬ 
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when a telephone in a farmhouse was looked unnn « a ’ 
such. Today it is a necessity. P a& 
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making it easy for the farmer to form his own' 
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