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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 8, 
[ Woman and Home j 
From Day to'Day. 
TIIE VANITY OP TIIB WORLD. 
False world, thou ly’st: tlion canst not lend 
The least delight: 
Thy favors' cannot gain a friend, 
They are so slight: 
Thy morning pleasures make an end 
To please at night: 
Poor are the wants that thou supply’st, 
And yet thou vaunt'st, and yet thou vy'st 
With Heaven: fond earth, thou boasts; 
false world, thou ly'st. 
Thy babbling tongue tells golden tales 
Of endless treasure; 
Thy bounty offers easy sales 
Of lasting pleasure; 
Thou ask’st the conscience what she ails, 
And swear'st to ease her: 
There’s none can want where thou supply’st; 
There's none can give where thou deny'st. 
Alas! fond world, thou boasts; false world, 
thou ly'st. 
What well-advls-ed ear regards 
What earth can say? 
Thv words are gold, but thy rewards 
Are painted clay : 
Thy cunning can but pack the cards. 
Thou canst not play : 
Thy game at weakest, still thou vy'st: 
If seen, and then rev.y’d, deny’st: 
Thou art not what thou seem’st; false 
world, thou ly’st. 
Thy tinsel bosom seems a mint 
Of new-coined treasure; 
A paradise, that has no stint, 
No change, no measure; 
A painted cask, but nothing in't, 
Nor wealth, nor pleasure : 
Vain earth; that falsely thus comply’st 
With man; vain man! that thou rely’st 
On earth; vain man, thou dot’st; vain earth, 
thou ly’st. 
What mean dull souls in this high measure. 
To haberdash 
In earth's base wares, whose greatest 
treasure 
Is dross and trash? 
The height of whose enchanting pleasure 
Is but a flash? 
Are these the goods that thou supply’st 
Us mortals with? Are these the hlgh’st? 
Can these bring cordial peace? False world, 
thou ly’st. 
—Francis Quarles (1502-1G44). 
* 
For Vermont blackberry pie, line a deep 
dripping pan with pastry, cover the bot¬ 
tom with a generous layer of blackberries, 
sprinkle with sugar and cover with a 
crust. Bake, then add another layer of 
blackberries and sugar, cover with a too 
crust, and then bake again. This Is 
recommended as highly delicious, either 
hot or cold. 
* 
With the return of old-fashioned fur¬ 
niture we find a revival of knitted bed¬ 
spreads. though their making is an art 
unknown to many modern women. As a 
rule the work is done in squares that are 
fastened together and then finished with 
a border of plain knitting. The work is 
very firm and durable, and such a bed¬ 
spread may well be regarded as a per¬ 
manent possession. 
* 
Tomato soy is made with both green 
and ripe fruit. The following is an ex¬ 
cellent tested recipe for ripe tomato soy: 
Peel and chop a peck of ripe tomatoes 
until they are quite fine. Then put them 
upon the fire in a preserving kettle with 
a half a teacupful of whole cloves; the 
same quantity of whole allspice; a scant 
teacupful of salt; a tablespoonful of 
black pepper, and three red peppers and 
five onions, all of which have been 
chopped fine. Let the ingredients boil 
together for fully an hour, and immedi¬ 
ately add a quart of the best cider vine¬ 
gar. When the soy has cooled suffi¬ 
ciently, it may be bottled. 
* 
Both cake and frosting made with sour 
cream may prove desirable recipes for 
Summer weather. Sour cream cake calls 
for one cup sugar, one cup sour cream, 
three-fourths cup raisins, one level tea¬ 
spoonful salt, two eggs, two cups flour, 
one teaspoonful each of saleratus and 
cinnamon, a saltspoonful ground cloves. 
Beat well, bake in loaf or two layers, 
and use any white frosting for covering 
the cake. For the sour cream icing, use 
one cup sour cream, one and one-half cup 
sugar (granulated), three-fourths cup 
ground walnuts and hickorynuts. Boil in 
granite pan to soft ball stage, then stir 
briskly until nearly cold. If this should 
prove too stiff, add a tablespoonful sweet 
milk. 
* 
In one of the model schools in our 
town, a first grade teacher was having a 
5417 Blouse or Shirt Waist, 
82 to 42 bust. 
“lesson on the cow,” says the Woman’s 
Home Companion. She was trying to 
impress on the young minds the various 
uses of the milk. Butter, cheese, etc., had 
been disposed of, and she wanted some 
bright genius to tell how the farmer fed 
the surplus milk to the pigs. Leading up 
to this, she asked this question: 
“Now, children, after the farmer has 
made all the butter and cheese he needs, 
and uses what milk he wants for his fam¬ 
ily, what does he do with the milk that 
still remains?” 
Dead silence followed for a moment, 
and then one little hand waved franti¬ 
cally. The teacher smiled and said, “Well, 
James ?” 
“He pours it back into the cow!” piped 
James. 
* 
A white straw hat can be cleaned nice¬ 
ly with lemon and powdered sulphur. 
Moisten the sulphur with lemon juice. 
5396 Circular Skirt with Box Plaits, 
22 to 30 waist. 
making a thick cream, rub this over the 
straw with a stiff brush (an old tooth¬ 
brush will do nicely), let the paste re¬ 
main on a few minutes, and then wash 
off with tepid water. When washing the 
straw it is well to sop up the water with 
a soft cloth, so that it does not soak 
through the straw, as this may bend the 
hat out of shape. After washing, put 
the hat out in the sun to dry; this stif¬ 
fens it, while aiding in the bleaching. 
The sulphur and lemon is not so likely 
to burn the straw as oxalic acid, though 
we have used the latter with satisfaction. 
We have just learned, however, of a 
case where a person was killed by taking 
oxalic acid in place of sprudel salts, and 
though the incident shows unforgivable 
carelessness, it is a needed reminder of 
the danger in domestic use of such poi¬ 
sons. Still more unpardonable is the 
carelessness shown by another newspaper 
despatch, relating the case of an under¬ 
taker who put a bottle of medicine on 
the same shelf with bis embalming fluids. 
He took a dose of medicine in the dark, 
but it proved to be embalming fluid, and 
the result was fatal 
Pickled Artichokes. 
Boil artichokes about 40 minutes, or till 
tender. Drain and put in a stone jar. To 
every quart of artichokes allow one pint 
of cider vinegar, one bay leaf, four cloves, 
a blade of mace and a slice of onion. Put 
vinegar, onions and spices in a porcelain- 
lined kettle, stand on a moderate fire, 
bring to boiling point, then pour over 
artichokes and stand till cool; will be 
ready for use in 24 hours, and will keep 
two weeks. mrs. h. c. h. 
Rub off the outer skin, lay in salt and 
water for a day, drain, and pour over 
them cold vinegar, adding grated horse¬ 
radish. _ m. f. w. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The simple waist in tailor style will 
be very desirable for Fall fabrics. No. 
5417 is made with fronts and back. The 
back is tucked from the neck to the waist 
line while the fronts are arranged to give 
a double box pleat at the center with 
single box pleats at the outer portion of 
the shoulders. The stock is a new one 
and is extended to form a tab. The long 
sleeves are in shirt waist style but the 
short ones are finished with bands. The 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size is 4/2 yards 21, 3^4 yards 27 
or 2(4 yards 44 inches wide. The pattern 
5417 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 
40 and 42-inch bust measure; price 10 
cents. 
An attractive variation of the circular 
skirt is shown in No. 5396. The skirt 
is made with the front gore, back gore 
and circular portion. Both the front and 
the back gores are laid in box pleats and 
there is an additional pleat at the front 
edge of each side gore that meets the 
edge of the outermost box pleat. The 
side portions are circular and plain. The 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size is 9 j'ards 27. 6 yards 44 or 5(4 
yards 52 inches wide if material has fig¬ 
ure or nap; 5(4 yards 44 or 4J6 yards 
52 inches wide if it has not, with 10 yards 
of braid to trim as illustrated. The pat¬ 
tern 5396 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 
28 and 30-inch waist measure; price 10 
cents. 
WnEN you write advertisers mention Tub 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
CORNED BEEF 
We use only FRESH BEEF, and then nothing hut 
the plates. WE Gl’ARANTEK THE QUALITY. 
Everybody orders again, as the CORNED BEEF is as 
we represent. Write for prices—will answer promptly. 
GEO. NYE & COMPANY 
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
SEPTEMBER 
IN THE 
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The air is cool and bracing, the 
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perfect rest that comes with the night 
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