194 
March 2, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
[ Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day 
DESERTED GARDENS. 
Trace me the paths of the gardens fair, 
There on the slopes of the sheltered hill. 
Close to the village of childhood, where 
Hands that were dowered with homely skill 
Fashioned in ministries manifold 
Borders and beds of the gardens old. 
See where the gate on its hinges swung; 
Look where the little, low fence ran round, 
Great with its burden of vines that clung 
Twisting, and woven and Interwound. 
Look for the greetings' of friends that were: 
See If a leaf in the mold's astir. 
How bloomed the poppies and four-o'cloeks, 
Wooing the Summers of Used-to-be; 
Candytuft, Fuchsia and dainty Fhlox, 
Mignonette, clove-pink and peony. 
Sweet lady-slipper and marigold—• 
Fragrant and quaint in the gardens old. 
Hollyhocks, balsams. Petunias, 
Zinnias, snowballs and feverfew. 
Cockscombs, syringas, Ivobelias, 
Roses, the proudest that ever grew; 
Rank after rank of them, row on row, 
Gentle familiars of long ago. 
Yonder’s the way to the heart’s-ease bed. 
Dear pansy-faces, in glad array; 
None in the village so rarely bred, 
Never such lady-delights as they. 
Yonder’s the way—but a blight hath swept 
Over the garden unloved, unkept. 
Pausing near hedge-rows of early days, 
Halting a bit, ere we hurry by, 
looking abroad to the quiet ways, 
Faring along ’neath a twilight sky. 
Dreams of the gardens still hold us fast— 
Blossoms and bloom of the gardens past. 
—Frank Walcott Ilutt in the Boston Even¬ 
ing Transcript. 
New shoes should always be warmed 
before putting on in Winter, not only for 
personal comfort, but also because it 
makes the leather more pliable, and less 
likely to crack. This is especially the case 
with patent .or enameled leather, and 
such shoes should not be kept in a cold 
place. 
* 
Three essentials for the woman’s gar¬ 
den are parsley, Summer savory and 
thyme; all easily grown, and all pretty 
enough to he near neighbors of the flower 
beds. We should not forget sage either, 
which is handsome in all stages of its 
growth. We like to have a patch of 
mignonette near the herbs; then we can 
pick it as we like without detracting from 
the appearance of a flower bed. 
* 
Fried Johnny cakes are new to us; 
here is Marion Harland’s rule for them: 
Wet a quart of Indian meal with a cup 
of sweet milk and the same of butter¬ 
milk. Beat into this dough a tablespoon¬ 
ful of melted butter, a teaspoonful of salt 
and the same quantity of soda, dissolved 
in a little boiling water. Stir long and 
hard. The dough should be stiff enough 
to roll into a sheet less than half an inch 
thick. Cut into squares or rounds; flour 
these well; let them stand in a cold place 
for 15 minutes to stiffen, and fry in deep, 
boiling fat, like crullers. 
* 
Some of our friends, who suffer from 
aching and tender feet, tell us that they 
get a great deal of comfort from a warm 
foot-bath to which baking soda is added 
at the rate of a heaping tablespoonful to 
two quarts of water. A rheumatic friend 
tells us the same prescription gives relief 
when the whole body aches. She puts 
half a pound of baking soda in the bath 
tub, with enough warm water for a com¬ 
fortable bath and finds that such a bath, 
taken just before going to bed, removes 
the miserable aching sensation that is 
often quite as disturbing to sleep as a 
sharp rheumatic attack. 
* 
The tennis or Peter Pan waists of last 
Summer are appearing in a slightly modi¬ 
fied form, the rolling collar being a lit¬ 
tle higher at back and sides, though cut 
down slightly in the front. Pretty 
blouses of this type, made of heavy white 
linen, have an inch band of- blue, pink, 
green or lavender linen bordering collar, 
cuffs and pocket, and a scarf of the same 
colored linen knotted under the collar. 
Some exceedingly pretty wash silk 
blouses are made in solid colors, stripes 
and checks. They fasten in the back, or 
in front under a central box pleat, which 
is bordered on each side with a pleated 
frill edged with lace. The turn-down or 
tucked collar is edged with lace, and the 
turn-back cuffs are edged with pleated 
frills to match those down the front. 
These are French models; as a rule the 
French dressmakers do not care for our 
plain mannish styles in blouses. Separate 
frilled stripes are shown to be worn 
down the front of plain lingerie blouses; 
they should have collars to match, and 
cuffs too if desired. Such a set, hand¬ 
made, is decidedly expensive, hut /it 
could he made beautifully by a woman 
with the proper knack—and the leisure. 
The close embroidered linen collars, so 
much worn now, are often finished with a 
lingerie bow made of fine linen combined 
with lace or embroidery; some are little 
butterfly bows, others, described as ra- 
bates, have pleated ends, the name com¬ 
ing from the clerical “bands,” or collar 
and scarf, which these feminine fittings 
imitate. Narrow lawn ties with embroid¬ 
ered ends are in vogue, after many years 
of retirement; of course, they may be „ 
laundered much more readily than the 
made-up rabates. 
* 
Strangers in this city, who wish to 
know something of its points of interest 
other than places of amusement, often 
find it quite difficult to obtain satisfac¬ 
tory information. The big hotels, the 
theatres, a few show churches, and the 
homes of the wealthy are about all that 
many modern New Yorkers care about, 
and the higher life of the city, its phil¬ 
anthropies, its influences for social bet¬ 
terment, and its historic scenes are to 
them unknown. For this reason a little 
guidebook called “The Better New York,” 
issued by the American Institute of So¬ 
cial Service, will be found a great help 
in getting acquainted with the city. It 
takes the reader from the Battery to the 
Bronx, pointing out all that is especially 
worth seeing in religious, charitable and 
educational work, and the many charm¬ 
ing little drawings that illustrate it give 
an excellent idea of the city’s sights. 
This book was prepared by Dr. Wm. 
H. Tolman and Charles Hemstreet, and 
though condensed in style, is very agree¬ 
ably written. Mr. Hemstreet is author 
of “Nooks and Corners of Old New 
York,” and “When Old New York Was 
Young,” which give the early history of 
the city in delightful form. It is rather 
hard to realize, as we look out over the 
crowded housetops from the R. N.-Y. 
office, that we can see the spot (now 
chiefly tall tenements) where Nathan 
Hale, the martyred patriot, was hanged 
in Col. Rutgers’ orchard, or that City 
Hall Park used to be a clearing in the 
forest, where the Dutch rounded up their 
cattle. _ 
Some Good Puddings. 
Citron pudding is said to be a favorite 
recipe with the widow of the late Gen. 
John A. Logan. For this dish there are 
required a quart of fresh milk, a pint of 
stale bread crumbs, carefully grated, four 
eggs, a coffee cup of powdered sugar, 
half a pound of citron cut fine, a small 
amount of butter and the juice and rind 
of one lemon. The yolks and sugar are 
beaten together and the bread crumbs, 
milk and lemon rind added by degrees. 
This is poured into a buttered dish, the 
citron dropped in and a piece of butter 
placed over all. The baking required half 
an hour and the preparation when cold 
is covered with a meringue made of four 
whites, a cup of powdered sugar and 
the juice of a lemon. This is browned 
slightly before serving. 
Black Pudding.—This is an old south¬ 
ern recipe. One coffee cup black mo¬ 
lasses, one coffee cup sour cream; add 
one dessertspoon of soda and beat hard 
and then add one cup chopped suet, one 
cup seeded raisins, a few almonds (about 
a tablespoonful), do not blanch them, as 
they will have a better flavor, three (or 
more if liked) chopped figs, two apples, 
and a piece of citron chopped. Three 
cups of flour, one-half teaspoonful of salt 
and the grating of one-half nutmeg. Beat 
well. Take four baking powder cans 
(pound size), rub with melted butter and 
pour the batter into them and steam 
hard three hours. Stand in oven ten or 
fifteen minutes to dry off. When you 
wish to use steam half an hour. A quan¬ 
tity may be made at one time, as these 
puddings will keep six months. 
Old-Fashioned Indian Pudding.—One 
quart of milk, one quart of Indifcin 
meal, three eggs, three heaping table-* 
spoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of 
salt and one-half pound of heef suet 
chopped into powder. Scald the milk 
and while boiling hot stir in the meal and 
suet with the salt. When cold, add the 
yolks, beaten light with the sugar, then 
the whites. Dip your bag in hot water, 
flour it and fill half full with the mix¬ 
ture, as it will swell very much. Boil 
five hours. Eat very hot, with butter and 
sugar. This pudding is even better when 
baked in a well-buttered dish for an hour 
and a 1 half. Bake, covered, for an hour 
and a quarter, then brown. 
Gingerbread Pudding.—One cupful of 
molasses, one cupful of sugar, one-half 
cupful of melted lard or hutter, salt; all 
kinds of spice—one-fourth teaspoonful of 
each—one cupful of buttermilk, two 
scant tea spoon fi\Js of soda, one cupful of 
raisins or sliced apples, flour for stiff 
batter. 'Steam in a covered pudding 
dish two hours. Hot water may be sub¬ 
stituted for buttermilk; then use half the 
quantity of soda. Whipped cream is 
better than sugar with this. 
Indian Apple Pudding.—Take one-half 
of a cup of molasses, one quart of milk, 
one teaspoonful of salt, three scant cups 
of pared and sliced apples, to which add 
a quarter of a teaspoonful of ginger and 
cinnamon. When the milk boils in the 
double boiler, pour it slowly on the meal. 
Cook half an hour in the boiler, stirring 
often. Now add the other ingredients; 
pour into a deep, well greased pudding 
dish and bake slowly. Eat with cream 
or maple syrup. 
I should not look for the truest hero¬ 
ism in the forlorn hope or in the night 
watch on the tented field, but in many a 
garret and workshop right around us. 
And there, where woman works face to 
face with death, or patiently plods in the 
weary routine, yet keeps the heart un¬ 
tainted ; there where toil bears on its 
sturdy shoulders the burdens of the aged 
and sick;. there where the coarse fare is 
consecrated by family affection and eaten 
with stainless hands—there do I discover 
the real greatness of our nature and re¬ 
joice to find amidst the guilt of tl\e city 
proofs of beautiful, immortal love.—Jus¬ 
tice M. J. O’Brien. 
The U. S. 
Government Tests 
Show the Absolute 
Superiority of 
Royal 
Baking Powder. 
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