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September 14, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
From Day to Day. 
TO A DEAD MOTHER. 
Since thou hast: gone, I often see 
In garden closes 
Faint-visioned effigies of thee 
Among the roses; 
Some semblance of thy beauty’s bloom, 
Some savor of the sweet perfume 
That clung around thee. 
But never was I fain to say 
“This rose is thine” until to-day— 
To-day I found thee. 
Where Poverty in squalor lies, 
Within tlie city, 
Where Summer burns but never sighs 
With breath of pity, 
IIow little speaks of thee; but there 
Thy rose of roses, sweet and fair 
I found this morning! 
The white rose in its broken pot 
An attic window's garden-plot 
I saw adorning. 
Ne’er bloomed a sweeter flower of love 
In greenest valley, 
Than that white rose, set high above 
The squalid alley. 
If anywhere on earth thou art, 
Here would'st thou hide thy mother heart 
In self-abasement; 
This rose must house thy spirit mild 
To cheer the little sickly child 
Behind that casement. 
—T. A. Daly in Catholic Standard and Times. 
* 
Try lemon juice as a flavoring for 
fudge, instead of vanilla. It makes the 
fudge more creamy, as well as giving 
a variation in flavor. 
* 
Readymade collar bands for shirt waists 
cost five cents each. They are a con¬ 
venience for the home dressmaker who 
finds it difficult to fit the collar band 
properly. 
Clothes sprinklers are very handy for 
laundry use; they are made of tin, in 
the style of a flour dredger and cost 15 
cents. They arc more convenient than 
the whisk broom often used for this pur¬ 
pose, and much cheaper than a rubber 
bulb. 
* 
Among the fashionable new colors 
shown in Fall goods are Copenhagen blue, 
a soft shade rather brighter than Gobelin, 
but without the hard tint of Alice blue; 
blondine, which is applied to the new 
shades of golden brown, and pomino, 
which is very near crushed raspberry. 
Chiffon broadcloth, which is as lustrous 
as a soft silk, is very handsome in these 
new shades. 
* 
According to Harper’s Weekly, a mem¬ 
ber of the school board of a certain 
Pennsylvania town relates the sad case 
of a young woman who failed to pass her 
examination as teacher in the public 
school of that place. The mother of the 
disappointed young woman was asked by 
a friend whether the daughter had suc¬ 
ceeded in running the gauntlet of the ex¬ 
aminers. 
“No,” was the reply in mournful tone, 
“Jinny didn’t pass at all. Maybe you 
won’t believe, sir, but them examiners 
asked the poor girl about things that 
happened years and years before she was 
born.” 
* 
Hats of horsehair or crin, which have 
composed some of the dressy models this 
Summer always have to be wired into 
shape; damp weather takes all the stiffen¬ 
ing out, and if not wired they are likely 
to “flop” out of shape, and remain so 
when drying restores the stiffness again. 
Wiring is rather a troublesome operation 
for an amateur milliner, but this difficulty 
is now obviated by the use of wire frames 
made to slip inside such hats. Loops of 
wire form the support for the brim, and 
there is a light skeleton crown. With 
this frame the hat can easily be bent into 
a becoming shape. Visitors to the sea¬ 
shore whose experience has been confined 
to inland points should remember that 
hats of crin or other light material are 
quite likely to wilt in a damp sea breeze, 
which also often takes all the color out 
of delicate trimmings. 
* 
Even a book agent sometimes fails of 
achievement through unforeseen misunder¬ 
standing, says the Youth’s Companion. 
“Colonel,” said one of them, affably, to 
a Texan whose record he had looked up 
beforehand, “those are mighty fine boys 
of. yours.” 
“The finest in the country, stranger,” 
said the colonel. “The finest in Texas.” 
“I reckon you buy them anything they 
want ?” 
“Why, stranger, I buy them anything 
they need, whether they want it or not.” 
“Then, colonel, let pie sell you a cyclo¬ 
pedia for them. There’s nothing else will 
do them so much good.” 
The colonel looked at him in astonish¬ 
ment. “Why, stranger,” he said, “them 
boys of mine don’t need any cyclopedia. 
They ride mules ” 
* 
A batter pudding worth trying con¬ 
sists of one cup of milk, two “rounded” 
spoonfuls of butter and one liberal cup 
of pastry flour; measure before sifting. 
Boil the butter with the milk; then stir 
it into the flour. Add three egg yolks; 
stir again, and add half a cup of milk 
and three tablespoonfuls of powdered 
sugar and the whites of three eggs, 
whipped stiff. Butter and sugar a good- 
sized pudding mould, put the pudding in 
and steam it for about two hours. Serve 
with strawberry sauce. Another famous 
old English recipe for batter pudding is 
as follows: Beat the yolks of nine eggs 
with twelve tablespoonfuls of flour and 
a teaspoonful of salt. Add slowly a quart 
of milk, beating in only a little at a time, 
in order to avoid lumps. 1 hen fold 
through the mixture the whites of the 
nine eggs. The pudding may be boiled 
in either a tin pudding mould or a jeans 
pudding cloth; whichever is used, grease 
it thoroughly, dredge with flour and leave 
room for the pudding to swell in cook¬ 
ing. Plunge it into boiling water and 
boil it steadily for two hours. Serve hot, 
as soon as it is taken from the stove. 
It should be feathery and tender. If 
the water stops boiling, the result will He 
a tough pudding. Care must also be 
taken that it is thoroughly done, or it 
may fall. It is, however, not supposed 
to stand up firmly on the dessert platter, 
as it would if mocp flour were* used. If 
more flour werq added it would not Tie 
so delicate. This is a famous old recipe, 
and is most appropriate with strawberry 
sauce. 
turn crank until mixture is well mixed 
and begins to freeze. Then take out 
dasher, repack and let stand till wanted. 
Lemon Sherbet.—Partly freeze a pint 
of milk, a pint of cream and a cup and a 
half of sugar. Then add the juice of 
two large lemons and a cup of English 
walnut meats and finish freezing. This 
is one of the quickest desserts to make 
and one of the most delicious. 
Ah Appreciation of Gooseberries 
Reading about gooseberries in Rural- 
isms, on page G22, reminds me of a time 
some years ago, when I went to a place 
to help out, in a small Illinois town. I 
had never considered gooseberries fit for 
anything, as I had only had experience 
with those put up in the green state. 
However, at home we had a row of the 
wild prairie gooseberry along a fence, 
and as small children we would eagerly 
watch for them to become ripe, so they 
were fine to eat. At this place men¬ 
tioned, which proved to be the very worst 
of all my experience, I learned many 
good things; one of the best was about 
ripe gooseberry jam, which was nicer in 
many ways to serve than any sort of 
jelly, as there is so much to it. With 
beef prepared in any way it is just the 
thing. It is nice to serve for breakfast, 
or lunch, if that meal is used, and good 
for supper with fresh rolls or biscuits. 
Since we have become acquainted with it, 
it fills the place of honor in our fruit 
closet. The rule is as follows for pre¬ 
served (ripe) gooseberries: Weigh the 
fruit; allow a pound of sugar to each 
pound of berries; dissolve sugar in very 
little water, and when it comes to a boil 
drop in the fruit and let cook well 15 
minutes. Seal in hot jars. Some people 
add lemon to the above, but to my notion 
that spoils the flavor. We have the nice 
large Chautauqua variety, and they do 
not require anything to “tone” them. 
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