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September 28, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
From Day to Day. 
OPPORTUNITY. 
They do me wrong who say I come no more 
When once I knock and fail to find you 
in; 
For every day I stand outside your door 
And bid you wake and rise to fight and 
win. 
Wail not for precious chances passed away, 
Weep not for golden ages on the wane; 
Each night I burn the records of the day; 
At sunrise every soul is born again. 
Laugh like a boy at splendors that have 
sped, 
To vanished joys be blind and deaf and 
dumb; 
My judgments seal the dead past with its 
dead, 
But never bind a moment yet to come. 
Though deep in mire, wring not your hands 
and weep; 
I lend my arm to all who say “I can.” 
No shame-faced outcast ever sank so deep 
But yet may rise and be again a man. 
Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? 
Dost reel from righteous retribution’s 
blow? 
Then turn from blotted archives of the past 
And find the future’s pages white as 
snow. 
Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy 
spell. 
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be forgiven. 
Each morning gives thee wings to flee from 
hell. 
Each night a star to guide thy feet to 
heaven. —Walter Malone. 
* 
Aunt Ella’s cake is quite simple, but 
delicious in quality. It calls for three 
eggs, two cups of sugar, three-fourths 
cup butter, one cup of milk, 2^2 cups of 
flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, 
vanilla flavoring. Bake in a flat pan and 
cover with chocolate icing. 
* 
One of our friends described her 
grandmother’s biscuits as “the sort you 
begin to count after you’ve eaten twelve.” 
This recalls the guest thus referred to by 
the Youth’s Companion: When the min¬ 
ister, who was a bachelor, had been 
helped to Mrs. Porter’s biscuits for the 
third time, he looked across the table at 
Rhoda, staring at him with round, won¬ 
dering eyes. 
“I don’t often have such a good supper 
as this, my dear,” he said, in his most 
propitiatory tone, and Rhoda’s face dim¬ 
pled. 
“We don’t, always,” she said, in her 
clear little voice. “I’m awful glad you 
came.” 
* 
New Fall shirtwaists show long sleeves, 
as a rule, or at least below the elbow, 
and the styles are very simple. Some 
beautiful linens in quarter-inch stripes 
were noted, trimmed with bands of the 
material cut lengthwise, so that the stripes 
ran the opposite way of the waist itself. 
Some of these bands were stitched on to 
give a square-neck effect in some cases; 
in others were put on in points, occasion¬ 
ally with an inlaid pattern of white linen, 
or with white pipings. There is an ef¬ 
fort to bring colored flannel waists into 
stvle again, and some handsome models 
are shown. Plaid, either in silks or 
woolen suitings, is enjoying its usual Fall 
popularity. 
This Italian dish, capellini, given by 
Cornelia C. Bedford in “Ihe Circle, is 
delicious: Beat well two eggs, adding to 
them three tablespoonfuls of cold water 
and a pinch of salt. Stir in sufficient 
flour to make a stiff dough. Turn this 
on the board, knead well until pliable, 
then roll out until it is as thin as paper, 
using flour freely to keep it from stick¬ 
ing. Let it lie on the board for about 
fifteen minutes. In the meantime chop 
fine some cold roast meat and season it 
highly. To a cupful add a well-beaten 
egg and one tablespoonful of grated 
cheese. Now from the dough cut out 
little circles somewhat larger than a half- 
dollar. On each put a small half-tea- 
spoonful of the meat, gather up the dough 
in the hand, bag-fashion; with the other 
hand give it a twist part way down, thus 
safely enclosing the bit of filling. Then 
flatten out the edge like the rim of a hat 
and leave on the board. Proceed until 
all materials are used. In a large shallow 
stew pan, or in a dripping pan, heat some 
good rich soup. When just simmering, 
drop in the Capellini side by side, rim- 
side downward. Keep the soup barely at 
the simmering point for twenty minutes, 
then dish on a platter, sprinkling them 
with cheese and chopped parsley. 
* 
We heard recently of a young woman 
in New York State who shows that the 
farm boy is not alone in giving us exam¬ 
ples of energy, industry and courage. 
Her mother was left a widow, with two 
girls and a mortgaged farm. The elder 
girl qualified for a teacher and was soon 
earning a modest salary, while continuing 
to help in the’ home work. Her holidays 
were spent in active work on the farm, 
but instead of resting content with her 
teacher’s certificate she took special 
courses of study, broadening her knowl¬ 
edge in every line, but especially in agri¬ 
cultural subjects, which enabled her to 
act as a Grange or farmers’ institute 
worker. The knowledge gained was not 
merely theoretical, for she continued in 
close touch with the farm, applying the 
knowledge gained to the problems of her 
home environment. We can easily imag¬ 
ine the cares, anxieties and discourage¬ 
ments she has met and conquered during 
the past 10 years or more, but it is evi¬ 
dent, from the affection and appreciation 
shown her, that they have neither warped 
nor saddened her fine and well-balanced 
personality. The work she had under¬ 
taken is now completed, the farm free 
from encumbrance, and her mother’s com¬ 
fort assured, leaving her free to pass to 
a comfortable home of her own. Per¬ 
haps this is a commonplace narrative, but 
stop to consider how many men, under 
similar conditions, have failed completely, 
or allowed their poverty to grind them 
down to the mental stature of “the man 
with the hoe.” This young woman comes 
to the end of her struggle with broader 
culture and more highly developed facul¬ 
ties ; a power for good wherever she 
goes. After reading of the idle, useless 
women too often produced by sudden 
wealth, it is worth while to remember 
that they are only a small part of our 
community, and that the busy, useful 
daughter of the farm still remains to keep 
alive the best traditions of American life. 
October Days. 
October ought to be a time of joy and 
peace to the country housewife; a time 
when she can take a breathing spell after 
her strenuous Summer’s work, and en¬ 
joy the gifts that smiling Nature extends 
so lavishly. There surely ought to be a 
time during the pleasant season when 
the farmer’s wife can get away from 
household cares a little, and get the best 
there is of country living, and October 
seems pre-eminently the time. The har¬ 
vesting and thrashing and preserving sea¬ 
son is mostly over; the Fall houseclean¬ 
ing need never be very strenuous if the 
Spring cleaning is always done as it 
should be. Let the sowing go until a 
little later, let the meals be simple, and 
keep out in the sunshine every minute 
you can, remembering the dark days to 
conje when you must stay in the house 
and work to keep from actual loneliness. 
There is much that needs attention at 
this time of year so that the outdoor 
loitering need by no means be time 
wasted. There are seeds to be gathered, 
or plants to be marked for future identi¬ 
fication. The flowering plants that are 
desired for the house during Winter 
must be potted^ and the others that are 
to be saved for next year’s beds placed 
in the cellar before the frosts come. 
Look the gard'en over carefully and 
see how you can improve upon the pres¬ 
ent plan next year; and in connection 
with this be sure plenty of good soil is 
set away in boxes for the early planting 
of seeds when the ground will yet be 
frozen and snow-covered. Look the 
grounds over thoroughly to be sure no 
garden implements are left out through 
the Winter; many farmers would be 
astonished if they could be made to real¬ 
ize how much money they spend unneces¬ 
sarily for implements both great and 
small about the farm, when a little care 
and attention would have kept the old 
ones in good condition. See that all such 
things about the house as awnings, 
screen doors and windows, and the swing 
chairs and hammock frames are safely 
housed for the Winter. Of course, a man 
must help aljout the heavy work, but 
even a very busy man will get interested 
and help when he could not be induced 
to do these little odd jobs in any other 
way. The proper care of the screens will 
particularly save the housewife a great 
deal of annoyance later on; it is poor 
economy to leave screen doors out over 
Winter beside making the whole place 
look extremely slack and unattractive, 
yet we repeatedly see them rusting and 
rattling and sagging out of shape through 
the snowy months and eventually refus¬ 
ing to fulfill their mission during fly 
time. 
This is a good opportunity to put felt 
strips on the ill-fitting doors, when the 
whole house need not be chilled during 
the operation, as is the case if this is 
left until stern necessity demands its 
being done. Be sure all window lights 
in house and barn are in good condition; 
it is not a bad idea to have a few extra 
ones of the right dimensions on hand in 
case of accidents. 
Go into the orchard on pleasant days 
and pick up apples until you begin to 
feel tired, tljep sit down and eat them 
until you are rested; apples contain great 
curative qualities, and many more will 
be consumed if picked up one by one 
under the trees, than when taken from an 
unattractive basket in the woodhouse. 
The woods are never more attractive, 
than in the Fall when the leaves are turn¬ 
ing ; go nutting with the children, and 
help them gather pumpkins and make 
jack o’ lanterr.s. It is a great day for 
the youngsters when Mother joins them 
in their play, and Mother will find her¬ 
self interested before she realizes it. One 
voung lady of my acquaintance always 
finds especial beauty and happiness in the 
pleasant days of Fall, for it was then 
that her busy mother always found time 
to be unusually near her little daughter, 
and many are the happy memories she 
holds of glorious sunsets, delightful 
strolls and talks in the incomparable 
October twilight, and endless games and 
frolics; and every Autumn brings back 
loving recollections of the time when her 
mother taught her to read nature and 
her own soul. There is usually a horse 
to be spared at this season and the roads 
are generally still good, so an occasional 
drive is possible. Make a few of the 
visits you have long been planning for, 
and visit the children's school before you 
have the excuse of cold weather to keep 
you at home. 
Perhaps this all sounds very frivolous 
to the forehanded woman, but really the 
sewing and the straightening of closets 
can be done vexy comfortably and cosily 
a little later when clouds are heavy and 
roads almost impassable, and when all the 
leisure in the world would not induce 
on^to go for a walk. If more country 
women would take their “lazv month” in 
early Autumn instead of midwinter, as 
so many do, they would get some en¬ 
joyment from it, and nothing would be 
the worse for their legitimate play spell. 
ALICE M. ASHTON. 
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or Fresh ? 
Stale paint that has stood in a can 
on a dealer’s shelf for years is the 
worst extravagance, because the ma¬ 
terials of which it is made,—doubtful 
in the first place,—may have separated 
until it is no longer paint. To be sure 
of paint that is all paint and always 
fresh, insist on the use of 
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IDLE MONEY 
SHOULD EARN 
5 % 
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You know them; your mother 
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Better designs than ever; some 
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