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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 5, 
[ Woman and Home j 
From Day to Day. 
A REMEMBRANCE OF AUTUMN. 
Nothing stirs the sunny silence, 
Save the drowsy humming of the bees 
Round the rich ripe peaches on the wall. 
And the south wind sighing in the trees, 
And the dead leaves rustling as they fall; 
While the swallows, one by one, are gather¬ 
ing. 
All impatient to be on the wing, 
And to wander from us, seeking 
Their beloved Spring. 
Cloudless rise the azure heavens! 
Only vaporous wreaths of snowy white 
Nestle in the gray hill’s rugged side; 
And the golden woods are bathed in light, 
Dying if they must, with kingly pride; 
While the swallows, in the blue air wheel¬ 
ing, 
Circle now an eager, fluttering band, 
Ready to depart, and leave us 
For a brighter land. 
But a voice is sounding sadly, 
Telling of a glory that has been; 
Of a day that faded all too fast; 
See afar through the blue air serene, 
Where the swallows wing their way at 
last, 
And our hearts perchance as sadly wander¬ 
ing. 
Vainly seeking for a long-lost day, 
While we watch the far-off swallows, 
Flee with them away. 
—Adelaide Anne Frocter. 
* 
When cutting narrow straps of cloth 
to lay over the seams of a coat or skirt, 
cut on the length of the goods, not on the 
bias. Fold the strip of cloth evenly 
through the center, and over-hand the raw 
edges together coarsely but evenly. Press 
very flat on the wrong side; then baste 
over the seam and stitch near each edge. 
Made in this way the strap is bound to 
remain firm and even. 
* 
In making the placket of a pleated skirt 
close the center back seam all the way up, 
and cut down the right inside crease of 
the center pleat. This will hide the placket 
entirely, and there will be no fear of ils 
gaping apart. 1 he band should reach 
across the center-back and fasten undci 
neath, a second hook and eye being just 
above the center-back, so as to keep all 
in place. Even when the placket is thus 
hidden do not skimp on hooks. 
* 
Tomatoes stuffed with green corn and 
chopped peppers form a favorite southern 
dish. To prepare this dish the tomatoes 
should not be skinned, although a piece 
must be cut off opposite the stem to make 
them stand firmly while baking. If skinned, 
the moist corn inside is apt to make the 
tomato lose its shape. Cut the corn from 
the cob, season with butter, pepper and 
salt, add the diced green peppers and cook 
all together for a few moments before 
filling this mixture into the tomato shells. 
* 
A southern woman prepares succotash 
quite different from the usual recipe. She 
fries three or four slices of fat salt pork 
in a kettle until it is crisp and brown. 
Then she turns in with it a big onion 
chopped fine and cooks it two or three 
minutes. Several big ripe tomatoes peeled 
and sliced go in next, and they are cooked 
for four or five minutes. Then there goes 
in a small can of okra chopped fine, a 
cupful of butter beans and two cupfuls 
of green corn cut from the cob. 1 he 
mixture is seasoned with salt and pepper 
and cooked until the vegetables are tender. 
The pork is removed at the last minute 
and the succotash is served with johnny 
cake or corn muffins. 
* 
Every woman who runs ribbon through 
her lingerie needs a bodkin holder that 
will keep that little necessity handy. One 
of the simplest and most convenient takes 
the form of a cylindrical roll, made from 
a piece of flowered ribbon six inches long, 
and about six inches wide. The ribbon is 
sewn together and stuffed like a bolstci, 
the ends being gathered together and tied 
with baby ribbon so as to leave a frill. 
Each bodkin (there may be three or four 
with such a holder) is laid flat on the roll, 
and a row of herring-boning or cat-stitch¬ 
ing worked over it, from end to end, in 
silk of harmonizing shade. It is very easy 
to slip bodkins out of this lattice, and 
yet it holds them in place securely. 
* 
The New York Sun recently described 
a “neighborhood exchange” for women’s 
work, which is said to be in its sixth year 
of usefulness in Ulster County, N. Y 
The exchange is operated by an elderly 
woman, too infirm for hard labor, whose 
little home is at a central point. She re¬ 
ceives 10 per cent of each sale, but no en¬ 
trance fee is charged. The enterprise be¬ 
gan originally, so the newspaper report 
says, with the sale of some hats trimmed 
by a farmer’s wife who had been a mil¬ 
liner, the old woman acting as middle¬ 
man, until now the products include all 
classes of home work, from pumpkin pies 
to rag carpets. Being in a Summer 
boarder district, there is a good trade 
from city visitors, but the exchange is 
also a convenience all the year around. It 
is said that a woman who likes to sew 
will often “change work” with a woman 
who likes to bake, while the woman in 
charge of the exchange can usually aid in 
finding people to do a day’s work in the 
house when needed. We should like to 
hear from any readers who have had ex¬ 
perience with such an enterprise as this 
neighborhood exchange. We think a 
similar institution would be of enormous 
value in most rural communities. 
The Cost of Clothes. 
The talk about what women—farmers’ 
wives—may spend for their clothes strikes 
me as being an open question. What is 
one man’s meat is another man’s poison; 
what one woman considers sufficient for a 
year’s supply another woman would spend 
on a gown alone. It would be positively 
wicked for me, the wife of a poor man 
and the mother of eleven children, to 
spend on my clothes what my next neigh¬ 
bor can well afford, and should, owing to 
her husband’s income. Many husbands 
want their wives to wear good clothes as 
an indication of their business prosperity, 
while some husbands begrudge their wives 
anything and require them to earn outside 
money to clothe themselves and their chil¬ 
dren. So we must all have a law for our¬ 
selves, and in selecting our house furnish¬ 
ings, our clothes, our outings and our 
church and lodge dues we must not “go 
by” what anyone else buys or spends, or 
thinks necessary, but by what we can 
rightfully spend “according as He has 
prospered us,” to use the good old Scrip¬ 
ture injunction. We are not socialists, to 
think all must fare alike; individuality 
must be developed or we dwindle. Let the 
women assert their personality and not 
follow the pace set by others, whose finan¬ 
cial situation may be away and beyond 
ours. The writer could tell of privations 
and poverty the average reader could not 
comprehend; at the same time I feel I 
have the respect and good will of my 
neighbors and friends. I do not have five 
dollars a year to buy new shoes or dresses, 
but, I think, when I go into an assembly 
in other people’s cast-off clothes or made- 
over garments, I may be helping some one 
else to appear in public though poorly 
dressed, so I have that satisfaction any 
way. Not but that I realize fine feathers 
make fine birds. I realize that to be well 
dressed is to feel at ease; at the same 
time many a woman has felt at ease while 
her husband has lost his health trying to 
raise a mortgage, and many a family has 
lost its home because the mother wanted 
an automobile, a trip to some fashionable 
Summer resort or even to dress her family 
in a manner beyond what she really could 
afford. A MICHIGAN WOMAN. 
Simpson-Eddy stone 
Solid Blacks 
Fabric, color, and good appear- qs 
ance that endure, 
for effective 
mourning dresses. 
The standard 
black costumes or x f 
Ask your dealer for Simpson- 
Eddystone Solid Blacks. 
Three generations of Simpsons 
have made Simpson Prints. 
EDdystoNF 
PRINTS The Eddystone Mfg. Co. (Sole Makers) Philadelphia, jj 
No. 10 
Price, 93.00 
Better 
To Own 
Than to 
Borrow 
ENTERPRISE 
s Meat and Food 
CHOPPER 
It is really better to own an 
Enterprise Meat Chopperand cut 
your sausage meat easily, 
quickly and well, than to 
trust to a borrowed ma¬ 
chine to “grind" it. The 
No. 5 Enterprise Chopper costs only $2. No. 10, 
shown in cut, $3. They are standard family 
sizes, and not only save half the work at butcher¬ 
ing time, but are useful in the kitchen every day 
in the year. Enterprise Meat Choppers cut the 
meat with a revolving steel knife against a per¬ 
forated steel cutting plate without crushing, 
and make tough meat tender. Easily cleaned, 
practically unbreakable, and will last for years. 
Made in 35 sizes and styles for Hand, Steam and 
Electric Power. We also make cheaper Food 
Choppers, but recommend the above for the 
reasons given. Illustrated Catalogue free. 
The Enterprise Sausage Stuffer is another indispensable machine 
when making sausage. It is also a perfect Lard and Fruit Press. Be 
sure the name “Enterprise” is on the machine you buy. Can be bad at 
Hardware and General Stores, etc. Write for the "Enterprising House¬ 
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TEAS AND COFFEES 
AT £ PRICE 
Finest Teas 19c. 27c and best 37c a lb. 
Finest Coffees 11c, 13c, 18c & best 26c a lb. 
NO GOODS SOLD AT RETAIL. 
The supplying of Farmers, Granges, Institutions, 
Clergymen and large Consumers a Specialty, 
For full particulars write CONSUMERS IM¬ 
PORTING TEA CO., 66 Church Street. 
P. O. Box 290, New York City. 
Cider Machinery—Send for Catalogue to Boomer & 
Boschert Press Co., 118 West Water St..Syracuse, N.Y. 
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Indianapolis, Indiana 
WE’LL TAN YOUR HIDE 
Cattle or Horse hide. Calf. Dog, Deer, or any kind of 
hide or skin with the hair on, soft, light, odorless 
and moth-proof for robe, rug, coat or gloves, and 
make them up when so ordered-. Get our Catalog, 
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A Chiclet is a tiny, firm morsel of delicious 
chewing gum enveloped in a dainty candy coating, flavored by 
six drops of pungent peppermint—a remarkably appetizing 
ci mbination. In five and ten cent packets and in bulk at five cents 
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