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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Mar-h 30, 
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[ Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
A RAINY DAY. 
The soft, gray rain comes slowly down. 
Settling the mists on marshes brown, 
Narrowing the world on wood and hill. 
Drifting the fog down vale and rill. 
The weed-stalks bend with pearly drops, 
The grasses nang their misty tops, 
The clean leaves drip with tiny spheres, 
And fence rails run with pleasant tears. 
Away with care! I walk to-day 
In meadows wet and forests gray; 
’Neath heavy trees and branches low; 
’Cross splashy fields, where wild things grow; 
Past shining reeds, in knee-deep tarns; 
By soaking crops and black, wet barns; 
On mossy stones, in dripping nooks; 
Up rainy pools and brimming brooks, 
With waterfalls and cascadllls 
Fed by the new-born grassy rills; 
And then return across the lots 
Through all the soft and watery spots. 
Away with care! I walk to-day 
In meadows wet and forest gray. 
—Pro^. L. H. Bailey in Century Magazine. 
* 
The woman who likes a delicate blend 
of high-grade tea should try the follow¬ 
ing mixture: Half a pound of Oolong, 
a quarter pound of Suchong, one-eighth 
pound of Orange Pekoe and one-eighth 
pound of fine green tea. Mix very care¬ 
fully with clean, drv hand; a spoon 
breaks the tea, and sifts dust to the bot¬ 
tom, without securing a perfect blend. 
Even with the best of tea, however, re¬ 
sults will be unsatisfactory without fresh¬ 
ly boiling water and a heated earthen 
teapot. 
* 
If there is an invalid in the family who 
must have frequent meals served in the 
bedroom, a tray cosy will be a real com¬ 
fort, as it will keep a meal hot while go¬ 
ing upstairs. Its foundation is a fiat 
pasteboard box, such as a wide sailor hat 
is packed in. The interior of the box 
should be lined with paraffin paper put on 
smoothly, and the outside may be cov¬ 
ered with flowered crape paper, or a deli¬ 
cate solid color, as desired. A ribbon 
strap or cord on top forms a handle for 
lifting the cover from the tray. 
* 
We are told that excellent vinegar for 
domestic purposes is made from honey. 
One friend says she uses V/i pound of 
strained honey to a gallon of water, but 
Bulletin 146 of the Ontario (Canada) De¬ 
partment of Agriculture advises l l /> 
ounce of honey to one gallon of clear, 
soft water. Store in a barrel with an 
opening to permit air circulation, in a 
warm place; at the end of a year it is 
ready for use. The Ontario bulletin says 
its keeping qualities are excellent, and 
the best of pickles can be made with it, 
while it is especially recommended for 
salads. No doubt all our bee-keeping 
friends are already familiar with its vir¬ 
tues. ' I 
* 
White enameled bedroom furniture is 
decorated in designs to match the floral 
patterns of handsome cretonnes, which 
arc used for bedroom hangings. A frilled 
bedcover of flowered cretonne is very at¬ 
tractive for Summer furnishing, and 
saves the washing of a white cover. The 
pillows should be covered, too; either 
laid flat, with the cretonne cover curved 
over them, or with separate slip covers 
of the cretonne, like sofa cushions. This 
is often seen in bedrooms that must be 
used at times as sitting rooms. Lavender 
and green seem to be popular colors for 
the coming Summer ip house furnishings. 
One very pretty combination noted con¬ 
sisted of straight window draperies of 
green madras with long curtains of pale 
lavender silk at the sides. 
* 
There was a gloom on Mr. Fowler’s 
countenance which nothing save the lack 
of some desired article of food had ever | 
been known to produce, says the Youth’s 
Companion. 
“What’s the matter, Ezra?” queried Mr. 
Fowler’s nearest neighbor, after a glance 
at his lugubrious face. “Flapjacks given 
out over at your house?” 
“Worse’n that!” groaned the distressed 
one. “You know ’twasn’t apple year, and 
we’ve got so low already m’wife says we 
can’t have any more apple pic for break¬ 
fast.” 
“Can’t you make out if you have it 
noon an’ night?” asked the neighbor, 
without a smile. 
“Can, because I’ve got to,” said Mr. 
Fowler, testily. “But I tell ye it upsets 
me, starting in the day wrong like that!” 
* 
Oven stew is excellent, and its mode 
of cooking leaves the top of the stove 
vacant for other uses. Two or three 
pounds of beef shin are selected, the 
bone being broken into three or four 
pieces. After wiping with a damp cloth, 
remove all the meat from the bone and 
cut into small pieces for serving. Scrape 
the marrow from the bone and place in 
a kettle, and in it brown first the meat, 
then the vegetables cut in cubes—half 
an onion and one carrot. Now dredge 
well with flour and salt, adding about 
a tablespoonful of browned flour to give 
color. Add one or two whole cloves, one- 
half cun of tomato or a little tomato cat¬ 
sup. then the pieces of bone. Cook in 
the oven in a deep iron meat-pan for 
three or four hours, adding potatoes, cut 
in cubes, one hour before serving. 
Covering for Chocolate Drops. 
Melt an ounce of unsweetened choco¬ 
late (in dish setting in, or over hot 
water) ; add to it two tablespoonfuls’ of 
milk, two tablespoonfuls of suger, one- 
fourth teaspoonful of butter. Stir until 
smooth and then dip the candy in the us¬ 
ual way. If the “dip” becomes too stiff 
add a few drops of sugar syrup and heat 
again. When dipping in the clear, melt¬ 
ed chocolate it is better to use some of 
the prepared milk chocolates, which are 
much less strongly flavored (bitter) and 
answer the purpose very well, though 
they are not equal to the recipe given 
above. A friend who uses the plain choc¬ 
olate dip says she always dips her can¬ 
dies at least 4S hours before they are to 
be eaten, and finds that much of the bit¬ 
terness of the chocolate disappears. 
EVA RYMAN-GAILLARD. 
Very sincere people are always accused 
of standing on their heads and things of 
that that kind—of talking for effect. I 
nave come to the conclusion that people 
who never stand on their heads are the 
people who have no heads to stand on.— 
G. K. Chesterton. 
'Royxi, 
Halting Powder 
Afiso/utelyjPure 
A wholesome cream of tartar 
baking powder. Makes the 
lightest, best flavored biscuit, 
hot-breads, cake and pastry. 
Alum and alum-phosphate 
baking powders are in¬ 
jurious* Do not use them* 
When buying baking pow¬ 
der be sure the label 
specifies cream of tartar • 
4 % 
EDdystokE 
PRINTS 
Simpson-Eddystone 
Silver Greys 
do not cost as much as other 
beautiful materials, yet the many 
artistic patterns in Simpson-Eddy- 
stone Prints make stylish and effect¬ 
ive costumes. 
Ask your dealer /or Simfison- 
Eddystone Silver Greys 
Three generations of Simpsons 
have made Simpson Prints 
The Eddystone Mfg. Co. (Sole Makers) Philadelphia. 
Edison Phonograph 
ior the Asking 
This cat shows 
the Genuine 
Edison Standard 
Phonograph. 
How often, when you have read 
of the wonders of the Phonograph 
perfected by Mr. Edison, you have 
wished you could have one of your 
own! Possibly you never expected 
to own one, but here Is your 
chance. 
We are in a position to send you this splendid instrument, 
•with large artistic Floral Horn and Twelve Genuine Gold- 
moulded Edison Records without your sending a cent of 
cash, or paying for it C. O. D. 
Write For It and Get It 
All you need do Is write. We will send the 
outfit without a cent of cash and you may try 
it for two days, absolutely free. Then you can 
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trifling amount each month for a few months. 
We can sell you a perfect Edison Gem Phono¬ 
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moulded Records for $14.20—on easy payments 
-ns low na if you paid cash. Write and 
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Latest Music sent Free. 
MUSICAL ECHO CO., Edison Distributors, Dept.26, 
1216 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Most rubber hoots are made of old remelted rubber. 
That’s why they crack after a few weeks wear. Take a 
BUFFALO BRAND RUBBER BOOT 
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That proves there’s a lot of good, new, pure Para 
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General Industrial Agent, 
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j Put on the kind of root that wears, 
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Industrial Savings & Loan Co. 
6 Times Building 
Broadway, flew York 
Assets $1,750,000 
TANKS AND TOWERS 
made by Caldwell have the dura¬ 
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steel, making them wear a life¬ 
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you, and will for you. Illustrated 
catalogue for the asking. 
W. F. CALDWELL CO., Louisville, Ky. 
/Steel, Wood\ 
Tanks ( S ( -^;,’ ai ;; ? :;7) Towers 
Wind Mills, Pumps, Gas Engines. 
BROKEN CRACKERS 
are as fresh as whole 
ones and can-be bought 
at low prices from the factory of NEW ENGLAND 
BISCUIT CO., Worcester, Mass, manufacturers of 
the famous ‘‘Toasted Butter Crackers,” “Little 
Brothers Lunch Biscuit,” etc. Write us. 
A Never Failing Water Supply, 
with absolute safety, at small cost may be had by using the 
Improved Rider Hot Air Pumping; Engine and 
Improved Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engine. 
Built by us for more than 30 years and sold in every country in the world. Exclu¬ 
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So well built that their durability is yet to be determined, engines which were sold 
30 years ago being still in active service. 
Send stamp for "C4” Catalogue to nearest office. 
RIDER-ERICSSON ENGINE CO., 
35 Warren St,, New York. 239 Franklin St., Boiton. 
40 Dearborn SL, Chicago. 234 Craig St., West, Montreal, P. Q. 
40 North 7th SL, Philadelphia. 22 Pitt 8L, Sydney, N. S. W. 
Amargur* 96, Havana, Cuba. 
