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Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
OPEN THE DOOJi. 
Open the door, let in the sun ; 
lie hath a smile for every one; 
lie hath made of the raindrops gold and 
gems, 
He may change our tears to diadems— 
Open the door! 
Open the door of the soul; let in 
Strong, pure thoughts that will banish sin : 
They will grow and bloom with a grace 
divine, 
And their fruit shall be sweeter than that 
of the vine— 
Open the door! 
Open the door of the heart; let in 
Sympathy sweet for stranger and kin, 
It will make tlie Halls of the heart so fair 
That angels may enter unaware— 
Open the door! 
—Author Unknown. 
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To make “Paradise cement,” prepare 
ordinary fudge, and when it is cooked 
add about twice the usual quantity of 
nuts (several kinds) chopped very fine. 
Than stir in the stiffly beaten whites 
of one or two eggs, and turn on to 
buttered tins. 
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A waist hanger covered with nice 
ribbon is very pretty, but not by any 
means inexpensive. A cheaper deco¬ 
rated hanger is covered, hook and all, 
with raffia, the raffia being buttonholed 
over the wire. The oval openings at 
the ends are worked in spider-webs of 
the rajffia, and if desired a little satin 
sachet bag can be put at each end. 
The raffia may be purchased in a great 
variety of colors, but we think the na¬ 
tural wood color with the satin sachets 
to match, is about the prettiest. 
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Chestnut soup is familiar to French 
cooks, and quite good enough for the 
American housekeeper. Boil one quart 
of large chestnuts in salted water for 
20 minutes. Peel, skin and chop them, 
then add a teaspoonful each of salt 
and sugar, and the yellow rind of one 
lemon. Cook for half an hour, rub 
through a sieve, and then add two 
quarts of soup stock (veal or chicken) 
a tablespoonful of flour stirred smooth 
with a tablespoonful of butter, pepper 
and a little chopped parsley. Stir very 
thoroughly, bring to a boil and strain; 
serve very hot. The flavor is delicious, 
and it is a very nourishing soup. 
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In a recent number of the Yale 
Alumni Weekly, Horace D. Taft says: 
There is in this life a great deal of work 
to be done that is dry, hard, and unin¬ 
teresting, and a vital part of a boy’s edu¬ 
cation, if not the vital part, is the learning 
to do hard things, even drudgery, with 
courage, determination, a sense of duty, 
and even cheerfulness. 
Nor is that a vital part of the boys’ 
education only. Mr. Taft’s statement 
describes quite accurately what a great 
many women have to do—to do hard 
things, even drudgery, with courage, 
determination, a sense of duty, and 
even cheerfulness. And so greatly does 
love of home and family transform 
these hard things that many of us never 
realize that they are drudgery, after 
all.' : 
A fancy box for the dresser or toilet 
table is made from stiff flowered rib¬ 
bon three inches deep, shirred very full 
over an embroidery hoop at each side. 
The ribbon being shirred very full, it 
stands up perfectly stiff. A cardboard 
bottom is padded and covered with' 
silk, and a lid is made by covering 
another embroidery hoop and finishing 
with a bow. A collapsible handkerchief 
case is made in the same way, only the 
shirring is not quite so full. A very 
simple and practical handkerchief case 
consists of two squares of cardboard, 
rather larger than the largest handker¬ 
chief, padded with cotton and covered 
with silk, and then held together by an 
clastic covered with shirred ribbon. It 
would be wise to remember these little 
ideas when getting ready for Christ¬ 
mas work. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 30, 
A great many stories of rescues that 
seem miraculous come from the ruined 
cities in the south of Italy, some poor 
creatures being dug out still alive, 
after 18 days’ entombment. In one 
case a six-year-old girl was rescued 
from the ruins at Messina under re¬ 
markable circumstances. While some 
Italian sailors were climbing over 
wreckage, they heard weak cries of 
“Maria,” “Maria.” After much work 
they reached a room where they found 
a parrot continuing to utter cries of 
“Maria.” The sailors turned to leave, 
but as the parrot persisted in its cries, 
they broke into an adjoining room, and 
found a girl lying senseless. She and 
the parrot were taken on board the 
battleship Regina Elena. An aged 
woman who was rescued unconscious 
from the ruins of the Church of San 
Francisco at Messina said when she 
was revived that she was very happy 
while in the ruins at the thought that 
she was dead and buried and that she 
had received the privilege of being bur¬ 
ied in a church. She was not sure 
whether she was grateful to her res¬ 
cuers. A refugee tells how one fam¬ 
ily which had a very narrow escape 
from their crumbling home, running 
out in their nightclothes, lamented in a 
temporary shelter that they could not 
leave the place. When they were ad¬ 
vised to go to the quay and embark on 
one of the ships, they replied: “How 
can we in this pouring rain? All our 
umbrellas are buried.’’ 
Rolls and Biscuits. 
Sweet Potato Biscuits.—Two cupfuls 
of flour, one cupful of boiled and 
mashed sweet potatoes, one tablespoon¬ 
ful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, 
one tablespoonful of butter, one-fourth 
of a teaspoon fill of soda and enough 
buttermilk to make a soft dough. Roll 
and cut with a biscuit cutter and bake 
in a quick oven. 
Feather Breakfast Rolls.—Sift two or 
three times one quart of flour and add 
to it a large tablespoonful of butter, a 
tablespoonful of sugar and a teaspoon¬ 
ful of salt. Wet with a little scalded 
milk and add two yeast cakes which 
have been dissolved in a little warm 
milk. Knead until very light, roll out, 
cut out with a biscuit cutter, spread 
with butter, fold over and set to rise 
for an hour or so. Bake in a quick 
oven. 
Wapf Kuchen.—Dissolve a yeast cake 
in a little warm w r ater; cream three 
tablespoonfuls of sugar with four of 
butter; stir in one egg, a cupful of milk, 
or milk and water warmed, half a cup¬ 
ful of raisins, half a teaspoonful of salt 
and add the yeast. Set the mixture to 
rise; add flour enough to make a bread 
dough batter, and bake in deep tins or 
make into two long, twisted strands. 
When done and cold spread with thin 
frosting, made with confectionery sugar. 
Fancy Rolls.—Warm one pint of milk 
and mix to a soft batter with sifted 
bread flour (about three cups). Add 
to this half a cup of yeast, beat well, 
adding one cup of flour, cover and set 
aside to raise. The yeast may be either 
compressed or the yeast foam, using 
one cake of the former or one-third 
of the latter, softening first in warm 
water. The compressed yeast saves 
time, but the yeast foam develops a 
fine flavor. When sponge is light add 
one-half cup of butter, creamed with 
one-fourth cup of sugar, also a tea¬ 
spoon of salt, tw.o well-beaten whites 
of eggs, and a flavoring of grated 
lemon rind and a little mace if de¬ 
sired. Work in flour until stiff enough 
to knead and then work on the board 
until very smooth. Let this raise again, 
then form into biscuit, cinnamon buns, 
coffee rolls or twists, raise again, and 
bake in a rather hot oven, brushing 
lightly with butter before baking or 
with a thin sugar syrup when partly 
done. 
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PAINT TALKS No. 1-Exterior Work 
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Table Tools 
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