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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 20, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
A SONG OF HOPE. 
A song of sunshine through the rain. 
Of Spring across the snow. 
A balm to heal the hurts of pain, 
A peace surpassing woe. 
Lift up your heads, ye sorrowing ones 
And be ye glad of heart, 
For Calvary and Easter Day, 
Earth’s saddest day and gladdest day, 
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Were just one day apart. 
Oh, when the strife of tongues is loud 
And the heart of hope boats low, 
When the prophets prophesy of ill, 
And the mourners come and go. 
In this sure thought let us abide, 
And keep and stay our heart— 
That Calvary and Easter Day, 
Earth’s heaviest and happiest day, 
Were just one day apart. 
—Susan Coolidge. 
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A wedding cake six feet eight inches 
high, five feet in diameter at its base, 
and weighing 700 pounds, was recently 
made in Chicago for a Canadian bride. 
What a cargo of dreams such a cake 
must carry! 
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Skirt cabinets form a neat piece of 
bedroom furniture and a convenient 
supplement to the clothes closet. They 
have sliding racks to hold skirts and 
well-fitting doors; some include com¬ 
partments for hats. Similar cabinets 
are made for holding men’s clothes. 
They cost from $12.50 up. 
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Here is the Hollywood plantation 
recipe for sausage meat, as given by a 
correspondent of the New York Sun: 
Mix thoroughly ten pounds of lean and 
five pounds of fat pork. Season with 
three common wineglasses of salt, three 
wineglasses of sifted sage, three table¬ 
spoonfuls of black pepper, one tea¬ 
spoonful of cayenne pepper. Some leave 
out the bla-ck pepper. This is recom¬ 
mended as excellent in flavor. 
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Some of the handsomest towels now 
sold are of buck instead of damask. An 
expensive style is fine buck woven in 
lengthwise stripes, the ends being em¬ 
broidered in scallops, instead of hem¬ 
stitched. The buck is always more ab¬ 
sorbent than damask, and can be made 
equally handsome. In handsome table 
linens, open Madeira embroidery is the 
favorite, especially where combined 
with Cluny lace. In embroidered bed 
linen heavy, solid work is preferred, 
scalloped edges being used. The in¬ 
crease in luxury is shown by these elab¬ 
orate embroideries, which do not repre¬ 
sent, as in olden times, the skill and 
industry of the owner, but the length 
of her purse. 
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Lentil soup is a favorite European 
dish for maigre or fast days, and it is 
so much more nourishing than many 
other dishes prepared without meat 
that it should be better known. Lentils, 
which belong to the same family as 
beans and peas, are not very much used 
in this country except by foreigners 
and vegetarians, the latter using them 
as a substitute for meat, but most large 
grocers sell them. The soup requires 
one-half pound of lentils, one carrot, 
two onions, one ounce of drippings, two 
quarts of cold water, one-half turnip, 
two cloves, a bunch of sweet herbs, 
salt, pepper. Wash the lentils well in 
cold water; place them in a saucepan 
with the given quantity of water 
(cold) ; bring them to the boil and 
immediately skim off the froth, which 
will be bitter, and if allowed to remain 
a minute will be lost in the soup; let 
it simmer gently; meanwhile wash, 
scrape and slice the vegetables; fry 
them in drippings to a nice brown (this 
gives the brown color to the soup); 
add, with the seasonings, to the lentils; 
simmer all gently until tender. Pass 
all through a sieve or colander, rub¬ 
bing with a wooden spoon. Return to 
the saucepan and warm up. Serve with 
heated crackers or croutons of toast. 
Farmers" Bulletin No. 342, issued by 
the Department of Agriculture at 
Washington, deals with a very impor¬ 
tant subject, “A Model Kitchen.” We 
understand- that the kitchen figured was 
first shown at a housekeepers’ confer¬ 
ence held by the Agricultural College of 
6227 Tucked Waist with Fancy Yoke, 
32 to 42 bust, 
the University of Missouri. It is built 
as a small wing at the rear of the house, 
three sides of it permitting outside 
windows. The dimensions are 9 by 16, 
a much better size, the experts think, 
than a large kitchen, in which miles 
must be walked in doing a day’s work. 
In one corner of it is a “cold pantry,” 
containing space for a refrigerator, 
with an outside door for icing, a win¬ 
dow hox for keeping food in cold 
weather without the use of ice, and a 
set of shelves. The main kitchen con¬ 
tains a kitchen cabinet and the range, 
and against the partition (on the other 
side of which the butler’s pantry is lo¬ 
cated) there is a sink with shelves and 
draining-board. Through this partition 
are two small doors, one for the pas¬ 
sage of soiled dishes from the butler’s 
pantry to the kitchen and the other for 
the return trip. The butler’s pantry, 
lying between the kitchen and the din¬ 
ing-room, contains a window and three 
sets of shelves, chiefly for the storing 
of dishes. It is not ordinarily possible, 
in arranging a farm kitchen, to pro¬ 
vide all the labor-saving appliances we 
desire, because we must consider the 
expense, but there are many cases 
where additional convenience does not 
mean additional cost, while it saves 
both strength and muscle. Steps where 
there should be none—outside cellar 
doors with no indoor stairway—fuel 
supply where it needs awkward carry¬ 
ing to reach the stove—how much this 
means in bodily wear and tear! We 
have heard of a wealthy women, gen¬ 
erally called eccentric, who had her 
kitchen arranged in the front of the 
house, because she considered' house- 
workers were entitled to the most in¬ 
spiriting outlook accessible. This ar¬ 
rangement might entail some disadvan¬ 
tages, but we think, however the house 
is planned, there should be something 
pleasant to look at from the kitchen 
windows, and both health and comfort 
demand abundance of sunlight. 
The Rural Patterns. 
A very pretty combination of wide 
and narrow tucks is shown in No. 
6227. In the illustration the yoke is 
made of all-over lace and the blouse 
itself is made of fine white lawn, but 
ready-make yokes can be utilized for 
the purpose if preferred, or the yoke 
could be made from embroidery, or 
from plain material with some simple 
design embroidered by hand. When 
washable materials are used the blouse 
is designed to be made unlined, but it 
is just as well adapted to net and to 
silk as it is to lawn, batiste and the 
like, and a fitted lining is included in 
the pattern. The model will be found 
equally desirable for the odd blouse 
and for the entire gown. The waist is 
made with a fitted lining, which can be 
used or omitted as liked, and consists 
of front, backs and yoke. The neck is 
finished with a high stock collar, and 
the long sleeves are made in one piece 
each. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is 524 yards 
21 or 24, 3(4 yards 32 or 2J4 yards 44 
inches wide with 24 yard of all-over 
lace. The pattern. No. 6227, is cut in 
sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42- 
inch bust measure. Price, 10 cents. 
The street gown of redingote style 
is a new development that is smart¬ 
looking and convenient. This model 
is one of the best and can be made 
with the high rolled-over collar illus¬ 
trated or be cut out to form either a 
V-shaped or round neck. The scalloped 
edges are fashionable and effective, but 
either such finish or straight edges can 
be used. The gown is made with front 
and center-back portions, which extend 
full length, and with side-front and 
side-back portions that are joined be¬ 
neath the belt. The sleeves are dis¬ 
tinctly novel, the inner portions being 
lapped over the outer and allowing 
effective use of buttons as trimming. 
The quantity of material required for 
medium size is - 9 yards 27, 5*4 yards 
44, 4*4 yards 52 inches wide with 24 
yard 21 inches wide for the trimming. 
The width of the skirt at the lower 1 
edge is 324 yards. The pattern, No. 
6223, is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, I 
38, 40 and 42-inch bust measure. Price, 
10 cents. 
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