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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 24, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
ASAHEL’S LESSON'. 
At forly years, “Too old,’’ said Asahel, 
“Am I to plant the palm or dig a well, 
“For long ere they will 
I shall be dead. To 
deeds.’’ 
a 
answer to my needs 
younger men such 
At fifty years, faint on the desert sands 
Lay Asahel, and raised to heaven his 
hands, 
And vowed he would the traveler’s wants 
supply, 
If Death, this time appeased, would pass 
him by. 
At sixty years, unto 
He added flocks and 
his field and well 
herds—hale Asahel, 
And begged the weary pilgrim, at four¬ 
score. 
To pause for food and drink beside bis 
door. 
And when yet wiser, at fourscore and ten, 
He planted trees while smiled the younger 
men. 
“Great Allah gives the hand to plant,” he 
said. 
“His children still will need though I be 
dead.” 
—Annie M. L. Hawes, in the Youth’s 
Companion. 
* 
Macaroon frosting is very good. 
One-half pound of chopped almonds, 
(not blanched), whites of two eggs, a 
small cupful of powdered sugar. Mix 
the almonds in the eggs and sugar, 
and spread on any good loaf cake after 
it is put in the pan and before it is 
baked. 
* 
We do not wish to discuss politics, 
but we would like to remark that we 
are told the new tariff bill takes citron 
off the free list, and assesses a duty 
of 40 per cent. On the whole it looks 
as though tariff revision might well 
make the housekeepers thoughtful— 
they will need plenty of prosperity to 
butter their daily bread. It is to be 
hoped that California will send us 
some good lemons, for the duty is 
raised from 47.27 to 59.08 per cent ad 
valorem, which sounds as though lem¬ 
onade was regarded as a luxury. 
Fruit fritters are delicious, and 
quickly prepared. Cut thin slices of 
stale bread, removing the crust. Hotel 
cooks cut the slices of bread into 
heart shapes or other fancy designs, 
with a cutter mold. Allow two slices 
for each fritter. On one slice place 
a tablespoonful of currant jelly, or any 
other jelly or preserve desired, and 
place over it another slice of the 
bread, forming a sandwich. Next pre¬ 
pare a fritter batter. A good one' to 
use is made by stirring up an egg with 
a cup of flour, half a cup of milk, one- 
quarter of a teaspoonful of baking 
powder and a pinch of salt. When 
this has been stirred into a batter dip 
the sandwiches into it and fry in hot 
butter. Dust the fritters with pow¬ 
dered sugar and serve.on a napkin, the 
same as French toast. 
* 
Prune roll is a simple dessert, but 
very good. Wash and soak one-half 
pound of nice prunes; cook in as little 
water as possible until tender enough 
to remove the seeds. Cut each prune 
into quarters and add one-half cup of 
sugar. Cook as dry as possible with¬ 
out scorching. Make dough as for 
baking powder biscuits, only use half 
water in place of milk. Roll out thin 
and so that the length is twice the 
breadth. Spread the prunes over the 
center of this, keeping within an inch 
and a half of the edges. Begin at one 
end and roll like jelly cake, pressing 
the ends and lap firmly so that the 
fruit cannot escape. Place the roll in 
one side of a granite pan, pour over 
and around it one-half cup of sugar 
and a pint of hot water. To this add 
a tablespoonful of butter into which 
have been rubbed twoteaspoon fuls flour: 
grate nutmeg over the top; bake in 
oven, basting frequently and watching 
closely to prevent burning. It may be 
necessary to add more water from time 
to time. Serve with its own sauce or 
with the addition of cream. Evaporated 
apricots are nice cooked in the same 
way. 
* 
A new weave of rugs, called bunga¬ 
low rugs, is especially designed for 
Summer and country homes. These 
rugs are made in solid colors, blue, 
brown, pink, green, etc., in very soft 
artistic shades, with plain center and 
band border, the same on both sides. 
They are said to wear well, and begin 
at $3.50 for a rug two feet three inches 
by four feet six inches. The demand 
for artistic rugs, draperies and furni¬ 
ture designed for Summer homes is a 
boon to all-the-year-round country 
dwellers, for we can find many things 
suitable to our needs and conditions, 
and gain many ideas helpful in form¬ 
ing our taste. When we look back 
at the ugly, useless, dust-catching "fan¬ 
cy work” indulged in by even the most 
sensible women 30 years ago, we can¬ 
not help feeling that we have pro¬ 
gressed in household decoration in 
country as well as city. When it 
comes to personal decoration we would 
rather not give an opinion, but we 
doubt whether any country girl ever 
wore anything quite as grotesque, as 
fantastically unbecoming or as irra¬ 
tional as some of the Spring hats worn 
by women in New York during the 
past few weeks. 
Keeping Sweet Potatoes. 
There are many different ways of 
preparing that delicious tuber for ta¬ 
ble use, but first I will give my method 
of storing them away, as we keep them 
until late in the Spring, and longer, 
only there is usually such a clamor for 
seed potatoes we have to divide. 
Boxes and barrels are lined with sev¬ 
eral thicknesses of newspaper. Sound 
smooth potatoes are wrapped separately 
in paper and laid in rows in the boxes 
until they are full, then set where they 
will not freeze. The small potatoes 
are kept by laying in alternate layers 
with paper, the potatoes not touching. 
There is a very small loss, especially 
as they sell readily at one dollar per 
bushel or more for bedding purposes. 
The cut potatoes are washed, boiled 
tender, peeled, mashed and dried in 
the stove oven. In the Winter they 
make delicious custards, boiled soft 
in sweet milk, and using as usual. 
MRS. D. B. PHILLIPS. 
Systematic Housecleaning. 
On page 310 I read of the much- 
dreaded housecleaning time. In the 
house where I am living we have fol¬ 
lowed for the last two years a plan 
which we have found works well. I 
have a woman who comes in and helps 
clean one day in the week. As a usual 
thing we clean one room thoroughly 
every week, finishing that in the fore¬ 
noon. The rest of the day is spent in 
thoroughly dusting the rest of the 
house. Some days we devote to closets 
and odds and ends. We like this much 
better than the old-fashioned Spring 
and Fall housecleaning, where every¬ 
thing and everybody are made uncom¬ 
fortable for weeks. There are three 
stories, attic and basement. In the 
basement are the laundry, fruit and 
vegetable room, children’s playroom 
and furnace room. There are 17 
rooms, not counting basement, so that 
we get around about four times a year, 
but like it much better than a general 
upheaval twice a year. 
Another thing we have eliminated from 
Spring cleaning is the washing of 
blankets, puffs and sleeping bags. We 
wash one every week after finishing 
our other washing, averaging about 15 
minutes extra time in getting through. 
In this way we escape the burden of 
the semi-annual cleaning of house and 
bedding, and besides both house and 
bedding are kept in a uniform condi¬ 
tion of cleanliness. We use the 1900 
washer. Cornelia e. seymour. 
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