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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 1, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
GETHSEMANK. 
The night is dark—behold, the shade was 
deeper 
In the still garden of Gcthscmane, 
When the calm voice awoke the weary 
sleeper, 
“Couldst thou not watch an hour along 
with me ?” 
O thou, so weary of thy self-denials, 
And so impatient of thy little cross, 
Is it so hard to bear thy daily trials—- 
To count all earthly things a gainful 
loss? 
What if thou always sufiferest tribulation? 
What if thy Christian warfare never 
cease? 
The gaining of the quiet habitation 
Shal gather thee to everlasting peace. 
Here are we all to suffer, walking lonely 
The path that Jesus once Ilimself hath 
gone; 
Watch thou this hour in trustful patience 
only, 
This one dark hour before the eternal 
dawn : 
And He will come in Ills own time from 
heaven, 
To set His earnest-hearted children free; 
Watch only through this dark and painful 
even, 
And the bright morning yet will break 
for thee. 
Lyra Anglicana. 
* 
One of the new styles seen at 
southern resorts, that will no doubt 
be with us during the Summer, is the 
wearing of colored stockings with 
white shoes. The stockings match the 
parasol and other accessories, both 
gown and shoes being white. 
•* 
A recipe for mayonnaise salad dress¬ 
ing given by Harper's Bazar tells how to 
make the dressing quickly, without the 
troublesome drop-by-drop process that 
discourages so many from trying it. 
Break the yolk of an egg into a small, 
deep bowl, add four tablespoonfuls of 
salad oil, one t)f tarragon vinegar, and 
half a teaspoonful of salt, and whip with 
an egg-beater. A thick, heavy, may¬ 
onnaise dressing is the instant result, 
provided the egg is strictly fresh-laid. If 
you can get it just off the nest, it is the 
best. At any rate, note in breaking it 
that the yolk stands stiff and firm if you 
would have your mayonnaise do the 
same. No order of mixing is necessary; 
dump all the ingredients together fear¬ 
lessly. Mustard, white pepper, paprika, 
Cayenne, celery salt, etc., may be added 
if desired, but they have, of course, no 
effect on the consistency of the dressing. 
The proportions named make enough 
dressing for half a dozen plates of salad. 
* 
For a fine white dress mercerized lin¬ 
gerie batiste is one of the nicest fabrics 
now offered; it is fine and sheer, as soft 
as silk, and washes well. It is very de¬ 
sirable for infants’ fine wear, as well as 
for older children and their mothers. 
There are nice qualities for 25 cents a 
yard, 36 inches wide, with wider widths 
at higher prices. The 45-inch width cuts 
to good advantage in making a woman’s 
gown. If any trimming is used with it 
it should be very fine Swiss or batiste 
embroidery or lace; hand-run tucks 
and a little lace at neck and wrists 
give a handsome effect. It pays to put 
careful work into these sheer fabrics. 
Readymade lingerie dresses are almost 
entirely of the one-piece or semi-prin¬ 
cess style; the main difference from 
last year is the use of tight sleeves, 
usually long, but sometimes elbow 
length. The short sleeves are sarely 
seen, but some of the more elaborate 
lingerie gowns have them, and though 
the snugly-fitting sleeve to the elbow 
sounds awkward, it is really pretty. 
The round or square Dutch neck is 
seen on many of these dresses. 
* 
“Free range” is a fine thing for farm 
hens, but we do think, most emphati¬ 
cally, that this range should not in¬ 
clude the women’s flower garden. How 
many cases there are where this is not 
considered! We believe that every 
farm home is entitled to an attractive 
doosyard, and there should always be 
a space where hens or other domestic 
animals are taboo, and where it is not 
necessary to put a little wire fencing 
about every bit of choice planting. We 
realize that it is not always possible 
to keep the hens from the vicinity of 
the house, but in most cases it is prac¬ 
ticable to shut off one side of the yard, 
•so that there may be decorative plant¬ 
ing. both of hardy plants and of those 
annuals that cost so little, and make 
so much. And though some farmers 
speak of the posies half apologetically, 
as a weakness of the women folks, 
how proud they are at heart of their 
attractive home! If the ornamental 
gardening is left to the feminine part 
of the household the men can at least 
make it easier by planning with them, 
and avoiding the littered untidiness re¬ 
sulting from straying poultry or other 
causes, which is sometimes allowed 
even in an otherwise attractive door- 
yard. 
* 
Cherries are having an enormous 
run in Spring millinery, and very 
pretty are the combinations made with 
them. A hat of this style, however, 
was the storm center during a recent 
incident on one of the New York 
ferryboats. A young woman wearing 
a straw hat loaded with cherries stood 
on the lower deck, near the space re¬ 
served for teams. A horse attached 
to a delivery wagon became interested 
in the cherries, and finally decided to 
have some, so he leaned over to the 
young woman and tried to help him¬ 
self. She gave a ladylike little shriek 
and started for the cabin, the horse 
followed her, and as the doorway • had 
not been calculated for delivery wa¬ 
gons, he wedged himself in, and had 
to be forcibly removed by the com¬ 
bined efforts of several indignant deck¬ 
hands and teamsters. It is not uncom¬ 
mon for a frightened horse to stam¬ 
pede the passengers on the lower deck 
of a ferryboat, but such stampedes are 
not ordinarily due to the allurements 
of modern millinery — although we 
have seen some specimens this Spring 
that seemed admirably adapted for 
frightening crows. 
Curing Meat. 
In answer to Mrs. L. R., here is a 
recipe for curing pork: 14 pounds salt, 
four ounces saltpetre, two ounces sale- 
ratus, five pounds brown sugar, table¬ 
spoonful of red pepper, 12 gallons of 
water, to be mixed in a cold state. 
The above quantity is sufficient for 
400 pounds. If the pickle gets moldy 
boil and cool, and use again. For pick¬ 
ling beef, four gallons of water, 1)4 
pound brown sugar, six pounds’ salt, 
2/ ounces saltpetre, to 100 pounds of 
beef. h. w. j. 
In reply to question of Mrs. L. R. 
will say, beef cut from the bone and 
corned in brine sufficiently strong for 
hams and shoulders, viz, strong 
enough to keep up a potato, will keep 
in any weather. Only be sure to take 
out all bone. M. j. b. 
How to Make Kumyss. 
As it lias appeared to me the readers of 
The R. N.-Y. are most willing to help a 
neighbor and impart information that will 
benefit a fellow reader, I ask how to make 
kumyss. I have been very ill and without 
appetite, and could find nothing I could 
relish until the manager of a sanitarium in 
California brought me some kumyss. Way 
down in South Jersey I shall have to 
make it myself or go without. r. w. s. 
The following recipe for kumyss is 
given by Prof. Juniata L. Shepperd of 
the University of Minnesota, in “Home 
Science”: One pint of skim-milk, 
scalded before using, one-fourth cup 
of hot water, one-sixteenth of a yeast 
cake, one level tablespoonful of sugar, 
one tablespoonful of water to mix the 
yeast with. Mix the ingredients, put 
into clean bottles with tieht stoppers 
(beer or magnesia bottles) close tight, 
and let stand 10 or 12 hours at about, 
the same heat as for raising bread, 
then put in cold place six hours before 
using. It must be kept cold. Perhaps 
some of our readers can offer further 
advice. Kumyss is often advised for 
invalids or persons of delicate diges¬ 
tion. __ 
Honey Gingerbread.—Put one pound 
of honey, two and a third cups brown 
sugar and a quarter of a cup of wa¬ 
ter on to boil in a saucepan; when it 
boils add three-quarters of a pound 
of almonds, shelled, blanched and 
sliced. Remove from the fire and add 
half an ounce of cinnamon, a pinch 
each of cloves, mace and nutmeg, 
the grated rind of a lemon, quarter 
of a pound of citron, candied orange 
peel or preserved watermelon rind and 
an ounce of candied ginger root, all 
chopped fine. Then add one and one- 
half pound of flour or enough to 
make quite a stiff batter. Let stand 
over night, then make into cakes and 
bake in a moderate oven. Make 
rather a thick syrup of sugar and wa¬ 
ter and brush 'the top of the cakes as 
soon as they come from the oven with 
this; sprinkle the top with chopped, 
grilled almonds. 
Simpson -Eddystone 
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