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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 8, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
INTERFUSED. 
We cannot lie every morning and repent the 
lie at night; 
We cannot blacken our souls all day and 
each day wash them white; 
Though the pardoning blood availeth to 
cleanse the mortal stain, 
For the sin that goes on sinning that blood 
was shed in vain. 
We must buy and sell in the market; we 
must earn our daily bread; 
But just in the doing these usual acts may 
the soul be helped and fed. 
It is not in keeping the day’s work and 
the day’s prayer separate so, 
But by mixing the prayer with the labor 
that the soul is taught to grow. 
For if sweeping a room by God’s law is a 
service lie deigns to bless, 
And mending a kettle worthily is working 
for Him no less 
Than steering steady the ship of state, or 
wielding the sword in war, 
Or lifting the soul of man by songs to the 
heights where the angels are— 
Then none may deem, it wasted time who 
stands in an humble spot 
And digs and waters a little space which 
the hurrying world heeds not ; 
For the Lord of the harvest equally sends 
His blessed sun and rain 
On the large work and the little work, and 
none of it is in vain. 
—Susan Coolidge. 
* 
The woman who has to bake large 
batches of cookies at a time often finds 
herself hampered by small baking pans. It 
is quite worth while to get from a local 
tinner sheet iron flats, as large as the 
oven will hold, slightly turned up around 
tlie edges; if two are obtained one can 
be filled while the other tinful is bak¬ 
ing, thus avoiding the delay caused in 
greasing and filling a hot pan. 
* 
To turn plain salt codfish into Span¬ 
ish bacalao a la Viscaida, soak one pound 
of fine solid codfish, and then parboil 
it 20 minutes. Break it into flakes. Fry 
a finely chopped onion in olive oil, add 
a dash of cinnamon, some pepper and 
a pint of stewed tomatoes. Stir the 
flaked fish into this, place in an earthen 
baking dish and cover the top with thin 
slices of buttered bread. Bake in a 
moderate oven until well blended and 
lightly browned, but do not let the 
bread get hard. 
* 
Priscilla's pudding is something new 
to us. It calls for one large cup each of 
stewed pumpkin and stewed tart ap¬ 
ples, one-half cup sifted bread crumbs, 
one-half cup sugar beaten with the yolks 
of two eggs, one-half cup seeded and 
chopped raisins, and one-half teaspoon¬ 
ful each of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg 
and ginger; mix all together with one 
cup of creamy milk; bake one-half hour 
in a quick oven and spread with a frost¬ 
ing made of the whites of two eggs, a 
small cupful of powdered sugar and a 
few nuts, ground fine. 
* 
An old-fashioned remedy tor the irri¬ 
tating cough that follows many Winter 
ailments is almond emulsion. Blanch 
two ounces of sweet almonds and three 
or four bitter ones. Pound them to a 
paste in a mortar, add a pint of cold 
water and sweeten to taste. A table¬ 
spoonful of this makes a pleasant drink, 
very soothing to irritated membranes, 
while without the objections which may 
be urged against the free use of many 
cough mixtures. We have found the 
almond emulsion very soothing to chil¬ 
dren suffering from the cough that so 
often accompanies or follows measles. 
* 
Many grippe colds this Winter have 
left behind them various legacies in the 
form of muscular soreness, and other 
aches. One familiar result, surprisingly 
frequent, has been pain and weakness 
in the muscles of the chest and abdo¬ 
men, but especially around the waist. 
For this one medical authority advises 
rubbing with salt and vinegar; just as 
much salt as will dissolve well in the 
vinegar. It is slightly warmed to avoid 
the chill of the absolutely cold liquid, 
and we find it very beneficial. This is an 
old household remedy, but one that still 
retains its usefulness. 
* 
When Mrs. Hackett was widowed for 
the third time, says the Youth’s Corn- 
5883 Shirt Waist or Blouse, 
32 to 40 bust, 
panion, the neighbors all sympathized 
with her, for Mr. Hackett had been an 
excellent man and a “good provider.” 
“It’s real hard on you, it is so,” said a 
kindly-disposed, but unusually practical 
person, a connection by marriage, “but 
I suppose it isn’t quite as if 'twas the 
first time.” “Miss Stone, you don’t 
know anything about it,” said the af¬ 
flicted one. “You don’t know what it 
is to be called upon to lose husband af¬ 
ter husband. I don’t believe I shall ever 
be able to make up my mind to bear it 
again, and I’m beginning to feel that 
Heaven meant me for a widow woman.” 
The Rural Patterns. 
An attractive variation of the plain 
blouse is shown in No. 5883. The waist 
is made with the fitted lining, which can 
be used or omitted as liked, the cen¬ 
ter front, the tucked side-fronts and the 
6884 Seven Gored Skirt, 
82 to 30 waist. 
backs. The chemisette portion is ap¬ 
plied over the plain front and if liked 
the material beneath can be cut away. 
A collar finishes the neck and there are 
regulation shirt waist sleeves with over 
Japs and straight cuffs. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
is -H/e yards 24, 3% yards 32 or 2 Vs yards 
44 inches wide with Vi yard of tuck¬ 
ing for the chemisette. The pattern 
5883 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 
and 40 inch bust measure; price 10 
cents. 
The skirt with pleats at the seams is 
still a favorite model, as shown in No. 
5884. The skirt is made in seven gores 
and is laid in two plaits at each seam 
and in inverted plaits at the center 
back. The quantity of material required 
for the medium size is 914 yards 27, 5% 
yards 44 or 52 inches wide if material 
has figure or nap; 8 [V2 yards 27, 4% 
yards 44 or 4 yards 52 inches wide if ma¬ 
terial has neither figure nor nap. The 
pattern 5884 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 
26, 28 and 30 inch waist measure; price 
10 cents. _ 
Bags For Overshoes. —It is a good 
plan to keep arctic overshoes in a bag 
made for the purpose. Hang the bag in 
a warm place and the overshoes will al¬ 
ways be warm and ready to wear. The 
purpose of the bag is to save the over¬ 
shoes from wear and incidentally to 
keep them out of the way. I find that 
they get more wear to make them look 
shabby by lying around on the floor than 
they do by actual wear on the feet. 
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