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Woman and the Home L u ! 
THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
the East End of London. 
An author 
may be made with practically no ex- who brings out all that is best in hu- 
pense except for the button molds, since manity, and sees printer’s ink translated 
most people have odds and ends of em- into deeds of love and charity, like Mrs. 
broidery silk or beads, suitable for the Ewing with “The Story of a Short 
work. Some buttons are solidly cov- Life,” or Sir Walter Besant, whose “All 
From Day to Day. 
A PARABLE. 
Once lived a Man who from a Rock broke 
stone— 
For little wage, great labor. Hear him ered with beads, but this is rather trou- Sorts and Conditions of Men” led to 
groan ’ blesome work for an amateur. These the establishment of the “People’s Pal- 
Tnti*° sleepy’silkeii 'Zata “ my Zd orn “ mc ” ,al b " ttons f s ° ““<> >■« “ permanent monument higher 
trimmings as a center for rosettes and than all the dollars ever piled up by all 
to hold folds of ribbon in place, or to the “best sellers” that ever clogged the 
cover the fastening of a wing or stiff bookstores, 
feather. 
* 
And there came an Angel, saying, Be it so! 
And he was rich, and on a bed at rest 
Of silk as soft as roses. From the west 
The King came by with horsemen and pa¬ 
trolled 
That land, beneath his canopy of gold. 
And the Newly Rich gazed from his lattice : 
“Why 
Have I no kingdom and no canopy? 
Happy I were, with just one little tiling; 
I would have honour! I would be a King !" 
And there came an Angel, saying, Be it so! 
And he was King. With horsemen for a 
screen 
And cloth of gold to fringe his palanquin. 
But one day, riding in a desert place, 
Tin Cans for Fruit. 
I notice a question signed A. E. F. 
asking if tin cans were as satisfactory 
in putting up tomatoes or fruit as the 
b. w. c. 
Twenty years our family used tin 
We learned recently that in Scotland 
a very nice jelly is made from the ber¬ 
ries of the rowan or mountain ash. We 
had never before heard that these glow- Mason fruit jar- Yes, they are, and for 
ing red fruits had any value except m y seIf 1 would rather have them than 
for their beauty. The ripe berries are the & lass can - Tbe y can be used an y 
washed, then put on to cook in just number of times > and a re always just 
enough water to cover them. When as good as new - If y° u S et tbe ri g b t 
soft they are strained like any other billd > those that have a cover smaller 
fruit, the juice brought to a boil. J ba y b e can that goes into a groove and 
. __, ... tben sea l with sealing wax, you will 
Tbe King grew angry. The Sun scorched skimmed as required, and sugar added never have a can of fruit spoil. I no¬ 
bis face. at t j ie rate 0 f one p 0un( j to a pint of ticed on a trip through Indiana recently 
“What is this Sun that doth my face de- juice. Boil ' the same as crab apple that glass jars were almost an unused 
vour- jd l y . Sometimes apple juice in equal a ^cle, and what were used were hung 
Heedless of princes at their height of power? proportion is added to the mountain ash, Winter mrs^I ‘ "Toot 
Had I his room, and the arrows of his pride 7 , . . . . . . , , ’ >Vi,ucr - MKb - A - woou - 
Vast as the air, 1 should be satisfied!” * ie combmatlon bcin g considered excel.- The Mason can I have found the best 
And there came an Angel, saying. Be it so! ^ ent - The mountain ash jelly is said to can made. I put up about 100 quarts of 
. , . . . be something like currant jelly, but with fruit each year, and have in ten years 
And lie became the Sun. Jovial he sent ,. . , . . . . . ... , lost but two cans by breakage. For 
Arrows abroad to search the firmament a slightly bitter taste; it is much liked app ] es an( j the cheap f ru j ts j use two _ 
And bake the fields. Everywhere did they with game, kippered herring, mutton and q Uar t cans; they sell here at retail for 
other meats. Some time ago we asked $1 per dozen. I would not use tin cans 
for information about sumach jelly, but ^ they could be had for nothing, 
we have not had any response; person- 
ally we should look doubtfully on the cam cxclusive i y for puttin j fruit , 
brilliant sumach berries for this purpose, using them for peaches, strawberries, 
* cherries, in fact, everything except very 
Good Housekeeping gives two excel- f [ uit ’ such a - s rhubarb : We «? ed 
. b them two years in succession, getting 
lent quince recipes, which arc well the kind with a top like a jelly tumbler 
worth trying, quinces baked in sweet which fitted into a groove. Sealing wax 
cider and “Red Betty.” For the first, was P°H red int0 tbe groove to make the 
select large, fine quinces, and rub very choapef"efSTes of'dn?Zd we'do no? 
thoi oughly with a coaise cloth, but do know whether the cheap grades would 
not pare or core them. Pack them in a last two years, having used only the 
baking dish or granite basin, half fill it g^ ass cans lately. When opening a can 
And tbe Earth became a wholly flooded field, with fresh sweet cider, cover closely Ihe'can^d.^ Tifa 
Save for one Rock therein that would not and bake for a half day in a moderate perfectly dry place. The sealing wax 
• violc1 ’ oven. An hour before they are done may be remelted and used again. The 
Wfdly the streams boat; it withstood their ad(J Qne cup q{ sugar tQ four quinC es fin cans in which peaches and tomatoes 
Then the Cloud, sullen, yearned to be that and baste frequently; there should be atVast! if whe^openhig then^the^rst 
Rock. about a cup of the syrup, more cider time, they are cut at the soldered end, 
And there came an Angel, saying, Be it so! having been added if needed. Cut in leaving a space around the edge on 
And the Cloud became a Rock. Stark he quarters, removing the cores, pour the which a round of tin may be soldered. 
remained syrup over them and serve cold, with nt , r i C ° U ] S< ^ tb ^. cans m ust be sterilized 
stlU - whetter Summer riped or Winter cream . R e d Betty is a most delicious ‘ s e air lg n ^lu G^PARKER.’ 
And there came a Man into his solitude Pudding. kill a baking dish with alter- I do not know where the inquirer in 
With pickax and with hammer; one that *hitc layers of bread crumbs and finely i egard to tbe use of tin cans lives, but 
hewed chopped quinces, dotting the crumbs * can assure her she is lucky to get 
Stones from the Rock. And the Rock with butter and sweetening the quinces w”! - -if Iiav ? seen T ” one , sblce we ^ff 
groaned, oppressed, to taste . Make the last layer of but- J Virginia. Indeed she can use 
“Whose heavy Hammer strikes so sore my , , . . , , . v 0 ™ ^ 0r a PP^ es or tomatoes, and more 
Breast?’’ tered crumbs; moisten the whole with than once if they do not rust inside. 
And prayed at length. “Deliver me who sweet cider, cover, and bake slowly for tised for thiet yeais the cans that 
can ! 
Make me a 
Man !” 
pass 
And scorched tbe faces of Princes like the 
grass. 
Till came a Cloud, that darkly overmisted 
The plains, and all his sheen of rays re¬ 
sisted. 
Long, long he battled, but at last avowed, 
“My light is vanquished. I would be that 
Cloud !’’ 
And there came an Angel, saying, Be it so! 
And he became a Cloud of gloom and rain 
That cooled and made green pastures of the 
plain, 
Till the floods rose. Houses and herds were 
swept 
Away in rivers, and the homeless wept. 
two hours or more, removing the cover ^? ep , web lf 
tt . , , , .. & the tops are tightly closed. To be surer 
Hammer-wielder make me to brown the top if necessary. Serve it is well to use sealing wax in the 
either hot or cold, with a pitcher of groove, though I have not done so. 
And there came an Angel, saying, Be it so! 
And he became a Man, old, feeble, bent, 
Who for small wages and long labor spent 
Broke stones under a Rock, and was content. 
—Herbert French, in “Apollo and the Sea¬ 
man.’’ 
* 
The vicinity of New York suffered 
cream. Cider boiled down while sweef 
may take the place of newly made cider. 
* 
In Mrs. Ewing’s book, “The Story of 
a Short Life” (one of the most appeal¬ 
ing children’s books we know), the little 
hero, hopelessly crippled, decides to com- 
M. E. L. 
October 24, 
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How Much 
from extremely penetrating sea fogs p ji e a book about brave “poor things”— 
during late September, and we were that is, those crippled or otherwise han- 
rather disgusted to find our favorite dicapped by physical disability. It is 
scissors left near an open window over interesting to know that the suggestion 
night badly rusted in the morning. In given by this book has resulted in the 
such a case, the best thing is to rub formation of “The Guild of Brave Poor 
the steel thoroughly with kerosene; if Things,” a London organization which 
any of the rust persists, use fine emery seeks to brighten the lives of crippled 
powder and a woolen cloth. It is a mis- children, and to instruct them so that 
take to neglect any rust on scissors or they may be able to earn their own liv- 
otlier cutlery, as an increase of the trou- ing. Many children who would appear 
ble may quickly destroy the effective- through physical unfitness ro be abso- 
ness of the implement. lutely dependent on the charity of others 
are so instructed by this Guild that they 
Handsome covered buttons are seen become practically self-supporting. The 
on all sorts of trimmings, and they are boys are taught toy-making and fine cab- 
not all difficult to make, thus forming inet work, and the girls fine sewing and 
an inexpensive decoration. Satin-cov- allied industries, one special activity of 
ered buttons on a cloth gown are espe- the Guild’s pupils being the building and 
cially liked, or again they may be cov- equipping of fine doll-houses, in the case 
ered with the cloth of the gown, and of special orders copying the architec- 
further decorated with embroidery or ture and fittings of some famous man¬ 
beading. The beads or embroidery are sion. The Guild has two country homes 
put on the circle of material before it is where the children are taught, and also 
drawn up over the button. Such deco- numerous classes and entertainments in 
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