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Novemberr 14, 
THK RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
THE DEPARTED FRIEND. 
Though he that ever kind and true 
Kept stoutly step by step with you 
Y«ur whole long, gusty lifetime through, 
Be gone a while before— 
Be now a moment gone before, 
Yet doubt not; anon the seasons shall re¬ 
store 
Your friend to you. 
He has but turned a corner—still 
He pushes on with right good will 
Through mire and marsh, by lieugh and hill, 
That self-same arduous way— 
That self-same upland hopeful way 
That you and he through many a doubtful 
day. 
Attempted still. 
He is not dead, this friend—not dead, 
But in the path, we mortal^ tread 
Got some few trifling steps ahead 
And nearer to the end. 
So that you, too, once past this bend, 
Shall meet again, as face to face, this friend 
You fancy dead. 
Push gaily on, strong heart! The while 
You travel forward mile by mile, 
He loiters with a backward smile, 
Till you can overtake, 
And strains his eyes to search his wake, 
Or, whistling, as he sees you through the 
brake, 
Waits on a stile. 
—Robert Louis Stevenson. 
* 
Lemon dishes are among small arti¬ 
cles of silver now offered. They are 
for serving sliced lemon with tea, and 
are flat round dishes of pierced work, 
lined with glass, and accompanied by 
a serving fork. 
* 
That recent request for an Indian 
bannock recipe recalls “Uncle Tom’s 
hoecake,” which is really delicious. 
Scald a pint of Indian meal with 
enough boiling water to make a smooth 
batter; add a small teaspoonful of salt, 
and a lump of butter the size of a wal¬ 
nut. Stir the batter briskly, put in a 
well-greased tin, and spread sweet 
cream or butter over the top. Put in 
to bake in a hot oven, let it brown well 
on both top and bottom, and eat hot 
with plenty of butter. 
* 
The season for scrapple is with us 
again, and this standard Philadelphia 
dainty will add zest to the family 
breakfast. To make it, boil three 
pounds of fat fresh pork until very 
tender; take out the meat, season the 
soup, and thicken it like mush with 
yellow cornmeal. Chop the meat fine, 
season well, using a little powdered 
sage or savory if liked; return the meat 
to the mush, and let it boil slowly until 
well cooked. Put in square bread tins 
to cool; when cold cut in slices as re¬ 
quired, and fry brown in a hot pan. It 
does not need any fat to fry in. 
* 
The London Spectator tells a rather 
unusual dog and hen anecdote. At a 
farmhouse where the writer was stay¬ 
ing a terrier, “Rough,” shares always 
his master’s first breakfast—the bread- 
and-cream accompanying a cup of tea. 
Three corners he breaks off and gives 
to “Rough,” who eats the first two. 
Off the third he licks the cream, then 
carries the crust to a hen who each 
morning comes across the field where 
the fowls are kept, and at the gate 
awaits her friend’s arrival. Should oth¬ 
ers of the hens appear, “Rough” “barks 
them off” while his favorite devours 
her portion. 
We are often asked the value of old 
or uncommon coins, but cases where 
the coin commands a high value are 
infrequent. Mere age does not neces¬ 
sarily make a coin valuable; its prem¬ 
ium depends on actual scarcity, so one 
may collect really interesting coins 
that possess little value in the collector’s 
eyes. At the present time our little 
gold dollars are steadily advancing in 
value; they do not command fancy 
prices, excepting in the case of rare 
issues, but they are all worth more 
than one hundred cents. Last year a 
SI 18 Draped Sheath Skirt, 22 to 30 waist, 
banking friend told us he had paid 
$1.80 each for some ordered by a cus¬ 
tomer, and they certainly are not likely 
to grow cheaper. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Tucked guimpes are used with many 
costumes, and they may be made from 
a variety of materials. The guimpe is 
made with front and backs, all of which 
are fitted by means of darts. The up¬ 
per portion, the sleeves and the collar 
all are tucked and the tucks in the 
sleeves are slightly overlapped at the 
seams to secure the most becoming and 
satisfactory lines. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size is 
5)4 yards 21, 4)4 yards 24, 4 % yards 
32 or 3 % yards 44 inches wide when 
made with long sleeves; 4)4 yards 21, 
424 yards 24, 3)4 yards 32 or 2^4 yards 
44 inches wide when made with three- 
quarter sleeves, 2 yards of banding. 
The pattern G127 is cut in sizes for 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure, 
price 10 cents. 
A clinging draped skirt is shown in 
No. 6118. The skirt is made in two 
portions, the right and the left sides 
At a recent sale of rare coins in 
New York, the highest price ever paid 
for a United States half-dollar ($570) 
was paid for an 1838 50-cent piece with 
the mint letter .“O.” This coin was 
issued at the New Orleans branch mint 
the first year of operation, and there 
are said to be but four specimens in 
existence. At the same sale $715 was 
paid for a half-dime of 1S02, of which 
only 16 specimens are known to exist. 
A former record premium for this coin 
was $360, paid for a specimen in 1906. 
6127 Tucked Guimpe, 32 to 40 bust. 
being distinctly different. It is draped 
slightly at the upper edge and is ar¬ 
ranged over a fitted girdle foundation, 
which keeps it perfectly in place. The 
three-cornered panel can be attached to 
it as in this instance, or if it is pre¬ 
ferred that the drapery fall more freely, 
a close fitted foundation petticoat could 
be used and faced with the same or 
contrasting material to the necessary 
depth at the left side. The quantity of 
material for the medium size is 6)4 
yards 27, 4 yards 44 or 3^4 yards 52 
inches wide. The pattern 6118 is cut 
in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 2& and 30-inch 
waist measure; price 10 cents. 
Tin Cans for Tomatoes. 
I noticed a query from A. E. F. in 
regard to using tin cans for putting 
up tomatoes and fruits. I can only 
give my own experience, which I am 
pleased to say is highly favorable—par¬ 
ticularly in their use for canning to¬ 
matoes. I will admit it took me a good 
while to overcome my prejudice in re¬ 
gard to using tin, but, after finding 
them satisfactory for the past 25 years, 
1 think my testimony will bear some 
weight. In canning tomatoes, I used 
to think glass, and glass alone, the only 
safe can to use; but, try as I would, 
encased in paper bags or stored in a 
dark cupboard, they lacked the natural, 
sprightly flavor of those which were 
put up in tin cans. At last I ventured 
to make the experiment with two dozen 
cans, and from that day to this I have 
used no others for tomatoes, and we 
usually put up 60 or more cans every 
year. I always rinse the can with cold 
water as soon as the fruit is emptied 
out, to remove all traces of acid, and, 
if possible, wash at once and dry thor¬ 
oughly, and, formerly, could fill the 
same can for six or eight years suc¬ 
cessively. I am sorry to say that the 
quality of the tin we get now has de¬ 
teriorated to such an extent that three 
or four years is generally the limit, 
as we never use them after the tin 
shows any signs of corrodifig. 
My experience with other fruits has 
not been on an extensive scale, but in 
the instances when I have used them 
I have found them very satisfactory—- 
much more so than the cheap grade of 
Mason jars usually sold. I remember 
at one time purchasing several dozen 
such jars, which I found impossible 
to make airtight until my husband 
smoothed off, by means of a file, what 
I called the seams on each side of the 
top of the jar, so the lid would fit 
closely. The Lightning jar, though 
more expensive, is by far the most sat¬ 
isfactory of any glass jar now on the 
market, but it is necessary to get new 
rubbers every season in these days—not 
a small item when one puts up from 
150 to 200 cans yearly mrs. c. e. b. 
Elderberry Pie. —In making elder¬ 
berry pie put a slight sprinkling of salt 
on the elderberries, also a slight sprink¬ 
ling of anise seed; then squeeze somq 
lemon juice on the pie, enough to make 
it quite sour. Put plenty of sugar on 
the pie, then sprinkle with flour, cover 
with a good crust and bake. This pie 
has the flavor of cherry. m. g. 
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