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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 5, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
UNDER THE IIOLLY BOUGH. 
Ye who have scorned each other, 
Or injured friend or brother. 
In this fast fading year; 
Ye who by word or deed 
Hath made a kind heart bleed. 
Come gather here. 
Let sinned against and sinning 
Forget their strife's beginning; 
Be links no longer broken. 
Be sweet forgiveness spoken 
Under the holly bough. 
Ye who have lov'd each other, 
Sister and friend and brother, 
In this fast fading year; 
Mother and sire and child, 
Young man and maiden mild, 
Come gather here ; 
And let your hearts grow fonder, 
As memory shall ponder 
Each past unbroken vow. 
Old loves and younger wooing 
Are sweet in the renewing 
Under the holly bough. 
Ye who have nourished sadness, 
Estranged from hope and gladness, 
In this fast fading year, 
Ye with o’er-burdened mind 
Made aliens from your kind 
Come gather here. 
Let not the useless sorrow 
Pursue you night and morrow, 
If e’er you hoped—hope now— 
Take heart; uncloud your faces. 
And join in our embraces 
Under the holly bough. 
—Charles Mackay. 
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retired in favor of something more 
“up-to-date.” There are also quaint 
brass candlesticks made in imitation of 
old-fashioned ones, having chased glass 
wind-bowl; one with cut glass prisms, 
the “Alden,” costs $4.75, while another 
without prisms, the “Betsy Ross,” costs 
$2.85. 
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The puzzle pictures that now form a 
prevailing craze came originally from 
Boston, we believe; at present they are 
finding their way everywhere. They 
are made on the same principle as tne 
dissected maps and pictures sold among 
children’s toys, but contain many more 
pieces. The picture is flatly pasted 
upon thin wood, and then cut up with 
a jig-saw, the edges being sandpapered 
smooth. Instead of the easily recog¬ 
nized interlocking pieces of the child¬ 
ren’s puzzles, the pictures are cut up 
into small fragments of every con¬ 
ceivable shape, and as no completed 
picture comes with it as a guide, it is 
very puzzling, especially if there is 
much sky and foliage. We have a com¬ 
paratively simple one of 175 pieces, con¬ 
taining figures and animals, which took 
about four hours to get together, while 
a very elaborate puzzle of 1,200 pieces 
required the work of three persons for 
3o hours each before it was complete— 
which seems rather a laborious kind of 
pleasure. Still, there is a fascination 
would be of great benefit to the health 
of nearly every family, and if well 
cooked is very appetizing, especially 
during the cool months, mrs. c. e. g. 
The Atchison Globe wisely remarks in doin 2 this that one onl y realizes by 
that the girl who comes out plain every cx P cr ' cnce - We ha\e heaid of a man 
once in awhile with the words: “I who took U P one of these P uzzles about 
nine o’clock one evening, advised his 
family to go to bed at their regular 
time, as he wished to spend a few min¬ 
utes more on it—and then remained ob¬ 
livious to the passage of time until he 
had completed it triumphantly—to dis- 
, , , r . cover that it was half-past three in 
tened upon a foundation for sewing in, ,, , ™ , 
. ■ Cj , , r , the morning! 1 he puzzles range in 
is often used on the inside of a woman s r . , 
„ . . , . ... price from about 7t> cents up to many 
coat collar, giving a becoming white pip- , ,, , 
, ’ . a 1 . dollars, according to the number of 
cannot afford it; we are too poor,” is 
not a general favorite in society, but, 
when she marries, she is a great fav¬ 
orite with her husband. 
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An edging of white silk cord, fas- 
ing, and also preventing the ready soil¬ 
ing of a white stock or collar, resulting 
from the rubbing of the cloth. This 
pieces. Some ingenious people makc- 
them at home; the picture must be 
, . , . . , pasted on thin wood very smoothly with 
edge comes in little boxes, six yards rt . .. ,. , . , , 
r J library paste, thoroughly dried, and then 
for 20 cents. 
sawed up. The homemade ones are 
The last remnants of a boiled ham often more difficult than factor y made > 
-are usually too scrappy to serve cold, becauSe * be P' ctlires are more uncom- 
but the awkward slices are excellent mon ' AU the store ones we have seen 
with tomato sauce and rice. Pick over, 
wash and drain one cupful of raw rice. 
are made from colored pictures, but 
occasionally amateurs who are sighing 
Boil in a large kettle of salted water for new worlds to conc l uer make them 
until the grains feel tender when a few from mezzotints or photogravures, or 
are rubbed betwen thumb and fingers. Ja P anese P nnts > alld these ar ^ extremely 
Have ready a cupful or more of finely pnzzling ’ because of the similarit y of 
chopped cold cooked ham and two - 
tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley. 
Make a tomato sauce by simmering to¬ 
gether for 20 minutes a half can of to¬ 
matoes, four cloves, one cupful of boil¬ 
ing water, a sprig of parsley, one slice 
Cornmeal Bannock and Johnny Cake 
On page 842 J. C. B. asks for 
a rule for cornmeal bannocks. Here 
is an excellent one: 2/ 2 cups boiling 
sauce. Add the remainder of each, and 
over all sprinkle the parsley. 
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. , „ , , water, two-thirds cup Indian meal, l / 
ot onion and a stalk of celery; rub . r , ,, , ,, r . , , 
, , / ’ teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful but- 
through a sieve, return to the fire and p„ t 0 „ boi , ing a(]d sa|( and 
thicken with two scant tablespoonfuls of butten Stir jn mea , s|ow , am , 
flour rubbed to a smooth paste with * • , .it 
, , , , , , , cook till the mixture is smooth and 
a little cold water, add salt and pepper • i , , , TT , 
, . ’ . „ r 11 thick, about 15 minutes. Have ready 
to taste and simm for five minutes. „ i_. * .. , , • , , 
„ , , ,r r , • , , a hot buttered dripping pan and drop 
Spread half of the rice on a hot dish, , ,, . it, t 
. , , the batter on in little rounds. Let cook 
sprinkle over half of the ham and with „ , , , , ■ , , 
. , . on top of stove a few minutes and 
a spoon moisten with a portion of the , , • , , , 
..... ... . . bake in the oven a quarter of an hour. 
This rule for johnny cake my family 
highly appreciates worked out most any 
meal in cool weather: One cup sour 
No doubt many of our readers have cream, one cup buttermilk, two eggs, 
somewhere about the house (perhaps on one cup sugar, nearly a teaspoonful 
the dark shelf of the kitchen closet), soda. Scant teaspoon cinnamon and 
a lamp or two of the old type with using one-fourth wheat flour and three- 
dangling prisms, retired from service quarters meal, thicken not so stiff that 
when modern styles came in. Such it will not smooth itself. Half the rule 
a possession is something to be proud makes a cake that will cut six large 
of now. We saw one recently in a pieces. 
New York store, a chased brass stand- Corn pancakes or flannel cakes make 
ard with marble base, supporting an a nice change for breakfast. Simply 
etched shade surrounded by cut glass made of buttermilk with a little salt and 
prisms; the price was $35. This was three-quarters meal and one-quarter 
called an “Old Dominion” lamp; an- white flour to make a batter the desired 
other style called the “Plymouth,” has consistency, about two cups meal and 
a quaintly engraved globe, brass col- one cup flour to two cups buttermilk, 
umn and marble base, the bowl being In all cases the granulated meal is the 
surrounded with prisms like the “Old nicest, and is now easily obtained from 
Dominion.” We have seen lamps simi- any up-to-date grocers. The use of 
lar to these in several country homes, more meal and less of the fine flours 
The Useful Potato. 
Baked Hashed Potatoes.—Pare the 
raw potatoes and chop quite fine; throw 
them into cold water and soak thirty' 
minutes. Drain and put them into a 
baking dish; season with salt and pepper 
and cover with milk. Cut an ounce of 
butter into bits and dot over the top. 
Bake in a moderate over for three-quar¬ 
ters of an hour. 
Potatoes in Milk.—Melt three table¬ 
spoonfuls of butter in an agate frying 
pan. Put in a pint of sliced cold, boiled 
potatoes. . Sprinkl- with about half a 
teaspoonful of salt, and turn carefully 
over and over to mix them with the 
butter. When the butter is absorbed 
turn in about three-fourths cup of milk, 
cover, and let cook, not too rapidly, un¬ 
til the milk is nearly absorbed. 
Potato Noodles.—Take one cupful of 
mashed potatoes and add two well- 
beaten eggs. Mix well. Add a cooking 
spoonful of flour. Mix thoroughly and 
roll out as long and as thick as the 
finger. Fry in hot butter. Sw-ve at once. 
Celery and Potato Hash.—To three 
cups of cold boiled or baked potato, 
chopped rather fine, add one cup of 
cooked celery (seasoned with salt) cut 
rather fine. Put into a shallow sauce¬ 
pan, with cream enough to moisten well 
and dust with salt. Heat to boiling, 
tossing and stirring so that the whole 
will be heated throughout, and serve 
while hot. A good sprinkling of cheese 
over the dish adds to it. 
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