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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 21, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
SUCCESS. 
When you are Nobody, 
And live afar 
In garret happily 
Beneath some star, 
How great you plan to be, 
What things you’ll dare, 
When you are Somebody, 
And have no care! 
IIow sweet it seems. 
How sweet, ah, yes! 
The golden dream 
. Men call success! 
When you are Somebody, 
And all you meet 
Bow down in flattery 
Before your feet; 
What of the friends you knew, 
Who saw you climb, 
Are they still true to you. 
As in past time? 
Ah, well-a-day ! 
For who could guess 
The price you pay 
To win success? 
But when ’tis yours at last, 
You’d give your gold 
To live again the past, 
The days of old. 
The days you loved so well, 
When friends were few. 
When—though you failed and fell— 
Your friends were true. 
Ah, well-a-day! 
For who could guess 
The price you pay 
To win success? 
The flattering ring, 
The false caress, 
And. that's the thing 
Men call success! 
—Pall Mall Gazette. 
* 
We are told that dental floss is the 
best thing to use when threading a bead 
necklace, as it is almost unbreakable. 
Silk cuts through very quickly if the 
beads are heavy, and we have had the 
same trouble with ordinary flax thread. 
* 
An apple sauce cake, new to us, is as 
rich and dark as a good fruit cake. It 
calls for one-half cup of butter, one cup 
sugar, iy 2 cup apple sauce, strained and 
sweetened, one-half pound raisins, one- 
half pound currants, one-half teaspoon¬ 
ful of cinnamon, the same of cloves and 
allspice, two cups flour with pinch of 
salt, two teaspoon fills baking soda. Bake 
in a large bread tin. It will be noticed 
that neither milk nor eggs are used, but 
the flavor is delicious, and its rich brown 
suggests the use of molasses. 
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The softly-frilled jabots, suggestive 
of great-grandfather’s shirt frill, are 
now very much worn with all sorts of 
waists, either as an adjustable piece, or 
as a part of the trimming. All sorts of 
muslin, lace or net are used in the mak¬ 
ing, some of the handsomest being white 
Irish crochet combined with yellow 
Valenciennes. These jabots are worn 
with embroidered linen collars, as well 
as with lace and net stocks, and anyone 
who has a large old-fashioned brooch to 
put at the top of her jabot can bring 
it out with entire confidence, and wear 
it with serene satisfaction. 
* 
We see many charming models in the 
detachable collar and cuff sets to be 
worn with Spring and Summer coats. 
They now include many combinations 
of white with color. Deep ecru or nat¬ 
ural pongee and linen tones are much 
liked for embroidery on a white ground, 
and there are charming models of white 
pique embroidered in faint pastel tones 
—lilac and blue, lilac and pink, or yellow 
and blue. We also see sets consisting of 
collar, cuffs and little waistcoat, the lat¬ 
ter being a fashionable accessory with 
the cutaway coat. Such a set in white 
pique was embroidered in two pastel 
shades of dull blue. 
* 
If you canned some string beans last 
Summer, prepare them in Lyonnaise 
fashion for a very tasty dish. Put three 
tablespoonfuls butter into a frying pan, 
and when melted slice in an onion. Fry 
a delicate brown. Then put in a quart 
of canned string beans, well drained. 
Add a dash of pepper, salt to taste and 
a grating of nutmeg. Turn them fre¬ 
quently, but gently, until they are well 
heated through. Add a tablespoonful 
minced parsley, a tablespoon ful lemon 
juice and a tablespoon ful of butter, 
chopped into bits and added just before 
serving. The butter, lemon juice and 
parsley may be rubbed to a cream and 
spread over the beans and stirred 
through when they are ready to serve. 
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The daily papers print the following 
resolution, adopted by the Indiana State 
Dairy Association at its last annual 
meeting: 
Whereas in the development of the re - 
sources of the Middle West women have 
borne equal burdens with the men; and 
Whereas in the great industry for which 
this association stands women represent an 
equal share of its labor; and 
Whereas in our State University the 
dairy courses are shared equally by men 
and women: therefore be it 
Resolved, That the State Dairy Associa¬ 
tion in convention assembled indorses the 
movement for equal political rights for 
women and hereby urges the State Legis¬ 
lature. at its next session to adopt a 
resolution requesting the Congress of the 
United States to submit to the various State 
Legislatures for ratification an amendment 
to the United States Constitution prohibit¬ 
ing the disfranchisement on account of sex. 
More About Winter Cheer. 
I see on the Woman and Home page 
you invite us to tell bow we spend the 
Winters in rural districts, and break 
the monotony of staying indoors. I 
find the Winters all too short to get 
all the things done that need doing, and 
keep pace with what is going on in the 
outside world. We are the favored ones 
in regard to rural telephones and rural 
free delivery; we take two daily papers, 
which we read fairly well; then we 
have four weekly farm and county 
papers. We have monthly magazines, 
poultry and story papers and have taken 
time to read a few good books. Since 
the holidays the making and repairing 
of Summer garments, with an occasional 
bit of embroidery or fancy work, and 
little helps that I can give to a neighbor 
with many little ones to sew for fills 
my time, and when the longing for 
Winter sports, which have only recently 
been dropped, comes, I don coat and 
rubbers and walk briskly half a mile and 
back in the bracing Winter air. This, 
for a woman of 60 with an invalid hus¬ 
band on my hands to cheer and com¬ 
fort, keeps the all too short Winter 
months from being monotonous in a 
rural district. mrs. o. a. p. 
The Cost of Dress. 
I have been much interested in the 
discussion about the cost of woman’s 
dress. Like all other women, I think I 
dress as neatly and comfortably as pos¬ 
sible on a small sum of money. I have 
never spent over $50 a year for my 
clothes, and some years not more than 
$35. I wear my best clothes and under¬ 
clothes three years, so I buy my Win¬ 
ter coat, hat, dress and Summer under¬ 
clothes one year, the next my Summer 
dress, etc., and Winter flannels, getting 
this year any extra garment I may need. 
The third year a jacket and skirt suit, 
hat, silk or wool waist and my between- 
seasons underwear. Each year I have 
two strong cotton dresses, which I wear 
afternoons while fresh, later mornings; 
two shirtwaists, two pairs of shoes, one 
for Winter and one for Summer; half 
dozen plain linen handkerchiefs, collars, 
belt, veil, etc. I make most of my own 
clothes, using little trimming, but getting 
as good material as I can afford. I think 
a woman is well or poorly dressed ac¬ 
cording to what she has on, and not 
what she has in her closets. I don’t 
wear my clothes quite to the bitter end, 
for when an old garment is shabby and 
will not pay for making over I have no 
qualms of conscience in throwing it into 
the ragbag. miss g. 
Cleaning Silver. 
Some people do not seem to realize the 
difference between silver and tin. Tins 
that are dull and tarnished need to be 
scoured with sand soap or something 
else that is gritty, but silver deserves 
gentler treatment. I have seen beauti¬ 
ful, heavy sterling silver spoons ruined 
by being scoured with gritty material, so 
that they did not look any nicer than tin 
spoons. Whiting is gritty a little, but it 
does not scratch like sand. The best 
silver polish I ever used is a sort of 
paste which as far as I can tell by the 
feeling has no grit in it. One can tell 
by the looks also whether the scouring 
material is too harsh, for the silver will 
be covered with tiny scratches, which 
make it look dull and lifeless. Do not 
depend on the printed matter on the 
wrapper or package, when deciding what 
to use on silver, but take some of the 
polish between thumb and finger and 
find out if it is scratchy, and even then 
try it cautiously. If silver is washed 
in clean, very hot water and wiped per¬ 
fectly dry every time it is used, it will 
not need polishing nearly as often as it 
would if washed and dried carelessly. 
_ s. B. R. 
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Some Winter Visitors. 
Almost any bright day, between fall 
of the leaves and starting buds in 
Spring, a walk or drive in the country 
will show to observing eyes at least 
one flock of juncos or tree sparrows. 
The chances are that one sees both these 
closely related but quite unlike little so¬ 
journers well represented. The rufous 
crowned tree sparrow is so like in color¬ 
ing to the house, or chip, sparrow of 
Summer as to be often given but a 
glance and dismissed as an all-Summer 
bird of little special interest. A second 
look would show that he is larger than 
the confiding little chippies, has mark¬ 
ings of brighter browns, and has live¬ 
lier, more vigorous ways among the dry 
leaves and on the wing. Almost every¬ 
one has noticed the little blue-gray snow 
birds, even if not recognizing them un¬ 
der the name- of juncos, or knowing 
that they are members of that large 
family, the sparrow tribe. Sometimes 
the cheery flitterers among the dry herb¬ 
age will prove to be all of one variety, 
but frequently juncos and tree sparrows 
travel together in happy companionship. 
To see their diminutive forms flitting 
gaily across the snowy fields, the 
whole company cheerily intent upon 
such fare as the blanched weeds hold 
above the drifts for their necessities, is 
to feel a new thrill of life and a 
glow of love toward stern old Winter. 
A merry interchange of small chirps 
serves to express their mutual good will 
and satisfaction, but when the sunshine 
brightens under March skies one begins 
to catch characteristic notes and little 
bursts of song. Though neither loud 
nor striking, a junco chorus is well 
worth going afield to hear. The listener 
must not be far away, and should be 
ready to admire sweetness, variety and 
sprightly passages rather than more 
showy qualities. The tree sparrows 
have also their musical lispings, and to 
unravel and rightly place each call note 
and tiny song is pleasure to make one 
forget muddy roads and soggy turf, and 
even the unwelcome sleets and ineffec¬ 
tual thaws of tantalizing, hesitating 
Spring. prudence primrose. 
WHAT IS 
POWER 
Nature supplies force. Wind 
turns the wind-mill. The brook 
turns the water-wheel. Coal runs 
the engine and food runs the 
man. Some things contain little 
force, some things much. 
One substance full of power is 
SCOTT’S 
EMULSION 
Nature put the power there. It 
is a wonderful flesh-producer. 
This is not only a matter of 
nourishment but of new vigor 
and activity in the tissues. 
All Druggists; 50c. and $1.00. 
VICK’S 
CARDEN 
--AND-- 
FLORAL 
GUIDE 
A Twentieth Century Catalogue, which fully describes 
and illustrates the Best Seeds, Plants, and Fruits, and 
4 Pkts. Flower Seeds (value 25c) I Ha 
P ansy, fine mixed Shirley Poppy I U» 
Petunia mixed Phlox Drummondii mixed 
Send for the Catalog anyway—it’s free 
JAMES VICK’S SONS, SEEDSMEN 
430 Main Street Rochester, N. Y. 
Beautiful Gladiolus- 
I \ L. L, Are you a 
lover of 
flowers? I am, and I want 
every one to have plenty. If 
you wish, I will mail you 
free some of my beautiful 
Gladiolus Bulbs. They will 
grow anywhere and bloom 
for anyone. Mailing ex¬ 
pense about 5 cents, which 
send or not as you please. 
FIELD’S 
NEW SEED BOOK 
will be sent to you. It is full of 
practical and interesting Seed 
Talk. I ought to know for I wrote 
it myself. It tells you just what 
you want to know about Flowers 
and Farm and Garden Seeds. It 
tells how I test seeds and guar¬ 
antee them to “make good." 
Write TODAY before tlio bulbs 
and the books are all gono. 
Address, 
HENRY FIELD SEED CO., 
Box 26, ohenandoah, Iowa. 
TEAS & COFFEES 
1 / Q O I r' ET NO cooos 
/2 mi vL AT RETAIL. 
FINEST TEAS from 19c. to to 37c. a lb. 
FINEST COFFEES from 11c. to 26c. alb. 
The supplying of Farmers, Granges, Institutions, 
Clergymen and large Consumers a Specialty. 
CONSUMERS IMPORTING TEA CO., 
P. O. Box 290. 60 Church Street, New York. 
A LABOR SAVING device 
for WOMEN is a 
RELIANCE MOP 
WRINGER 
Do not wring a filthy mop 
with your liandR: nor stoop 
over a pail of dirty water and 
inhale the offensive fumes. 
Everyone expresses their de- 
light with the “Keliance.” 
^ Every wringer guaranteed to 
give satisfaction. 
LEE CHAIR CO., Box C, Oneida, N.Y. 
and you save $5 to $20 
The range will last 
a lifetime. Send 
for Free Illustrated 
Catalogue of com¬ 
plete line of styles. 
GOLD COIN STOVE CO. 
3 Oak St„ Troy, N. Y. 
Gold Coin Ranges 
are sold under an 
ironclad guarantee— 
one year’s trial and 
return if not satisfac¬ 
tory; besides you buy 
Direct from Factory 
Freight Paid 
Three generations ol 
Simpsons have made 
EDbystonE 
PRINTS 
Founded 1842 
Ask your dealer for 
Simpson=Eddystone Prints 
The famous old “Simpson” brands 
made only 1 n Eddystone. 
The never-fading, wear-resisting 
calicoes of quality, made in the 
richest colors and most stylish pat¬ 
terns. Some in a new silk finish. 
Standard 65 years ago—standard 
today. 
If your dealer hasn’t Simpson-Eddystone Prints write 
us his name. We’ll help him supply you. Decline sub. 
stitutes and imitations. 
The Eddystone Mfg. Co., Philadelphia 
Established by Wm. Simpson, Sr. 
