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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 2 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
WHAT I LIVE FOR. 
I live for those who love me, 
For those I know are true, 
For the Heaven that smiles above me 
And awaits m.v spirit, too; 
For the human ties that bind me, 
For the task by God assigned me, 
For the bright hopes left behind me, 
And the good that I can do. 
I live to learn their story 
Who have suffered for my sake, 
To emulate their glory, 
And follow in their wake— 
Bards, martyrs, patriots, sages, 
The people of all ages, 
Whose deeds crown history's pages 
And time’s great volume make. 
I live to hail the season, 
By gifted minds foretold. 
When man shall rule by reason, 
And not alone by gold : 
When man to man united. 
And every wrong thing righted, 
The whole world shall be lighted 
As Eden was of old. 
I live to hold communion 
With all that is divine, 
To feel there is a union 
’Twixt Nature's heart and mine, 
To profit by affliction, 
Reap truth from fields of fiction, 
Grow wiser from conviction, 
And fulfil each grand design. 
I live for those who love me, 
For those who know me true, 
For the Heaven that smiles above me 
And awaits my spirit, too: 
For the wrongs that need resistance, 
For the cause that lacks assistance, 
For the- future in the distance, 
And the good that I can do. 
—George Linnaeus Banks. 
* 
Some of the prettiest white frocks for 
little children are made of the fine cross¬ 
bar materials, handkerchief linen, batiste 
or dimity, trimmed with Irish crochet or 
fine cross-bar embroideries. They are 
plain little yoke dresses with Dutch neck 
and either bishop or short little puff 
sleeves. 
* 
Dandelion salad, made of the tender 
young bleached leaves, is very nice pre¬ 
pared in the German manner. Dress 
the salad with pepper, salt and vinegar. 
Cut a little fat bacon into dice, fry 
until crisp, and then pour the bacon and 
its hot fat over the. dandelion, stirring 
well through it. 
* 
Here is a good suggestion from the 
Atchison Globe: 
A late fad is a good one. Instead of 
studying art, or music, people are lately 
learning the meaning of words and how to 
use them. What a delightful companion a 
man or woman is who can really talk! We 
know an Atchison woman who has made 
a specialty of learning to talk ; of learning 
how to act. And she is very popular, 
compared with women who have studied 
literature, history, art, etc. Study the dic¬ 
tionary more, and devote less time to non¬ 
sense. How many words do you use? There 
are 250,000 good English words. Iiow 
many of them are you familiar with? 
* 
Cherry and coral tints arc great fa¬ 
vorites this Spring, and appear in all 
sorts of trimmings and all varieties of 
shades, including some that border on 
magenta. The bright cerise that was so 
popular ten years ago or more is a lead¬ 
ing favorite, and is especially desirable 
to brighten up a plain black costume. 
A rosette or many-looped bow of cerise 
velvet is usually becoming on a hat 
otherwise all black. A very smart- 
looking jacket suit of black panama had 
a single line of cerise soutache braid 
outlining collar and cuffs, and Was 
further brightened by small gilt buttons. 
* 
If the home affords a small spare 
room not ordinarily in use it would be 
found a great convenience to turn it into 
a wardrobe room, for the storage of gar¬ 
ments, bedding, etc. If it is to be a per¬ 
manent fixture wardrobe closets, well 
provided with hangers, could be built 
in; if not, a shelf 2]/ 2 feet wide should 
be put all along one side, about six feet 
from the floor, with a curtain along the 
front. Plenty of hooks and hangers 
should be provided along the under side 
of the shelf, so that there is no necessity 
for crowding them. It is a luxury to 
have abundant room, so that the girls’ 
starched dresses can always be hung up 
without crumpling. Hat boxes can stand 
on the top of the shelf. A bureau or 
chiffonier, perhaps too large for con¬ 
venience in a bedroom, will give storage 
to waists and underwear, and having 
everything compactly arranged it will 
take little trouble to keep everything 
in order. A very small room, too 
cramped for a comfortable bedroom, will 
be exceedingly useful in this way, and 
a real comfort in keeping extra gar¬ 
ments from crowding a bedroom with 
deficient storage space. 
Mrs. Spraker Talks. 
Mrs. Spraker tasted the syrup critic¬ 
ally, looked at the label on the bottle 
and said—nothing. 
“It isn’t supposed to be maple syrup,” 
I said defensively, “but it is a nice 
substitute.” 
Mrs. Spraker sniffed. “Ten cents for 
that little bottle,” she said. “I can tell 
you a way to make a better syrup than 
that and make it cheaper—if you want 
to.” 
“Please tell me,” I said meekly. 
“Get some brown sugar and putgsome 
in a saucepan with a little water and 
boil it a few minutes.” 
“Is that all?” I asked as she paused. 
“Yes, only you’ll likely have to experi¬ 
ment a little before you get it just thick 
enough. You can let it cool in the 
saucepan and then you can tell whether 
it needs more sugar or more water, and 
just boil it up again. You’ll find it is 
a nice syrup with a good flavor.” 
“I’ll try it,” I said. 
“Brown sugar is good for other 
things,” she went on. “I like it better 
than white sugar in baked beans, and it 
makes a very nice pudding sauce. Put 
a little flour with the brown sugar, mix 
it up with water, then cook it till it is 
nice and smooth and quite thick. Then 
put in some butter and the kind of 
flavoring you like. I always use lemon 
when I am going to have apple pud¬ 
ding.” 
“You don’t say anything about what 
proportions to use,” I complained. 
“Use your judgment, child, use your 
judgment,” she said easily. 
As I went to my cupboard door and 
on the slate which is fastened to the 
inside of it wrote “brown sugar,” Mrs. 
Spraker looked at me over the tops 
of her spectacles and smiled. 
“My dear,” she said a little later, 
“aren’t you putting that pocket on 
the wrong side of your apron ?” 
“Yes, I am,” I replied. “But I am 
doing it on purpose. You see it is al¬ 
most as easy to get at when you are 
used to it, and I am not always catch¬ 
ing it and tearing it on door knobs, 
pump handles and the like.” 
For once in my life I had given Mrs. 
Spraker a new idea, and I found it a 
novel and pleasing sensation. 
“A very good idea,” she said approv¬ 
ingly. SUSAN BROWN ROBBINS. 
Bread With Tough Crust. 
Will you give a recipe for making bread- 
crust brittle or tender? I use soft yeast and 
always put in a little shortening, but the 
crust is always tough. h. j. h. 
We have had no experience with this 
trouble, and can only suggest that the 
bread may be wrapped too closely when 
first taken from the oven, and not al¬ 
lowed to cool rapidly enough. Our own 
plan is to wash the top of the loaf with 
milk when it is put into the oven; as 
soon as it is baked remove from the 
tins, wash over with milk, and stand on 
the side in an airy place, where it will 
cool quickly. A light cloth is thrown 
over it to avoid risk of dust, but it is 
not wrapped or put away until cooled. 
Another plan is to rub over the crust 
with soft butter as soon as the loaf 
leaves the oven, and then cool as before. 
If the bread can be stood upon an in¬ 
verted sieve or piece of netting while 
cooling, so as to allow a good circula¬ 
tion of air, so much the better. Some 
grades of flour are much more likely to 
produce a tough crust than others, and 
this may be the trouble with the in¬ 
quirer. 
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