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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
IN THE COOL OP THE EVENING. 
In the cool of the evening, when the low 
sweet whispers waken, 
When the laborers turn them homeward 
and the weary have their will, 
When the censers of the roses o’er the 
forest-aisles are shaken, 
Is it but the wind that cometh o’er the 
far green hill? 
For they say ’tis but the sunset winds that 
wander through the heather, 
Rustle all the meadow-grass and bend 
the dewy fern ; 
They say ’tis but the winds that bow the 
reeds in prayer together, 
And fill the shaken pools with fire along 
the shadowy burn. 
In the beauty of the twilight, in the Gar¬ 
den that lie lovetli, 
They have veiled Ills lovely vesture with 
the darkness of a name! 
Through His Garden, through His Garden 
it is but the wind that moveth, 
No more; but O, the miracle, the miracle 
is the same ! 
In the cool of the evening, when the sky 
is an old story 
Slowly dying, but remembered, ay, and 
loved with passion still, 
Hush! . . . the fringes of His garment, in 
the fading golden glory, 
Softly rustling as He cometh o’er the far 
green hill. 
—Alfred Noyes in The Nation. 
* 
Savory crackers are very nice to 
serve with salad. Mix two teaspoonfuls 
of mustard to a paste, with Worcester¬ 
shire sauce, adding a few drops of Ta¬ 
basco sauce or chili vinegar. Stir the 
paste into two teaspoonfuls of butter, 
beaten to a cream, and spread on saltines 
or other thin crackers. Put into the 
oven long enough to toast a little, and 
serve hot with cheese or salad 
* 
In making ice cream we find an ordi¬ 
nary garden trowel the most useful tool 
for mixing the cracked ice and salt, and 
also for packing it into the freezer. Its 
curving shape makes it especially con¬ 
venient for the packing process. It is 
always wise to have a big coarse apron 
especially for use when freezing ice 
cream, for one is almost sure to collect 
a few rust spots, which are very annoy¬ 
ing on a good kitchen apron. 
* 
Meat turnover is a nice way to make 
over cooked meat. Prepare a crust with 
one pint of flour, one teaspoon salt, 
three teaspoons of baking powder and 
three tablespoons of shortening. Moisten 
with milk until soft enought to handle 
and roll out about half an inch thick, in 
oblong shape. Spread with chopped 
cooked meat slightly moistened with 
stock or soft butter and water and roll 
up compactly. Brush lightly with milk 
and bake in a moderately hot oven about 
25 minutes. Serve with hot brown 
sauce. 
* 
Here are a few cooking records. The 
New York Sun says that a Boston 
woman who has just celebrated her 
golden anniversary as a cook boasts 
of having made and baked 394,000 pies, 
2,000,000 doughnuts and something more 
than 1,500,000 puddings, besides multi¬ 
tudes of other dainties and no end of 
baked beans. The Punxsutawney (Pa.) 
Spirit says that Mrs. William Worrell 
of Columbia has a record as a pie baker. 
She bakes pies for a restaurant in that 
town, and in the last seven years has 
baked 229,915 pies, all of which were 
disposed of at the cafe at five cents a 
piece. Still another domestic heroine is 
mentioned by the Columbus (Ohio) Dis¬ 
patch. Mrs. Frank Fox of Bellefontaine 
has been a pastry cook for 33 years and 
baked on an average 40 pies a day. A 
calculation shows that this would he 
14,600 pies in a year, or 481,800 nies in 
the 33 years. The pies Mrs. Fox bake 
are eight inches in diameter and if laid 
side by side would make a line of pfes 
over 60 miles long. The pies she baked 
were sold at five cents a quarter section, 
which makes a total sum of $96,360 
realized for the pies. 
Every housekeeper who lives in one 
home for many years accumulates a lot 
of lumber—the sort of things that “may 
come in handy some time.” The city 
housekeeper has little temptation in this 
direction, because of lack of storage and 
frequent flittings. But what a mistake 
it is to store things whose future use 
is doubtful, and whose present use is 
merely to provide extra work at house¬ 
cleaning time. Before the actual clean¬ 
ing begins an effort should always be 
made to go over this storage hospital, 
and mend of otherwise utilize the dis¬ 
abled veterans, discarding those whose 
usefulness is problematical. Broken fur¬ 
niture should be mended during the 
Winter, and then brought back to use¬ 
fulness; ancient garments gone over and 
their future decided. Our worn or out¬ 
grown garments that are not too far 
gone for usefulness are sent to certain 
charities in which we are interested; 
they are always carefully gone over, 
cleansed and put in order first. Rem¬ 
nants of new cotton dress goods, flannel¬ 
ettes, etc., remaining after the original 
garment is worn out, are made into baby 
clothes; there are hospitals and other 
institutions where there is constant need 
for such things, and a woman who is 
really too poor to give as her benevo¬ 
lence prompts can often utilize remnants 
in this way. It is certainly better to 
dispose of some of the attic accumula¬ 
tions in the relief of greater poverty 
than our own, rather than to leave them 
in dusty neglect because we confound 
hoarding with thrift. 
Oil Stove Information Wanted. 
Will some of the readers of The R. 
N.-Y. tell us how they like oil stoves? 
Are they good bakers and handy to cook 
large meals on, and about how much oil 
does it take to run one? Which is bet¬ 
ter, those using wicks or the wickless? 
Virginia. _ C. B. 
Mrs. Spraker Talks. 
Mrs. Sprayer looked at me sharply. 
“You’ve got the blues,” she announced. 
I nodded. 
“Don’t wonder at it,” she said in a 
matter-of-fact tone. “I’d have ’em if 
I kept as close at home as you do.” 
“But,” I began. 
“Never mind your ‘buts,’ ” she put in. 
“Just make up your mind you will go 
somewhere and have a change. Lots of 
women think the whole solar system will 
get out of kilter if they don’t stay right 
at home and look after tilings all the 
time. But some day they get sick and 
have to give up, and you always notice 
things get looked after just the same. 
You do as I tell you and go away for 
24 hours and you’ll be surprised to find' 
what a difference it will make to you. 
You will be glad to get home again, and 
your own things will look awful good to 
you. You’ll have lots to think about, 
and you will compare your ways of 
doing your work with your friend’s ways, 
and you will get new ideas about doing 
things and about cooking.” 
“I’ll take your advice,” I said. “I have 
a friend who has been wanting me to 
visit her for a long time. I’ll start to¬ 
morrow.” 
“Good,” said Mrs. Spraker approv¬ 
ingly. “And let me tell you another 
thing. You know trains are apt to be 
late and you may be delayed somewhere 
and get hungry. So before you start 
buy you a 10-cent cake of sweet choco¬ 
late; you may find it awful handy. You 
ought to drink water, or eat fruit with 
it and you’ll find it as good almost as 
a square meal, much better than you 
could get at a lunch counter, and you 
won’t want more than half of it, either, 
probably.” 
Mrs. Spraker sat silent watching me 
sew. “There,” she said at length, “I 
thought you’d break that needle! What 
are you going to do with it? I always 
have a little phial with a stopper in it 
in my work basket, then when I break a 
needle I put it in that and don’t have to 
get up and find a safe place for it. 
SUSAN B. ROBBINS. 
The Rural Patterns. 
No. 1563, ladies’ one-piece corset- 
cover, with or without peplum. A dainty 
undergarment is here portrayed, devel¬ 
oped in sheer nainsook; 6 sizes, 32 to 
42 bust. No. 2377, ladies' corset-cover. 
Wide embroidery flouncing has been 
used for this charming model; 8 sizes, 
32 to 46 bust. No. 2380, ladies’ chemise. 
An excellent model for any of the sheer 
white goods; 4 sizes, 32. 36, 40 and 44 
bust. No. 2104, misses’ four-gored pet 
ticoat, with or without flounce. Thin 
cambric, Persian or Victoria lawn are all 
used for this model, also taffeta silk; 
3 sizes, 13 to 17 years. No. 1582, girls’ 
and child’s yoke nightgown. Nainsook, 
jaconet, Persian lawn or batiste are ex¬ 
cellent materials for this garment; 6 
sizes, 2 to 12 years. 
No. 1902, ladies’ shirt-waist or slip 
with peplum, front or back closing and 
long or elbow sleeves. China silk in any 
shade is the best medium for slips of 
description; 6 sizes, 32 to 42 bust. No. 
2083, ladies’ jumper waist, with a sepa¬ 
rate guimpe having three-quarter length 
sleeves. This is a very pretty jumper 
for any of the Summer silks; 7 sizes, 
32 to 44 bust. No. 2398, ladies’ bathing 
suit, with blouse, bloomers and skirt 
joined together. Flannel, brilliantine, 
mohair or taffeta silk are good materials 
for this model; 7 sizes, 32 to 44 bust. 
No. 2125, ladies’ seven-gored bell skirt 
in round or ankle length. Any of the 
season’s materials develop well in this 
model; 8 sizes, 22 to 36 waist. No. 2156, 
ladies’ gored circular skirt with or with¬ 
out centre-front seam and in round o 
ankle length. The material used in this 
model was one of the new striped 
French flannels, although any material 
is adaptable to this style; 6 sizes, 22 to 
32 waist. All patterns 10 cents each. 
June 13, 
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You Can Depend On 
If you put up your fruits and veg¬ 
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all winter. 
The E-Z Seal is a good strong jar. 
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glass. Perfectly air-tight. Smooth 
tops. No danger of cutting the hands. 
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Indiana or Michigan, or we will quote 
delivery prices in other portions of the 
United States by freight or express. 
A Book of Preserving Recipes 
Sent free to every woman who sends ns the 
name of her grocer, stating whether or not he 
sells Atlas jars. 
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