1908. 
A Woman’s Farm Dress. 
In regard to the dress for the farm¬ 
er's wife “the Michigan woman who has 
eleven children” has this to offer: I 
have just finished the picking and sell¬ 
ing of an acre of strawberries, besides 
keeping my hand on the housework, 
and canning for private use 119 quarts 
of strawberries. While doing this I 
have worn a skirt made of blue denim 
coming to the shoe tops, and made with 
the opening on the left side. I have 
it buttoned to a waist, and over it I 
wear a kimono dressing sacque or’shirt¬ 
waist. On the first side-gore is a large 
outside pocket, and in the seam is a 
large inside pocket, the top of which is 
sewed into the belt so as to hang 
in the front. In these pockets I carry 
—well, what a man carries in his 10 to 
14 pockets. The skirt is easily washed, 
and hung by the band, is dried straight 
and does not need ironing. While in 
the berry field I did not wear any 
underskirt. My patch is near a junc¬ 
tion of two railroads, with one depot, 
and near a much traveled road, and 
in full view of many back yards, but I 
felt appropriately and sensibly dressed, 
and next year my short denim skirt or 
a new one will be used again. 
A MICHIGAN WOMAN. 
Molding the Disposition. 
A dear old aunt, made wise by years 
of experience, was visiting in the home 
of a young mother who always said, 
when her children committed some mis¬ 
demeanor, “They will know better by 
and by,” and let it pass unnoticed. The 
morning had been especially trying. 
The oldest daughter had refused to as¬ 
sist with the morning's tasks, leaving 
her work for the patient younger sister. 
She had contradicted her mother re¬ 
peatedly, and scolded the baby until he 
cried. Big brother Jack would not 
brook her interference, and a lively 
disagreement ensued, annoying to every 
member of the household. “I some¬ 
times wonder,” said the mother with 
a sigh, “whether Marion will every out¬ 
grow her selfishness. It seems to be 
increasing instead of diminishing. I do 
wish she had Ruth’s even disposition.” 
And the dear aunt who believed in 
striking when the iron is hot, replied. 
“You are making the mistake too many 
mothers make in supposing your chil¬ 
dren will outgrow their peculiarities of 
disposition unaided; in most cases they 
become more fixed with the years. 
Marion is really getting more selfish 
and domineering every day. Jack has 
a fine manly spirit, but his impatience 
must be curbed or it will mar his 
happiness just as it does his father’s. 
You know your husband is sorry im¬ 
mediately after he has spoken impati¬ 
ently to you or the children, and 
though you are remarkably patient 
with him, you know it hurts sometimes; 
I used to tell my sister, when she let 
him indulge in his tempers as a child, 
that she did wrong, and I cannot help 
remembering it now. Ruth’s disposition 
is admirable in every way, but her con¬ 
stant subjection to the older children’s 
wills is giving her an unhappy morbid 
tone that ought never to be allowed.” 
“That is true,” confessed the mother 
sadly, “but what can I do? I have 
dreaded ‘nagging’ at them, and have 
hoped for improvement when they were 
older.” 
“leach them self-control,” answered 
Aunt Mary kindly, “and an honest 
respect for authority. See that Ruth 
has her privileges, and that Marion does 
not always triumph. Let Jack see how 
unmanly his impatience is, and he will 
try to overcome it, for he is well 
brought up in every other way. Tt is 
all wrong to allow a child to grow up 
inflicting its unpleasant traits of dispo¬ 
sition upon people without mercy, and 
excusing itself from all blame. The 
sins of the disposition bring about as 
much unhappiness as many other forms 
THE RURAL 
of wrong doing, and must be subdued 
like any other sin. These undesirable 
propensities can be overcome, and if 
more people would see that it is a duty 
to mold their disposition in pleasant 
lines, a whole lot of needless unhappi¬ 
ness would be averted.” 
With a new comprehension, that 
mother has been trying for the past 
year, as she never tried before, to cor¬ 
rect the errors of her early training; 
not by “nagging,” but with kindness, 
justice, and a cheerful example. The 
improvement in the home circle is great, 
and who can tell how many in the 
future will unknowingly have cause to 
call her blessed. Alice m. ashton. 
Suggestions in Vegetables. 
Tomato Pie.—Line a pie plate (one 
of the deep kind) with a good and not 
too rich crust. Turn the contents of a 
can of tomatoes into a stewpan and set 
over the fire or stew fresh tomatoes. 
When boiling hot, add a little flour and 
allow the mixture to simmer until it 
begins to thicken, then remove from the 
fire, stir until cool and turn into the 
pie plate. Cover thickly with coarse 
cracker crumbs, drop bits of butter 
over it and a dash of pepper, salt, and 
sugar, and bake. 
Heidelberg Cabbage.—Quarter a fine 
head of cabbage, cut out the inner 
stalk and shred the cahhage very fine. 
Sprinkle it with a level tablespoon of 
salt and a heaping tablespoon of cara¬ 
way seeds. Melt half a cup of butter 
in a stewpan, put in the cabbage and 
let it simmer until soft and yell’ow. Fif¬ 
teen minutes before serving dredge in a 
quarter of a cup of flour, stirring in 
while cooking. 
Fried Tomatoes.—Slice fine red ripe 
tomatoes in half-inch slices and dust 
with flour. Have a pan well heated 
into which place one tablespoonful of 
butter and one of lard. Lay the slices 
of tomato in the pan, and when 
browned on one side turn them on the 
other. Raise carefully with a cake 
lifter when done, and lay in rows on 
the platter from which they are to be 
served. Dust the pan with flour, pep¬ 
per and salt, and pour into it half a 
cup of cream or milk, and shake about 
until it bubbles up quite well, when it 
is ready to pour over the tomatoes. 
Cucumber Fritters.—Make a batter 
of one-half coffeecupful of cold water, 
two beaten eggs, one coffeecupful of 
flour, one tablespoonful of melted but¬ 
ter, one-half teaspoon ful of salt, one- 
half teaspoonful of baking powcFr, one- 
half coffeecupful of grated cucumber, 
and lastly add the whites, beaten stiff; 
drop the batter by the spoonful in hot 
fat and serve on cress leaves. Another 
method is to peel and slice the cucum¬ 
bers, dip in batter, and fry in the pan. 
They are very nice. 
Potato Pufferts.—This is a favorite 
German dish. Allow a large raw po¬ 
tato to each person; grate them fine. 
In the case of old potatoes there may 
be too much water, and this must be 
poured off. To six potatoes add a 
thoroughly beaten egg and half a tea¬ 
spoonful of salt. The Germans put in 
a few hits of onion. Have a spoonful 
of mixed drippings, or butter, very hot 
in a frying pan over a clear fire. Pour 
in two spoonfuls of the potato batter; 
it should hiss as it goes in. Fry brown 
on both sides. Three pufferts can be 
cooked at once in a good-sized pan. 
Serve on a hot plate. They should be 
absolutely crisp. Some cooks mix in 
flour to make quite stiff, which makes a 
nice potato cake, but not as delicate 
as the real pufferts. 
Fried Corn with Bacon.—Cut the 
grains from four or five ears of tender 
sweet corn and put in the same pan 
in which the bacon has already been 
cooked and removed; pour off some of 
the fat, if too much remains in the 
pan; add half a teaspoon of salt, a 
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dash of black pepper; cover with close 
lid and fry over a slow fire for 10 min¬ 
utes. Stir often. This makes a nice 
breakfast dish. 
Potatoes with Bacon.—Cut into dice 
four good-sized mealy potatoes; put 
them in a saucepan and add scalded 
milk enough to cover; season with salt 
and white pepper. Cut in small pieces 
cold boiled salt pork to make a table¬ 
spoonful. Add this to potatoes, simmer 
until blended, then turn into a baking 
dish. Grate a little cheese over it,', 
add bits of butter and place in oven 
until brown. _ 
Summer Salads. 
A nicely made salad may often fur¬ 
nish the main dish for the Summer 
evening meal; there is a wide range of 
choice in material, most of it produced 
on the farm. 
Savoy Salad.—Chop fine one medium- 
size head of new cabbage. Mix with it 
two tablespoon fuls of chopped celery 
and one tablespoonful of finely minced 
onion. Whip one cupful of thick sour 
cream (that has soured quickly and is 
not too old), add the juice of half a 
lemon, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, 
one scant teaspoon ful of salt, one salt- 
spoonful of paprika pepper and one 
teaspoon ful of sugar. Mix thoroughly 
with the cabbage and add more salt if 
needed, but do not sprinkle the cabbage 
with salt before moistened with the 
dressing, as that toughens it. Put on 
ice until ready to serve. 
Grand Union Salad.—Pick out a small 
heavy cabbage and roll back outside 
leaves. Cut out the center, leaving the 
shell entire. With a sharp knife slice 
the heart of the cabbage very thin and 
soak it in ice water till crisp. Drain 
and dry between towels. Add two 
green peppers cut in fine strips and mix 
with a French dressing. For this use 
half a teaspoon of salt, a quarter tea¬ 
spoon of pepper, -one tablespoon of 
vinegar and four tablespoons of salad 
oil. Stir till well blended, pour over 
the cabbage and peppers, then refill the 
shell. 
June Salad.—Cook until tender a half- 
dozen beets of uniform size. Cut a slice 
from the bottom so they will sit flat. 
With a spoon carefully remove the cen¬ 
ter from each. Chop this part, remove 
and add to it one-quarter cup vinegar, 
a teaspoon butter, a saltspoon salt and 
a good dash of pepper. Keep the shells 
warm by setting them over a pan of | 
hot water; fill each with the mixture. 
Serve on a lettuce leaf on individual 
plates. 
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