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THE RURAL* NR W-YORKER 
August 15, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
TIIE UNSUNG. 
Who sings of the soldier? 
Of the chieftain whose shoulders bear the 
weight 
Of an army's weal, of an Empire’s fate, 
Of the half-starved marcher in heat and 
wet, 
Of the cheery lord of the bayonet, 
Of the sabreur blind to uncountable odds, 
Of the gunner serving his grim-mouthed 
gods, 
Of the curled darling, whose scented breath 
Hurls a gibe in the teeth of Death? 
Everyone sings of the soldier! 
Who sings of the sailor? 
Of the reckless, rollicking, roaring blade, 
Handicraftsman of every trade, 
Wooer of danger for danger's sake, 
Gayest when landsmen blanch and quake, 
Readiest toiler in dolefulest day, 
Simplest wanton in hard-earned play, 
Thriftless, unstable rogue, if you will, 
But chipfest of popular idols still. 
Everyone sings of the sailor! 
Who sings of the farmer? 
Grand old player of uphill game, 
Spurred by no prize of wealth or fame; 
Game which calls for a soldier's will, 
Game which demands a sailor’s skill; 
Single-handed facer of woes, 
Deeper than buffets by human foes; 
Wager of ceaseless, stubborn light, 
All the year, every yeai’, day and night; 
With iil-timed drought and di - ench and 
cold, 
With the wasted crop and the stricken fold, 
With prospects of plenty rudely nipped, 
With the garden bared and the orchard 
stripped ; 
Disappointed and sick at heart, 
Weary of playing a victim’s part, 
Weary of promises unfulfilled, 
Of scattered plans and projects killed; 
Still he plays on ; still day by day 
Girds himself bravely to the fray, 
Pays up the loss and takes the blow, 
Grimly smiles at each overthrow; 
Hopes against hope, to the creed he clings, 
End must come to the worst of things; 
So the years pass. Then the Final Call 
Bows the brave head, and back to the wall, 
Facing his world of sorrow, not shame, 
The grand old player yields the game! 
Yet—Nobody sings of the farmer ! 
—H. F. Abell in London Spectator. 
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Baked crap apples preserve come to 
us very highly recommended. When 
crab apples are very juicy, before they 
are quite ripe, core them and pack in 
an earthen crock; first a layer of apples, 
then one of sugar; no water. Cover 
and put them in a slow oven and bake 
until jellied, about four hours. You 
may start them one day and finish the 
next, whenever you have a slow fire. 
They make a delicious preserve. If you 
wish pickled crab apples select sound 
apples and do not stem or core them ; 
add spices and a little vinegar to the 
recipe. 
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Some very smart linen dresses seen 
recently reached the acme of simplicity. 
They were perfectly plain princess 
models, buttoned straight all the way 
down the front, from the chemisette to 
the hem. There was a patch pocket, 
placed on each side of the row of but¬ 
tons, a little below the waist line, and 
no other trimming. The neck was cut 
down square, and a fine chemisette 
worn with it. The general outline was 
suggestive of an old-time polonaise, but 
it was charming, after the fussiness we 
have been accustomed to, and the but¬ 
tons down the front would prove attrac¬ 
tive, considering the gymnastics im¬ 
posed upon us in the effort to button 
our waists down the back. 
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flour. Beat well into the batter; then the buttermilk has been stirred in. The 
add enough buttermilk to make it of batter is not made very stiff, and as to 
the consistency of buckwheat cakes. 
Bake on a hot griddle and serve a 
griddleful at a time as soon as baked. 
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Many of us, no doubt, felt a sense of 
the frying, we suspect that every na¬ 
tive mountaineer of either sex knows 
how to turn you a pancake which can¬ 
not be beaten for tint and texture. 
Have we not all heard that the Adiron- 
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personal loss when we learned that guides were famous camp fire 
kindly, modest Joel Chandler Harris 
was dead. A pathetic little tribute to 
the dead author’s genial personality is 
given by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
It states that a Cleveland man who 
loves the folklore stories of Joel Chand 
cooks? To be sure we have always 
set part of the marvel of their skill to 
the credit of bracing air and vacation 
appetites. But we do not see why such 
Summer pancakes, even if made of 
wheat flour, would not be A success 
ler Harris and has taught his little girl upon any farm. Indeed we have often 
to love them, too, told the child that not > ce d when a little batter was 
“Uncle Remus” was dead. He noticed earned over to next morning’s pancakes 
a little later that the child was unus¬ 
ually quiet. Presently he called to her. 
“What is it, dearie,” he asked; 
“what’s bothering you?” 
“It’s ’bout Uncle Remus, daddy,” she 
answered, and there was a little catch 
in her voice; “I was des thinkin’ how 
awful sorry Br’er Rabbit must be.” 
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Anyone who has handled sheep will 
agree that the pet lamb in reality is not 
quite as mild and gentle as he is repre¬ 
sented in literature. The Youth’s Com¬ 
panion says that a small city waif who 
enjoyed a country week last Summer on 
a farm returned weeping and dripping 
from the pasture one day and plumped 
herself down upon the kitchen steps. 
She had been playfully butted into the 
brook. “I’ve come back to play with 
the kittens,” she announced, tearfully. 
“I likes cats, and I likes dogs, and I 
likes hens, and I ain’t much afraid of 
cows, and horses is bully; but I ain’t 
got any use for lambs! Lambs is 
fierce!” 
A little city girl of far different ante¬ 
cedents was given a lamb for a birth¬ 
day present when her family, for the 
first time, passed the Summer in a coun¬ 
try home of their own. She was de¬ 
lighted, of course, and was determined 
to deserve and command the devotion 
of her new pet as completely as did 
Mary of the historic ballad; and in¬ 
deed, the lamb soon learned to follow 
her about. Not much later she began 
to wish he would not. 
“When lie’s beside me or in front of 
me it’s all right, and I like to have him 
come,” she explained, “but when he’s 
behind me I forget him, and then first 
thing I know I’m lying down when I’d 
rather stand up.” 
Summer Buckwheats. 
On high rockv slopes where the cool 
nights and clear mountain sunshine help 
this sturdy little grain to grow to its 
greatest perfection we learned the year- 
around use of the toothsome breakfast 
pancake. “When we have our moun¬ 
tain bungalow,” was our resolve, “we, 
its acid combined with soda to make 
■ a better flavored lightness than where 
cream of tartar and soda or the cus¬ 
tomary baking powder was used. 
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such a handle, cover and spout, and we, on3 ° ns an< ^ one haid-boiled egg. Cut 
Buttermilk griddle cakes may be 
too, will serve our guests with a big 
plateful of just such appetizing flap- 
jacks.” Of course we shall want brim¬ 
ming cups of the native maple syrup 
to accompany our cakes, and no doubt 
we shall bargain for a pint or so of 
their fresh sweet buttermilk wherewith 
to stir up the batter each morning. 
For these Summer buckwheats are not 
made with yeast, but depend for light¬ 
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batter left each day in the jug, and the 
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salad bowl with crisp lettuce leaves and 
lightly toss the salad together with the 
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butter, add one of flour and when 
smooth add half cupful of milk. Boil 
and stir, then add yolks of two eggs 
beaten with half teaspoonful salt, dash 
of cayenne, half teaspoonful mustard 
and one-fourth cupful vinegar. Stir 
until thick and creamy, then cool. 
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useful when bread is short, though as a clearing away of breakfast till coffee 
rule fried breads should be avoided in making next morning the jug, with its 
Summer. They are very light and rich, spout-stopper and cover on, stands in 
To have the cakes light and in per- the cool milk room. When breakfast is 
fection the buttermilk must not be under way the pint or so of cold water, 
strained, but should have the little par- which was poured upon the top of the 
tides of butter floating in it. To a pint left-over batter to keep it from crusting, 
of buttermilk allow a scant half-pint of is gently drained off. That is, you do 
clabbered milk; mix, stirring in flour not stir up the contents of the jug more 
enough to make a stiff batter; beat than necessary, and but little beside the 
well and until the lumps are all out; water is thrown away. A small propor- 
then add a half-teaspoonful of salt and tion of wheat flour is used, but it is 
a teaspoonful of soda finely powdered mostly buckwheat flour that brings the 
and thoroughly stirred into a gill of mixture to the proper thickness after 
Three generation* ol 
Simpson* have oide 
*J?IG.U.S.PAT.0FF. f f« 
EDdystoNl 
PRINTS 
Founded 1842 
Ask your dealer for 
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Fast Hazel Brown 
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budge. This color, combined with supe¬ 
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these calicoes ideal for stylish dresses. 
.,. Be ** re 01 “1] imitation Browns. They are not 
jost.as good. If your dealer hasn’t Simpson- 
w..?i Hftzel Brown, write us his name, 
we II help him supply you. 
The E-ddystone Mfg Co Phila, Pa. 
Established by Wm. Simpson, Sr. 
