1911. 
77 
Mother’s Vacation. 
Mother was tired. It was the second 
year that she had had no vacation—not 
from lack of money, nor for lack of an 
invitation to the old home town, but 
because when one is tired, it is so hard 
to prepare for going away, and because 
in the old home there were so many 
kind friends to say, “Come and spend 
the day,” or, “I shall expect you to din¬ 
ner,” that when the two or three weeks’ 
vacation was over, mother found herself 
indeed glad to get home again, but hard¬ 
ly rested mentally 01 physically. After 
such a “change” she felt the need of a 
rest before taking up the work of the 
house, and of the church, and the small 
social duties to neighbors, well or ill. So 
the second year was slipping by with 
no vacation. 
Summer visitors had come and gone, 
and the work went on with the usual 
small outings for errands or for recrea¬ 
tion, but still there was no relief from 
the monotony of seeing the same people, 
and being tied to the same household 
duties, with their set times and seasons. 
And mother was tired, as was testified 
by the attacks of neuralgia, and the men¬ 
tal weariness. The daughter who clerked, 
and the daughter who taught school had 
had a delightful week at a religious 
gathering where they lived in a tent, and 
listened to noted speakers and workers 
from near and far. Now they were at 
home, and the clerk-daughter was at 
work again. Mother had remarked after 
one of her visitors had gone, that she 
should like a vacation right here in her 
own home, such as this visitor had en¬ 
joyed, with plenty of time for the ham¬ 
mock, and no kind invitations that must 
not be slighted, but with liberty to roam 
in the woods, and with her own books at 
hand. The home was in a village sur¬ 
rounded by beautiful mountain scenery. 
How she would like to visit in such a 
place! 
The clerk-daughter said that mother 
should have such a vacation, but circum¬ 
stances were such that it was the teacher- 
daughter who made the plan possible. 
She thought it would be fun to take the 
whole charge of the house for a week, 
so mother gladly accepted the favor. It 
was such a joy to start off for the woods, 
or the brook in the early morning, a time 
of day that always appealed to mother. 
These unhurried, early walks were what 
she had often longed for. It was not the 
time of year to see many birds, but little 
goldfinches sang, and occasionally she 
•taught glimpses of shy little birds in 
the shrubbery, and saw kingfishers rattle 
their way down stream. Flowers she 
found in abundance, and sometimes saw 
one that was new to her, which she de¬ 
lighted to puzzle out in the botany, or 
•Matthews’s “Field Book of Wild Flow¬ 
ers,” upon her return home. One of the 
most restful trips was a solitary, leis¬ 
urely row of nearly a mile down the 
river, accomplished by her field glass, 
paper and pencil, and a book that treated 
of butterflies. Reaching a ravine where, 
in Spring, a mountain brook rushed down 
into the river, she tied the boat, climbed 
up the moist, rocky bed of the brook, 
and then up the side of the ravine to high 
ground covered with grass, ferns and 
pine tress. There she wandered, read and 
rested, and at noon returned home with 
a happy smile and the appetite of a 
hunter. Who is it that said, “O solitude, 
where are thy charms?” Such solitude 
as this certainly had wonderful charms 
for the nervously-tired woman. Mean¬ 
while the teacher-housekeeper reveled in 
trying new and tempting dishes that met 
with frank appreciation from the whole 
family. And mother thought she had 
really never had so restful a vacation. 
E. F. M. 
Baked Buckwheat Cake.—One cup rich 
buttermilk, a mixing spoon of molasses, 
one small teaspoon of soda, one salt- 
spoon of salt, add good buckwheat flour 
to make a batter a very little stiffer 
than for griddle cakes; pour into a but¬ 
tered pan, and bake in a quick oven. 
THE RURAL 
The Rural Patterns. 
IVhen ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
The first group of patterns show 
6900, waist with yoke and sleeves in 
one for misses and small women. 14, 
16 and 18 years. 1% yard of material 
21 inches wide, % yard 27 inches wide, 
54 yard 44 inches wide, 1(4 yards of vel¬ 
vet 20 inches wide, 1*4 yard 27 inches 
wide, % yard 44 inches wide, 254 yards 
of banding, % yard 18 inches wide for 
medium size. 6862, one-piece blouse 
with yoke. 34 to 40. 2*4 yards of 
material 24 or 27 inches wide, 154 yard 
36, 1J4 yard 44, 54 yard of silks for 
yoke and sleeve trimming, 54 yard of 
lace for undersleeves for medium size. 
6867, men’s lounging or bath robe. 34 
to 46 breast. 7 yards of material 27 
inches wide, 4^4 yards 44, 354 yards 52 
with 3 yards of cord for trimming for 
medium size. 6770, seven gored skirt 
for misses and small women. 14, 16 
and 18 years, with or without yoke. 9^4 
yards of material 24 or 27 inches wide, 
5 yards 44 or A]/ 2 yards 52 when mate¬ 
rial has figure or nap, 7 yards 24 or 27, 
354 yards 44 or 3% yards 52 when ma¬ 
terial has neither figure nor nap, for 16 
year size. 6887, child’s dress to be 
worn over any guimpe. 4, 6 and 8 
years. 3J4 yards of material 27 inches 
wide, 2*4 yards 36, 2 yards 44, for 6 
year size. 
The second group includes 6834, 
tucked waist closing at front. 36 to 44. 
3*4 yards of material 24 or 27 inches 
wide, 254 yards 36, 2 yards 44 with 2% 
yards of banding and 54 yard of lace for 
frill, for medium size. 6854, baby’s set, 
one size. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired to make the dress is 154 yard 
36, or 154 yard 44 inches wide, with 1^4 
yard of insertion and 1/2 yard of edg¬ 
ing. For the petticoat will be needed 
1/4 yard 36 or 54 yard 44 with 2 yards 
of insertion and 3 yards of edging, and 
for the drawers will be required 54 yard 
36 or 54 yard 44 inches wide with 2 
yards of edging. 6846, double breasted 
coat, for misses’ and small women. 14, 
16 and 18 years. With collar that can 
be rolled over with fronts to form re- 
vers or closed to the neck. 5^4 yards 
of material 27 inches wide, 3*4 yards 44 
inches wide, 3 yards 52 inches wide, for 
16 year size. 6855, five-gored skirt, 22 
to 30 waist. 7 yards 24 or 27 inches 
wide, 4 yards 36 or 44 when material 
NEW-YORKER 
has figure or nap, but 4 yards 24 or 27 
or 3*4 yards 44 inches wide will be suf¬ 
ficient when material has neither figure 
nor nap. The width of the plain skirt 
at the lower edge is 2^4 yards and the 
width of the skirt with band is 2 yards. 
6820, girl’s coat, with high or notched 
collar perforated for shorter length. 6, 
8 and 10 years. 3*4 yards of material 
27 inches wide, 2 yards 44, 154 yard 52, 
for 8 year size. 
Gems and Muffins. 
Date Gems.—Sift two teaspoons of 
baking powder with five cups of flour, 
one teaspoon of cinnamon and two tea¬ 
spoons of ginger. Put one cup each of 
New Orleans molasses and sugar and a 
large tablespoon of butter in a saucepan 
over the fire, and when the butter softens 
beat and stir ten minutes. Add gradu¬ 
ally one cup of milk. Mix in the dry 
ingredients and one-half cup of floured 
chopped dates. Bake in well-buttered 
gem pans in a hot oven. 
Cornmeal Muffins.—One pint of meal, 
a level teaspoonful of soda; the same of 
salt, into this pour a pint of butter¬ 
milk. Mix thoroughly. Into this break 
an egg and beat all together. Have 
muffin molds quite hot (I used iron 
molds) and greased with lard, the size 
of a walnut. Pour the grease from the 
hot molds into the batter, stir together 
and put into the molds. Flour muffins 
and graham flour muffins are made in 
the same way, using white flour or gra¬ 
ham flour instead of meal. Bake muf¬ 
fins in a quick oven. 
Graham Drop Biscuits.—Rub two 
tablespoons of butter with two and one- 
fourth cups of graham and three- 
fourths cup of white flour. Add two 
tablespoons of sugar, one scant tea¬ 
spoon of salt, one tumbler of sour milk; 
stir in a well-beaten egg. Then add a 
half teaspoon of soda dissolved in a 
spoonful of water. Beat hard, and drop 
from a spoon on well-greased tins. With 
the addition of raisins, or shredded 
citron or chopped nuts, these make a 
welcome change for the lunch box. 
Entire Wheat Pop-overs.—Mix to¬ 
gether two-thirds cup entire wheat flour, 
one-third cup white flour and one-fourth 
teaspoonful salt, stir in gradually a 
scant cup milk, so as to obtain a smooth 
batter ; add one egg, beaten light. Beat 
all with a Dover egg beater for two 
minutes, pour into buttered iron gem 
pans, which have been heated very hot, 
and bake thirty to thirty-five minutes, in 
a hot oven. 
Green Corn Muffins.—Cut the rows of 
corn and press the pulp out with a 
knife. To two cupfuls corn add one 
saltspoon salt, a tablespoonful butter, 
the beaten yolks of two eggs, two cups 
milk and three cups of flour in which 
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder have 
been sifted. Mix thoroughly; add the 
beaten whites of the egg. Have muffin 
pans heated and greased and half fill 
with the mixture. Bake in quick oven 
half an hour. 
Scones.—Mix together three cups of 
flour, one-half teaspoon of salt, two 
tablespoons of sugar, three heaping tea¬ 
spoons of baking powder. Rub in two 
tablespoons of butter, add one-half cup 
of raisins (dredged with flour) and milk 
enough to make .. biscuit dough. Knead 
lightly a few moments on a floured 
board, then roll to fit a round cake tin, 
rolling thicker in the middle than on the 
edges. Brush over with milk, then with 
a sharp knife cut into quarters. Bake 
in a hot oven twenty minutes. 
Prize Rolls.—One pint milk, one-half 
cup butter, one tablespoon sugar, one- 
half teaspoon salt, one cake compressed 
yeast, dissolved in one-third cup of 
lukewarm water, and five and one-half 
cups flour. Scald the milk and while 
hot add the butter, sugar and salt. When 
lukewarm add the dissolved yeast cake 
and two and one-half cups of flour. 
Beat thoroughly for five minutes. When 
light, add the rest of the flour and 
knead at least half an hour. Let rise 
again, toss on a slightly floured board, 
and without kneading roll out to one- 
half inch thickness. Cut and shape the 
rolls, and place in a buttered pan. Let 
rise again, and when very light bake in 
a hot oven fifteen minutes. This recipe 
makes thirty rolls. 
Cold Water Graham Gems.—Beat well 
together two and one-third cupfuls of 
graham flour, two cupfuls of very cold 
water, a half teaspoonful of salt and 
one of sugar; fold in lightly the beaten 
whites of two eggs, pour into well- 
greased and very hot gem pans, iron if 
possible. Put a bit of butter on each 
and bake in a hot oven twenty-five min¬ 
utes—not longer. It is not necessary to 
the success of the gems to use the whites 
of the eggs, but they add greatly to their 
delicacy, and the value of the above 
recipe lies'in this addition. 
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