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Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
MY CREED. 
I hold that Christian grace abounds 
Where charity is seen; that when 
We climb to Heaven ’tis on the rounds 
Of love to men. 
I hold all else named piety 
A selfish scheme, a vain pretense} 
Where center is not—can there be 
Circumference? 
This I moreover hold, and dare 
Affirm where’er my rhyme may go— 
Whatever things be sweet or fair 
Love makes them so. 
Whether it be the lullabies 
That charm to rest the nursling bird, 
Or the sweet confidence of sighs 
And blushes, made without a word. 
Whether the dazzling and the flush 
Of softly sumptuous garden bowers, 
Or by some cabin door a bush 
Of ragged flowers. 
’Tis not the wide phylactery, 
Nor stubborn fast, nor stated prayers, 
That makes us saints; we judge the tree 
By what it bears. 
And when a man can live apart 
From works, on theologic trust, 
1 know the blood about his heart 
Is dry as dust. 
—Alice Cary. 
Italian egg soup is very nourishing, 
quickly made, and contains no meat. 
Fry lightly four ounces of butter till 
golden color, add one small onion finely 
chopped and a dessertspoonful of flour, 
stir with a wooden spoon over a slow 
fire for six or seven minutes; pour in 
two pints of warm milk, and stir for 15 
minutes; then stir in quickly the yolks 
of six eggs, stir over very slow fire for 
five or six minutes, and serve with small 
squares of buttered toast. 
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A LiTTLE-known philanthropy is the 
work done by the Blue Anchor Society, 
which has an office in New York. It 
gives help to persons of any nationality 
shipwrecked upon the American coast, 
whether seamen or passengers. Persons 
are often brought ashore at life-saving 
stations destitute of clothing or personal 
effects, and these life-saving stations 
have no money or supplies to aid them, 
except as provided by the Blue Anchor 
Society. The Society is supported en¬ 
tirely by voluntary contributions, and 
only those who have been brought in 
touch with the dangers of the sea can 
realize the pressing nature of the need it 
is called upon to relieve. 
THE RURAL 
always kept clean with little trouble, 
and appeals to modern ideas of sanita¬ 
tion. A teapot stand of glass, set in a 
silver frame, consists of two round 
plates of cut glass with a lace doily laid 
between them, the whole being clamped 
together by the silver frame. 
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Newspaper reports assert that some 
textile mills in New England are shut¬ 
ting down because of lessened demand, 
due to the scanty styles of dress now 
in fashion. Of course it is safe to blame 
any economic crisis upon the women, 
but we can at least point out the fact 
that readymade garments cost just as 
much as they did when double the ma¬ 
terial was used, so conditions have not 
been made any easier for the ultimate 
consumer, whether the manufacturer 
suffers or not. But the home dress¬ 
maker really does feel the difference, 
and can practise economies impossible a 
few seasons ago. We do not admire 
exaggerations of style that simply 
show the wearer’s vulgarity of mind, 
but it is always possible to avoid this if 
desired. Nothing is prettier, more com¬ 
fortable or convenient for home wear, 
than a one-piece gown made with a 
mandarin waist and a two-gored, four- 
gored or six-gored skirt; it is so easily 
made that an inexperienced seamstress 
has no trouble with it, and all unneces¬ 
sary work is eliminated. Seven yards 
of cambric will make it for a good-sized 
woman, and a slim young girl can get 
her dress out of five yards. For the first 
time in many years we have adopted 
fashions that are comfortable, conven¬ 
ient and economical, and yet, because 
silly women exaggerate them into cari¬ 
catures, the sensible ones receive no 
commendation! A scholar once told us 
that he had been reading an ancient 
Egyptian narrative, dating back at least 
4,000 years from our present period, and 
in it the author lamented the decadence 
of society in his day, and sighed for 
“the good old times.” No doubt mas¬ 
culine critics have lamented the frivolity 
of woman’s dress ever since the period 
when she was vdad in skins and did her 
housekeeping in a cave. 
NEW-YORKER 
sion to leave meals in preparation I 
should bless the faithful, unscorching 
“fireless.” But even in ordinary farm 
kitchens where the wood or coal fire 
must be kindled each morning and kept 
on duty a half, or perhaps all the day 
there are still plenty of uses for the 
hay-box cooker. To tuck away a sup¬ 
ply of string beans or Summer squash 
after breakfast, knowing that at noon 
they will be well cooked, needing only 
the usual preparation for the table, is to 
have not only a sense of forehanded 
content, but it means one less kettle 
upon a stove needed for other uses. 
They are well cooked, too, and have lost 
none of their flavor in steam. As beans 
need long cooking we are careful to 
make them ready the first thing after 
breakfast. Squash need not be hur¬ 
ried with unless the range fire is not to 
be kept up, but three hours in the “fire- 
less”’ will not do harm, and we like to 
to take it out, squeeze thoroughly in 
cheese-cloth, butter generously and 
place upon a pie tin in the stove oven. 
Then when busy with all the last items 
of putting dinner on the table, the 
squash is waiting, all ready and at its 
best. 
It does not necessarily have to do 
with fireless cooking, but having often 
heard people say they did not care for 
Summer squash I want to add a word 
in its favor. Prepared for the table as 
above described, squeezed free from 
water as possible and well buttered, it 
is counted on our table as one of the 
best of the Summer’s vegetables. As 
6quashes are always plenty when once 
in bearing I cut out and throw away 
all the seed-making part. While some 
count the older squashes richer in 
flavor I prefer to use them while very 
young. If your family has small lik¬ 
ing for Summer crooknecks, seedy and 
slushy, try them with a dish of the dry, 
seedless and well-seasoned sort. 
R. ITHAMAR. 
German cross stitch embroidery done 
with mercerized cotton floss on heavy 
unbleached linen is very fashionable 
fancy work this Summer, being used 
for centerpieces, scarfs and cushion cov¬ 
ers. The designs are of conventionalized 
flowers in shaded colors, and the effect is 
very good. Another popular form of 
needlework is an imitation of beading, 
done in high French knots and seed 
stitch; this is done with mercerized floss 
on marquisette and similar sheer ma¬ 
terials for waists. Waists of the man¬ 
darin or one-piece model are stamped 
with bands of trimming, which include 
the patterns used in the fashionable 
beadwork popular on chiffon and other 
transparent over-blouses. 
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Plate glass tops for bureaus, serving 
tables and dinner wagons (a tray or 
serving table on castors) are seen 
among handsome furnishings. The glass 
top, which has a beveled edge, is ad¬ 
justable, and is put over a scarf or cen¬ 
terpiece of embroidery or lace, which is 
thus kept clean indefinitely. The glass 
top is even made for dining tables, an 
elaborate piece of lace or embroidery 
being laid on the polished wood, and the 
glass put over this. We like the glass 
top for a bureau, for many bureau cov¬ 
ers of fine needle-work are regular dust 
traps, and if the cover is laid on the 
wood and then covered with glass it is 
The “Fireless” in the Farmhouse. 
Part I. 
When Bess was at home last Sum¬ 
mer she made a fireless cooker, using a 
tea chest she found in the attic. A few 
cents bought quite a roll of heavy as¬ 
bestos paper, and with it she lined the 
tea chest, making all the angles as snug 
as possible to keep the heat in. To get 
a firm closing at the top she nailed 
strips of wood inside, using some 
smooth pine which she found put away 
over the carpenter’s bench, a material 
she could easily saw to the right 
lengths. When the cover had been 
slightly padded and covered with white 
enameled oilcloth it made a snug fit 
against the smooth wood. As the chest 
had already a covering of wall paper on 
the outside it needed only hinges and a 
hasp to complete it. 
For filling she selected fine, short hay, 
and discovering that a certain feather- 
filled sofa pillow was the exact size 
needed she promptly replaced its cover 
with one made of stout new gingham, 
and the nest was ready. To buy a four- 
quart granite-ware pail with cover of 
the same material seemed an easy mat¬ 
ter, but all pails found had covers of 
tin, which rusts badly when kept over 
steaming food. But a combination of 
two granite-ware receptacles was found 
which fitted properly together, and we 
were ready for cooking. 
My first decision was that if I lived 
where a gas range was used I would 
never be without what some one called 
in sport “a cookless firer.” The ex¬ 
penseless and slow cooking after in¬ 
tense heat admirably supplements the 
work of the gas jets. Or if I had occa- 
Canned Grapes Without Cooking.— 
Put grapes into a vessel, cover with 
boiling water, let stand 15 minutes. Pour 
off water, cover as ^ - fore, let stand five 
minutes. Have glass jars prepared by 
scalding in soda water. Also boil lids in 
soda water, and soak rubbers in warm 
soda water for half an hour. Put grapes 
in jars and cover with a thick boiling 
hot syrup made of granulated sugar. 
Wrap jars with paper and keep in a 
dry cool place. mrs. j. c. clovis. 
Peach Honey. —A very delicious 
“spread” is made as follows: Use very 
soft, good over-ripe peaches. Pare, 
mash them in the hand as you drop 
them into a vessel. Rub through a 
colander or sieve to remove lumps. 
Measure the pulp. Take three times as 
much sugar as pulp, put into sauce¬ 
pan with a little water and bring to a 
boil. Add the pulp and boil five minutes 
or until as thick as desired. 
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DO YOU NEED FARM HELP? 
The Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid 
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