Z6S 
THE RUKAE NEW-YORKER 
July 15, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
UNSUBDUED. 
I have planned, I have 
I 
have hoped, 
striven, 
To the will I have added the deed; 
The best that was in me I’ve given 
I have prayed, but the gods would 
heed. 
not 
I have dared, and reached only disaster, 
I have battled and broken my lance; 
I am bruised by a pitiless master 
That the weak and the timid call Chance. 
I am old, I am bent, I am cheated 
Of all that Youth urged me to win ; 
But name me not with the defeated, 
To-morrow again, I begin. 
—S. E. Kiser. 
* 
A white linen gown trimmed with 
rickrack insertion brought back memories 
of the bygone days when every girl was 
busy making this trimming. In this case 
quite a wide braid was used, worked 
with very heavy cotton. The effect was 
good; no doubt the present fashion for 
heavy laces brought the old-time trim¬ 
ming out of its retirement. 
* 
Meat loaf is very nice made from cold 
roast lamb. Chop the meat, add an equal 
quantity of bread crumbs from the soft 
part of the loaf, and to three pounds of 
meat and crumbs add two ounces of 
minced salt pork, a small minced onion, 
pepper, salt and thyme or savory. Mix 
with two well-beaten eggs and some 
gravy if you have it. Form into a loaf, 
and bake two hours in a moderate oven. 
# 
Bath soap bowls were among im¬ 
ported specialties noted in a large New 
York store; they were round wooden 
bowls about 12 inches across intended to 
to contain the soap and float on the sur¬ 
face of the bath. While they looked very 
luxurious, and were expensive (each 
bowl containing a selection of soap) we 
think it would be as difficult to pursue 
a floating bowl around the bathtub as to 
chase a cake of soap, and we prefer the 
stationary holder that is hung on the 
edge of the tub. 
* 
Lace mitts are still offered at the 
glove counters, though they are rarely 
seen on the streets or in public places. 
They range in price from about a dollar 
up, some being made of expensive laces. 
They are usually worn on hot evenings 
with fashionable toilettes, at dinners or 
dances. The old-fashioned black net, 
lace or silk mitts worn 20 or more years 
ago have lost their vogue completely and 
rightly so, for they were very unbecom¬ 
ing to work-worn or uncared-for hands, 
and quite inappropriate for street wear. 
The excellence and variety of the fabric 
gloves now attainable at moderate prices 
leaves no place for these mitts. 
* 
At the recent commencement of the 
Cornell Medical College the two high¬ 
est honors in the class went to women, 
a man ranking third, while four women 
were on the honor roll of the 10 stu¬ 
dents who stood highest for the entire 
course. Women in medicine and surgery 
occupy a vastly different position now 
from those dark days when Miss Black- 
well fought for recognition, and passed 
through such miseries and hardships as 
are described by Charles Reade in his 
novel, “A Woman Hater.” New York 
was surprised, a few years ago, to see a 
young woman in uniform occupying the 
surgeon’s place in a hurrying ambu¬ 
lance, but even that no longer excites 
any special wonder. 
* 
A good many colored linen tailored 
suits seem to fade, and thus lose their 
freshness, a matter in which the na¬ 
tural linen has the advantage. How¬ 
ever, one of our friends says that in¬ 
stead of having a colored linen suit 
laundered, she has it dipped by a dyer, 
thus restoring its original color for 
about the same price that the city laun¬ 
dry charges for doing it up. This is 
not beyond , the skill of the home dyer, 
and can be done very cheaply. The 
greatest defect in home dyeing, accord¬ 
ing to our experience, is the attempt to 
crowd too much fabric into an insuffi¬ 
cient quantity of liquid, resulting in 
spotty and uneven coloring. The gar¬ 
ment must be lifted and stirred fre¬ 
quently during the process, and where 
too much is crowded into the kettle this 
cannot be done effectually. 
* 
Of late years stout women who wished 
to reduce weight have been sweetening 
their tea or coffe with saccharin, an in¬ 
tensely sweet substance derived from 
coal tar. This they did on the advice of 
beauty specialists, it being found that, 
unlike honest sugar, saccharin did not 
increase the flesh. We have seen women 
both at restaurants and private houses 
take a little box from purse or handbag 
to drop a single tablet like a homeo¬ 
pathic pellet into the cup of tea. As 
saccharin is 500 times as sweet as sugar, 
one little pellet takes the place of a 
large lump. This sweetening, however, 
is not as innocent as its users would 
have us believe; like benzoate of soda, it 
has been barred from food by the Na¬ 
tional food inspection board because of 
its extremely harmful effects upon diges¬ 
tion—no wonder its users do not gain 
flesh! However, it is cheaper than 
sugar for sweetening soda water and 
other “soft drinks,” and for making a 
low grade of candy, so dishonest dealers 
attempt to use it, although they know its 
deleterious nature. It is said that sac¬ 
charin is especially harmful to children, 
and as it is the child with a few pennies 
who is most likely to buy cheap candy 
and soda water, we can see what a vil¬ 
lainous business this adulteration is. The 
large bottlers of soda water in Philadel¬ 
phia are working with the pure food in¬ 
spectors in the effort to impose penalties 
upon those who use saccharin in such 
products. 
An Echo. 
May I be allowed to say how fully I 
agree with the letter of L. S'., page 571, 
upon “The Real Things of Home-mak¬ 
ing 
?” And may I add my experience, 
is so different, and yet so like 
which 
hers? 
I was married at 39 to a man who 
had three children at home, the young¬ 
est of whom was 16. The position of 
step-mother is acknowledged to be a 
difficult one, but although I was ex¬ 
ceptionally "fortunate in my family, I 
made the mistake of being too anxious 
that my housework should be done with 
a thoroughness that called for more en¬ 
durance than I possessed. My husband 
was kind and gave me good advice, and 
would have allowed me to have more 
help, but I seemed incapable of “letting 
things go.” My kitchen floor must be 
swept in the morning, and again after 
dinner, and other things in conformity. 
The untimely birth and death of my 
only child was due, I think, as much to 
overwork and worry as to anything. 
The strain went on for years, and a 
friendly old lady complimented me by 
saying that I was a perfect housekeeper 
(which I felt was not true), but when 
two of the children left the house I 
gradually learned to take things a little 
easier. After about seven years my 
sister, who was married much earlier 
in life than I was, visited me. One day 
as I took the broom she said, “What 
are you going to sweep this floor for? 
It isn’t dirty.” I looked at the floor, 
and put my broom away. From that 
time I began to think along a different 
line. The thinking came rather too late, 
for at 50 I find myself burdened with 
physical troubles that I see now that I 
need not, and ought not to have had. 
But it is not too late for me to help 
L. S. give the warning to new house¬ 
keepers. 
I still believe in system, which makes 
any work so much lighter. It is easier 
always to fill the reservoir of the range 
after washing the breakfast dishes than 
to wait until it is nearly empty, and 
you suddenly find yourself without the 
needed hot water, and besides must lift 
several pailfuls in succession, instead of 
one. to fill it. But now my kitchen floor 
is not swept until it shows a need of it. 
L. S. says, “The self-effacing housewife 
is not always the most appreciated,” 
which is only too true. It is also true, 
as she implies, that if your house is 
spotless, and you are too tired and ner¬ 
vous to be Wholly pleasant, your family 
is less happy than it would be if there 
were “dust on the top of the door,” and 
you were able to meet them smiling, 
and were fresh enough to tell them 
something laughable or interesting that 
you had read, or that you had seen out 
of doors. 
I have often noticed a pair of horses 
that passed my window. One is as sound 
as a nut apparently, is plump and has 
no “nerves,” and does his work calmly 
The other was always straining into the 
collar, and I noted that he had two bad 
legs and was comparatively thin. Lately 
I see that the calm horse has a new 
mate. Probably the too-ambitious (or 
over-conscientious) horse is worn out. 
Which one is really more valuable to 
his master? e. f. m. 
Two Good Recipes. 
Baked Custard.—Four cups scalded 
milk, four eggs, one-half cup sugar, one- 
fourth teaspoon salt. Beat eggs, add 
sugar and salt, and pour on slowly 
scalded milk. Strain in molds which 
have been wet in cold water, set in 
a pan of hot water, sprinkle with 
nutmeg and bake in hot oven until 
firm, determined by running knife 
through the custard. If the knife 
comes out clean the custard is done. 
Popovers.—One cup flour, one cup 
milk, two eggs, one-quarter teaspoon 
salt. Sift flour and salt together. Add 
milk gradually, beating well. Add 
eggs slightly beaten and beat mixture 
two minues. Pour into well buttered 
gem-pans and bake in hot oven. 
B. F. 
Turn Frutti.— Five pounds rhubarb, 
four pounds sugar, four oranges, grate 
the yellow peel in and use the pulp; 
one pound raisins, one pound English 
walnut meats, one pineapple, one quart 
of strawberries, if in season. All pre¬ 
pared, boil down very thick. Will keep 
a long time. mrs. m. 
Serpentine Crepe 
A DESIGN FOR 
EVERY OCCASION! 
If you want to know the su¬ 
preme luxury of correct dress 
lor Spring and Summer wear, 
ask your dealer to show you 
the latest 
It makes up into street and 
outing dresses, gowns, house 
wrappers, lounging robes, 
kimonos, shirtwaists, and 
youths’ and misses’ dresses. 
Rich, stylish — quite the 
proper thing. 
A design for every taste in 
all the latest artistic concep¬ 
tions, and in black, white, 
gray and the delicate shades 
that appeal so strongly to 
women of good taste. The crinkle is permanent — 
the colors fast. Saves laundry bills, as it does not 
need ironing. 
The highest quality and longest wear 
guaranteed by this Pacific Mills trade mark ^ 
on every piece. Look for it and refuse' 
imitations. 
If your dealer doesn’t carry the genuine trade 
marked Serpentine CrSpe, write us for free samples 
and list of dealers who will supply you. 
PACIFIC MILLS - BOSTON, MASS. 
Your Kind 
of Fruit Jar 
is the Atlas E-Z Seal, because 
a touch of your finger locks 
it so tightly that all air muse 
stay out. That keeps your 
fruit and vegetables as fresh 
and flavory as when first 
picked. They can’t “work.” 
They can’t spoil. E-Z Seal 
Jars never stick. They open 
in a jiffy by a light pressure 
of fhe fingers. No twisting— 
no trouble —no regrets. See 
the generous wide mouth of the 
I 
—big enough to take fruit 
zvhole, and you can pre¬ 
serve green corn on the cob, 
asparagus uncut—and tom¬ 
atoes with all their juices. 
Atlas E-Z Seal Jars are the 
jars without a fault. Put this 
year’s preserves into them and 
you’ll wonder why someone 
didn t make them years ago. 
At all general stores. 
Write now for our booklet of 
Famous Preserving Recipes. 
We'll gladly send it free. 
Hazel Atlas Glass Co. 
Wheeling, W. Va. 
WE SHIP “APPROVAL 
■without a cent deposit, prepay the freight 
and allow 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL. 
IT ONLY COSTS one cent to learn our 
unheard of prices and marvelous offers 
on highest grade 1911 model bicycles. 
FACTORY PRICES a bicycle or 
a pair of tires from anyone at any price 
until you write for our large Art Catalog 
and learn our xvotider/ulproposition on firit 
sample bicycle going to your town. 
RIDER AGENTS 
money exhibiting and selling our bicycles. 
We Sell cheaper than any other factory. 
TIRES, Coaster-Brake rear wheels, 
lamps, repairs and all sundries at half usual prices. 
Do Not Wait; write today for special offer, 
MEAD CYCLE CO. f Dept. B80 CHICAGO 
Electric Lights make the brightest, safeft, 
cleanest and most reliable lighting system 
known for farms and country homes. The 
Dayton Electric Lighting Outfits are low in 
cost, easy to install, cost almost nothing to 
operate. Give you better lights than most city 
people enjoy. Write today for complete illus¬ 
trated catalog showing outfits, fixtures, etc. 
DAYTON ELECTRICAL MFG. CO. 
231 St. Clair Street Dayton. Ohio 
