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Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
FLAG SONG. 
Out upon the four winds blow, 
Tell the world your story ; 
Thrice in heart's blood dipped before, 
They called your name Old Glory ! 
Stream, Old Glory, bear your stars 
High among the seven : 
Stream a watchfire on the dark, 
And make a sign in heaven ! 
Mighty harvests gild your plains, 
Mighty rivers bear them, 
Everywhere you fly you bid 
All the hungry share them; 
Blooms the wilderness for you, 
Plenty follows after. 
Underneath your shadow go 
Peace and love and laughter. 
When from sky to sky you float, 
Far in wide savannas. 
Vast horizons lost in light 
Answer with hosannas. 
Symbol of unmeasured power, 
Blessed promise sealing. 
All your hills are hills of God, 
And all your founts are healing! 
Still to those the wronged of earth 
Sanctuary render; 
For hope and home and heaven they see 
Within your sacred splendor! 
Stream, Old Glory, bear your stars 
High among the seven ; 
Stream a watchfire on the dark, 
And make a sign in heaven ! 
—Harriet Prescott Spolford. 
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Chop sweet green pepper fine and 
mix it into cream cheese with the ad¬ 
dition of a little fresh cream if the 
cheese is too crumbly to mix well. Then 
roll into balls, and serve garnished with 
sliced pepper. This is an appetizing 
relish, and attractive on the table. Balls 
of cream cheese also look very attrac¬ 
tive sprinkled with chopped parsley. 
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The “Woman’s Journal” says that 
after trying nearly 100 varieties of 
farmhouse food, while inspecting Sum¬ 
mer boarding houses for working girls, 
Miss Ada L. Dauman has officially re¬ 
ported to the National Civic Federation 
that farmers’ wives are the best cooks 
in the world, and decidedly better 
housekeepers, in every way, than city 
women. Miss Dauman visited the farm 
regions of New Jersey, Connecticut, 
New York and the New England States. 
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The present Summer is memorable 
for mosquitoes as well as heat, in many 
parts of this country. After all the 
efforts at scientific extermination, and 
the money spent in efficient drainage, 
the famous Jersey mosquito has re¬ 
mained triumphant, and the demand for 
canopies and citronella has been larger 
than ever. A recipe given by Govern¬ 
ment experts for keeping the mosquito 
at bay is as follows: Mix together one 
ounce of oil of citronella, one ounce of 
spirits of camphor, and half an ounce of 
. oil of cedar. Put a few drops of this 
mixture on a towel and hang it over 
the head of the bed. Under ordinary 
circumstances this is said to keep the 
mosquitoes away, but if they are very 
abundant a few drops may be rubbed 
on the face and hands. 
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Sampler trays are modern fancies, 
and one who has an old sampler can 
make one at small expense; they are 
quite expensive to buy. The fabric is 
simply framed under glass, with a 
mahogany frame, being stretched tight 
so it will not wrinkle. It should be 
padded at the back so that the glass 
will fit very tight against the frame, 
and backed with dark felt, small gilt 
handles being put at the ends. For a 
sampler a small moulding should be 
used. Handsome cretonne or chintz, 
or embroidery, is used in the same way; 
these trays are handsome, and much 
more easily kept in order than a metal 
one. A piece of Biedermeier embroid¬ 
ery worked in colors on white linen is 
very suitable for this sort of framing, 
and the owner can thus display the 
delicate work without the risk of quickly 
soiling it. 
THE RURAL 
Few popular movements among young 
people have taken hold more rapidly 
than the Boy Scouts. It brings into 
play the boy’s imagination, love of ad¬ 
venture and natural liking for all out¬ 
doors, but with it a respect for discip¬ 
line and the rights of others, and a 
pride in the development of character. 
We have seen too much, of late years, 
of juvenile lawlessness and contempt 
for all authority, and may easily trace 
the development of the mob spirit, 
which at times inflicts lasting disgrace 
upon a whole community, to this source. 
So we welcome any influence which 
will lead boys towards better things, 
and use natural boy instincts to form the 
foundations of brave and honorable 
manhood. As we look at the “Boy 
Scouts Manual ’ we feel really sorry for 
boys who “play Injun” or go camping or 
fishing without knowing how the Scouts 
do it. How delightful to know some¬ 
thing about the stars, the signs and pic¬ 
ture writing of the Indians, the building 
of tents, camp beds and campfires! All 
these are part of the wisdom of the 
Scouts. How many boys could collect 
the wood, build a campfire (not a hap¬ 
hazard bonfire), kindle it with a limit 
of two matches, and then broil their 
official ration of four ounces of beef 
placed on pointed sticks, all with the 
minimum of effort, and the maximum 
of neatness and despatch, as the Scouts 
are taught to do it ? Some good people 
of anti-military views fear lest the 
teaching of the Scouts should be too 
warlike. We soon learn, however, that 
while such military virtues as punctu¬ 
ality and obedience are insisted upon, 
there is nothing that the most ardent 
peace advocate could object to as savor¬ 
ing of militarism. We think any healthy 
boy can learn nothing but good from 
the Scout’s Manual, whether he has an 
opportunity to join the organization or 
not. 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letter. 
The boys have been away camping 
during the latter part of August, and 
brother went with them. It is curious 
what a difference it makes in a house 
when the men folk are away, and we 
had a chance to let t’ kitchen cool off 
during the hot days, for Minty and 
Theo were content with cold dishes, and 
we prepared in the morning for all day. 
Boiled rice, curds and whey, ice cream 
and such-like desserts formed our 
staple, with canned fruit when we could 
not get fresh. But the early plums 
were ripe, and we used them stewed and 
cold, and it was just the time for melons 
and tomatoes. With such a bill of fare 
it vvas no great sacrifice when I said 
placidly that I did think I could be¬ 
come a vegetarian. With green corn 
and cauliflower, Summer squash and 
dry Irish potatoes there is no reason 
why one should not be satisfied without 
heavy courses of meat. 
I have been busy with my herbs, and 
some of them were out of flower be- 1 
fore I got them gathered, but I find it 
profitable to grow plenty of sage, Sum¬ 
mer savory and thyme and a' little of 
other varieties that are asked for. The 
idea came to me one day in September 
when the city people were packing up 
to go home, as I have noticed that they 
try to take with them supplies of things 
they can get cheaper and more of them 
in the country, for that seems to be 
the prevailing idea. I like the smell of 
sage, and the flowers were so pretty and 
spicy that I sent some of them to the 
old folks’ home flower mission with 
some southernwood and red peonies, 
thinking the old ladies would admire 
them. But I was not prepared for the 
matron’s report when she said that some 
of the old ladies just broke down and 
cried at the sight of the “red piny” 
flowers, and the smell of the sage. I 
was sorry, because if I am ever in a 
home of that sort when I get past work, 
it would hurt me to see the dear 
familiar reminders of happier years, 
though people differ in that respect, and 
it might be a pleasure to those of a 
different temperament. I sat under the 
trees at a table and tied up the sage in 
bunches that varied from 10 to 20 cents’ 
worth, alb the time thinking what a use¬ 
ful plant it is. The name itself is from 
“salvo”—“I save,” alluding to the valu- 
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able medical properties it possesses, be¬ 
ing classed as a tonic and expectorant. 
It looks handsome when growing, hav¬ 
ing such a pretty leaf, so wrinkly and 
of a peculiar green, and is a household 
healing for many ailments. Who would 
imagine that it is first cousin to the 
gorgeous Mexican Salvias, that are so 
radiant in vivid scarlet through the late 
Summer? I remember as a child when 
brother and I once totally failed to 
know our Sunday Bible lesson, mother 
made us drink some sage tea, as she 
said it was recommended by herb doc¬ 
tors for strengthening the memory, but 
it was not very palatable minus sugar. 
Savory and thyme are much in demand 
as seasoning for fowls, and some of the 
purchasers prefer that it be stripped 
from the stalks, thoroughly dried, and 
put up into little packages ready for 
use. Ihere is a special charm about 
the “bee alluring thyme”—called from 
the Latin thymus, incense, as it was 
once used on the altars for sacrifice. It 
has the credit of being a strengthener 
of the lungs, and valuable in cases of 
melancholy, though nowadays little at¬ 
tention is paid to these homely virtues 
of the herbs. One lady espied my 
shrub of rue, and wanted some as a 
tonic, so I gave her a few sprigs with 
which to experiment, and she informed 
me afterwards that in the matter of bit¬ 
terness the remedy was worse tf\an the 
disease. 
We spent some afternoons paring and 
coring the early apples, and put them 
to dry in the spent hotbed. With fre¬ 
quent turning they came out a good 
color and very dry, but this is only 
practicable in hot dry seasons, when no 
dampness is about. It always seems a 
pity to see apples go to waste, and I 
said to Minty that I thought it was as 
profitable_ employment as we could have 
to save a few of them for use next 
Spring. We gave the pigs so many that 
one day they all grovelled and rubbed 
their mouths in the mud, and one of 
the iieighbors who had considerable ex¬ 
perience came over and looked at them, 
and he told us they had eaten so many 
apples their teeth were sore. So even 
a pig can get too much and have to suf¬ 
fer for greediness, but they were ready 
for more apples in a few days, and are 
useful to eat up all that are wormy or 
bruised. charity sweetheart. 
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