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TH EO KUKAb NEW-YORKER 
January 13, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
THE HOUSE OF PAIN. 
Unto the Prison House of Pain none will¬ 
ingly repair— 
The bravest who an entrance gain 
Reluctant linger there— 
For Pleasure, passing by that door, stay* 
not to cheer the sight. 
And Sympathy but muffles sound and ban¬ 
ishes the light. 
Yet in the Prison House of Pain things full 
of beauty blow— 
Like Christmas roses, which attain 
Perfection ’mid the snow— 
Love, entering, in his mild warmth the 
darkest shadows melt. 
And often, where the hush is deep, the waft 
of wings is felt. 
Ah, me! the Prison House of Pain!—what 
lessons there are bought! 
Lessons of a sublimer strain 
Than any elsewhere taught— 
Amid its loneliness and gloom, grave mean¬ 
ings grow more clear. 
For to no earthly dwelling-place seems God 
so strangely near! 
—Florence Earle Coates in “Lyrics of Life.” 
* 
Here is an up-State recipe for coffee 
molasses cake: Have ready half a cup¬ 
ful of molasses, half a cupful of sugar, 
half a cupful of butter and lard mixed 
together half and half, one beaten egg, 
half a teaspoonful of soda, a teaspoon¬ 
ful of baking powder, two liberal cup¬ 
fuls of flour, half a tablespoonful of 
ginger and half a cupful of hot coffee. 
Cream the butter and lard with the 
sugar. Stir in the molasses and also 
add the egg. Sift the flour with the 
baking powder, soda and ginger. Form 
a cavity in the center of the dry ingre¬ 
dients and pour the other mixture into 
it immediately after adding the coffee. 
As the latter is poured in gradually 
mix all to a nice dough and bake in the 
usual way. 
* 
We are told that a crushed velvet 
dress can be renovated by putting it 
over a hanger and hanging in a bath¬ 
room in the steam from the hot-water 
faucet. It should be hung from the ceil¬ 
ing, so that the dress is not crushed 
against the wall, and allowed to be in 
the steam until quite damp, then left 
hanging until it is quite dry.' This same 
sort of steaming is very good for taking 
wrinkles out of heavy woolen wraps or 
suits, but it is not looked upon cordially 
by the managers of big city hotels. They 
complain that women guests often hang 
up wrinkled garments in the bath-room 
for steaming, and, after turning on the 
faucet go out and forget it, filling their 
rooms with steam and risking a serious 
overflow, which sometimes results in 
considerable damage. 
* * 
Two men started from Boston July 8 
to walk across the continent to Los 
Angeles, Cal., one to live on a vegetar¬ 
ian diet, the other to eat meat. They 
reached their destination December 16, 
and the vegetarian is in the better con¬ 
dition of the two. Neither of them has 
slept under a roof since starting. Dur¬ 
ing the last few days of the trip they 
lost their way in the mountains, and 
were without food, it is said, for 60 
hours—a severe test of physical condi¬ 
tion, in which the vegetarian showed 
much more stamina than the meat eater. 
The two men are brothers, Jesse H. 
and Warren H. Buffum, and they say: 
“Generally speaking, we are both con¬ 
vinced that vegetables are far the 
healthier diet, not only for one leading 
a sedentary life but for one doing hard 
work.” 
* 
Thomas A. Edison announces that 
in the near future he will put on the 
jmarket concrete furniture, which will 
be very much cheaper than wood, and 
(only one-half heavier. It is to be 
Istained to resemble any kind of wood 
desired, and Mr. Edison says he can 
put out a whole bedroom set for half 
the price of wood. We think, however, 
that a good many things will be needed 
to perfect this idea. One-half the 
weight additional means a good deal in 
furniture, as every housewife knows. 
From the aesthetic point of view it 
would be an abomination, no matter 
how carefully molded, for pnblic taste 
is being educated more and more in 
lines of sincerity and truth, and a 
cement make-believe stained to imitate 
real wood is a monstrosity, better an 
old-fashioned hickory chair of the 
humblest type than a cement imitation 
masquerading as mahogany. 
* 
A number of women in New York 
are organizing to enforce existing laws 
affecting food supplies, to lessen the 
cost of living by business methods in 
buying, and to secure needed legislation 
to aid them in their objects. Mrs. Jennie 
Dewey Heath, of No. 6 West 91st street, 
New York, president of the League for 
Home Economics, is head of the new 
organization, which is called the House¬ 
wives’ League. Associated with her are 
many prominent clubwomen and social 
workers. Members of the league are 
pledged to observe the following rules: 
To Insist upon full weights and meas¬ 
ures. 
To insist upon cleanliness in the handling 
of food. 
To protest against the exposure of all 
food to contaminatiou from dirt, flies or 
other infection and to refuse to purchase 
such food. 
To read carefully all labels on canned 
and bottle goods and to report any viola¬ 
tion of the pure food and drug act. 
To make personal investigation into the 
sanitary condition of their markets, grocery, 
dairy, bakery, laundry, delicatessen aud 
confectionery stores. 
To refuse to purchase cold storage food 
which has been held to the detriment of 
condition or advancement of price. 
There is no initiation fee, and active 
members are asked to pay but five cents 
in dues annually. There is no doubt 
many city housekeepers are careless in 
purchasing, especially where all market¬ 
ing is done by telephone, and many leaks 
in the family purse can be closed by 
observing the rules of the Housewives’ 
League. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of patterns and measurements 
desired. 
Some very useful models are shown 
in the first group. The simple kimono. 
No. 7203, is cut in sizes from 34 to 44 
inch bust measure. For the medium size 
will be required 1)4 yard 36 inches wide 
with 2)4 yards of ribbon 6 inches wide 
with 1)4 yard of silk for the trimming. 
The bath robe. No. 7226, is cut in sizes 
for girls from 8 to 12 years of age. For 
the 10 year size will be required 3)4 
yards .36 inches wide with )4 yard of 
silk for trimming. Another model, No. 
7240, is cut in sizes for misses from 14 
to 18 years of age. For the 16 year size 
will be required 5)4 yards 36 inches 
wide with )4 yard 21 inches wide for 
the bands. Both little boys and little 
girls wear pajamas in these days. The 
pattern, No. 7233, is cut in sizes for 
children from 2 to 6 years of age. For 
the 4 year size will be needed 2)4 yards 
36 inches wide. Another bathrobe, No. 
7228. is cut in sizes for children from 
3 to 8 years of age. For the 6 year size 
will be required 2)4 yards 44 inches 
wide with / yard of material 21 inches 
wide for the trimming. Price of each 
pattern 10 cents. 
The second group includes No. 7237, 
cut in sizes from 34 to 40 inch bust 
measure. For the medium size will be 
required 1J4 yard 36 inches wide with 
y A 3 ? ard of satin for the revers, §4 yard 
of all-over lace for chemisette and 1 
yard of lace for sleeve frills. No. 7152 
is cut in sizes for boys of from 4 to 6 
years. For the 6 year size will be re¬ 
quired 3 yards 36 inches wide with )4 
yard 27 for collar and cuffs. The pat¬ 
tern of the blouse with tunic, No. 7221, 
is cut in sizes from 34 to 40 bust, of 
the skirt, No. 7215, in sizes from 22 to 
30 waist. For the medium size the 
blouse with tunic as illustrated requires 
2 yards of bordered chiffon 36 inches 
wide with one yard of plain chiffon and 
9 yards of velvet ribbon for banding and 
sash. For the skirt will be needed 4)4 
yards 36 inches wide with 2 yards of 
velvet. The pattern of tunic, No. 6963, 
and the skirt pattern, No. 7149, are cut 
in sizes for misses from 14 to 18 years 
of age. For the 16 year size the tunic 
will require 2)4 yards 36 inches wide; 
for the skirt will be needed 2)4 yards 
36 inches wide. The pattern, No. 7225, 
is cut in sizes for girls from 10 to 14 
years of age. For the 12 year size will 
be required 4)4 yards 36 inches wide 
with )4 yard of silk for collar, shield 
and cuffs and material for ruches ac¬ 
cording to width and fullness. Price of 
each pattern 10 cents. 
- A » , _ ' 
Egg Corn Bread.—Sift a pint of corn- 
meal with one of wheat flour, a tea¬ 
spoonful of soda and two of cream tar¬ 
tar. Stir in half a cupful of sugar and 
a little salt, and moisten with four eggs 
and a pint of sweet milk. Bake the 
cake in a buttered biscuit tin or a small 
dripping pan. When done cut in squares 
with a heated knife. 
Boston Brown Bread.—Have ready 
two cupfuls of rye meal, one of corn- 
meal and one of wheat flour; three cup¬ 
fuls of buttermilk, one cupful of mo¬ 
lasses, half a cupful of raisins, three tea¬ 
spoonfuls of soda and one of salt. Mix 
in the usual way and steam for three 
hours, using two or three small tins in¬ 
stead of one large one. 
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