THIS RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
14 
January G, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
TIIE CHRISTMAS ROSE. 
In the Great Garden of the World a-bloom 
Behold a rose, 
Fair -with white hopes that smile away all 
gloom, 
Leading us on to that vast Ante-room 
The watcher knows. 
In the Great Garden of the Deathless 
flow’rs 
We cull our sweet; 
Through the long glimmer of the fading 
hours 
Petals from our star-blooms in ceaseless 
show’rs 
Fall at our feet. 
In the Great Garden of the flowers white 
We kneel with tears. 
Watch through the mists of long and 
mournful night, 
So that at last we, poor, may greet the 
light 
When it appears. 
In the Great Garden there are blooms and 
mould. 
The watcher knows 
That from the earth prepared, yet dark 
and cold 
Supreme as deathless hope there will un¬ 
fold 
The Christmas rose. 
In the Great Garden of the wondrous store 
.We wander free; 
What though the press be overgreat and 
sore. 
Here is our peace, here watch we ever¬ 
more 
Expectantly. 
In the Great Garden is a secret fair 
The watcher knows; 
Watch then and learn; there is no garden 
bare. 
Life and Eternity together share 
A Christmas rose. 
—Author Unknown. 
* 
Apricot pancakes make a delicious 
dessert. Bake light egg pancakes ac¬ 
cording to your favorite receipt. Spread 
while hot with a thin layer of stewed 
apricot, good evaporated apricots being 
soaked and stewed slowly, sweetened so 
as to make a rich compote. Pile up the 
pancakes on a plate, sprinkle with sugar, 
and serve immediately. 
* 
An economical English recipe for cook¬ 
ing pig’s liver is called poor man’s 
goose. Carefully made and well cooked 
it is said to resemble goose in flavor. 
One pig’s liver, one-half pound bacon, 
two pounds potatoes, two tablespoonsful 
flour, one-quarter teaspoonful of pep¬ 
per, one of salt, 2 powdered sage leaves, 
one onion, one teacupful of water. Mix 
the flour, pepper and salt; slice the liver 
and bacon, dip each slice in the season¬ 
ing. Parboil the onion, chop it finely, 
and mix the sage with it. Put the meat 
in layers in a pie-dish, each being 
sprinkled with sage and onion. Par¬ 
boil the potatoes (or use cold ones if 
you have them), slice them and fill the 
dish with alternate layers of meat and 
potatoes. Pour the water over the 
whole, and bake for an hour and a-half. 
The liver and bacon should be sliced 
very thin. 
* 
There has been much excitement in 
Great Britain of late over the National 
Insurance Bill introduced by Mr. Lloyd 
George, which is denounced not only as 
revolutionary, but as “invading the Brit¬ 
ish home.” It may be of interest to 
women on this side of the water to state 
the reason for this agitation, in which 
ladies of title are urging the co-opera¬ 
tion of housekeepers of all degrees. The 
object of this bill is to supplement the 
Old Age Pensions Act by providing in¬ 
surance against sickness and invalidity 
for all workers whose wage does not 
exceed a certain sum. The scheme re¬ 
quires contributions from both employ¬ 
ers and employed, a further contri¬ 
bution being added by the State. The 
payments are to be collected by means 
of cards, to which stamps will be af¬ 
fixed when wages are paid. Naturally, 
domestic servants are included in the 
benefits of this insurance law; it would 
be unjust and unreasonable to exclude 
them. For a payment of threepence a 
week the domestic will be entitled when 
she is ill to free medical attendance and 
free medicine, with free treatment in 
a sanatorium if she is consumptive. In 
addition she will get seven shillings and 
sixpence a week sick pay for twenty- 
six wasks, and five shillings a week if 
her illness continues after that period. 
If she breaks down entirely, the five 
shillings will be continued up to the age 
of seventy, when the old-age pension 
becomes due. The scheme provides for 
her retaining the “reserve value” of her 
insurance if she leaves domestic service 
to get married. If she wishes to do so, 
she may reduce the sickness benefit and 
receive a superannuation benefit instead. 
Without going into any discussion of the 
wisdom of this insurance bill as a whole, 
it will be seen that the exclusion of do¬ 
mestics, as a class, from benefits en¬ 
joyed by factory and other industrial 
workers would be unjust. It would cer¬ 
tainly put domestic service at a great 
disadvantage, and drive many efficient 
workers into other lines of employment, 
where insurance benefits would be en¬ 
joyed. For housewives to join in agi¬ 
tation which must render it harder than 
ever to obtain efficient domestic help 
seems the height of unwisdom. Some 
of them assert indignantly that they will 
not become tax-collectors by sticking 
stamps on a card every time they pay 
their servants’ wages, but this is ab¬ 
surd, as they _ stamp cheques, receipts 
above a certain amount, and various 
other legal papers, without any loss of 
dignity. Perhaps Mr. Lloyd George’s 
plan is impractical—perhaps some of his 
legislation will, as his critics assert, im¬ 
poverish the country and increase class 
antagonism—but many a struggling 
worker will think, as of a beatific 
vision, of a fraternal system which 
would remove the stigma of charity 
from the help given in sickness, or the 
haunting fear of stark destitution in 
old age. 
* 
One of the most delightful books we 
have read recently is “Recollections 
Grave and Gay,” by Mrs. Burton Harri¬ 
son. The book reflects the culture and 
charm of its writer, and forms a narra¬ 
tive of historic value, not only of the 
heart-stirring times of the Civil War, 
but also of the vanished social life of 
that period. Northern women suffered 
—how keenly survivors among them 
know—but the bare physical depriva¬ 
tions of their Southern sisters were not 
common. Mrs. Harrison says that 
never since has she been able to view 
with complacency the waste of food in 
peace times. In the last Winter of the 
war she was “almost always hungry.” 
The menu of these Virginia ladies ’ is 
thus described: 
Our breakfast at S a. m. consisted of 
eornbroad with the drippings of fried bacon 
instead of butter, and coffee made of dried 
beans and peanuts, without milk or sugar. 
Tor luncheon we had, day in and day out, 
bacon, rice and dried apples sweetened with 
sorghum. For our evening repast were 
served cakes made of cornmeal and water, 
eaten with sorghum molasses, and more 
of that unspeakable coffee. I cannot re¬ 
member getting up from any meal that 
Winter without wishing there were more 
of it. I went once to call upon a family 
antecedently wealthy and found father, 
mother and children making their dinner 
upon soup plates filled with that cheerless 
compound known as “Beniamin” hardtack 
soaked in hot water, sprinkled with salt or 
brown sugar. It is to be said, however, 
there was in our community no discussion 
of diets, fads or cures, and the health 
chase of modern society was an unknown 
quantity. People in hotter physical con¬ 
dition than the besieged dwellers of Rich¬ 
mond. when their cause was beginning to 
feel the deathclutch at its throat, were 
certainly not to be found. 
Hot Mayonnaise.—This recipe was 
given by Good Housekeeping. Mix one 
tablespoonful each of butter and flour to 
a cream, pour on one-half cupful of 
milk, cook until thick, then add one-half 
tablespoonful each of chopped capers, 
olives, pickles and parsley, one tea¬ 
spoonful of lemon juice, one-half tea- 
snoonful of salt and one-fourth cupful 
of mayonnaise. 
Thin, Feeble 
and Under-Fed 
people need more coal, 
clothes and doctors 
than the strong, robust 
and hearty. 
Scott’s Emulsion 
saves coal bills, tailors* 
bills and doctors* bills. 
ALL DRUGGISTS 
11-55 
VACUUM CLEANER 
BOOKLET FREE 
Here is a Vacuum Cleaner that runs like a 
carpet sweeper. As it rolls across the carpet 
it sucks a strong blast of air up through the 
carpet, bringing every particle of dust and 
dirt with it. 
No more taking up of carpets. Simply run 
the easy running DOMESTIC over them every 
day or two and you keep them as clean as new. 
The above illustration shows a pile of dirt 
which came out of the texture of a rug that 
looked clean. 
Try it in your home at our risk. 
Satisfaction guaranteed or money promptly 
refunded. 
Price $ 16.00, east of the Rocky Mountains. 
We pay express. 
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE 
Write for Free Folders 
DOMESTIC VACUUM SWEEPER CO. 
218 Masonic Temple, PEORIA, ILL. 
A BEAUTIFUL FARM £“S 
ing and trucking' section in the world; fertile soil 
and fine climate; also a beautiful water front farm 
with timber. For full particulars address Samuel 
P. Woodcock, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Aid. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
CUT DOWN 
YOUR 
GROCERY BILL 
THIS FREE BOOK shows you 
how to save from 20 per cent to 50 
per cent on all your groceries. 
Buy your groceries direct from 
us and save from twenty to fifty 
per cent of what you are now pay¬ 
ing. We have solved the “high 
cost of living" problem for thou, 
sands of delighted customers. 
Wo buy everything in enormous quantities. This 
means rock bottom prices — prices that small buyers 
cannot get. We sell direct to you with only one small 
profit added. We save you all the “middlemen’s" pro¬ 
fits that eat up so much of your money. 
All.our groceries are full measure—absolutely pure. 
Write to-day for our interesting, money saving gro¬ 
cery book. It is book No. 11. It is free. \Ve want you 
to compare our prices with those you are now paying. 
We issue the grocery book every two months and will 
send it to you regularly. 
Below is a partial list of the other books we issue. 
J hey contain thousands of big, money saving oppor¬ 
tunities. No matter where you live we can fill all your 
needs and save you an amazing amount of money. No 
matter what it is you want, we have it. We can save 
vou many dollars on everything you buy. We are doing 
it every day for over 2,000.000 delighted customers. 
bend to-day for the books that interest you. 
Order the books by their numbers. 
CHECK OVER THE LIST NOW 
1 Paints 
2 Pianos 
3 Organs 
4 Trunks 
f> Roofing 
6 Vehicles 
7 Furniture 
8 Incubators 
9 Wall Paper 
10 Typewriters 
11 Grocery List 
12 Feed Cookers 
13 Tank Heaters 
14 Wire Fencing: 
15 Carpets, Rugs 
16 Building Plans 
17 Baby Carriages 
18 Men’s Fur Coats 
19 Sewing: Machines 
20 Gasoline Engines 
21 Cream Separators 
22 Building: Material 
23 Stoves and Ranges 
24 Underwear Sam¬ 
ples 
25 Automobilo Sup- 
plies 
26 Bicycles — Motor¬ 
cycles 
27 Baby’s Dress and 
Toilet 
28 Women’s Tailored 
Suits 
29 Circular and Drag 
Saws 
30 Women’s Fashion 
Books 
31 Rain Coats, Rub¬ 
ber Coats, etc. 
32 Tombstones and 
Monuments 
33 Men’s Clothing 
34 Women’s Furs 
35 Dry Goods 
36 Muslin Wear 
37 Millinery 
Sign jind Mail Coupon NOW! 
F° Montgomery Ward & Co. 
I9th and Campbell Sts. Chicago Avenue Bridge 
KANSAS CITY CHICAGO 
I Please send to my address below books Nos. I 
absolutely free of cost. 
Name. ■ 
From an old. print in La Telegrafie Wstorique. 
i L0 ^ L 1 
■ long I 
f distanceI 
telephone 
Napoleon’s Visual Telegraph 
The First Long Distance System 
Indians sent messages by means 
of signal fires, but Napoleon estab¬ 
lished the first permanent system 
for rapid communication. 
In place of the slow and un¬ 
reliable service of couriers, he 
built lines of towers extending 
to the French frontiers and sent 
messages from tower to tower by 
means of the visual telegraph. 
This device was invented in 
1793 by Claude Chappe, It was 
a semaphore. The letters and 
words were indicated by the 
position of the wooden arms; and 
the messages were received and 
relayed at the next tower, perhaps 
a dozen miles away. 
Compared to the Bell Telephone 
system of to-day the visual tele¬ 
graph system of Napoleon’s time 
seems a crude makeshift. It could 
not be used at night nor in thick 
weather. It was expensive in con¬ 
struction and operation, consider¬ 
ing that it was maintained solely 
for military purposes. 
Yet it was a great step ahead, 
because it made possible the trans¬ 
mission of messages to distant 
points without the use of the 
human messenger. 
It blazed the way for the Uni¬ 
versal Telephone service of the 
Bell system which provides per¬ 
sonal intercommunication for 
90,000,000 people and is indis¬ 
pensable for the industrial, com¬ 
mercial and social progress of 
the Nation. 
American 
One Policy 
Telephone and Telegraph CLompany 
And Associated Companies 
One System Universal Service 
