102 
January 27, 
the rural 
Woman and the Home . fced and clot £? a family , 1,pon a « r - 
---_ tain income. I hey are to have a course 
From Day to Day. 
A PRODIGAL SON. 
Does that lamp still burn in my Father’s 
house 
Which he kindled the night I went away? 
I turned once beneath the cedar houghs, 
And marked it gleam with a golden ray; 
Did he think to light me home some day? 
Hungry here with the crunching swine, 
Hungry harvest have I to reap; 
In a dream I count my Father’s kine, 
I hear the tinkling bells of his sheep, 
I watch his lambs that browse and leap. 
There is plenty of bread at home. 
Ills servants have bread enough and to 
spare; 
The purple wine-vat froths with foam, 
Oil and spices make sweet the air, 
While I perish hungry and bare. 
Rich and blessed these servants rather 
Than I who see not my Father’s face! 
I will arise and go to my Father:— 
“Fallen from sonship, beggared of grace, 
Grant me, Father, a servant’s place.’’ 
—Christina G. Rossetti. 
• * 
Heavy corded silks that look like un¬ 
cut velvet are offered for Spring tailored 
dresses; they have a changeable surface 
that gives them the French name of 
givre or hoar-frost. These cost from 
$1.50 to $3.50 a yard. The changeable 
shot taffeta silks seen last Summer are 
to be in high favor again this Spring; 
they are a yard wide, and cost $1.50 and 
$2 a yard. They will be especially effec¬ 
tive in the quaint models trimmed with 
ruffles and puffings, suggestive of cos¬ 
tumes “before the war.” 
of marketing and catering, and the 
management of the baby, who will come 
from a charitable institution, will give 
them instruction in mother craft. 
Mutton tallow is a homely old rem¬ 
edy for chapped hands, but a very good 
one. Use hard kidney fat, cut in small 
bits, and put in a bowl set in a pan of 
hot water on the top of the stove, so 
that it will melt without scorching. 
When entirely melted strain, beat in a 
few drops of carbolic acid, and put away 
in little jars. Rub into the hands at 
night; results are improved if old kid 
gloves are worn. Our own favorite 
mixture for keeping the hands smooth 
is rosewater and glycerine, half and 
half, rubbed into the hands after each 
washing; if a small amount of citric acid 
is added it whitens the skin more. Gly¬ 
cerine does not agree with some skins, 
and where the hands are so badly chap¬ 
ped as to bleed the tallow is better. 
Lemon juice and salt, rubbed on after 
each washing, will smooth finger tips 
roughened by housework, and remove 
stains. 
NEW-YORKER 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of patterns and measurements 
desired. 
The first group shows 7266, blouse 
closing in front, sizes 34 to 42 bust. For 
the medium size will be required 3 yards 
36 inches wide with y yard of lace 7]/ 2 
inches wide for the frill. 7263, fancy 
blouse for misses and small women, 
sizes 14, 16 and 18 years. For the 16 
year size will be required 2 yards 36 
inches wide with )4 yard of lace 6 inches 
wide for the frill. 7284, semi-princess 
gown, 34 to 42 inches bust. For the 
medium size will be required 5 y 2 yards 
36 inches wide with 1*4 yard trimming. 
Dyeing Feathers for Flowers. 
I wish to know how to color or dye 
feathers, and how to make the best paste 
used in making feather flowers. Will 
some one give complete and practical in¬ 
formation on this subject? a. e. a. 
The Woman’s Journal announces 
that by a unanimous vote the Illinois 
State Grange, at its recent annual meet¬ 
ing, put itself on record as favoring 
equal suffrage. The organization has 
8,0000 members. Similar action has been 
taken by the State Granges of Califor¬ 
nia, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, 
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, 
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, 
New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Virginia, Washington and Wis¬ 
consin, and also by the National 
Grange. In Michigan, the State con¬ 
vention of Farmers’ Clubs at its recent 
meeting not only passed a woman suf¬ 
frage resolution, but voted to recom¬ 
mend the members to support no legis¬ 
lative candidate who will not promise to 
vote and work for equal suffrage. 
* 
One of our friends recently washed 
several combs, and placed them on the 
little shelf or plate in front of the range 
to dry quickly. They did dry quickly, 
for a few minutes later she was startled 
by a sudden flash of flame, and instantly 
all the combs were blazing up like a 
bonfire. Being on a metal plate, nothing 
else caught fire, but it brought to mind 
very forcibly a danger often ignored. 
The combs were celluloid, which is 
highly inflammable, and also explosive. 
Exposure to a high degree of heat or 
contact with flame is always dangerous. 
We make use of celluloid in so man}’' 
ways that it is quite easy to lose sight 
of any danger connected with it. Our 
friend’s experience, which resulted in 
the loss of her combs, may prove helpful 
to others who have not realized such 
possibility of danger. 
* 
A number of pupils in a girls’ high 
school in New York have added to their 
curriculum the adoption of a baby. Of 
course the girls are not actually adopt¬ 
ing the child, either severally or collec¬ 
tively, but they are to be entirely re¬ 
sponsible for its care and welfare. These 
girls belong to a special class known as 
the X girls, who do not take higher 
mathematics or foreign languages, but 
have special courses in sewing, cooking 
and three other branches known as “self 
study,” “city study,” and “study of oc¬ 
cupations.” Their course of home eco¬ 
nomics includes planning how to house, 
Homemade Yeast. 
Over 20 years ago the following di¬ 
rections for yeast proved reliable, and 
can be recommended to any housewife 
who has the desire to try homemade 
yeast until she decides (she will) that 
the dry yeast cakes for sale in packages 
are not only convenient, but will make 
as good bread as any homemade yeast 
will make. In the original recipe the 
potatoes were to be grated, a quick but 
so unpleasant task that the present 
writer decided to boil and mash them 
fine instead. • While boiling four large 
potatoes boil a handful of hops in a 
quart of water. In a stewpan mix to¬ 
gether four level tablespoonfuls of 
sugar, three of salt and two of flour, 
add the mashed potatoes and the 
strained hop water, let boil and stir un¬ 
til it thickens; let cool, and add a dis¬ 
solved yeast cake and keep the same as 
bread, where it will not be either too 
warm or too cold, until it has risen up 
and rounded, after which it will stay 
up, or if beaten down will rise again for 
two or three days, then settle down and 
separate—the potatoes, etc., to the bot¬ 
tom, with the clear liquid on the top. 
After the yeast has risen it can remain 
in the dish or be divided between two 
quart fruit cans and placed down cellar, 
but the can tops must not be fastened, 
just laid on lightly until the yeast set¬ 
tles down to stay and the separation 
takes place. Before using a liquid yeast 
stir it well before measuring, one-half 
teacupful being equal to one dry yeast 
cake, and will make four narrow bars 
of bread, or a new supply of yeast. In 
using the dry yeast cakes the flavor of 
hops may be obtained by making a little 
hop tea and adding it to the liquid used 
in breadmaking. medora corbett. 
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The width of skirt at lower edge is 2 l /& 
yards. 7273, three-piece skirt, sizes 22 
to 32 waist. For the medium size will 
be required 3)4 yards of material 36 
inches wide with 1)4 yard 20 inches for 
the trimming portion. Width of skirt at 
lower edge 2*4 yards. 7261, four-gored 
skirt with two-piece lower section, 22 to 
32 waist. For the medium size the skirt 
will require 4 % yards 36 inches wide. 
Width of skirt at lower edge is 2)4 
yards. Price of patterns 10 cents each. 
The second group includes 7277, 
blouse with front closing, sizes 34 to 44 
bust, hor the medium size will be re¬ 
quired 1)4 yard of material 36 inches 
wide with % yard 21 inches wide for 
collar and cuffs. 7250, fancy peasant 
(Mouse, sizes 34 to 42 bust. For the 
medium size will be required 2 yards 36 
inches wide with 1)4 yard of all-over 
lace 18 inches wide and % yard of lace 
banding to trim as illustrated. 7252, 
empire negligee, 34 to 44 bust. For the 
medium size the gown will require Yy 2 
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yards of material 27 or 36 inches wide 
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suit, 4 to 8 years. For the 4 year size 
will be required 2)4 yards 36 inches 
wide with )4 yard of broadcloth to trim 
as illustrated. 7274, child’s one-piece 
dress, 2 to 6 years. For the 4 year size 
will be required 1)4 yard 36 or 44 inches 
wide with )4 yard for yoke when made 
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Syracuse, N. Y. 
