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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 17, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
THE AMERICAN FLAG. 
When Freedom from her mountain height 
Unfurled her standard to the air, 
She tore the azure robe of night, 
And set the stars of glory there; 
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes 
The milky baldric of the skies, 
And striped its pure celestial white 
With streakings of the morning light, 
Then from his mansion in the sun 
She called her eagle bearer down, 
And gave into his mighty hand 
The symbol of her chosen land. 
* * * * * 
Flag of the seas! on ocean wave 
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; 
When death, careering on the gale, 
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, 
And frighted waves rush wildly back 
Before the broad-side’s reeling rack. 
Each dying wanderer of the sea 
Shall look at once to heaven and thee, 
And smile to see thy splendors fly 
In triumph o’er his closing eye. 
Flag of the free heart's hope and home, 
By angel hands to valor given; 
Tliy stars have lit the welkin dome, 
And all thy hues were born in heaven. 
Forever float that standard sheet 
Where breathes the foe that falls before 
us, 
With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, 
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us! 
—Joseph Rodman Drake. 
* 
Taffeta, either alone or combined 
with straw, forms some of the newest 
Spring hats. In some there is a shirred 
silk brim with a straw crown; others 
have straw brims and silk crowns. Two- 
toned changeable taffeta is quite largely 
used; for example, a changeable brown 
and lavender silk brim with a twine- 
colored straw crown. 
* 
As a dainty to be served in place of 
small cakes try small baking powder 
biscuits, very light and puffy, split open, 
buttered while hot, and sprinkled with 
grated maple sugar, or with a mixture 
of the sugar and chopped hickorynuts. 
Biscuits split open, buttered, spread with 
grated cheese and then browned in a 
quick oven are very good. 
* 
When Saadi, the Persian poet, was 
asked from whom he had learned his 
exquisite manners, he answered, “From 
the unmannerly. Whatever I saw them 
do, that I refrained from doing.” Saadi 
left the land of the living six centuries 
ago, but his thought lives on, and we 
know no more practical way of molding 
mind, manners and morals in accordance 
with our best ideals. When we see in 
another that which causes pain or mor¬ 
tification, if we resolve to avoid it in 
ourselves, we have taken a long step 
toward a personal uplift. 
* 
Fire Commissioner Johnson, of New 
York City, says that in 1910 25 per cent 
of the fires reported in that city were 
due to carelessness with matches, cigars 
and cigarettes. That is to say. 3,240 lires 
out of a total of 14,000 were entirely 
preventable, and were due to disregard 
of the rights of others. These fires in¬ 
cluded considerable loss of life—the 
worst, of course, being the Triangle fac¬ 
tory. A bureau of fire prevention has 
now been established in this city, and 
one of its first acts was the distribution 
of 35,000 “No smoking” placards in Eng¬ 
lish, Yiddish and Italian, which are to 
be posted in all factories. Violations of 
this order will be punishable by fine or 
imprisonment. Our country has such a 
shocking record for fire losses, both in 
life and property, that it is encouraging 
to see any effort to improve conditions. 
In the meantime, let each household en¬ 
deavor to reform the careless smoker, 
who is the greatest culprit the country 
over. 
* 
The farm dweller has, among other 
advantages over the city resident, the 
lessened possibility of suffering from 
flat-foot or fallen arch. Dr. Welzmiller, 
a Y. M. C. A. physical director, was re¬ 
cently quoted as saying that we are be¬ 
coming a fiat-footed nation, the chief 
reasons being hard city streets, hard 
wood floors, and the strain of overwork 
and worry. Country walking, he says, 
increases the natural buoyancy of the 
arch of the foot, and tends to make it 
stronger, but concrete pavements and 
hard floors are dead, and the pounding 
of the feet wearies the arch and tends 
to break it down; the tendons become 
stretched and the bones flatten. As one 
remedy for this long country walks are 
recommended. We always find that a 
long country walk is less fatiguing than 
city pavements. According to this, 
country women ought to have prettier 
feet than their city sisters, for nothing 
is uglier than flat-footedness. It is a 
fact that a great many city women are 
constantly under treatment for foot 
troubles, and great is the harvest reaped 
by chiropodists and other foot special¬ 
ists. Treat your feet with respect, and 
take good care of them, for a host of 
miseries may spring from their neglect. 
“Gypsy” Yeast. 
I read on page 103 the article from 
an Oregon reader on old-fashioned 
yeast. I have made gypsy or starter 
bread for about 15 years, and the family 
will have no other. I have looked in 
vain to see this kind of bread discussed 
in some paper or bulletin. I believe this 
ferment to be a different species from 
the yeast plant. Once I forgot to save 
out my starter, and so lost my supply. 
I inquired of my neighbors, and was 
told of one who made starter bread 
from some starter she had made from 
yeast. I obtained some starter from her, 
but when eating the bread we quickly 
decided it to be entirely different, and I 
drove eight miles to obtain some of the 
genuine article. I have “started” many 
others, but will say right here from a 
friend’s experience, that if you try to 
carry it far without some vent like a 
quill through a cork or some similar de¬ 
vice, the can or bottle is more than like¬ 
ly to burst en route. I have heard that in 
Rochester, N. Y., there are on sale po¬ 
tato balls which are imported from Ger¬ 
many, and which contain the real 
starter. I have often wished some of 
our chemists would compare the starter 
with the commercial yeast, and tell us 
which bread has the more nutritive 
value. h. e. m. 
Egg Lemonade. 
In reading a recent R. N.-Y. I came 
to the recipe for egg lemonade. It took 
me back to the days of my son’s boy¬ 
hood, when I told him if he would not 
drink beer he could always have all of 
the lemonade he wanted. I am glad to 
say he was ready to agree, and so for 
more than 30 years we have been making 
the lemonade with eggs; the son makes 
the lemonade now. Here is his way: 
Wash your lemons, and to each glass 
use the juice of one-half lemon, one 
dessertspoonful of sugar, one egg, two 
or three pieces of ice. Fill the glass 
nearly full of water, put the shaker over 
the glass invert so the shaker will be 
at the bottom and shake with a will. 
Turn in a fresh glass and you will have 
lemonade that is worth drinking. In 
berry time we keep in the refrigerator a 
bowl of berries with sugar sprinkled 
through them, "and use the juice to 
flavor the lemonade. In canning cherries 
and peaches the juices left we use in the 
same way, and the same with grape 
juice. If we want to make a large quan¬ 
tity we do not use so many eggs, and 
beat them with the egg beater, and add 
them to the plain lemonade. The addi¬ 
tion of a little ginger is an improve¬ 
ment if it is for the men in the hayfield. 
In warm weather we have to treat the 
U. S. mail man, the marketman and the 
grocery boy, and our other friends. 
Some one will say, “Lots of expense and 
useless work,” but never you mind, I 
will cut down on other things, especially 
butter at 42 cents a pound, but never on 
lemons and sugar. Yours for ice-cold 
lemonade and lots of it. 
CAROLINE ELIZABETH. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns alxvays give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
The first group shows 7190, tucked 
blouse or silk waist, 34 to 44 bust. 7195, 
overblouse, 34 to 42 bust, to be worn 
over any blouse or guimpe, with or with¬ 
out frill, with high or natural waist line, 
7212, semi-princess gown, 34 to 44 bust, 
in walking or round length, with elbow 
or long sleeves, with or without collar. 
7199. two-piece skirt with front panel, 22 
to 30 waist, with inverted plaits or habit 
back, with high or natural waist line. 
7200, girl’s box plaited dress, 6 to 10 
years, closing in front, with or without 
cuffs. Price of each 10 cents. 
The second group figures nightgowns 
of different styles. 0620, one-piece night¬ 
gown for misses and small women. The 
16 year size will require 3 l / 2 yards of 
material 36 inches wide. The pattern is 
cut in sizes for 14, 16 and 18 years of 
age. 7080, square yoke nightgown for 
misses and small women. The 16 yeai 
size will require yards of material 
36 inches wide with 3]/ 2 yards of band¬ 
ing and 4 yards of edging. The pattern 
is cut in sizes for 14, 16 and 18 years. 
6746, one-piece nightgown. The medium 
size requires 3jg yards of material 36 
inches wide. The pattern is cut in three 
sizes, 34 or 36, 38 or 40, 42 or 44 bust. 
7085, girl’s square yoke nightgown. The 
8 year size will require 3% yards of 
material 36 inches wide. The pattern is 
cut in sizes from 2 to 12 years. 7104, 
girl's chemise nightgown. The 10 year 
size will require 3'/ 2 yards of material 
36 inches wide. The pattern is cut in 
sizes from 6 to 12 years of age. Price 
of each pattern 30 cents. 
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