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THEJ KURAb NEW-YORKER 
September 14, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
THE BRAVE AT HOME. 
The maid who binds her warrior’s sash 
With smile that well her pain dissembles, 
The while beneath her drooping lash 
One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles, 
Though heaven alone records the tear, 
And fame shall never know her story, 
Her heart has shed a drop as dear 
As e’er bedewed the field of glory! 
The wife who girds her husband’s sword, 
’Mid little ones who weep or wonder, 
And bravely speaks the cheering word, 
What though her heart be rent asunder, 
Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear 
The bolts of death around him rattle, 
Hath shed as sacred blood as e’er 
Was poured upon the field of battle. 
The mother who conceals her grief 
While to her breast her son she presses, 
Then breathes a few brave words and brief, 
Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, 
With no one but her secret God 
To know the pain that weighs upon her, 
Sheds holy blood as e’er the sod 
Received on Freedom's field of honor. 
—T. Buchanan Read. 
* 
For eggs a la Veneziana soak two 
ounces of bread crumbs in half a pint 
of milk. When the crumbs have ab¬ 
sorbed the milk, add six eggs, a pinch, 
of nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste. 
Beat well together, put in pan with boil¬ 
ing butter, and fry brown on both sides, 
turning carefully with a plate. 
* 
The Atchison Globe says that a town 
woman who moved to the country ex¬ 
pected to get much entertainment out 
of the party line telephone. She antici¬ 
pated hearing all sorts of racy gossip, 
and expected to be able, within a short 
time, to drag a family skeleton out of 
the closet of every farmer on her party 
line. The town woman has suffered au 
awful disappointment. After a year's 
residence in the country, and after dili¬ 
gently listening to conversations, she 
has never yet unearthed a single scan¬ 
dal. She hears the country women dis¬ 
cuss the number of chickens they got 
out of a hatching, etc., and the men 
telling each other of the number of 
miles they covered the day before in 
their automobiles. The town woman 
has decided that farmers’ wives rarely 
gossip. 
* 
We have had a number of complaints 
about ants as a household nuisance, but 
it is quite evident that the industrious 
American ant is much more endurable 
than his Australian relative. An ex¬ 
tract from an Australian diary, printed 
in the London “Gentlewoman,” has this 
to say about them : 
There are thousands of ants everywhere. 
Some of the anthills are three feet high 
and six feet across—but except for a sharp 
nip at the time, the ordinary ant’s bite 
is not noticeable. But if a soldier ant or 
a bull ant or a greenhead (an ant about 
1 y 2 inches long with a green head) bites 
you, it is not to be forgotten, because they 
take quite a big piece out. 
Then there are the white ants (not really 
ants, but termites), which cheerfully eat 
the insides out of the beams of the wooden 
houses, and recently have been eating the 
sheet lead on top of the Sydney museum. 
The city fathers thought this was going a 
little too far, so now the ants are preserved 
inside the museum with samples of the half 
consumed lead as a warning to all who 
would allow their appetites to run away 
with them. 
* 
A long-established New York grocer 
displays in his window a basket of 
purplish-brown seaweed labeled “Real 
Irish Dulse.” It does not look very 
attractive to an uninitiated person, but 
to many an exile it brings a vision of 
great rolling waves on the rocky Irish 
coast, and all the unforgotten things of 
an earlier home across the sea. Dulse 
is a seaweed native to Great Britain and 
Ireland, growing abundantly on rocky 
shores, where it is found at the lowest 
ebb of the tide. It has divided fronds 
about six inches long, red when freshly 
gathered, but turning darker as it is 
kept. It is considered very beneficial in 
scrofulous complaints, no doubt due to 
the iodine it contains. It is eaten fresh 
like a salad, and as sold here is con¬ 
sumed as a dainty, just as one would 
eat nuts or fruit. It has a slightly salty 
spiciness of flavor which may not be 
very attractive at first, but for which 
one soon acquires a liking. The grocer 
tells us he imports the dulse from Ire¬ 
land in large casks, his sales averaging 
about 50 pounds a day. He says the 
true dulse does not grow on the At¬ 
lantic coast of America, but that a simi¬ 
lar seaweed is found on the Pacific coast. 
* 
The American National Retail Jew¬ 
elers’ Association, after many requests, 
has given out the following officially re¬ 
vised list of birthstones: January, gar¬ 
net; February, amethyst; March, blood¬ 
stone and aquamarine; April, diamond; 
May, emerald; June, pearl and moon¬ 
stone; July, ruby; August, sardonyx and 
peridot; September, sapphire; October, 
opal and tourmaline; November, topaz; 
December, turquoise and lapis lazuli. 
The aquamarine is less known here than 
in Europe, though now much used in 
artistic jewelry; it is a transparent beryl, 
shaded blue and green, and often of 
great beauty. It is cast up by the sea 
along the shores of England and France, 
and sometimes bought by tourists in the 
latter country under the name of Brit¬ 
tany crystal. Sardonyx is black onyx 
having layers of sard, which is a dark 
red chalcedony; peridot is one of three 
forms of chrysolite. Among jewelers 
the name chrysolite is applied to forms 
of this crystal that are yellow in color; 
the same stone when yellowish green is 
called peridot, and when olive green is 
called olivine. Tourmaline, which has 
peculiar electric properties that render 
it of value to scientific investigators, is 
variable in color—black, blue, green, 
brown, and occasionally clear white. 
The dark blue of lapis lazuli is now very 
familiar, and much copied in imitation 
stones; it is especially attractive when 
set in silver. Lapis beads, strung alter¬ 
nately with beads of chased silver, are 
very beautiful as well as fashionable; 
they are also occasionally seen in com¬ 
bination with beads of cut crystal. 
A Rural Aid Society. 
How we wish that those who are dis¬ 
satisfied or perhaps a trifle disgusted 
with their aid society might have been 
present at the one where the ladies of 
oqr church gathered last week. You 
would have enjoyed every minute. We 
were rather late in arriving, but were 
so cordially welcomed that we were not 
a bit embarrassed about it. The broad 
veranda was filled with busy ladies. 
We immediately found a place among 
them, and took up the work of the day, 
piecing. Then as needles flew in and 
out we settled down to quiet enjoyment 
and observation. 
The quilt piecing engaged the atten¬ 
tion of nearly all. One was embroider¬ 
ing a pillow top and another doing a 
piece of Irish crochet. The quilt was 
being prepared for the annual fair, in 
November. From time to time some 
one made suggestions about this, but 
more thought was given to the events of 
the more immediate future. The details 
of the Sunday-school picnic for next 
week must be planned. Who is to ar¬ 
range the tables? Who will bring 
flowers? Who will go to the city for 
the ice cream? These and many other 
questions are settled definitely, so that 
there need be nothing to mar the pleas¬ 
ure of the children on their gala day. 
Yes, the ice cream is purchased for both 
the picnic and the socials which are held 
from time to time. Everyone remarked 
how much easier this made the work 
and how much more they could enjoy 
the affair than when they worked and, 
worried about making the cream them¬ 
selves. It is delicious, too. There will 
be another social soon, with a short pro¬ 
gramme. The younger people will fur¬ 
nish this, while the older ones do the 
necessary work of serving and dish¬ 
washing. Later this will be reversed, 
and the older ladies will give a pro¬ 
gramme, while the younger ones work. 
There seems no end to the work that 
should be done. The ladies are going to 
take up the church carpets and clean 
them before having the church re¬ 
papered. Besides this, a new organ is to 
be purchased. Yes, it’s the old question 
of a church organ. Who knows how 
many times this has been the subject of 
a church quarrel? We are sure, though, 
it won’t be so here, there is such good 
comradeship with each other and loy¬ 
alty to the church among these people. 
All these things must be done soon, for, 
be it known, the church is soon to cele¬ 
brate its centennial. Isn’t that glorious? 
Think of the good a church might do 
in 100 years! 
While these topics were discussed the 
work went on until the last block was 
pieced. Then, while some assisted the 
hostess in preparing supper, others be¬ 
gan “setting the blocks together.” 
Really, we hated to stop before the 
whole quilt top was finished, but we 
were called to supper. Such a pros¬ 
perous meal as it was! Escalloped po¬ 
tatoes, rolls, salads, cold meats, pickles, 
cheese, cakes and cakes, tea, lemonade 
and blackberry pie. Pie for supper, and 
everybody took a piece! Then a cup 
was passed and everyone gave whatever 
she wished. Such a meal was cer¬ 
tainly worth 25 cents and was much 
better than could be bought for that 
price at a hotel. One of the pleasant 
features of the meeting was the happy 
association of mothers and daughters. 
Mature wisdom and youthful enthusiasm 
are a splendid combination for any so¬ 
ciety to possess. Altogether it was a 
happy afternoon, principally because of 
the harmony which was the keynote of 
every act. e. d. m. 
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