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THE} RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
THE WONDER CHILD. 
A source of endless wonderment 
Is he whose years are three; 
No weariness to him is sent— 
Each day ends blithesomely: 
We wonder that such little feet 
Can tread such paths of play; - 
We wonder at the laughs that greet 
The close of longest day. 
He drags his precious plunder out 
From cupboard full of toys, 
And, with a gladsome, wholesome shout 
He spends the day in noise; 
We wonder at the scars he shows, 
The scratches and the burns; 
In wonder to his tattered clothes 
His patient mother turns. 
But most of all we wonder how 
His eyes grow deeper blue. 
And how his charming baby brow 
Grows yet more fair and true; 
We wonder how his smile wins more, 
And cheeks show more of rose— 
And how new freckles still swarm o’er 
That tiny, sunburned nose. 
—The Denver Republican. 
* 
Corset bags, as sold in the shops, are 
merely narrow bags closed with a draw¬ 
string, in which the garment is placed 
when not in use. Made of linen, with 
a little briar-stitched hem for the tape 
to run in, and a briar-stitched wreath 
in the center, such a bag costs 50 cents; 
more expensive ones, costing up to $3 
or $4, are made of Dresden ribbon or 
heavy flowered silk. 
* 
Shellac is food whether people desire 
to eat it or not, according to the Gov¬ 
ernment officials. The cause for this de¬ 
cision is a suit for violation of the pure 
food laws, brought against a firm in 
Boston which shipped adulterated shel¬ 
lac to a southern candy manufacturer. 
It appears that shellac is used to give 
a gloss to cheap candy, and though the 
defendant in this case claims that shel¬ 
lac is no more food than house' paint is, 
the Government holds to its contention. 
Somehow, candy glossed with shellac 
does not sound desirable for the juvenile 
digestion, and we hope that Uncle Sam 
will make things unpleasant for those 
who use it. 
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The Youth’s Companion says that an 
Englishman traveling through Ceylon 
describes in the London Telegraph a 
startling experience that befell his host¬ 
ess at a dinner in Trincomalee. 
The dinner was excellent, but when it was 
about half over I was startled by hearing 
my hostess tell the native servant to place 
a bowl of milk on a deerskin near h'er 
chair. 
Although she spoke as calmly as if giv¬ 
ing an ordinary order, I knew at once that 
there was a snake somewhere in the room, 
for these creatures prefer milk to anything 
else. As a hasty movement might have 
meant certain death, we all sat like statues; 
but for all that, our eyes were inspecting 
every nook and corner of the room. How¬ 
ever, it was not until the milk was placed 
on the dearskin that the snake appeared. 
And then, to our amazement, a large cobra 
uncoiled itself from my hostess’ ankle, and 
glided toward the bowl, where, of course, 
it was immediately killed. 
Imagine the nerve of the woman, although 
she fainted when the snake lay dead on 
the floor. How many could have remained 
motionless under such circumstances? 
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Some of the prettiest of the Easter 
pot plants are climbing roses of the 
Rambler type. When their bloom is 
over they can be planted out in the 
garden, and while they will not make 
much show the following year, the sec¬ 
ond season afterwards they should be 
in good condition to bloom freely. 
Plant them out after frost is over—for 
they are quite tender after their green¬ 
house forcing—cutting back the tips and 
weaker shoots and the faded flowers. 
Give a good chance in properly prepared 
soil, and they should grow well. We 
take a good deal of pleasure in such 
plants, which remain a permanent re¬ 
minder of their giver, as well as a con¬ 
tinued source of pleasure. 
New Zealand is now said to have 
the lowest infant death rate in the worTd 
—65 to the thousand: that of the United 
States is put at 149, and that of Russia 
268. New Zealand is an equal suffrage 
country, and in 1911 88 per cent more 
women voted than men, though men are 
in excess in the population. There is 
no child labor in New Zealand, the 
working age being 16 for boys and 18 
for girls. Boys are not permitted to 
sell papers on the streets or do mes¬ 
senger service after six o’clock in the 
evening. One of the most surprising 
things about those young countries that 
lie under the Southern Cross is the way 
they have taken ideas we still look upon 
as Utopian dreams, and translated them 
into everyday fact. 
A Dinner Wagon. 
The Utah Agricultural College Ex¬ 
periment Station has issued a very use¬ 
ful circular on “Labor Saving Devices 
for the Farm Home,” by Leah D. Widt- 
soe. Among the suggestions offered is 
the use of the handy “dinner wagon.” 
figured in the accompanying illustration. 
The circular says: “In homes where it is 
necessary to have a separate kitchen and 
dining room, it should be considered 
necessary to have a so-called “dinner 
wagon,” an illustration of which is 
given. This dinner wagon can be made 
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A DINNER WAGON. 
by anyone who knows how to handle 
tools at all, and as you see, is in reality 
a two or three-story table on wheels. 
This should stand near the kitchen stove, 
and on it should be placed everying re¬ 
quired for the meal. It can be wheeled 
into the dining room or to the table, and 
then set aside until required to move 
everything from the dining table back 
to the kitchen. Think of the countless 
steps saved by the use of such a simple 
little appliance as this.” 
Scotch Scones. 
Will some of the readers tell how to 
make the real Seoteh scones as they are 
made in Scotland? I am only one of a 
large number who would like very much to 
learn the art of making them. s. l. b. 
Scotch scones are variable, for there 
are many recipes, and most good Scotch 
cooks have their own particular meth¬ 
od. Plain soda scones are very like our 
tea biscuit, but usually cooked in one 
flat, round cake, whole or divided in 
four, instead of small biscuits, either 
baked in the oven or more usually 
cooked on a girdle (griddle), the scone 
being split and buttered hot. The fol¬ 
lowing are familiar recipes, but we 
should like further information from 
Scotch cooks. One of our Scottish 
friends who baked her scones in the 
oven in this country told us that she 
always cooked them on a girdle in “the 
Land o’ Cakes” because it was more 
convenient in her old-country kitchen. 
Girdle Scone.—One pound flour, one 
small teaspoon salt, one level teaspoon 
soda, one full half pint of milk (or 
buttermilk), two level teaspoons cream 
of tartar. Mix the flour, salt and cream 
of tartar together. Mix soda in a little 
of the milk, add to flour and with the 
rest of the milk make into a light dough. 
Use a fork, making it as light as pos¬ 
sible. Turn it out on a floured board. 
Divide in two parts. Make each into 
a ball, and flatten them with the palm 
of your hand till about half an inch 
thick. Mark in eight divisions. Lift 
carefully on to a greased griddle and 
bake on top of the stove one-half hour. 
Scotch Scones.—Sift together a quart 
of flour, a teaspoonful of soda and a 
teaspoonful of salt. Work in three 
tablespoonfuls of butter and mix with a 
pint of thick sour milk. Turn the paste 
onto a well floured board and, kneading 
and handling as little as possible, cut 
into sections which can be rolled into 
rounds the size of a dinner plate and 
.about one inch thick. Cut each of the 
rounds into four sections and bake on 
a hot, slightly greased griddle. When 
brown on one side turn and bake on the 
other. The cakes should rise until they 
are thick and fluffy. It is important 
that they should be cooked through. 
They should be eaten hot. 
Little Scones.—Prepare plain pie crust, 
adding one-fourth teaspoon of soda 
melted in warm water. Roll out to the 
thickness of one-third inch, cut into 
rounds the size of a dollar, and bake 
on the top of the stove on a griddle, 
light brown on both sides. They should 
taste like the crust biscuit of the top 
baking. When ready to serve, open 
these hot, butter well and spread with 
raspberry jam. This tea cake makes a 
dainty relish. Always add the soda 
melted in warm water the last thing to 
the flour. _ 
Vinegar from Hard Cider. 
Can you toll me of something that I can 
put into hard cider to turn it into vinegar? 
B. L. 
Exposure to the air and sun heat will 
turn cider into vinegar. The “hard” 
stage is merely one phase the cider 
passes through before becoming vinegar. 
In a cold cellar it may be a considerable 
time before vinegar is formed. The 
process may be hastened by putting one 
barrel above the other, and letting the 
cider drip slowly along a wooden trough. 
In vinegar factories the cider is slowly 
dripped through shavings. The idea is 
to expose as much surface to the air as 
possible. 
Common Sense Care of Babies, by 
Mary Busby Austin. This is a very 
unpretentious little book, but written 
with obvious knowledge and understand¬ 
ing. It covers the baby’s care from its 
first bath as the new-born infant, and 
the simplicity of the instruction given 
avoids much that often puzzles a young 
mother in a more elaborate treatise. 
The advice about diet, cleanliness, sleep, 
etc., is all very good. The table of in¬ 
fectious diseases will be found very 
helpful. So much elaborate instruction 
is now given by professional baby cul- 
turists that we think many inexperienced 
young people are almost afraid to use 
their own judgment in the care of a 
cherished first baby, and we are glad 
to welcome such a useful little book that 
suggests the experience of a wise and 
practical mother. Published the 
author, Indianapolis; 57 pages, paper 
covers; price, 50 cents. 
TEA BY PARCELS POST 
A pound package of our tea, extra choice grade, 
either Oolong, Gunpowder, Orange Pekoe, Young 
Hvson, Ceylon, or Japan, quality usually sold at 
SU cents, la'id down at your door for 49 cents. If you 
want to try it first, send 2 cent stamp for sample 
good for 12 cups. Agents wanted in every town- 
McKinney & company 
188 State Street, - Binghamten, N. Y. 
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WE SHIP ON APPROVAL 
without a cent in advance, to 
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LOW FACTORY PRICES perfected methods and 
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SECOND-HAND BICYCLES —a limited number taken In 
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April 12, 
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“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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Drudge, now tell me what you 
think of our farm, and the 
way we do our work? You see 
I always keep plenty of 
Fels-Naptha Soap on hand!” 
Anty Drudge —“I never saw a 
finer, better-kept farm. Every¬ 
thing is so prosperous looking. 
But I’d expect no less of a sen¬ 
sible woman like you. Your 
home looks like a Fels-Naptha 
Home always looks!” 
Every woman 
who wants to feel 
well, and look 
young, should use 
Fels-Naptha 
Soap. It saves 
half the labor of 
housekeeping. 
Does the work 
in less than half 
the time, and bet¬ 
ter than it was 
ever done before. 
Fels-Naptha Soap 
does the best work in 
cool or lukewarm 
water, without hard 
rubbing and scrub¬ 
bing. It cuts grease, 
makes clothes white 
and sweet, china and 
glassware glisten, and 
pots and pans shine. 
Follow the directions on the Bed 
and Green Wrapper. 
Fels & Co., Philadelphia. 
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