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THE RURAL, NR W-YORRRR 
September 27, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
GOLDENROD. 
When the wayside tangles blaze 
In the low September sun ; 
When the flowers of Summer days 
Droop and wither, one by one, 
Reaching up through bush and brier, 
Sumptuous brow and heart of fire, 
Flaunting high its wind-rocked plume, 
Brave with wealth of native bloom— 
Goldenrod ! 
When the meadow lately shorn, 
Parched and languid, swoons with 
pain. 
When her life blood, night and morn, 
Shrinks in every throbbing vein, 
Round her fallen, tarnished urn 
Leaping watch fires brighter burn; 
Royal arch o’er Autumn’s gate, 
Bending low with lustrous weight,— 
Goldenrod ! 
In the pasture’s rude embrace, 
All o’errun with tangled vines, 
Where the thistle claims its place, 
And the straggling hedge confines, 
Bearing still the sweet impress 
Of unfettered loveliness. 
In the field and by the wall. 
Binding, clasping, crowning all, — 
Goldenrod T 
Nature lies disheveled, pale, 
With her feverish lips apart,— 
Day by day the pulses fail, 
Nearer to her bounding heart; 
Yet that slackened grasp doth hold 
Store of pure and genuine gold; 
Quick thou corniest, strong and free, 
Type of all the wealth to be,— 
Goldenrod ! 
—Elaine G. Eastman. 
* 
As a variation in succotash, add 
cooked strained tomato sauce to the corn 
and beans instead of milk. Use a liberal 
amount of butter, and season well. 
* 
A Southern recipe for cornmeal bat¬ 
ter cakes calls for coarse yellow meal 
and thoroughly sour milk. Turn into a 
mixing bowl 1 % cupful of cornmeal and 
pour over 1% pint of soured milk, letting 
it soak over night. In the morning beat 
in two eggs, a scant half cupful of flour, 
one teaspoonful of baking soda, two heap¬ 
ing teaspoonfuls of sugar and half a 
teaspoonful of salt (the dry ingredients 
should be all mixed together). Beat the 
batter well, let it stand for a few min¬ 
utes and bake in small cakes on a heated 
soapstone griddle. 
* 
An investigation into the food fur¬ 
nished by the contractors to immigrants 
at Ellis Island is now in progress in New 
York. It appears that the incoming 
citizens get a very poor impression of 
American apple pie, as that offered them 
is made of cores and skins, with the ad¬ 
dition of 17 currants or raisins to each 
pie. One pie sampled had no filling at 
all—it merely had a dash of color on 
the top which looked as though it might 
be put on with a brush. There was com¬ 
plaint of rancid butter, bad meat and 
short weight sandwiches, and it was also 
said that no proper provision was made 
for infants and their mothers. It was 
stated that the contractors were allowed 
only eight cents per head for each meal, 
and that it was impossible to supply 
wholesome food at such a price. We hope 
the immigration authorities will reform 
conditions, and give these strangers a bet¬ 
ter idea of American products and cook¬ 
ery than they now receive at Ellis 
Island. 
* 
The New York Tribune tells how a 
party of New Yorkers were touring 
through New England and a flat tire 
brought them to a stop on the edge of a 
farm district which was not included in 
the itinerary. While the men watched 
the repair work and helped, the women 
went to the tiny store near by, which was 
a fine specimen of the real country type. 
“You have lots of signs up,” said one of 
the women to the storekeeper, “but none 
to show the name of the proprietor.” 
“We had one,” said the man, "but I took 
it down to get even.” “I don’t under¬ 
stand,” said the woman. “Well, you 
see,” the man replied with a twinkle, 
“I was in New York last Spring and, 
walking on Fifth Avenue, I came to a big 
store without any sign. I asked a man 
whose place it was. ‘You must be a jay,’ 
the fellow said. ‘Everybody knows that 
—it’s Altman’s.’ Well, I was one who 
didn’t know. Now I am even. I knew 
some one from New York would come 
here some day and ask about my place. 
Everybody around here knows TJnele 
Pete’s place—we don’t need a sign.” 
A recent swindle, brought before a 
New York court, was a fake employment 
agency, which offered to secure excellent 
positions as cloak models for inexperi¬ 
enced young women. Applicants were 
all assured that they could get well-paid 
positions, but were told that their figures 
needed the improvement given by a spe¬ 
cial high-class corset, which would cost 
$10. Some paid $10, and received an 
ordinary cheap corset in return; others 
paid what they could. Then they found 
that there were no positions waiting, and 
some of them reported offensive treat¬ 
ment from firms to whom they were sent 
to ask employment. This was a case 
where city girls had an experience simi¬ 
lar to the rural women wko respond to 
“easy-work-at-home” frauds. In this 
case, even if the victims are unable to 
prove fraud concerning the money ex¬ 
torted from them, the perpetrators of the 
fake are within scope of the law because 
they have been conducting an employ¬ 
ment agency without a license. It was 
the opportunities this business affords to 
all sorts of rogues that caused the pass¬ 
age of the law compelling all employ¬ 
ment agencies to submit to license and 
inspection. 
Seedling Cannas and Dahlias. 
I want to tell your “farm wife” readers 
how easily they may have a beautiful 
Ganna bed at the smallest possible cost. 
On the 18th of May last I planted two 
packets of “Crozy Ganna” seed, mixed 
colors, which cost me 10 cents per pac¬ 
ket. I first filed the seed, grasping each 
seed between thumb and finger and rub¬ 
bing it on a plow file until a tiny white 
spot could be seen. I then planted them 
in an ordinary cold frame (such as any 
housewife may herself construct with a 
few boards and an old window sash), 
they were up in a week, and grew rapidly, 
and now, September 8, have been bloom¬ 
ing for more than two weeks, and one 
variety has flowers 4% inches across 
This one is rich yellow with tiny red 
spots sprinkled over the petals; others 
are the darkest glowing red I ever saw 
in Cannas; one even has a velvety sheen. 
One brilliant red has such peculiarly 
formed flowers that I have named it 
“Red Wing.” Try this fascinating pas¬ 
time of growing Cannas—and Dahlias, 
too—from. seed. It is such pleasure to 
look forward to the new colors and forms 
as they unfold their beauties to reward 
us. Of course I water seedling plants 
every evening after the weather gets 
warm, and as soon as one lot of plants 
are taken out another lot of seed takes 
their place in the plant bed. I now have 
Marguerite carnation and Canterbury 
bell plants ready for Fall planting, and 
hardy clove pinks, of which seed may 
he had for 10 cents per packet, and which, 
sown this Summer, will give such a 
wealth of bloom early next Summer that 
from the bed raised from two packets of 
clove pinks we cut baskets full of flowers 
in June to send away to hospitals and 
missions in the city. Cactus Dahlia seed 
comes at 10 cents the packet, and I have 
18 fine plants from one packet planted in 
early May, which are now coming into 
bloom, some of them very beautiful new 
varieties. All these lovely things are so 
easily grown they ought to brighten life 
on every farm. mbs. j. c. 
Sunshine and Spice Cake. 
Sunshine Cake.—One cup granulated 
sugar, three-quarter cup rrour, four 
whites and five yolks of eggs. Sift sugar 
and flour separately three times. Beat 
whites of eggs with pinch of salt, add one- 
third teaspoon cream of tartar, beat till 
stiff. Stir in sugar lightly, then the well- 
beaten yolks, stirred in thoroughly, and 
lastly the flour and grated rind of a 
lemon. Bake 40 to 50 minutes in a tube 
pan. 
Spice Cake.—One-lmlf cup hutter, one 
cup sugar, creamed together; one-half 
teaspoon mace, one-half teaspoon cloves, 
one teaspoon cinnamon; one cup sour 
milk, one-half cup nut meats or raisins; 
two cups flour, into which one teaspoon¬ 
ful soda has been thoroughly sifted. Bake 
in a loaf. mrs. e. b. v. a. 
A creed is a rod 
And a crown is of night; 
But this thing is God, 
To be man with thy might, 
To grow straight in the strength of thy 
spirit. 
And live out thy life as the light. 
—Swinburne. 
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Wearing Rubber Boot, That’s 
Why They Are So Popular 
Here is a boot made by the largest Rubber 
Company in the world, that you will find hard 
to peel, tear or crack. It’s made to meet every 
demand you put it to; and the satisfaction that 
it is giving thousands of farmers is proof that 
it will satisfy you. 
There are ten thousand “Elephant Head” 
Rubber Boots being sold a day. 
ER BOOTS 
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Made of the Best Grade of Fine Para 
Rubber. 
-made of extra strong duck. 
—reinforced at every point. 
All the best dealers carry “Elephant 
Head” Brand Rubber Boots in all 
lengths and you can depend on them 
to carry the best of everything. 
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RUBBER CO. 
Woonsocket, R. I. 
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