lies 
October 25, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
PATCHWORK. 
As oft a little daughter’s well-thumbed 
seam, 
All frayed and soiled in vain. 
As her laborious stitches—oft with tears— 
Unsewed, and sewed again, 
Seem dear and comely to the mother’s eye, 
More dear than all the line 
Unlabored needlework of elder hands— 
So, I doubt not, do mine: 
These clumsy patchwork efforts to be good, 
This brusque and blundering love, 
Perchance find favor when the Parent eye 
Inspects them from above 
—Sarah N. Cleghorn 
in Everybody’s Magazine. 
* 
Eggs au gratin make a nice supper 
dish. Prepare as many hard-boiled eggs 
as there are persons to serve, and make 
a proportionate amount of cream sauce. 
Slice and season the eggs, put in a bak¬ 
ing dish in layers with the sauce, having 
sufficient sauce to cover them well. 
Sprinkle the top with fine bread crumbs, 
and place bits of butter here and there, 
then bake till brown. 
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Walter was spending the Summer 
in the country, says the Woman’s Journal, 
and one afternoon went with his father 
to see the cows milked. 
“Father, where do the cows get the 
milk?” he inquired, looking up from the 
foaming pail which he had been regard¬ 
ing thoughtfully. 
“Where do you get your tears?” asked 
his father. 
After another thoughtful pause he 
questioned : 
“Do the cows have to be spanked?” 
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We referred recently to the inconven¬ 
ience that may arise from lack of birth 
or baptismal certificates. The Children’s 
Bureau of the Department of Commerce 
and Labor (Julia C. Lathrop, Chief) has 
issued a monograph on “Birth Registra¬ 
tion,” which points out the fact that at 
present the United States has no com¬ 
plete record of the number of children 
born. In a considerable number of 
States not even the deaths of babies are 
reported. One of the arguments used in 
favor of establishing the Children’s Bu¬ 
reau was that, through the Department of 
Agriculture, the Government was doing 
more for cattle than for human live stock. 
An incident recorded in this monograph 
on “Birth Registration” shows that the 
Government has not been alone in this 
view. 
A farmer in Indiana left his valuable 
farm in trust to his unthrifty son, to go 
to his granddaughter on her twenty-first 
birthday. When she believed she was 21 
and claimed her inheritance, her father 
disputed her age, saying she was only 19. 
The family Bible was consulted, but the 
leaf with the record was gone. The 
court was in a quandary. At last a 
neighbor remembered that a valuable cow 
belonging to the grandfather had given 
birth to a calf on the day the girl was 
born, and he could swear to the coin¬ 
cidence; perhaps the grandfather had re¬ 
corded the date of the birth of the calf. 
His farm books showed that he had done 
so, and the date of birth of the girl was 
thus established. This story lias a cheer¬ 
ful ending; in too many instances hard¬ 
ships and loss have been suffered because 
of a similar lack of indisputable birth 
records. 
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Another bulletin, issued by the same 
Bureau, is “Prenatal Care,” by Mrs. 
Max West. This is Bureau Publication 
No. 4; the first edition was very quickly 
exhausted, and a second edition has now 
been issued. It completely covers the 
proper care of mother and infant, and is 
written with a sympathetic wisdom that 
will be most helpful to any expectant 
mother. We think women on the farms 
will especially welcome this pamphlet; in 
the cities free lectures, district nurses, 
and other agencies bring matters of health 
and sanitation before even the poorest 
and most ignorant tenement dweller, but 
the woman on an isolated farm must 
work out her problems unaided. Too 
often the expectant mother clouds the 
welcome of her coming child with dread 
and anxiety because of groundless fears 
that would be dissipated by fuller knowl¬ 
edge. A study of this pamphlet will re¬ 
move many anxieties and benefit both 
mothers and babies. We are told that 
Secretary Houston is now communicat¬ 
ing, through the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, with 50,000 farmers’ wives, in an 
effort to learn how the Department may 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
be of most service to them. This is right 
and just, for the farmers’ wife is an 
economic factor; her husband’s matei’ial 
welfare and prosperity depend on her. In 
the city, unless the wife continues some 
gainful occupation after marriage, her 
economic value is in saving; in the coun- 
try she makes as well as saves. 
A number of the farmers’ bulle¬ 
tins sent out by the Department of 
Agriculture have been very helpful to 
women, and no doubt this service will be 
extended. Rural women should avail 
themselves freely of the facilities offered 
both by the Department of Agriculture 
and the Childi’eu’s Bureau. 
Starch Beads. 
Here are directions for making starch 
or paste beads. Take three tablespoon¬ 
fuls each of flour and fine salt, which 
must be made hot; three tablespoon¬ 
fuls of water, and a little dye 
such as is used for coloring Easter eggs. 
Mix the dye with water, stir water and 
flour together, cold, and when quite 
smooth stir the mixture into the hot salt 
and work to a paste. Roll out and cut 
with a small thimble, cut these little 
“biscuits” through once, and roll them 
into l’ound beads. Thread them on wire 
to dry—No. 22 is about the right size— 
remove them carefully, string them on 
thread to oil—using olive oil—then string 
them with gold beads, or any others pre¬ 
ferred. With a little care these paste 
beads may be made very attractive. They 
may be colored with water colors or sten¬ 
cil paints, and scented with oil of roses, 
or any preferred perfume. Should the 
paste be too stiff, simply add a little 
water drop by drop, or if too moist put 
in more flour. subscriber. 
I read an inquiry as to the making of 
stai’clx and salt beads. This formula is 
a Camp Fire secret in our town, but we 
are willing to share it with The R. N.-Y.: 
Heat one cupful of fine table salt over 
the fire until it smokes. While it is heat¬ 
ing take one-quarter cup cornstarch and 
mix to a thin paste with cold water. 
Add whatever coloring or perfume is de¬ 
sired. We use pink with rose or laven¬ 
der with heliotrope, white with lily of 
the valley, blue with violet, red with 
carnation, etc. Take the salt from the 
fire and stir into the starch paste. Now 
knead the mass until smooth, mold into 
small beads and string on hatpins. A 
uniform size may be best obtained by 
shaping a piece in a long roll and cutting 
in even pieces with a knife. These beads 
do not shrink as real rose beads do. 
String between small gold, black or peai’l 
insets. They can be polished by rubbing 
with a cloth slightly moistened with sweet 
oil. . FLORENCE R. SLACK. 
Take one cupful of fine table salt and 
heat it over the fire until it smokes. 
While it is heating take one-fourth cup¬ 
ful of cornstarch, and mix it with enough 
water to make a thin paste, and add 
whatever coloring you desire. Cake col¬ 
oring does very nicely. If you wish the 
beads sweet-scented add any perfume that 
you like. Then take the salt from the 
fire and stir into the cornstarch; this 
makes a soft paste, and should be knead¬ 
ed for a short time; then it is ready to 
mould just as you do rose beads. Put 
pins through them and next day they are 
ready to string. They are very pretty 
when strung with the tiny gold beads that 
can be bought at any notion stoi-e. This 
recipe will make three long strands. 
These directions are copied from “The 
Woman’s Home Companion.” L. L. M. 
Crystals in Jelly. 
Mrs. C. E. T. asks how she could pre¬ 
vent crystals forming in grape jelly. If 
she will try either of the following re¬ 
cipes she will not be annoyed with this: 
To every three pints of the boiled juice 
add one teaspoonful of glycerine, which 
is harmless. One teaspoonful of clear 
sharp vinegar to a pint of juice will in¬ 
sure grape jelly free from crystals. When 
making grape jelly or butter try using 
one-third apples or rhubarb with the 
grapes. This will prevent the fox-mation 
of crystals also. L. B. 
When you have decided to buy a farm, 
be careful not to buy rashly; do not 
spare your visits, and be not content with 
a single tour of inspection. Give heed to 
the appearance of the neighborhood; a 
flourishing country should show its pros¬ 
perity.—Cato, B. C. 234-149. 
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