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THE RURAL NEW-YOKKER 
November 2 !), 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE 
THANKFUL FOR. 
Thar’s sumthin’ to be thankful fur, no 
matter how things go— 
In Summer time fur fruit and flowers, 
in Winter time fur snow. 
Thar’s sumthin’ sort o’ pleasant happens 
to ns every day, 
And life's a perfect picnic ef wo look 
at it that way. 
Thar’s always sumthin’ purty fur our 
weary eyes to see— 
The glory o’ the sunset or the blossoms 
on the tree. 
An" always sumthin’ tuneful fur our tired 
ears to hear— 
The children’s voices chirpin’ or the 
robin’s music clear. 
Thar’s always sumthin’ ready fur our 
willin’ hands to do— 
Sum haltin’ steps to help along, sum job 
to carry through— 
No chance to be a-kickin’ when our feet 
are busy gom*, 
No time fur idle growlin’ when we’re 
plantin’ seed an’ sowin’. 
Thar's sumthin’ to be thankful fur, no 
matter how things go— 
No end to all our blessin’s ef we only 
count ’em so. 
An’ even ef you’re out o’ sorts, or sick, 
or sad, or pore. 
Jest thank the Lord you’re livin’ ef you 
can’t do nothin’ more. 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
One’s kitchen ought to be attractive, 
since the average housekeeper has to 
spend so much time in it. A very pretty 
scheme of kitchen decoration was ar¬ 
ranged in blue and yellow. The walls 
were painted pumpkin yellow, while the 
woodwork and chairs were painted deep 
Prussian blue. The kitchen crockery 
was blue and white, and the whole room 
had a liome-like sunshiny look. # 
Cli AN BEERY sandwiches may be used to 
dispose of the last of the roast turkey. 
Butter thin slice's of whole wheat bread 
and spread with a mixture made as fol¬ 
lows: Turn into a mixing bowl a glass of 
cranberry jelly; beat it lightly with a 
fork, add a tablespoonful of minced cel- 
< ry, a cupful of finely chopped cold eliick- 
i n or turkey, a saltspoonful of salt and a 
pinch of paprika. Place the slices to¬ 
gether in sandwich fashion, remove the 
crusts and cut into neat triangles. 
# 
Si*.\ rerib pot-pie is now in season. 
Have the ribs divided and cracked across, 
then put in boiling water and cook until 
almost done. Take out the meat and put 
into a kettle a layer of thickly sliced 
potatoes, then a layer of meat sprinkled 
with salt, pepper and celery salt and 
cover with small squares of baking pow¬ 
der dough, made up as if for biscuits. 
Dot this with bits of butter and con¬ 
tinue with alternate layers of the differ¬ 
ent ingredients until the kettle is nearly 
filled. Have a layer of the dough on top, 
pour in two cupfuls of the liquor in 
which the meat was cooked, cover closely 
and boil for three-quarters of an hour. 
1 ><> not lift the lid of the kettle while the 
pot-pie is cooking, or the crust will be 
soggy. 
Crepe-Paper Rope Basketry. 
(’repo-paper basketry is a new and fas¬ 
cinating craft for the girl at home with 
a little spare time at her disposal. It 
requires no special technic or skill, and 
the materials needed are few and inex¬ 
pensive. 
With four or five rolls of crepe-paper, 
cither green, brown, gray, or maroon, or 
any color that might suit a color scheme, 
a bottle of prepared shellac, some strong 
glue, a tube of library paste, and a few 
sheets of lightweight cardboard, as near 
the shade of the paper you intend to use 
as possible, one can create in a surpris¬ 
ingly short time really beautiful articles, 
serviceable and strong. A pretty work- 
basket, harmonizing with the tone of 
your room, a useful waste-paper basket 
for the library, or a quaintly shaped jar¬ 
diniere for the table fern, can each be 
quickly evolved by deft fingers. Table 
mats, serving plates, and sandwich bas¬ 
kets for the porch, trays, dainty picture 
frames, handkerchief boxes, and even 
vases, can be worked out, in any shape 
to suit the fancy, with this truly won¬ 
derful paper. 
To begin an article you must first make 
a foundation from the cardboard, and to 
do this one must have a pattern. These 
can be bought at some of the paper 
stores, but if you are at all handy with 
pencil and scissors you will enjoy devis¬ 
ing and cutting out your own designs. 
The lovely shapes of the raffia basketry 
make good models for this work easy to 
imitate. 
First sketch one side of the shape you 
intend to use as a model on a piece of 
white paper and cut out. lay this on card¬ 
board and cut out four pieces exactly 
alike, then join the edges of the sections 
with narrow strips of cloth and a touch 
row. It will take several strips of the 
rope for a good-sized work basket. For 
the finish around the edge use a larger 
rope; this is gained by cutting the strips 
10 inches instead of five. 
After the form is covered and quite 
dry it is ready for the finishing touches. 
This is simply a generous application of 
shellac, the orange if a dark paper is 
used and the white for the delicate colors. 
I’ut it on with a soft flat brush, and 
when the first coat is thoroughly dry 
treat it to a second. This gives a soft 
tone to the colors, makes the article 
Mrs. Serene: “Good morning, 
Anty. I guess you’re surprised 
to see me sitting here, instead 
of doing my washing, but I’m 
waiting for the R. F. D. to bring 
my Fels-Naptha Soap I ordered 
from town. I won’t use anything 
else, so I order it by the carton 
by Parcel Post. It won’t take 
long to do the wash after it gets 
here, and it ought to be along 
soon.” 
CRAPE PAPER BASKETS. Fig. 400. 
of paste or glue. For handkerchief boxes 
and some of the simply-formed baskets 
cardboard boxes may be used for foun¬ 
dations, in this case line them smoothly 
inside and out with the crepe-paper be¬ 
fore covering with the rope, using the 
same shade as the rope. 
Now that you have your form ready 
the next step is to make the rope for 
the covering, which is very simple. First 
cut the crepe-paper into five-inch strips, 
running lengthwise of the roll, then shut 
one end of a strip in a bureau drawer, 
and walk to the end side of the room, 
stretching the paper to its fullest length. 
Tie a loop in the end and insert a pencil. 
Hold the pencil at the lower end with the 
right hand, and steady the paper with 
the left; twist the pencil from you round 
and round, using a wrist movement, un¬ 
til the strip is firmly twisted, do not 
loosen your grip on it until the end is 
tied or fastened to something; this may 
waterproof and strong, and lends a pretty 
gloss to the whole. 
The mail tray shown in Fig. 497 is 
very attractive, and useful, too. A piece 
of extra heavy cardboard forms the foun¬ 
dation. The picture is placed in the 
center with a glass over it, then a second i 
piece of cardboard with the center cut 
out to fit the picture, like a frame, is j 
glued to the first. This holds the glass 
and picture firmly in place. The rim of 
cardboard is covered with brown crepe 
rope, and finished with orange shellac. 
The small handles on either side are wire 
covered with paper. They are fastened 
to the form by pushing tin 1 wire back and 
forth through the cardboard before it is \ 
covered with the rope. 
Durable frames for small pictures and 
photographs are made in much the same 1 
manner as the tray. The form for the 
quaint basket with a hoop for a handle, 
has simply a band of cardboard for the 
be a convenient door-knob or the back of 
a chair, or, if you can have a helper so 
much the better, for she can hold it while 
you proceed to twist a second strip in 
the same manner as the first. Now at¬ 
tach the two ends, and twist the two 
strands together, by turning the pencil 
in the opposite direction, and you will 
soon have a two-strand rope, smooth and 
strong. Reel it up smoothly on a strip 
of cardboard, and it is ready for the 
foundation. 
To cover a form with the crepe rope 
begin at the top if it is a basket, box, or 
vase, and at the outer edge if you are 
making a plate, mat. or tray. Glue the 
rope in even rows round and round the 
form until it is completely covered; 
pointing the ends of each strip as it is 
used up and pushing it under the last 
base with a circular piece glued on top. 
The basket is shaped with the hands af¬ 
ter the rope is glued on. but while it is 
still damp. The handle is two lengths 
of small wire covered with crepe paper, 
and joined, lattice fashion, by a third 
piece of the paper-covered wire. The 
sandwich plates and table mats have 
plain circular foundations in the same 
color as the rope used to cover them. 
ROSA MON I) I.A M1* M A N. 
The man who seeks one thing in life, and 
but one. 
May hope to achieve it before life be 
done; 
But he who seeks all things, wherever he 
goes 
Only reaps from the hopes which around 
him he sows 
A harvest of barren rovr ts. 
—Ov.en Meredith. 
Anty Drudge: “No wonder you 
keep so well and young looking 
—doing your work the easy', cool 
way, with Fels-Naptha Soap.” 
Fels-Naptha 
Soap does away 
with a hot fire, 
heavy washboilers 
and back-break¬ 
ing ru b b i n g. 
Clothes washed 
with Fels-Naptha 
are on the line in 
half the time--- 
sweet, clean and 
white and you are 
not all tired out, 
either. 
Fels-Naptha 
dissolves grease 
on pots and pans 
and makes china 
and glassware 
glisten. Use it for 
all kinds of house¬ 
work in cool or 
luke-warm water. 
Follow the direc¬ 
tions on the red and 
green wrapper. 
Better buy it by the box or carton. 
Pels & Co., Philadelphia. 
