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Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
A CHRISTMAS CAROL. 
The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap, 
His hair was like a light. 
(Oh, weary, weary was the world, 
But here is all aright.) , 
The Christ-child lay on Mary’s breast, 
His hair was like a star. 
(Oh, stern and cunning are the kings, 
But here the true hearts are.) 
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The Christ-child lay on Mary’s heart, 
His hair was like a fire. 
(Oh, weary, weary is the world, 
But here the world’s desire.) 
The Christ-child stood at Mary’s knee, 
His hair was like a crown. 
And all the flowers looked up at Him, 
And all the stars looked down. 
—Gilbert K. Chesterton. 
Once more the Feast of the Nativity 
has come to us, and like the Wise Men, 
we seek to express service and affection 
by our gifts. What shall they be? The 
Little Sister, in her black robe and veil, 
who visits us with a plea for the sick 
and afflicted, tells us the best Christmas 
gift we can offer her is earnest prayer. 
In this she follows the example of the 
Wise Men, who came and worshiped, 
and thus we think Christmas without 
prayer is but a mockery. The prayer 
may be offered in the Winter’s dawn, in 
some dimly lighted church, fragrant with 
the spicy breath of evergreens, or it 
may be merely “the soul’s sincere desire,” 
breathed rather than spoken, while hard¬ 
working hands keep on at their accus¬ 
tomed tasks. 
And next come the material gifts. The 
Wise Men brought gold and frankincense 
and myrrh, and every housewife who ex¬ 
erts her art in the making of a mince pie 
commemorates their offerings, for the 
medieval cooks who invented the original 
mince pie made a manger-shaped “coffin” 
of pastry, and filled it with their richest 
fruits and spices, that Christendom might 
remember the manger at Bethlehem and 
the gifts that were presented before it. 
The gifts of the Magi were a disinterest¬ 
ed and unselfish offering, and thus we 
think that so-called Christmas gifts act¬ 
uated by any other feeling are not Christ¬ 
mas gifts at all. When Priscilla gives 
Persis a showy lampshade, not that she 
wishes to, but because Persis gave her a 
sofa pillow last Christmas, it is time for 
both of them to reform, and join the 
Spugs. ' 
If we have prayer and thank-offerings, 
we are pretty sure to have also, the third 
component of a happy Christmas, and 
that is good will toward men. Some of the 
modern theologians say that the real mean¬ 
ing of the familiar old words is “Peace on 
earth toward men of good will,” but we 
like the old wording best. “Good will 
toward men” surely gives an epitome of 
the Christmas spirit. Some of us need 
to cultivate good will towards the great 
world outside, some towards the little 
world of home. If we could only spread 
the Christmas spirit over the whole 305 
days of 1914, just think what a swing 
this old world would get towards the 
millenium! 
THE RURAL 1ST E W-YORKE 1< 
Four Tested Recipies. 
Good Doughnuts.—Three eggs, one cup 
each of sugar and sweet milk, butter the 
size of a walnut, two teaspoonfuls of 
baking powder and a teaspoonful of 
grated nutmeg or any spice preferred. 
Beat eggs abd sugar light, add the milk, 
the baking powder sifted with a portion 
of flour, nutmeg and melted butter; mix 
with flour as soft as can be handled, and 
fry in deep fat smoking hot. 
Eggless Sour Milk Cake.—One cup 
sugar, one cup sour milk, one-half cup, 
small cup, of shortening, one teaspoon 
soda, cloves and cinnamon to taste, and 
flour to mix stiff. Bake in layers using 
any frosting desired. The above recipe 
is very practical at this time of year. 
Buckwheat Cakes.—When making 
buckwheat cakes, the buttermilk and 
buckwheat should be stirred together in 
the evening and soda added in the morn¬ 
ing. They will be much nicer than if the 
ingredients are all put together at the 
same time. . 
Maple Syrup.—A cheap and excellent 
substitute for maple syrup may be made 
in this manner if one chances to live 
where maple trees grow : It has the merit 
of being similar to the genuine article. 
Shave off the inner bark of sugar or 
hard maple trees and cook it in water 
until the flavor is removed from the bark. 
Strain the resulting liquid through a 
coarse cloth and add granulated or brown 
sugar to make the syrup of the body you 
desire. There should not be too much 
bark used in proportion to the water, as 
the syrup will have better flavor if the 
liquid is not too strong. 
\ MRS. CORA E. GOLDSMITII. 
December 27, 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns ahvays give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
S0S5 Fancy blouse, 34 to 40 bust. With 
long or short sleeves. 8065 Blouse in 
Russian style, 34 to 42 bust. With long 
or three-quarter sleeves. 7842 Fancy 
blouse with or without tunic, 34 to 42 
bust. With long V-shaped or high neck. 
To be worn over any skirt. 7671 Two- 
piece skirt, 22 to 30 waist. With high 
or natural waist line, with or without 
circular flounce that gives tunic effect. 
8067 Two-piece skirt for misses and small 
women, 16 and 18 years. 8079 Three- 
piece skirt, 22 to 32 waist. With high 
or natural waist line. 
7845 Fancy blouse for misses and small 
women, 14, 16 and IS years. With 
straight edges desirable for lace or em¬ 
broidery, separate chemisette, short or 
long sleeves. 7704 Fancy blouse for 
misses and small women, 16 and 18 years. 
With long or elbow sleeves, with or with¬ 
out frills. 8075 Semi-princesse dress for 
misses and small women, 16 and 18 years. 
With long or short sleeves, with or with¬ 
out chemisette. 8073 Two-piece draped 
skirt, 22 to 30 waist. With or without 
train, with high or natural waist line. 
7984 Draped one-piece skirt, 22 to 30 
waist. With high or natural waist line. 
Price of each pattern 10 cents. 
The Home Economics Club. 
In our county a Farm Improvement 
Club has been formed among the farmers, 
to study and devise methods and ways 
of improving soil fertility, raising better 
crops, and tlie betterment of farm con¬ 
ditions in general. As an auxiliary to 
the farmers’ club the women of the coun¬ 
ty, (not farmers’ wives exclusively) have 
formed a club called Home Economics, 
and plans and methods were discussed to 
encourage the study of economy on the 
farm. Not long ago I read in some 
paper of a plan to have a representative 
of the Department of Agriculture visit 
the farmers and their wives and show 
them how to do things. A farmer in 
theory and a farmer in practice are two 
distinct people. A good farmer studies 
his soil and he knows the needs of every 
field better than anyone can tell him; 
however none of us is too old to learn. 
Well, let them come; we can show them 
a good time tramping over our hills and 
fertile valleys, and a lot of good cattle 
and calves (this is a dairy community) 
and wind up with a good square meal. 
They would not have to order the second 
time either to get their fill. 
But back to my subject, a committee 
was appointed to look after the affairs, 
and a prize was offered to the housewife 
who prepared and served the best variety 
of meals for her own table for one 
month. Local clubs were to be organized 
to hold meetings and assist those that 
joined, in planning meals with as much 
variety as possible. They were supposed 
to use fruits and vegetables from their 
own orchards and gardens as much as 
they could. Now who can go ahead of 
the farmer’s wife, with the most strictly 
fresh of the majority of food stuffs from 
their own gardens? 
An accurate record was to be kept of 
materials used, time it took to prepare 
and cost of meals, and copy of bill of 
fare for each day. This was a new idea 
to most of us, and it has not proved to 
be the success we had hoped for, but 
perhaps another year the plans can be 
more fully carried out. Any amount of 
literature on home economics can be had 
for the asking and a good many very 
helpful bulletins on various subjects, are 
published by the Department of Agri¬ 
culture. MRS. R. M. S. 
Two Walnut Recipes. 
Walnut pudding.—One cup molasses; 
V 2 cup butter; one cup hot water; three 
cups flour; one teaspoonful soda; *4 cup¬ 
ful chopped walnut meats; one teaspoon¬ 
ful of ground cloves. Steam two hours. 
Sauce for same: one tablespoonful but¬ 
ter; one-half cup of sugar; one teaspoon¬ 
ful of flour. Mix all to a cream; pour 
over this enough boiling water to make 
it like cream; flavor to suit the taste. 
Aunt Nellie’s nut brown bread.— iy% 
cups white flour; 1% cups graham flour; 
two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Mix 
well together; l 1 /^ cups sweet milk; % 
scant cup molasses; one teaspoonful salt; 
V2 cup walnut meats chopped or broken. 
MRS. G. F. D. 
If every man’s internal care 
Were written on his brow, 
How many would our pity share, 
Who raise our envy now? 
The fatal secret, when revealed, 
Of every aching breast, 
Would prove that only while concealed 
Their lot appeared the best. 
—Pietro Metastasio. 
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