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THE RURA.lv NEW-YORKER 
September 3, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
OUR DUTY HERE. 
What is our duty hero? To tend 
From good to better—thence to best; 
Grateful to drink life's cup—then bend 
Unmurmuring to our bed of rest; 
To pluck the flowers that round us blow, 
Scattering our fragrance as we go. 
And so to live, that, when the sun 
Of our existence sinks in night. 
Memorials sweet of mercies done 
May shrine our names in memory's light; 
And the blest seeds we scattered bloom 
A hundred-fold in days to come. 
—Sir John Bowring (1792-1872). 
• 
WEbb-fitting gored skirts of khaki, 
buttoned down side or front, so that 
they can be laundered easily, are offered 
for camping and other hard wear. They 
would often be .cry useful in the coun¬ 
try for walking or driving, especially 
during a long drought, for road dust 
grinds into woolen goods in most de¬ 
structive fashion, and yet there are many 
times when one does not wish to wear a 
light wash skirt. 
* 
The New York Board of Education 
has decided to add farming to its cur¬ 
riculum, and the Board of Estimate has 
granted $2,200 to be expended in pre¬ 
paratory work. Farm implements, seed, 
etc., are to be purchased, and next 
Spring children in some of the congested 
parts of the city are to be instructed in 
farm topics. It is believed that such in¬ 
struction will tend to draw people from 
the city to the country, and thus relieve 
congestion. 
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One of our friends says that a little 
orange is a desirable addition to either 
plum or quince preserve, giving a very 
pleasant flavor. With a 10-pound basket 
of quinces she uses three oranges; with 
plums, “just what you think right.” The 
yellow part of the skin is grated off and 
added to the preserves, and the pulp cut 
into small pieces, the tough white part 
of the rind being rejected. The heavy 
richness of quince gains sprightliness 
from the orange. 
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The hat box in a trunk is usually 
fitted with tapes to hold the hat in place 
when packed for traveling, but a lace 
or net hat is often knocked about be¬ 
cause the tapes do not hold it well. One 
of our friends packed a net hat so that 
it “stayed put” by using four artist’s 
thumb tacks pressed through the brim, 
near the wire at the edge, so there was 
no risk of tearing. The hat was put in 
the hat box of the trunk, and the tacks 
pressed through the brim to the wood 
beneath, thus keeping the hat in place 
without any risk of tearing. 
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Seafoam is one of the most delicious 
homemade candies. Dissolve two cup¬ 
fuls of sugar in one-half cup of hot 
water, then add one-half cupful of table 
sirup, and boil until a little dropped in 
cold water will harden. Have the whites 
of two eggs beaten very stiff, pour the 
boiling candy, a little at a time, over 
these, beating all the time. Add one 
cupful of nut meats minced very fine 
and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat 
until a little dropped on a plate will 
stand up in shape, then drop by spoon¬ 
fuls on clean wrapping paper, from 
which they are easily removed when 
cold. 
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One of our friends is making a beau¬ 
tiful flounce for a fine white petticoat 
with handkerchiefs. Women’s fine em¬ 
broidered handkerchiefs having a hem¬ 
stitched border are used, five of them 
being required. The handkerchiefs are 
cut in half, and the short ends joined 
together with strips of insertion to form 
a continuous flounce. The hemstitched 
edge is used for the bottom, and has a 
row of insertion and a row of lace edg¬ 
ing, while the upper edge has a row of 
insertion, with above it a heading of 
fine nainsook to make the flounce the 
depth required. The handkerchiefs give 
the effect of a series of panels, and make 
a very handsome flounce. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
A very fashionable princess tunic is 
shown in No. 6726. It will be found 
useful in making over, as well as in a 
new costume. In this case one of the 
fashionable silks is braided with rat-tail 
cord but the tunic will be found avail¬ 
able for a great many different materials. 
It is charming made from the silk, it 
is admirably adapted to pongee, it would 
be very handsome as well as serviceable 
made from linen, while it is well adapted 
to combinations for it can be used with 
a skirt of contrasting material. If a 
6726 Princesse Tunic, 34 to 42 bust. 
shorter effect is wanted the panel can be 
cut off to the length of the side portions. 
The tunic is made with the front and 
back panels, the side portions of the 
waist and skirt. The closing is made 
at the left of the hack. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size is 
4 yards 24 or 27, 3^ yards 39 or 32 or 3 
yards 44 inches wide, soutache according 
to design. The pattern 6726 is cut in 
sizes for a 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inch 
bust measure; price 10 cents. 
The small cut shows 6667, accordian 
plaited blouse, sizes 32 to 40 bust; 6741, 
long or short kimono, small, medium 
and large; 6725, girl’s dress with bloom¬ 
ers, sizes 4 to 8 years; 6739, flounce 
skirt, sizes 14, 16 and 18 years; 6742, 
girl’s bloomers, sizes 6 to 12 years. 
Late Tomatoes. 
Tell Charity Sweetheart if she wants 
ripe tomatoes into December to pick 
the green ones after the frost has nipped 
the vines, put them into tin or wooden 
pails or boxes (not more than a peck in 
each) and cover them up and put them 
in a cool, dark, dry place. Look them 
over once in a while and take out the 
ripe ones. I ate the last of mine Decem¬ 
ber 29 last year. MRS. L. s. e. 
Candied Peaches. 
Can ybu tell me how to make candied 
peaches and have them stay in halves? 
E. M. H. 
Pare and halve enough large peaches 
to weigh two pounds. Make a syrup 
with one-half pound of sugar and a 
cup of water by boiling together for five 
minutes. Drop the fruit in and cook 
gently until tender, then drain out and 
spread on plates. Boil the syrup until 
fairly thick, and pour over the fruit. 
Place the plates in a warm oven; turn 
the fruit over frequently until dry. Roll 
each piece in granulated sugar and put 
in hot sunshine. Let stand in sun an 
hour or two. When cooled pack in lay¬ 
ers between waxed paper. 
Curing Hams. 
If R. G. will try this recipe of mine 
for curing hams I will warrant he will 
have good ones, not too salt or tough 
either, and will keep till butchering time 
comes again. It was given to me more 
than 30 years ago by a butcher, who told 
me then I would find it good for beef, 
pork or mutton, and I have always found 
it prime and good. Let the meat lie for 
a week to get out the animal heat, then 
pack it in a good sweet barrel. Make 
a brine to cover the meat in this way: 
To one gallon of water add a pint of 
Turk’s Island salt, dry measure, round¬ 
ing; one ounce saltpetre; one-half pint 
molasses; make enough brine to cover 
the meat; let stand in this brine seven 
weeks. Then take out and let the hams 
hang up for two or three days to dry 
off, then send to be smoked, which takes 
a week or 10 days to have done well, as 
we like our hams brown, not black from 
the smoke. Then we hang them upstairs 
in a northwest room, which we make as 
dark as midnight, and they hang there 
till we eat them up, with no care, only 
to look at them once in a while to see 
if those hairy worms get to them; if so, 
put on powdered borax and they will 
leave. Our hams weigh from 20 to 25 
pounds, and I can give anyone that calls 
to see us a slice of good ham any time 
between now and December 1, as we al¬ 
ways have ham on hand till we butcher 
again in December; it is the farmer’s 
standby for meat, or at least is ours. 
MRS. HOWARD SMITH. 
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