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THE RURAL NEW-YORKKR 
October 1, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
WHAT GOOD? 
What good does it do to work— 
To toil from sun to sun, 
To weary one’s self so ruthlessly 
At tasks that are never done? 
What good does it do to plan. 
To say, “Thus will I do, but not so?” 
Fate stalks ’twixt the plan and the planner, 
And orders for weal or for woe. 
What good does it do to try 
To make lives of others more bright? 
For could wo make sun or make sky, 
Each sees but with his own sight. 
What good does it do, I wonder, 
To love and wait and yearn,— 
To bear the pain and smile the while,— 
To live and suffer and learn? 
What good does anything do? 
Caust answer for me, my brother? 
Nay, none may answer for me, 
Nor 1 for any other. 
And yet I know that somehow 
Work is better than play; 
And I’d rather be tired from doing 
Than idling all the day. 
And I'd rather plan to do nobly, 
Though Fate may make me do wrong; 
And rather than think of self only 
I'd sing for others a song. 
And Fd rather live and suffer 
And wait and sorrow and yearn, 
Thau never to feel the heartache 
Of the great world through me burn. 
No, none can answer for me, 
And I can answer for none ; 
Of the good that anything does, 
Of the good that anything’s done. 
But think I know why we faint not, 
Why we keep to the open road ; 
Why light streams into dark places, 
Why we struggle along with the load. 
It's because of that wonderful Something 
Which sees in each cloud above 
The lining of gold or of silver— 
Blest Hope, that is born of Love; 
Not the little love of one for one 
That answers to Passion’s call, 
But that mighty force—diviner thing— 
The love of each for all. 
—Elizabeth J. Ilauser in “The Woman 
Citizen.” 
* 
Eggs in Venetian style are well recom¬ 
mended. Soak two ounces of bread 
crumbs in half a pint of milk. When 
the crumbs have absorbed the milk, add 
isix eggs, a pinch of nutmeg, pepper and 
salt to taste. Beat all well together, 
then pour into a pan in which a table¬ 
spoonful of butter has become boiling 
hot, and fry brown on both sides, turn¬ 
ing carefully with a plate. 
* 
It is late to be drying herbs, but if you 
did not store sage, mint, thyme and 
savory before they came into bloom, you 
can cut some of the second growth, dry 
it well, strip the leaves, and put away 
in tins. We are supposing, of course, 
that you have these herbs in the garden; 
they surely ought to be, for they give no 
trouble, and have both use and beauty 
to recommend them. We like to have 
catnip, too, for though we think its 
medicinal virtues very mild, it is warmly 
appreciated by the family cats. Of wild 
herbs the only one we gather is boneset 
or thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfolia- 
tum), which in the form of a hot tea 
is our sovereign remedy for a hard cold 
in Winter. This, while a “granny's 
remedy,” has genuine medicinal virtues, 
and is really useful for colds and ma¬ 
larial affections. 
* 
We notice that under the present law 
in New York City a druggist cannot sell 
paregoric without a doctor’s prescrip¬ 
tion, because of the morphine it con¬ 
tains. Many people regard this familiar 
remedy as so harmless that it is used 
freely, especially in the case of children, 
whereas they would hesitate if it were 
always prescribed, as in the U. S. Dis¬ 
pensatory, as camphorated tincture of 
Opium. We always dilute paregoric 
with twice its bulk of pure glycerine, 
and in this form find it valuable in al¬ 
laying coughs, especially the bronchial 
irritation of old age. But there is no 
doubt that its use has been abused, in 
many households, and that many a 
young child has been drugged into 
quiet by it, to save a careless mother 
some little extra trouble. The ruling 
of the New York Board of Health re¬ 
garding it is a warning as well as a 
safeguard. 
* 
The Autumn season often brings a 
variety of minor ailments which may 
easily pass into serious ills—partly the 
result of climatic changes, and partly the 
result of personal carelessness. If there 
is anything amiss with the water supply 
its results are most likely to be noticed 
at this season. It is one of the blessings 
of the farm that each family may usu¬ 
ally control its own water supply, and 
thus be responsible for its purity or con¬ 
tamination. The old-style country well, 
with all kinds of filth seeping into it, 
is often held up to our scorn, but we 
do not believe it is any more common 
than contaminated town water—indeed, 
the latter is met with so often that it is 
our invariable rule to boil all drinking 
water. Where a farm well is found to 
be contaminated the family affected has 
power to remedy it, whereas the town 
family has no recourse but by boiling and 
filtering. If the various members of any 
household show susceptibility to intes¬ 
tinal disorders at this season, or an 
otherwise unaccountable tendency to ma¬ 
laria, it would certainly be wise to look 
into the water supply. Fresh air, pure 
water, abundant exercise and whole¬ 
some food are the cardinal points for 
good health, and they certainly should 
be within reach on every farm. 
* 
In looking over Fall and Winter 
garments at this season one is very like¬ 
ly to find a new lining needed in a coat, 
and this work seems quite an undertak¬ 
ing to an amateur seamstress. It is not 
so troublesome as it appears. Rip out 
one-half of the lining for a pattern, and 
cut the complete lining by this. If you 
know just how it goes in there is no 
need to leave half the lining in, but 
where experience is lacking this is a 
help. The lining is sewn together, leav¬ 
ing the under-arm seams open. One- 
half is basted in, fitting smoothly along 
the fronts and bottom, then the other 
half of the old lining ripped out, and 
the new lining basted like the first. The 
lining is neatly hemmed in around the 
collar, fronts and bottom, the under-arm 
seams being hemmed down last, gather¬ 
ing in any fullness in this seam. It will 
be noticed that the center back has a 
pleat in the middle from the collar to 
hem, which is sewn flat at top and bot¬ 
tom, but merely pressed into place. This 
causes the lining to give across the 
back, and avoids ripping. The sleeve 
linings are put in last, allowing plenty 
of fullness at the elbow, so it will not 
rip. This lining can be hemmed in 
both at top and bottom, but it is often 
sewn in on the wrong side at the top, 
turned in and hemmed at the bottom. 
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