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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKHTR 
March 14, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
REST. 
I lay me down to sleep, 
With little care 
Whether the waking find 
Me here or there. 
A bowing, burdened head, 
That only asks to rest, 
Unquestioning, upon 
A loving breast. 
My good right hand forgets 
Its cunning now; 
To march the weary march 
I know not how. 
I am not eager, bold, 
Nor strong—all that is past; 
I am ready not to do, 
At last, at last. 
My half-day’s work is done, 
And this is all my part; 
I give a patient God 
My patient heart. 
And grasp Ilis banner still, 
Though all the blue be dim; 
These stripes, as well as stars, 
Lead after Him. 
—Author Unknown. 
* 
One of our readers on the Pacific 
coast w T rote us that violets and Crocuses 
were in bloom, just at the time another 
reader wrote us of the fields of ice sur¬ 
rounding her island home in one of the 
Great Lakes. From our office windows 
at that time The Rural New-Yorker 
looked out on mountains of snow, await¬ 
ing the pleasure of New York’s Street 
Cleaning Department, and those Oregon 
violets, and the bluebirds who were there 
setting up housekeeping, seemed many 
months, as well as many miles away. 
Indeed, with our readers so widely scat¬ 
tered, not only in this country, but also 
abroad, “seasonable” advice has to be 
scattered all over the year, for the house¬ 
keeper in one district may be canning 
berries when her distant sister is look¬ 
ing forward to the first dish of rhubarb. 
* 
We think our recipe for corn chowder 
is extra good. Cut four slices of bacon 
into dice, and fry brown; remove from 
frying pan, put into a deep kettle, and 
put into the fat a small onion, or piece 
of one, about the size of a walnut, shred¬ 
ded fine. Brown the onion, then add 
that and the remaining fat to the bacon 
in the kettle. Then add one pint of po¬ 
tato, peeled and cut into dice, pepper 
and salt to taste, and one quart of boil¬ 
ing water. A stalk of celery, chopped, or 
some green pepper shredded may be 
added if available. Let the chowder 
simmer for two to three hours, stirring 
frequently, so that it does not stick or 
burn. About an hour before serving add 
one can of corn ; when it comes to a boil 
add one cup of hot milk, four crackers 
rolled fine, and a piece of butter the size 
of a walnut. ' Let it come to a boil again 
and serve very hot. 
* 
Miss Julia C. Lathrop, Chief of the 
Federal Children’s Bureau, in her first 
annual report, refers again to the lack 
of a general system of birth registration 
in the United States, which hampers the 
collection of statistics regarding infant 
mortality. She estimates, however, that 
last year 300,000 babies died in the 
United States under one year old. Of 
these 42 per cent, died before they 
reached the age of one month and seven- 
tenths of this 42 per cent, died from the 
result of prenatal conditions, or of in¬ 
jury or accident at birth. That means 
that a great proportion of these hapless 
infants are martyrs to preventable con¬ 
ditions. Setting aside all questions of per¬ 
sonal feeling, of pain and sorrow, what 
an economic waste is here involved! No 
plan for conserving National resources 
can be considered complete without a 
fuller effort to amend the conditions re¬ 
sponsible for this appalling loss of hu¬ 
man life. 
* 
When struggling with the minor 
miseries of chapped bands and cracked 
finger nails, which usually accompany a 
severe cold spell, it must be remembered 
that all constitutions are not alike, and 
a remedy that suits one will not help 
another. Many find vaseline entirely 
useless, if not actually detrimental; 
others get no alleviation from cold cream. 
Glycerine is often useless unless mixed 
with rose water, but we find the mixture 
very helpful; the glycerine alone is often 
very irritating. Clarified mutton tallow 
is really very useful; if a little almond 
oil is beaten into it while it is still warm 
it does not become so hard, and is very 
soothing to the skin. It is also comfort¬ 
ing to rub the hands with almond or olive 
oil before washing them with soap and 
water; this seems to soothe the in¬ 
flamed surface, and prevent further chap¬ 
ping. An old-fashioned ointment, very 
soothing to chapped hands, used to be 
made with elder flowers. Hard mutton 
tallow was clarified by melting in water, 
then skimming off when cold. This was 
then melted in an earthen vessel stood 
in a saucepan of water, and a qunatity 
of elder blossoms, free from stems, added 
to the hot fat. They were steeped for 
about 12 hours, the vessel being left on 
the back of the stove, after which the 
flowers were strained out and the oint¬ 
ment poured into small jars. Some add¬ 
ed a little almond oil, beaten in while 
the ointment was warm. It had a pleas¬ 
ant faint fragrance, and was soothing to 
sore or inflamed skin. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns alicays give 
number of patterns and measurements 
desired. 
S171 Girl’s French blouse dress, 8 to 
14. Adapted to bordered material, with 
Child’s coat, 4 to 8 years. With back 
and sleeves in one, Raglan effect at front. 
Price of each pattern 10 cents. 
No. 383 is a center piece, measuring 
22x22 inches, in chrysanthemum design. 
Stamped on best round thread linen, 36 
inches in diameter, one dozen of 12-yard 
skeins mercerized floss in two sizes, 98c. 
No. 779. Design for a stencil to be 
used for sofa pillows, scarf ends or any 
decorative object and which can be re¬ 
peated to form a border. Stamped and 
tinted on crash with green duck back, 
30c. Stamped on crash iy 2 yds. both 
ends tinted, with floss to work, 35c. 
No. 611. A design of the poinsettia 
flower and leaves suitable for embroider¬ 
ing a sofa cushion or which may be used 
for curtain decoration. Tinted in fast 
colors on tan art ticking, 22x22 inches, 
with green duck back and mercerized 
floss to work, 40c. 
No. 557. A design for embroidering a 
baby pillow, a sofa cushion or a center- 
piece. The pattern measures thirteen 
and one-half by seventeen and one-half 
inches. Stamped on 21x16 inch White 
Pure Irish Linen, with mercerized floss 
to work, 60c. 
Transfer patterns of the above, with¬ 
out materials, 10 cents each. 
Cooking for Diabetics. 
Could you give some recipes for cook¬ 
ing for diabetic patients? It seems dif¬ 
ficult to find many dishes without starch 
or sugar. I should like to hear from 
other readers who have had experience 
in this respect. a. w. g. 
Diabetics must avoid sugar and starch, 
hence potatoes, cereals, dried beans, peas, 
and fruits are prohibited. For beverages, 
buttermilk and skim-milk are given; tea 
and coffee are avoided. Fish, meat, green 
vegetables and gluten bread are the sta¬ 
ples. Perhaps some of our readers may 
be able to help the perplexed housekeeper 
with recipes developed from personal ex- 
perienc. 
To give a book is to enrich the receiv¬ 
er permanently; to put into his or her 
possession something which leaves a 
residuum of pleasure long after the par¬ 
ticular day on which it was received has 
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