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THE RURAIi N LC W-YORKER 
September 5, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
THE NEUTRAL LANDS. 
God’s pity on the neutral lands 
That had no wish to fight, 
The little lands of fruitful peace 
Now given to the blight. 
The meeting ground of deadly hosts, 
Their burning cities smoke, 
Their trampled fields are drenched with 
blood. 
Their streams with corpses choke. 
God’s pity on the women’s hearts 
That had no wish for war, 
The women’s hearts that bear all men 
And bloody strife abhor. 
Now they may only wait and fear 
And weep the brave and true, 
Each bursting shell must lay them waste, 
Each sword must pierce them through. 
—McLandburgh Wilson in the New York 
Sun. 
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Three farm hands who received prizes 
for long service in the same employ at 
an agricultural show in Devonshire, Eng¬ 
land recently had each worked for one 
employer for over 46 years. 
* 
Welfare workers in Liverpool, Eng¬ 
land. have started a plan for giving hard¬ 
working mothers a weekly half-day off. 
It is stated, with reason, that there are a 
great many difficulties in the way of the 
plan. Since the subject has been brought 
up, we wonder how many farm house¬ 
wives take a weekly half-day off? Why 
shouldn’t the household factory shut 
down long enough for mother to catch her 
breath? 
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Embroidery cotton, the soft-finished 
sort, is just right for darning table linen, 
which is difficult to mend with twisted 
sewing cotton. The same kind of embroid¬ 
ery cotton is often a convenience for 
darning fine colored stockings; it is not 
always possible to match the fancy col¬ 
ors now worn with ordinary darning cot¬ 
ton. Another use for the soft twisted 
embroidery cotton is to make buttonholes 
in cotton or linen garments. One gets a 
better effect than with sewing cotton, and 
the work is more quickly done. 
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Roast pigeons are prepared as fol¬ 
lows : Select plump pigeons, pluck and 
draw. Rub the inside and outside lightly 
with salt and pepper. Make a stuffing 
of equal parts of chopped celery and 
bread crumbs, seasoned with a little 
minced onion and a pinch of powdered 
sage. Moisten this stuffing with milk and 
melted butter. Stuff the pigeons with tea¬ 
spoonfuls of this mixture, dropped in 
lightly. Place a thin slice of fat bacon 
over the breast of each bird, securing it 
with a small metal or wooden skewer. 
Lay them in a buttered pan, breast up¬ 
ward, and roast in a moderate oven. 
Cook the giblets in a little salted water, 
Chop fine and add to the drippings in the 
roasting pan. Thicken with flour and 
add water sufficient to make the gravy. 
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Most of us have seen some of the 
elaborate old-time patchwork quilts which 
had cut-out patterns in colored calico ap¬ 
plied on a white foundation. This style 
of work is now quite fashionable, not 
only for quilts, but also for cushions, ta¬ 
ble covers, curtains, etc. The designs, 
cut out, the raw edge turned under, are 
felled with tiny stitches to the founda¬ 
tion. Some put the work in an em¬ 
broidery hoop, which enables one to hold 
it in position better, but this is not really 
necessary. Each separate piece of the 
design is cut out carefully. A card¬ 
board pattern may be laid on the fabric, 
and then the outline marked in pencil; 
it should be cut a little larger, so as to 
give turning. Solid colored chambray is 
often used for the colored design. One 
elaborate piece of this applied patchwork 
was a pair of portieres of unbleached 
crash with a design of tall hollyhocks 
across the bottom, the flowers and buds 
being varying shades from pale pink to 
deep red. A wreath of ivy in different 
shades of green decorated a cushion, 
while another pretty design was a wreath 
of morning-glories, pink, blue and laven¬ 
der. The materials for this work are 
very inexpensive, and yet it offers great 
possibilities if the work is neat and the 
maker displays good taste. We once saw 
a beautiful quilt, made before the Civil 
War, that was a fine example of applied 
patchwork; each block had a lattice bas¬ 
ket of brown filled with pink tulips and 
their green foliage. The materials were 
colored calico on a white ground, and yet 
the accurate regularity of the design and 
the exquisite stitchery made it a work 
of art. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering always give number and 
size of patterns desired. Price of each 
pattern JO cents. 
7820, Girl’s dress in Russian style. Cut 
in sizes 10 to 12 years. Size 12 requires 3 y 2 
yards of 36 inch material with iy 2 yards 
27 inches for trimming. 8269, Girl’s 
guimpe dress. Cut in sizes 4 to S years. 
Size 6 requires 2 yards of 27 or 36 inch 
material for dress, % yard 36 for 
guimpe, with % yard 18 inches for yoke. 
7479, Semi-princess dress for misses and 
small women. Cut in sizes 16 and 18 
years. Size 16 requires 4 yards of 36 or 
44 inch material and % yard 18 inch wide 
for collar and cuffs. 7429,- Girl’s guimpe, 
with kimono sleeves. Cut in sizes 4 to 
12 years. Size 18 requires 1 yard of 36 
or 44 inch material with iy> yards of 
banding. 7495, Girl’s box plait dress. 
Cut in sizes 6 to 12 years. Size S re¬ 
quires 3 yards of 36 inch material with 
% yard of 27 inch for trimming. 
8223, Plain guimpe. Cut in sizes 34 to 
42 bust. Size 38 requires 1 *4 yards of 27 
or 36 inch material for guimpe without 
sleeves and 1% yards 36 inches with 
sleeves. 828S, Blouse with yoke and 
sleeves in one. Cut in sizes 34 to 40 
bust. Size 36 requires 2y t yards of 36 
inch material. 8247, Semi-prineesse gown. 
Cut in sizes 34 to 44 bust measure. Size 
38 requires 4y 2 yards of 36 or 44 inch 
material with % yard 27 inch for collar 
and cuffs. 7784, Four-gored skirt. Cut 
in sizes 22 to 34 waist measure. Size 28 
requires 4 yards of 36 inch material. 
8010, Deep yoke skirt for misses and 
small women. Cut in sizes 16 and 18 
years. Size 16 requires 4% of 36 inch 
material with y 2 yard for yoke. 
Trouble With Starch Beads: 
I noticed in your paper rules for mak¬ 
ing salt and starch beads. I have nev¬ 
er tried making beads, but a friend of 
mine made some that I thought very pret¬ 
ty, but when the damp, warm Summer 
weather came the beads became very soft 
and out of shape. I suppose the damp¬ 
ness in the air had dissolved the salt. 
Can you tell me if others have the same 
trouble with salt and starch beads that 
my friend has had, and if so do you know 
of anything to prevent this trouble? 
A. G. W. 
R. N.-Y.—IVe should like experience 
from others on this subject. 
Tomato Eggs. —Cut some thick slices 
of tomato, dip each into flour seasoned 
with salt and pepper, and fry. Make 
some rounds of toast; butter these, lay 
the tomatoes on them, and put a poached 
egg on each; sprinkle with chopped pars¬ 
ley. 
Spanish Eggs. —Cook two cups of raw 
tomatoes with a chopped up sweet pep¬ 
per, frying the two in a tablespoonful of 
butter. Add paprika, salt and a teaspoon¬ 
ful of finely minced chives and reduce to 
half the quantity, which will take about 
ten or fifteen minutes. Toast slices of 
white bread, put poached eggs on top and 
pour over the tomato and pepper sauce. 
Serve at once. Chopped onion may be 
substituted for the chives. 
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Name- 
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Mrs. Gruff —Mrs. Funmaker has 
just been here asking me to join 
the afternoon literary club! As 
though I had time or strength 
to waste over books. I told her 
I spent all my time over the 
washtubs, dishpans, and scrub¬ 
bing floors. 
Anty Drudge —You’re a foolish 
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O 
tha Soap, let it do the hard part 
of your work, and join the 
ladies in their pleasure. Fels- 
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or boiling; will 
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slime; clean por¬ 
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your whole house, 
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Pull directions are on the Red and 
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FELSNAPIHA 
