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THEt RURAU N tC W-YOkKKR 
September 19, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
TIIE LITTLE THINGS. 
If you are sighing for a lofty work. 
If great ambitions dominate your mind 
Just watch yourself and see you do not 
shirk 
The common little ways of being kind. 
If you are dreaming of a future goal. 
When, crowned with glory, men shall 
own your power, 
Be careful that you let no struggling soul 
Go by unaided in the present hour. 
If you are moved to pity for the earth. 
And long to aid it, do not look so high 
You pass some poor, dumb creature faint 
with thirst; 
All life is equal in the eternal eye. 
If you would help to make the wrong 
things right 
Begin at home; there lies a lifetime 
toil. 
Weed your own garden fair for all men’s 
sight 
Before you plan to till another’s soil. 
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 
* 
T HE following Winter relish is sent to 
us with a strong recommendation: 
Two quarts of white onions, two heads of 
cabbage, six gx-een peppers, six heads of 
celery, two heads of cauliflower, two 
quarts of green tomatoes, six red peppers 
and one ounce of celery seed. Sprinkle 
with salt and let stand over night. In 
the morning drain and cook until tender 
in a sauce made by mixing two cupfuls of 
flour with three pounds of brown sugar, 
an ounce of tumexdc and a gallon of vine¬ 
gar, Be careful to see that the flour 
forms no lumps. 
* 
A MONG new knit goods we see military 
capes. They come a little below the 
waist, and are close, without any ripple, 
knitted in the same plain ridge as sweat¬ 
ers. They are seamed down each side, 
having armholes which ai'e closed by flat 
dark buttons. There is a close military 
collar of contrasting color, and four flat 
brass buttons at the neck. The favorite 
style is dark blue with dark red collar. 
This is a very warm and comfortable gar¬ 
ment to use like a sweater, and not dif¬ 
ficult to make. The new sweaters this 
Fall are shaped to the figui’e more than 
last year. 
* 
T HE Atchison Globe says that swind¬ 
lers have begun to use the C. O. D. 
of the parcel post. A package is offered 
a victim, marked like this: “Two dol¬ 
lars paid, collect $3.” The money is paid 
and the package opened it is found to 
contain a pair of worthless spectacles, or 
something of the sort. Authorities are 
after the swindlers. This is a thing to 
be borne in mind on rural routes, for 
country people are vei’y likely to be se¬ 
lected as victims. Of course the swind¬ 
ler must get the address first, and this is 
often secured through a response to an 
advertisement in some irresponsible paper. 
* 
A T a children’s pai’ty held on the 
porch one Summer day, each child, 
on arriving, w 7 as taken to a shady place 
where a number of flower pots w T ei'e 
spread out like a flow r er bed. They were 
filled with dry moss, and each one had a 
fancy label bearing the name of a little 
guest, who was asked to sow' a seed in 
the pot. After games and refreshments 
the children went to look at their flower 
pots, to find each one displaying a make- 
believe plant, formed by “planting” a 
spray of paper flowers in each pot. At 
the root of each make-believe plant was 
a little fancy box containing candy. 
* 
A MONG the hundreds of women who 
marched with emblems of mourning 
in New York recently, as a protest 
against wmr, was one young French girl. 
She explained to a neighboring marcher, 
as they waited for the signal to fall in, 
that she “just had to march,” to express 
her feelings towards war. She was alone 
in New York, her father and mother 
both dying here within a few months. 
Her two bi’others were both in the Fi-cneh 
army; she was unable to communicate 
with them in any way, and did not even 
know whether they still lived. So she 
had secured the privilege of a few hours 
off, for she was a girl who had to earn 
her daily bread and, clad in her mourning 
garments, marched as a living protest 
against the blind force that had entangled 
her hard-working life in its net. 
Home Canning. 
HERE is an increasing intei’est in 
commercial canning at home. The 
U. S. Department of Agriculture has been 
instrumental in forming canning clubs 
among farm women and girls, and in a 
“News Letter to Crop Correspondents” 
issued August 26 they give a table which 
tells how long different products must be 
cooked in the cans. The Department rec¬ 
ommends the use of commercial canning 
outfits, and on application to the Office 
of Farm Management, U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., will 
give a list of reliable firms that make 
different kinds of commercial canners. It 
is admitted that good results are ob¬ 
tained with nothing moi’e ambitious than 
the customary wash boiler, but one valu¬ 
able feature of these commercial portable 
canning outfits is that they may be han¬ 
dled by children as well as by older per¬ 
sons, and young girls who are trying to 
green tomatoes, four pounds granulated 
sugar, one cup water, two ounces pre¬ 
served ginger. Wash tomatoes and cut 
in pieces, add remainder of ingredients, 
and cook two hours, or until clear. Strain 
through a coarse strainer to remove seeds. 
Put into sterilized jars and seal. 
Green Tomato Conserve.—For one 
peck of green tomatoes, slice six lemons 
without removing the skin, but taking 
out the seeds. Put to this quantity six 
pounds of sugar and boil until transpar¬ 
ent and the syrup is thick. Ginger root 
may be added if desired. 
Green Tomato Preserves.—Required, 
eight pounds of smooth gi’een tomatoes, 
seven pounds of sugar, one ounce of gin¬ 
ger and mace mixed and the juice of four 
lemons. Piei’ce each of the tomatoes with 
a fork and put them in the preserving 
kettle with all the other ingredients. 
Heat slowly, then boil until the tomatoes 
are clear, then skim them out and boil 
Canning Time Table. 
[In “Size of can” column, No. 2 and No. 3 are standard sizes, about equivalent to 1 pint and 1 
quart, respectively.] 
Products to be canned. 
Size of 
cans. 
No. 2, 
pint. 
No. 3, 
quart. 
I. 
Home¬ 
made 
hot-water 
bath 
outfi ts,; 
at 212°. 
II. 
Water- 
seal 
outfits, 
214°. 
III. 
Steam 
pressure 
cooker, 
5 pounds 
or more. 
IV. 
Pressure 
cooker, 
10 pounds, 
or moi’e. 
Apples,whole or sliced,for pie filling 
3 
Minutes. 
15 
Minutes. 
15 
Mi mites. 
12 
Minutes. 
6 
Apricots. 
3 
15 
12 
12 
6 
Asparagus and other greens. 
2 or 3 
60 
60 
45 
35 
Apple cider. 
2 or 3 
20 
15 
12 
10 
Beans, lima or string. 
2 or 3 
90 
60 
60 
30 
Blackberries, dewberries. 
2 or 3 
12 
10 
6 
3 
Cherries, peaches. 
2 
15 
12 
10 
5 
Corn (without acids). 
2 
240 
180 
60 
40 
Grapes, pears, plums. 
2 
15 
15 
10 
6 
Hominy. 
3 
f»0 
50 
40 
35 
Huckleberries. 
2 
10 
8 
6 
3 
Okra and tomatoes combined. 
2 or 3 
50 
50 
40 
30 
Peas, beets, carrots, etc. 
2 
60 
60 
45 
35 
Pineapple. 
2 or 3 
30 
25 
10 
10 
Raspbei’ries. 
2 or 3 
15 
12 
8 
5 
Sauerkraut. 
3 
60 
50 
40 
25 
Sweet potatoes. 
3 
80 
70 
60 
40 
Strawberries. 
3 
15 
12 
8 
5 
Tomatoes. 
2 or 3 
22 
20 
10 
6 
Tomatoes and corn. 
2 
80 
70 
60 
40 
Grape juice. 
2 
15 
15 
10 
5 
Quince. 
3 
30 
25 
15 
10 
Tomato juice. 
2 
20 
20 
15 
10 
Pumpkin and squash. 
3 
60 
60 
45 
35 
Fish, pork. 
2 
200 
200 
120 
60 
Chicken, beef. 
3 
250 
240 
180 
40 
Figs. 
3 
30 
20 
10 
5 
Rhubarb. 
3 
15 
15 
10 
5 
learn how to can may use them out of 
doors without interfering with the routine 
kitchen work. There is also a commer¬ 
cial portable hot-water hath outfit which 
may be purchased to take the place of the 
home-made outfit. 
In the table column No. I refers to the 
home-made outfit, which is nothing more 
than a washboiler. No. II is a water- 
seal outfit, hot water and steam com¬ 
bined. This shortens the time of boiling. 
The third or fourth canning outfits (Nos. 
Ill and IV), depend entirely on steam 
rather than hot water for cooking the 
fruit or vegetables and are eahed “steam- 
pressure cookers.” The cooker with five 
pound pressure (No. Ill) does the work 
in much quicker time than the water- 
seal outfit, and the cooker with a pres¬ 
sure of 10 pounds or moi-e (No. IV) in 
some instances will accomplish the work 
in half the time needed for the five-pound- 
pressure cooker. For example, corn may 
be satisfactorily prepared in the five- 
pound-pressure cooker in 60 minutes and 
in the 10-pound-pressure cooker in 40 
minutes. 
For altitudes of 4,000 feet or more 
above sea level add about 25 per cent, 
time to this schedule. 
Canning Meat. 
I HAVE canned pork, beef, corned beef 
and fresh. Cook the same as for the 
table, season and take out all the bone 
and pack in glass cans same as you use 
for fruit. Fill to overflowing with the 
meat and liquid, seal up and put in a 
dark place. I have known many other 
women to can meat also. Be very sure 
that you pack it solid and have no air 
bubbles left. mrs. j. w. h. 
Green Tomato Preserves. 
L AST Fall you printed a recipe for 
green tomato preserve with ginger. I 
have lost the paper and valued the re¬ 
cipe very much. Would you repeat it? 
MRS. C. E. M. 
We printed two recipes for green to¬ 
mato preserves last Fall, which we re¬ 
peat, together with a third from the 
Rural Cook Book which has been popular. 
Green Tomato Jam.—Four pounds 
the syrup until thick. Put the tomatoes 
into jars and pour in the hot syrup. 
In hope and fear persistent more and 
more . . . 
Whilst day and night I carry in my hand 
The golden key to ope the golden door 
Of golden home. 
—Christina G. Rossetti. 
We’ve been 
pleasing 
people for 
28years 
We’ll please you 
or refund 
pour 
money 
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The best fish in the world are brought 
into Gloucester. We get the first selection and de¬ 
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packages, with the sea flavor retained. 
The best vegetables in the world are 
brought to our dock, after being packed, accord¬ 
ing to our standard, where they grow, in order to 
assure proper freshness. 
The best fruits in the world are un¬ 
loaded at our wharf from Native Orchards, the 
South, the Pacific Coast and Across the Seas. 
No matter where you live, we guar¬ 
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ucts from Ocean, Farm and Orchard, packed as they 
grew and packed to keep. 
We sell 
direct to you 
— never 
through 
dealers 
Express free 
on $3.00 
orders 
east of 
Kansas 
OUR SEA FOODS range from the Mackerc 
(fresh or salted). Codfish (fresh or salted) Sal 
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native waters, to the specialties of Italy, France 
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OUR FARM PRODUCTS include all the goo 
things that grow in or near the ground, spccia 
cures of bacon, dried meats, pork-and-bcans an 
other New England goodies. 
OUR ORCHARD SPECIALTIES are gatherei 
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Mrs. Suburbs: —Oh, Anty Drudge 
were you on this late train, too? 
I’ve worried all the way home 
for fear I’ll oversleep to-morrow. 
I want to wash all my blankets, 
and I’ll have to get up before 
five or I won’t get them done. 
Anty Drudge :—If you do them 
my way you needn’t worry 
about getting up so early. I’ll 
step around to-morrow about 
nine o’clock, and show you how 
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You’ll be buying it by the box, 
like I do, after to-morrow! 
Fels-Naptha 
Soap makes 
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soft and wooly as 
when new, be¬ 
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hard rubbing to 
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and soaking is not 
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and last twice as 
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for about thirty 
minutes, in cool 
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All your house¬ 
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as easily and 
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disappears, and 
grease dissolves. 
Fels-N apth a 
cleans porcelain 
tubs perfectly. 
Buy it by the box or carton and 
follow the directions on the Red 
and Green wrapper. 
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