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THE KURA L, NEW-VORKEH 
February 13, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
WAVE AND' TIDE. 
On the far reef the breakers 
Recoiled in shattered foam, 
Yet still the sea behind them 
Urges its forces home: 
Its chant of triumph surges 
Through all the thunderous din— 
The wave may break in failure, 
But the tide is sure to win ! 
The reef is strong and cruel; 
Upon its jagged wall 
One wave^-a score—a hundred, 
Broken and beaten fall; 
Yet in defeat they conquer, 
The sea comes flooding in, 
Wave upon wave is routed, 
But the tide is sure to win! 
O mighty sea! thy message 
In clanging spray is cast; 
Within God’s plan of progress 
It matters not at last 
IIow wide the shores of evil, 
llow strong the reefs of sin— 
The wave may be defeated, 
But the tide is sure to win! 
—Priscilla Leonard. 
* 
A SBESTOS paper, in 12xl4-inch sheets, 
is offered for covering bread, cake 
or meat that is cooking too quickly in 
the oven. It does curl or turn like or¬ 
dinary paper. Asbestos cloth is used for 
aprons, jackets or overalls where work¬ 
men are exposed to danger from fire, and 
an asbestos kitchen apron would certain¬ 
ly be a safeguard in preserving, trying 
out lard, or other work around the 3tove. 
* 
R OYAL apple pie is a luxurious varia¬ 
tion of the plain type. Line a deep 
pie plate with rich pastry. Core, pare 
and quarter some small, good cooking 
apples. Place a row of the apples around 
the edge of the plate and work toward 
the centre until the pastry is entirely cov¬ 
ered with the fruit. Mix from a half to 
a cupful of sugar, according to the acid¬ 
ity of the apples, a rounding tablespoon¬ 
ful of flour and a saltspoonful each of 
powdered cinnamon and nutmeg. Sprin¬ 
kle this over the fruit and pour in suffi¬ 
cient thick cream to cover the apples. 
Bake without an upper crust in a mod¬ 
erate oven until the apples are tender. 
* 
T HE London “Teacher” gives the es¬ 
say written by a little girl who was 
required to tell whether it was preferable 
to be a boy or a girl. Here are her 
views: 
I would like to be a boy, then I would 
not have to mind the baby and wash up. 
But I could go fishing and play cricket. 
Then I would have the most money spent 
on me. When I grow to be a man I 
would have the easy chair while mother 
washes up, and I would go to sleep. 
When I went out to work, I would earn 
the most money. I would not have to do 
all the washing and drying the clothes 
and ironing. But I could sit and add up 
figures, and other nights I could go to 
meetings and music halls. I like read¬ 
ing, and I could have books from the 
library and read them in the train as I 
was going to work. 
* 
S OME of the most exasperating things 
in family life are small discomforts 
that could be remedied with little expend¬ 
iture of money, time or energy. For ex¬ 
ample, have you ever visited a family 
where all correspondence was done with 
one family pen and an inadequate bottle 
of ink? Whenever any correspondence 
must be attended to, there is a general 
outcry because the pen cannot be found, 
or the last user caused it to balk and 
splutter. A little thought and a very 
few pennies would make writing con¬ 
venient for every member of the family, 
and remove a frequent source of friction. 
It is sad to think, too, how often family 
disagreements arise from a cause quite 
as trivial, and as easily remedied, as this 
one. 
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A RECENT newspaper item tells of a 
New Jersey woman who used arsenic 
instead of baking powder, in making a 
batch of crullers. Three persons tested 
the crullers while warm, and were made 
violently ill, but immediate medical aid 
saved their lives. Few housekeepers, we 
think, would be as careless as this New 
Jersey woman, but the incident may be 
used as a warning. Spraying necessities 
compel the use of several dangerous pois¬ 
ons on most farms. They should be 
kept in some safe and convenient place, 
preferably the “shop” or office, under lock 
and key. Such things should never be 
in the home pantry, or upon a kitchen 
shelf. More than once some dark tra¬ 
gedy, that has clouded a peaceful coun¬ 
try neighborhood, and left behind it the 
wrecks of reputation, could be traced to 
nothing more in its beginning, than hecd- 
lessness in the handling of some poison 
in common commercial use. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering, give number of ‘pat¬ 
tern and size desired. Price of each pat¬ 
tern 10 cents. 
8527 Party Front for 
Misses and Small 
Women, 
IS and 18 years. 
8535 Shirred Gown, 
Small 34 or 36, Me¬ 
dium 33 or 40, Large 
42 or 44 bust. 
6542 Six-Piece Ma¬ 
ternity Skirt, 24 or 26, 
28 or 30, 22 or 34 waist. 
8537 Plaited Skirt with 
' Yoke, 24 to 34 waist. 
8516 Gathered Blouse 
with Belt, 
34 to 40 bust. 
8538 Boy’s Suit, 
2 to 6 years. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
A POPULAR little hat is a small sailor 
shape in satin or faille; the brim is 
narrow, and there are short ends of 
grosgrain ribbon hanging at the back. 
Many of the little hats have these short 
streamers at the back, like the Scotch 
soldier’s cap. 
Faille, the beautiful soft silk so fash¬ 
ionable many years ago, is in high favor 
now, and is offered in many shades at 
$1.25 a yard. It is serviceable for dressy 
little jacket suits as well as gowns. 
Among “made in America” silks are many 
tints in charmeuse; the fanciful names 
given them include Delaware peach, Ore¬ 
gon green, which is an olive shade, Get¬ 
tysburg gray, a beautiful soft bluish 
gray, Rocky Mountain blue, Arizona sil¬ 
ver, a delicate gray, Newport tan, Tux¬ 
edo brown, which is a tan shade, and 
Piping Rock, a soft gray. These silks 
are 42 inches wide, $3 a yard. 
Blouses of sand-colored lace are lined 
with flesh-colored chiffon and though 
made on plain lines are very dressy. Mil¬ 
itary waists of washable crepe de chine, 
with tucked raglan sleeves are $2.89. 
For women in mourning very becoming 
waists of black crepe de chine have col¬ 
lars or vests of white organdie easily 
removed for laundering. 
Dress shields are now made in flesh 
color, for wear under the thin flesh- 
colored blouses so popular. There are 
several styles of washable dress shields 
of soft absorbent material without rub¬ 
ber, doing away with the odor so often 
perceptible with rubberized shields. 
Women's negligee robes of corduroy, 
lined with white silk, were recently of¬ 
fered in a special sale for a price under 
five dollars. They were long loose wrap¬ 
pers with deep collars and revers piped 
with bias folds, in such colors as rose, 
Copenhagen, plum, lavender and navy. 
Corduroy is often sold very cheaply at 
the end of the season, and a wrapper of 
this material is very warm, serviceable 
and handsome. 
More and more we see a little color in¬ 
troduced in the white underwear. One 
nightgown noted had casings of blue ba¬ 
tiste run with pink ribbon. Another 
Empire gown was trimmed with candy- 
striped batiste, while still another had 
a yoke of pink or blue batiste outlined 
with Valenciennes lace. 
New styles in striped and check ma¬ 
dras show clear bright colors; they cost 
from 18 to 45 cents a yard, and are used 
freely in women’s blouses as well as 
men’s shirts. These materials are ap¬ 
pearing in the plain military blouses with 
high collars. 
Scotch gingham at 45 cents a yard is 
as fine and smooth as a Summer silk, and 
comes in a variety of styles, including 
dark blue and green combinations. 
Other fine dress ginghams are 17 to 29 
cents a yard, including many styles in 
black and white. 
More About Buckwheat Cakes. 
1 SAW Mrs. J. G. P.’s request for raised 
buckwheat cakes. I have good luck 
with mine, and will tell her how I do them. 
At noon I soak about one-half cup yeast, 
when soaked take about five pints of wa¬ 
ter, add two-thirds buckwheat, and one- 
third wheat flour till rather a stiff batter. 
Let rise till morning, then add salt, one- 
fourth teaspoon soda, and thin with a lit¬ 
tle water to bake nicely. Having griddle 
real hot they get nice and brown. Set 
aside what batter is not used, and in 
evening add water and flour as before. 
Yeast is not needed till they do not get 
light; then add a little in evening, and 
stir up as before. I bake them from early 
Fall till late in Spring. I should like to 
hear results from those who use this. 
mbs. J. R. B. 
Fried Pies; Pumpkin Brown Bread. 
1 INCLOSE the following recipe for old- 
fashioned fried pies, in answer to 
Mrs. A. M.: One-half cup sugar, one 
egg, salt, iy<i cup sour milk, one even tea¬ 
spoonful of soda, flour enough to knead. 
Roll desired thickness and fill with mince¬ 
meat or dried apple sauce; are brown like 
doughnuts when fried. 
Here is a recipe for pumpkin brown 
bread that I think may be what was 
asked for recently : 1 y 2 cup stewed and 
mashed pumpkin, one-half cup or more 
of molasses, iy 2 cup sour milk, one heap¬ 
ing teaspoonful soda, salt and ginger if 
liked; cornmeal to make a stiff batter. 
Put in tins an inch thick and bake. 
The woman who asked some time ago 
about painting her stove might try the 
asphaltum paint, it is good for lower part 
but I never tried it on top. I have heard 
of aluminum paint being good, but never 
tried it. H. A. L. 
CARBOLATED 
Vaseline 
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. 
A most effective antiseptic dressine wher¬ 
ever the skin is broken or cut; also espe¬ 
cially cood for barber’s itch, insect bites, 
poison ivy and corns. 
Put up in handy metal capped class bottles. 
At drug and general stores everywhere. 
Illustrated booklet describing all the “Vase¬ 
line” preparations mailed free on request. 
CHESEBROUGH MFG.CO. 
(Consolidated) 
60 State Street, New York City 
FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT 
and ORANGES are in 
Prime Condition NOW 
Shipped direct from my grove to any point in 
New York State, EXPRESS 1’REl’AiD, two or 
more boxes in same shipment 
Fit HIT CUT FREKII FROM TREE 
GRAPEFRUIT per box *8.85 
ORANGES “ “ 8.50 
TANGERINES “ “ 8.75 
MIXED “ “ 8.50 
Grapefruit and orange drops 76c per box less than 
above prices. Apply for delivered prices to points 
outside of New York State. State whether large, 
medium, or small fruit desired. Give name of your 
Express Co. Send bank draft, P. O., or Express Order. 
L. A. HAKES, Grower and Packer 
Winter Park, Orange Co., Florida 
and up. We sell every 
make on the market; 
Underwood - Oliver - Smith Premier 
Remington - Royal - L. C. Smith 
Thoroughly rebuilt—me¬ 
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machines and g-iu ranteed 
—at less than half price or 
on easy terms. 
Send for illustrated catalogue 
und price list. 
THE MARCUS COMPANY 
10 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
FROZEN WATER PIPES? 
You will be positively forewarned of a 
freeze-up if you use 
THE JAGEK GAUGE 
a scientific device that indicates thC| 
exact temperature of the water at all 
times. Easy to attach and never gets 
out of oriier. Price $3.00, delivered free. 
Money refunded if not satisfactory. 
Free circular. TIIF. CHARLES J. JiOF.lt CO. 
15 Custom House Street, ' Boston, Mass. 
RIEMER’S 
WOOD SOLE 
Buckle Shoes, $2.50 
High Boots, 4.00 
Just the thing for 
farmers! Light, 
durable, sanitary, waterproof—way ahead 
of leather or metal soles for all farm nnd 
dairy work. Try a pair and be convinced. Send 
money and state size wanted. Delivered by Par¬ 
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or money hack, illustrated booklet free. 
A. H. RIEMER SHOE CO. (Established 1887) 
2911 Vllot St., MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
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Rubber Footwear 
It’ s not by chance that all these 
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Water Street ri' Mishawaka, Ind. 
“The House That fw* Millions for Qualitj" 
Look fotr the 
RED 
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