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'1'lltC KUKAL NCW-YORKEK 
March 13, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
IN IIIS TIME. 
The Lord, He sends the Summer sun, 
The Lord. lie sends the snow; 
He makes the little brooks to run, 
And makes the grasses grow. 
The strong north winds that freeze and 
bite, 
The singing south wind's call, 
Though they bring fear or bring delight. 
The Lord. He sends them all. 
He sends the blossom laden Spring 
Up to the northern lands. 
And gives the harvest time to bring 
Its treasure to our hands. 
And so I love the wondrous earth, 
Though stern its face may be. 
But, longing, wait the shy Spring’s birth, 
With green of grass and tree. 
Ninette M. Lowater, in New York Sun. 
* 
W ITH all cereals increasing in cost, 
there is more reason than ever to 
avoid wasting bits of bread. Brown 
them in the oven, then roll fine and store 
in closed jars. In addition to their use 
in croquettes, scalloped dishes and pud¬ 
dings, we are told that some of these 
finely rolled crumbs may be used in cook¬ 
ies. to replace some of the flour called for. 
* 
W HEN cleaning gloves with gasoline, 
put them in a glass jar. and stand 
this in hot water, covering the receptacle 
and leaving it over night. There is lit¬ 
tle rubbing required, most of the soil be¬ 
ing removed by this soaking. After the 
gloves are well dried by hanging in the 
open air, let them lie in a warm place; 
this helps to remove the odor of the 
cleaning. We usually lay them on a 
paper on top of a steam radiator. 
* 
A N inquiring woman wrote to the edi¬ 
tor of the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, 
asking whether, as an authority on cook¬ 
ing, he would advise her to parboil a 
goose. The editor responds as follows: 
A woman who parboils a goose, a chick¬ 
en, or a turkey should be arrested and 
sent to a detention home. There is no 
surer way to make good fowl taste like 
basswood than to parboil it: and no ani¬ 
mal is so old that it should have to en¬ 
dure that foolish treatment. Dry pick 
your goose, put him or her. as the case 
may be in the oven so, use your head and 
your basting spoon and trust to Provi¬ 
dence, and you will be rewarded. Par¬ 
boiling is one of the crimes of a degen¬ 
erate age. 
E GG veloute is a simple but delicate 
way of cooking eggs which will be 
relished by an invalid; it is very diges¬ 
tible, and gives a pleasant change from 
the monotony of poached eggs. Allow 
one tablespoonful of milk to an egg. Beat 
the egg, add the milk, then beat again. 
Season with salt and pepper, and strain 
through a fine sieve into an individual 
baker or mold that has been very thor¬ 
oughly buttered. Place in a pan of boil¬ 
ing water until the egg is firm. Serve 
either in the little dish in which it was 
cooked, or turn out on toast. It has a 
very smooth velvety texture. 
* 
O F all afflictions of the feet, bunions 
seem most painful and most obstin¬ 
ate in yielding to treatment. Many suf¬ 
ferers seem to regard them as external 
callosities, that may be removed like 
corns. This is a mistake; bunions are 
due to a distorted joint of the great toe, 
caused originally, in most cases by a 
shoe that was too short, or other¬ 
wise ill-fitting. There can be no per¬ 
manent relief without trying to restore 
the proper shape of the toe joint. 
One of the things advised is to have 
stockings made like mittens, with a sep¬ 
arate compartment for the great toe. In 
very bad cases special shoes are made 
which have a peg to hold the large toe 
separate from the others. The sufferer 
must, first of all, have long straight 
shoes, with a good width of toe. Anti¬ 
septic cotton may be used as a sort of 
plug to keep the afflicted toe separate 
from the next one; then a felt plaster 
put over the inflamed joint to keep the 
shoe from rubbing. Bathing in warm 
water containing witch hazel or bicarbon¬ 
ate of soda relieves the pain, but do not 
paint the swollen joint with strong ap¬ 
plications “warranted to take away 
corns.” Relief is slow, in any case, but 
can only come through a return to nor¬ 
mal conformation of the toe. Anyone 
suffering from foot troubles has the great¬ 
est need for exacting cleanliness, as 
abraded skin may give entrance to septic 
infection. This is especially true where 
ingrowing nails are concerned, blood 
poisoning being induced, in more than one 
case in our knowledge, by the use of 
soiled cotton batting under the nail. An¬ 
tiseptic cotton should be kept in a ster¬ 
ilized jar for such uses. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number and size desired. Price of each 
pattern 10 cents. 
8583 One-Piece Dicss, 
34 to 42 bust. 
8590 Chemisettes with 
Closed and Open Necks* 
One Size. 
8580 Girl's Dress, 
4 to 8 years. 
8584 Short Coat for 
Misses and Small 
Women, 
16 and 18 years. 
8588 Boy’s Suit, 
4 to 8 years. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
S IDE-LACED shoes for women are 
among the new models; they lace up 
the inner side, just like the old-fash¬ 
ioned ones worn in the days of hoop- 
skirts, and have a quaint appearance 
with the short full skirts. One pair seen 
were of bright yellow suede with a little 
pointed tip of black patent leather. The 
wearer walked along quite unconcerned 
though everyone tvho caught sight of 
those remarkable shoes turned to look at 
them. 
An electro-dean silver pan is one hav¬ 
ing wires soldered to the bottom which 
generate a slight electric current in a 
salt and soda solution. One tablespoonful 
of baking soda and one tablespoonful of 
salt are dissolved in each quart of water. 
The articles to be cleaned are laid in the 
pan and covered with the solution. After 
a brief submersion the silver is rinsed 
in clear water and dried with a soft 
cloth. It is bright and clean without any 
rubbing. The single pan 5x10x3% inch¬ 
es. is $1.25, increasing in price with size. 
Very pretty blouses in white linen or 
crepe de chine are plain tucked models 
having the high roll-over collar, cuffs and 
front hem scalloped and finished with a 
narrow binding of colored linen, pink, 
blue or lavender. 
Young girls’ Spring suits are seen with 
a loose sack coat having gold buttons and 
a military belt, the colors being sand, 
black, navy or Belgian blue. Another 
pretty coat has a round yoke in front 
and four box pleats in the back, held 
down by two buckles. 
A smart new collar is a high soft hand 
of black satin or corded silk, having at 
the top a frill of organdie or voile edged 
with a thread-like line of black. 
The military belt is a narrow band of 
black patent leather with plain gilt buck¬ 
les; sometimes it has rows of buttons, or 
a cavalry piping of yellow. 
Veranda tea tables consist of two re¬ 
movable bamboo trays and a folding 
frame; they cost $5, and are very at¬ 
tractive. These were noted at a shop 
making a specialty of picturesque furnish¬ 
ings for bungalows and country houses, 
including many foreign novelties. The 
same store has old-fashioned rag carpet 
for $1 a yard. 
Sterling silver pendants set with semi¬ 
precious stones are $2; they are very 
artistic in hand-made settings. Earrings 
of the same type are $3.50. 
Readymade separate skirts of black 
taffeta were made very wide, with several 
cordings joining the flaring sections like 
flounces; they had quite a crinoline ef¬ 
fect. and were priced at $9.75. Separate 
skirts in tweed, gabardine and corduroy 
are moderately wide, buttoned down the 
front, and finished with patch pockets; 
a very useful style. Semi-made skirts of 
plaid, box pleated, are $4.50 up. 
A kitchen set of crockery jars to hold 
tea, coffee, cereals, spices, etc. consisted 
of 15 pieces, large and small. The crock¬ 
ery was white, decorated with quaint de¬ 
signs in blue, and having the name of the 
contents printed on the front. During a 
special sale this set was $3.19. 
Wired bows for hat-trimming are made 
of ribbon from one-lmlf inch to two inch¬ 
es wide. A narrow hem is turned along 
one side and stitched with machine, the 
hem being just wide enough to run the 
wire through. The bow can then be bent 
or twisted into any shape desired. What 
is called the “exposition bow” has four 
loops and one pointed end, spread out in 
a bow-knot shape. Little bows in shape 
like a lovers’ knot are made of the nar¬ 
row ribbon, twisted and often slightly 
shirred on the wire. These bows, made 
up, cost from 45 cents to $1.75, accord¬ 
ing to width and quality. Another pret¬ 
ty hat trimming consists of a flat rosette 
four to six inches across, made of inch¬ 
wide ribbon closely side-pleated, with a j 
six to eight-inch stick-up in the middle. I 
made of two pieces of wired inch-wide j 
ribbon. This cost made up $1.75. 
Old-Fashioned Fried Pie. 
I REMEMBER of hearing my mother 
tell about cooking fried pies for the 
men when they were going rafting logs 
on the Connecticut River. This is the 
way she made them: Take the regular 
doughnut dough, cut out in circles, place 
a couple of tablespoonfuls of dried ap¬ 
ple sauce on one half and fold over, 
moisten the edges and be sure they are 
crimped firmly together. Fry same as 
doughnuts. The sauce was made of dried 
apple (not evaporated) soaked over 
night and stewed soft, sweetened, and a 
little cinnamon and nutmeg added. The 
doughnut dough was made of one cup 
sour milk or buttermilk, one cup sugar, 
one teaspoonful soda, a little salt and 
nutmeg. Mix soft. If sour inilk is used 
add one tablespoonful of cream or one 
teaspoonful of lard to shorten. 
MRS. N\ I.. H. 
Kalamazoo 
Stove Co. 
Kalamazoo* 
Mich. 
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