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THE RURAIi NEW-YORKER 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 
June Fourteenth. 
O beauteous banner of the free— 
Thou emblem of a nation’s truth, 
Guide thou the sons of liberty, 
America’s courageous Youth ! 
Let never vile intrusion tread 
Upon the soil where thou dost wave— 
O Flag, for which our fathers bled— 
Now honoring the hero’s grave! 
Beneath the sky whose starry ray 
Reveals its thraldom in thy folds, 
We mark thy righteous birth today— 
The world no fairer emblem holds! 
Roll! texture of our blood and soul, 
O’er mart and home, o’er land and sea— 
Above the freeman’s mountains roll! 
Our country, ’tis for thee! 
Far streaming stripes of red and white 
O argent stars in purest blue— 
Forever may those symbols bright 
Wave o’er a land so great, so new! 
May anthems of proud song arise, 
As o’er the State the Colors fly— 
And martial music to the skies 
Proclaim exulting Liberty! 
—Irving Mattick in St. Louis Globe- 
Democrat. 
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Several of our readers have told us 
how they camp out during the Summer, 
renting the farmhouse furnished to Sum¬ 
mer visitors. The farm work is done as 
usual and the farm furnishes all sorts of 
food supplies to the renters. There is 
none of the hard work of keeping board¬ 
ers, and the farm family has a Summer 
vacation at home, while caring for crops 
and stock as usual. One of these farms 
described to us is on the banks of the St. 
Lawrence River, where the beautiful 
scenery and stimulating climate prove a 
great attraction to visitors. The farm¬ 
er's Summer camp is on the river bank, 
and the housewife told us how she did her 
canning and preserving practically out 
<>f doors, and how both she and her young 
baby gained in strength through their 
fresh-air living. Usually it is the visi¬ 
tors who camp out, while the farm house¬ 
keeper goes through the same old rut of 
regular work in a hot kitchen, and this 
change from the customary gives one a 
chance to be “abroad at home.’’ 
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Farmers’ Bulletin No. 053, issued by 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, is 
“Honey and Its Uses in the Home,” by 
Caroline L. Hunt and Helen W. At¬ 
water. It includes a discussion of meth¬ 
ods of cooking, from which it would ap¬ 
pear that some precautions in the use of 
honey, given in old recipes, were quite 
unnecessary. It was found that where 
honey was used, cakes or icing kept fresh 
and moist much longer than where sugar 
was the sweetening agent. Among the 
many excellent recipes given in the bul¬ 
letin is the following for bran brown 
bread. One cup white or whole wheat 
flour, one teaspoon soda, one-fourth tea¬ 
spoon salt, one cup bran, one-half cup 
honey, one cup sour milk, one-half cup 
raisins floured. Sift together the flour, 
soda and salt, and add the other ingre¬ 
dients. Steam three hours or bake 40 
minutes in a slow oven. If the amount 
of milk is increased by one-half, the bread 
is more delicate, and has a higher food 
value. The bulletin contains many deli¬ 
cious recipes for using honey in cakes, 
cookies and desserts. It is stated that 
while honey may be substituted in any 
recipe calling for molasses it contains 
less acid than molasses, and thus requires 
less soda than recipes which do not include 
sour milk or other acid. In sweetening, 
a cupful of honey equals a cupful of 
sugar, but in cake-making, the water in 
honey takes the place of some of the 
liquid called for by the recipe, so in mak¬ 
ing cake one should use honey for sugar, 
cupful for cupful, and for each cupful of 
honey use one-fourth cupful less of the 
milk or other liquid used in the cake. 
Tills is the season when an emery 
cushion is a constant help in sewing. 
The hands become damp with perspira¬ 
tion, and unless the needle is frequently 
cleansed with the emery it becomes 
sticky. An emery cushion for the needle, 
and a piece of wax for obstinate gnarly 
thread, will add immensely to the com¬ 
forts of the Summer sewing basket. 
Some time ago we learned that sweet 
spirits of nitre, used frequently upon a 
developing fever sore, would dry it up 
without trouble, and cause rapid healing. 
It is not so drastic in action as spirits 
of camphor, and yet is a sure remedy for 
these annoying blemishes. We have 
learned now that a corn, when not too 
deep-seated, yields to the nitre also. It 
is applied morning and evening with ab¬ 
sorbent cotton, and with regular bathing 
the corn seems to dry away from the 
foot, and gradually disappear. 
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When cleaning windows, a tablespoon¬ 
ful of kerosene to a quart of water will 
brighten them wonderfully. In Winter, 
when water would freeze on the window, 
they may be cleaned with clear kerosene, 
carefully rubbed off afterwards. Where 
window glass has become milky and 
opaque, as the result of long exposure, it 
can often be brightened by rubbing with 
diluted muriatic acid, followed by polish¬ 
ing with whiting. Remember, however, 
that this acid is a corrosive poison. 
Whiting moistened with ammonia or al- 
The Rural Patterns 
1 In ordering patterns, always give | 
number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each 
pattern 10 cents. 
8626—Surplice Cor¬ 
set Cover, small 34 
or 80, medium 38 or 
40, large 42 or 44 
bust. 
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cohol is excellent for polishing windows; 
it is allowed to dry on and then rubbed 
off, a good rubbing being given afterwards 
to finish the polishing. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
Lace paper doilies, used for putting 
under sherbet glasses, individual bakers 
or cakes are from 35 to 27 cents a dozen. 
Some merely show a lace edge, while 
others are stamped into all-over filet pat¬ 
terns. Little heart-shaped lace-paper 
doilies for putting under molds of ice 
cream are five cents a dozen, and there 
are some of plate size for oysters on the 
half shell, each doily having six oval 
holes for the shells to rest in. These 
little doilies prevent a sherbet glass or 
mold of ice cream from skating around 
on the serving plate as well as giving a 
pretty finish to the service. Many uses 
will be found for them in serving social 
gatherings, where one may find it trouble¬ 
some to keep track of linen—to say noth¬ 
ing of the saving in fine laundry work. 
Screen cloth for seashore windows, 
where the salty humidity quickly rusts 
ordinary wire screens, is made of cotton 
with a wire finish. It costs 15 cents a 
yard. Cotton netting of good quality is 
75 cents for a piece of eight yards. Net¬ 
ting canopies for single beds are $1.75; 
for double beds $2.50. Adjustable frames 
that fold up out of the way when not in 
use are $3. 
Taffeta coats used to be quite plain 
and businesslike, but this season they 
are both elaborate and expensive. 
Among them are plain top coats of black 
or navy taffeta, the white faille collar 
strapped with black velvet; others are of 
light colors, bordered with white fur and 
lined with chiffon. Some very pretty 
models of more conservative style are of 
black charmeuse with a black velvet col¬ 
lar and lining of flowered silk. These 
silk coats cost from $15 to $55, but may 
of course be made at home much less ex¬ 
pensively where one has an opportunity 
to buy materials advantageously. They 
are made for women of all agos, to wear 
over thin dresses; a simple style, prettily 
lined, is always suitable for a middle- 
aged or elderly woman who does not like 
to go out without a wrap at any season. 
In painting porch furniture it would 
be well to get the quick-drying enamel 
paint made for the purpose. It is not 
so expensive as the finer grade of enam¬ 
el, being known as veranda furniture 
enamel, but it dries with a hard shiny 
finish, warranted not to be sticky in the 
hottest weather. This can no doubt be 
purchased from most local paint dealers; 
at a city department store it costs 3G 
cents a pint in dark red and moss, sage 
or leaf green. Other enamel paint is 
3G cents a half pint We have found or¬ 
dinary house paint very annoying on out¬ 
door furniture, because of its tendency 
to become sticky when one leans against 
it in warm weather. 
Very pretty silkoline comfortables 
were noted in a sale at $1.50 each, while 
others with figured mull top and plain 
border were $2.25. Japanese silk com¬ 
fortables filled with wool were $9.50, a 
reduction from regular price. Any farm¬ 
er’s wife who can get lamb’s wool can 
make the lightest and warmest of com¬ 
fortables filled with wool were $9.50, a 
expensive to buy. 
Full double pleatings of maline for 
neck ruffs are $1.49 a yard. Half a yard 
is required for a ruff. The ends of the 
ruff may be finished with ribbon bows, 
or with little bunches of artificial flow¬ 
ers or fruit. Instead of tying the ruff 
close about the neck, it is often pinned 
to the coat lapel at each side, so as to 
remain open in front. Plain black, plain 
white, or white with a hem of black are 
very popular in these ruffs, as well as 
colors to match the suit. 
< )ne of the best wearing materials for 
lining a coat is “two seasons satin.” It 
is 36 inches wide and comes in a num¬ 
ber of colors. It outwears ordinary lin¬ 
ing silks, and was seen in a recent sale 
for 5<S cents a yard, but is usually higher. 
Satin-striped flaxon, all white, is the 
material used in making fine new under¬ 
wear. It launders well, and is very cool. 
Flaxon is a favorite material for shirt 
waists and dresses for women and chil¬ 
dren. Crinkled cotton crepe of lingerie 
quality has been offered at sales as low 
as 10 cents a yard, and makes up nicely 
into underwear. As it does not need any 
ironing, beyond pressing out a few 
creases, it saves laundry work. 
Strawberry Desserts. 
The following recipes are given in 
“The Rural Cook Book.” 
Strawberry Dumplings.—They will re¬ 
quire one egg, a cup of sweet milk, a 
tablespoonful of melted butter, a heaping 
teaspoonful of baking powder, and flour 
enough to make a batter that will be a 
trifle thicker than that which is common¬ 
ly used for griddle cakes. Pour a little 
of this batter into buttered tins, or porce¬ 
lain cups; place a number of well-sweet¬ 
ened berries in the center and cover them 
with more batter; then steam for about 
half an hour. Serve with a sauce made 
by mashing some strawberries and in¬ 
corporating them into an ordinary hard 
butter-and-sugar sauce. 
Strawberry Pudding.—One cup cleaned 
strawberries, place in an earthen bowl, 
set in steamer over a pot of cold water, 
place over the fire; while this is heating 
and coming to a boil make a batter of 
the following: One heaping cup of flour 
with two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking 
powder and one-half teaspoonful of salt; 
sift all together two or three times, then 
add milk or water to make a soft batter 
that will drop easily from spoon. Lift 
the lid of steamer and drop quickly over 
the strawberries, covering them all over 
June 5, 1915. 
Your Best Help 
in Washing 
Clothes 
Don’t Rub—Don’t Fade Your Clothe* 
—Don’t Ruin Your Hands— 
Use Borax. 
20 Mule Team Borax will prove your be«% 
help on wash-day. 
Use Borax on wash-day. Use It with 
any good soap, and you will And that your 
clothes are nover Injured. And both your 
clothes and your hands will remain white. 
The colored garments will not fade and 
the finest woolens will not shrink. Your 
washing -will all come out sweet smelling 
nnd fresh — for Borax purifies as well as 
cleanses. 
Borax will soften the hardest water. 
If a little Borax Is added to the starch, 
the clothes will be glossy and the Iron will 
not stick. 
There are of course many other house¬ 
hold uses for Borax. It will make the 
bath more enjoyable, the dishes easier 
to wash, keep the drains free from germ 
life and make housekeeping easier. 
Sold by all dealers, In convenient 
packages. 
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