THIS K.URAL NEW-YORKER 
925 
fills of milk, one scant cupful of pastry 
flour, one level teaspoonful of baking 
powder, the whites of two eggs and three 
drops of almond extract. Cream the but¬ 
ter and add the sugar gradually; then 
add milk and flavoring. Sift the flour, 
measure a scant cupful and add it grad¬ 
ually. Add the powder and the whites of 
the eggs beaten stiff. For the icing boil 
together one cupful of sugar, half a cup¬ 
ful of cold water and half a tablespoon¬ 
ful of vinegar until it spins a thread. 
Then beat the white of one egg until 
stiff, pour over it slowly the slightly 
cooled syrup, add the flavoring and beat 
until it begins to thicken. 
The winner of the second prize in this 
class was an English chocolate cake, so 
unusual to American palates and so de¬ 
licious that it created quite a little whirl 
of excitement. It was entered by Miss 
F. Brooks, of London, and called for 
half a pound of grated chocolate, half 
a pound of butter, six ounces of sugar, 
four eggs, one tablespoonful of warm 
milk, a quarter of a pound of flour, two 
ounces of rice flour, one teaspoonful of 
baking powder (rounded) and one tea¬ 
spoonful of vanilla. Cream the butter 
and sugar together and add the chocolate 
dissolved in the milk. Beat the eggs and 
add them. Then add the flour, rice flour 
and baking powder gradually. Mix well 
and bake in a loaf pan for one hour in 
a moderate oven. 
Mrs. Julius Metzger sent a wonderful 
orange layer cake, perfect in grain and 
very delicate, which won the first prize. 
The recipe called for two ounces of but¬ 
ter, two cupfuls of sugar, three eggs, 
three-quarters of a cupful of milk, the 
juice and rind of one orange, three and 
a half cupfuls of flour, and five level 
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix the 
butter and sugar together and add the 
eggs, well beaten. Add the grated rind 
and juice of the orange; mix thoroughly; 
then add the milk and flour gradually, 
first sifting the latter with the baking 
powder. Bake in three layers. For the 
filling dissolve three tablespoonfuls of 
cornstarch in one cupful of milk and add 
the yolks of two eggs. Let two cupfuls 
of milk come to the boiling point, with 
six tablcspoonfuls of sugar, and stir in 
the dissolved cornstarch, stirring until 
thick and smooth. Add the juice and 
rind of half an orange. Spread between 
the layers when cool. For the icing, add 
five tablespoonfuls of water to two cup¬ 
fuls of confectioner’s sugar and one ta¬ 
blespoonful orange juice. Stir until 
smooth enough to spread. 
The Helpful Kitchen Shears. 
The younger housewives are using 
shears instead of a knife for cutting both 
meats and vegetables, also some of the 
fruits, and find that a dull pair of shears 
is more efficient than a sharp knife. A 
bunch of asparagus, string beans or 
stalks of pie-plant are quickly cut as de¬ 
sired. Bared and sliced vegetables and 
fruit may be shredded for soups or salads, 
and the right hand escape contact with 
their juices. Shears are especially good 
for cutting raisins, figs, dates and nuts. 
The rind of thinly-sliced bacon can be 
easily removed with shears with the 
least possible waste. Dried codfish can be 
clipped into cubes for cooking. Sliced 
raw meat can be cut into serving pieces, 
or shredded for soups, or in cubes for 
savory stews. Sliced cooked meat can 
be sheared uniformly fine for salads, 
meat creams and croquettes, with no dan¬ 
ger of pounding tender meats to a paste, 
as with a chopping knife. A knife is not 
equal to shears in cutting clams into 
small pieces for soups, pies or fritters, 
and in removing their tough strips of 
muscle. The use of a new white-headed 
hatpin and shears in cookery are both 
something new as time-savers and great 
improvements over the old time kitchen 
knife and fork. medora cokbett. 
A Plea for Order. 
I think the farmer’s wife has been uni¬ 
versally accepted as a sort of a machine 
to rear the children, get the meals and see 
that the good man of the house, barn and 
fields is kept in an amicable frame of 
mind as well as full and comfortable. 
The failure or success of the farm and 
home is generally credited to the man, 
though many times it is the wife’s fore¬ 
thought, frugal economy and ceaseless 
working, or her extravagance in conduct¬ 
ing the household affairs, wrong concep¬ 
tions of her duty to the family and gen¬ 
uine heedlessness of things that makes 
or mars the success of the undertaking. 
I believe the old saying that order is 
Heaven’s first law is especially true and 
fitting to the farm. The old woman who 
said if it wasn’t in the Bible that it 
ought to be, was I believe a genuine 
farmer’s wife. What is more disgusting 
than to pass through the country and 
see, as you have to, the slack and sloven¬ 
ly looking surroundings of homes, es¬ 
pecially windows, porches and lawns of 
fortunate country dwellers? They can 
breathe the pure invigorating air untaint¬ 
ed by smoke of crowded cities or other 
filth, can walk on the soft green carpets 
of Mother Nature, and enjoy every bless¬ 
ing of mankind. I fear the owners of 
these blessings do not do their share to 
keep these things even in a decent condi¬ 
tion. But how much of this lack of or¬ 
der can be placed directly *• the wife’s 
door? How can a man be expected to be 
orderly if his better half is not? It is 
my observation, having four brothers, a 
father and husband, also from one to a 
dozen hired men (not perfect angels at 
that) that men are quite willing to adopt 
and catch the spirit of new enterprises or 
anything that sounds reasonable. 
The woman of the house can do a 
great deal to improve the slack and un¬ 
Embroidery Design 
Cross stitch Is very simple and is com¬ 
pleted quickly. The half window curtains il¬ 
lustrated are very pretty, when embroidered 
In shades of blue as follows: Use dark blue 
for bottom line of crosses, the nine crosses 
between lower rosettes, and for upright and 
cross lines, also center cross of the corner 
rosettes. The rest of design in light blue. 
The design, No. 302, is stampecr on fine mer¬ 
cerized scrim and costs per window of two 
curtains, with floss to embroider, 50 cents. 
tidy appearance of the home and sur¬ 
roundings. She can also add to the fam¬ 
ily purse and to the sanitary state of af¬ 
fairs in a direct, also an indirect way, 
by her influence on husband and children. 
Her home can be neatly arranged, clean 
and well ventilated; food well prepared 
and tastefully served. The children, if 
there are any, will naturally coincide 
with mother’s ideas in any scheme they 
can be interested in. Children like to 
feel some responsibility, and rightly man¬ 
aged can assist a great deal in keeping 
buildings and surroundings looking well. 
It will not only help father and mother, 
but add much to their character and ha¬ 
bits in future years. The outside ap¬ 
pearance of the home attracts as much 
attention as the inside from casual ob¬ 
servers. Commence with the windows. 
The blinds if any can be either shut or 
open; curtains evenly draped, and if 
on poles be sure they are not torn off 
and hanging. The porches can be kept 
clear of pails and other things that are 
unsightly and will accumulate if not 
cared for. The lawn can be improved 
by simply putting into the stove the 
dirt and things usually thrown out. How 
many yards we see adorned with a big 
muddy slop-hole, old empty tin cans, 
rags, papers, clothes pins and rags 
around the clothes lines, and everything 
else in the same neglected state! Who’s 
to blame for this? The man? No, the 
wife and no one else. There is no ex¬ 
cuse for such shiftlessness. It is the 
small things that rount, a clean yard, 
porches, cellar, etc. It is good for the 
health and happiness of any woman to 
have more or less flowers and shrubs in 
the yard and garden, and how much they 
enhance the surroundings! If the wom¬ 
en will get at the get-up pick-up slick-up 
plan in the ifiglit way the male portion 
will soon follow with their part in add¬ 
ing dollars and hours of pleasure and 
contentment to their possessions. 
Another thing that can be classed as 
a lack of order, especially with the wives, 
is a carelessness in dress and appear¬ 
ance. Why is it that so many girls who 
were neat and always careful of how 
they appeared so soon fall into this rut? 
They seem to think it does not matter 
how they look, now they are married. I 
believe most husbands would be just as 
glad to praise the tidy and clean-looking 
wife as the sweetheart. If farmers’ 
wives and farmers expect the respect that 
is due them they must look their best. 
Their garb may not be costly, or the 
latest fads of fashion, but it can be 
clean, whole and well worn. How care¬ 
less many are in putting their clothes 
on ! The most costly clothes, if not put 
on in shape, have a most decidedly dow¬ 
dy appearance. The slack farmer who 
goes to the city or town with ragged, 
dirty overalls and everything else to 
match need not expect much demand for 
his produce, though it be of the finest 
quality. Let him slick up and have 
some appearance to himself, and what 
he has to sell, and see what the effect 
will be. Let us all as wives, mothers 
and sisters do our part to help in the 
work that belongs to us, and much will 
be added to our lot financially, physically, 
mentally and socially. Remember that 
“order is Heaven’s first law,” and it’s the 
small things that count. L. R. \v. 
Experiments in Dyeing. 
I have a scrap bag for the laundry 
which I find helpful, all sorts of colors, 
the more they fade the better. How ging¬ 
hams do fade, my pink dress was almost 
white. In the scrap bag were some 
pieces of red flannel. I rubbbed laundry 
soap on these, then boiled them. I threw 
the boiled flannel into the stove, then 
poured the liquid onto the pink dress. 
I did not wring but hung up as straight 
as possible. Then I boiled some brown 
scraps and put a faded Russian suit in 
it, that used to be tan color; my younger 
son thought it very fine. 
I must tell you of my latest experiment 
with the indigo bag, but am afraid you 
will laugh! I call it my “bargain blu¬ 
ing” ; I paid 20 cents for it. First I 
used some of it to make paint for my 
two sons; I put some of it in cans of 
water, then made brushes out of rags 
tied on sticks. They have amused them¬ 
selves for hours painting the back porch 
and shed; on stormy days they paint old 
magazines. (It is worth something to 
keep the children amused.) Next, mv 
white silk scarf was getting yellow; I 
put it in strong bluing water, and did 
not wring it. It looked fine, then came 
my blue cashmere waist, all faded by 
sun and water, that was soaked in strong 
bluing water, then spread out on the 
line without wringing. I had some blue 
flowers, all faded out; I put some glue 
into the bluing water and put them in. 
AVhen they were dry I pulled them back 
into shape again. I trimmed a hat with 
them and wore them all last Summer. 
They really did look almost new. This 
Spring I treated some forget-me-nots in 
the same way; the water took off some 
of their heads, but they will not ba 
missed in u hundred or so. H. s. 
Who can see the brilliancy of char¬ 
acter attained by individuals of our race 
without feeling that there is a pledge in 
this that what has been done already in 
the individual will yet be accomplished 
in the nation and the race?—F. W. Rob¬ 
ertson. 
War is only a sort of dramatic repre¬ 
sentation—a sort of dramatic symbol of 
a thousand forms of duty. I never went 
into a battle, I never was under fire, but 
I fancy that there are some things just 
as hard to do as to go under fire. I fancy 
that it is just as hard to do your duty 
when men are sneering at you as when 
they are shooting at you. When they 
shoot at you they can only take your 
natural life; when they sneer at you they 
can wound your heart.—Woodrow Wil¬ 
son, 
Get 
Rid of 
House 
Flies 
Those Carriers of 
Typhoid, and Other 
Dangerous Diseases. 
You can do It most effectively 
by preventing fly-eggs from 
hatching. And the U. 8. Dept, of 
Agriculture has found Powdered 
Borax the most effective substance 
for this purpose. Its application Is 
very simple. Just sprinkle 2 ounces of 
20 Mule Team Borax' 
(the same Borax you have always used 
In your home) In the garbage can each 
day through a flour sifter or sieve. For 
manure plies, apply 10 ounces of 20 Mulo 
Team Borax to 8 bushels of fresh man¬ 
ure In the same manner as above, and 
sprinkle with water. 
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