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The Victor system of 
changeable needles 
enables you to meet 
verv acoustic condition 
volume and enables you to adapt every 
It gives you perfect control of the 
record to the acoustic limitations of any room. 
The different kinds of Victor Needles give you different and distinct gradations 
of tone. Without this changeable needle system, it would be necessary to have 
several instruments, each with a different tone, to give such variation. 
You can use the full-tone needle, the half-tone needle, or the fibre needle, to suit 
the individual beauty of each record to its particular acoustic surroundings. 
You choose the volume of tone and play each record as loud or as soft as you 
personally wish to hear it, without interfering in any way with the artist’s interpre- 
tation. 
Go to any Victor dealer’s and hear your favorite music played with the 
different needles and you will fully appreciate the infinite variety of charm 
afforded by the Victor system of tone control. 
There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to 
Up IL 1/ $350. Write for the illustrated Victor catalogs. 
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., U. S. A. 
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal, Canadian Distributors 
New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 28 th of each month 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 
Over the Hills. 
Over the hills and far away 
A little boy steals from his morning play, 
And under the blossoming apple tree 
He lies and dreams of the things to be: 
Of battles fought and of victories won, 
Of wrongs o’erthrown and of great deeds 
done 
Of the valor that he shall prove some day. 
Over the hills and far away— 
Over the hills and far away! 
Over the hills and far away, 
It’s O for the toil the livelong day ! 
But it mattered not to the soul aflame 
With a love for riches and power and 
fame! 
On. O man, while the sun is high— 
On to the certain joys that lie 
Yonder where blazetli the noon of day; 
Over the hills and far away— 
Over the hills and far away! 
Over the hills and far away, 
An old man lingers at close of day, 
Now that his journey is almost done, 
His battles fought and victories won— 
The oldtime honesty and truth. 
The truthfulness and the friends of youth 
Home and mother—where are they? 
Over the hills and far away— 
Over the hills and far away ! 
—Eugene Field. 
* 
We watched the bow-tying expert at 
the ribbon counter making up a big hat 
bow. As she gathered the ribbon together 
to form a tight “waist” she twisted a hit 
of fine milliner’s wire around it to hold it 
in place; then went on placing the cross 
tie and ends. We all know how difficult 
it is to sew a how in place in the middle 
so that it “stays put,” and the wire fast¬ 
ening not only gives better results, but is 
a helpful time-saver. 
* 
Tuts recipe for canned Porter apples 
comes from Massachusetts, the home of 
that famous old dessert variety: Wipe, 
quarter, core and peel the apples, then 
weigh them. Make a syrup by boiling for 
10 minutes one-third the weight of the 
apples in granulated sugar with water, 
the proportion being 2cupfuls of water 
to one pound of sugar. Cook the apples 
slowly in the syrup until soft; do not 
crowd them. Skim out the apples care¬ 
fully into jars, cover with the boiling 
syrup and seal. 
* 
Many recipes for gravy, stews or sauce 
tell the cook to thicken with “brown 
flour.” This does not mean graham or 
entire wheat flour, but white flour 
browned in the oven. It colors the gravy 
or sauce while thickening it. and is free 
from any “pasty” taste. To prepare it, 
spread a cup of white flour evenly on a 
pie tin, and put it in a moderate oven. 
As it dries out stir it often enough to let 
it all color evenly. Let it cook to a dark 
brown, but do not let it scorch, as that 
spoils it. When done turn into a glass 
jar and keep it tightly closed. 
* 
It is time to remember any household 
stumbling-block that was an active cause 
of domestic discomfort last Winter. It 
might be an awkwardly placed woodbox 
that was always in the way. or a door 
that did not latch well, or a shutter that 
refused to stay open Trifling inconven¬ 
iences, that might be easily rectified if 
given thought, are often responsible for 
daily friction that leads to a deeply 
seated grievance, or to extra fatigue that 
becomes the last straw to a tired house¬ 
keeper. There are two classes of troubles 
that it is entirely useless to worry about 
—the things we can help, and the things 
we can’t. It is surprising how many of 
our household worries belong in the first 
class—and not the least of these are the 
trifling repairs, ignored through the warm 
months, that mean so much in comfort or 
the reverse through the Winter season. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
Individual buck towels for barbers, 
dentists and doctors were noted recently 
for 59 cents a dozen, soft bleached linen. 
Very nice buck towels 16x31 inches were 
$1.92 a dozen. 
Drapery poplin at 89 cents a yard is 50 
inches wide, very lustrous and attractive. 
It is used for curtains and light-weight 
draperies, also for lining other hangings; 
September 11, 1915. 
Pickled Artichokes. 
Will you let me know how to pickle ar¬ 
tichokes? They are fine when put down 
right. E. R. 
This .refers to the sunflower or Jerusa¬ 
lem artichoke, not the French artichoke. 
Wash and peel the tubers, then put them 
on the fire in a saucepan of cold water. 
Let them come to a boil, and partly cook, 
but not until soft. Drain, and then pro¬ 
ceed like cucumber pickles, covering them 
with boiling vinegar, seasoned with salt, 
and spices if desired. They are said to 
make excellent sweet and spiced pickles. 
Tomato Catsup. 
There was a very good recipe for toma¬ 
to catsup in your paper about this time 
last year, but mine has been mislaid. 
Could you print it again? A. \v. B. 
The following recipes, which were given 
last year, are reprinted from the Rural 
Cook Book: 
Tomato Catsup.—Tare one-half bushel 
tomatoes and cook until very soft, sift 
them, taking all the seeds out. Then 
cook until as thick as you desire the cat¬ 
sup and then add one quart vinegar, one- 
half pint salt, and the following spices: 
One tablespoonful each of cloves, ginger 
and cinnamon, two tablespoonfuls each of 
mustard, black popper and allspice, and 
one-half teaspoonful cayenne pepper. 
Let it cook 10 minutes, then bottle and 
cork tight, no further sealing is needed as 
it will keep for years simply corked. 
Tomato Catsup No. 2.—Wash and cut 
in pieces a half peck of ripe tomatoes. 
Cook in a porcelain-lined or granite iron 
preserving kettle till soft enough to put 
through a sieve, which will remove skins 
and seeds. To the pulp add two table¬ 
spoonfuls of salt, two tablespoonfuls pep¬ 
per, one-half tablespoon allspice, one-half 
tablespoon cloves and one-half pint vine¬ 
gar. Let the tomato cook for several 
hours before adding the spices and vine- 
gar. Mix the salt and spices dry in a 
bowl and blend well before putting into 
the tomato. Cook till quite thick and put 
in bottles. Store in a cool cellar. 
THE RtjRAb NEW-YORKER 
colors are dome blue, a very deep rich 
shade, rose du Barry and other pink 
shades, brown, gold and green. 
Indian blankets in a great variety of 
colors, size 54x72 inches, bound at the 
ends, are $1.19. Of course, these are not 
the real Navajo, but imitate them in de¬ 
sign. They are very suitable for the boy’s 
bed, or for young people to take to 
boarding school or college. Crib blankets 
of eiderdown flannel are 75 cents, but 
Embroidery Designs 
900—Design for embroidering a eliild’s 
dress, especially adapted to pattern 8728. 
l'rlee of embroidery transfer pattern 1.0 
cents. 
gown, because it is not exposed to similar 
chances, and washing lessens the fluffy 
surface. The smooth striped or plain 
Scotch flannels are 19 to 24 cents a yard 
(19 at a special sale) ; they are 2S 
inches wide, and show a variety of pretty 
colors, pink, blue, Copenhagen, tan, gray 
or white. While they are sold largely 
for pajamas and dressing sacques, they 
are also useful for children’s clothes, as 
they wash well. 
All-wool challis, 27 inches wide, is 55 
cents a yard. The Autumn designs in¬ 
clude chintz patterns on light or dark 
grounds, stripes, dots and figures. Navy 
blue challis with small green, red or white 
dots is particularly pretty for little (and 
big) girls’ dresses. 
A very useful woman’s garment is a 
long belted coat of cravenetted gray or 
brown tweed, with convertible collar and 
sot-in sleeves. Body and sleeves are lined 
with satin; price, $14.74. 
“Soiree” is a shimmery new silk used 
in blouses, very soft and lustrous; a 
smart tailored model of soiree, with long 
sleeves, bound buttonholes and large pearl 
buttons, was $0.94. Another plain tail¬ 
ored style is a blouse of taffeta with wide 
self-colored satin stripes; price $5.24. 
Canned Corn. 
were offered for 50 cents in a special sale; 
they are pink or pale blue printed with 
Teddy bears, rabbits or bowknots of 
white. 
Flannels and flannelettes for Fall trade 
are shown in great variety. We disap¬ 
prove of flannelette or eiderdown flannel 
for children’s wear, wrappers or dressing 
sacques because of the fire risk; the light 
fluffy surface catches in a minute if ex¬ 
posed to unguarded flame. There is not 
the same risk about a flannelette night- 
On page 1040 you again give the recipe 
for canning corn which you gave last 
Summer. We tried this method and 
found the amount of salt excessive, so 
that the corn needed considerable freshen¬ 
ing before it was palatable. Our experi¬ 
ence was that a quarter instead of a half 
cup of salt would be about the right pro¬ 
portion. The corn kept perfectly and was 
very fine after being freshened. w. A. R. 
Feather Cake. —R. T. C. asks for a 
good recipe for a light cake. I am send¬ 
ing one which I think she will find lives 
up to its name: One cup sugar, one egg, 
one-half cup milk, three tablespoons 
melted butter, iy 2 cups flour, two tea¬ 
spoonfuls baking powder. Flavoring. 
MRS. F. II. 
