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THE RU RAL NEW-YORKER 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 
Lines for the Present Time. 
God save the State, from open foe with¬ 
out, 
And mordant envy or rtie tiger rage, 
And from the drifting wintriness of Doubt 
That ehills the twilight of a wearied 
age. 
God save the State, from hidden foe 
within, 
The Summer passion of the swaying 
heart, 
Mercurial and clamorous to win 
The shadowy victory of camp or mart! 
God save the State, for learning’s noble 
strife—- 
To couple kingdoms by electric breath, 
To push the frontier boundary of life 
One pillar toward the snow-demesne of 
Death! 
God save the State, by men of ampler 
mind, 
The almoners of charity and good, 
By those who orient to humankind 
The sunlight of the nearing brother¬ 
hood. 
—Ernest Neal Lyon in the Independent. 
* 
Here is a New England recipe for suc¬ 
cotash : Prepare a dozen ears of corn by 
splitting the grains and scraping them, 
then add a lump of butter, pepper, salt, 
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a cup of 
cream and a half cup of milk ; stew in 
double boiler 15 minutes. Have ready a 
quart of freshly boiled Lima beans, drain 
them and add to the corn. Fry two slices 
of pickled pork that has been diced a crisp 
brown and add them with the fat to the 
succotash. 
* 
One of the useful and inexpensive gifts 
for a new baby is a large square of wash¬ 
ing net to throw over the carriage or crib, 
to protect the baby from flies or mosqui¬ 
toes. Brussels net edged with wash lace is 
often used, sometimes decorated with rib¬ 
bon flowers at the corners. The Brussels 
net launders so well that it may always 
be kept clean and fresh, whereas white 
mosquito net soon looks stringy. More 
elaborate are “crib veils” of white square 
meshed filet net, with a little cross-stitch 
pattern in colored silk at each corner, and 
a cross-stitch border. 
* 
Tiie Massachusetts Agricultural Col¬ 
lege recently issued a bulletin for farm 
women on “Canning of Fruit and Vege¬ 
tables.” In it we find the following sim¬ 
ple method of canning windfall apples 
whole: Choose firm, ripe apples. Re¬ 
move cores and all blemishes. Blanch for 
five minutes in boiling water. Plunge 
into cold water. Pack in glass jars or tin 
cans and fill with very thin syrup or boil¬ 
ing water. Adjust top and rubber on 
glass can and partially seal. Sterilize for 
15 minutes in water bath, remove jars, 
tighten covers and invert to cool. These 
apples may be used for baking, dumplings, 
etc. The same bulletin says that sour 
plums, gooseberries or rhubarb may be 
canned in cold water. Pack fruits in 
sterile jars, cover with cold water for 
several minutes, drain, cover with fresh 
cold water, and seal. The large amount 
of acid in these fruits prevents the growth 
of yeasts and molds. 
* 
Judging from the nostrums and pan¬ 
aceas offered, one-half of our women are 
burdened by too much flesh, while the 
other half is lamenting the possession of 
too little. There is still another class, 
however; those whose time has been so 
much taken up by constant work that 
they have never given themselves a 
thought, and have thus allowed figure, 
complexion, hair and teeth to deteriorate. 
No one expects a middle-aged woman to 
look like a girl, but middle age has a 
beauty of its own, and one is certainly 
entitled to make the most cf it. A woman 
who has neglected herself for years can¬ 
not expect to regain youthful beauty by a 
quick course of treatment, or by pathetic 
attempts at artificial adornment. One 
of our friends who worked in a philan¬ 
thropic settlement in this city told us of 
seeing a large class of poor women from 
the tenements taking a lesson in physical 
culture. They were poor, drudging moth 
ers. their sagging, stooping figures shape¬ 
less from hard work and maternity, but 
they were hopefully going through a se¬ 
ries of exercises to reduce waist and hips. 
Our friend said the hopelessness of it 
moved her to tears. We did not take that 
October 9, 1915. 
view; W’e admired the hope and courage 
that had kept alive a little spark of fem¬ 
inine vanity in their struggling lives, and 
though it is not likely any of them re¬ 
gained the coveted figure, they certainly 
gained cheer from the exercise. The use 
of simple setting-up exercises would often 
remedy certain digestive troubles, and 
there are many mature women who might 
well adopt something of the sort. Of 
course, there is never time for it, and it 
seems rather childish—and yet how 
cheery it would be, in the dark days of 
Winter, to meet with other women occa¬ 
sionally for these exercises, especially 
with the stimulus of music harmonizing 
with the rhythmic movements. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
China hooks for hanging up wet clothes 
cost 10 cents each; such a hook may be 
found convenient in the bathroom. 
A reel knife sharpener that hangs on 
the wall has an emery strop on a roll; 
price 50 cents. 
Among kindergarten materials, suitable 
for starting the little ones at home as well 
as at school are sewing cards in assorted 
colors, set of 100 19 cents a package. 
Weaving papers size 7x7 inches, in pack¬ 
ages and assorted colors, 14 cents a pack¬ 
age. Transparent tracing paper is put up 
in tablets, two sizes, 14 and 24 cents. 
Colored tablets for number work, 150 
squares in various colors, are 29 cents. 
Knitting outfits for the old-fashioned 
spool knitting are nine cents. A begin¬ 
ner’s clay set, containing modeling clay in 
five different colors, modeling tools and in¬ 
struction book is 49 cents, and would give 
a good deal of pleasure to many young 
people. Modeling clay in assorted colors 
costs 29 cents a pound. Pastel wax 
crayons in various colors are 12 cents a 
dozen. 
Kindergarten chairs of durable hard 
wood with bent backs are made in three 
sizes, 10, 12 and 14 inches high; price, 
varnished in natural color, 89 cents. Kin¬ 
dergarten tables are accurately ruled in 
one inch squares of enamel, and are made 
in three sizes; 6 feet by. 16 inches, $7.89, 
3 feet by 16 inches, $5.79, and 30x30 
inches, $5.39. 
Baby flouncings are shown in nainsook, 
27 inches wide. Down one side is a de¬ 
sign in fine embroidery and a tliree-inch 
frill of embroidery joined to the material 
by open hemming. This flouncing is ex¬ 
tremely attractive for infants’ dresses, 
1 | 
Embroidery Designs 
| No. 896 is n design for embroidering an = 
| infant’s coat and cap. 
I The scalloped edges are to be padded and 1 
I buttonholed. The stems are to be outlined | 
| and the remainder of the designs can be 1 
I worked either solidly or as eyelets. Price of I 
| transfer pattern 10 cents. 
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making a handsome skirt; the effect is 
much better than where an ordinary em¬ 
broidered flouncing is used. We have seen 
nice baby flouncing for 50 and 75 cents a 
yard. Most of the stores have little em¬ 
broidered yokes ready to set in infants’ 
robes, costing from 25 cents each up. 
The new waists of plaid silk are very 
attractive, some attractive models cost¬ 
ing from $2.98 to $5.98. There are all 
sorts of color combinations in these tar¬ 
tans. The waists are usually plain tail¬ 
ored style, with a little decoration in the 
way of buttons or pipings. Some are 
made up in combinations of plaid taffeta 
and plain messaline of harmonizing color, 
giving a bolero effect. 
Carrying out the Russian styles shown 
in new suits, we see high boots of fine kid, 
banded at the tops with fur. These are 
the Russian boot, with a seam down the 
front right to the toe, and a loose top 
that wrinkles at the ankle. Some seen in 
a Fifth Avenue shop were of royal pur¬ 
ple or Russian green kid, with bands of 
otter. These fur bands are made to clasp 
around top of other high shoes, such, 
bands in skunk being $3.50 a pair. 
How to Place the Lamps. 
Several times in my life I have been 
obliged to accept the kindly favors of 
kerosene, rather than gas or electricity, 
for illumination—and it has not always 
been on the farm at that- Moreover, no 
matter how many “inverted high-lows” I 
have of the one, nor how bountifully sup¬ 
plied with bulbs and mantles for the other 
convenient light, I still prefer the soft, 
steady blaze from my good old oil lamp, 
to read or write by; therefore I have 
studied lamps. 
This is one of the things where “safety 
first”—and all the time—should be a fun¬ 
damental consideration, especially if there 
are children, or nervous, clumsy, or dim- 
sighted grownups in the family, and most 
of us come under one of these heads; 
therefore the lamp must have a good, sub¬ 
stantial place to sit, so that no childish 
accident, no awkward misstep, no failing 
sight or trembling hand, will cause an up¬ 
set, which might result in a blaze—more 
people losing their heads in a blaze than 
in almost any other form of misfortune. 
For the same reason the lamp must not 
be placed near curtains, draperies, nor 
anything which a breeze might blow info 
the flame. I have seen many real disas¬ 
ters invited by these two forms of care¬ 
lessness, and the invitation was promptly 
accepted! “Preventable accidents” are 
not accidents; they are crimes. Safety to 
What makes Caruso the 
greatest of all tenors? 
His wonderful voice and his superb 
interpretations. 
What makes the Victrola the 
greatest of all musical instruments? 
Its wonderful lifelike tone and its 
ability to adapt the renditions of all 
artists to the acoustic conditions of any 
room without interfering in any way 
with the artists’ interpretations. 
© Underwood 
& Underwood 1 
Caruso listening to himself 
on the Victrola 
The Victor Record by Caruso, Farrar, Gluck, 
McCormack, Schumann-Heink, or any other artist is 
true to the very life—with all the beauty of shading and individuality of expression as 
sung or played by the artists themselves. 
It is perfect musically but —it must be adapted to the acoustic limitations of any 
room, and that is accomplished by the Victor system of changeable needles and the 
modifying doors of the Victrola. 
And what is extremely important, it is done without interfering in any way with 
the artists* interpretations. 
You have your choice of the full-tone needle, the half-tone needle, or the fibre 
needle, to suit the individuality of each record to its particular acoustic surroundings. 
With the modifying doors of the Victrola you still further control the volume of tone, 
and get the utmost enjoyment from every record. 
Any Victor dealer will gladly demonstrate the advantages of these important Victrola 
features and play any music you wish to hear. There are Victors and Victrolas in great 
variety of styles from $10 to $300. 
Write to us for the illustrated Victor catalogs and names and addresses of Victor 
dealers nearest you. 
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. 
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal, Canadian Distributors 
Victrola 
