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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 6, 1915. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 
Autumn in Australia. 
A little wind from out the west 
Went past my door last night, 
And stirred the roses in their sleep, 
And touched, upon its flight, 
The leaves of all my orchard trees 
With fairy magic bright. 
The swallows gather from the eaves 
On swift, excited wings, 
Already in their little hearts 
A warning instinct rings, 
And bids them flit in Summer’s wake 
In quest of endless Springs. 
The leaves come rustling, rustling down 
In splendid crimson showers, 
From trellis of wistaria 
And fair Virginia bowers; 
The garden wears an aureole 
Of Summer’s last bright flowers. 
And up and down the lucerne flats, 
With whirring song all day, 
The mower and the hay rake go 
Their steady chosen way; 
And twilight time is scented with 
The breath of new-cut hay. 
The daffodils impatiently. 
Await their sign of birth; 
All nature sings a deeper song 
Than that of Summer’s mirth ; 
And where the plows have passed there 
comes 
The smell of fresh-turned earth. 
And orchard trees in magic garbed, 
And swallows gathering fast, 
And leaves that fall in crimson showers, 
And flowers of Summer past, 
And new-cut hay and fresh-turned earth 
Sing. “Autumn comes at last!” 
Sing, with all nature’s deeper song, 
“Lo! Autumn cometh fast!” 
—Quoenle Ilalloran, In tlie Weekly Times An¬ 
nual, Melbourne. 
* 
Do any of our readers in this country 
use rosemary as a seasoning for sau¬ 
sage? Foreign recipes give it in addition 
to sage. What herbs are advised for pork 
sausage other than sage? 
* 
Towels of soft absorbent paper are 
specially made for kitchen use. These 
towels are used for wiping fish or meat, 
for wiping the hands while cooking, and 
are also used for draining doughnuts or 
other food fried in deep fat. They cost 
but little, and save both wear and wash¬ 
ing of fabric towels. 
* 
Stuffed ham, a Christmas delicacy, 
favored by Southern cooks, is prepared as 
follows, according to a Georgia corre¬ 
spondent of the New York Sun: 
Cut a boiled ham longitudinally in 
slices down to the bone; insert between 
the slices a stuffing made as follows: A 
loaf of bread toasted and crumbled fine 
and a teaspoonful each of the following: 
mace, cloves, spice, ground pepper, salt, 
marjoram, thyme, parsley, onion or onion 
tops, horseradish and mustard tops 
chopped fine; mix with one-half pound of 
fat bacon, beaten like sausage, a little 
sugar and celery seed. After inserting 
the stuffing bind all firmly together with 
a cord and bake one hour. 
* 
Many housekeepers reserve bacon for 
frying only. It is quite as good as ham 
for slicing cold if cooked as follows: Se¬ 
lect a square piece weighing three or four 
pounds, and soak it over night. The next 
day put it on to boil, allowing it to sim¬ 
mer very gently three-quarters of an hour 
to the pound; then let it remain in the 
water while it goes cold- When cold, 
drain, remove the skin, rub the fat with 
sugar, pour over a little cider vinegar an 1 
roast until brown. When cold cut in 
thin slices; it will be found very tender 
and delicate in flavor. 
* 
The new Astor market at Ninety-fifth 
street and Broadway, New York, is in a 
district of large apartment houses. It 
was built by Vincent Astor on a site 
owned by the great Astor estate, as a re¬ 
sult of what was learned by Mayor 
Mitehel’s market commission. The in¬ 
terior of this market is white and spot¬ 
less, meat and poultry being in refriger¬ 
ated glass cases. The fish market carries 
out the same ideas, and there is a great 
incinerator that burns all waste and gar¬ 
bage. The exterior is modeled after the 
Florentine markets of the Renaissance. 
There is a beautiful frieze around the 
building, in part showing food products 
worked into an esthetic design, while an¬ 
other part shows market carriers, from 
the earliest conveyances to a modern 
motor truck. It is to be hoped that 
New York consumers will patronize the 
new market freely, and thereby get in 
closer touch with the original producer. 
Such a market suggests itself as a desir¬ 
able outlet for farmers’ associations. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
“Muff beds,” or linings, all ready for 
covering, cost .$1 to $2.75. They are 
white muslin filled with down, lined with 
brown or black satin, with cord loop. 
The cheaper ones have the lining simply 
shirred at the ends; the more expensive 
ones are finished with several rows of 
shirring and a fold over the edge. With 
one of these readymade linings it is quite 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering patterns, always give 
number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each 
pattern 10 cents. 
8797—Child’s Coat, 
C iuos.. 1 year, 2 
and 4 years. 
8802—Gown with 
Overbodice, 34 to 42 
bust. 
..8806—Blouse with 
Shou.der Piece, 86 to 
4(i bust. 8788—Five- 
piece Skirt, 24 to 34 
8790—Blouse with 
Over Portion, 34 to 
40 bust. 
8809—Middy Blouse 
for Misses and Small 
Women, 16 and 18 
years. 8715A—Sports 
Skirt for Misses and 
Small Women, 16 
and 18 years. 
8808—Combination, 
36 to 46 bust. 
Waist. 
Hereafter all patterns numbered 8772 and 
higher will be cut with a SEAM ALLOW¬ 
ANCE, basting line being shown by a line of 
small perforations. Those who do not want a 
seam allowance may trim it off along the 
basting line. Directions as to basting line 
are given on envelope containing the pattern. 
easy to make a handsome muff of mate¬ 
rial matching the suit, trimmed with fur. 
Fur trimmings by the yard are surprisingly 
dear at present, a natural result of their 
extensive use, added to trade difficulties 
due to the European war. 
Washing gloves of glac6 kid are very 
desirable; they are washed in cold water 
with white soap, and look as well as 
when cleaned with benzine. There are 
also heavy washing gloves of capeskin. 
These gloves vary in price from 05 cents 
at special sales to $1.50. We are told 
that gloves of woven fabrics, formerly 
made in Europe, are now to be made in 
Japan. 
Shoe-cleaning cabinets which may be 
kept in the bathroom of a city apart¬ 
ment are small, square stools of white 
enamel, having a box seat fitted with shoe 
rest and polish holder. They are ordi¬ 
narily $2.25, but are reduced during Fall 
sales- 
Sweaters of white Shetland wool are 
$6.50. 
Handbag frames of tortoiseshell cellu¬ 
loid cost from $1.44 up; they have a 
bracelet to slip over the hand, from 
which chains and frame are suspended. 
A handbag of corded silk, two-toned, with 
real tortoiseshell frame is $10. The 
“costume” handbags of handsome mate¬ 
rials cost all the way from $5 to $45. 
One of chiffon velvet, the frame of cut 
jet encrusted with rhinestones, was 
$22.50; another of black satin heavily 
brocaded in silver was $19.50. Very 
handsome are bags of black faille studded 
with steel beads and paillettes, and fin¬ 
ished with flexible steel tassels. 
Some of the stores offer “non-inflam¬ 
mable cleansing benzine” for 10 cents a 
bottle. We do not know what this cleans¬ 
ing fluid really is; it is a colorless water- 
clear liquid, said to be entirely safe and 
non-explosive. 
Chinese kimonos of cotton crape are 
$1.25 at an Oriental shop in Chinatown. 
They are made with the regulation bag 
sleeve and fold at the neck, and a nar¬ 
row separate belt that always has a few 
red threads fastened in one end as an 
amulet. They come in a variety of colors 
and designs, the most serviceable being 
the dark indigo blue printed in white. 
One effective pattern is of flying storks 
mingled with a hieroglyphic meaning 
“long life and happiness.” These Chi¬ 
nese kimonos are always sewn together 
with loose basting stitches of heavy 
thread. Chinese slippers having a flat 
sole padded with red and a deep toe-piece 
of woven bamboo fibre cost from 20 to 80 
cents, and are comfortable for bedroom 
wear in Summer. 
Mountain Ash Jelly. 
Pick the berries when red, but not 
fully ripe. Take from the stalks and put 
them on to boil with as much water as 
will just cover them. Boil slowly until 
all the juice is drawn out, then strain 
through a fine sieve or bag. Measure the 
juice and add one pound sugar to each 
pint of juice, and treat as other jellies. 
Said to be good for chest colds. A. s. c. 
“ Cry-Babies.” 
Could you reprint a jumble recipe you 
published in one of the Spring numbers 
called “cry-babies?” mbs. c. c. s. 
“Cry-babies,” as given us by a Dela¬ 
ware cook, are very good soft molasses 
cakes, made as follows: One cupful each 
of lard, sugar and molasses, one egg, one 
tablespoonful soda, dissolved in one cup 
boiling water, one teaspoonful salt, five 
cups of flour. Drop with a teaspoon on 
a well-greased pan, allowing room to 
spread ; bake quickly. 
We have also heard the name “cry¬ 
babies” given to corn pone cooked in little 
oval cakes on a griddle. 
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OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BODY 
Gombault’s 
Caustic Balsam 
IT HAS NO EQUAL 
—It is penetrat- 
■ Ul ing,soothing and 
healing, and for all Old 
f ho Sores, Bruises,or 
me Wounds, Felons 
Exterior Cancers, Boils 
Human c B ° r „ n !<r 
CAUSTIC BALSAM has 
Da flu no equal as 
DUUj a Liniment 
We would say to all 
who buy it that it does 
not contain a particle 
of poisonous substance 
and therefore no harm 
can result from its ex¬ 
ternal use. Persistent, 
thorouph use will cure 
many old or chronic 
ailments and it can be 
used on any case that 
requires an outward 
a p plication with 
perfect safety. 
Perfectly Safe 
and 
Reliable Remedy 
for 
Sore Throat 
Chest Cold 
Backache 
Neuralgia 
Sprains 
Strains 
Lumbago 
Diphtheria 
Sore Lungs 
Rheumatism 
and 
all Stiff Joints 
REMOVES THE SORENESS-STRENGTHENS MUSCLES 
Cornhill, Ter.—“One bottle Caustic Balsam did 
my rheumatism more good than $120.00 paid in 
doctor's bills/* OTTO A. BEYER. 
Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent 
by us express prepaid. Write for Booklet R. 
The LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY. Cleveland. 0. 
Big Ben 
At Home 
On the Farm 
In your room, or son’s, 
or beside the hired man’s 
bed. It’s all the same to 
Big Ben for he’s right at 
home. He knows it’s his 
business to be first one up 
and to wake the others in 
time for morning chores. 
Leave it to him to rouse 
the heavy sleepers—men 
who work long hard days 
and sleep like logs at night. 
He’s at home on the farm and 
earns his keep the very first 
day, same as he’s doing on 
thousands of farms. 
If your dealer hasn’t him, a 
money order addressed to his 
makers, Westclox, La Salle, Illi¬ 
nois, will bring him postpaid. 
$2.50 in the States—in Canada, 
$3.00. (292) 
Dress Goods Samples Free 
S'llc, woolen, cotton and nil tlie latest fashionable nov¬ 
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lengths at wholesale rates. We prepay to all parts of 
U. S. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. 
Send for big assortment of free samples. 
ETHELBERT GREEN CO., Inc., Dept. R. 
Ill Chambers Street New York City 
Finest quality new crop Clover Honey in new 60-lb. 
cans, lit '.I’ve, per pound. Samples, 10c. For larger 
quantities write for price. 
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274StateSt., Marion, Ind. 
,W ater Pumps Water 
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3429 Trinity Bldg., New York 
MAKE BIG PAY DRILLING 
WATER WELLS 
Our Free Drillers’ Book with 
catalog of Keystone Drills 
tells how. Many sizes; trac¬ 
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terms. T h e se machines 
make good anywhere. 
KEYSTONE DRILLER COMPANY 
Beaver Falls, Pa. 
WELL 
DRILLING 
PAYS 
WELL 
Own a machine of your own. Cash or easy 
terms. Many styles and sizes for all purposes. 
Write for Circular 
WILLIAMS BROS., 432 W. State St., Ithaca, N. Y. 
