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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Febrtiiiry 10, 1U17< 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Spring Twilight 
Singing in tho rain, robin? 
liippling out, ho fast 
All tliy fliitcin^o notos, as if 
This singing were thy last! 
After siindown, too, robin? 
Tlumgb the fields are dim, 
And the trees grow dark and still, 
Drip^iing from leaf and limb. 
’Tis heart-broken mtisic,— 
That sweet faltering strain,— 
Take a mingled memory. 
Half cestasy, half pain. 
Surely thus to sing, robin. 
Thou must have in sight 
Beautiful skies behind the shower, 
And dawn beyond the night. 
Would thy faith were mine, robin ! 
Then, though night were long. 
All its silent hours should melt 
Their sorrow into song. 
—1‘ldward Ttowland Sill. 
* 
Nkw York State houscke<‘pers wall be 
interested in studying the bulletin i.ssued 
in the Cornell Iteading Course on “Waste 
of Meat in the Home.” It describes an 
exiieriment in feeding a family of five 
women, with the object of finding out 
where leakage or-curred, and of lessening 
waste, as far as consistent with good 
food. Some intersting n'ciiies are given, 
and the suggestions as to the use of va¬ 
rious fats will be found helpful. 
* 
Itnlletin 770, issued by the 
T’. S. Department of Agriculture, is “Ca¬ 
naries. Their Care and Management,” by 
Alexander Wetmore, of the Biological 
Survey. It discus.ses cages, food, bathing, 
molt, breeding, and the various di.seases, 
accidents and jiarasites that cause anx¬ 
iety to the owners of these little jiets. It 
is a very interesting bulletin, and we are 
sure that farm women who keep canaries 
will be glad to study it. It may be se¬ 
cured from the I)e|iartinent of .Agriculture 
at Washington. 
* 
The newsiiapers recently recorded the 
death of Mrs. Alice Bennett, of l{ro<d<lyn. 
N. A'., who celebrated her 10.5th birthday 
last ('hristmas Hve. She was a native of 
Ireland, coming to this country SO years 
ago. and the only advice she offered as an 
aid to longevity was to keep out of rock¬ 
ing chaira and in the open air. Sine** 
the death of her husband, more than 40 
years ago, Mrs. Bennett had managed a 
truck farm, so (uice more we may uphold 
the farm as the surest road to long life 
and hajipincss, even if it randy leads to 
W’calth. 
* 
A MOVEMENT has been formed to pro¬ 
mote a “National A'illage I.eague." Its 
objects, as statial by those interested, 
are : 
To form in every village and town a 
local chapter of the League for the bet¬ 
tering of the community itsidf. arousing a 
community spirit, unifying the interests of 
the jilace, increasing its jirosperity and 
cfuivenience, and making both tho village 
and each house beautiful. 
'I'o bring together the intei-ests of dif¬ 
ferent villages through the work of the 
central office of the League and arrange 
for acquaintance and general exchang<“ of 
experienci* by those Who are working 
toward the same ends. 
Anything that arouses pride in one’s 
community, and a desire for its better¬ 
ment, is to b«‘ con.men,led. since it leads 
quite naturally to the broader National 
pride that we call patriotism. 
Philadelphia Scrapple ; the Airedale Dog 
I read with inter«>st *he article on 
“P''eeding the Farm Hand.” He mentions 
I’hiladelphia scrapple as a delectable di.sh. 
Can you give a good recipe for making it? 
MRS. G. R. F. 
I. Will you please jiublish recipe for 
making 1‘hiladeliihia scrapple? ‘J. AVbat 
is the breeding of the .Airedale dog?_^ I 
have been told they are from the Irish 
terrier, Fngli.sh bull and the hound. As I 
am raising one for a liousi* dog and com¬ 
panion I would like to get the history of 
them. a. u. 
1. IMiiladelpbia scrapjile is iiiadr* as fol¬ 
lows: Take a cleaned pig’s head, and boil 
till the flc.sli slips easily from the bones. 
Bemove bones, and chop meat line. Set 
the liipior in which the meat was boiled 
aside until cold ; then take the cake of fat 
off the top and return liquid to fire. When 
it boils put in the chopped meat, and .seas¬ 
on well with salt and pepper. I.et it boil 
again, then thicken with cornmoal as you 
would ordinary mush, letting the meal 
slip slowly through the fingers to pre¬ 
vent lumjis. Cook for an hour, at first 
stirring it constantly, ufttuwards putting 
back on the range, in a jiosition to boil 
gently. AATen done, pour into a long, 
;.|nare jian. not too deep, and mold. Slice 
as desired, and brown in the frying-pan 
in butter or dripiiing. 
2. According to .Tames AA'at.son’s “T >og 
Book,” the .Airedale is a development of 
the A'orksliire terrier. ’I’he A'orkshire, a 
small grii'.zle and tan dog, was crossc'd with 
the bull terrier (not tbe Fngli.sh bulldog) 
to give weight and lighting ability. This 
gave size, and tlu'se dogs were cro.ssed 
with AVliarfedale ottim hounds. Tbe result 
was a very game fighting and poaching dog, 
suited to the r<‘creations of the rough 
A^orkshire factory hanrls who originated 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering give number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each pattern 15 cents. 
968 — De.sign for 
embroidering coliar. 
Mitfs, pockets and 
belt. 
9269—Plaited Dress 
for Misses and Small 
Women, 10 uinl IS 
years. 
9286—D r o s g 1 n g 
Jacket, ;i4 to 44 laist. 
9286 — Three-piece 
Petticoat, C4 to 
waist. 
8626—Surplice Cor¬ 
set Cover, ri4 or 30, 
UK i>r 40, 4'J or 44 
bust. 
9270—C 1 o s e d or 
Open Drawers, 24 to 
30 waist. 
9177—Boy’s Sport 
Shirt, 10 to 10 years. 
9280—Boy’s Trous¬ 
ers, 4 to I I years. 
tin* Aired.ale. 'I'lie Wliarft'ilale titler 
huunds v.ei-e said to bt‘ a cr<)ss hetween 
A'orksliire terriers and harriers or fnx 
liounds. 
Barley Water 
.Medicinally, barley has been liigldy 
valued and reeommended from the linn* 
of I lippocralcs down as what the Fiiitcd 
States 1 )is|»ciisalory terms one of “the 
mildest and least irritating of farinace¬ 
ous substances.” Made into it simple de¬ 
coction with water it is con.sidert'd, so 
this standard work relates, “a drink ad- 
niiraldy adapletl ti.i febrile (feverish) and 
iiiflanimatory comiilaints, as in ca.scs 
where the gastric or intestinal mucous 
membrane is iiillamcd.''’ Such drinks 
slioiild be niaile from either tin* malted or 
pearl form, malted barley being rather 
better. Wli(*ii barle.i-Wiiter is to lie made 
it w ill be found that a more dainty drink 
results when the barley is jilaccd with 
ti e acconijianying cold water in a sealed 
glass jar, iilaced in an outer vessel of 
cold water and allowed gradually to 
come to boiling point, tlien continuing at 
this beat an hour or more—just as the 
b(*st form (d' beef-jiiice is extracted 
(minus water). Tt will In* clear and 
white and far more appetizing than bar¬ 
ley water often is. 
Wash two ounces of pearl bailey in 
cold water until the last w'ater is clear. 
’J’lien boil in a half-pint of water live 
minutes. iTrain and jilace the bailey in 
a (piart jar. I’ill the jar five-eightlis full 
of cold water; jiiit on rubber baud; 
fasten down tbe top and immerse in an 
outer vessel of cold water. C’over and, 
if necessary, jilace a weiglit on tlie lid 
that tbe jar may not tilt. Tiring to a 
boil and continue for an hour or more, 
filling up the outer ve.ssel with boiling 
water as it boils away. Let cnol or 
strain off tbe liquor while hot if to be 
taken hot. Orange or lime-juice may be 
added w ith sugar if pennitt<‘d or mil meg. 
This maj’ be served chilled, instead. 
RILEY M. FLETCHER REKRY. 
A Personal Experience in Rejuvenation 
T/ast Slimmer I bad an ilbiminating 
visit from my young sister. I/iterally my 
eyes were opened, and for perliaiis tbe 
first time in my life I saw my.self as 
others have b(*«‘ii forced to see me for sev¬ 
eral years I’lie result was not conipli- 
meiitary, and I decided to reform. I am 
a farmer’s wifi*, and had considered my¬ 
self, my husband, our children and the 
farm extremely up to date. Before my 
marriage I taught school, and was chuck 
full of tlieories on every known suTiject, i 
including niariicd- life, but I knew notli- 1 
iiig about the jiractical side of keeping ] 
Iioiise. How'ever, this is not tbe tale of 1 
my housekeeping struggles. I worked i 
lianl learning liow, and feel tl.at I suc- 
cifded moderately widl. Oiir home is home 
in every sense of the word. AVe are com¬ 
fortable and liaiipy, and until last Sum¬ 
mer, I. at least, was extremely coiniila- 
ceiit and self-satisfied, a dangerous situa¬ 
tion for anyoin* to find one’s self in. 
AVIien T came to the farm with my 
husband, the house was old-fashioned and 
iiiKHunfortable. It belonged to no partic¬ 
ular jicriod. It had no possibilities. It 
was just an ugly, old, s<iuaro farinlionse, 
set in the middle of a big. sunny front 
yard. AVe would have liki'd to biii’l a 
new one. Our farm borders on the lake, 
and there were many idenl sjiots for a 
bungalow along the shore, but we could 
not aflord it tlien. .so we put all the time, 
money and energy which Ave had at our 
disposal, into making tbe old house as 
livable as possible. IMrst of all we put in 
iiimiiiig water and a ballirooni. The 
water was piiiniied by means of a motor. 
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