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Oie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 10, lOif 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Wishing 
I wish—that Sympathy and T.ove, 
And every human passion 
That has its origin above, 
Would come and keep in fashion; 
That Scorn and Jealousy and Hate, 
And every base emotion, 
Were buried fifty fathoms deep 
IJeneath the waves of Ocean! 
I wish—that friends were always true. 
And motives always pure; 
I wish the good were not so few, 
I wish the bad were fewer; 
I wish that parsons ne’er forgot 
To heed their pious teaching; 
I wish that practising was not 
So different from preaching! 
I wish—in fine—that Joy and Mirth, 
And every good Ideal, 
May come erewhile throughout the earth 
To be the glorious Real; 
Till God shall every creature bless 
With riis Supremest blessing. 
And Hope be lost in Happiness, 
And Wishing in Possessing! 
John G. Saxe. 
* 
The R. N.-Y, has referred several 
times to the fact that the increase of 
retail milk prices, on the part of the 
city dealers, has a tendency to lessen 
consumption. This is undoubtedly true; 
in many cases under observation city or 
village housekeepers have lessened their 
milk orders so as to bring the week’s 
supply within the amount iraid when the 
price was lower. No matter what we 
may say of the food value of milk, the 
average housekeeper decides upon a cer¬ 
tain proportion of her allowance to be 
spent,in milk, and rarely exceeds it. 
Hence high retail prices do curtail con¬ 
sumption, and help to induce a surplus. 
The difficulties of women who must buy 
all of their food supply have been 
brought into startling prominence, at 
time of writing, by daily food riots in 
this city. The tenement house mothers 
taking part in this di.sorder are heavy 
buyers of potatoes, onions and cabbage. 
These staple vegetables are now quite 
beyond their means, and much real suf- 
fei ing has followed. It is not easy for 
any of us to change all oiu* food habits 
at short notice, and we cannot expect 
tliese poor women to find food substi¬ 
tutes by a careful study of ergs and 
calories; they want their daily bread in 
its accustomed form. 
* 
Some of our readers are again asking 
for ideas iu sen.sible garden dress. Kvery 
woman who loves garden work knows 
that stepping on her skirt, ripping out 
h(‘r armholes and hiking up her belt are 
discouraging features of such active 
exercise. Last year we had a letter from 
a woman who wondered whether she 
could not be modes'tly clothed if she re- 
))liiced her skirts with full trousers, such 
as Turkish women Avear. AVe recom¬ 
mended gymnasium blooniei’s, with a 
Russian blouse that came down over 
them. The bloomers, which are full 
enough to look like a divided skirt, are 
held by elastic below the knee, and the 
blouse may either have a high military 
collar, or a turn-down. Khaki or denim 
was the material suggested, and khaki 
leggings would be an additional advan¬ 
tage in preventing dirt from sifting 
through the stockings; also in defying 
briers. We have a pattern for sqch 
bloomers, No. 9009, sizes 24 to 34 wai.st 
measui-e, price 15 cents; Russian blouse 
No. 8855 may be procured in bust 
measures 34 to 42 inches. There is a 
belted coat. No. 8972, sizes 34 to 42, 
w'hieh mig it be preferred to the Russian 
blouse; it has a rather flaring skirt and 
the sleeves are extended to form side 
portions, which would lessen possibility 
of tearing out at the armholes. Every 
woman will not care for such a garden 
dress, but it is comfortable, convenient 
and certainly modest. The active work 
Avomen have taken up abroad has tended 
to modify our Auew’S of woman’s dress, 
and cA'en the most conservative will ad¬ 
mit that a long skirt has no place in 
garden work or similar activities. 
Black Chocolate Cake 
Would some of your readers contribute 
their favorite recipes for chocolate cake, 
the chocolate to be stirred into the bat¬ 
ter? I am very anxious to get a re¬ 
liable recipe for this popular kind of 
cake. MRS. II. M. w. 
The following black chocolate cake is 
our favorite. It may be baked either in 
loaves or layers, and is delicious in two 
thick layers, put together with white 
icing, or marshmallow filling. Put one 
square of chocolate in a double boiler, 
let it melt, then add one-half cup of 
sweet milk and the yolks of two eggs. 
Let all thicken slowly, stirring occasion¬ 
ally with egg-beater. Cream three table¬ 
spoonfuls of butter with one cupful of 
sugar, stir iu one-half cupful of milk, and 
ly 2 cup of flour, in which one teaspoon¬ 
ful of soda has been sifted. Stir the 
melted chocolate, milk and eggs into this, 
and flavor Avith Aunilla. T’.se Avhites of 
eggs for icing. 
Pumpernickel 
In rejdy to Mrs. T. K.’s inquiry for 
a juimpernickel recipe, I have found one 
that works well. Pumpernickel bread is 
made very much like ordinary bread. 
Save some bread dough which has been 
made previously. Then mix this old 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering give number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each pattern 15 cents. 
9260—Girl’s Dress, 
9306—Girl’s Dress, with l)loonier8, sizes 
sizes (! to 12 years. 2 to 8 years. 
bread dough, just a .small handful of it, 
Avith one yeast cake and the pumper¬ 
nickel flour at night. This mixture 
should be stiff and well kneaded. The 
next morning mix a little wheat flour in 
with it. Be sure to knead the dough 
well. In mixing use water, not milk, 
salt and a little lard. mbs. n. F. 
I am sending you my simple recipe for 
pumpernickel, or what we here c;ill rye 
bread, as we were born in Denmark. I 
bake four loaves a Aveek, as Ave cannot 
do without it. The chief thing is to get 
the rye and whole wheat as coarse as 
possible, so you get all the nutriment of 
it. I have to send to New York for 
mine, A’’irginia Avhole wheat, five cents a 
pound, and coarse rye meal, five cents a 
pound. The simple recipe is this: One 
and a half qt. of rye meal. 1^/2 qt. of 
whole wheat, % pt. lukewarm water, 
two yeast cakes stirred iu soft, three 
teaspoonfuls of salt, one of sugar. I 
cover well, set iu a Avarm place over 
night, knead next morning, put iu pans, 
raise to top, put in good warm oven, 
bake for hour. If the crust is too 
hard, I rub it over when warm Avith a 
little butter. MRS. O. P. 
Boys’Bloases, Special 
These 3 Blouses, 2 in \d*| |A 
Lifi^ht Colorinsrs, 1 dark j 
One of the best offers ©fits kind we have ever 
been able to make. The Blouse.s are of a quality 
found in most stores at 50 c each. We will sell them 
only in lots of 3 in one size; 2 in light colorings, 
I in dark effects—our selection. The patterns are 
ail neat and pretty and we know you will be 
pleased. Sizes 8 to 15 years. The 3 , deliv¬ 
ered free for $ 1 . 10 . Can be returned AT ONCE 
if not satisfactory and money will be promptly re¬ 
funded. 
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