467 
RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
suits, with low whito shoes and white 
silk stockings. And I knew that they 
could dress thus bravely, yet they ran 
their fathci-’s large farm, working for 
him by the month, doing all kinds of 
farm labor. I am ready to believe that 
they worked all the more gladly and effi¬ 
ciently because they can dress in white 
suits when they drive out on a Summer 
day. Why, I have gone to church many 
a time and returned convinced that the 
feeling of my best clothes had helped me 
quite as much as the sermon. 
It takes time to choose proper clothing, 
and that is where we country women 
have the disadvantage. The town woman 
sees more fabrics and models on display 
than we do. They are consciously or un¬ 
consciously, deciding upon what kind of 
purchases to make, day by day, not as we 
There was no hurry nor confusion, as 
wide spaces had been left between the 
tables and everyone except the waitresses 
ate while things wore fresh and hot and 
good. The dining table was made the 
“base of supplies,” and there the dishes 
were replenished anl the cups filled. The 
table had been previously arranged with 
everything that could possibly be needed, 
and it was easy to replenish and serve 
there, as it was not crowded. 
Nor was the dinner hard to get. One 
large kettle held all the chicken and 
gravy, and another all the potatoes. The 
chickens had been prepared the day be¬ 
fore, and the biscuits made ready early 
in the morning. Of course, the oysters 
had to be prepared, just before putting 
them in the oven, and the gravy made at 
the last moment, but the dessert of cake 
No. 637, Centerpiece, calls for cross-stltcli for the flowers and bow-knots In shades of 
rose pink. Tlie foliage Is for light green with outline stitch for the stems and a single 
flat stitch for each leaf. The basket is for outline stitch in blue, the latticework is also 
for outline stitch in blue, b\it with a shade contrasting with that used on the basket. The 
design is stamped on heavy white oyster linen, size 28 inches. The price with mercerized 
floss, is (JO cents. 
do, all in one day. When I go shopping 
it is never to buy for myself alone, or 
one kind of garment or material. I 
usually wait until I have a memorandum 
as long as my arm before I decide that it 
will “pay” to go t(> town. There is very 
little deliberation in my shopping; I rush 
desperately from store to store, and am 
always sorry of at least one decision after 
I reach home, and that one is likely to be 
the most important. To think of doing 
without a new coat for several years, 
and then to buy one in less than an hour! 
I have bought a hat, with my eyes on the 
clock, checking off items, to see if I 
should have time to get some fish to take 
home for supper. But I am learning, 
through grievous mistakes, that it is real 
economy, for a woman with a family co 
take a little more time, quietly to choose 
clothing so that one may be satisfied. 
I.. 8. 
Easy Entertaining 
The mistress of the farmhouse wanted 
to give a big sewing par*y, but her dining¬ 
room was small and it required some 
earnest thinking to work out a plan that 
would be easy and at the same time en¬ 
joyable. This is the way she did it: She 
used all the downstairs rooms except the 
dining-room for the guests to sit and 
sew and kept the dining-room closed until 
noon. All the rocking chairs had been re¬ 
moved upstairs, and in their stead were 
the small camp chains common at 
funerals. These had oeen brought from 
town, together with a small table for each 
four guests. 
At noon each lady opened a basket she 
had been asked to bring, and took there¬ 
from a napkin, two spoons, a plate, a 
sauce dish, a cup and a knife and fork. 
These were arranged on a tray cloth on 
the small table, making a group of four 
at each table. The mistress of the house 
had a.sked four schoolgirls to help in the 
serving, and as soon as the tables were 
arranged one girl started with a platter 
of hot chicken, followed by the other three 
hearing mashed potatoes, hot bi.scuits and 
Kravy. When all were helped to these 
things the girls went back for fruit gela¬ 
tine, potato salad, spreads, esc^lloped 
oy.sters. pickles and relishes, baked beans 
and finally the dessert. 
and canned fruit was ready, the pickles 
and jams opened, and in pretty glass 
dishes, and everything done that could be 
done before the guests began to arrive. 
When it was over the guests put their 
dishes unwashed back in their baskets 
and were ready for work again. The 
mistress of the house enjoyed the day 
without being overworked, and when the 
chairs and tables were removed it was 
easy to sweep and bring the chairs down 
from upstairs. As the hostess was elderly 
it can easily be seen that the plan was 
ideal for her, and many of the younger 
women have taken it up. Often the bor¬ 
rowing, washing, sorting and returning of 
dishes for a big dinner looks so burden¬ 
some that women give up all thought of 
the enjoyable entertaining that means so 
much for the country community. This 
can easily be remedied if each woman 
will bring her own outfit and wash it 
later on so no one is burdened. We 
cannot live up to the old-time idea of en¬ 
tertaining now that one pair of hands 
must do everything, so let us make the 
most of what we can do ,and sweeten life 
thereby. iiii.da uiciimond 
Lime Burning in Tennessee 
This has been a busy week for me. 
The turkeys __were penned on Monday, 
taken to market on Tuesday, then twelve 
miles to town on Wednesday, looking for 
hands between times. Our lime-kiln was 
fired Wednesday at noon, and such a stir 
as we have! 
How many of you have seen one built? 
A rocky ledge is selected, holes are drilled 
in the rock, dynamite caps and fuse in¬ 
serted, the fuse lighted and then, poof! 
Rocks fly everywhere. For weeks all 
s[)are moments have been used thus by the 
men folks, cords and cords of wood had 
been sawed, split, hauled, and ricked at 
the building site. When sufficient rock 
wiis got out a deep pit was dug, walled 
with rock on srides and back, arched in 
the middle to form two eyes, then cov¬ 
ered with rock,- not too solid; then sub¬ 
eyes built out in the front, cribbed around 
with logs, packed with dirt, and loose 
rock piled on top until about 14 feet high. 
A slow fire is first built in the eyes, and 
the heat gradually increased until the 
blaze finds its way through to the top; 
that is kept up four or five days, or until 
the rocks will crumble to lime when ex¬ 
posed to air and water. Crowds come 
every night, but after midnight there are 
only a few left who are kept busy raking 
out the hot embers, piling in the split 
logs and now and then eating from the 
lunch basket, but when all is over, and the 
rocks begin to crumble and the lime to 
swell and roll out the farmer has .some¬ 
thing for his land that will increase the 
fertility and show the results of his hard 
labor In 20 years from now. 
MBS. D. B. P. 
Breakfast Bread 
Mush Bread.—This recipe is very 
highly recommended: One pint of scald¬ 
ed milk, one-half pint of meal stirred 
into the milk until it begins to thicken. 
Take off fire and stir in beaten yolks of 
four eggs; thoroughly mix, add teaspoon 
(level) of salt, then the beaten whites. 
Bake twenty-five minutes in rather quick 
oven. It must be baked carefully, or it 
will fall. 
Maryland Spoon Bread.—Put a quart 
of milk on to scald in double boiler and 
when steaming hot stir in four large, 
mixing spoonfuls of white cornmeal, and 
stir and cook five minutes. Then take 
from the fire and set aside to cool, stir¬ 
ring two or three times in the interval. 
When it is cool, add three well-beaten 
eggs with two tablespoonfuls of btitter 
and scant teaspoonful of salt. Pour into 
a buttered dish or pan and bake for .‘10 
minutes. Serve immediately and from 
dish in which it has been baked, sending 
dish to table with a folded napkin around. 
Buckwheat Bread.—Two eggs, one 
scant c\ipful buckwheat, one cupful white 
flour, one tablespoonful of melted butter, 
one cupful of milk, one-half teaspoonful 
salt, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two 
level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and 
one cup currants. Break in yolks of 
eggs, add sugar, salt, melted butter and 
milk; mix them well together; add two 
kinds of flour. Beat whites of eggs to 
stiff froth; when they are ready add 
baking powder to flour mixture and fold 
in lightly the whipped whites. Then add 
currants slightly floured. Turn at once 
into warm buttered tin. Bake in hot 
oven twenty-five minutes. Serve with 
melted butter. 
Eggless .Tohnny Cake.—Sift together 
two-thirds cup each of cornmeal and en¬ 
tire wheat flour, a teaspoonful of baking 
powder, a half-teaspoon of salt and two 
tablespoons of sugar; wet with two cups 
of sour milk, into which a rounding tea¬ 
spoon of soda has been dissolved; beat 
the milk until it foams over the cup. 
Beat well together and bake in a deep, 
K(iuare tin. When a crust has formed on 
top cover with another tin of the same 
size and shape and continue baking until 
done; about three-quarters of an hour will 
be required in all. After taking from the 
oven let stand covered for five minutes 
before cutting into squares, then serve. 
Whole Wheat Gems,—^Thi-ee cups 
whole wheat flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of bak- 
king powder, 1 tablespoonful of butter, 2 
tablespoon fills of molasses, 1 scant tea¬ 
spoonful of salt, milk to make soft dough. 
Sift flour and baking powder thoroughly 
and add salt. Work butter well through. 
Add molasses, mixing well with spoon 
and adding milk until dough is as thick 
as can be mixed with a spoon. Bake in 
gem tins until a fine brown. 
S1.75 
POSTPAID 
SMART 1917 MODE 
Dollvorod 
Postpaid. Diroot from 
Factory. Shipped same 
day as order Is reeoived. 
Just Think! See 
What You Ceil 
No. 15I29.--'Very popular- 
extra serviceable—neat— trim. 
Black Velour calfskin vamp— 
Hno quality dull leather tops. 
Medium weiarht extension sole 
and correct height heel accord¬ 
ing to age. 
WtdtAa: D, B a'tid KB. 
Children’s sizes, 5 to 8, $1.75 
8 1-2 to 11-- $1.98 
Misses sizes, 11 1-2 
to 2.$2.26 
Growing Girls and Young 
Women’s sizes, 
2 1-2 to 6 - - $2.60 
Poatao« po.id. Order 
from this page. 
For Young Wo¬ 
men, Growing 
Girls, Misses 
and Children 
* 1.75 
15129 
A shoe of similar quality at the stores now 
retails for $2.00 — $2.50 — $3.00 —$3.76, 
according to size. Order now. 
Make our great faetory your shoe store. 
Save an average of 25 per eent on your shoe 
bill. Improve this opportunity. 
FREE-NEW BOOK 
OF SHOE BARGAINS FOR 
SPRING & SUMMER 1917 
You're absolutely safe—No Risk—in ordering 
right from this page because every shoe is 
Guaranteed Without Any Restriction 
Money Back If You’re Not Satisfied 
But you’ll want to look over our Spring and 
Summer Catalog—in many bright colors. 
Just bulging with scores of shoe styles— 
all smart and up-to-date following 1917 
models. Send today for your free copy. 
The Simmons & Heaton Co. 
381 Main Street, Athol, Mass. 
GetOur 
Wholesale Price I 
On this unbeatable quality hot 
air furnace. Quick shipmentdirect 
from manufacturers. We Pay 
Freight. Heats the whole house 
through one register. Sejjarate 
cold air returns. Easy to install. 
Powerful and healthful heating F 
plant at money-savingprice.cash' 
or credit. Satisfied owners every¬ 
where. Write today. 
Ask for Catalog No. 910 
KALAMAZOO STOVE CO. 
Manulaelursrt. Kalamazoo, Mich. 
A Kaiarcvdzoe 
mm 
Direct to Ybii’ 
Buy Direct from the Importer 
5 lbs. Bean or Ground 
^ ^ .f Satlsftt 
$ 1.00 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Delivered BYee 
within 300 miles. 
61 Barclay St. 
NEW YORK 
**DnilPU flN DllTC” ends RATS, MICE. Bugs. 
nUUUnUllnAld Don’t Die in the Houso. 
Unbeatable Exterminator. Ends Prairie Dogs, Gophera, 
Ground Hogs. Chipmunks, V/eascls, Squirrels, Crows, 
nawks, etc. The Recofrniz«d Standard Exterminator 
at Drug Country Stores. Economy Sizes 2So. 60o. 
Small 160. Used the World Over. Used by U. B. Gov’t. 
Rough on Rats Never Falls. Refuse ALL, Substitutes. 
BOOKS on all subjects of farming by leading 
authorities are for sale by The Rural New- 
Yorker, 333 West Thirtieth Street, New York 
