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I WOMAN AND HOME | 
From Day .to Day 
The Angelas Bell 
Over the fields its silvery tones 
Come floating soft and clear; 
And the toilers pause in their weary work 
And bow their heads to hear 
The call to prayer, and they seem to feel 
The touch of the “Hand of Love,” 
And labor lightens with every thought 
That soars to the Throne above. 
O bell which calleth the mind away 
From the things of care below. 
How sweet to lay our burdens down 
In the shine of the sunset’s glow. 
And rest in the lessons of faith and trust 
Which thy clear soft echoes teach. 
We are never too far for the Hand of God, 
And the love of His heart, to reach. 
—Mary 1). Brine. 
* 
If you will stand a saucer of vinegar 
on the stove when cooking cabbage, cau¬ 
liflower or turnips, the pungent odor of 
the heated vinegar will entirely drown 
the rankness of the boiling vegetables. 
* 
When* serving chops or similar meat, 
it makes an attractive dish to heap riced 
potatoes in the center of the platter, and 
then arrange the chops around the pota¬ 
toes. It facilitates serving, and saves 
the washing of one extra dish, and the 
addition of a little garnish, such as pars¬ 
ley, celery tops or water cress makes it 
very appetizing. 
* 
Wfj have received a munber of requests 
^for self-raising pancake flour other than 
buckwheat. Our formula is merely the 
flour, with the usual proportion of salt, 
baking powder and sugar added to it, 
sifted three times, and then stored in a 
tight jar or other container. If our 
readers can offer any other suggestions 
about preparing pancake flour in ad¬ 
vance, we should like to receive the in¬ 
formation. 
* 
One large store that caters especially 
to economical bujers recently featured 
the “pantalette dress” for housework, es¬ 
pecially referring to the fact that it 
would be very comfortable for houseclean¬ 
ing and similar active work. Tt.s general 
outline was that of pajamas, made all 
in one piece, the waist having a regular 
blouse collar and pleats, the straight 
trotisers gathered at the ankle. The 
material was chambray or gingham. 
Some of the fashionable importers have 
shown “pantalette boudoir costumes” of 
the same general style, but made of chif¬ 
fon, crepe de chine and other silks, elab¬ 
orately trimmed. The “pantalette house 
dress” would certainly permit freedom 
of action, but seems to most of us rather 
extreme in its radicalism. We have cer¬ 
tainly gone much further than Mrs. 
Amelia Bloomer, whose costume of short 
jacket, skirt corning just below the knee 
and “bloomers” or Turkish trousers 
reaching to the ankle, shocked the pub¬ 
lic in 1849. 
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Planning the meals for a week at a 
time, as the domestic economy expert 
does, seems a waste of time to many ex- 
peidenced housekeepers. This is es- 
l>ecially the case with country house¬ 
keepers, who usually have food on 
hand in large quantities. Yet this plan¬ 
ning ahead is wonderfully helpful in 
eliminating waste. In a country home 
whore a midday dinner is served, much 
the same class of food is used at supper 
as is served to the city family of similar 
means at the midday luncheon, dinner 
taking the place of supper. With the 
week’s meals planned ahead, left-overs 
from dinner would he utilized at luncheon 
or supper in such a way that waste was 
removed. In a small family it would seem 
planning of this sort is more necessary 
than to the larger one, as there is more 
opportunity for waste. We think that the 
daughter who is being taught housekeep¬ 
ing by a careful mother would be inter¬ 
ested in this planning ahead, and it would 
give a good chance for practical training. 
T.et her make out a week's schedule, and 
thou let the experienced mother offer 
constructive criticism. What to do with 
Sunday’s roast, just why oven cooking 
should be planned to leave the top of 
stove vacant on ironing day, or the un¬ 
wisdom of planning toast for a day when 
there was newly-baked bread, would all 
be considered. One can never hope to 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
standardize housekeeping after the fac¬ 
tory model, yet there is an increasing need 
for forethought and system, and for giv¬ 
ing a girl accurate training in what ia 
likely to be her life work. 
Seen in New York Shops 
f'retonne rag rugs begin at $1..50, size 
24x48, while a large siz^, oGxOS. was 
.$2.85. 
Girls’ wash dresses, sizes 0 to I-l 
years, begin at $1, for simple styles, 
plaids, checks and stripes of chambray 
and gingham, trimmed with plain colors. 
Some very pretty dresses of plain cham¬ 
bray, with bloomers to match, were .$.3; 
these were smocked and belted. Chil¬ 
dren’s rompers, sizes two to six years, 
were from 50 cents to .$1.25. There was 
a very pretty style trimmed with smock¬ 
ing for 65 cent*. 
Embroidery clippers, for snipping ff 
threads, are shaped just about like min¬ 
iature sheep shears, two flat pointed 
blades connected by a handle that acts 
like a spring. Stich clippers, decorated 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering give number ol pattern and size 1 1 
desired. Price of each pattern 15 cents. 1 1 
iJ 
9267—S u r p 1 i 0 e 
Waist. Sizes 34 to 
42-liich Imst meas¬ 
ure. 
9292—Draped Skirt. 
Sizes 24 to 32 Inches 
waist measure. 
9317—W o m a n’s 
Dress, with Panel 
Front. Sizes 34 to 
40 inches bust meas¬ 
ure. 
9312—Girl’s Dress 
with Tunic. Sizes 10 
to 14 years. 
9321—Girl’s Dress 
Made of Flouncing. 
Sizes 10 to 1^ years. 
beaten. She then made a kettle of dye 
according to directions, and while it was 
hot laid the breadths across a table, and 
scrubbed the dye into the carpet with a 
stiff scrubbing brush with a short han¬ 
dle. It was hard and troublesome work, 
but results were good, the dingy gray 
carpet being changed to rich crimson, 
with the former pattern showing through 
it with a shadow effect. The pile of 
iiioquette carpet differs from Brussels, 
!in(l we doubt whether it is practical to 
scrub in the dye. If any readers can 
offer experience in dyeing moquette car- 
j)et we should be glad to receive it. 
Black Chocolate Cake 
Beat three eggs, the whites and yokes 
separately. To the yolks add 1^4 cups 
of sugar, one-half cup of sour cream, one 
large cup of flour, one-quarter pound of 
unsweetened chocolate melted with a 
second half cup of sour cream, a pinch of 
salt, one teaspoonful of vanilla, the 
whites of the eggs and lastly, one tea¬ 
spoonful of baking soda dissolved in a 
little boiling water. Can be baked either 
in a sheet or two layers as desired. 
MRS. G. w. G. 
with a fancy Chinese tassel, are 69 cents. 
Imported buttonhole scissors with a 
screw for adjustment, are 39 and 49 
cents, and a wonderful help to the home 
seamstress. 
The toy department of a big store 
shows a trick dog that will jump, dance 
or turn a somersault; he costs $3.24 and 
upwards. There are walking cats for 
98 cents, and Teddy bears with electric¬ 
ally lighted eyes for $1.24. If the small 
girl wants to be a gardener there are 
garden sets of fork, hoe, rake and shovel 
for 23 cents, and a larger set with a 
pruning fork for 40 cents. Toy phono¬ 
graphs cost from $3.59 up; there are toy 
sewing machines at $1.34 and .$5.49, and 
toy typewriters at 94 cents and $2.79. 
Dyeing Moquette Carpet 
Could anyone give me information 
about dveing a moquette carpet? 
K. 0. W. 
We have no information about dyeing 
moquette carpet. Some years ago a 
reader asked about dyeing Brussels car¬ 
pet., and a New England woman told 
how she did this work. Having a shabby 
and faded Brussels carpet, she ripped 
the breadths apart, and had them well 
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3SI MAIN ST., ATHOL, MASS. 
MAY GARDEN 
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Send 10 cents and we will send yon by Parcel Post 
prepaid, sample of tliis Tea, good’ for 7.6 ciii>s. If you 
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Here’s Hosiery 
for Everybody 
O. 
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Long-wearing hosiery for men. 
Good-looking, ravel-proof hosiery 
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FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 
Made Strongest Where the 
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marked. The famous Durham dye pre¬ 
vents color turning green. Toes are 
smooth and even. Sells for 15, 19, 25 and 
35 cents. 
Ask your deal¬ 
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our 35-cent 
Silk-Mercer¬ 
ized Hosiery 
with the pat¬ 
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stitch. 
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THE BEST LINIMENT 
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IT HAS NO EQUAL 
ICv»M —It is pene 
iror trctlne, 8 oo t h- 
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Ik A Sores. 
1116 Bruises, or 
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Corns and 
nUniall Bunions 
CAUSTIC BAI,.SAM has 
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DOny a Lliiimeiit. 
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of poisonous substance 
and therefore no harm 
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many old or chronic 
ailments and it can be 
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application with 
perfect safety. 
Perfectly Safe 
and 
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for 
Sore Throat 
Chest Cold 
Backache 
Neuralgia 
Sprains 
Strains 
Lumbago 
Sore Lungs 
Rheumatism 
and 
allStiff Joints 
REMOVES THE SORENESS-STRENGTHENS MUSCLES 
. Cornhill, Tex.—“One bottle CausUo Balsam did 
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Price $ 1.60 per bottle. Sold by driigglats, or Bent 
bv U 3 express prepaid. Write for Booklet K. 
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at Drug&Conntry Stores. Economy Slzoa 2 Sc. 50 c. 
Small 15c. Used the World Over. Used hy U. S. Gov’t. 
Rough on Rats Never Fails. Refuse ALLt Substitutes. 
SAVE 10 CENTS A POUND -USING 
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S MAI.L and broken lieans 
of regular K>c Cotfee. 
5 |K)un(ls delivered FREE 
within SOO miles, 10 pounds 
delivered witliiii lOOOmiles. 
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Eatablished 77 Years 
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THINK OF IT—ONE PRODUCT- 
SCORES OF FARM USES 
In B-K the POWERFUL disinfectant (XOT A POISOX), you have In one clean glasa 
bottle a concentrated liquid—safe for children, old folks, or the hired help to handle 
that can be heavily diluted with water and used as a spray—dip—disinfwtant: also for 
mixing in the drinking water: also effective for treatment of many contagious diseases of 
cattle—hogs and poultry. Our bulletins give scores of farm uses. 
B-K is worth from 2 to 10 times as much as any coal tar disinfectant or carbolic acid 
—on the basis of germ-killing strength alone. Its other remarakble advantages make it 
entirely in a class by itself. This has been proved by thousands of farmers and breeders. 
If your dealer does not have B-K, send us his name. 
FREE BULLETINS—Send for complete information— General Laboratories, 
“trial offer” and bulletins on Farm Disinfecting—Contag- a ?04 South Dieklnson St., 
ions Abortion, Calf Scours, Hog Sanitation or Poultry Madison,Wis., U'.S.A. 
Raising. 
Awarded Gold 
Medal Pan.-Pac. 
Exposition. 
