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to/>« RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 14, 1917. 
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WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Crooked Footpath 
Ah, here it is! the sliding rail 
That marks the old remembered si)Ot. 
The gap that struck our schoolboy trail, 
The crooked path across the lot 
It left the road by school and church, 
A penciled shadow, nothing more. 
That imi'ted from the silver birch 
And ended at the farmhouse door. 
No line or compass traced its plan : 
With frequent bends to left or right. 
In aimless, wayward cui-ves it ra .. 
Itut always kept the door in sight. 
The gabled porch, with woodbine green. 
The broken millstone at the sill. 
Though many a rood might stretch be¬ 
tween. 
The truant child could see them still. 
No rocks across the i)athway lie. 
No fallen tiunk is o’er it thrown. 
And yet it winds, we know not why. 
And turns as if for tree or .stone. 
•^IVrhaps some lover trod the way 
With shaking knees and leaping henrt. 
And so it often runs astray 
With sinuous sweep or sudden st.art. 
Or one, perhance, with clouded brain 
From some unholy banquet reek'd. 
And duce, our devious steps maintain 
Ills track across the trodden field. 
Nay, deem not thus—no earthborn will 
(’ould ever trace a faultless line; 
Our truest steps are human .still. 
To 'vvalk unswerving were divine! 
1'ruants from love, we dream of wrath; 
Oh, rather let us trust the more! 
'riirough all the wanderings of the path 
We still can see our Father’s door! 
—Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
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IIkre is another recipe for bran bread : 
Three cups white flour, three cups bran, 
one teaspoon salt, half cup molasses, one 
teaspoonful baking soda, two cups sour 
milk or buttermilk. Mix all together, put 
into greased bread pan and bake one and 
one-half hours in a slow oven. As .a way 
of cheapening wheat bread, the IT. S. De¬ 
partment of Agriculture announced 
March 23 that after many experiments it 
has found excellent bread can be made of 
a mixture of one part cornmeal with 
three parts of wheat flour. Kaw meal 
may be mixed with the flour, but a bette- 
method is to cook the meal into a mu.sh 
and use this as a yeast medium or 
“sponge” to which the flour is added. 
This • announcement, however, is hardly 
new to many farm housekeepers. 
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Maxy people have been asking, of late, 
the proper position in which to place the 
Stars and Stripes, when it is hung flat 
against a w.all or building. In answer to 
this question, the Adjutant-General of 
the United States Army says : 
The War Department has adopted no 
rules or regulations prescribing the man¬ 
ner in which the American flag when used 
for decorative purposes should be hung 
against a building or wall. 
It is deemed proper to state, however, 
that when a flag is suspended as a banner 
if is understood to be the custom to so 
suspend it that the union hangs to the 
north or east, as determined b.v the loca¬ 
tion of the bi.iding or other structure to 
which attached. 
The inquirer, a correspondent of the 
New York 8vv, then wrote to the Navy 
Department and received a reply stating 
that they “had no rules or regulations for 
such displa.v of the flag, the prevailing 
custom being the same as in the army.” 
It would therefore seem i)roper. from this 
decision, that when the flag is to be hung 
out as a banner from a building the blue 
field and stars must always be hung 
toward the north or east, as follows: 
In a street running north and south, on 
the right hand or east side of it the field 
of blue would be in the upper left hand 
corner as you face it from the street; 
on the left or west side of the street the 
field of blue would be in the right uiti)er 
corner as you look at it from the street. 
In streets running east and west the 
same rule applies. The field of blue and 
the stars should fly in the upper right 
hand corner on the north side; on the 
upper left hand corner on the south side 
of the street. 
Seen in New York Shops 
Ilit-or-miss rag rugs made of silk are 
shown : they are (luite heav.v in weiglit. 
and very lustrous and attractive. They 
cost, size 27x42 inches. ; the large 
0xl2-foot size, very handsome, being 
.‘5.39.50. The cretonne braided rugs, oval 
in shape, give one quite an idea for work¬ 
ing up flowered and figured materials, but 
they are i.ot very cheap. Oriental jute 
rugs, in Chinese designs, are strong and 
serviceable, beginning at .?0.50 for the .size 
.‘>x(! feet. Oval jiorch rugs of Formosa 
fibre begin at .$2.75, size 2.x3 feet. These 
were very popular last Summer. There 
are very serviceable outdoor rugs of co- 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering give number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each pattern 15 cents. 
9357 Oirl'e breea 
10 to 14 years. 
Price 15 ots. 
9314 
9307 Over-Oresa 
■Redingot* Style. 
34 to 44 bust. 
Price 16 otB, 
.9514 Two-Pieoe 
SWrt 24 to 34 bust 
Price 10 ots. 
9340 Girl’s Drese, 
6 to 14 yeera. 
Brioe 15 cente. 
9334 Clrl'B Dress, 
4 to 10 years, 
price 10 oeata. 
c<iaiiut fiber made in f'himi, which will 
stand a great deal of hard usage. 
Fgg-boaters of the Ilover t.vpe begin as 
low as nine cents. M'c luive learned, how'- 
ever, that the low-priced egg-beater is not 
very long-lived ; there is usually ,n screw 
to come loose, or a knob to break off, and 
it is not nncommou to break it with a 
Embroidery Designs 
Tlu- Child’s Slipper Case will be found very 
attracthc. The little one will be delighted to 
slip tile little .shoes in tlie Dntcli bo.v’s pocket, 
thus wliile being amused is trained to put 
things in their jilace. The embroider.v is done 
with the outline stiteli. No. 539, design stamp-- 
ed and tinted on tan art linen. Tlie price with 
mercerized tioss. is 25 cents. 
fit 11 or sudden jar, Avhen the wheel is 
made t)f ctist iron. A good type of egg- 
beater at 34 cents, with double iiaddles, is 
m.’ule of heavy tin, the revolving wheel 
being of stout corrugated tin working in 
:i ratchet instead of the usual ettst iron, 
and as the handle, also tin, is riveted to 
this, there is really nothing to break. 
Agateware of all sorts is now so bigh- 
Here^s a Danger 
Spot —Watch It 
The garbage can is a 
menace to the health of 
your family. The foul 
odors it emits, brings 
around flies—noted carriers of 
disease germs. If you sprinkle 
your garbage can every day 
with 20 Mule Team Borax 
you’ll find that it will neutral¬ 
ize foul odors and keep the 
flies away. Of course this is 
but one of the many uses for 
MULE TEAM Borax 
Its greatest use is in the laundry end kitchen. This Borax is the 
greatest known water softener. It saves soap—saves scrubbing, 
makes the clothes white and scrupulously clean. This Borax 
sprinkled in the dish water will relieve 
you of c lot of disagreeable work. 
20 Mule Team Borax 
Soap Chips 
Soap in chip form. Saves you soap 
cutting. Blended in the right propor¬ 
tions, one part Borax to three parts 
of pure soap. Not a substitute for 
Borax but a time, labor and money 
saver that will pay you to use every 
wash day. See the picture of the 
famous 20 Mules oo each of the above 
packages. 
Sotd by all dealert 
rRrtl?Av 1 
Beat it 
witk a 
FISH BRAND 
REFLEX 
SLICKER 
»350 
Keeps out all the wet 
DEALERS EVERYWHERE 
Waterproofs^ 
Absolute, 
are Marked thus 
A.J. TOWER CO. BOSTON 
Buy Direct from the Importer 
5 lbs. Bean or Ground 
7 f #> Satisfa 
$1.00 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Delivered Tree 
within 300 miles. 
51 Barclay St. 
NEW YOEK 
Tour chance is in Canada. Itich lands and 
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Farm lands $11 to $30 acre; irrigated lands, $35 
to $.">0. Twenty years to pay; $2,000 loan in im¬ 
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8to<’k. Taxes average under twent.v cents uu 
acre; no tuxes on improvements, personal prop- 
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schools, roads, telepliones. Excellent climate—• 
crops and livestock prove it. Special home- 
seekers’ fare certilioates. Write for free book¬ 
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9 0-Acre Farm, 1 2-Rooffl House liSof‘^h Iff ^ 
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NEW YORK STATE FARMS 
^OPPORTUNmES 
Tell us what kind of farm you want and 
liow much cash you can pay down, and we 
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THE FARM BROKERS’ ASSOCIATION. Inc., ONEIDA. NEW YORK 
Other offices throughout the State. 
ACmellEarm IN CALIFORNIA will make you mor« 
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Vegetable Gardening, Watts .$1.76 
Productive Vegetable Growing, Lloyd 1.60 
Garden Farming, Corbett .2.00 
Manures and Fertilizers, Wheeler... 1.60 
Farm Manures, Thorne . 1.60 
Farm Management, Warren . 1.76 
Irrigation and Drainage, King .1.60 
For sale by THE RURAL NEW- 
YORISER, 333 W. 30th St., New York. 
Farm Hands Wanted 
Western Canada Farmers Require 50,000 
American Farm Laborers AT ONCE ! 
Urgent demand sent out for farm help by the Government of Canada. 
Good wages. Steady employment. Low railway fares. Pleasant surround¬ 
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from the United States are absolutely guaranteed against Conscription. 
This advertisement is to secure farm help to replace Canadian farmers who 
have enlisted for the war. 
A splendid opportunity for the young man to investigate Western Canadas 
agricultural offerings, and to do so at no expense. 
Only those accustomed to farming need apply. 
For particulars a? to railway rales and districts wh^re labor ii required, 
or other information regarding Western Canada, apply to 
O. G. RUTLEDGE, 301 E. Genesee Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Authorized Canadian Government Agent 
