Vhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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which had become faded and soiled, and 
I decided to color it crimson. I first 
ripped each breadth apart and beat it 
thoroughly, then washed it in warm soap¬ 
suds and rinsed in warm water and hung 
up to drain; it was too heavy to think of 
wringing. . I then prepared in the wash- 
boiler a crimson dye bath for wool accord¬ 
ing to directions which come on the pack¬ 
age. When it was hot, with the assist¬ 
ance of a helper, I worked each breadth 
through this bath until the desired shade 
was reached, adding fresh dye as was 
necessary. I did not rinse it, but dried it 
with all the dye that would remain. The 
result was very satisfactory, the red and 
yellow flowers showing in light and v.ark 
shades of crimson. l. c. ii. 
Using Graham and Cornmeal 
In public eating places both white and 
graham bread are served at each meal, 
but in the i)rivate home graham and 
corn flour in any form are a rarity, for 
the reason that graham does not appeal 
to the daily appetite as all the bread 
mixtures do made of white flour, and 
baked Corn batters lusually call for eggs, 
and eggs are usually high in jn-ice—too 
high for any kind of a bread mixture; 
j’et, there are good reasons for using 
cornmeal and especially graham flour, 
not only for health’s sake, but for the 
sake of variety in raised bread. 
The chemist tells us that the thin cas¬ 
ings w’hich cover grain of wheat contain 
a high degree of mineral matter, and the 
portion retained in graham flour has a 
high food value, which is true, but not 
the whole truth. It has also been stated 
that the skin and various coverings of 
both grain and fruits, also of the vege¬ 
tables, either raw or cooked, are not di¬ 
gested in the human stomach—the di¬ 
gestive juices not being equal to the 
task, and if this is true, then the only 
food value pos.ses.sed by graham not 
found in white flour is due to the fact 
that the milled grain coverings serve a 
health purpose by their indigestibility, 
making them an active waste product 
that passes through our thirty-four feet 
of digestive tract, instead of being re¬ 
tained and utilized as a source of min¬ 
eral matter for our bones. 
Eating for hunger and in the mean¬ 
time for pleasure is one thing, but to 
force ourselves to eat graham bread for 
the .sake of our bone construction is 
quite another matter; yet, not a “lost 
cause” if the lost hulls serve as an in¬ 
testinal blockade preventive. In con¬ 
clusion, if the waste portion of graham 
flour has a special dietetic value, it is a 
wise household cook who once a week 
makes one or two loaves of raised gra- 
ham'^read to S(‘ive at the same time 
with white bread, and not forgetting a 
warm johnny cake for at least one mid¬ 
day meal, both for health and bread va¬ 
riety. 
In using cornmeal and graham, the 
average cook uses too much of both. 
Corn contaiues a high per cent, of fat, 
and requires long boiling and baking to 
render it digestible. Only a .small amount 
is need(!d to give the golden color and the 
appetizing flavor when combined with 
white flour or other gi’ains. With stirred 
graham bread it is a mistake to u.se too 
much molasses or sugar and raisins, 
which in result is neither bread nor cake, 
nor even a really good graham pudding; 
instead, a sweet mixture that palls upon 
the api)etlte at the .second serving. 
In making raised graham bread for a 
small family, never make more than two 
.small bars, requiring two cups of water, 
and start with white flour—everything 
as usual excepting a little more sugar, 
then, for the second addition of flour, use 
all sifted graham, also for the last flour, 
use graham up to shaping the loaves for 
the tin.s. then use white flour. In making 
bread for a large family it is an easy 
matter to take from the first light sponge 
sufficient for two small bars of graham 
bread. 
In using cornmeal, one part of corn to 
two of white flour gives a good result, 
and one of corn to three of white flour 
is yet better. For a Tom, Dick and 
.Johnny cake (the writer’s combination 
in name and flours), make your usual 
cake, using one-third of cornmeal, gra¬ 
ham and white flour each. For a drop 
baking powder biscuit batter, use one- 
half cup cornmeal to one and one-half 
cup white flour—.a total of two cups of 
flour (a- pint), that i.s, one cup of corn- 
meal to three cups white flour—a total 
of one quart, four cups of flour, just for 
the flavor and golden tint. 
When cooking cream of wheat, a table¬ 
spoonful of cornmeal to one-half scant 
cup of wheat to two cups boiling salted 
water, boiled until thick, then for three 
hours in double boiler, will give an un¬ 
expected change, and the same in cooking 
rice. When making molasses cookies, let 
the fir.st flour added be a cup of siftt'd 
paham to each one-half cup of shorten¬ 
ing. If thoroughly cooked rolled oats or 
wheat are served once daily, our bon<>,s 
will not sufler for mineral matter; all 
the same, it is well to u.se a little sifted 
graham flour whenever possible in flour 
batters, and a little cold corn mush can 
be utilized in making bread, rice and 
tapioca puddings for the .sake of a va¬ 
riety in flavors. xrEDOKA cokuett. 
Some Tennessee Philosophy 
To touch upon personal matters many ! 
have written me in regard to my health 
.since my auto accident. AVhile not strong 
I am able at least a portion of the time 
to keep up my household work. I have 
to watch and not overdo my strength; for 
instance in washing. I used to consider 
it almo.st a di.sgrace not to have the wash 
on the line before noon. Now I put the 
clothes to .soak in the morning, prepare 
dinner and supper, too; have water hot 
about 12 o’clock, and after the noonday 
meal is over, I wiing the white clothes 
out, boil them well in soapy water, rub 
the colored clothes clean ; any that fade I 
rin.se and hang out; let the remainder 
soak in the rinse water until morning, 
then when the morning chores are 
through they are rinsed, blued, starched, 
and hung out, and I am still able to work. 
I have learned to rest when I get tired; 
by resting I do not mean sitting erect on 
a hard chair and gasping for breath a few 
minutes, but a genei’al relaxing of nerves 
and muscles for at least 10 minutes, in a 
rocker or on a couch, and that has done 
me more good thaji all the doctor’s medi¬ 
cine I have used. Those of you with 
nerves worn to a frazzle take notice—• 
I'elax. If j'oii like to read have a paper 
or book handy, forget self, troubles and 
worries for a few moments. Can you 
sing? The bluer you get the louder you 
sing. Make yourself laugh, and cut out 
worry, for it’s quite usele.s.s. I have 
tried it. 
Only last night one of my nice.st turkey 
hens died. The children began: ‘‘Oh, 
mamma, just look here!” “Take and 
bury her,” I said, and began to sing. 
They said: “AVhy, don’t you care?” I 
said: “Tear.s will not bring her back, so 
just as well laugh as cry.” 
One of the boys has gone to Iowa. I 
tell them it’s a Spring tonic they take; I 
used to see how many tears I could 
squeeze out, now I .see how many I can 
keep back. If I cannot work it off, sing 
it off, or read it off, I get out and visit 
it off. MRS. D. B. PHILLIPS. 
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