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Tahe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 2, 1017. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Good-bye 
Good-night, and wings of angels 
lioat round your little bed. 
And all white hopes and holy 
Ite on your golden head I 
Yon know not why I love you, 
Your little llp.s that kiss; 
Hut if you should remeniher. 
Keinember me with this. 
lie said that the longest .pnirney 
\Ya.s all on the road to i-est; 
lie said the children’s wisdom 
Was the wisest and the be.st. 
He said there was .I'oy in sorrow 
Far more than the tears in mirth. 
And he knew there was God in I leaven. 
Hecau.SK> there was love on earth. 
—^Sir Rennell Rodd. 
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How many houses with cellar storage 
for coal have a dumb-waiter for the pur¬ 
pose of carrying the loaded coal scuttle 
from cellar to the kitchen? This is heavy 
and laborious work, adding enormou.sly to 
a woman’s labor, and it .should be lessened. 
We should like to hear from someone 
who has planned this sort of dumb 
waiter in refitting an old house. Also, 
whether it has seemed practical to fit a 
dumb waiter for transporting food be¬ 
tween cellar and kitchen, with a clo.sed 
c*omi)artment at the bottom in which to 
stand the coal scuttle. Ordinarily the 
dumb waiter is left in the cellar with 
the food remaining on the .shelves, but 
this makes it useless for coal, and coal¬ 
carrying is heavy work. We should like 
to receive practical dumb waiter exper¬ 
ience. 
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Many societies and other agencies in 
the cities are now actively planning for 
woman farm workers, in many cases with 
little TCal knowledge of needs and re¬ 
quirements. One practical woman en¬ 
gaged in employment-agenc.v work said 
that she was much troubled by women 
of means who plan some attractive uni¬ 
form for women workers, talk about the 
jo.vs of such patriotic service, and then 
.send all would-be workers to the regular 
employment agencies, who have no 
means of placing them. It would seem, 
however, that such workers would be use¬ 
ful for berry-picking, and it is possible 
that localities not too far from this city, 
could get a desirable supply of this class 
of labor this year. Our friend of the 
employment bureau was desirous of find¬ 
ing women willing to go on dairy farms, 
who would help in the house and also do 
milking, which would be a very desirable 
combination. Such workers are much 
employed in European countiies, but it 
seems difficult to find them here. We 
should also expect women workers to be 
useful on a poultry farm. 
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Hacon at 44 cents a pound is too 
great a luxury for many of us, and the 
farm hou.sekeeper with her home supply 
is very fortunate. Certainly no scrap of 
bacon or bacon fat .should be wasted. 
The fat from frying bacon is sufficientl.v 
purified, after boiling in water, for many 
forms of cookery in which lard is or¬ 
dinarily used. The special use of bacon 
fat. however, is in cooking meat and vege¬ 
tables. With baked beans hacon fat 
takes the place of a piece of pork, while 
in many meat dishes and' vegetable 
chowdt'rs it is used instead of frying 
pork or bacon cut in dice to form a me¬ 
dium in which A'Cgetahles are browned 
before further cooking. A variety of 
brown stews may be made from the 
cheaper cuts of meat, in which the meat, 
cut into neat pieces, is first browned 
in bacon fat, and then slowly cooked 
with a savory gravy, preferably in a 
closed casserole in the oven. Flank 
steak (which can no longer be called 
cheap, however) is especially good cooked 
in this way, and it “goes further” than 
with other methods of cooking. 
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Whenever there is talk of food econ¬ 
omy, the housewife comes in for much 
criticism from all the wdse men who do 
not have to cater for a family. The Na¬ 
tional Department of Agriculture is one 
of our most recent critics, crediting the 
American housewife with enormous 
wa.ste.s. Each family mu.st settle this 
matter according to its own con.science. 
but there is one small waste common to 
a great inan.v families, iind that is in the 
sugar u.sed to sweeten tea or coffee. 
Every woman who -washes the family 
dishes knows the sticky .sediment in the 
bottom of the eui)s—often enough to 
sweeten a .second cup—and very often the 
“wiper” meets with a careles.sly washed 
cup whose stickiness is an exasperation. 
Sugar is a valuable food, not merely a 
luxury, but it is increasing in price, and 
must not be wasted. It is worth while 
to consider this, and to decide that the 
family cup must not contain undis.solved 
sweetening. U.se enough to satisfy the 
taste when dissolved, but do not add a 
lavish allowance of sugar to be thrown 
away. It was, we believe, IMark Twain’s 
famous Colonel Mulberry Sellers who 
pointed out the fortune to be obtained by 
lecovering the sugar wasted in American 
cofl'ee cups. He asserted there were 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
9150—Middy Blouse, 
sizes J(i and 18 yrs. 
Price 15 cts. 
9135—Two or Three 
Piece Skirt, sizes, 
10 and 18 years. 
I’riee 10 cents. 
9380—Loose Coat, 
34 to 42 bnst. 
Price 10 cts. 
9366—Side Plaited 
Skirt. 24 to 32 waist. 
Price 15 cts. 
9372—Child’s Dress, 
2, 4 and 6 years. 
Price 10 cents. 
9400—Girl’s Dress, 
8 to 14 years. 
Price 15 cts. 
“millions in it,” and every household 
should see that it is not contributing to 
those wasted millions. 
Seen in New York Shops 
All sorts of khaki garments are offered 
for women’s and children’s wear, and they 
are very smart and priictical for coun¬ 
try use. 'Separate skirts of khaki are 
$2.24 and .$.S.40; in styles for misses 
there is one at $2.40 that fiistens all 
down the front with brass buttons, and 
has military flap pockets. This would 
please the high-school girl, but she must 
remember that French heels and .iewelry 
do not go with khaki. Another skirt of 
waterproof army khaki is $4.,SO. A 
suitable blou.se to wear with the khaki 
skirt is of galatea in a variety of colors 
(including khaki) ; a good model with 
sailor collar, wide belt and round pockets 
is $1.80. A pretty khaki smock with 
blue stitching is $1..80. 
Among khaki dresses is a two-piece 
model with Norfolk coat and big pockets, 
in sizes for girls and misses, for .$4.80; 
separate bloomers $2.24. A girl’s middy 
suit of khaki has a blouse with turned- 
up hem and vest effect, sizes six to IG; 
price $2.80. A woman's suit of water¬ 
proof khaki will give • wonderful wear; 
one model seen had plain two-piece skirt 
with pockets, and pleated Norfolk coat 
with four big pockets and a belt with a 
brass eagle buckle. This suit had brass 
buttons, and cost $1,3.74. There are 
other models, with pleated or plain mili¬ 
tary coats, baying smoked pearl but- 
To LigKi\bur House To Coofe \our 
and Barns Breakfasts and Dinners 
Colt Carbide Lighting and 
Cooking Plants are not new 
to farmers of the East. 
We have been installing 
them in country homes in 
your section for eighteen 
years. 
The 30,000 now in use have 
helped to build for the 
OLT 
a mighty reputation. 
This reputation is our big¬ 
gest asset. It enabled us to 
sell twice as many plants last 
year as we ever sold before 
during the same period. 
Each and every one fur¬ 
nishes double service — bril¬ 
liant light for every purpose 
and gas cooking fuel as well. 
We have thousands of let¬ 
ters telling of plants which 
have furnished this double 
service from ten to fourteen 
years without calling for one 
dollar’s worth of repairs. 
One and all, these Colt 
plants are strictly automatic. 
They feed every light on the 
place and the stove in the 
kitchen with no attention 
other than recharging.. 
Once in several weeks, the 
Colt must be filled with 
Carbide and plain water. 
With no other attention, 
it then operates itself —no 
engine to fuss and fight with, 
no unearthly noise to wreck 
your nerves, no delicate parts 
to get out of order. Just a 
highly efficient, indestructible 
light and fuel plant, ideal for 
country home requirements. 
Write us for name and ad¬ 
dress of your neighbor who 
owns one. 
J. B. Colt Company 
Mfrs, of Colt Carbide Lighting and Cooking Plants 
42nd Street Building NEW YORK CITY 
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JUST PULL the DAMPER 
and FORGET ABOUT IT 
The heat retained and sealed in the specially constructed oven of the 
No. 37 New Perfection Oil Cook Stove does the rest. 
\t s complete. Four burner stove, cabinet, warming shelf and heat- 
retaining oven all combined in one range-like stove. You can use the 
burners for grate surface cooking; or, if you want to bake, you can pre¬ 
heat the oven, then completely extinguish the flame and finish the 
cooking with the heat retained. Cheaper than coal or gas. 
It’s the I.ong Blue Chimney that makes it possible, by turning ei'errj 
drop of oil into clean, odorless heat. 
Plenty of hot water whenever you want it if you use the New 
Perfection Kerosene Water Heater. Ask your dealer for booklet. 
To get the best results use SOCONY Kerosene. 
STANDARD OIL CO. of NEW YORK 
(Principal OfiBces) 
Albany Buffalo Boston 
New York 
NEWP] 
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