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.Tune 9, 1917. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Keep Going 
Is the goal distant, and troubled the road, 
And the way long, 
And heavy the load? 
Then gird up your courage and say, “I 
am strong,” 
And keep going! 
Is the work weary and endless the grind. 
And petty the pay? 
Then brace up your mind. 
And say, “Something better is coming 
my way,”— 
And keep doing! 
Is the drink bitter life pours in your 
cup— 
Is the taste gall? 
Then smile and look up, 
And SUV. “God is with me whatever 
befall”— 
And keep trusting! 
Is the heart heavy with hope long 
deferred. 
And with prayers that seem vain? 
Keep saying the word ; 
And that which you strive for you yet 
shall attain— 
Keep praying! 
—Ella Wlieeler Wilcox. 
Ai.l the commercial bayberry candles 
we buy arc very soft, and burn badly, 
smoking and guttering. We wonder 
whether the old-time Colonial housewives 
who made bayberry candles for domestic 
use mixed this vegetable wax with some 
harder fat to make it burn better? Can 
any of our readers give us suggestions on 
this subject? Candles of mixed wax 
could not, of course, be sold commer¬ 
cially as bayberry candles without con¬ 
flicting with the law, but we would like 
to know whether the burning qualities 
could be improved iu this way. Tallow 
candles may be hardened by the addition 
of beeswax. 
* 
O.NK of our friends, showing her city 
apartment, said she was proudest of all 
of the garbage pail in her tiny kitchen¬ 
ette. This was a neat metal receptacle, 
enameled white, with a closely-fitting lid ; 
it fitted under the white enameled sink, 
and at appointed times traveled down to 
the janitor on the dumb waiter. Every¬ 
thing in that tiny kitchen s.avod labor, 
and was a marked contrast to the roomy 
farm kitchen, that looks so homelike and 
comfortable, yet means so many weary 
steps during the day’s work. A tightly- 
closed receptacle for refuse of this class 
would save many steps in the farmhouse. 
Many neat women take fruit or vegetable 
l)eelings .and similar food wastes outside 
la'peatedly during the day. One does not 
want such scraps left around, but if there 
is a close, moisture-iiroof recei)tacle, 
neatly jiainted or enameled, it gives no 
offense in the kitchen, and can be taken 
out by one who is attending to other 
errands, instead of making a purpose 
journey. Proper cleansing keeps it void 
of offense, and it will be as great a con¬ 
venience in the country kitchen as 
though it rei)o.sed in a tiny city kitchen¬ 
ette. and journeyed on a dumb waiter. 
Rkvrbal readc’-o have asked for a 
wash for carp-' -s. which will take out dirt 
and bring back the brightness of color. 
Professional carpet cleaners use some 
speci.al soaps for this purpose, which pro¬ 
duce a good deal of lather; the soap is 
freely rubbed over the carpet, a piece at a 
time, well scrubbed with a brush, the 
lather rubbed off with a coarse sponge 
and the place well rinsed with .abundaiit 
cold water, then wiped di\v with coarse 
flannel or other cloth. Very good results 
are obtained in this way. and the carpet 
may thus be cleaned without removing 
from the floor. Grease si)ots or stains 
are treated separately before the carpet 
is washed. This is hard work, the scrub¬ 
bing requiring mucli muscle. Another 
method is to use the following solutions: 
First wash the carpet with four parts 
ammonia and three parts of alcohol, di¬ 
luted with water. Dissolve 10 pai-ts of 
soap in 20 i)arts of water, add i)arts 
.soda and one-half part each of ammonia 
and alcohol. Scrub with this soap solu¬ 
tion. rinse off and dry with cloths. This 
is very cleansing and the colors of the 
carpet are said to come out again like 
new. 
Seen in New York Shops 
Gingham tailored suits appear in many 
stores, the usual model having a kilted 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
skirt and pleated coat of the Norfolk 
style with a kilt-pleated peplum, the 
lapels and collar bound with white, or 
made of white pique. They are priced 
at ,$2,5 or more. 
Candle molds seen recently were $2.74. 
They were of heavy tin, with molds for 
six candles grouped iu a frame, with 
handle. If our supplies continue to rise 
in price, we may go back to homemade 
candles yet. A good quality of candles, 
self-fitting style, six or 12 to the pound, 
are now 28 cents a pound ; a few years 
ago we used to pay 18 cents for them. 
Among electric conveniences that 
would be specially useful in a sick-room 
are electrodes for heating water; they are 
attached to an ordinary socket, and when 
placed in a pan of water they quickly 
heat it. They cost .$,3.70. An electric 
heat pad costs $7.00. It is an electric 
arrangement inside a woolen blanket pad. 
It is attached to a socket, and may 
be kept to any degree of heat desired, as 
long as the current is kept going, instead 
of cooling off like a hot-water bottle. 
In the needlework department of one 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
9387—C h e m i s e 
Gown. 3-t ti) 42 liust. 
I’rice, 15 cts. 
ice, 34 to 42 Imst. 
Price, 15 ctss. 
9395—Skirt with 
Straight Lower 
Edge, 24 to 32 waist. 
I’rice, 15 cts. 
9388—Bodice with 
Square Neck, 34 to 
42 Inist. 
Price, 15 cts. 
9331—C o s t u m e 9385—Yoke Skirt 
with Tucked Panel with Drapery, 24 to 
Front, 34 to 42 l)ust. 32 waist. 
Price, 15 cts. Price, 15 cts. 
shop we found “handy-pandies.” which 
were asbestos-padded mitts to wear for 
pulling hot pans out of the oven without 
burning the fingers. They cost 70 cents 
and are stamped for a little embroidery. 
Kitchen shelving stamped for simple em¬ 
broidery is 18 to 25 cents a yard. 
The smock is usually a u.seful garment 
of simple style, but there are wonderful 
smocks displayed, in all sorts of delicate 
silks. One handsome model seen was of 
black crepe de chine embroidered with 
red roses and foliage iu wool; this was 
$15. 
Patriotic sports blouses for boys are 
of white cotton pongee, with short .sleeves 
and an open collar that can be buttoned 
close to the neck ; the collar is edged with 
red, white and blue striping. In sizes six 
to 10 these blouses cost 85 cents. 
Sour Cherry Recipes 
Sour Cherry Preserve.—Pit the cher¬ 
ries. weigh, and put iu preserving kettlb 
with an equal weight of sugar Stand on 
the back of stove until the sugar is dis¬ 
solved, then boil slowly until thick. If 
9398—Fancy Bod- 
this is too rich, a very nice preserve is 
made by using seven pounds of sugar to 
10 pounds fniit. 
Sun-Cooked Cherry Preserves.—Pit the 
cherries, which should be ripe and per¬ 
fect, weigh, and put in preserving kettle, 
with three-quarters of a pound of sugar 
to each pound of fruit. Do not add any 
water; the sugar and juice make the 
syrup. Bring to a boil, and boil 20 min¬ 
utes, skimming as needed, and stirring to 
avoid burning. Skim out the fiuit, put 
on platters, and pour the syrup over, and 
cover with clean panes of glass. Put the 
platters out in the sun, and keep out 
three days, bringing in at night; then 
put in jars. 
Pie Cherries.—Pit sour cherries, and 
cook in the jars, using one cup of sugar 
to a quart can. Delicious for Winter 
pies. 
Cherry Conserve.—Five quarts sour 
cherries, pitted; one pound raisins, seed¬ 
ed and cut; pulp and thin yellow rind of 
two oranges, one pound English walnuts, 
chopped; pounds sugar. First boil 
the cherries alone for about 20 minutes, 
then add sugar and other ingredients, 
cook until thick, and put iu jolly glasses. 
Cherry Conserve No. 2.—Threo pounds 
sour cherries, pitied; two pounds raisins, 
four pounds granulated sugar; four large 
oranges. Seed the raisins and steam for 
half an hour. Grate some of the orange 
peel in the cherries; do not use the white 
skin; but add the pulp, cut in small 
piees. Mix all the ingredients together, 
boil for 20 minutes, then put away in 
glasses. 
Conserving the Fuel Supply 
“I knew by the smoke that so gracefully 
curled 
Above the tree tops, that a cottage was 
near; 
I said to myself if there's peace in the 
world. 
The .soul of the humble should hope for 
it hero.” 
With the present price of coal and 
wood the souls of the haughty find both 
peace and comfort with paid-for smoke 
and heat waves curling about their chim¬ 
ney tops, for there is no one factor more 
l)otent for good cheer than a properly 
heated and ventilated house; and for 
these desirable results the first essential 
is a well-constructed chimney, not so in 
line with a house roof that a draught of 
air falling therefrom will send smoke or 
coal gas down chimney, stovepipe and 
stove to living rooms. 8uch a condition 
Here is another 
style of the genuine 
Victrola you can get 
for little money. 
Write to us for the handsome illustrated 
Victor catalogs, and the name and address 
of nearest Victor dealer. 
Victor TiJkinK Machine Co. 
Csonden, N. J. 
Other 
styles 
$15 to $400 
I Buy Direct from the Importer 
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y ^ I* Satisfa 
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NEW YORK 
Save Your Fruits and Vegetables! 
What you don't eat now, save for winter meals. The 
Granger Evaporator does it—easy to run, a child can do it. 
Takes no sugar, no cans, no jars 
20,000inuse. 2size8,tBup. You save tlie costseveral times 
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