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June 23, 1917. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Open the Door 
<')pon the door, let in the air; 
Tlie winds are sweet and the flowers are 
fair. 
Joy is abroad in the world today ; 
If our door is wide it may come this way. 
Open the door! 
Open the door, let in the sun ; 
He hath a smile for everyone. 
He hath made the raindrops gold and 
gems; 
He may change our tears to diadems. 
Open the door! 
Open the door of the soul ; let in 
Strong, pure thoughts which shall banish 
sin; 
^Diey will grow and bloom with grace 
divine, 
And their fruit shall he sweeter than that 
of the vine. 
Open the door! 
Open the door of the heart; let 
Sympathy sweet for stranger-and km; 
It will make the halls of the heart so fair 
That angels may enter unaware. 
Open the door! 
—T. D. Sullivan. 
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iNQiniii'ins are asking once more for a 
recipe for canning string beans with cream 
of tartar. We have printed this several 
times, and readers who have tried it al¬ 
ways say that it is particularly good: 
Wash and cut the beans in inch pieces. 
Add water enough to cover, and to each 
quart of beans add one teaspoonful of 
cream of tartar. Boil 20 minutes and 
put in fruit cans. When using them iiour 
off the water; rinse well in cold water, 
and cook in the usual way, adding one 
teaspoonful baking soda to each quart of 
beans. 
* 
The Bureau of Plant Industry at 
Washington recently illustrated, in one 
of its bulletins, dried mulberries pre¬ 
sented to the Department of Agriculture 
by the Ameer of Afghanistan. They are 
practically, but not quite, seedless, and 
extremely palatable, analysis showing 
them to have about the food value of 
dried figs. According to the Ameer’s 
official representative these dried mul¬ 
berries form almost the exclusive food 
of thousands of Afghans for several 
months of the year. AVe judge that mul¬ 
berries would become very sugary in dry¬ 
ing, but have never met with them pre¬ 
pared in this way here. 
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The Toronto Sun offers, for the inter¬ 
est of tho.se who are studying the en¬ 
franchised woman, description of a buffet 
luncheon given to a woman’s political as¬ 
sociation in ’I'oronto, where the table 
was a mass of flowers, and the surround¬ 
ings suggested decorous refinement. The 
Sun compares this with the old days 
when, at the end of the morning session, 
delegates and members at such a meeting 
all lined up at a tavern bar for a drink. 
AVith Canada on the north and Alexico 
on the south both considering woman’s 
political rights, and the AA^’estern e(iual- 
suffi’age States making their splendid re- 
spon.se to the call for military enlistment, 
the Hastern limited suffrage States begin 
to feel rather lonesome—and they get lit¬ 
tle comfort now from looking towards 
Kuroi)e. 
Fakmeu.s’ Bulletin 790. “Some Com¬ 
mon Edible and Poisonous Alushrooms.” 
by Flora AA’’. Patterson and A'era K. 
Charles, is issued by the United States 
Department of Agriculture. Most of us 
know very little about fungi, jind we de¬ 
scribe them as mushrooms or toadstools 
without any clear idea of their qualities. 
Every year we read of fatalities resulting 
from the ])reparation of jioisonous mush¬ 
rooms as food. The usual cause of such 
poisoning is the death cup or deadly 
Amanita, which is the, most dangerous of 
all mushrooms, no antidote being known 
for its deadly effects. This is illustrated 
and fully de.scribed in the bulletin, to¬ 
gether with the poisonour Fly agaric. 
Green-gill Lepiota, and other .sorts known 
to be unwholesome. AA’liolesome edible 
sorts are also jiictured and described, 
fl’his bulletin is so interesting and useful 
that it ought to be in every country 
home; the younger members of the fam¬ 
ily should be carefully instructed as to 
the edible or poisonous qualities of local 
fungi. The bulletin includes a number 
of recipes for ijrei)aring different mush¬ 
rooms, and also directions for canning 
and drying them. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Seen in New York Shops 
Alereerized mending cotton is desirable 
for mending silk stockings, and co.sts nine 
cents a ball. 
Among necessities for swimming time 
we see colored bathing wings for the chil¬ 
dren at 94 cents a i)air; women’s swim¬ 
ming caps from 14 cents to 54 cents, and 
more elaborate styles from 79 cents up; 
bags to carry bathing suits, 34 and 94 
cents. 
Alilitary motor veils of white, navy or 
French blue chiffon have a 'oand of gold 
braid across one end, which may be worn 
around the throat, on the hat like a trim¬ 
ming, or across the forehead like a cap, 
when the wearer goes without a hat. 
They cost $1.50; in heavier quality, 
$2.25. 
Pique waistcoats, usually with flaring 
attached collar, give quite an air to a 
suit or linen dress. They are shown in 
white, tan or blue, with military ball 
buttons for 50 cents; white with fancy 
dots are $1. 
All sorts of little corsage bunches 
showing a patriotic mixture of red, w'hite 
and blue are offered, some very pretty, 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
9421—Girl’s Chem¬ 
ise Bathing Suit, 8 
to 14 yrs. 
I’rice 15 cts. 
9440—C oat with 
Side Plaits, 34 to 42 
bust. 
I’rice 15 cts. 
9438 — Four-Piece 
Skirt, 24 to 32 waist. 
Price 15 cts. 
9424—Chemise Bath¬ 
ing Suit, 34 to 44 
bust. 
Price 15 cts. 
9447—Bodice, size.s 
1C and 18 year.s. 
Price 15 cts. 
9416—Barrel Skirt, 
sizes 1C and 18 yrs. 
Price 15 cts. 
and .some a trifle grotesque. Among the 
prettiest were graceful little clusters in¬ 
cluding blue cornflowers, small red pop¬ 
pies and little white roses; these cost 45 
cents. 
One of our friends recently .sought pea¬ 
cock feathers for millinery use, but w'as 
unable to find them in a number of New 
A’ork stores visited. AA’'o finally found a 
l)re(‘der of ornamental fowd w’ho can fur¬ 
nish these beautiful feathers for 10 cents 
eacli. 
“AA'omaualls” for farm, garden and 
other active w'ork are now’ made b.v a 
linn specializing in men’s w’ork clothes. 
I’licy consist of a blouse with open colHr 
and three-quarter sleeve, attached to full 
“bloomers” gathered at the ankle. The 
inateidal is denim, and the work has the 
firm finish that is put in men’s garments. 
Another Quilt 
There has been so much written about 
quilts that one hesitates to add a word. 
But I am tempted to write about one 
presented to a bride recently. It was 
made in the once popular crazy quilt 
style, as this served to keep the various 
pieces in larger sizes .showing the de¬ 
sign. The embroidery was all in one 
color, a soft terra cotta, twisted silk 
thread. The silks had been kept for 
years, lengths of gay ribbon, plaids, 
changeable silk, velvet vest patterns, and 
velvet leaves from a bonnet trimming. 
The center of the quilt w'as a circle of 
white uncut velvet, once the crown of 
Grandmother B.’s wedding bonnet. The 
initials, B. G. w’ere embroidered on 
it. Surrounding this was a ruffle sewed 
over the tiniest cord with stitches most 
minute, and a hem blindstitched up on the 
right side. Around it were the other 
pieces arranged in all ways, to show’ the 
various patterns. One piece from Great¬ 
grandmother G.’s wedding dress w’as 
dated 1795, the year when it was made. 
There w'ere pieces of the hood this same 
great-grandmother wore, and the match¬ 
ing ribbon for the strings. A .silk hood 
in those days was a very desirable part 
of the W’ardrobe. Another great-grand¬ 
mother furnished two patches of hexagon 
patchwork, pieces about the size of a 
cent sewed into a larger patch. There 
were pieces of Grandfather B.’s vest; he 
had a bright taste in color; a section of 
a green and red .satin neckcloth of his 
and a plaid silk apron with tucks and 
black velvet ribbon, which Auntie M. 
had made for her dolly; a piece of bright 
plaid which had made a blouse for the 
young lady’s father, and so on, a regular 
family history. m. f. 
“ The Make-over Lady” 
The above title is the one which my 
husband laughingly bestowed on me as 
soon as be discovered my propensity, 
which W’as very early in our married life, 
for making over old garments into new 
ones. I cannot tell you how many pretty 
clothes I have secured for myself iu this 
Avay, and now’ since little son and daugh¬ 
ter have come along to’make life joyous 
Sind interesting, I have found many uses 
for old clothing that I never suspected 
before. It is simply w'ouderful w’hat can 
be done w’ith old garments that most peo¬ 
ple would throw’ awa.v. 
Let me tell you of a coat I made for 
my little daughter. Her very best coat, 
too, in wbicb she is a very proud young 
lady, indeed! It was made from most 
unpromising material—one of her father’s 
old coats whicli he had discarded. The 
material was a very fine, dark blue serge. 
The sleeves were badly w’oru and the ma¬ 
terial W’as considerably faded. Alen’s 
clothes are generally made of sturdy ma¬ 
terial, how’ever, and the body of the coat 
was still strong and only slightly woni. 
I first ripi)ed it apart and gave the pieces 
a thorough w’ashiug with soap and hot 
w’ater. AA’hile the material was still very 
damp I pressed it dr.v. I ironed the 
goods on what had-been the right side of 
the coat, for I wanted to turn the mate¬ 
rial, as the under side was not faded a 
particle. Two things you must remem- 
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