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July 7, 1917i 
I WOMAN AND HOIV^ 
From Day to Day 
A Hymn for Those Who Fly 
J-(U(1 of the last eternity, 
'’riioii by Whose l)reath the worlds suspire, 
WIu) riii’st the elemental three. 
The air, the watoi\ and the fire, 
() keep within Thy ;?racious care 
Thy servants flying in the air. 
ffod of the wind, by Thy dread laws 
Treserve their path, that in their wise 
'^I'hey, traversing the airy floors. 
May give Thee glory in the skies. 
() keep within Thy gracious care 
Thy sei’vants flying in the air. 
T. II., in The Aeroplane. 
Tiif, Erie i-ailroad shops, at Susque¬ 
hanna, I*a., ai’e now employing women to 
operate drill pres.ses, and to work at 
other mechanical operations. It is an¬ 
nounced that the number will he in¬ 
creased as the men are withdrawn for 
militai-y service. The women are said to 
he much interested in their machines, and 
to be giving satisfactory results. 
♦ 
The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries is ad¬ 
vising the use of whale meat as food, 
and also the flesh of porpoises. These 
marine animals are true mammals, not 
fish, and their flesh is said to resemble 
beef, and to be excellent fresh, corned 
and canned. Whales are taken at sev¬ 
eral stations on the Pacific Coast, and as 
each whale furnishes about five tons of 
meat, it is evident we have been wasting 
a valuable source of food. Fresh whale 
meat was put on the market at Seattle 
and Portland, and sold rapidly at 10 
cents a pound, consumers viewing it very 
favorably. Porpoises are plentiful on all 
our coasts, and there is a regular fishery 
for them at Cape Ilattei’as, where they 
are valued principally for their oil and to 
some extent for their skins. The Bureau 
of Fisheries also urges the use of more 
fish in our dietary, both as a matter of 
economy and for the change in diet, The 
fact remains, however, that many inland 
localities find it hard to get a supply of 
fresh fish at reasonable prices. A farm 
fish pond, well stocked and efficiently 
managed, is one form of war economy. 
BExrEMHER again this season that every 
ragweed you allow to go to seed will pro¬ 
vide a thousand sneezes for hay-fever pa¬ 
tients. According to Dr. Scheppegrell, 
jiresident of the American Hay Fever 
I’revention Association, one per cent, of 
the entire population of the United 
States suffers from this disease. Bag- 
weed is the greatest cause of Fall hay 
fever. Wherever this weed is eradi¬ 
cated there is a lessoning of the disease. 
Several grasses are responsible for Spring 
and Summer hay fever; among them are 
Meadow grass. Bull grass, Bennuda 
grass. Smut grass, Johnson grass. Feath¬ 
er grass, Fox-tail grass and Cockspur 
grass. Any farm entertaining Summer 
boarders will do well to exterminate hay- 
fever weeds, and to advertise the fact. 
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Tins is a year when drying fruits and 
vegetables will pay. Both glass jars and 
till cans are high in price, and sugar must 
be economized. Products properly dried 
can be stored in paper sacks or paste¬ 
board cartons, out of reach of mouse 
damage. “Dehydrating” is the modern 
term for the process. Racks of galvan¬ 
ized netting, with wooden slats at the 
ends to raise them one above the other, 
can be used in the oven at night—tem¬ 
perature about 140 degrees—the oven 
door being left unlatched for moisture to 
escape. About three nights’ drying is re¬ 
quired. This is one method; there are 
others, and many experienced farm 
housewives can give us information on 
this subject. Dried corn and string beans 
are familiar, and we learn that carrots, 
cut in strips, dry well. Of course, these 
dried vegetables, like dried fruits, are 
soaked before cooking. Even dried rhu¬ 
barb was displayed by on. domestic 
science demonstrator, who also dried 
' sliced tomato. Her plan was to cut all 
the larger fruits and vegetables into thin 
strips, so as to expose as much surface 
as possible to the dehydrating process. 
Zy/ic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Seen in New York Shops 
Recently, when buying burlap for dra- 
lieries we were told that there was a 
growing scarcity of this material, and 
that some colors were no longer obtain¬ 
able. It cost cents a yard, one yard 
wide. Another inexpensive drapery ma¬ 
terial is mocha cloth, one yard wide, 20 
cents a yard. It has an irregular weave, 
quite heavy, closer than burlap, and is a 
mixture of brown and reddish russet. It 
is used for couch covers and portieres. 
Denim for draperies is now M2 cents a 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
Price 15 cts. Blouse, 34 to 42 
bust. 
9431—Blouse with Blouse, 34 to 42 
Full Fronts, 34 to bust. 
44 bust. Price 15 cts. 
I’rice 15 cts. 
9402—S t r a i g h t 
9433—Two-Piece Skirt to be Plaited 
Skirt. 24 to 32 or Gathered, 24 to 
waist. 30 waist. 
Price 15 cts. Price 15 cts. 
yard in plain colors, 54 cents with 
printed designs. 
Army goggles, with amber, green or 
smoke-colored lenses, imitation tortoise¬ 
shell frames and leather straps to fasten 
them, are ,$1.25, Aviators’ face masks 
of .silk or leather made in France, are $7 
iuid .$0.50. 
Registration card cases, just the size 
for the Government card, are 25 cents in 
plain grain leather, and from this up to 
,$1..50, the more expensive ones having 
extra space for regular cards and stamps. 
Scout suits of olive drab khaki, con¬ 
sisting of coat, knickers, canvas puttee 
leggings and hat, sizes 4 to 14 yeai’s, are 
$4.50. 
Among new rufflings we find skirt 
widths of Brussels net, cream or white. 
One style has a hem .and three three- 
inch tucks at graduated distances, both 
hem and tucks being set in with hem¬ 
stitching. This was $1.87 a yard. An¬ 
other style had four three-inch frills, 
pleated very full at graduated distances; 
this was .$2.74 a yard. In each case the 
material was 40 inches wide. 
. Perfectly plain close-fitting diving caps 
of rubber cost 2.5 cents, and come in a va.- 
riety of colors. They are worn by both 
men and women, for constant wetting in 
salt water is not good for the hair, and 
the cap is a comfort in diving. Among 
women’s bathing shoes some of the newer 
styles have an ankle strap, like a child’s 
strap slippers, the strap being either 
buckled or buttoned. They cost from 
59 cents a pair up. Plain black sateen 
shippers with tapes to cross around the 
ankles cost 44 cents a pair. 
Easy Cucumber Pickle 
Thoroughly dissolve one cup of Turk’s 
Island .salt in one gallon of vinegar, and 
put in cucumbers as gathered from vines, 
a few any time convenient, J. E. G. 
The Weight of War 
The heavy hand of war has dis¬ 
turbed the balance between supply 
and demand the world over. Our 
problem of serving the public has 
all at once assumed a new and 
weightier aspect. 
Extraordinary demands on tele¬ 
phone service by the Government 
have been made and are being met. 
Equipment must be provided for the 
great training camps, the coast- 
defense stations must be linked to¬ 
gether by means of communication, 
and the facilities perfected to put the 
Government in touch with the en¬ 
tire country at a moment’s notice. 
In planning for additions to the 
plant of the Bell System for 191 7, 
one hundred and thirty millions of 
dollars were apportioned. This is 
by far the largest program ever 
undertaken. 
But the cost of raw materials 
has doubled in a year. Adequate 
supplies of copper, lead, wire, steel 
and other essentials of new equip¬ 
ment are becoming harder to get 
at any price, for the demands of 
war must be met. 
Under the pressure of business 
incident to war, the telephone-using 
public must co-operate in order that 
our new plans to meet the extraor¬ 
dinary growth In telephone stations 
and traffic may be made adequate. 
The elimination of unnecessary 
telephone calls is a patriotic duty 
just as is the elimination of all waste 
at such a time. Your Government 
must have a “clear talk track.” 
AMERICAN Telephone and Telegraph Company 
And Associated Companies 
One Policy One System Universal Service 
THE COLT 
CARBIDE LIGHTING AND 
COOKING PLANT 
Has won the endorsement of 
. 25,000 users • 
From these users we have received 
thousands of letters testifying that the 
“Colt” furnishes brilliant light for house 
and bams and fuel for the kitchen range 
at a LOWER COST than other light 
plants furnish light alone. 
These letters one and all tell of the 
economy and satisfaction of this double 
service, and of the permanency and 
reliability of the plant. 
Read for yourself this typical quota¬ 
tion from letter 175. 
Clinton, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1915. 
“The lighting plant I bought of you almost two 
years ago has proven entirely satisfactory, and 1 
consider the cost of the plant well invested—far 
superior to the lanterns and lamps which anyone is 
likely to have to throw out at any moment.^ I 
would not be without it in my dairy barn and it is a 
great satisfaction to me. The cost of operation is 
small, and the care of the machine very simple. 
The machine acts almost human.” 
THOMAS E. HART. 
Don’t choose a Lighting Plant until 
you have investigated the Colt two-in-one 
service. Write for complete information. 
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42nd St. Bldg. 
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