1062 
September 8, 1917 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
After-Days 
When the last gun has long withheld 
Its thunder, and its mouth is sealed. 
Strong men .shall drive the furrow 
straight 
On some remembered battlefield. 
Untroubled they shall hear the loud 
And gusty driving of the rains. 
And birds with immemorial voice 
Sing as of old in leafy lanes. 
The stricken, tainted soil shall be 
Again a flowery pai-adise— 
Pure with the memory of the dead 
And purer for their sacrifice. 
—Eric Chilman (East Yorkshire Regt.) 
in I^ondon Poetry Review. 
♦ 
PisACiiES combined with pineapple 
make a very rich preserve, using twice 
as much sliced peach as shredded pine- 
apjde. and three-quarters of a pound of 
sugar and the juice of one lemon to 
each pound of fi-uit. Cook slowly, skim¬ 
ming often, until clear and sufficiently 
thickened. This is very rich, but le.ss 
cloyting than a preserve made of peaches 
alone. 
* 
People often make fun of the knitting 
craze, as they see women of all ages 
knitting in automobile.s, on ferry boats, 
on railway trains and in places of amuse¬ 
ment, most of them with a decorative 
knitting bag almost as large as our great¬ 
grandfather’s carpet bag. Rut the Na- 
tion.al Red Cross feels the need of this 
work, and is now appealing for tluuis- 
ands of mufflers, wristlets, helmdts and 
sleeveless jackets for our fighting men, 
and also for ithe destitute people 5n 
evacuated districts, who face another 
severe Winter with shortage of fuel and 
clothing. Every woman and girl ought 
to know how to knit, and the beginner 
may start her education on an Oxford 
gray muffler, before she becomes suf-. 
ficiently accomplished to attack purling 
in helmets, wristlets and jackets. Your 
local Red Cross branch will supply in¬ 
structions, and furnish materials at 
specified prices. In spite of improved 
machine work, the hand knitter is needed, 
and apart from the comfort she pi-ovides 
for others, the knitter can always find 
pleasure and relief from nerve tension 
in this placid and soothing work. 
* 
With the return of long sleeves, sep¬ 
arate white cuffs are a necessity on 
dark dresses, and we see a return of 
the little cuff pins that used to be so 
popular. Small enameled pins are al¬ 
ways pretty, also those of dull silver 
or gold. Such a pin should be plain, 
because it is an article of utility, and 
while prettily colored enamels, that har¬ 
monize with the gown, are always in 
good taste, jeweled effects are a mistake. 
We are much more tolerant nowadays, 
of imitation jewelry than our grandmoth¬ 
ers were, for much of it is pretty, copy¬ 
ing good models during the prevalence of 
a temporary fashion, but it should al¬ 
ways be simple, and look, as far as pos¬ 
sible like a good article of plain make. 
* 
We have made several experiments in 
folding cot-beds, for temporary use in 
an emergency, with varying degrees of 
satisfaction. The old-style folding cot 
with metal springs and wooden supports 
at head and foot has not proved very 
desirable; it is awkward to fold up, or 
to put away when folded, and not com¬ 
fortable. We have since tested what 
some dealers call a doctor’s cot, which 
has pj-oved desirable. It is .supported 
by four wooden crossed standards, like 
the supports of a camp-stool, these being 
braced by folding metal bands, so that 
the entire base folds compactly into 
small compass. The top is of heavy 
white duck, with metal sail-rings that 
slip over metal hooks at the top of the 
wooden supports. 'i^’Iien taken apart, 
the duck rolls into a neat bundle, and 
both this and the supports are handy 
to put away. With a folded quilt in 
place of a mattress the bed is comfort¬ 
able, and there are many household 
emergencies where it would be found 
useful. It is ideal for hot weather on 
a sleeping porch, .'^uch a cot costs .$.3.19 
at one of the big department stores. 
STAe RURAL N 
Seen in New York Shops 
A dazzling new aquarium has an elec¬ 
trically lighted ba.se which changes fi’om 
one color to another like an electric 
fountain, flashing the.se luminous changes 
through the gold fish bowl. It costs 
.$.‘u.,no. 
A butter cutter, which cuts the butter 
into corrugated flakes to seiwe as indi¬ 
vidual butter pats, costs .39 cents. The 
butter must be very hard when flaked. 
In providing comforts for friends on 
military duty do not forget the appliances 
for using solid alcohol. They include a 
complete cooker with which to prepare 
a regular canned heat dinner. 
E W-YO R K E R 
little water, add one-half pint of fruit 
juice, and boil five minutes. If your 
fruit juice is unsweetened add from one- 
half to three-fourths of a cup of sugar, 
according to the acidity of the juice. 
This must be done, of course, before 
boiling. I “u.se this same recipe for lemon 
sauce, adding inste.ad of the fruit juice, 
the juice of one lemon, and water to 
make up the half pint of liquid. With 
this I alsa take the yolk of one egg, well 
beaten. 
A little of a highly colored juice, such 
as raspberry, if added to the sugar when 
making icing gives a very pretty color 
and makes a most attractive looking 
cake. MILS. CHARLES .lOHXSTOX. 
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. 
An omelet pan, costing $1.49, is a 
round pan divided into two semi-circles 
hinged together. The omelet is cooked In 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
bust. Price 15 cents. 
9502 Boy's Military 
Suit, 2 to 0 years. 
Price 15 cents. 
Coat, M to 42 bust. 
Price 15 cents. 
9433 Two-piece Skirt, 
24 1o 32 waist. 
Price 15 cents. 
9473 GirPs Dress 
with Guimpe, 0 to 
12 years. Price 15 
cents. 
9489 Boy’s Military 
.Suit, 8 to 12 years. 
ITice 15 cents. 
9487 Surplice Dress, 
36 to 46 bust. Price 
15 cents. 
one half, and when time to turn the pan 
is folded over and the omelet drops into 
the other half. 
Fruit Juice for Sauces 
In answer to the request as to how I 
use fruit juices for sauces, I will give my 
recipes, which are very simple and easy 
to prepai'e. Sometimes if I am hurried 
I merely pour the sweetened juice over 
the cottage, or other pudding, for which 
I want a sauce. When putting up my 
fruit juices, I always boil them until 
quite thick and have them well sweet¬ 
ened, so when u.sed without any prepara¬ 
tion they are very good. Their only dis¬ 
advantage is that when used in this way, 
they soak into the pudding rather more 
than looks attractive, and the pudding 
must be served as soon as the juice is 
poured over it or it will become soggy. 
While it can be used in this way I 
like to have it prepared in the form of 
sauce if possible. I take one rounded 
teaspoonful of cornstarch, mix with a 
Washing Pongee 
I have worn pongee much for both 
dresses and shirt waists. Wash it in 
warm water—never hot—with good white 
soap. Do not rub it, just squeeze it 
through the waters. Last Spring I 
washed a dress which was very dirty. 
It took seven waters—four soapy and 
three to rin.se. Then hang it to dry. A 
windy place where it will dry quickly 
and evenly is best. Let it get “bone” dry. 
It can be put away for days very dry 
with no hurt. Iron it when it is per- 
fectly dry with quite a hot iron. It 
comes out as good as new. Never try 
to iron pongee when damp. M. E. ii. 
Read tor yourself this typical 
quotation from letter 3IS 
Grand Isle, Vermont, 
August 21, 1916. 
“I Installed one ot your No. 50 generators In 
May, 1906, a little over ten years ago, and for all 
this time there has not been one minute but what it 
was working perfectly, and today it looks as fine as 
when first installed. The cost of running it has 
been from 50c to {2.00 per month. We take sum¬ 
mer boarders and do a great deal of cooking with 
the gas, which is very fine for that purpose, there¬ 
fore the extra cost. 1 once ran an incubator with 
good success with this gas.’’ £>_ CENTER 
Don’t choose a Lighting Plant until 
you have investigated the Colt two-in-one 
service. Write for complete information. 
J. B. COLT CO., 42d St. Bldg., New York City 
8 
Green Tomato Pickle.—Slice very 
thinly one peck of green tomatoes and 
two quarts of onions, sprinkling them 
all with a little salt, and let 
them stand till next day. Now drain 
them through a colander, put them on 
with enough good vinegar to cover them, 
and boil very gently till deaf and ten¬ 
der, Then drain them from the vinegar. 
Put into about the same quantity of 
fresh vinegar two pounds of brown .sugar, 
one-half pound of white mustard seed, 
one-half ounce of ground mace, one ta¬ 
blespoonful each of celery seed and 
ground cloves, and boil them all together 
for a few minutes; then pour it over the 
drained tomatoes, which have been pre¬ 
viously mixed with one dessertspoonful 
of cayenne, one full teaspoonful each of 
ground mustard and of turmeric; mix 
this all well together, add about half a 
pint of good salad oil, and, when cold, 
put it into jars. 
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