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tShe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
October 6, 1917 
(| WOMAN AND HO^ 
From Day to Day 
Kings 
O’er hamlet and o’er thrifty town, 
A pall of silence deep is spread. 
Yon rusty forge in idleiu'ss, 
The ruddy embers gray and dead. 
The shops with tightly shuttered blinds; 
The market place, deserted still. 
An old man gazes wistfully 
'J’oward flag and fortress on the hill. 
lirave hearted women leave the town 
Kach day at dawn, the grain to reap; 
At dusk, exhausted, they return 
To manless homes, to restless .sleep. 
’Tis not man’s pride or arrogance, 
I'he passion or the greed of kings 
That stirs a soul to turbulence 
T’ntil it utters challengings. 
All coronets and jeweled crowns 
Ar<‘ ('inpty semblances of state. 
And those who wear the diadems 
The feeble j)awn of higher fate. 
For powers will wane and nations fall, 
Great kingdoms to oblivion pass, 
As in their sight the centuries 
Are transient as the sun-parched grass. 
For He who planned the seven seas 
In i)ity scans all human .strife. 
And lie alone who can create 
Holds in Ilis hand the thi-ead of life. 
—Harry C. January in St. Tjouis Globe- 
Democrat. 
Thk “Woman Citizen’’ has been giving 
many recipes for using cornmeal, and, 
among other suggestions, recommends 
the use of cornmeal in poultry dress¬ 
ings. It states that stuffing for tur¬ 
key, chicken or duck is much improved 
by the addition of corn bread or corn- 
meal mush. The proportions are as fol¬ 
lows: Two cups of bread of biscuit 
crumbs; two cups of corn bread or corn¬ 
meal mush, two eggs, two tablespoons 
butter, bacon drippings or other shorten¬ 
ing, one teacup of celery, chopped line; 
one onion; season with black pepper, salt 
and a little cayenne pepper, one table¬ 
spoon sage. Chicken stock made from 
boiling the neck, legs and back of the 
chicken, turkey or duck, improves this 
dressing, but it is very good without it. 
If the dressing is made with corn bread 
it will be necessary to add just a little 
Avater, but if mush is used no water will 
be necessary. 
Sykacuse, N. Y., has appointed a com¬ 
mittee for regulating the sale of bread in 
that city. The committee is the result 
of hearings held before the common coun¬ 
cil on a bread-selling ordinance. Many 
women appeared at the hearing, repre¬ 
senting the consumers, and they asked 
for a standard loaf, plainly marked with 
the weight. The committee appointed by 
the common council consists of three 
bakers and three women. It is a sign 
of municipal progress wdien the women 
who buy the bread are recognized as rep¬ 
resentatives of the consumer. 
Tjie oldest woman regi.stered for Avar 
service in the United States is Mrs. 
Manora A. M. Johnstone, of Jasper Co.. 
.Mo., aged 103. Mrs. Johnstone AAms born 
in Aberdeen, Scotland, May 2, 1814, and 
olTered her services on Missouri’s Regis¬ 
tration Day. July 23. 1017, for surgical 
dressing, first aid, dietetics, and as a 
trained nurse. 8he is a nurse by i)rofes- 
sion, having first come to this country 
Avith a group of nurse.s sent by Gi’cat 
P.ritain in 1846 to fight an outbreak of 
cholera. After returning to Scotland. 
AA'here she married, Mrs. Johnstone and 
her husband emigrated to this country; 
her husband served in the army during 
the Civil War, while she served as a 
nurse. This centenarian is anxious to 
be assigned to service again; she says 
“It isn’t a time to be fooling around.” 
She has long supported herself, being a 
Avidow, and is eager to Avork again for 
her adopted country. 
♦ 
Those among us who are interested in 
equal suffrage (and this, we think, in¬ 
cludes a m.ajority of the memhers of farm 
organizations) will AA'onder a little at the 
action of Maine in recently voting down 
an equal suffrage amendment. The Pine 
Tree State has always looked kindly upon 
progressive movements, and, like the rest 
of New England, has every reason to rely 
upon the intelligence of its women. It 
is instructive to look at a map of the 
equal suffiage ,States and Canadian Prov¬ 
inces. and see how one neighbor after an¬ 
other falls into line. 
* 
The Adjutant General's office has sent 
out a Avarning that those sending letters 
and packages to American soldiers 
abroad are imt to u.se the abbreviation 
“A. E. F.” for “American Expedition.ary 
Forces,” but are to write out the Avords 
in full. This is to avoid error, as the 
same letters also stand for Australian 
Expeditionary Forct's. 
Christmas Packages for Soldiers and 
Sailors 
'J’he American Red Cross is preparing 
to send Christmas packages to more than 
a million fighting men, and in a recent 
issue of the “Official Bulletin” gives sug¬ 
gestions for such gifts. Many among us 
Avill A -ant to send gifts to personal 
friends, and the helpful advice given by 
the Red "Cross follows: 
(lE.VKUAI. .S'.'COE.STION.S 
1. Nothing should go in them which 
will not keep fresh from the time of p.ack- 
ing until Christmas. 
2. Dried fruits and other food products 
should be placed in small tin or Avoodeu 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
Nurse's Cap O.AIS Chi's Div-^s. 8 
irul .Ypron, one size, to 14 years. Price 
Price 10 cents. 15 cents. 
boxes. one-(iuarter to one-half iiound size. 
3. Hard candy, including chocolate, 
wonld probably be safe in tinfoil or 
heavy cardboard, but no soft chocolates 
nor anything that could pos.sibly be 
cru.shed should be used, as the other con¬ 
tents of the package might be spoiled 
thereby. 
4. ScA'cral dainties i)acked in oblong 
tin boxes, each holding a quarter of a 
pound. Avill provide a better variety for 
a packet thau a larger quantity of a sin¬ 
gle confection. 
5. No liquids nor articles packed in 
glass should be placed iu the package. 
IIOAV TO AVR.\r PARCELS 
6. For wrapping the gifts use a khaki- 
colored handkerchief. 27 inches square, 
and form the ba.se of the jiacket by plac¬ 
ing on the center of the handkeri'hief a 
pad of Avriting paper about 7 by 10 
inches. 
,7. Select a variety of articles either 
from the suggested list (or according to 
individual Avi.shes) aud arrange them on 
the pad of paper so that the entire pack¬ 
age shall be the width of the pad aud ap¬ 
proximately 5 or G inches high. 
8. Wrap and tie with 1-inch red ribbon 
and place a Christmas card under the bow 
of ribbon. 
9. Wrap the parcel again in heavy, 
light brown manila paper and tie securely 
Avith red, green, or gilt cord, and use 
Christmas labels or American flags, as 
desired. 
ARTICLES SLTiCESTED FOR PACKETS 
Khaki-colored handkerchief, 27 inches 
square, for container. 
Writing paper pad, about 7 by 10 
inches. 
Envelopes. 
Pencil. 
Postals. 
Book (in paper covers). 
Scrapbook, home-made, containing a 
good short story, some jokes, etc. 
Electric torch. 
Compass. 
Playing cards. 
Other games. 
Tobacco. 
Pipe and pipe cleaners. 
Cigarette papers. 
Water-tight match box. 
Chewing gum. 
Sweet chocolate biscuits. 
Fruited crackers. 
Fruit cake. 
Knife, such as boy scouts use. 
Mirror, steel. 
Handkerchiefs, khaki-colored. 
Neckties. 
Jlouth oi'gan. 
Red Gross checker-board Obis is a com¬ 
bination set of checker-board, checkers, 
chessmen, and dominoes made of heavy 
cai'dbojird especially for the Red Cross 
aud can be purcha.sed after October 15 
for 5 cents apiece). 
Preservi'd ginger. 
Salted nuts. 
Prunes. 
Figs. 
Dates. 
Raisins. 
Hard candy. 
Chocolate in tinfoil. 
Di cor ice. 
Katch the Kaiser (puzzle). 
^Mechanical puzzles (an assorted lot of 
12 small mechanical puzzles can be 
bought at the rate of 12 for 50 cents). 
Seen in New York Shops 
Service flags are to be displayed by 
hou.seliolds or firms having one or more 
members serving the country. They have 
a Avbite center with broad red border, the 
Avhite field shoAving one dark blue .star 
for each person in service. In all-wool 
bunting, a service flag 2x3 feet is .$2; 3x5 
feet, $4, any number of stars being fur¬ 
nished Avithout extra charge. 
Cotton bunting flags, guaranteed fast 
colors, with canvas headings, size 5x8 
feet, were noted recently for $4.25; the 
same size iu all-wool bunting Avas $8. 
A '“flop’’ pancake griddle bakes .six 
cakes at a time, and is so built that three 
can be turned over at once—certainly a 
time saver on a Winter morning. It is 
A^ery light, being made of aluminum, and 
costs $2.25 during a houseware sale. 
Knitting yarn at $4 a pound ought to 
make the sheep feel proud. This Avas 
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