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e//« RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 
I'.U T 
WOiyiAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
When He Comes Back 
tip goes in manhood’s earning time, 
While others build their hoard, 
l’>nt what when he has.given all 
, And penniless his sword? 
()h, when he shall come back to ns 
With what he went to win, 
r.e wealth to him, be gold to him, 
Who has our ransom been. 
He goes in manhood’s splendid prime. 
The scar disdainful spurns, 
r.ut what if guns shall take their toll 
And broken he returns? 
Oh, when he shall come back again, 
If fate decrees it thus. 
Be eyes to him, 'be hands to him. 
Who has been soul to us. 
ohandhiirgh Wilson in A’cu' York fltin. 
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WiiKN making a white cake that calls 
only for white of egg, most hotisekeepers 
make a second cake to utilize the yolks. 
If desired one may, instead of this, boil 
the yolk hard by dropping cai-efully in 
boiling water, like « poache<l egg. It is 
then ready for use in salad, or any other 
dish calling for hard-boiled egg. 
* 
An old-fashioned dessert is Indian 
pudding with apples. It calls for one- 
half cup of molasses, one quart of milk, 
one teaspoonful sjilt, three scant cups of 
apples, pared and sliced, with one-fourth 
teaspoonful each of ground ginger and 
cloves, and half cup corameal. Heat the 
milk ; when it boils pour it on the meal, 
stirring well, then cook in double boiler 
for half an hour, with frequent stirring. 
Add the other ingrt-dients, put in .a but¬ 
tered pudding dish, and bake slowly for 
an hour. v 
We are often a.sked to pre.'iCTibe for 
ferns grown in the house or window, 
which suffer from a blight attacking the 
tips of the fronds, 'which sometimes ex¬ 
tends along the frond, causing many of 
the pinna* to brown and die. The Ohio 
Experiment Station advi.‘<es that the dis¬ 
eased parts be cut off and burned, and 
the remainder sprayed with weak Boi*- 
deaux mixture. One can prepare a small 
quantity of Bordeaux for such u.se by 
dissolving two level tablespoonfuls of cop¬ 
per sulphate (blue vitriol) in water, dis¬ 
solving a half cupful of slaked linu* in 
water separately, then mixing the solu¬ 
tions and diluting with water to make a 
gallon of the mixture. Do not mix the 
cojiper sulphate in metal, whi(.*h will bo 
corroded by it; mix in a glass, crockery 
or wooden lesseL 
The National (Jovernment is again 
Avaruing us of sugiir whortage, and is ph;n- 
ning a campaign to urge economy in il.s 
use. Sugar is a valuable food emnstitu- 
ent, and a necessity for most of us, but 
as a nation aac have, a. Avell-deservcd 
reputation for extravagance in its u.se. 
Americans are great candj’^eaters, and 
Avith most of us candy is not ^ised as a 
dessert, or as part of a meal, litit is purely 
an extra, eaten Ai-ithout any idea of nutri¬ 
ent value. It thus becomes merely an in¬ 
dulgence, like tobacco. France is in 
especial need of sugar, andi has’ a right to 
expect it from us, It is tiiujb 'for us all 
to consider how we may aid in conserv*- 
iiig our supply. The matter/ of candy 
must be left to the individual .•conscience. 
There iire, howeA-er, opportunities for 
liousehold saving, now that the .season 
for canning and preserving is past. We 
think, personally, that Oijke icings should 
be barred. They are deliejous;. and they 
add greatly to the attractiveness of a cake, 
but they are not a necessity, and they 
us(' up an immense amount of sugar. It 
Avould take the genius of Col. Mulberry 
Sellers to ctilculate Iioav many tons of 
sugar are used in cake icings CA’ery 
Saturday, by Avomeu who do their OAvn 
Isvkiug. Then Ave ought to rise honey 
wherever it can be substituted for sugar. 
It is a delicious and Avbole.some SAveet, 
and it is so far a by-product for Avhich 
the floAA’ers and the lK>es are responsible 
that it does not usurj) the place of other 
needed food crops. The Department of 
Agriculture has issued an excellent bul¬ 
letin on this subject—^Paimera’ Bulletin 
No. 653, “Honey and Its Uses in the 
Home,” by Caroline L. Hunt,and Helen 
W. AtAvater. Many of the recipes giA’en 
will be extremely helpful in saA’ing sugar, 
and will be a real economy on farms 
where bees are kept. In purchasing 
honey we always 'fieel that Ave are getting 
nearer to the producer than in buying a 
factory-made SAA-eet. Maple sugar and 
syrup AA-ill also release more cane sugar 
for our Allie.si and in buying them we 
are helping to consume a crop that means 
much to many farm workers. To the 
city buyer maple proAlucts are usually 
exiMjnsive. Where direct trad6 between 
farmers is practical, there is additiontil 
incentive for a farm family out of the 
maple belt to buy from j)roducei's of 
these sweets; they are helping producers 
of their own class, ai'-l helping the nation 
to conserA-e other sugai-s. 
Seen In New York Shops 
A “soldiers’ special” seen in a Avell- 
knoAvn shop Avasi a heavy army coat, 
moleskin shell lined Avith reindeer leather, 
with heaverized ctdlar and ribbed cloth 
Avrist protectors, price $20. 
“Twistless tape” is offered as especially 
u.seful for infants’ garments; it is .said 
never to twi.st, curl up, shrink or beeomc 
ye'.loAV in washing. 
Among infants’ garments Ave noted 
nightgoAA-ns of white stockinet, a plain 
' The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending (Mrice with order 
U5S4 OirlV Prvss, 
to 12 years. Pri 
l.A cciit.s. 
J>.54r» 0 n e - I* i o c o 
Press, 3lJ to 4'.> bust. 
I'rU-e 15 rents. 
imSO Poublc-Preiist- 
e:I Coat, 34 to 42 
bust. Price 15 cents. 
0528 Panel Skirt, 24 
to 32 waist. I’riee 
15 cents. 
0.5.52 Cirl's 
to 14 years, 
cents. 
Coat. 
I'rico 
8 
15 
model with raglan sleeves, and a draw¬ 
string in the bottom hem, so that it 
could be closed to keep the little feet 
Avann. 
Woineii’.s •overgaiters or .spats Avere seen 
;it prices ranging from about one dollar ui> 
to .$2.67. The cheapest Avere those with 
only six buttons; the i)revalent height 
r-^w Avorn Avitli skirts of the present 
length calls for eight buttons. A good style 
Avith eight buttons in cravenette Avas seen 
for .$1.59 in gray, sand or black; another 
,attractiA'e style, which also included 
Avhite and fawn shades, AA'as $1.97, This 
was ;it a department store; prices are 
kirher at many of the shoe stores. There 
are also many fancy overgaiters in colors 
and black and Avhite chet-k, or Avith orna¬ 
mental buttons, Avhich are more conspic¬ 
uous. Women aaIio suffer from cold 
feet often tell us that low shoes AA’crn 
with overgaiters keep their feet much 
warmer in Avalking than high leather 
shoes, probably because they do not retard 
circulation, and because avooI gives moi’c 
warmth about the ankles 'than leather. 
Sand, faAA'n or gray overgaiters, Avh’ch- 
ever harmonizes with the jacket suit, 
wmrn with black patent leather pumps 
or ties, take the place of expensiv’e high 
shoes for dress occasions in Winter. 
Semi-made skirts have been featured 
Most Flour Value 
For Your Money 
1 he cheapest hour is net alv/ays 
tKe most economical. 
When you buy flour you buy food 
value—not just flour. Therefore, econ¬ 
omy in flour buying consists in getting 
the most food value for your money. 
The food value cf each manufac*:- 
urer’s best finished flour depends not 
alone upon the kind of wheat from 
which it is ground. It depends, rather, 
upon how skillfully and to what extent 
ho separates it from the cheaper and 
less nourishing lower grades. 
Pillobury’s Best flour is milled to a definite 
standard which produces the most food value 
for the consumer’s money. This standard has 
been determined in the light of nearly fifty 
years milling experience. It is rigidly main¬ 
tained -day after day, year after year. Every 
sack of Pillsbury’s Best flour must conform 
to it. 
That is why bread made with Pillsbury’s 
Best is both wholesome and economical. That 
is why your money cannot buy a better flour 
than Pillsbury’s Best, anywhere- at any price. 
To pay more is wasteful; to pay less is not 
economy. 
Flour Question Settled 
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, Minneapolis, Minn, 
