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I WOMAN AND HOME | 
From Day to Day 
Breathes There a Man 
Brcathep ♦^Lere a man, with soul so dead- 
Who never tc Llmself hath said, 
This is my own, my native land. 
Whose heart hath ne’er within him hurn’d, 
As hmne his footsteps he hath turn’d. 
From wandering on a foreign strand? 
If such there breathe, go, mark him well; 
For him no minstrel raptures swell; 
High though his titles, proud his name. 
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; 
Despite those titles, power and pelf, 
The wretch, concentred all in self. 
Diving, shall forfeit fair renown. 
And. doubly dying, shall go down, 
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung. 
Unwept, nnhonor’d, and unsung. 
—ffir Walter Scott. 
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TirouSANDS of women all over New 
York State are now thinking of the fran¬ 
chise, and wishing for knowledge that will 
make their political rights a power for 
good. Not all men approach tbe franchise 
in the same spirit, yet many of them will 
be very critical of the woman voter. We 
think circles of women, as well as in¬ 
dividuals, will want to read and study 
this Winter with special reference to 
State government. Two very’useful works 
are “Women’s Part in Government,” by 
William II. Allen, price .$1..^, and “The 
Government of New York,” by William 
C. Morey, price 75 cents. There are three 
subjects which, we believe, will engage 
the special attention of women voters in 
this State, apart from purely farm prob¬ 
lems ; they are labor laws affecting women 
and children, the care of dependent chil¬ 
dren, and efficient control of traffic in in¬ 
toxicants. It is very instructive to note 
that before New Y^ork’s women voters 
were a week old tha leading politicians 
were all eager for their best interests— 
and their votes. 
The United States Food Administra¬ 
tion calls attention to false reports as to 
shortage of salt, laundry blue and 
matches, which caused excessive buying 
and hoarding of these commodities recent¬ 
ly. In each case there was absolutely no 
foundation for the rumors of scarcity, and 
the Food Administration believes that 
these reports, coming in successive waves, 
are due to enemy propaganda. Frenzied 
buying of any commodity upsets commer¬ 
cial conditions, and is a cause of popular 
unrest. Anything that causes general dis¬ 
content is helpful to the country’s ene¬ 
mies. More shocking still is the secret 
circulation of fraudulent letters purport¬ 
ing to come from American soldiers in 
France, which originate with enemy 
agents. These letters profess to show 
shocking conditions of losses and casual¬ 
ties on the other side concealed by the 
National Government. .The barbarity of 
this fraud will come home to everyone 
who has relatives or friends on the firing 
line. It is not unlikely that this fraud 
will be tried extensively in rural districts, 
and we urge all farm families to be on 
their guard against it. Do not accept as 
truth any anonymous letters purporting 
to come from our soldiers; do not give 
currency to slanderous stories attacking 
army, navy or Bed Cross, but endeavor to 
run them down and discover their origin, 
and report any persistent treason-monger 
to the Federal authorities. The more loy¬ 
ally we uphold our nation and its authori¬ 
ties at home, the safer we make the world 
for our fighting men abroad, and the soon¬ 
er we bring about tbe just and lasting 
peace we long for. 
Anyone who neglected to attend to 
small repairs needed by stoves and heat¬ 
ers this year is likely to regret it; fac¬ 
tory conditions are such that delay is 
liable to occur in all lines, and espe¬ 
cially the metal trades. The furnace 
man’s advice is to have all heating ap- 
plinces cleaned and inspected in Spring, 
thus giving ample time for needed re¬ 
pairs. The coming Winter presents se¬ 
rious problems to many households in 
the prevalent fuel shortage. Happy the 
farmer with a good woodlot and a big 
pile of well-iseasoned cordwood. Tbcrc 
is need to conserve all forms of fuel, 
and all the wood about the farm, old 
fence posts, rails and odd pieces, should 
he properly cared for. We often see 
piles of old railroad ties being burned 
IShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 15, 1017 
along the track to get them out of the 
way, and regret the wasted heat and 
energy thus thrown away. 
A Nutritious Cereal 
Buttermilk may be used instead of 
water or skim-milk in preparing cereals, 
as rolled oats, oatmeal, ground whole 
wheat, barley, etc. The best way is to 
put the cereal in the milk before putting 
it on the stove. You have to stir it all the 
time until it boils, then let it simmer on 
back of stove on asbestos plate for some 
time. Barley is fine after simmering two 
or three hours. This cereal is the por¬ 
ridge of the Holland farmer for at least 
two suppers a week. They eat it with 
molasses. 
In Holland, barley and buttermilk pre¬ 
pared in this way is sold to a large extent 
by the creameries, steamed, ready for use, 
in quart and pint bottles Buttermilk 
boiled with wheat flour or rice flour is the 
universal food given there to babies who 
must do without mother’s milk. It is 
sweetened with milk or sugar, and thinned 
with water, according to age. 
MBS. W. J. SCIIEPP-CORNELTSSEN. 
Corn Sticks 
In a recent issue you request a recipe 
for corn sticks. The following is a never- 
failing recipe: Beat one egg very light; 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
0432 Tiicbod P-ess, 
10 and 18 years. 
Price 15 cents. 
00(H Clilld’s Honip- 
ers. 1, 2 and 4 years. 
Price 10 cents. 
0500 Gown with Sur- 0.387 Chemi.ie Gown, 
Idice Vest, 34 to 44 34 to 42 bust. Price 
bust. Price 15 cents. 15 cents. 
add two cups of buttermilk and one cup¬ 
ful of sweet milk; into this sift 2i/£, cups 
of white cornmeal, one teaspoonful of 
baking-powder, and one teaspoonful each 
•of soda and salt. Pour info bread-stick 
irons, greased and smoking hot, bake in 
quick oven until brown all over. 
MRS. J. A. w. 
Soda Cracker Recipe ; Conservation Cake 
Can'anyone give me recipe for commer¬ 
cial soda crackers, also cream crackers? 
I am sure I could duplicate them if I 
knew bow to mix them. They are ex- 
tremel.v high to buy for a large family. 
In return for this favor I am sending a 
recipe for an eggless, butterless, milkless, 
sugarless cake, which I am sure some of 
The R. N.-Y. readers will appreciate and 
enjoy, and I believe it will also meet Mr. 
Hoover’s -approval. 
Boil together one cup of the best New 
Orleans molasses, IVi cups of water, one 
cup of raisins, one-tbird cup of shorten¬ 
ing, one cup of nut meats, one teaspoon 
of cinnamon, 'pinch of salt, for four min¬ 
utes. When cool add two cups of flour 
to which has been added a rounding tea¬ 
spoon of soda. Bake in a moderate oven 
for 85 minutes. mbs. I.. R. 
Keeping Scrapple in Missouri 
TVTiat method would you advise for tbe 
keeping of scrapple in a mild climate such 
as prevails in Missouri throughout the 
Winter? r. m. h. 
The only plan we can suggest is to can 
the meat, with the liquid in which it is 
boiled, and then when scrapple is desired, 
heat the canned meat and thicken the 
liquid after the usual manner, seasoning 
as desired. This would remove all risk 
of its not keeping, and fresh scrapple 
could be prepared throughout the season. 
If any of our readers have a plan fo? 
keeping scrapple through the season, in 
a mild climate, we should like to learn 
their methods. 
Three Peanut Recipes 
Peanut Stuffing for Fowl.—One loaf of 
stale bread, four drops of onion juice, one 
teaspoonful of chopped parsley, one cup¬ 
ful of roasted peanuts, one tablespoonfiil 
of blitter, poultry seasoning and cream. 
Crumble the bread and season to taste 
with salt, paprika, a small quantity of 
powdered sweet herbs or poultry season¬ 
ing, the onion juice and chopped parsley, 
to this add one cupful of roasted peanut 
meats which have been skinned and 
ground, and one tablespoonful of melted 
butter; mosten a bit with thin cream, and 
stuff at least two hours before roasting. 
Peanut Muffins.—One-fourth cupful of 
butter, one-third cupful of sugar, one egg, 
one-half cupful of milk, 14^ cupfuls of 
flour, one-half cupful of chopped peanuts, 
and 24^ teaspoonfuls of baking powder. 
Cream the butter, add the sugar and well- 
beaten egg, sift baking powder with flour, 
add one-half cupful of chopped peanut 
meats to flour, then alternating with milk 
add to first mixture. Bake in buttered 
gem pans in a brisk oven. 
Nut Loaf.—One-half pint of shelled 
i-oasted peanuts, one-half pint of dry 
peas, two cupfuls of bread crumbs, one 
cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of salt, 
one saltspoonful of pepper, one heaping 
tablespoonful of butter, one-half teaspoon¬ 
ful of kitchen bouquet and one egg. Soak 
tile peas in water over night, drain, then 
boil them until tender, drain again, press 
them through a sieve, add the peanuts, 
chopped, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, milk, 
butter, kitclien bouquet and the egg well 
beaten. Pour into a buttered baking-dish 
and hake in a moderate oven for one hour. 
HELEN A. LYNAN. 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
HorseorCow hide. Calf or other skins 
with hair or fur on, and make them 
into coats (for men and women), robes, 
ru^ or grioves when so ordered. Your 
fur goods will cost you loss than to buy 
them and be worth more. 
Our illustrated cstaiog gives a lot ot 
information. It tells now to take off 
and care for hides: how and when we 
pay the freight both ways; about our 
safe dyeing process on cow and horse 
hide, call and otner skins; about tno 
fur goods and game trophies we sell, 
taxiderm.v. etc. 
Then we have recently got out an¬ 
other we can our Fashion book, wholly 
devoted to lashion plates of muffs, 
neckwear and other fine fur garments, 
With prices : also fur garments reniod- 
sled and repaired. 
You can have either book by 
Srour correct address naming" 
both books if you need both. 
The Crosby Frisian 
671 Lyell Ave., 
GRIMM'S Maple Syrup Evaporators 
^Vhat the GRIMM EVAPORATOR has done for othei’s— 
it will do for you—fast and shallow boilinpr and thesiphon, 
which clarifies the liquid, piNXluces QUALITY. We will 
biafrer profits by ^vlnsr you f* 
LrsBDoattho APPAJ 
»er. The supply L_ 
hausted—the aemand 
la Increasii^ rapidly. 
Our COMAiCTELY 
— DIPPED EVAP- 
- ATOR will pro- 
_uce the beat quality 
of MAPLE rSYRUP. 
ORDER NOW. 
Ask for catalog 
and state 
number of treos 
you tap, 
G. H. GRIMM ESTATE Rutland. Vt. 
TEA & COFFEE 
By Parcel Post 
Same prices as prevail at our 100 stores. 
Best Tea, or 
TRIAL 
OFFER 
]s.na lOC, 
for i Ib. 
Best CoiTeo. 
5J4 lbs. San-Bo Coffee for $1.00 
Write for JAMES VAN DYK CO. 
Price List 51 Barclay Street, New York City 
Rogers Wood-Rim Baoios |rA W: 
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Our New Handy Binder 
Sides are heavy Book Board, Imita¬ 
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333 West 30th St. New York City 
