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■Uhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 23, 1918 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
■' In Flanders Fields 
In Flanders fields the poppies grow, 
Hetween the crosses, row on row. 
That mark our place; while in the sky 
The larks, still bravely singing, fly 
Unheard amid the guns. 
We are the dead. Short days ago 
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset’s glow, 
Loved and were loved, and now w’e lie 
In Flanders fields. 
Take up our quarrel with the foe. 
'I’o you from failing hands we throw 
The torch. Be yours to hear it high. 
If ye break faith with us who die. 
We shall not sleep, though poppies blow. 
In Flanders fields. 
—Lieut.-Col. John D. McRae. Can.idian 
Army. Died in France, January, 1918. 
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Our favorite “Victory bread” is made 
as we ordinarily make white bread, but 
with two cups of white cornineal to six 
<-ui»s of wheat flour. It is sweet and 
nutty in flavor, and keeps moist longer 
than bread made of wheat alone. As the 
cornmeal swells more than wheat, it 
makes a greater hulk in rising than wheat 
flour alone. 
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IIkrk is the proper weight fur a healthy 
baby, according to Miss Marianna 
Wheeler, widely known as the head of 
the New’ York Babies’ Hospital: 
Tiin<*— Pounds. 
,\t birth .’. . . 
Three months . 
Six months . 
Nine months . 18 
One year . 
One and one-half years. 
Two years . 
Three years . 
Four years . 
Five years . 
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grades are a little flat in flavor at this 
season. If you have any syrup left from 
canned fruit use this iu cooking the 
apples, either in baking or making sauce. 
It will improve the flavor ami save sugar. 
Syrup from canned cherries or peaches 
is esi)ecially nice to use in this way. 
t- 
Stk.\inkd oatmeal gruel, diluted w’ith 
hot milk and nicely flavored with nut¬ 
meg and a little sugar, is an excellent 
beverage for school children when they 
come in after school, tired and cold. It 
is also excellent for a nursing mother, 
who will find it very comforting at bed¬ 
time. or W’hen feeling in need of extra 
nourishment during a tiring day. A 
similar gruel made of long-boiled, strained 
cornmeal, spiced and diluted with hot 
milk, makes a pleasant change. Such 
gruels ai’e rather old-fashioned now’, but 
every wmman ought to know’ how to make 
them, and they are especially needed by 
delicate elderly people, whose needs are 
not always supplied by the hearty foods 
of the family table. 
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Housewives and Food Administration 
A rumor that the Government Food 
Administration, iu its efforts to prevent 
food hoarding, would not permit house¬ 
wives to store food for home consumption 
in excess of 80 days’ supply, has caused 
much uneasiness iu rural districts. This 
disquieting assertion has not only been 
passed by the spoken w’ord from one 
woman to another, but has also been 
printed by country papers, w’hibh, appar¬ 
ently. w’ere not stifficiently interested iu 
their readers’ welfare to investigate these 
absurd rumors. We sent one of these 
newspaper clippings, received from Ten¬ 
nessee, to the United States Food Ad¬ 
ministration and received the following 
information in reply: . ' 
Naturally, the last thing in the world 
the Food Administration desires to do is 
to discourage the canning and preserva¬ 
tion of home-grow’n food. The Food Ad¬ 
ministration has not the slightest inten¬ 
tion of seizing such .stocks and on the 
contrary w’ill do everything in its power 
to encourage such accumulation, since the 
Administration feels the transportation 
problem w’ill be greatly relieved by home 
canning and pre.serving. 
There is no disposition on the part of 
the Food Administration to make a hard 
and fast rule as to the duration of time 
defined iu hoarding,-as it is a well-known 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and aize desired, sending price with order 
No. Blouse 
in Suriiliee Kfteet 
3(i to 44 Imst. 
I’rice l.'i cents. 
No. ChiUl’s 
Night Gown, g to 8 
ye'i's. 
Price 10 cents. 
No. ih!04. Girl’s 
Coat, 0 to 10 years. 
Price I.") cents. . 
No. OoT". Boy's 
Suit, 2 to (! ye.'irs. 
Price 10 cents. 
fact that rural ctunniunities are in the 
habit of laying in larger suiiplies than 
urban districts. In a w’ord, every case of 
hoarding must be considered individiuilly 
jind on its merits. 
Seen in New York Shops 
Cotton gabardine for separate sports 
skirts is 57 cenrs a ytird, iu very hand¬ 
some plaids, like tho-se in the expensive 
woolen materials. One pretty style w’as 
faw’n color with plaid in old blue ; iinother 
a combination of black and rose on white 
ground. Black and w’hitc. both shep¬ 
herd’s checks !ind plaids, arc very at¬ 
tractive in this gabardine. 
Kindergarten cloth and galatea at .80 
cents a yard are excellent for children’s 
< lothes, and also for a w’oman’s gardening 
(Ire.ss, being firm and stout in texture. It 
comes in excellent shades of solid colors, 
and also stripes. Khaki cloth is 85 cents 
a yard, but one may also obtaiu khaki 
color in galatea. 
Irish crochet is used to trim some of 
the prettiest iiew’ voile blouses. 
Those w’axed ribbons w’itli a shining, 
cnamel-like finish that were with us a 
f‘>w’ years ago have returned, and are a 
prominent feature in the new millinery. 
One attractive hat of lustrous black 
I’sere was trimmed w’itli folded w’axed 
tibbon held d(nvn on the brim with a 
cluster of large gooseberries. 
Sleeveless polo jackets of wool jersey 
!'i’e a new sports model; they are cut in a 
(’'cp V at the neck, and slip oii over the 
Imad. 
Some new sports skirts of large ])laid 
r ’e in wrap-around style, some laid in 
t Ids at the top. without visible stitching, 
and others pleated like the Scottish kilt. 
Dishwashing Helps 
In a recent issue readers are asked to 
tell of any “magic” methods they liave 
for the ever-present task of dishwashing. 
As far as I am concei’iied I know’ of no 
magic for any of the homely, but neces¬ 
sary. tasks that fall to the" lot of the 
housewife; but there are numerous helps 
and short cuts that make the work pleas¬ 
anter and lighter. I alvdiys try to wash 
up as I go when prei)aring a meal, as 
this lightens the final task considerably. 
However, I have a sink and running 
Witter in my kitchen, which all house¬ 
wives do not, and lacking this I do not 
think it would be much of a time-saver. 
Tlie greatest help I lutve found is a 
wire rack in which to phice the wiished 
iind rinsed dishes. The dishes itre rinsed 
iu very hot water, placed in this rack, 
and they dry themselves. This is the 
neiirest approach to “magic” tlnit I have 
made. One particular housekeeitcr of my 
actiuiiintance objects to this plan, as 
.soinetiines W’heu the dishes are dry there 
will be a slight mark on plate or saucer 
where a drop of water has dried. She 
says she does not like these “water- 
spots.” The estimable lady is quite wel¬ 
come to do as she pleases, but as for me 
I would rather see a “water-spot” on a 
dish than that tired look on the face of 
the housewife. As long as the dishes are 
thoroughly clean 1 am more anxious to 
conserve my own health and appearance 
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Musical Entertainments 
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333 WEST 30th ST., NEW YORK. 
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