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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
than to havfi china without a flaw in its 
glisten. 
, If the water is hard, borax is a great 
help. A level table.spoonfnl to the gallon 
will be about right. Tint water is an 
absolute necessity if yon want clean 
dishe.s and want to “speed up” on your 
task. 
If the family is small, much time can 
be saved by putting the dishes to soak 
after each meal and washing them only 
once each day. Here, too, the fussy 
housekeper will hold up her hands in 
horror. Well, let her! For my part I 
am going to do my woi'k in the easiest' 
way possible, and let other folks be 
shocked if they will. It has only been 
in just these simple way.s that I have 
mentioned that I have been able to lighten 
this ever-recurring task. Fp‘ lo this time 
there is^ no satisfactory dishwasher on the 
market that is at' all practicable for 
household use/ aiid' as all-‘ the inwiitors 
and'scientists aj^'-at ^present-engaged on 
submarine. . de^fro.vftSs''~ahd the like, we 
housekeepers willbaveV.to 'depend for 
some time yet on oiir own' wits for the 
lightening"of this task.’ . 
MRS. CIIARI.ES .JOUNSTOX. 
Farm Women and Food Conservation 
There are some f>f us who are not at 
all dismayed by the food conservation 
the deep snows have made it very hard, 
and, if in desperation the men leave the 
woods and go to the coal yards, they re¬ 
ceive poor comfort. Farmers must burn 
wood,'they say. AVe have no wood, save 
shade trees, on our farm. Why should 
our friends in town be more entitled than 
we to have furnace and coal, if we can 
pay our bills? But one dealer told a 
neighbor, “You farmers want everything 
town folks have. You even fuss if you 
can’t get sugar. Where are the old farm¬ 
ers w'ho used molasses in their coffee?” 
You may say, “Oh, but that man was 
ignorant.” The editor of a daily paper 
is not supposed to be ignorant, yet the en¬ 
closed clipping is mild compared with 
some we read. They know as little of 
farm conditions as we do of newspaper 
compiling, yet they publicly denounce us. 
L. s.. 
B. N.-Y.—The above correspondent 
li\-es iira famous farming section of Dela¬ 
ware. The enclosed' clip'pihg, printed 
below', seems a deliberate insult to farm¬ 
ers of the community. Here is another 
editor who needs educating: ‘ 
AS TO THE COST OF EGGS. 
Erery Evening know'S of a man who 
is selling eggs at oO cents a dozen and 
refuses to ‘take more. •^He buys his feed, 
too, as he keeps his chickens at his place 
of work, and he says he can sell the eggs 
for that price and make a fair profit. 
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An attractive centerpiece is the Holland Puich design Xo. COS. The enihroider.v is done witli 
outline stitch, in red, blue, brown, yellow and green, tlie several colors being applied as 
indicated by the tinting. The edge Bhould he finished with a narrow fancy loop-end fringe. 
The design is tinted on brown art .linen, size 30 inches and with mercerized flos.s to complete 
embroidery, costs 75 cents; fringe, 50 cents extra. > ,• 
.f' 
rulings. Indeed we feel quite “set-up” 
that- (lovernmejit approval is stamped 
upon little, methods of economy that w’ere 
drilled into us by our mothers and grand¬ 
mothers.', ^ My. mother never saw inside 
off a laboratory, but I feel sure thiit if 
she Avere living she could do herself credit 
in one of the pt*pular lectures on fat¬ 
saving, or soap-making, or in the use of 
wheat-flour substitutes. She always 
saved all the sausage and meat “uri t- 
pings,” the fat from a “too-fat” hen, a. ■ 
knew' exactly in which food the flavor 
of each would combine most acceptably. 
Such mothers are enthusia.stic over the 
opportunities in thi.s food situation. 
As a matter of fact I find that the 
<-ountry people whom I know ax‘e re¬ 
sponding very well, in some cases making 
distinco sacrifices. One man stopped 
sweetening his coffee. His wife had a 
little sugar in the house when the short¬ 
age in sugar became evident, so she 
stopped buying it altogether. , This same 
couple took down their coal stove while 
they could still buy coal, bought wood 
and a wood stove. Another man, a heavy 
meat-eater, long ago gave up one. of his 
meat meals a day, altlnuigh he butchered 
and had his own meat at hand. In 
neither of these instances was tlie idea 
to save money, but to save food. 
great many farmers around here, be¬ 
cause of the scarcity of labor, were not 
as provident as usual in the matter of 
fuel supply, but worked at their farm 
work till late, trusting to getting fuel as 
they needed it. The severe weather and 
And yet our market people, most of 
whom raise their chicken feed, claim they 
cannot aff.qrd to sell eggs for less than 75 
cents a dozen., 
AV^e notice an increasing number of 
aijtomobiles backed up to the curb, to 
tak’e the ‘place!of the old-fashioned market 
W'ttgoh^-'dfspite ' their pleas , for poverty. 
Which ipay mean that there are still a 
lot ^off pCb|)le in this, community^ who have 
morc'^\ii,6m.“y ffhan I rains. 
Whole V\"v,e4t Crurripets ‘ 
The following ic-ci.'c for whole xvheat 
^•rnmpets is given by f’he New York 
Tribune: Scald one pint of milk and add 
two tablespoonfuls of oleo and one tea¬ 
spoonful each of salt and sugar. When 
it has become liikew'arm, add half a cake 
of compressed' yeast dissolved in a few 
spoonfuls of tepid W'ater. Stir in about 
one and a quarter cupfuls of whole wheat 
flour and one cupful of wheat flour, or 
enough of the blended flours to make a 
good drop batter, then cover well and set 
to rise over* night. In the morning stir 
it down, beat vigorously and poxir into hot 
gi-eased mxxffin rings <that have been set on 
a hot greased gxuddle. Fill the rings half 
full of the battex’. It will rise to the top 
and bake slowly. Cool and toast on both 
sides, then spread with bixttei*. Serve 
very hot. 
“There is ever a certain languor attend¬ 
ing the fullness of prosperity. When the 
heax-t has no more to wish it yawms 
over its possessions axxd the energy , of the 
soul goes out like a fire that has no more 
to devour.”—Y^oung. 
Guesswork 
Thrifty farming is impos¬ 
sible if you guess at thecrops, 
guess at the machine to use, 
guess at the weight of a load 
of grain — or guess at the 
time. The wi.se farmer must 
knvw. One exact timepiece 
enables you to know the 
exact time — 
“ The Watch of Railroad Accuracy 
A safe watch in the cab 
of a limited train. A safe 
watch on the farm. The jar 
and jolt of heavy modern 
tractors, reaper.s, mowers, 
and other machinery require 
asruggedandunerringa time¬ 
piece as the locomotive. 
Write Today 
for ** The Timekeeper ** 
Hamilton prices: complete cased 
watches at $27.50 to $150. Hamilton 
movements to fit your present watch 
case, $14 ($15.25 in Canada) and up. 
HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY 
Dept. 69 Lancuter, Penntylvania 
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$1.00 OFFERS { 5 lbs. Best Mara Coffee, 
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