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IShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 30, 1913 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
To Our Girls 
Onr country gives the young men she has 
treasured, 
To suHer—and to die, perhaps—for you. 
P.y (xod’s own standard let your gifts be 
measured 
And to their highest hold your cham- 
))ioij.s true. 
'I’o l<ee|) our <-ountry free, our children 
fearle.ss, 
< )ur women clean, they face the hell of 
war. 
Ann fheni with memories pure to cour¬ 
age peerless— 
• live them a womanhood Avorth dying 
foi-! 
—Amelia .Toseidiine Burr 
in the Churchman. 
Tiik following recipe for rye ginger- 
hreiid is given by the New York Ti'ibune: 
Ali.x together two and three-quarter cup¬ 
fuls of rye Hour, one teaspoonful of baking 
soda. tliree-<|uarters of a teaspoonful each 
of ground cinnamon and ginger, and one 
tahlespoonful of brown sugar. Pour one 
cui)ful of boiling wjiter on to one table¬ 
spoonful of oleo and add one cut)ful of 
molasses; then combine the li(iuid Avith 
!lie flour mixture. Beat well and bake in 
a )uoderate oven. 
It 
Tiik Connecticut Experiment Station 
has issued tAA’O bulletins on “Ecojiomy in 
Feeding the Family,” entitled “Some Es¬ 
sential Facts Regarding Nutrition” and 
“Tlie Cereal Breakfast Foods.” In the 
former bulletin this very sensible sum¬ 
mary is given : 
Her [the houseAAufc’s] first problem is 
to sujqily enough palatable and nutritious 
food for" the family. It is false economy 
at this time in any Avay to make the diet 
less efficient. 
The next problems are—to saA'C the 
family expense and to lessen the home 
demaiid for such foods as Avheat, beef and 
iiork, sugar and fats, AA’hich .are needed to 
send abroad to our own and our allied 
armies. In families Avith A-ery small in- 
(Himes the first of these tAvo problems is 
the more pres.sing; in families AA’ith larger 
iui'omes patriotism requires personal sac¬ 
rifice in the matter of family expense, Avhen 
it is necessary for a great national Avork. 
For instance, families with very limited 
means cannot substitute poultry and eggs 
for beef or pork. Avhen the former are 
more expensiA’e. 'Phe w<*ll-to-do can and 
should do this, so fai- as practicable. 
Economies are to be effected by per¬ 
sonal instead of telephone mpketing. by 
getting a vaidety of food Avhieh includes 
a liberal supply'of vegetables, by skill in 
adapting the diet to personal differences 
in taste and in efficiency of digestion, as 
well as in the jireparation of attractiA-e 
and appetizing dishes. 
If any vei-y radical change in diet is 
to he made, it should be brought about 
gradually. A sudden or Auolent change is 
likelv to produce disturbance of digestion 
and ‘temporarily, at least, impair efficien¬ 
cy. Many people, for instance. Avould be 
seriously affected if rye or corn bread Avere 
eaten to tlie exclusion of A\heat bread, 
for a period of tAA’o Aveeks. and would 
he pre.iudici'd against the use of them for¬ 
ever afterAA'.ard. If. hoAA'OA'er, either rye 
or cornbread is used at first quite siiar- 
ingly and not continuously, it may come 
to be regarded rather as a grateful change 
and as a delicacy than as the outAvard and 
visible sign of an iiiAvard and spiritual 
resignation to the physical hardship of 
Avar time. Tin* use of these AA’heat sub¬ 
stitutes. therefore, begun in this Avay. is 
niore likely in the end to lessen the fam¬ 
ily 'consumption of AA’heat than a more 
sudden and radii'nl ch.ange. It miiy. in¬ 
deed. create a tolerance for and a liking 
of them Avhich Avill outlast the war and 
be of considerable economic advantage. 
Feeding a family has a psychological 
side AA’liich is often overlookiHl. The men¬ 
ial attitude of the family, as Avell as the 
cookbook, needs to be studied. 
* 
XTI-RUKFUAOIS'J'S often a.sk, Avith an 
air of crushing superiority, Avhat Avill be¬ 
come of the babies AA’hile their mothers go 
to A'ote. New York ansAA’ered that ques¬ 
tion Alarch .^> just as it has been ansAvered 
ill other equal-suffrage localities; the 
mothers took the babies along, just as 
tliey do Avhen they go shopping, only at 
the polling places they asked policemen 
or political workers to Avatch the babies 
Avhile they a oted. One footsore and Aveary 
district captain Avas reported as especially 
jubilant when he learned that his candi¬ 
date had AA’on : 
“If he hadn’t,” said he. “I AA'ould have 
shied clean off the .sideAvalk every time I 
saAV a baby carriage for the rest of my 
life, for I did nothing all day but mind 
perambulators and Avipe the cute little 
noses of mothers’ prides Avhile the moth¬ 
ers Avere Amting.” 
The city papers also state that Mrs. 
Mary Curley, 8.” years old, Avhose .son, 
Edward, is an Alderman, Avas said to be 
the oldest Avoman voter in The Bronx. 
Her son accompanied her to the polling 
place at .^7S Ea.st l.'kSth .St., and offered 
to explain the ballot to her. 
“Eddie,” .said his mother, severely, “I’ve 
not lived 8.3 years and kept you out of 
jail without learning a thing or tAVo, and 
Avhen I neetl the assistance of the Board 
of Aldermen to mark my ballot I’ll Avrite 
the gentlemen a note and let them know. 
Noav you leave me be.” 
Eddie did. 
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One of our readers ,‘i.sks how to make 
real Scotch oatcake, such as dealers here 
im])ort from Scotland. Perhaps some 
Scottish liouscAvife among our readers can 
giA'e this recijie. As made by a Scottish 
relative, fine o.atmeal, not the pinhead 
meal, was used. The usual amount of salt 
Avas stirred in, and the meal Avas then 
mixed Avith cold Avater to a A'ery stiff 
dough, kneading Avell, as it became too 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
'.MKtli. Clii Ill's dress 
Avitli bloomers, 4 to 
H years. Price 15 
cents. 
9c,.'U. 1 tress with pan¬ 
el friiiit, ;{c. to 4i: 
bust. Price lii cents. 
Fancy blouse, 
34 to 42 bust. Price 
1.5 cents. 
9.523. Skirt Avith 
pointed tunic, 24 to 
.32 Avaist. 1‘rlce 15 
cents. 
10 cents. 
9501. Two-piece skirt 
Avitli deep licit, 24 
to 32 Avaist. Price 
15 cenis. 
stiff to stir. It Avas then mllcd very 
thin into a round cake, Avhich Avas luit on 
a bilking tin and then cut into fmir .sec¬ 
tions, like a pie. It Avtis very crumldy, 
and broke ctisily, so needed careful ban- 
dling. As originally niiide it was baked I 
by exposing in front of an ojten tire, hut i 
uiuhu' our conditions Avas baked like any 
other Ciike. It wiis delicious to eat Avith 
chee.se or butter, and highly uutritiou.s. 
We think this Avas the original oatciike, 
made Avithout any shortening. 
Seen in New York Shops 
Among nOAV blouses iire jiretty models 
in dotti'd hiitiste for ^' 2 ; Avhite or fiesh 
crejie de chine, slip-on style, .$.3.1).'), and 
Georgette <-repe, Avith coi'ded inandarin 
neck, 
A great many new sAveaters are sleeve- I 
less slij>-on styles, like those made for i 
soldiers and sailors, but usually Avith V 
neck, and often AA’ith the purling extend¬ 
ing to just above the Avaist line. Slip-on 
Shetland SAA’eaters were seen for $0.0."; 
other stylos as Ioav as .$4.0.5. Beautiful 
slip-on styles in cross-bar .silk Avere $35 
and over. 
Beautiful long capes in black or navy 
serge or tan covert cloth are lined Avith 
bright-colored peau de cygue, and cost 
.$27.50; they have high folding collar.? 
described as the cache-nez type, Avhich 
means that they can be brought up high 
enough to hide one’s nose. 
A sleeve-board that may be attached to 
the side of the ironing board costs 2G 
cents. It stands up above the ironing 
board and is held securely by a stout 
Avire clip. After once possessing such a 
convenience one woAild hardly be Avith- 
out it, not only for the Aveekly ironing, but 
also for jiressing sleeA’es in home dress¬ 
making. 
Iligii 8paiiish combs are in A’ogue, being 
Avorn Avith the hair dressed Ioav, the comb 
being .slipped into the coiffure at an at¬ 
tractive angle. The neAV combs of imita¬ 
tion shell are intricately carved and are 
slioAvn in a A’ariety of sizes, from small 
ones about two inches across to Avonderful 
styles Avith eight-inch top. They cost from 
74 emits to $10..50. 
A ncAV fountain pen seen in a famous 
shop costs as little as $1. It has a pen 
point of 14-kt. gold, scrcAV cap, and is 
self-filling. 
An attractive iihmse of .sheer AA’hite 
voile has a high neck. turn-oA’er collar, 
and pleati'd bosom like a man’s shirt. It 
is buttoned Avith pearl buttons all the 
Ava.v up the pleated bosom to the top of 
the collar. 
Salsify or Vegetable Oyster 
Salsify being an unusual vegetable, 
cookbook recipes are scarce. The folloAV- 
iug recipes I experimented to perfect Avith 
manj’ tribulations, and .some queer-looking 
black “messes” Avere the result of the | 
first fcAV trials. I\'hy it should be so lit¬ 
tle kuoAvn I cannot say, for it is a jiro- 
ductive crop. Scolymiis or Spanish oyster 
jilant may be cooked in the same Avay ; also 
scorzonera or black salsify. 
Steamed Salsify or Mock Fried O.vs- 
ters.—Scrape and drop the salsif.v in cold | 
Avater. Flace t\A’o tablesjioonfuls of butter 
or other fat in a deep frying pan over hot 
fire and add tAVo cups hot AA’ater. Into 
this, as it boils, thinly slice, <-n>ssAA’ise, the 
prejiared salsify, removing only one piece 
of it from the cold Avater at a time, and 
lieing sure that each .slice is immersed in 
the hot Avater at once, to avoid discolor¬ 
ing. The butter melted in the Avater 
forms a coating over the slic<‘s that keeps 
them from discoloring until the cooking 
can “set” tlie juice. Any dripiiiiig that 
has not too iironouuood a iiavor of its 
oAvn can lie used in place of butter, but 
strongly flavored fat, as ham, might mask 
the delicate fiaAmr of the A’cgetahle. I ; 
luiA'c u.st'd only hutti'r. CoA’cr closely and | 
cook till tender, about 20 minutes, adding 
a little more hot Avater if there is dan¬ 
ger of burning, and turning and stirring 
the slices frequently to insure even cook¬ 
ing. M’Uieu tender, remove the coA’or and 
allow nearly all of the AAater to evaporate, 
leuA’ing enough to keep the slices moist. 
Salt to taste. Make a rough judgment of 
the quantity in the spider and alloAA’ an 
egg for each cup or cup and a half of sal¬ 
sify. Drop the eggs into a cup-shaped 
depression in the center of the pan, and 
with a fork or perforated spoon stir and 
heat them around and over the salsify, 
.sprinkling on and mixing in at the same 
time three-quarters of a cup of cracker 
Gniee 
s»s.-n22 
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Try It! 
This coffee is 100;c pure, has a 
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you a saving of 5 to 10 cents 
per pound and is guaranteed to 
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300 miles of New York. Ten lbs. 
within 500 miles of New York. 
Cetsh with order. 
Send 10c. for Samples 
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170 Court Shrect, Brooklyn. N'Y* 
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Better than Retailers’ 35c. Coffee, 
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Surplus Foods 
Every mouthful must be saved^ 
Can more for home use. Save meats 
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