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'Ghe KUKAl. NEW-YORKER 
May 11, 1»18 
Give the Boys 
a Mother’s Care 
W HEREVER 
war’s vicious 
fang is thrust, there 
goes the Great Minis¬ 
ter of Mercy~not 
only to nurse the sick 
and wounded, but to 
relieve misery and 
misfortune, whether 
it be rebuilding the 
devastated farms and 
homes in reconquered 
France, assisting de¬ 
pendent families of 
soldiers in America, 
aiding civilians in 
martyred Armenia, or giving comfort to Ameri¬ 
can prisoners in cruel Germany. The 
AMERICAN 4i RED CROSS 
is unbounded in territory, unlimited in service. It may 
give your boy free coffee and sandwiches in some 
railroad yard as he goes on his way to the front, or it 
may re-educate some one’s else crippled boy for the 
pursuit he can best follow when he comes back. 
Wherever help is needed, there is the Red Cross— 
tender but big, human hut organized—and always with 
the sympathy and co-operation of the Government. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The New Motherhood 
If slif* had lived a little while ago 
,She would be wearing tranquil oaps of 
lace, 
Withdrawing gently to her quiet place, 
Sighing remotely at the world’s drab woe. 
Today she fronts it squarely as her foe. 
Not from the ingle-nook, but face to 
face, 
Marching to meet it, stoutly keeping 
pace, 
Armored in wisdom, strong to overthrow. 
This is the work she always understood— 
The world in terms of home. Set free to 
flowei’— 
Unhindered now her own brood long 
awing— 
In broader, all-embracing motherhood, 
Calm with the years and ardent with 
the hour, 
Indian Summer with the urge of .Spring. 
—Ruth C’omfort Mitchell, 
in the Century. 
* 
Evidently women’s work on the farm 
is viewed seriously in Great Britain, for 
an appeal was made at a London meeting 
in March for 12,000 recruits for the 
Women’s Land Army. At this meeting 
I.ord Chaplin made a vigorous speech in 
support of the appeal, and General Mor¬ 
gan, speaking for the Forage Department, 
said there were 5,000 women in the for¬ 
age branch, and he wanted as many as 
possible to join his department. At Buck¬ 
ingham Palace the Queen inspected the 
girls, who were drawn up in six rows at 
the entrance to the inner court, with 
their hay wagon, led by land girls and 
with girls astride the horses. Her Maj¬ 
esty spoke to many of them, going down 
each line and asking questions of the 
group leader .about their work and the 
length of service. Sir Arthur Lee, Di- 
rector-tJeneral of Food I’roduction, said 
that the land women were very useful in 
evei'y branch of farm woik. and he hoped 
to see many more of them in that branch 
of the service of their country. Farmers, 
he said, were agreed that the women 
workers were particularly willing to learn 
and extremely conscientious. The British 
Board of Agriculture now gives women a 
service stripe for each completed 156 
days of service in agricultural work, and 
at a recent ijjresentation <at Biishop’s 
Stortford one young woman employed by 
a dairy farmer received four chevrons. 
* 
Baltimore, Md., recently offered a 
prize of .$1,000 for the best “American 
creed,” in a national citizens’ creed con¬ 
test. The following, by William Tyler 
I’age, a descendant of Piesident Tyler, 
received the $1,000 prize: 
THE AMERICAN’S CREED. 
I believe in the T’nited States of Amer¬ 
ica as a government of the people, by the 
people, for the people; whose just powers 
are derived from the consent of the gov¬ 
erned ; a democracy in a republic; a sov¬ 
ereign nation of many sovereign states; a 
perfect union, one and inseparable; es¬ 
tablished upon those principles of free¬ 
dom, equality, justice and humanity for 
which American patriots sacrified their 
lives and fortunes. 
I therefore believe it is my duty to my 
country to love it; to support its consti¬ 
tution ; to obey its laws; to respect its 
flag; and to defend it against all ene¬ 
mies. 
* 
Many .suburban communities are now 
holding meetings to discuss vacant lot 
gardening, in the hope of utilizing every 
scrap of available ground for the purpose 
of increasing the food supply. With the 
difficulties of securing sufficient labor for 
ordinary farm work, there will be a temp¬ 
tation, in many cases, to slight the home 
garden this year, and yet this would be 
the poorest economy possible. There is 
no reason for us to anticipate lower food 
prices, and while we are unable, under 
modern conditions, to go back to the self- 
supporting farms of an older generation, 
there is every reason to raise all the food 
possible at home. The garden and the 
poultry yard are the farm housekeeper’s 
first aid in lowering the cost of living. It 
will be Avell to study a garden plan care¬ 
fully; as Prof. Massey suggested, the gar¬ 
den will not play out if the gardener does 
not. And the garden must be near the 
house, too; it is the women who must be 
consulted about it, for it is most dis¬ 
couraging to be obliged to walk across a 
lot every time a carrot or a handful of 
herbs is needed for the soup kettle. After 
all, who has a better right to the good 
things Mother Earth will supply than the 
farmer and his family? 
* 
One of our friends .says that when 
kitchen walls are not painted, an attrac¬ 
tive finish is given by a wash of whiting, 
tinted pink, by dissolving permanganate 
of potash in it sufficient to give the desired 
pink shade. 
* 
Seen in New York Shops 
Middy blouses of white lonsdale jean 
cost from $1 up. Smocks of beach cloth 
in rose, blue or green are $1..50 and $2, 
with hand smocking and contrasting col¬ 
lar. Smocks in various styles seem to 
hold their popularity again this season. 
Boys’ play rompers at 48 and 74 cents 
were noted in checks, stripes and plain 
colors; also white with colored trim¬ 
ming. Boys’ tan linen and gray crash 
Norfolk suits at $4.49 were very at¬ 
tractive, while khaki Norfolk suits of 
heavy quality v.'ere $5.94. 
Children’ts <coats of white corduroy, 
sizes one to two years, cost from $.8.74 to 
.$6.89, the more expensive styles being 
Embroidery Designs 
• 
An embroidered dress for a child of from 
fire fo ten years of age is illustrated in 
No. 13.">5. The embroidery is on the front 
and bottom, and is done witli the cross- 
stitch in brown, blue or dark rose. The 
dress is to be worn with a guimpe of any 
description, however. The Illustration 
shows the guimpe of white organdie 
which is designed to correspond with de¬ 
sign of the dress, also for cross-stitch em¬ 
broidery. The dress itself is stamped on 
a fine quality soft-finished white dress 
repp and with mercerized floss of any de¬ 
sired shade to complete embroidery; costs, 
5 to 0-year size, guimpe, 75c extra; 
7 to 8-year size, $1.60; guimpe, 85c extra; 
9 to 10-year size, $1.75; guimpe, 90c extra. 
hand-smockecl. For children up to six 
year.s, a pleated coat of navy serge i.s al¬ 
ways suitable; one attractive style, box- 
pleated, with loose .sateen lining, was 
,$8.49. 
l^amps and other lighting equipment 
are extremely high priced now, and frugal 
purchasers will try to get along with 
their existing supplies. In cases where 
burners and oil fonts are sold separately, 
the burner alone usually costs far more 
than the font. 
Starch Paste 
In issue of Feb. 2-8, on editorial page, 
is question as to paste for paper hanging. 
I will give you a trade secret, after 80 
years’ experience as paperhanger: Use 
ordinary lump starch, boil to consistency 
and thin. I offer this for the conserva¬ 
tion of food. H. w. c. 
Vegetable or War Pudding 
One cup sugar, one large cup flour, one 
cup raisins, one large tablespoon sweet 
milk, one large teaspoon saleratus, one 
teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves and nut¬ 
meg ; one cup grated raw potato, one cup 
grated raw carrot, a little salt. Steam 
three hours. Serve with whipped cream 
or sour sauce. If vegetables are very 
moist use a little more flour. 
MRS. G. 15. ir. 
Suet Pudding with Cornmeal 
One-half cup sugar, two tablespoons 
molasses, one cup cornmeal, one cup 
wheat flour, i/4 Ih- suet (chopped), one 
Your Red Cross is an 
all American, largely vol¬ 
unteer, organization, au¬ 
thorized by Congress, 
headed by President Wil¬ 
son, audited by the War 
Department, enthusias¬ 
tically approved by your 
Army and Navy, and 
your Allies. 
The work covers both 
military and civilian relief 
in every war torn Allied 
country, and full reports 
of all expenditures arc 
continually being pub¬ 
lished, or are available 
through the Chapters. 
Every cent of every dol¬ 
lar received for the Red 
Cross War Fund is spent 
for war relief. 
All administration costs 
and relief work for other 
than war purposes (such 
as the Halifax and Guate¬ 
mala disasters) are taken 
care of out of member¬ 
ship dues, and the inter¬ 
est which accrues from 
the banking of the War 
Fund has made actually 
available for war relief at 
least one dollar and two 
cents for every dollar con¬ 
tributed. 
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