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IShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 5, 1918 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Mirage 
The sun beats through the noonday's 
calm 
And, deep in the desert’s glare. 
Mirage of sea and sails and palm 
Quivers and floats in air. 
Dissolves and shifts, descends and lifts, 
Now indistinct, now plain. 
As in glamour of dream for ever I seem 
To see my Home again. 
Our ordered tents are row on row— 
(The Mirage flickers anew) 
Are these camps or Syrian hills in snow 
White peaks, that stab the blue? 
Are the sails on the seas of the Hebrides 
And the trees from a Highland glen 
In this blinding glare? Yes, surely there 
I see my Home again. 
And my heart is far in the Ross-shire 
hills 
Swathed scarf on scarf in mist. 
Where a tawny burn its tribute spills 
Throi:gh the heather’s amethyst. 
And the breath of the moor is keen and 
pure 
As the clouds blow past and the rain—■ 
Dear God ! let me stand in my own clean 
land 
And see my Home again. 
—Member Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 
in London Observer. 
We see many new hat trimmings of 
angora wool. A sailor shai)e of wine- 
colored hatter’s plush with red velvet 
facing had the crown trimmed with flat 
red velvet flowers edged with gray an¬ 
gora. A sport hat was covered with a 
mesh of blue and white angora stretched 
over a foundation of blue grosgrain and 
was finished with a round angora orna¬ 
ment in front. Ostrich feathers, plain, 
fancy, burnt and shaded, appear on many 
hats. One handsome model was of brown 
hatter’s plush faced with sand-colored 
beaver trimmed with a knot of burnt 
orange velvet enclosing a bunch of burnt 
ostrich. Turbans often -have a group of 
ostrich feathers ascending to a high point 
above the crown, or spirals of burnt 
ostrich. Wide brims are often faced with 
contrasted color. A seal-brown velvet 
with folded crown and a trimming of 
brown cat-tails was faced with blue vel¬ 
vet. We are assured that patriots will 
wear their old clothes this Winter (a 
form of patriotism that will be forced on 
many people by excessive prices), but a 
becoming hat often gives style to last 
year’s suit. The hat and its trimmings 
should always be selected with an e.ve to 
the rest of the wardrobe. One sometimes 
sees a ver.v striking hat worn without any 
reference to coat or suit, and spoiling the 
whole appearance by its incongruity. 
Tite following recipe for mock mince¬ 
meat, sent out by the United States Food 
Administration, is a method utilizing 
green tomatoes packed down in salt; 
Three pounds salted green tomatoes, two 
pounds apples, one cup chopped suet, two 
cups molasses, one cup corn syrup, one 
pound raisins, one cup vinegar, one tea¬ 
spoon cloves, two tablespoons cinnamon, 
one teaspoon allspice, one teaspoon nut¬ 
meg. Soak the tomatoes for two hours, 
and chop them fine. Chop the apples. 
Add the other ingredients, and cook the 
mixture until it is thick. _ This mincemeat 
will keep for some time in a covered jar. 
The salted green tomatoes may also be 
used in the following conserve: One pint 
salted green tomatoes, one tart apple 
(diced, not pared), two cups syrup., juice 
of one lemon, grated rind of one-half 
lemon. Soak the tomatoes for two hours, 
and dice them. Cook the tomato and the 
apple in a small amount of vater until 
they are tender. Do not drain them. Add 
the other ingredients, and cook the mix¬ 
ture until it is thick and clear. If de¬ 
sired, about one tablespoon of preserved 
ginger may be added. In both these 
recipes syrup takes the place of sugar. 
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The coming Winter will be viewed 
with dread on many farms where the 
young men are away, and where labor 
difficulties and loneliness sadden the home 
life. It is not an easy situation for the 
girls, for they are meeting increased bur¬ 
dens, and in many cases their efforts do 
not receive the recognition they are en¬ 
titled to. So they think enviously of 
duties overseas, and look for any escape 
towards self-supporting work away from 
home. We think there never was a time 
when it was more necessary for father 
and mother to consider this, youthful fer¬ 
ment, and to meet it with sympathy and 
understanding. Girls will feel the call of 
the world’s great adventure just as much' 
as their brothers. There never were so 
many occupations open to them outside. 
There is everything to call them away 
from the farm. Yet this is the place 
where they are imperatively needed, and 
it ought to give them inducements equal 
to those outside. 
Sorghum Recipes 
We have had several articles on the 
making of sorghum syrup. The sugar 
shortage has renewed interest in this 
homemade sweetening, and the United 
States Food Administration gives the fol¬ 
lowing suggestions for its use : 
When a well-made, light syrup has been 
produced, the next point is to prevent fer¬ 
mentation, for, after all, the tang of 
sorghum syrup is mostly due to fermen¬ 
tation. Syrujj that has been thoroughly 
stfu’ilized by boiling will not ferment if 
poured hot into sterilized containers and 
sealed immediately. The tin quart can is 
the most convenient container for family 
us^. Store in a cool place and you have 
a good all-Winter table syrup and a fair 
substitute for sugar in desserts and jam¬ 
making. When recipes call for sugar, 
u.se half and half sorghum and corn syrup 
or sorghum and sugar, or use sorghum 
alone. 
Sorghum for .Tam.—Canned fruit pulp 
or stewed dried fruit may be converted 
into jams or butters whenever the sor¬ 
ghum syrup is available. Allow one cup I 
of sorghum to four cups of fruit pulp. 
Season with spices, ginger or lemon, cook 
to a jam, refill sterilized jars, process and 
seal. Crushed peach kernel wull add flavor 
to peach butter. 
Sweet Pickled Beets.—One-half gallon 
baby beets, three cups vinegar, one-half tea¬ 
spoon salt, three cups sorghum, three table¬ 
spoons mixed pickle spices. Boil together 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering give number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each pattern 15 cents. 
mil 
9391. Empire negli¬ 
ge, three sizes, 34 
or 3(>, 38 or 40, 42 
or 44 bust. Price 15 
cents. 
9504. Blouse with 
vest, 30 to 40 bust. 
Price 15 cents. 
9593. Two - piece 
skirt, 24 to 34 waist. 
Price 10 cents. 
9600. Blouse with 
round collar, 30 to 
44 bust. Price 15 
cents. 
90(!7. Two - piece 
skirt with loose pan¬ 
els, 24 to 32 waist. 
Price 15 cents. 
9479. Tailored 
blouse, 34 to 42 bust. 
Price 15 cents. 
9402. .Straiglit skirt, 
24 to 30 waist. To 
be plaited or gath¬ 
ered. I'rice 15 cents. 
for throe minutes vinegar, sorghum, salt 
and spices. Cook beets until tender, skin 
and pack in one-half gallon jars. I’our 
boiling liquid over them, filling jars. Fas¬ 
ten covers on tightly and store in dark 
place to cool. Canned beets may be used 
for this recipe. Pears and peaches may 
be pickled with sorghum syrup, and it is 
especially good with si)ice(l grapes. 
•Sorghum Lemon Sauce.—Two cups 
sorghum, one cup boiling water, two tea¬ 
spoons cornstarch, juice of two lemons, 
grated rind of one lemon, two tablespoons 
butter (added before removing from fire). 
Sorghum Cake.—One-half cup fat, one 
and one-half cups sorghum, one cup boil¬ 
ing Avater, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one 
teaspoon ginger, one cup flour, one cup 
substitute flour, tAvo eggs, one teaspoon 
soda. Cream the fat and add the sor¬ 
ghum and the boiling Avater. Add the 
eggs last. Bake the cake in a loaf or in 
a shallow pan in a moderate OATn. 
Apple Sauce Variation.—To tAVO cups 
of apple sauce, cooked until A'ery thick, 
add one tablespoon butter, three table¬ 
spoons of syrup, and cinnamon as desired. 
Spread the apple sauce one-half inch 
thick over the bottom of the pan. Pour 
the_ cake batter over the sauce, and bake 
it in a moderate oven. When the cake 
is done, turn it out of the pan so that the 
apple sauce is on top. Cut it in squares 
and servo warm. 
War Cake.—Two-thirds cup shorten- 
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