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TTAe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 12. I'.its 
From Day to Day 
The Sea Gipsy 
I am fevered with the sunset, 
I am fretful with the bay, 
For the wander-thirst is on me 
And my soul is in Cathay. 
There’s a schooner in the offing 
With her topsails shot with fire, 
And my heart has gone aboard her 
For the Islands of Desh'e. 
I must go forth again tomorrow, 
With the sunset I must be, 
Hull down on the trail of rapture 
In the Wonder of the Sea. 
■—Richard Ilovey. 
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Tkr following directions for smoking 
and drying fish are given in a circular on 
the drying of fruits and vegetables issued 
by the Ontario Department of Agricul¬ 
ture : Use any kind of freshly caught lake 
fish. Scale, clean and soak whole in brine 
over night. Remove from the brine and 
cut open, or pre.ss back the fish so that 
it w'ill be flat, and hang by a w'ire or 
wooden skewer It may be smoked in a 
regular smokehouse, or, if that is not pos¬ 
sible, in a barrel which has been inverte.d. 
After smoking slowly all day, make a lit¬ 
tle fire in the barrel on the ground to fin¬ 
ish off by giving a few minutes cooking 
with a blaze. Hickory or apple wood, or 
corncobs are good for smoking. The 
smoked fish will keep all Winter in a 
cold dry place, either hanging or in lay¬ 
ers. 
A NEW and rnuch-discussed book is 
“Women Wanted.” by Mabel Potter Dag¬ 
gett, who went to Euroi)e to study changes 
in women’s work resulting from the war. 
The new lines of work, and the efforts to 
fit social conditions to meet resulting 
changes, are vividly discussed, and we are 
given an inspiring picture of w'omen’s ac¬ 
tivities in France and Great Rritain. 
When Olive Schreiner’s book, “Woman 
and Labor,” was first issued, most people 
of conservative views regarded it as abso¬ 
lutely revolutionary in its attitude. AVith- 
in the past four years we have seen wom¬ 
en suddenly advanced far beyond anything 
we had deemed possible, and their whole 
economic status changed. AV.ith w'omen 
in practically all lines of industry at home 
and. for the first time in history, W'omen’s 
medical units operating on soldiers fresh 
from the battlefield, times seem rather 
hard for those timid souls who still wdiis- 
per that “w’oman’s place is in the home.” 
From all W'e hear, w'omen in war-torn 
countries are ju.st as fond of their homes 
as ever, and as the death rate among 
British babies is lower than it has ever 
been before, it w'ould not appear that 
their mothers are neglecting an essential 
industry. It is a good time for alt 
women and girls to study wdiat others are 
doing, and we are sure that they wdll find 
“Women AVanted” an inspiring book for 
the whole family circle. 
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Tuk American Red Cross will provide 
the mourning brassards to be worn by the 
relatives of men who have given their 
lives to their country; according to an 
announcement made by the AA’ar Council. 
These brassards, w'hich are to be tised in 
lieu of general mourning, were suggested 
and designed by the woman’s committee 
of the Council of National Defense, the 
idea being indorsed by President Wilson 
in a letter he sent to the woman’s com¬ 
mittee. Brassards will be furnished free 
to the parents or widows of men who 
have died in the service and at cost to 
other members of the family. The bras¬ 
sard, which is to be worn on the left 
sleeve, midway between elbow and shoul¬ 
der, is a band of black broadcloth or other 
material three inches wide, on the surface 
of which the regulation military star is 
embroidered in gold thread. The number 
of stars on a brassard will denote the ex¬ 
tent of the sacrifice made by each family. 
'Phe brassards will be made and distrib¬ 
uted by the chapters of the Red Cross, 
working in conjunction wdth local units 
of the wmman’s committee of the Council 
of National Defense. In adopting this 
in’signia the woman’s committee desired it 
should never be commercialized, but that 
it should always be possible for the mem¬ 
bers of the families of those who have 
made this supreme sacrifice to prepare for 
themselves this badge of honor. 
Some Labor Saving Ideas 
How many busy housewives have found 
making ketchup a tedious job? I used to 
perspire over it, but have an easier way 
than the old one. AA^ash and slice the 
tomatoes. Cook until soft enough to put 
through sieve. Drain in a colander, dis¬ 
carding surplus water. Rub the solids 
through, getting rid of skins and seeds. 
Spice and heat to boiling point. Bottle 
wdiile hot. Much easier than boiling sev¬ 
eral hours to get rid of the water, and a 
saving of time and fuel. 
Here are some other ideas, which 
(though I did not invent them) I have 
found good: 
In making plum sauce, pierce the plums 
with a needle and set in the oven for a 
few minutes. Pour off the juice which 
flows from them, saving it for jelly. Now 
make a syrup of water and sugar to cook 
the plums in. They w'ill not be so tart as 
to set your teeth on edge, like the plum 
.sauce of our grandmothers’ day. ■ 
In making rhubard pies or sauce it is 
well to cut the rhubarb into inch lengths 
without peeling. Pour boiling water over 
it, allowing it to stand several minutes be¬ 
fore pouring off. Le.ss sugar is required 
and the quality is better. Rhubarb and 
strawberries are good canned together, 
about one cup rhubarb to a quart can of 
berries. The rhubarb binds the berries 
together, making a better article than 
when the berries are canned separately. 
Here is another labor-saving w'ay: 
AA^hen wishing to cook sw’eet corn for the 
table it often happens the top of the 
range is covered with other thing.s. Just 
put corn in the oven, without husking. 
AA'hen the husk bepfins to brown the corn 
is done. It is easily husked as soon as 
it cools a little, but can be kept w'arm for 
a long time in the husk if not quite ready 
to i;erve. 
AA’hen paring apples, if you have no ap¬ 
ple parer, I find it best to quarter them 
before paring, and can save all the good 
parts, instead of, as sometimes happened 
formerly, paring an apple with great care 
to find it worthless upon cutting open. 
Having found these things helpful I pass 
them along to others. 
A JUT.SY WOMAN. 
Burning Wood In the Furnace 
Replying to inquiry on page 1074, 
would say we burned cord wood in our 
hot-w'ater furnace all last AAlnter with 
satisfactory results. Our system was 
put in wdth this idea in view, having a 
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w'ood grate put in in place of coal grate. 
Our house is 24x40, all rooms W'ith open 
stairway (which is claimed by some to 
be hard to heat on account of draft from 
second floor). During coldest w'eather 
temperature kept at SO degrees. AA'e had 
a portable sawmill come and cut three- 
foot cord wood, the other foot being used 
in kitchen range, so we were getting ready 
for both fires at the same time. Our house 
is in its second year, therefore we have no 
trees as yet to break the cold AAlnter 
w’inds. Only on such wiudy nights did 
we have to get up to replenish the wood 
supply; on quiet nights, after filling the 
firepot as full as possible wdth heavy 
pieces and closing all drafts, we coul(j 
rise at C.30 o’clock and find our house 
W'arm and comfortable, with embers 
bright in the furnace. AA’hen the wind 
whistled around the northwest corner of 
the house, being situated on a knoll, w'e 
get a pretty good rake from the Sound. 
The head of the house would set his alarm 
for two o’clock and replenish the furnace 
supply. In this case we found the bright 
embers awaiting us in the morning just 
the same; if this happened often I w'oukl 
take the alarm clock, so as to relieve my 
husband somewhat. Tinder these circum¬ 
stances there was no fault found, and all 
were comfortable early in the morning as 
well as all day. 
In conclusion, w'ould like to add, to 
prove the quality of wood fires, if prop¬ 
erly tended, my friend from Norwalk. 
Conn., who visited me in February, said 
it was the first time she had been warm 
that AVinter, and our sun parlor seemed 
like good old Summer time. E. c. P. 
Heating your dwelling with wood will 
depend upon the quantity you can put 
into your fire-pot. If that is round and 
only 18x24 inches in diametei-, you would 
have to cut your wood very short, and 
even then could not make stowage. If 
the firebox is .square and you have a gen¬ 
erous door you might obtain kuotty wood 
cut in suitable length and pack in enough 
to maintain steam a few hours. If the 
wind is blow'iug hard, with low tempera- 
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October 1st. 
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