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"Uhe RURAL NEW-VORKER 
October 19, 1918 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Mothers of France 
Mothers of France—we send our sons to 
you. 
The ships go out from morn to eventide, 
Bearing with them the hope of our young 
land 
That they may stand in battle side by side 
With those your sons who die so well for 
France. 
We shall not be less brave than you have 
been. 
With patient hearts we pay the price you 
paid, 
And wait our sons—but some will not 
come home. 
Nor shall we ever know where they are 
laid. 
Remember us—for we are mothers, too— 
When fair peace gilds your land, and 
poppies grow 
Over your battlefields. Do not forget 
Our sons, whose alien graves we do not 
know. 
Tend thou our homeless dead—Mothers 
of France. 
—Anne Banner in 
Everybfxly’s Magazine. 
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Shelling Lima beans is very hard on 
the fingers and thumb, and on the nails. 
We find it quite easy to get the knack of 
opening the po<ls and slipping out the 
beans with a short, pointed, vegetable 
knife, and thus avoiding the usual dis¬ 
comfort of splitting the tough pods. 
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The superintendent of the New York 
Hosj)ital says that the best ambulance 
drivers that institution has ever bad are 
five women supplied by the National 
League for Women’s Service. Two of the 
former drivers were taken by the Army, 
while the others left suddenly for better 
paying work. ^ 
VEST.S and guimpes in great variety are 
seen on the neckAvear countei-s. and are 
especially useful in making a plain tail¬ 
ored gowm look dressy upon occasion. 
Plain organdie or pique gives w'ay upon 
dress occasions to net or satin. Some 
very smart organdie guimpes are embroid¬ 
ered with colored dots, and have pleated 
fronts. Just now a rounded bib collar, 
buttoning at the back, is a favored style. 
Vests to be worn wuth suits are often 
made of brilliant brocades shot with me¬ 
tallic threads. 
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The careless sneezer is always a dan¬ 
ger, but especially so during an influenza 
epidemic. In many localities the health 
authorities have posted warnings, asking 
people to cover nose and mouth with a 
handkerchief when they sneeze, as a 
means of preventing disease germs from 
being spread into the air. This should 
be remembered by everyone. During a 
period of family colds it is wise to wash 
handkerchiefs separately from other 
clothes and to boil them thoroughly. The 
soft, absorbent Japanese paper handker¬ 
chiefs that can be bought cheaply by the 
hundred are a sanitary precaution, being 
burned after using. 
The United States Employment Service 
Bulletin states that newspaper reports 
from Fargo, N. D., indicate that the pa¬ 
triotic community co-operative spirit is 
largely influencing the farm labor situa¬ 
tion in that section. The employees of 
Black’s department store, of Fargo, have 
organized a “Shocking Club,’’ composed of 
about 50 young men and women. The 
members of this club have been giving a 
very practical demonstration of what 
real patriotism is by harvesting the wheat 
on the farms in the vicinity. Mr. Ben¬ 
nett, a leading farmer of the section on 
whose farm the club harvested 35 acres 
of wheat, writes to the local paper: 
“I made an inspection of the shocks 
today and I was agreeably surprised at 
the excellence of the work done. While 
they are all great workers, there are one 
or two young women in the party who 
can do more work than any man I ever 
ever had on the place.” 
Federal Director Lindley H. Patten 
has been encouraging this community co¬ 
operation and writes that the spirit which 
pervades the Fargo district is general 
over the whole State of North Dakota. 
More Notes From Tennessee 
Our camp-meeting this year was only 
three days, instead of the usual two 
weeks. A Normal singing protracted 
meeting and association at the same place 
had worn the people out until many of 
the nearbys did not attend at all, but we 
far-off ones would think it a dreadful 
calamity to miss camp-meeting. It’s hur¬ 
ry, bustle, rustle all week; cook a bit of 
dinner on Saturday, get u;' early Sunday 
morning, hasten through with the "work 
and don our best bib and tucker, pack 
our dinner, harness up, pile iu and start. 
The road is all our ofwn fo" about three- 
quarters of a mile; then w’e are on the 
pike. We drive aside ; whizz goes a car; 
we start on, and every few minutes it is 
the same process, but at last we arrive. 
Mystery Pickles 
Will you give the recipe for “mystery 
pickle.” published some time last year? I 
made some, liked it, and some way lost 
the recipe. I would like to make more if 
I can get the recipe in time. MRS. E. o. 
Run one peck of green tomatoes, six 
medium-sized white onions and nine small 
green peppers through a meat chopper, 
etir in one-half pint of salt and let the 
mixture stand 24 hours. Drain, put on 
vinegar enough to cover and cook half an 
hour. Add one-half pint of vinegar, one- 
half pound of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of 
ground mustard, mixed with a little vin¬ 
egar, two tablespoonfuls of celery seed, 
one teaspoonful each allspice, cinnamon 
and cloves and a half pint of grated horse¬ 
radish. Bottle. A pickle of this kind, 
molded into a little mound, used to be 
served Avith all meats at a popular New 
York cbop-house, and as the recipe was 
keiit secret, the restaurant’s patrons 
called it “mystery pickle.” 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering give number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each pattern 15 cents. 
9205. Gyniiiasiuin Suit, 8 to 14 years. 
With long or short sleeves. I'rioe 15 
cents. 
Hacks, wagons and buggies are there, but 
cars predominate. From the appearance 
of the crowd it looks as if everybody and 
everybody’s people were there. 
We find a shady place under a large oak 
to hitch the team, Avhere they can eat 
their hay and at noon eat their corn. 
Just below is a large creek where the 
horses can be watered. Already we see 
some acquaintance we have not met since 
the year before. We climb out, dust our¬ 
selves, straighten hair and hats, look for 
missing pins and start for the shed. We 
are halted at the gate for a dime and 
given a ticket. The singing has already 
begun. Many of the camps are vacant, 
but some few are occupied. 
We think we Avill go under the shed and 
ILsten awhile, but we keep meeting old 
friends, and those AA'e do not meet we are 
looking for. Alas, some, we learn, will 
never come again ; some are gone to dis¬ 
tant States and many are absent, but 
those we find we appreciate. 
At noon some go to the boarding-house 
for hot lunches and coffee. The water 
fountain is soon dry, and there is a call 
for apples, pickle.s, etc. More than 1.500 
people buzzing makes quite an uproar, 
but after awhile the services begin again. 
We stay for a bit and some quick clouds 
send us hurrying homeward, but it does 
not rain, .so we arrive safe and sound, 
tired but happy. Some say, “What do 
you go for?” I answer, “Just becau.se I 
meet people I would never see if I stay at 
home—old schoolmates, and they grow 
scarcer every year.” .Tust a few hours’ 
outing gives one something to think of be¬ 
sides the daily grind of everlasting house¬ 
hold work. 
And now for a few items in regard to 
the fruit and sugar situation. I us<5 but 
little sugar in canning berries, cherries, 
peaches, apples, etc., and seldom lose a 
jar of fruit. I have canned several gal¬ 
lons of fruit juices for Jelly later on. 
Preserves are eatable if 'one-half the 
usual amount of sugar is u.sed. Make a 
syrup of the sugar and a bit of water, 
pour over the fruit, let stand until cold, 
drain, reheat juice, pour over fruit again, 
let stand over night, then boil juice until 
it begins to thicken, drop in fruit, cook 
until a bit tender, remove to jars, bring 
juice to a heavy boil, pour over fruit; 
seal while hot. By using more pulp of 
the fruit in jellies, less sugar is required. 
Stiff batters, jelly, etc., are essential 
where one has to send lunches, but I u.se 
eggs, fried chicken, homemade cheese, 
baked potatoes, etc. T have a number of 
late chickens that Avill supply the school 
lunch until the porkers come in; then 
sausage will be used. With the ripening 
of the cane one can make molasses cakes. 
I think where there is a will there is al¬ 
ways a way. mks. d. b. p. 
Apple Sauce Stored In Crocks 
Noting your item about apple sauce, 
you may be interested in one of my exper¬ 
iments. of which, to my housekeeper’s sor¬ 
row, there is no end. We had in August 
a surplus of Russian apples and a short¬ 
age of glass jars. We had a number of 
three-pint stone pots which held four to 
five pounds of preserve, the covers also 
being stone. We Avashed and quartered 
the apples, removing the blossom ends 
and any imperfections, then stewed them, 
passing all the mass of skins, cores, etc., 
that Avould go through a sieve, and one 
who never has tried that method of mak¬ 
ing apple sauce would be surprised at the 
extra quantity it makes and the superior 
quality. Then we poured hot Avater into 
the pots to heat them, and filled them full 
of the very hot sauce. The covers were 
pressed down so the sauce came up around 
them, and after removing this surplus, 
hot paraffin Avas poured on, completely 
filling the tops. I neglected t'> examine 
the jars until the next day, Avhen I found 
a slight crack on each one. which I at 
once filled Avith paraffin, but in the next 
lot I applied the paraffin the second time 
in a few hours. When opened the sauce 
had the appearance of having settled am 
there was quite a cake of the par.eflin over 
the top. The sauce kept perfectly, and 
the flavor is delicious. I figure a score 
of 300 and hope to try it again. F. C. c. 
Diamond Filet Edging 
Chain 40. (Ch. 2, miss 2, d. c. into 
next, will be called one space, for brevity. 
Every 3 d. c. Avill be called one block.) 
First Row—1 d. c. into 7th st. from the 
needle, 5 spaces. 1 block, 3 spaces, 1 
block, 3 .spaces. Turn. 
Second Row—2 spaces, 1 block, 1 space, 
1 block, one space, 1 blocfl, 1 space, 1 
block, 5 spaces. Turn. 
Third Row—4 spacc.s, 1 block, 3 spaces, 
1 block, 3 spaces, 1 block, one space, 30 
ch. Turn. 
-Fourth Roaa’ —3 d. c. into 7tli st. from 
the needle, 1 space, 3 block, 9 spaces, 1 
block, 3 spaces. Turn. 
Fifth Row—2 spaces. 3 block, 31 
spaces, 3 block, 3 space. Turn. 
Sixth Roav —2 spaces, 1 block, 0 spaces, 
1 block, 3 spaces. Turn. 
Seventh Roaa’ —4 spaces, 3 block, 3 
space, 1 block, 3 spaces, 3 block, 1 space. 
Turn. 
Eighth Row—Same as the second. 
Ninth Row—G space.s, 1 block, 3 spaces, 
1 block, 3 spaces. Turn. 
Repeat from the second roAV for the 
length desired. 
Then around the edge of the scallops 
make a row of s. c. with a pivot of 3 ch. 
Diamond Filet Edging 
at every corner. This will strengthen the 
lace and also give a very nice finish to it. 
KI.IZAHETH M’SPAKRAN. 
A Tested Washing Fluid 
On page 1029 someone asked for chem¬ 
ical help in Avashiug. Here is a fluid I 
have used more than 20 years. It makes 
the hard work much easier. The lead¬ 
ing druggist here keeps the amounts put 
■up, it is so much used: One 10-cent can 
of best potash, live cents’ worth salts of 
tartar (I think this is one ounce), one 
ounce sal ammoniac. The price is now 
40 cents for all. Dissolve potash in one 
quart of hot Avater. Put in large earth¬ 
enware dish, add salts of tartar and last 
sal ammoniac. Leave 4;he room as soon 
as you put in the sal ammoniac, as the 
fumes are suffocating for a few moments. 
Tlien add four quarts more water. Bottle 
in large glass bottles if possible, and keep 
Avhere it Avill not freeze. Three-fourths 
cup of washing fluid is used to the water 
of a large clothes boiler. Put soap pow¬ 
der or cut-up soap into cold water, add 
fluid. Put in clothes, from which fruit 
or blood stains have been removed. Bring 
to a boil and boil more or less as conveui- 
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YOUR HIDE. 
Horse or Cow hide. Calf or other skins 
with hiiir or fur on, and make them 
Into coats (for men and women), robes, 
rugs or gloves when so ordered. Your 
fur goods will cost you less than to buy 
them and be worth more. 
Our illustrated catalog gives a lot of 
Information. It tells how to take oil 
and care for hides ; how and when we 
pay the freight both ways; about our 
sale dyeing process on cow and horse 
hide, calf and other skins; about the 
fur goods and game trophies we sell, 
taxi(lerm.v, etc. 
Tlien we have recently got out an- 
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With prices ; also fur garments remod¬ 
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You can iiave either book by sendiiin , 
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671 Lyell Ave., Rochester, N. Ye 
The New York Grange 
Exchange, Inc. 
Wishes to anrtounce to the farmers of 
the State of New York 
1st.—That it will be ready for business 
October 1st. 
2i)d.—That it solicits trade from farmers 
throughout the State, and particu¬ 
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