1296 
November Ifl, 1918 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
There is no Death ! 
There is no death ! The stars go down 
To rise upon some fairer shore. 
And brigiit in heaven's jeweled crown 
They shine forevermore. 
There is no death ! The dust we tread 
Shall change beneath the Summer’s 
showers 
To golden grain or mellow fruit 
Or rainbow-tinted flowers. 
The granite rocks disorganize 
To feed the hungry moss they bear ; 
The forest leaves drink daily life 
From out the viewless air. 
Thore is no death ! The leaves may fall 
'J’he flowers may fade and pass away— 
They only wait through wintry hours 
The coming of the May. 
There is no death ! An angel form 
Walks o’er the earth with silent tread; 
Ele bears our best loved things away, 
And then we call them “dead.” 
He leaves our hearts all desolate— 
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers ; 
Transplanted into bliss, they now 
Adorn immortal bowers. 
The birdlike voice whose joyous tones 
Made glad this scene of sin and strife. 
Sings now in everlasting song. 
Amid the tree of life. 
And when he sees a smile so bright, 
Of hearts too pure for hate and vice. 
He bears it to that world of light 
To dwell in Paradise. 
Born into that undying life, 
They leave us but to come again ; 
With joy we welcome them—the same 
Plxcept in sin and pain. 
And ever near us, though unseen. 
The dear immortal spirits tread ; 
For all the boundless UniA^erse 
Is life—there are no dead. 
—Edward Bulwer Lytton. 
A RECENT bulletin i.s*<ued by the Chil¬ 
dren’s Bureau, United States Department 
of Labor, is entitled “Juvenile Delin¬ 
quency in Rural New York.” It is a sad¬ 
dening study of the problems affecting 
children in small and isolated country 
communities, where there are few educa¬ 
tional opportunities, and a dearth of 
wholesome recreation. In most cases 
causes of delinquency are quite evident, 
but not always. But one thing suggests 
itself; the disadvantages that drive the 
brightest boys and girls from an isolated 
community al.so tend to influence juvenile 
delinquency. Also, the poor tenant farm¬ 
er, who moves from place to place, is a 
contributing cause, because his children 
do not have regular schooling, and suffer 
deprivations and disadvantages. We are 
accustomed to think of delinquent children 
as a city problem. It is, unfortunately, a 
rural problem too, and it needs considera¬ 
tion from rural people. It is especially a 
matter to be considered by women voters, 
who may work for the displacement of 
negligent officials, and for better super¬ 
vision of children generally. 
One often sees, at railway terminals or 
ferries entering New York, a lonely coffin 
on an express truck awaiting transfer, 
sometimes heaped with flowers, sometimes 
the bare wooden box alone. The people 
hurry by, with a casual glance, but one 
never sees a man sufficiently courteous to 
raise his hat as he passes the dead, in ac¬ 
cordance with the custom familiar abroad. 
Now we .see those lonely wmiting coffins 
covered wflth the Stars and Stripes, some¬ 
times guarded by a solemn-eyed youngster 
in olive drab, sometimes alone. The 
men hurry by, occasionally there is a 
glance of interest and respect, and at 
times a jarring, flippant speech, but there 
is never the tribute of a bared head. 
There has been a strong campaign ot edu¬ 
cation to teach outward forms of respect 
for the American Flag, as well a-s the 
inner tribute that is as natural as breath¬ 
ing. We think it is time, now, to demand 
the outward signs of respect for those 
who have died for us all, whether in camp 
or upon the battlefield. One of our 
friends tells of a great English duke 
•tanding bareheaded while the coffin of a 
poor laborer passed by. Death ranks 
above dignitaries of this world, and 
claims respect from every class. Surely 
It is not too much to ask that the living 
pay tribute to our American dead, .and 
that our men and boys show the courtesy 
of baring the head w’hen they pass a cof¬ 
fin draped with the Stars and Stripes. 
* 
An appeal that all Allied powers join 
forces in an international health cam¬ 
paign for the protection of mothers and 
Infants as a guaranty for the future w'el- 
fare of these nations is sounded in a mes- 
»age received by the Children’s Bureau 
of the United States Department of La¬ 
bor, through the State Department and 
the British Embassy. This message is 
contained in a resolution passed by the 
National League for Health, Maternity 
and Child Welfare of Great Britain. It 
is expected that the appeal from England, 
whose infant death rate since the out¬ 
break of w'ar has fallen nine points below 
the American, will stimulate the United 
CAtf RURAL NEW-YORKER 
vSt^tes to take further steps in raising 
its'^sfahdards for protecting the health of 
infants, young children and mothers. 
Setn in New York Shops 
Aprons for canteen workers are made 
of blue chambray, bound with white, and 
were recently noted readymade for 
A little cap to be worn with this apron is 
‘2?> cents. 
Large marabou muffs, and scarfs to 
match, were recently seen for .$0.04 each. 
They were the natural dark’ taupe color. 
Marabou muffs, cap(*s and stoles have a 
good deal, of warmth, and are quite dres.sy 
if of good quality; they are so much 
cheaper than fui’s that they have a recog¬ 
nized place in the wardrobe, though they 
cannot entirely take the place of fur. At 
the present time all furs are extremely ex¬ 
pensive.’ War conditions haA^e made the 
United States headquarters for the fur 
market, and fur manufacture here has 
made amazing progress. Present stj’les 
are very luxurious; lai ge scarfs and .short 
coatees, many Avith a dolman effect, are 
especially fashionable. Muffs are not 
quite so large, melon and canteen .shapes 
being especially popular. AVhat are knoAvn 
as natural undyed furs give best value to 
a careful buyer who wants good wear. 
For this reason natural raccoon ahvays 
holds high favor for girls and young 
Avomen; the color is becoming, and it 
stands hard wear ; it is, hoAvever, higher 
in price this Winter than Ave have ever 
known it. Pox is ahvays in style ; nutria, 
beaver and otter are especially popular 
in short furs. There are many handsome 
pieces of gray squirrel. Muskrat coats at 
from $250 to $450 put that little rodent 
among the aristocracy. 
“Growing girl” corsets are straight 
models with very few bones, suitable for 
an unformed figure ; they cost from $1.50 
to $.3.50. Like everything else, corset 
prices keep mounting without Avarning. 
Longcloth, soft fini.shed, at $2.97 and 
$3.29 per piece of 10 yards, shows the al¬ 
titude of cotton prices. It was such a 
quality as Ave have long used for under- 
weai’. Nainsook of xinderwear quality 
was $3.87 per piece. 
Children’s felt “comfy” slippers cost 
from 69 cents to $1.49, accoi'ding to size. 
They come in varied colors, some trimmed 
in front with little cut-out rabbits or other 
animals. Such slippers make very desir¬ 
able Christmas gifts for the juveniles. 
One Woman’s Life 
“Had I been a machine I should have 
been worn out and gone to the junk pile 
long ago,” said a dear good AA'oman, and 
relative as well, to me when I dared men¬ 
tion the fact that her monotonous, never- 
ending routine of work seemed too much 
like the career of man-made machinery 
built only for the service to be utilized. 
In my heart I agreed with her, for it is 
an undisputed fact that a quarter century 
of continuous service would more than 
cover the usefulness of most types of mod- 
ery machinery. ^ Yet for more than 30 
years this woman has been a wife and 
helpmeet in every sense of the word. 
Brought up in moderate circumstances, 
in the mountains of an Eastern State, 
she knew practically nothing of modern 
AVestern life. Her husband, before mar¬ 
riage, had come West and took up up-to- 
date country living, and when he brought 
his young wife to the new home he in¬ 
sisted that she learn at once to be a model 
“Western style” housekeeper and cook as 
well. This was not a difficult task for 
the strong young wife, AV'ho really re¬ 
garded her senior husband as one capable 
of teaching her new and perhaps better 
Avays than she had known in her plain 
rural home in the mountains of the East. 
AATien the children began to come they, 
too. must be kept as neat as new pins: 
clothes starched and ironed neatly and 
Early Morning 
Warmth 
Dress in cheery warmth these 
snappy Fall mornings beside a 
Perfection Oil Heater. 
Eat breakfast by its cosy cheer¬ 
ful glow—use it all day as need¬ 
ed. It runs full blast for 8 hours 
on one gallon of SO-CO-NY oil. 
Buy a Perfection Oil Heater now 
—for fall and winter comfort. 
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK 
PERFECTION 
OIL HEATERS A 
Winds and Rains; 
Aches and Pains 
E xposure to bad Aveathcr this month 
means rheumatic tnvinges and other 
handicapping after-effects. We can’t 
be too careful in relieving pains and aches, 
stiff joints, sore muscles, lumbago, sciatica. 
“We keep a large bottle of Sloan’s Lini¬ 
ment in the house all the time to use when 
an attack comes on. You know Sloan’s is 
one of the old timers. Doctor Earl S. 
Sloan put it on sale 37 years ago. 
“We ret the bireest bottle because it’s more economi- 
cab A little applied to the spot pennratts without 
rubbine and promptly eases up the pain and ache.” 
Sloan's 
triin.irtxcrrt 
Kills 
r.loset 
, . . The oriRinsl 
cnemicsl closet. More 
comfortable, healthful, conveni. 
ent. Takestneplacoof all outdoor 
toilets, where eerms breed. Bo 
ready for the long, cold winter. 
Have a warm, sanitary, comfort¬ 
able, odorless toilet right in the 
bouse anywhere you wantit. Don't 
go out in the cold. A boon to 
invalids. 
GUARANTEED ODORLESS 
The germs are killed by s 
chemical in water in the 
container. Empty once a 
month as easy as ashes. 
Closet guaranteed. Thirty 
days’ trial. Ask for catalog 
and price. 
BO^!tANITARTMFa.CO. 
Hill Btb St., Dairtil, Mich. 
Ask about Bo • San Waahatand— 
Hot and Cold Running Watar 
Without Plumbing, 
HEALTH—FREE 
Your name and address on a post¬ 
card will bring you absolutely 
free an interesting booklet called 
**Thirty Feet of Danger,” pre¬ 
senting in plain American lan¬ 
guage the facts every human 
being should knoAV and act upon 
in keeping his system clean and 
healthy. It is sound advice, and 
it may be the means qf avoidhig 
illness Jhr you and your ffamily, A 
clear statement on the best of 
medical authority. .Write today to 
Nujol Laboratories 
STANDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) 
30 Broadway New York 
Grangers Attention 
l#t.—Have you appointed your purchasing 
agent ? 
2nd.—If not, attend to it at your next regular 
meeting. 
3rd.—Select a man who will have the confid¬ 
ence of YOUR MEMBERS. 
4th.—As soon as we are notified of such selec¬ 
tion we will immediately make arrange¬ 
ments with him to keep YOU posted on 
prices and secure YOUR orders. 
5th.—We extend our services to Farmers and 
Cooperative Associations who are not 
Grangers and solicit their business. 
New York Grange Exchange, Inc. 
611 DiUaye Building SYRACUSE. N. Y. 
Cuticura Soap is 
Easy Shaving for 
Sensitive Skins 
The New Up-to-date Cnttcura Method 
Comfort Indoor Closet 
Odorless—Sanitary—Germ-Proof 
Ever/ home without sewerafire, plumbing ©r 
rannini^ water needs one. Anyone can install. 
Placed m any room in house. 10,000 in use, 
U. S. HEALTH BUREAU APPROVES '. 
Sara:- '"Chemical Closet rompHea with Ye* 
ouirements.'* Abolish cold optdoor closet. 
Germ-Ilfe killed by cbemicata. fitate Boai^Si 
of Health endorse it. 10,000 loose* AGENTS 
WANTED. Excluaive territory. CATAL<_. .vs. 
Comfort ClwnlcalClogtt Co.,dntFicloflstBldg.Tolsdo. 
Two Excellent Vegetable Books 
By R. L WaUt 
Vegetable Gardening ..... $1.75 
Vegetable Forcing ....... 2.00 
For sale by 
The Rural New-'Yorker 
333 W. SOth St., New York 
