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WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The House of the Hawk 
The Hdiiso of tho Hawk was liung 
llifrli oil a harron crag; 
Out from its jiorch it flunj? 
The folds of a talonod flag. 
Bloody was its brood 
Oil that distant foudal day, 
And rood uiion fcrtilo rood 
It hold its ruthloss sway. 
Tlio mills of tlm gods grind slow, 
Thus saifh tlm oldi'ii ««)ng; 
But. for th<“ high and Iho low. 
Tho mills of tho gods grind long! 
The Ilou.so of fho Hawk reached out, 
Ever reached out afar ; 
It battened on ruin and rout. 
It fattened on ways of war. 
It fastened its clutching claws 
Upon Italy and Spain. 
And the heart of it knew no laws 
Save the brutal laws of gain. 
But the mills of fhe gods grind on. 
Until, or soon or late. 
At du.sk, or at .some red dawn. 
There falls the sword of Fate! 
'I'lie House of the Hawk—bidmid 
How it lies for the world to sei'! 
'Fhe final hour hac tolled 
Of the clock of Destiny! 
Cruelty, arrogance, jiride. 
Sceptre, and king and crown. 
Swejit by a mighty tide 
The House of the Hawk goes down ! 
What of its vaunted iiower? 
What of its ancient line? 
I.o. at the ultimate hour 
The mills of the gods grind line I 
—Clinton Scollard in New York Sun. 
The Federal Board of Vocational Edu¬ 
cation has issued Monograph No. 1. “To 
the Disabled Soldier and Sailor in the 
Hospital.” This gives information as to 
what the Government is prepaied to do 
for men disabled in their country's ser¬ 
vice, and where they may apply for fuller 
information. Experienci' in Great Brit¬ 
ain has shown many cases where the jiar- 
tially disabled man who has ri'ceived vo¬ 
cational training has been able to make a 
la'tter living than ever before, and it is 
comforting to think that this Government, 
too. stands back of the men in its service, 
and will not let them suffer indigence as a 
re.sult of the sacrifices they have made. 
The recent election gave this State two 
women legislatoi's, representing different 
parties, Mrs. Sammis of Long Island be¬ 
ing a Republican and Prohibitionist, and 
Mr.s. Billy of New York City a Democrat. 
Both are the mothers of soldier sons, and 
both express thein.selves as chiefly inter- 
e.sted in legislation affecting the welfare 
of women and children. There is jilenty 
for them to do, and tin* women of the 
State will watch them with intere.st. 
I’he next woman elected to the New York 
lyegislature ought to be the wdfe of an 
up-State dairyman. She might be able 
to tell us .something about the share she 
gets of the 1!>-cent milk the consumer now 
pays for. 
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Ma.xv .soldiers who are now stationed 
around New York are eager to buy iires- 
ents for “the folks back home.” But shop- 
))ing in the great city is not easy for a 
young man from far away—perhaps from 
some little hamlet with a small general 
store—and the War Camp Community 
Service ha.". Ix'en called on repeatedly for 
help. This .sei-vice has now opened a 
shopping bureau at the head(iuarlers of 
the National League for Women’s Ser¬ 
vice. 207 Madison Avenue. New York, 
where any man in uniform may enlist the 
aid of a jirofessional shopper. If he 
wants to buy a pretty hat for sister, or a 
suitable i)resent for mother, or any imag¬ 
inable article of use or ornament, he can 
get advice and assistance, and make his 
purchase to the best advantage. 
Amonu pictures of our soldiers iii 
France, we often see photographs in 
which the village children are making 
friends with the Americans. Some of 
O'M. friends overseas have written us of 
I be small girls and boys whose demon¬ 
strations of afl’ection give them a feeling 
of home. A most pleasing example of 
this feeling is given in some school com¬ 
positions printed in an English pajier. 
The .schoolmaster of a little French vil¬ 
lage near the front told the children to 
write descriptions of the American .sol¬ 
diers billeted there. Here is what Eriu'S- 
tine Cabannes Avrote : 
“The one that I know is tall. Avell built. 
He is very amiable and kind to children. 
M’henever he meets one on the road be 
will stop his hor.ses and take him along. 
He is a horse driver. When it is raining 
he does not care; he will then whistle 
with all his might.” 
Camille Duboris offers this opinion : 
“They like sweets very much. They 
are clean ; they wash all their body with 
cold water. They are very polite. They 
do not have the same religion as we have, 
but it does not matter ; they are free to 
practise the one they choose, or none.” 
Mathilde Commerre gives another view : 
“The American soldier has a great love 
JTAc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November .^0, IbU?. 
for his family. He always speaks of his 
mother, of his father, brothers and .sis¬ 
ters. There is. one who comes to my 
house often. They are jealous among 
tlu'mselves. When one of them goes in a 
house to learn French, if one day he finds 
another fellow in that houst', an American 
soldier, he will not come back any more.” 
I’i(‘rre Lonipien Avas evidently interest¬ 
ed in the soldiers’ “choAV.” He Avrites : 
“I saAv the American .soldiers at their 
meals. It is very funny. They «tand in 
a long line and laugh aloud. When their 
meal is over they start singing.” 
Many a mother on this side of the 
water Avill feel fpiite sure that Ernestine 
and Mathilde are de.scribing her son, and 
th^ composite picture of the American 
soldier, given in these artless little com- 
poHtions, is one to awaken pride on the 
part of us all, for it is the uneullied truth 
"out of the mouth of babes.” 
Some Christmas Candies 
Honey Popcorn Balls.—Take one pint 
extracted honey; luit it into an iron fry¬ 
ing pan and boil until A'ory thick; then 
stir in freshly poppi'd corn, and AA'hen cold 
mold into balls. 
Popcorn Balls With Corn Syrup.—Boil 
together 1 cup of corn syrup and 1 table¬ 
spoon of vinegar until it hardens Avhen 
drofiiied into cold Avater; stir in freshly 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
0701 — K i 111 o 11 o 
Blouse 34 to 42 Bust. 
Price 15 ciilK. 
071R—('liild’s (’out, 
2. 4 1111(1 (> years. 
Price 10 cents. 
0720 — Bress^AvitU 
Two Piece Skirt 3(i 
to 44 Imst. Price 
15 cents. 
0(i2;i—.iuiiiner Blouse 
34 to 42 Bust. 
0ii88 — Two Piece 
Skirt \villi four 
pauel tunic, 24 to 
32 waist. I'rice 15 
cents eacli. 
popped corn and Avhen cool enongh to 
handle bntter th(‘ htinds Avell and form 
the ina.ss into balls. 
Honey Caramels.—One enp extraeted 
bouey, 1 cup granu ated sugar, .1 table¬ 
spoons sweet milk. Boil togetluT until it 
hardens Avhen dropjx'd into cold water, or 
so it Avill form a soft ball Avhen taken 
in the fingers. Add I teaspoon of vanillh ; 
pour into a grea.sed dishc-V^j *to % inches 
deep. As the mixture cools cut in stiuai'es 
and Avrtip each square in paraffin jiaiier. 
To make chocolate caramels add 1 tahle- 
sjioon melted chocolate just before taking 
off tlie stove, stirring it in Avell. 
Honey Taffy.—Boil the desired quan¬ 
tity of honey until it hardens Avben 
droppi'd into bold Avater. When cool 
enough to handle, pull until it becomes 
white. 
Yellow .Tack.—To one quart of corn 
syrup Avhicli hiis been boiled 20 minutes 
add yn teaspoon soda and let boil agaiu 
until brittle when dropped into v"ohl 
water. Stir constantly Avliile boiling. Re¬ 
move from the fire and add I tabb'spoou 
lemon juice. When cool enough to handle 
pull until a light yelloAv. 
Parisian Sweets.—One lb. figs, 1 lb. 
dates, 1 lb. English Avaliuit meats. Pre¬ 
pare fruit, mix Avith nuts and put all 
through the meat grinder. Work mixture 
on board dredged Avitli confectioner’s sugar 
or mixture of sugar and cornstarch until 
AA'ell blended. Roll to ^/4-inch thickness 
and (“lit Avith a sharp knife in %-inch 
s(|unres. 
Maple Sugar Candy.—One pound .soft 
mnjde sugar, % cup thin cream. Vt Clip 
boiling Avater. tAvo-thirds cup English AAml- 
nut meats cut in pieces. Break sugar in 
pieces .niid put in 'saucepan Avith cream 
and water. Bring to boiling point and 
boil until a soft liall forms in cohl Avjiter. 
Remove from the fire and Ix'at until 
creamy, add nut meats and pour into 
buttf'red tin. When cool cut in squares. 
.Stuffi'd Dates.—Wash and dry dates. 
Make a slit the entire length of the date 
Avith a sharp knife and remove the stone. 
Fill ('UA’ities AA’ith one of the folloAviug 
mateiials, shape in original form and roll 
in granulated sugar. Fillings: Peanut 
butter creamed Avitli a little lemon juice; 
Engli.sli AA'alnut or pecan meats broken in 
ineces; candied ginger; candied pine- 
apjde; almonds or Brazil nuts. 
!\Iint Paste.—Soak one, envelope of 
gel.atin in a little cold AA’ater. then dissolA’c 
in two cups of boiling Avater; add three 
tablespoons strained honey, color a rich 
green and flavor Avith a feAv drops of oii 
of peppermint. Pour into oiled jians an 
inch deep and Avhen cold cut into squares 
and dip in poAvdered sugar. 
f’oloring For Candies.—Saffron Avill 
giA-e a yellow tint; spiicach leaves crushed 
and boiled in a little Avater Avill giv’e 
green ; the juice of stTawberries, raspber- 
rie.s, blacklierrii's and elderborrii's Avill 
give various shades of i)iuk in the Sum¬ 
mer time, and cranberries Avill do the 
same in the Winter tiiiu'. 
Salted Almonds.—Blanch the desired 
*l**'*Btity of almonds and dry on a toAvel. 
1 lit y^ cuji of oil in a small sauceiiau and 
Avhen hot put in almonds a feAV at a time 
.and fry^ until delicately hroAviu'd. Re¬ 
move with small .skimmer and drain on 
hroAvu paper. Sprinkle Avith .saltu 
MRS. E. AV. STILLMAN. 
The Witch s Shrub and Other November 
Flowers 
T he floral border foi* tlie country home 
should include some of the many iiatiA'e 
AA'ildlings that may be found in such inter¬ 
esting abundauce in Ncav York and other 
I'jast(>ni States, selected Avith an eye to¬ 
wards a succession of attractions for each 
m^ontli of the year. November, though 
often cold and dreary, still has its own 
floral attractioms in (piite a. AA'ide A'liidety. 
If you have none of these attractions 
fringing your home grouiid.s. and can read- 
il.V call none to mind that display any 
Iiarticular beauty in this darkest month 
of the year, my advice Avoiild he to take 
a walk in the avoikIs some day during the 
latter part of the montli, Avith eye.s alert 
to vine, shrub and floAvers. 
How often I recall a most delightful 
AV.alk on Thanksgiving Dav of last vear, 
Avhen a congenial party of eight, includ¬ 
ed all ages from the small hoy of the 
group to the grandfather and grandmother 
of many years, each equally eager to hunt 
out some individual trea.sure of nature 
for hie or her own possession. It was the 
occasion of the 75th birthday of the grand¬ 
mother, who took the load up the iiarroAV 
path skirting the rushing Avater of the 
creek that came tumbling down one of 
Ncaa’ York State’s fascinating Avild re¬ 
treats—a narrow gorge that further nj) 
stream oiiened into a wonderful natural 
amphitheater. On one side the precipitous 
bank, clothed AA'ith bushy little hemlocks, 
ro.se to a hundred feet in height, or near 
it, Avith a sheltered sunny area in the cen¬ 
ter that Avas very iioimlar Avitli tlie Ha'C 
stock that Avere lucky enough to pa.sture 
here, and a sloping liaiik on the far side, 
clothed Avith luudwood timbers of various 
sorts. 
There Avas about tAA'o inches of soft, 
feathery suoav on the ground, ju.st euough 
to show a iietAVork of mice tracks about 
old stumps and logs, Avith hero and there 
the track of a rabbit, phea.sant or souir- 
I'cl. The time Avas just right to .show off 
the beauties of one of nature’s curiosities 
in the shrub lino, as it gave the true 
Avitchcraft setting to a floAver that is ;m) 
contrary to nature as to bloom in Winter 
snoAA’. Some of the members of the iiarty 
hiid neyer before seen the Avitch hazel iii 
bloom in its native environment, and it 
Avas eagerly examined and exclaimed 
upon. Surely some Avitchery must be at 
work to make this lovely little floAver dis¬ 
play its yellowish, hazel bloom in this set¬ 
ting. The grandmother explained that the 
shrub AA’as the only one actually to bloom 
so late as almost invariably to bo aecom- 
panied by snow and real Winter cold, 
and that its apparent laziness or pro¬ 
crastination was really undue haste, as 
the floAvers came from buds that on ordi¬ 
nary shrubs Avould not open until th<^ 
next Spring. But its haste gained the 
shrub nothing in the end. as the .seeds 
did not ripen until the next Fall. A 
(pieer thing abo<it the .seeds is that they 
are formed in tiny capsules, two in a <-ap- 
sule, as as they ripen and the capsule 
gets dry it opens Avith a pop, and the 
seeds are shot out of it as if out of a gun, 
to land several feet aAvay from the iiareii't 
plant. If twigs of the shub are gathered 
in late Summer and placed in a Avarm 
room, sharp snapping sounds Avill soon be 
heard, ami the tiny pellets Avill be hurled 
to the far corners of the room. 
The leaves, twigs, bark, seeds aud hlos- 
.soms of this Avitch’s shrub are all very in¬ 
teresting and unlike other plants, and 
make it one of the finest for placing 
among other wildliug.s about tlie country 
lawn. Gareful search Avill locate many 
attractive specimens in most of the East¬ 
ern States in Avild spots, ravines, or old 
falloAvs or cut-off's, where second growth 
is plentiful, Avhile many nurseries carry 
good specimens of the shrub. 
An attractive feature of this particu¬ 
lar setting AA’as the green, fluffy carpet of 
ground pine that surrounded this ehnih 
and coA’errd .'Several squai'o I’ods of ground 
near by. Not far awsy other beds of 
prince’s pine were even more attractive, 
and the luxuriant wreatlis of each that 
AA^ere promptly gathered later on gave 
the Christma.s table a fe.stive, reminis¬ 
cent look for more than one member of 
the I'arty. In planting witch hazel in the 
home shrubbery, by all means start some 
ground pine or prince’s pine as a native 
forest carpet in at least one sheltered cor¬ 
ner. and you may he eure that one of 
your landscape effects at lea.st will be a 
succe.ss. 
I Avould add some sumach to the wild- 
ling corner. Its foliage in Summer has a 
tropical efl'ect, Avhile in Winter siioavs its 
hjigh red torch-shaped clusters of fruit 
give AA’armth aud color to the border. 
Then there is the upland cranberry liush 
(■viburnum), Avith its fire red berries, 
having a ke('n. tart taf^te, ahvays a fa¬ 
vorite with children. Avho love to taste 
the fruit, and see the tiny flat seeds em¬ 
bedded in the center of tlie flesh. These 
may he found around old ponds in upland 
location.s in many sections of the State. 
There are several A’arieties of barber¬ 
ries, all_ A-ery interesting in November 
with their loads of bright red berries and 
their gracefi;! habit of growth. The fire 
hush of the ancient gardens is also a Avor- 
thy member of the shnih family. Its 
blossoms in midsummer are simple ami 
inconsjiicnous, hut not so its flaunting red 
fruits on a cold Winter day. I Avould 
Avant some or all of these in my borders if 
for_ no other reason than the comfort and 
delight they are to the Winter hirde', Avho 
find food and shelter in and about them 
all through the cold Aveather. eating the 
fruit or seeds on coldest days Avheii otlier 
foods are buried deep by tlie heavy siioavs. 
Do you know the old-fashioned Christ¬ 
mas rose (hlai'k hellehore) ? I had sev¬ 
eral generous clumps of roots given me 
some years ago, hut having never seen 
them_ in bloom on a snoAvy November 
morning, I did not apjireciate their Auiliie 
until last Fall. Avheii I fiaw for the lirst 
time this truly “Avitch flower.” I do not 
knoAV Avhy the name rose Avas ever at¬ 
tached to this iilant. as the floAA'ers are 
more like lilies in the Avaxen texture of 
the round Avhite star shapes. They are 
splendid for enfting, and have a long 
period of bloom, the dark evergreen foli¬ 
age ])rotec(iiig the central crown of buds 
that for long send out daily iicav bloom 
that has to be seen to be apiireoiated. By 
all means liaA’e some Chris)- -s roses iii 
the November border, and give them good 
treatment during Summex*, when llii'y are 
preparing for their later displays. Gi\’e 
each clump a good mulch of straAvy ma¬ 
nure, to conserve moisture and give extra 
iiouri.shment to the plant, which will make 
quite luxuriant groAVth if propei-ly fed. 
The blo.s.soms Avill later on show the re¬ 
sults by putting out a long, strong stem, 
and a large, luxuriant Avaxen floAver that 
looks far more as though it came from 
some millionaire’s hothou.se than from a 
cold, snoAvy, out-of-doors Winter border. 
E. M. L. B. 
Kentucky Recipes 
(■'hristmas nut loaf is a line substitute 
for meat. One cupful chopped walnut or 
hickorynnt meats, two cups of fine chop¬ 
ped celei’y cooked in salted water until 
quite tender, holding Avater in which the 
celery is cooked for soup. Mix i-elery, 
nuts, one grated onion and two cups of 
boiled, mashed SAveet jiotatoes. Sea.soii 
Avitli three tablespooiifuls butter, tea¬ 
spoonful ealt, pepper to taste. Beat one 
egg and stir in thoroughly. Put in cake- 
pan will greased. Put half cupful whole 
nut meats on top aud bake 30 minutes. 
Serve with cheese sauce. 
Cftrn pie is a savory dish and very 
healthful for Winter. Line a deep bak¬ 
ing dish with a Avell-scason'' I biscuit 
dough aud jiut into this one can of fnirii; 
place over toji hits of butter, salt’ and 
pejiper. When moderate top crust forms, 
cut slits ill it and baste with one-half cup 
SAvcct milk. Bake in moderate oven 20 
minutes. 
What Avouhl f’hri.stmas be vvithout jiiek- 
les? This is a Southern mammy’s Avay : 
One cup vinegar, one cup sugar, one talde- 
spoon Avhole clove.s, allspice aud stick cin¬ 
namon, one can beets or better, if the 
beets are fresh from the field or garden. 
Heat the A’inegar, add seasoning and pour 
contents over beets; let stand three days 
before serving. Seiwe cold. This is a 
very simple Avay to pickle beets, hut it is 
far ahead of the more tedious Avays. 
Yuletide loaf is a substitute for meat 
and should he made and used by every 
famil.v in the country. Three cups bread 
crumbs softened, one cup chopped avuI- 
nut« or iiecaii nut meats, oiie-hiilf cuii 
melted butter, oiie-half cup hot water, one 
tablespoon salt, one-fourth tablesjiooi oej)- 
per, one tea.spooii Worcestershire s.. ice, 
a few drops of onion juice and two eggs. 
Mix the ingredients thoroughly. Taste, 
aud add more seasoning if needed. Bake 
40 minutes in moderate oven, cover tiie 
first 20 minutes. Baste twice with melted 
butter. Itemove from pau and .serve Avith 
brown sauce to which one-fourth cup of 
chopped nuts 'have been added. 
MILS, W. HAY. 
Milk Chocolate Recipe Wanted 
Gan anyone tell me how to make milk 
chocolate from the plain chocolate and 
sugar so it will not be bitter? I mean 
the milk chocolate with almonds that oue 
buys in cakes. J. c. s. 
