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April 12, 1019 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
From “Songs of Seven” 
Heigh-lio! daisies and buttercups. 
Fair yellow daffodils stately and tall ! 
When the wind wakes, how they rock in 
the grasses 
And dance with the cuckoo-buds, slen¬ 
der and small! 
Here’s two bonny boys, and here’s moth¬ 
er's own lassies, 
Eager to gather them all. 
Heigh-ho! daisies and buttercups! 
Mother shall thread them a daisy 
chain; 
Sing them a song of the pretty hedge 
sparrow, 
That loved her brown little ones, loved 
them full fain. 
Sing “Heart, thou art wide, though the 
house be but narrow,” 
Sing once, and sing it again. 
Heigh-ho! daisies and buttercups. 
Sweet wagging cowslips, they bend and 
they bow ; 
A ship sails afar over warm ocean waters. 
And haply one musing doth stand at her 
prow, 
O bonny brown sons, and O, sweet little 
daughters. 
Maybe he thinks on you now! 
Heigh-ho! daisies and buttercups. 
Fair yellow daffodils, stately and tall— 
A sunshiny world, full of laughter and 
leisure, 
And fresh hearts, unconscious of sorrow 
and thrall! 
Send down on their pleasures smiles pass¬ 
ing its measure, 
God, that is over us all! 
—Jean Ingelow. 
The continued high price of linen makes 
us consider ways of saving table damask. 
The use of runners and plate doilies is 
considered “finicky” by some housekeep¬ 
ers, and yet this is a real economy. Many 
comparatively inexpensive fabrics may 
be uaed for this purpose, including col¬ 
ored materials. It is a saving in washing, 
for these small pieces are less trouble 
than a large tablecloth, and plate doilies 
that become soiled may be changed before 
the centerpiece or runner. Worn table¬ 
cloths may be cut into such pieces, care¬ 
fully hemmed, and then finished with a 
colored border in blanket stitch or darn¬ 
ing. Three rows of darning, worked so 
that the stitches alternate, is very pretty. 
Cross-stitch cotton is excellent for work¬ 
ing in this way. 
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It is said that Springfield. Mass., has 
Started a six-months’ campaign of cour¬ 
tesy. a campaign that, costs nothing, in¬ 
cludes no buttons or badges, and i<s merely 
to let actions speak louder than words. 
Most people who travel around a good 
deal, and have much experience in busi¬ 
ness life, realize that public politeness is a 
rare quality. We are hustled about every¬ 
where, and we find entirely too many 
cases where the employees of public util¬ 
ities and the salespeople in all sorts of 
business, are curt, negligent and uncivil. 
Good will is a valuable asset in any busi 
ness, and il may be that many employers 
do not realize how much their employees 
do to lessen if. The great telephone com¬ 
panies urge “the voiee with a smile.” and 
there are many families where instruc¬ 
tion in the art of being pleasant is evi¬ 
dently needed. There is no question that 
efforts to be courteous, pleasant and 
cheerful react on tlic moral nature of 
those who practice these minor virtues. 
If courtesy and cheerful consideration for 
others form the basis of home life, they 
are likely to 'become a valuable habit 
when the children go out into the world. 
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One of our readers says that cranber¬ 
ries and prunes, stewed together, make 
very nice sauce. Equal quantities are 
used, the prunes being soaked as usual 
before cooking. The fruits are stewed 
gently together, and sweetened just be¬ 
fore taking off the fire. The following are 
variations of cranberry pie, the same 
methods being desirable with other fruits: 
Pick over and wash a quart of cranber¬ 
ries. Put them in a deep earthen pit* dish 
with the juice of half a lemon and oue- 
fourth pound of sugar. Cover with puff 
paste or a short crust and hake for three- 
quarters of an hour. Instead of the pas¬ 
try. make a light biscuit crust, make an 
opening in the middle; cover the fruit; 
place a soup plate over the top to keep in 
the steam; set on top of the stove or in 
the oven and steam for 25 minutes. When 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
done lift off the crust, place it on a heated 
dish; spread the berries over the crust 
and serve with hard sauce. 
A Supper in a Sugar Camp 
It was syrup-making time. Margaret’s 
classmates in the high school in the cite 
knew it. and had heard rumors of what 
delicious stuff was made in one of these 
camps. Margaret's father had a large 
camp on his fine farm. Margaret de¬ 
cides! she would give her classmates a 
treat. She invited them out to her home. 
The invitations were headed: 
“A Supper in a Sugar Camp!” 
Did they come? Did any stay at home? 
Well, no! They were all there at the 
appointed hour of five o'clock. They 
were received by Margaret’s father and 
conducted to the ca-mp. What a sight 
met their eyes! There were Margaret 
and her mother making buckwheat cakes 
by the gross. A long table was laid in 
tiie long shed, and the seats were made 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
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992 
9758. Dross .vitli 
or without panels 
for misses on 1 small 
womf ii, til and is 
years. 91*2. design 
for baud or border 
two inches wide, 
with separate mo¬ 
tifs, suitable for 
bra hr and for beads, 
l’rlce 15 cents. 
9 7 7 / 
V 9756 
9771. Ladies’ blouse, 
34 to 42 bust. 0750. 
Ladies' draped skirt, 
24 to 42 waist. 
Price of each, 15 
cents. 
Bodice for 
and small 
10 and 18 
9752. Skirt 
with tunic, 16 and 
18 years. Price 15 
cents. 
9702. 
misses 
women, 
years. 
9704. Work 
:i4 or SO, S8 
42 or 44 bust. 
15 cents. 
by laying planks on boxes, etc. The table 
was laid with paper plates; and knife and 
fork. There were pitchers and pitchers 
of amber-colored syrup and plates of 
golden 'butter. Amid happy confusion the 
40 young people were seated on the 
planks. Hut of course they couldn’t have 
told afterward whether their chairs were 
planks or of upholstered velvet. Not 
after they had once tasted those cakes. 
The syrup was ambrosia. The cakes 
melted with u taste! And they cartainly 
did melt away. The platters were re¬ 
filled again and again. The syrup pitchers 
were refilled till finally everybody said: 
“Oh, no, thanks! I just can't cut 
another one.” 
All rose with loud praises for the sup¬ 
per and the cooks thereof. 
“Best I ever had in my life,” said one 
young man. 
While the hot cakes were disappearing 
Margaret’s father was cutting up a huge 
chunk of maple sugar that had just been 
stirred off. This was now passed around 
again and again. Then it was time to 
take the evening train hack to town and 
other places. They left with joyous 
and eager promises to come again. 
Mbs. IVY J. NUT. 
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