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May 31, 1019 
WOMAN AND HOME: 
From Day to Day 
The Unknown Dead 
They, loved the English hedgerows, 
And scented English lanes ; 
They loved the sunlight on their downs, 
And the soft English rains. 
And now—they sleep in Flanders. 
•Or where the sad Marne flows, 
A bleak white cross above their heads; 
Their names—ah. no one knows! 
They loved the life of London. 
With lights that gleamed like pearls. 
And theatres and taverns, 
And rosy English girls. 
Their youth was a brief glory 
That sped too swiftly by ; 
They left their schools and cricket, 
And came out here—to die. 
And some were shining poets. 
And some were simple boys. 
Who loved the Surrey fields and all 
Substantial English joys. 
From Eton and from Oxford. 
From many an English town. 
They came to save a world from shame, 
And lay their young lives down. 
In some celestial garden 
Perhaps they sit today, 
And laugh as they once loved to laugh, 
Play as they used to play. 
’Tis we who weep for young lads gone; 
But they—they are not dead. 
Though simple crosses stand above 
Each brave young English head. 
They loved, and are contented 
On windy wastes to sleep. 
Yet when the English daisies 
Begin to smile and creep. 
Pluck them and take them over 
To many a lonely grave ; 
For they loved English flowers. 
These young, and bright, and brave. 
CHARLES HANSON TOWNE 
in Saturday Evening Tost. 
The work done in this city by the New 
York Woman’s League for Animals in¬ 
cludes a free hospital and dispensary at 
330 Lafayette St., where during 1018 
973 cases were treated in the hospital, 
and 7,247 in the dispensary. A large 
number of these cases were sickness 
caused by improper feeding of cats and 
dogs. Strictly speaking, poor city chil¬ 
dren living in stuffy tenements ought not 
to keep pet animals, yet they love them 
as much as country children do, and their 
ignorance of proper care and feeding is 
more often to blame than lack of kind¬ 
ness. So they bring their cherished pets 
to the free clinic, and receive practical 
advice as Avell as remedies. There are 
many poor horse owners, too, who depend 
for their living on hauling or peddling, 
and who are. too poor Sfor veterinarians’ 
fees. Their hard-workipg- animals receive 
hospital or dispensary care, usually with¬ 
out cost, though an owner may pay what 
he can afford, to help those poorer than 
himself. One plan used by the league for 
raising funds is to enroll pets in comfor¬ 
table circumstances as collectors for poor¬ 
er animals. The owner in such cases 
pays a fee of $1, and the animal receives 
a badge and mite box into which money is 
placed for the fund. 
* 
Here is a bit of plant wisdom from a 
correspondent in Maine: 
Do you grow geraniums, and do you 
know that a little cottonseed meal worked 
thoroughly into the soil increases the size 
of the blooms very materially? It was 
our trade secret once upon a time. 
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This is a good time to remind house¬ 
keepers of the most delicious of all pre¬ 
serves—strawberry and pineapple. The 
proportions are one quart of pineapple, 
peeled and shredded, two quarts of hulled 
strawberries, three quarts of sugar. Mix 
the shredded pineapple with the sugar, let 
stand two hours, then mix in the straw¬ 
berries, heat gradually in the preserving 
kettle, and boil 20 minutes, or until 
nicely thickened, stirring well to prevent 
sticking. Red raspberries are very nice 
used with pineapple in the same way. 
These are some of our most delicious pre¬ 
serves. 
One of the great life insurance com¬ 
panies in New York has given orders 
that all its employees must have their 
teeth cleaned and examined by a dentist 
twice a year. This is the result of work 
done by the company’s dental division 
during the past four years, in improving 
the general health of employees. The im¬ 
portance of caring for the teeth cannot 
be impressed upon young people too early, 
‘Ibc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
or too emphatically. Neglected or defec¬ 
tive teeth are responsible for a host of 
ills, not only of throat and digestion, but 
of nerves and mind. Some of our friends 
overseas have been especially impressed by 
the “American smile"—the' friendly grin, 
displaying a double row of well-kept teeth, 
that has helped out deficiencies in lan¬ 
guage in promoting the entente cordiale 
in France. Dental clinics and public 
schools look after the children's teeth in 
the cities, where the parents are too poor 
or too indifferent to care for them prop¬ 
erly. These agencies do not exist in rural 
districts, and parents who wish to train 
the!: children aright should insist upon 
proper “toothbrush drill” and periodical 
dental care with the child’s first 
and thus avoid much pain, ill health and 
mortification later. 
Seen in New York Shops 
Knitted capes with brushed wool col¬ 
lars are a new idea. They are large and 
full, the big collar crossing in front to 
form a bodice, and fastening underueabh 
at the back. The collar is usually a con¬ 
trasting color. Some of the color com¬ 
binations were beige and blue, canary and 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
oan 
0548. Child’s Em¬ 
pire Dress. 8 to 10 
years. Price ID 
cents. 
0372. Child's Dress, 
2 to 0 years, Price 
15 cents. 
0734. Ontliered 
Cape with Surplice 
or Mo (tier Collar. 
Price 15 cents. 
gray, coral and gray, and a variety _<>f 
vivid sports colors. The price was $29.30. 
Colored underwear is again in favor, in 
silk, satin, crepe de chine and handker¬ 
chief linen. Flesh-colored underwear has 
been in vogue for some time, but now 
we see orchid, jade, cerise, peach and blue. 
One Fifth Avenue window was recently 
filled with jade green crepe de chine un¬ 
derwear. another elaborate display being 
of orchid color. Many of us are still 
sufficiently old-fashioned to think pure 
white underwear in better taste, and these 
delicate colors are easily ruined in wash¬ 
ing. Some of the “dye soajts” that come 
in all sorts of different colors are satis¬ 
factory for washing such delicately tinted 
fabrics. 
Among Summer rugs, we see plain 
centers with band or floral borders. Col¬ 
onial and hit-or-miss effects, size 9x12 ft., 
$11.73 to $24.50 ; 8x10 ft.. $8.50 to 
$18.75; smaller sizes in proportion. Jap¬ 
anese rush rugs are woven round, square 
or oval, for porch use, and are very at¬ 
tractive. They are very durable, but 
more expensive than prairie grass, the 
9x12 size costing from $18.50 to $48 50. 
Crex grass rugs, 9x12, cost from $10 30 
to $21.50, and include many styles print¬ 
ed in colored borders. They are at¬ 
tractive. and stand hard wear. 
Women’s bloomers of crossbar dimity, 
reinforced, were noted in the May sales 
for 89 cents. Sateen and heatherbloom 
bloomers in colors were $1.35 up. 
Adjustable window screens, oiled or 
varnished frames, black wire netting, for 
size 9x21 closed, 9x33 open, are 40 cents, 
prices increasing to $1.80 for the size 36 
in. high, 33^ in. closed. 60 in. open. 
Tennessee Notes 
Do you ever have the Spring dumps? 
They are a sight, but I thiuk I shall get 
over them safely with a few more messes 
of poke greens, lettuce, etc. You know 
how the disease works—dull, a bit of ache 
here and there, stand leaning up against 
the house, or hang over the fence, draw 
long breaths, wear a long face, never 
laugh, seldom smile, weather too hot, or 
too cold, children too noisy, or too civil, 
or they eat too much, or don’t eat enough; 
would like to spat with someone, if they 
would spat back. You say that’s no dis¬ 
ease. No, it’s just the Spring dumps; 
get over it by and by. 
A late frost and freeze that bit down 
the early planted beans, corn, tomatoes, 
cooked the plums, etc., caused a bit of a 
backset; the outlook was surely a hit 
gloomy. Pastures green, leaves well nigh 
full grown, roses budding to bloom, all 
covered with white frost, and the water 
in the chicken trough frozen solid, but I 
think there will be some fruit. There are 
a few tomato plants in the house yet, and 
some late ones not up. Beans may he 
bought and planted, and all the worry in 
the world will not make one apple, plum 
or tomato. That is for me as well as for 
you, and when things are really dark I 
keep repeating it over and over. 
The hens continue to keep busy, arc 1 I 
do not know how we would ever have got 
through without them. I feed them twice 
a day. sometimes wheat, which I can buy 
at $2.25 per bushel, and think it cheaper 
and a better feed for young chicks than 
corn at $2 per bushel; corn, cane seed on 
the head, buckwheat, lime, etc., and when 
they look a bit puny I add small piece 
of copperas to their drinking water or 
give them a spoonful of turpentine in a 
soft feed. They will not eat the feed very 
well, but will get sufficient to prevent 
them taking a contagious disease. I think 
the copperas water (has helped the gapes; 
at least some have entirely recovered and 
only two gaping at the present. 
Yes, we have gone on that wonderful 
trip; all expenses were just $4.75, and I 
would not take any amount of money for 
the pleasure I received from the children’s 
pleasure. It is a sight to hear them tell 
of it. and T hope to take them to Kings¬ 
port this Fall, but not for worlds would 
I tell them so until I know it is a fact, 
and that the trip is not far off. The 
movies, the street cars, the show windows, 
the shops, the war relics, the lake at the 
Soldiers’ Dome, and the many other rare, 
strange sights to them, will furnish them 
a theme for conversation and argument 
for time to come. 
The boy returned from France has not 
returned home yet; he was discharged in 
Iowa and could not get transportation 
home. 11 is brother was near and he pro¬ 
cured him a job at $60 per month on the 
farm, so I- will just possess my soul in 
patience until he is ready to come on. T 
only wish that all who went over were 
that near home, and those poor, ice-bound 
boys in Russia, too. 
I see that women in Tennessee are go¬ 
ing to be allowed to vote in municipal and 
presidential elections. I wonder if they 
will follow the old party lines and just 
strengthen the political ring that has been 
securely welded for so many years, or 
will they question the rights of some few 
to make laws and enforce them and use 
their newly won freedom to make our 
State a better place to live in. Will they 
help to cut out the graft and greed? One 
must crawl before one can walk: the 
needed reforms must begin at home. I 
heard a man say recently that if his 
wife ever voted lie would not live with 
her. They differ in their political belief; 
her father was killed in the Union Army. 
Some tilings we never forget. 
MRS. D. R. P. 
Cooking Wild Animals and Preserving 
Fish 
I was interested in Mr. Weed’s article 
on page 778. and ns we are in an area of 
unoccupied farms, where meat is as high 
as when the cow jumped over the moon, 
and wild animals are abundant, wo are 
asking our older friends bow their mother 
and grandmothers cooked in pioneer days. 
Nearly, if not all. wild meat is usually 
parboiled in soda and water. A teaspoon 
of soda in cold water enough to cook a 
woodchuck is sufficient. Let it come to a 
boil and perhaps boil five minutes; turn 
off the water and finish boiling in salted 
water, if one wants a plain boiled meat. 
Woodchuck well boiled, then fried, is de¬ 
licious ; better than chicken, our family 
says. 
A neighbor says hedgehog is good 
cooked the same, hut the meat is coarse 
grained, and another neighbor affirms 
skunk is better than woodchuck, if it is 
carefully dressed to remove the scent 
glands, and how would chicken taste if 
flavored with gall? The tid-bit among 
small animals is roast ’coon. I do not 
think mother parboiled ours; for myself. 
I never have been fortunate enough to 
have one to cook, but I think she stuffiKl 
and roasted them whole, like a small pig. 
and sometimes only roasted the hindquar¬ 
ters. 
Among our friends we number a trap¬ 
per who, with his companion, has cap¬ 
tured a hundred black bears, so he should 
be authority on their meat. He says the 
old males are tough and strong, the female 
usually poor, but when it comes to young 
bear steak I say it is the best meat I 
ever saw. It is good cooked in almost any 
Way. 
The secret of well-flavored wild meat 
seems to be careful dressing immediately 
after killing. Bear, venison and abbits 
all make exceptionally good mincemeat 
and stews, and the young animals, as 
among domestic animals, are best. 
As eels are my husband’s favorite fish, 
tie likes them baked. Prepare as Mr. 
Weed says, then cut in three-inch lengths, 
put the pieces in one end of the baking 
pan. and elevate that end a half inch in 
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