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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August SO, 1010 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Try This 
Build for yourself a stroug-box. 
Fashion each part with care. 
Fit it with hasp and padlock. 
Put all your troubles there. 
Hide therein all your failures, 
As each bitter cup you quaff 
Lock all your heartaches v-'.tinu it— 
Then sit on the lid—and laugh! 
—Walter Pulitzer in N. Y. Globe. 
A very useful little shoe scraper and 
brush seen at one of the city stores would 
keep a lot of dirt out of the farm kitchen, 
if placed at the door. It costs $1, and 
consists of an iron scraper for the sole, 
with adjustable brushes that remove dirt 
from the rest of the shoe. 
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A Maine correspondent gives the fol¬ 
lowing as a delicious way to use dry 
bread: Toast, dip crust in hot water, 
butter, and smother with stewed blue¬ 
berries. The blueberries are something 
of a luxury to the suburbanite near New 
York, ranging the middle of August, from 
30 to 45 cents for a quart box. 
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The death is announced near Geneva, 
N. Y., of Miss Rhoda Palmer, 103 years 
old. reputed to be the pioneer suffragist 
in Western New York. Miss Palmer was 
a member of the first suffrage convention 
in Seneca Falls in 1S48. At the last elec¬ 
tion Miss Palmer was driven to the polls 
and cast her first vote. 
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Shopping is something of an adventure 
these days. We have had much experience 
and are familiar with city shops both 
small and large, but we have never known 
a time when prices seemed so completely 
at variance with values. A woman who 
is so situated that she must do most of 
her shopping at one store, without the 
opportunities of special sales, is likely to 
suffer what we are obliged to regard as 
overcharges. In women’s shoe:-, we re¬ 
cently found a variation of $3.10 in the 
same store between a pair in the regular 
department and a pair at a special sale. 
The shoe specials were excellent in qual¬ 
ity and cut, and we are unable to believe 
that the store was losing profit on them. 
Shoes of extreme style are naturally sold 
cheaply as the season wanes, but these 
were not of that type. The Federal 
Trade Board says that both tanners and 
shoe manufacturers are exacting extra 
profits, as well as retailers. Beds and 
bedding, and all furniture, are so high in 
price that young people must find much 
discouragement in starting housekeeping. 
At a recent special sale we saw cotton 
mattresses (not felt, but cotton filling! 
for a bed 2 ft. 6 in. wide at $11.45; this 
was a reduced price. This filling, which 
was fairly soft, but not extra thick, was 
covered with a medium quality of ticking, 
the seams unbound. The bed itself (2 ft. 
6 in. wide), was a little white enameled 
cot in three pieces, the woven springs 
forming the side bars of the bed. and thi* 
was $12.25 at the sale price. The high 
prices of cotton, metal and skilled labor 
have naturally increased such commodities, 
but seem somewhat overworked b> the 
retailer as a reason for his ’high prices. 
upper clamp, thus partly sealing the jar. 
Place the jars on a rack, in a hot-water 
bath that covers the tops to a depth of 
one inch. Bring the water to the boiling 
point, and boil pint jars for 16 minutes, 
quart jars for 20 minutes. Remove the 
jars, seal them, and invert them to cool. 
Open-kettle Method.—Cook the peaches 
in the sir”;' until they are tender; then 
with a sterilized spoon slip them care- 
fullv into a jar that has been sterilized 
by ’ eing boilV’ for 20 minutes, and fill 
tie jar to overflowing with sirup. Ad¬ 
just the rubber, which has been in boiling 
water for five minutes, and the cover, 
which has been sterilized with the jar. 
Seal the jars immediately, and iuvort them 
to cool. 
Baked Peaches.—Baked peaches may 
be canned, or served as soon as they are 
removed from the oven and cooled. Hip 
the peaches in boiling water and then in 
cold water, and slip off the skins. Cut 
them in halves, and remove the stones. 
Place them in a baking dish or a granite 
pan. Fill each cavity with one teaspoon¬ 
ful of sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful of 
butter, a few drops of lemon juice and a 
sprinkle of nutmeg. Bake the peaches in 
a moderate oven until they are tender, 
from 30 to 45 minutes. If they are to be 
canned, pack them boiling hot into ster¬ 
ilized jars with a sterilized spoon, adjust 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
Ways of Preserving Peaches 
The following recipes were published 
by the New York State College of Agri¬ 
culture at Cornell University : 
Canned Peaches.—Scald sound. In m 
f ree «tone peaches, a small number at a 
time, in boiling water just long enough 
to loosen the skins; then dip them quickly 
in cold water and slip off the skins. I he 
lve dip may be used for removing the 
skins. Bring one gallon of water to the 
boiling point. Add to one-half pound ot 
concentrated lye. Lower the fruit into 
the boiling solution in a wire basket or 
a thin cloth. Let it remain for from 26 
to 30 seconds. Remove the fruit qiuckl> 
and immerse it in cold water. Then wash 
the peeling from the fruit. Cut the 
peaches in halves and remove the stones. 
Have readv a sirup made by boiling sugar 
and water together until the sugar has 
dissolved, using one-lialf to three-fourths 
cupful of sugar to each cupful of water. 
Allow about one cupful of water for each 
quart jar of peaches. Put m one cracked 
peach pit for every quart of sirup. 
Cold-pack Method.—Pack the peaches 
in overlapping layers with the rounded 
side uppermost and the blossom end fac¬ 
ing the glass. Fill each jar with hot sirup 
and adjust the rubber, the cover and the 
drying in a cool oven or in any home¬ 
made or commercial drier. The paste is 
done when it can he lifted in a thin layer. 
Store it in moisture-proof containers. 
Peach and Apple Conserve.—Use equal 
parts of peaches and apples diced. Add 
three-fourths as numb sugar as fruit Cook 
the mixture slowly until it Is thick and 
clear. Seal it in sterilize.’ jars. If the 
apples are a good color do not peel them. 
Equal parts of rhubarb, peaches and 
apples may be used. 
Dried Peaches.—Peaches are better if 
they are peeled before drying. Remove 
the skins as directed for canned peaches. 
Cut the peaches in halves or in smaller 
nieces, and spread them on trays in a 
. .I , - on platters in a cool oven. _ If j 
drying peaches in halves, lay the cut side: 
uppermost. Dry the peaches for from; 
four to six hours, or even longer, until | 
they are tough and somewhat leathery. 
Start the drying at about 110 degrees F.. 
and raise the temperature gradually to 
about 150 degrees F. as the outside of 
the peach dries. After drying, let. the 
peaches stand for a few hours to absorb 
moisture from the air; then pack them iti 
moisture-proof containers. 
Cocoanut Cookies 
Melt 2Vi: ounces Baker’s chocolate. Re¬ 
move from fire and add one can sweet¬ 
ened condensed milk, one-half pound des- 
sicated cocoanut and teaspoon vanilla. 
Drop by spoonfuls on greased inverted 
pans. Bake eight to 10 minutes in slow 
oven. Will make 30 or 32 cakes. 
MRS. F. r.. 
One cup of sugar, one-half cup of short¬ 
ening, creamed together, yolk of one egg, 
two thirds cup of milk, one heaping tea¬ 
spoon baking powder, salt, vanilla, flour 
to make thick enough to drop from spoon 
in small spoonfuls on greased pan. Frost¬ 
ing.—White of one egg. beaten, two table¬ 
spoons of sugar, three tablespoons of pre¬ 
pared cocoanut. Drop one teaspoon of 
this on each cake and bake in a quick 
oven. I*. M. B. 
Due cup sugar, three-fourths cup but¬ 
ter. three eggs, two cups cocoanut. one 
teaspoon vanilla, two teaspoons baking 
powder. .Mix real stiff with one and one- 
half cups of flour. Drop on buttered 
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rhe sterilized rubbers, and pour over the 
fruit any sirup that has formed in the 
pan. Fill each jar to overflowing with 
boiling sirup (one-half cupful of sugar to 
one cupful of water i. Adjust the steril¬ 
ized covers and seal the jars. 
Pickled Peaches.—Four quarts peaches, 
two pounds brown sugar, two cupfuls 
vinegar, one ounce stick cinnamon, one- 
half ounce whole cloves. Boil the sugar, 
the vinegar, and tile cinnamon for 20 
minutes. Dip the ]it-aches quickly in hot 
water ; then rub off the fuzz with a cloth. 
Place a few of the peaches at a time in 
the sirup, and cook them until they are 
tender. Pack them into sterilized jars. 
Adjust the sterilized rubbers and fill each 
jar to overflowing with the hot sirup. 
Adjust the sterilized covers and seal the 
jars immediately. 
Peach Butter.—Peel and stone 
peaches as for baked peaches. Cook 
in a very small amount of water 
they are reduced to a pulp. Add 
thirds as much sugar as pulp, and 
the mixture until it is thick and 
stirring ir frequently. Pour it into ster¬ 
ilized jars, and seal them. 
Peach and Apple Jelly.—Wash the 
peaches thoroughly, remove the stones and 
cut them in pieces. Add a very little 
water, and cook the peaches until the,\ 
are very soft. Strain the juice through a 
jelly bag. To the peach juice add one- 
fourth as much tart apple juice. Boil 
the mixture for five minutes, add two- 
rhifds as much sugar, and continue boil¬ 
ing until the jelly test is observed. Turn 
the jelly into scalded glasses, and when 
it is cool seal them with paraffin. The 
apple juice contributes the needed acid 
and pectin to the combination, and gives 
a better texture to the jelly without per-' 
ceptibly altering the flavor. The pulp 
le*'t in the bag after straining oft' the juice 
can be used for marmalade. 
Peach Marmalade.—To the peach pulp 
left from making jelly, add two-thirds as 
much sugar by weight, and cook the mix¬ 
ture until it is thick and clear. Turn it 
into sterilized jars, and seal them. If a 
more acid flavor is desired, add one-half 
as much tart apple pulp. 
Peach Paste.—Make a peach marma¬ 
lade, using from one-sixth to one-fourth 
as much sugar as pulp. Cook the paste 
down as much as possible without danger 
of burning; then spread it on platters 
or on greased paper, and complete the 
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Durabie-DUR- 
HAM Hosiery is a 
product of indus¬ 
trial democracy— 
never of child 
labor. We have no 
strikes or lockouts. 
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Lucky is the family with 
a wise hosiery buyer 
More than money can be saved by a hosiery buyer who knows 
values — who knows the strength and honest quality of Durable- 
DURHAM Hosiery. There is comfort and economy for every member 
of the family in Durable-DURHAM. It wears longer Anexompleo f the 
because it is made stronger. It is good-looking but never many fine vah>esUi 
flimsv. Darning is avoided. Ask your dealer to show ham Hosiery. 
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DURABLE 
DURHAM HOSIERY 
FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 
Made strongest where the wear is hardest 
wear. 
Every pair 13 strongly reinforced at points of hardest 
The tops are wide and elastic; legs are full 
length; sizes are accurately marked; and the soles and 
toes are smooth, seamless and even. The Durham 
dyes will not fade. 
You should be able to buy Durable-DUR- 
HAM Hosiery at any dealer’s. Look for the 
trade mark ticket attached to each pair. If you 
cannot find this hosiery, we shall appreciate your 
writing direct to the Durham Hosiery Mills, Sales 
Department, 88 Leonard Street, New York, 
giving us the name of your dealer. 
GLORIANA 
(Banner! 
All year wear- 
ins slocking. Lisle 
finish. Extra fine 
gauge. Wide elas¬ 
tic tops. Strongly 
double reinforced 
heels and toes. 
Black, white and 
cordovan. 
DURHAM HOSIERY MILLS, Durham, N, C. 
Sales Office: 88 Leonard St., New York 
