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‘Ihe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
September 6, 1019 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Praise Ye the Lord 
Now praise the Lord, both man and sun, 
And praise Him all ye nights and days, 
And golden harvests every one, 
And all ye hidden waterways. 
With cattle standing to the knees 
Safe from the bitter gadfly’s sting; 
But praise Him most, O little breeze 
That walk’st abroad at evening. 
O praise Him, all ye orchards now, 
And all ye gardens deep in green. 
Ripe apples on the yellowing bough, 
And golden plum and nectarine. 
And peaches ruddier than the rose, 
And pears against the southern wall; 
But most the little wind that blows— 
The blessed wind at evenfall. 
—Katharine Tynan. 
* 
One of the big city stores shows pieced 
patchwork quilts, put together with ma¬ 
chine, for $15, the patterns being double 
Irish chain, rolling stone, and handle and 
basket. Patched quilts, made by hand, 
were $35, the designs being wild rose, 
poppy, tulip, bowknot and basket. Modern 
taste has decided that the old-time quilts 
are very much in style, and they are 
greatly admired. Candlewick bed-spreads, 
made in the South, are also much ad¬ 
mired, being offered for $10 and $11, ac¬ 
cording to size. 
* 
We have referred, from time to time, 
to the necessity for proper registry of 
births. The ,lT ( njYed- States, as a whole, 
has been very careless in this particular. 
During the war, many drafted men found 
it difficult to give proof of age and citizen¬ 
ship, because of faulty birth registration. 
The Children’s Bureau, pointing out the 
need for such records, says it is important 
that a child’s birth be recorded for the 
following reasons: 
To prove his age aud citizenship. 
To prove his right to go to school. 
To prove his right to work. 
To prove his right to an inheritance. 
To prove his right to marry. 
To prove his right to hold office. 
To prove his right to secure passports 
for foreign travel. 
To prove his mother’s right to a 
widow’s pension. 
The law requires that the baby’s birth 
be reported by the physician, the nurse 
or midwife in attendance to the health 
officer, or town clerk, who reports it to 
the State Board of Health. If you are not 
sure that this has been done for your 
baby, write to the State Board of Health, 
and if they have no record they will send 
you a blank on which you may record the 
child’s birth yourself. It is not too late 
at any time, and may be very important 
for him in the years to come. 
On page 1263 Dr. Osborne tells about 
the vitamine in orange juice and its value 
in infant feeding. This seems to us as of 
particular iuterest. For years past—in 
fact, ever since child nutrition began to 
be carefully studied—intelligent mothers 
have given their babies orange juice. 
Specialists in child nutrition have urged 
the use of orange juice while the infant 
was still too young to take fruit in any 
other form. It was advised as an aid 
to digestive functions, and as the child 
became older, and was promoted to sim¬ 
ple cereals, orange juice was still advised 
as a regular part of the diet. In the 
light of Dr. Osborne’s information, we 
see that the orange juice added valuable 
vitamines, and naturally increased the 
vigor of bodily functions. It would be 
interesting to learn more about the value 
of vitamines in old age. In a case coming 
under personal observation a very frail 
old lady, during the last 15 years .of her 
life, breakfasted, almost invariably, on 
orange juice, a finger of toast and a cup 
of tea. During this period, from her 
seventy-fifth to her ninetieth year,, she 
survived four serious attacks of pneu¬ 
monia, and several attacks of angina pec¬ 
toris. Her recovery, in each case, seemed 
almost miraculous, but she had an un¬ 
quenchable spirit, aud what the doctors 
called “the habit of living.” Still, con¬ 
sidering what is believed regarding the 
soluble vitamine of orange juice, is it not 
possible that diet had something to do 
with the vitality of the frail aud aged 
body? 
Wanted—A Dishwasher 
Living on a farm where our haying 
and harvest help often make a family of 
from nine to fifteen to serve, I have often 
wished for a mechanical dishwasher that 
would release at least the time required 
in doing the table dishes. I do not be¬ 
lieve it would be possible to wash cooking 
or baking dishes and kettles satisfactorily 
except by hand labor, but I do not find 
any advertisement of any sort of dish¬ 
washer in any of our papers. The big 
machines used in restaurants would be of 
no use here, as our home is not piped with 
hot and cold water, but we have a large 
supply of good rainwater, easy pump and 
good range. Has anyone any experience 
that would help under these conditions? 
MRS. W. K. 
Here is a perennial question, for to 
many women “doing the dishes" is the 
most wearisome, monotonous and dis¬ 
tasteful of all household tasks. All the 
mechanical dishwashers we have seen 
call, first of all, for a great deal of hot 
water. The usual form is a rack in 
which*the dishes are stacked after scrap¬ 
ing, the rack being agitated in a vat of 
boiling water, or exposed to live steam. 
The dishes are then rinsed in boiling 
water, aud allowed to dry by cooling in 
the rack. Many housekeepers say that 
they do not approve of this drying, think¬ 
ing the dishes are improved by wiping 
with the towel. Theoretically, if the 
water is boiling, and the draining and 
drying perfect, the system is superior. 
It has the advantage of avoiding laundry 
Embroidery Designs 
The curtains shown, No. 1327B, finish the 
set of which centrepiece and scarf were 
shown August 10 and August 30. The cur¬ 
tains 1327B, size 18x40 in., cost, with mer¬ 
cerized (loss, per pair, 00 cents. 
work, and also the wear of expensive 
toweling. 
In farm homes where there is abundant 
water piped in, and a large kitchen boiler, 
dishwashing is relieved of its greatest 
bugbear, but if hot water is not supplied 
by a convenient faucet there is always 
the exra work of pouring from a kettle 
or dripping from a range reservoir, and 
this is the chief handicap to effective dish¬ 
washing. In any case, dishwashing is 
much aided by wiping off grease with 
soft paper, when stacking the dishes, and 
then burning the paper, and this practice 
does much to avoid clogged drain pipes. 
We would like to hear about effective 
mechanical dishwashers. Who can give 
us actual experience? Let us have a dish¬ 
washing congress, and learn just how 
other women save time and energy in this 
unending work, that must be gone through 
21 times a week, for the term of our 
natural life. 
Crocheting a Sweater 
One of your readers asks for directions 
for crocheting a sweater. I will give the 
following rules for crocheting a misses’ 
sweater coat: 
Material : Eight hanks of zephyrene in 
any color for body, 1 hank of any other 
color for trimming, and a No. 5 bone 
crochet hook. 
Make 235 eh. sts. (30 inch long coat), 
for length of back, over shoulders and 
front. 
1st row—1 d. c. into 4th st., 1 d. c. into 
each st., 2 ch. st., turn. 
2d row—I s. c. into each st. of previous 
row, taking up back half of each st. only, 
make 1 st. and 2nd rows alternately for 
22 rows, increasing 1 st. on each turn 
of d. c. at front edge. 
23d row—3 ch. sts.. 120 d. c. into each 
sts., turn, continue for 14 rows for the 
back, add 123 ch. sts, and repeat for op¬ 
posite shoulder and front. 
Next row—105 d. e., drop 1 st. at 
neck on each turn for 14 rows, or width 
of half the front, repeat for the opposite 
front. 
Start at the lower side of front, 50 sts. 
from the buttons, make 1 s. c. into each st. 
Next row—42 d. e., then 42 s. c.. then 
34 s. c., 26 d. c., 20 s. c., 20 d. c., 20 6. c., 
forming a gusset on the side of back. 
Sleeves—Make 55 ch. sts. 1st row, 1 
s. c. into 3d st.. 1 s. c. into each st. 
2nd row—1 d. c. into each st., 5 eh. sts. 
3rd row—1 s. c. into 2nd ch st., 1 s. c. 
. into each st. 
4th row-—2 d. c. into 1st sts., 1 d. c. into 
each st., 6 ch. sts. 
Repeat 3rd and 4th rows, then con¬ 
tinue straight at cuff and adding 1 d. c. 
at top until you complete half the sleeves: 
reverse for opposite side of sleeves, sew 
sleeves together, at cuff make 1 d. c. into 
each 1 s. c. into each st. for 12 rows, 
catching through both portions of each st. 
Collar—Make 50 ch. sts.. 1st row 1 d. c. 
into 4th .st., 1 d. c. into each st., 2 ch. sts., 
turn. 
2nd row—1 s. c. into each st. 
Continue for IS rows. 
10th row—14 d. c. 
20th row—14 s. c.. drop 1 d. c. on each 
row at neck until you have 2 d. c.; repeat 
for opposite side. 
Along the three sides of collar and edg¬ 
ing revers and fronts, use trimmings of 
1 s. c. into each st. 
Belt—Make ch. 1 yd. long. Make row 
of s. c. and row of d. c. for 1 Y» in. around 
4 sides. 
Buttons—Molds 1% in- around. Make 
of trimming 3 ch. sts.. 6 s. c. into 2nd st. 
2nd row—2 s. c. into 1st st., 1 s. c. 
into next st.. repeat. 
3rd row—2 s. c. into 1st st., 1 s. c. into 
each of next 2 sts., repeat. 
4th row—1 s. c. into each st., then con¬ 
tinue as you widen. 
Loops—Make 20 ch. sts., 1 s. c. into 
each st.; repeat for 4 loops. 
Will someone give me directions for a 
filet crochet collar? a. p. 
Sweet. Cucumber Pickles 
Will you ap-e me recipe for sweet cu¬ 
cumber pickifti? MRS. M. 
Wash cucumbers and pack closely in 
jar, and pour over them boiling brine, 
one cup salt to one gallon cucumbers, 
dissolved in water enough to cover. Let 
stand 24 hours, drain, wipe dry, and cover 
with weak vinegar, boiling hot. Drain, 
then prepare fresh vinegar with mixed 
spices, nasturtium seed, two green pep¬ 
pers. and hrown sugar to ta ,te. Boil; 
the spiced vinegar five minutes, then add 
the drained cucumbers, heat through and 
then seal in jars. The sweet pickles will 
not keep long in open crocks. 
Sliced Sweet Pickles.-—Sliced cucum¬ 
bers. one quart vinegar, one cup sugar, 
tablespoon of cloves, tablespoon of cinna¬ 
mon. Take slicing encumbers ; six good- 
sized ones will make a quart: slice and 
put in a crock, cover with salt and let 
stand over night; in morning drain, put 
in preserving kettle vinegar, sugar, cloves, 
cinnamon, until at boiling point, put in 
sliced cucumbers, boil up and can. 
Controlling Moths 
We sent to you for a remedy for the 
extermination of roaches and it was won¬ 
derful how quickly it did the work. Have 
you a remedy that will effectually clean 
out moths? j. F. S. 
Clothes moths rarely infest garments or 
fabrics in regular rise; sunlight is most 
distasteful to them. The first step in con¬ 
trolling them is to beat and air the gar¬ 
ments, hanging out in the sun. The clos-l 
et or wardrobe infested should then be! 
well sprayed with gasoline or benzine.! 
This must be done with proper care, re-j 
membering the inflammable and explosive 
nature of the remedy. Keep lights or fire 
away until the vapor is dissipated. This 
should be done two or three times during 
the Summer, and the clothes should be 
frequently removed and brought out to 
the light. Naphthalene flakes or moth 
balls will act ss a repellent to the parent 
moth, but cannot be relied on for entire 
control. 
It is unwise to leave old garments or 
woolen remnants packed away in garret 
or closet; they are an invitation to the 
moth when left undisturbed. Any woolen 
or furs packed away should be in moth¬ 
proof packages. Pasteboard boxes with 
strips of paper pasted over crevices, are 
excellent, but they must be sunned, aired 
and examined before put away, or there 
may be moths stored with them. Win¬ 
dow and door screens should be put up 
early in the season; they will keep out 
many troublesome insects, including the 
beetle that is the parent of the carpet or 
buffalo “moth.” Some new houses are 
very badly infested with ninths, but per¬ 
sistent work always eradicates them. 
Lemon Syrup for Lemonade 
Some time ago you gave a recipe for 
lemon syrup to be bottled and kept for 
making lemonade. I have forgotten how 
to proceed, is the juice was heated in 
some way. Will you repeat the recipe? 
MRS. J. II. 8. 
To prepare lemon syrup, grate off the 
yellow rind of lemons, and mix smoothly 
with granulated sugar; squeeze out the 
juice, and to each pint of juice add one, 
pint of water, and 3*4 lbs. of granulated 
sugar, 'including that mixed with the 
grated rinds. Heat until the sugar is 
dissolved, but do not boil; strain and 
bottle. Keep in a cool place, and dilute 
as required for lemonade. Boiling the 
syrup spoils the flavor. 
A Help in Canning 
Everyone knows that green corn should 
be well packed in the cans before pro¬ 
cessing. All the recipes say so. Rut 
what to use to pack it with troubled me , 
a long time. I have found that an empty 
olive bottle of about 1% in. in diameter 
is just right. It is easy to handle, can 
be kept clean and fits up close to the 
sides of the jars. I have also used it in: 
packing string beans. Try it. E. D. M. ! 
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