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October 18, 1919 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
If All Who Hate Would Love Us 
If all wlio hate would love us, 
And all our loves were true, 
The stars that swing above us 
Would brighten in the blue; 
If cruel words were kisses, 
And every scowl a smile, 
A better world than this is 
Would hardly be worth while; 
If purses would not tighten 
To meet a brother’s need. 
The load we bear would lighten 
Above the grave of greed. 
If those who whine would whistle, 
And those who languish laugh, 
The rose would rout the thistle, 
The grain outrun the chaff. 
If hearts were only jolly, 
If grieving were forgot, 
And tears and melancholy 
Were things that now are not; 
Then love would kneel to duty 
And all the world would seem 
A bridal bower of beauty, 
A dream within a dream. 
If men would cease to worry, 
And women cease to sigh, 
And all be glad to bury 
Whatever has to die : 
If neighbor spake to neighbor, 
As love demands of all. 
The rust would eat the saber. 
The snear stay on the wall; 
Then every day would glisten, 
And every eye would shine, 
And God would pause am\ listen. 
And life would be divine. 
—Charles Mackay. 
* 
Some pretty lunch sets seen recently 
were of white oilcloth printed with a 
border in blue, looking, at a little dis¬ 
tance, like a fancy linen. The set con¬ 
sisted of 13 pieces—a centerpiece, six 
plate doilies and six cup doilies, and cost 
$1.25. These sets are intended for Sum¬ 
mer camps or cottages, but they may 
often be found useful at home. We all 
like attractive linens, but where extra 
laundry work must be considered a sub¬ 
stitute must take its place, and certainly 
clean oilcloth is preferable to soiled linen. 
Southern New Jersey has many small 
and scattered communities that are with¬ 
out regular religious ministration, and 
the Episcopal Church seeks to supply 
this need by providing au automobile mis¬ 
sionary. The “Pastoral Parson” has told 
us something of Connecticut’s scattered 
rural people, and there is no doubt that 
there are many other localities where 
a missionary on wheels is much needed. 
Perhaps this sort of work does not sound 
so exciting as being a missionary in far¬ 
ed’ lands, but the need is great, and it is 
a service demanded by patriotism as well 
as religion. 
* 
A recent issue of a New York news¬ 
paper contains the following item : 
Louis Lax of 2 Avenue D, sales man¬ 
ager of the Great Northern Furniture 
Company. 5 West Twentieth street, was 
held in $500 bail for further examination 
by Magistrate E. V. Frothingham in Jef¬ 
ferson Market court, September 30, on a 
charge of grand larceny under the statute 
regarding commercial frauds. 
Lax was arrested on complaint of Mrs. 
Helen Becker of 307 East Ninety-seventh 
street, who complained that she had paid 
10 cents a week until she had paid $18.10, 
but that no furniture had been delivered 
to her as promised. Twenty other women 
called at the office of Assistant District 
Attornev II. C. Kastenbaum with similar 
complaints. 
Some time ago we received complaints 
of a similar fraud from a number of 
women in rural districts, who had been 
paying money in small weekly amounts 
in the expectation of receiving handsome 
pieces of furniture when payments were 
completed. They received no furniture, 
and were unable to recover their money. 
It would be wise to bear this experience 
in mind. 
♦ 
Recently a neighbor begged for some 
rose geranium leaves from our garden, 
for use as medicine. We always use 
these fragrant leaves to flavor some of 
our apple jelly, but we cannot find any 
ground for attributing medicinal virtues 
to them. To the botanist, these so-called 
geraniums are Pelargoniums, but there 
are some true geraniums, Herb Robert 
and cranesbill, that really do have medi¬ 
cal virtues. Herb Robert, a pretty little 
weed with cut leaves and small pale 
mauve flowers, is said to be a useful 
remedy in cases of intermittent fever and 
Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
jaundice, and is also used as a gargle for | 
sore thi*oat, and as a poultice for external I 
tumors. The root of the common cranes¬ 
bill (Geranium maculatum) is an as¬ 
tringent, used in dysentery and cholera 
infantum, and as a gargle for ulcerated 
throat. It is said to have been used by 
North American Indians. It is, perhaps, 
just as well that modern housekeepers 
have given up the home doctoring with 
herbs once so common, for it was not 
always helpful, though more harmless 
than dosing with unknown drugs. There 
is one native herb, however, that is in¬ 
cluded among our standard household 
remedies, and that, i« boneset or thorough- 
wort. The standard “United States Dis¬ 
pensatory” credits it with real virtues, 
and an ordinary “hard cold” is much re¬ 
lieved by its 'wholesome bitterness. But 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
9052. Boys’ Sail¬ 
or Suit. 4 to S 
years. The six-year 
size will require 5% 
yds. of material 27 
in. wide, 8% yds. 
30, 3 yds. 44. 2% 
yds. 54. Price 15 
cents. 
9090. Child’s Coat, 
1 to 2 years. The 
medium size will re¬ 
quire 2Vi yds. of 
material 27 in. 
wide, 2 yds. 30, l'V 
yds. 44. Price 15 
cents. 
9081. Double- 
breasted Coat. 30 to 
44 bust. With col¬ 
lar that can be worn 
high or low. 
9593. Two - piece 
Skirt, 24 to 34 waist. 
The medium size 
coat will require 0 
yds. of material 30 
in. wide, 4% yds. 
44, 3% yds. 54. 
Price of each, 15 
cents. 
9380. Loose Coat, 
34 to 42 bust. 
9484. Six - gore 
Skirt, 24 to 32 waist. 
The medium size 
coat will require 3 % 
yds. of material 27 
in. wid’e, 3'i yds. 
86 , 2% yds. 44, 2 
yds. 54. The medi¬ 
um size skirt will 
require 7 Vi yds. of 
material 27 in. 
wide, 3% yds. 36 or 
44 in. wide. Width 
of skirt at lower 
edge is 3 yds. be¬ 
fore the plaits are 
laid; witli 11 yds. 
of braid to trim as 
illustrated. Price of 
each, 15 cents. 
there is danger in home dosing if symp¬ 
toms are misunderstood, and it is better 
to call for a physician’s help in a trifling 
ailment than to bear the lifelong regret 
that may follow neglect of serious illness. 
Cocoanut Drop Cookies 
I noticed a request for cocoanut drop 
cookies, and have read the recipes sent 
in answer, but. have never been tempted 
to try them, being fully satisfied with 
ray owu, which follows: One cup sugar, 
one whole egg and yolk of another, one 
cup flour, two teaspoonfuls baking pow¬ 
der, one cup milk. Beat eggs and sugar 
together, add flour, bakiug powder and 
one-half cup milk, and stir all together. 
Boil the remaining half cup of milk and 
add to the mixture, beating and stirring 
as the boiling milk is slowly added. Then 
add flavoring if desired and one-half cup 
desiccated or freshly ground cocoanut. and 
drop by spoonfuls on greased tins. Bake 
in hot, quick oven. The recipe calls for 
no shortening and is a delicious cheap 
sponge cake recipe, to which I added the 
cocoanut myself and used for drop cookies. 
Without the cocoanut it is also used for 
lawer cake or loaf cake, the remaining 
egg white being used for frosting. It can 
be made in two or three layers as de¬ 
sired, and is my all-around standby. 
JESSIE. 
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fatiguing work of washday. From dependence upon 
unreliable hired help. From the whims or necessities of 
the men folks, who always seem to need the farm power 
plant for something else when washday comes around. 
“This Multi-Motor washer has its own inde¬ 
pendent power plant, a little easily operated gasoline 
engine built in under the tub, as a part of the washer. 
“I can belt the washer up to the cream separa¬ 
tor, churn or other light machinery and save, hand 
labor in a dozen different ways outside of washing. I 
even loan it to the men, in a pinch, for shelling"corn.” 
With its swinging, reversible wringer, also operated 
by the engine, this washer is the one machine that places the 
farm home on a par with the power operated farm. It does 
for the home what the truck and tractor does for the farm. 
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