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‘Ibt RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
January 24, 1920 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
His Song of the Light 
For all o’ the troubles we’re apt to tell. 
The life we’re a-livin’ goes tollable well; 
The sun gits lip when it’s time to rise 
An’ says “Good Morniu’ ” all ’round the 
skies! 
•Tes’ in the Same old, faithful way 
He tells the worl’ it’s 'break o’ day ; 
An’ I say, whilst I’m glimpsin’ a sky o’ 
blue; 
“It’s sure ‘Good Morniu’.' an —same to 
you!” 
I've been lost, somewhere, on the roads o’ 
Night, 
But they led straight on to the Lands o’ 
Light; A, . 
The Light that it s worth yer while to win, 
An’ I open home winders an’ let it in ! 
An’ it brings sich joy to the ol’ home 
place, 
Kissin’ a child’s an’ a mother’s face. 
I sure fergit that the dark must be. 
With one Good Morn in’ God’s made for 
me! 
Troubles an’ trials the road along, 
But I’m up, an’ singin’ the morniu’ song! 
Up, an’ away with the morniu’ sun. 
An’ “Good-by, Home, till the day's work’s 
done!” 
An’ then—like the bird, or the bee, to the 
comb, 
To the nest an’ the rest that’s a-waitin’ 
at Home; 
An’ there, to the troubles an’ trials, good 
night, 
Till the sun says “Good Morniu’ ” an’ 
lets down the Light. 
-FRANK L. STANTON 
in Atlauta Constitution. 
* 
When a housekeeper opens a can of 
any preserved food that seems of doubtful 
quality she says it “doesn’t smell right,” 
and if she is wise she discards it at once. 
This unscientific test is endorsed by the 
Society of American Bacteriologists; at 
their recent meeting in Boston it was 
brought out that bacterial tests for spoil¬ 
age in canned goods are not always re¬ 
liable, some goods in which such tests had 
shown no trace of danger having been 
very poisonous. Housekeepers were 
warned to discard all food that did not 
smell right. The danger iu defective 
canned goods is so great that such a warn¬ 
ing should never he ignored. 
* 
Recent articles about home dyeing 
will come in useful when the stores of 
disused materials are looked over at 
Spring housecleaning time. With all tex¬ 
tiles at extraordinarily high prices, it is 
well to see what we have on hand. Shab¬ 
by cotton dresses of good quality, such as 
voile, swiss, cotton crape or dimity, will 
often take a solid dye to advantage; 
where there is a figure it sometimes shows 
faintly with a pleasing shadow effect. 
Voile usually takes dye very nicely, and a 
figured voile that is faded will take dark 
blue, black, rose or brown with good re¬ 
sults, and give one a new voile at very 
small expense. Curtains of scrim or 
cheesecloth that have lost their freshness 
and become dingy from much washing 
may be dyed, yellow, orange or rose, and 
given a new lease of usefulness. Most 
silk and crepe de chines take dye very 
well, and when we are dyeing a batch of 
such materials we add any odd bits of 
ribbon or other faded goods, so as to have 
as many pieces as possible of the same 
color. Some of our cotton goods dyed 
light colors have borne repeated washing 
without fading. 
» 
There never was a Winter when the 
family supply of canned fruit disappeared 
so rapidly. With no sugar to make des¬ 
sert, many customary dishes are out of 
the question, so canned fruit, jelly and 
preserves take the place of made desserts. 
It saves time, and it is certainly better 
■ for the digestion than an excess of pud¬ 
ding and pie, but the growing rows of 
empty jars and glasses on the cellar 
shelves make the housekpeeper thoughtful. 
There is a busy Summer coming—if we 
have a fruit crop and are allowed some 
available sugar. 
Oat Flake Cookies 
I think you will find this satisfactory : 
One cup sugar, one cup butter, one-half 
cup jour milk, two cups oatmeal, two 
cups white flour, two eggs, one cup chop¬ 
ped raisins, one teaspoon soda dissolved 
in the milk. Mix soft and roll. I cut 
tkwn with a cocoa box. j. M. s. 
Hardwood Floors for an Old House 
Hardwood floors are no longer a luxury 
which only those with new houses can en¬ 
joy. It is only of recent yeaivs, compara¬ 
tively. that bare floors and rugs have 
come into almost universal use. The old 
carpets were always full of dust, and 
often the home of disease germs. Some 
doctors say there would be a smaller num¬ 
ber of cases of colds, influenza, pneu¬ 
monia, etc., if we would take tip our dusty 
carpets and store them in the attic, or 
make them into rugs which might, bo 
hung out iu the air every few days.- ■ 
There is au oak flooring on the market 
% in. thick which many arc buying to lat 
over old floors. It is cheaper than the 
inch stuff, but it needs quite an even, 
smooth-set floor, or it will squeak more 
or less after it is laid. Oak is a Very 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
0860. Dress with 
puffed or straight 
tunic for misses and 
small women. 16 and 
18 years. The 16- 
year size will re¬ 
quire 3'i yds. of 
material 40 in. wide. 
2% yds. 44, with 
2Vi yds. 86, 40 or 
44 extra for tiie 
skirt. I’rice 15 cents. 
9807. One - piece 
dress with over back 
for misses and wom¬ 
en, 16 and 18 years. 
The 16-year size will 
require 4V> yds. of 
material 36 in. wide. 
3 : >i yds. 44, 3Vi yds. 
54, with 1 yd. of 
lace 3 ! i in. wide for 
frill. Width of skirt. 
2 yds. Price 15 
cents. 
9858. Long waist- 
ed bodice with ki¬ 
mono sleeves, 34 to 
42 bust. 
9859. Skirt with 
puffed or straight 
tunic. 24 to 32 
waist. The medium 
size bodice will re¬ 
quire 2 yds. of ma¬ 
terial 36 iu. wide, 
1 :i i yds. 44. The 
skirt will require 
2C yds. 36, 40 or 
44 in. wide, extra 
for tunic. Price of 
each 15 cents. 
9902. Redingote 
dress with tunic, 36 
to 46 bust. The me¬ 
dium size will re¬ 
quire 4% yds. of 
material 36 or 44 
in. wide, 8% yds. 54 
for the blouse, 
sleeves and tunic, 
witli 2Vi yds. of 
black satin 36, 44 
or 54 in. wide. 
Width of skirt. 19* 
yds. Price 15 cents. 
hard wood, with an open grain, and. fin¬ 
ishes off more beautifully, perhaps, than 
any other wood. One never tires of it. on 
account of the fascination and variety of 
the grain. If the man of the house is 
haud.v with carpenter tools he could lay 
a new floor over the old one. If he 'is 
not able to do it. it is not a long job for 
a carpenter. 
The carpenter will plane the floor with 
a heavy floor plane, and then sandpaper 
it, making it very smooth. He should 
wear rubber-sole shoes in order not to 
leave any nail marks. As soon as the 
sandpapering is done, all shavings and 
c'st should be wiped up and a generous 
application of wood filler put on with a 
brush. This is to be rubbed into the floor 
with a piece of coarse burlap or a handful 
of excelsior. This filler brings out the 
grain, and I suppose would prevent the 
floor from becoming grimy should the var¬ 
nish wear off. The next day the first 
coat of a good floor varnish can be ap¬ 
plied and allowed to stand for two or 
three days, or until it becomes hard and 
does not stick. Then it should be lightly 
sandpapered and the second coat applied. 
After this is dry it can be polished with 
wax. Use the wax which comes as a 
paste in tin cans and rub it ou with a 
cloth. Let it stand two or three hours 
and polish with a woolen cloth over a 
heavy flatiron. The more “elbow grease” 
you can use the better polish you will get. 
There is a weighted brush which is sold 
for polishing floors which works well. 
Some people object to waxed floors, as it 
makes them slippery, but I like it, because 
it preserves the varnish, and more can be 
used at any time wheu the llooT looks 
dull. 
For a kitchen floor I prefer maple, 
though beech and hard pine are also rec¬ 
ommended, and they are a little cheaper 
than maple. Maple is very hard, with a 
close grain. Hard pine has au open grain, 
and would finish off beautifully for living 
or dining room, with the filler, varnish 
and wax treatment. Many of the cheaper 
new houses are floored throughout with 
hard pine. Whichever wood is chosen for 
the kitchen should be well soaked with 
hot linseed oil at least twice each year. I 
put it on with a mop, as I can make the 
floor absorb more oil by using it hotter 
than the hands can bear. Ileat the oil iu 
a pan ou the stove. Of course the floor 
should be very clean wheu the oil is ap¬ 
plied. 
Recently I saw two bedrooms iu a 
house in which the. floors had been relaid 
with maple. These floors were very good- 
looking and so easy to keep clean. There 
were many boards with a distinct grain, 
and a few, I noticed, were of bird’s-eye 
maple. They were finished with shellac 
and wax. which left the wood the natural 
color. Two coats of white shellac were 
used, and the floor then polished with 
wax. Each quart of shellac should be 
diluted with a pint of denatured alcohol. 
If you ever use shellac, buy a cheap 
brush and throw it away after the job is 
done, as shellac hardens and cannot he 
cleaned from the brush. 
Another pretty floor I saw was of oak, 
iu a living room, where the wood filler 
was not used, but it had been treated to 
two coats of white shellac and waxed. It 
left the floor the natural wood color, just 
as the boards came from the mill. Some 
would prefer this treatment, but I like to 
see the beautiful oak graining brought out 
more distinctly. 
In the more expensive houses birch is 
used, both for floors and woodwork. It is 
mahoganized and it is said to take au ex¬ 
pert to detect the difference between 
birch and real mahogany. 
KATHARINE B. SAWYER. 
New Dresses from Old Coats 
Many women, like myself, have some¬ 
where iu their wardrobe an old coat that 
is too much out of style to be worn, and 
yet too good to be thrown away. Some¬ 
times where there are small children iu 
the family they can be made over into 
coats for the little people, hut if not used 
in this way it is sometimes a problem 
how to make use of them. 
I had a dark blue poplin coat that had 
hung in an attic closet for several years. 
The material was very good; much better, 
in fact, than can be purchased now. It 
was cut three-quarter length, with* round 
cutaway corners. Every Spring I would 
get it out and look it. over to see if it 
could possibly be made over into the 
prevailing mode for Spring coats, and 
each year it seemed to get farther and 
farther away from the possibility of do¬ 
ing so. I saw that I was not going to he 
able to utilize it for au outer wrap, and 
as the material was light weight. I 
thought it would be a good plan to use it, 
as far as possible, for a dress. This year 
the prevailing redingote style gave me my 
opportunity. The use of two materials 
in many of the smartest gowns seemed, 
also, especially planned for my needs. 
I got 2*4 yards of wool plaid for $2.75 
per yard, from which I made a separate 
skirt. I had enough for belt, vest and 
cuffs from the pieces taken from the gores 
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Don’t Give 
Decay an 
Eight-Hour 
Start 
T'HE germ enemies of 
the teeth are most 
active at night. They 
can work undisturbed 
between the teeth where 
particles of food may re¬ 
main unless you brush 
your teeth. 
Don’t give these enemies 
an unfair ad vantage—beat 
them by cleaning your 
teeth with Colgate’s just 
before going to bed. This 
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Use it in the morning, 
too. 
Teach the children this 
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More com- 
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CR0CHETERS and KNITTERS 
experienced on bootees, sacques, An¬ 
gora hoods, vests, shawls, etc. Steady 
homework. Send small pieces show¬ 
ing stitches. 
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134th St. Ef 3rd Ave., New York City 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard book by Henry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to $2.75, at 
which price we can supply it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street New York 
