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t Jhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 20, 192'" 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
A Cry from the Shore 
Come down, ye graybeard mariners, 
Unto the wasting shore! 
The morning winds are up—the gods 
Bid me to dream no more. 
Come, tell me whither I must sail, 
What peril there may be. 
Before I take my life in hand 
And venture out to sea! 
“We may not tell thee where to sail, 
Nor what the dangers are; 
Each sailor soundeth for himself, 
Each hath a separate star; 
Each sailor soundeth for himself, 
And on the awful sea 
What we have learned is ours alone; 
We may not tell it thee.” 
Come back, ye ghostly mariners, 
Ye who have gone before! 
I dread the dark impetuous tides; 
I dread the further shore. 
Tell me the secret of the waves; 
Say what my fate shall be— 
Quick! for the mighty winds are up, 
And will not wait for me. 
“Hail and farewell. O Voyager! 
Thyself must read the waves; 
What we have learned of sun and storm 
Lies with us in our graves; 
What we have learned of sun and storm 
Is ours alone to know, 
The winds are blowing out to sea, 
Take up thy life and go.’’ 
MRS. CORTISS0Z. 
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The following cake icing has displaced 
all others with us, when we want a white 
frosting: Stir together the white of one 
egg, seven-eighths cup of granulated sugar 
and three tablespoonfuls of cold water. 
Put in a double boiler, or in a bowl over 
hot water, and beat with a Dover egg 
beater until it becomes thick and creamy; 
then spread. This makes a spongy icing 
with a smooth, shiny surface. A delicious 
chocolate cream cake is made by covering 
layers first with this, then with chocolate 
icing, putting together, and covering the 
cake with the two icings in the same 
way. * 
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We have been asked to repeat a for¬ 
mula for cold cream given last year, 
which those who tried it found of especial 
value for cracked or chapped hands. It 
is as follows: 
Melt slowly in an earthen dish one- 
lmlf ounce each, white wax and sperma¬ 
ceti and one ounce mutton tallow. Pour 
into a bowl, slowly adding two ounces 
each almond oil and glycerine (mixed), 
beating slowly with fork until smooth. 
While still warm put iut«> covered dish. 
If perfume is used, it should be added 
before the cream sets. 
The reader who sent this, an old family 
recipe, says that the effect is increased by 
soaking the hands in hot water before ap¬ 
plying; not merely washing in warm 
water, but soaking for several minutes 
in water as hot as can be borne. Where 
there is a bad crack, it is advised to touch 
the place with a strong antiseptic, such 
as iodine, before using the emollient. 
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Ex-service men are a special target 
for many frauds, and a particularly mean 
one was made public recently by the ar¬ 
rest in New York of a man associated 
with others in promoting the “Aerial 
Transportation Company.” Their method 
was to advertise at Government flying 
fields for pilots and mechanics. Air ser¬ 
vice men who responded were told that the 
promoter and his associates were just 
ready to launch an aerial transportation 
plan on a nationwide scale, with the back¬ 
ing of several prominent financiers, and as 
a special favor a number of pilots and me¬ 
chanics were permitted to put their money 
into the concern. Specific complaints 
have been filed by Lietits. Otis G. Clement 
and Augustus Leasar, both of Langley 
Field, Ya., and Sergeant Joseph H. Rich¬ 
ardson of Gulfport, Mass., and about sixty 
other victims have been found. Why is 
il not possible for Government agencies 
to scrutinize and investigate advertise¬ 
ments specially aimed at service men? 
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Laundry Soap 
Can you give me formula for making 
hard soap that would be good for doing 
washing, and would make a good suds? 
I have made some soap, using concen¬ 
trated lye, but the soap was not much 
good. I have a large quantity of beef 
tallow, and would like to make it up into 
soap. w. E. B. 
The following is an excellent white 
hard soap: Five pounds clear grease 
melted, but not hot; one 10-cent can of 
potash, one tablespoonful borax. Dis¬ 
solve the potash overnight in one quart 
of cold water, then turn the. imeltcd 
grease on the water, and stir constantly 
for about 10 minutes, or until it looks 
like honey. Pour into a sheet-iron pan 
With greased paper in the bottom; when 
sufficiently hardened mark off into squares 
and turn out. 
Another stronger soap for laundry use 
is made as follows: Six pounds of wash¬ 
ing soda and three of unslaked lime. Pour 
on it carefully forr gallons of boiling 
water, let stand until perfectly clear and 
the soda is dissolved; then drain off and 
add six pounds of clean fat to the water. 
Boil until it begins to harden (about two 
hours), stirring frequently. While boil¬ 
ing thin it with two gallons of cold water 
which has been poured on the soda and 
lime and allowed to settle after drawing 
the first lot off. It must bo clear before 
drawing off. Add it when there is dan¬ 
ger of 'boiling over. Before removing 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price wi’S order 
9883. Single-breast¬ 
ed coat. 34 to 42 0880. Slip-on blouse 
bust. 9808. Four- with tlariug cuffs, 
gore skirt. 24 to 32 34 t0 42 bust. 9842. 
waist. The medium Two-piece skirt, 24 
size coat will re- to 34 waist. The 
quire 4 yds. of tun- medium size blouse 
terial 30 in. wide, will require 2% yds. 
3'i yds. 44. The of material 30, 40 
medium size skirt or 44 in. wide. The 
will require 2L yds. medium size skirt 
of material 30, 40 or will require 2 V, yds. 
44 in. wide, with 30 . 2 :l s vds. 44' or 
1 Vi yds. extra when 34 . Price of each, 
the side portions are 13 cents, 
used. Price of each, 
15 cents. 
9897. One - piece 
dress with over back 9800. Slip-on blouse 
panel, , 10 and 18 for misses and small 
years. The 10-year women, 10 and 18 
size will require years. 1055. Design 
yds. of material 30 for band 7 in. wide, 
in. wide, 3% yds. The 16-year size will 
44, 3 Yj yds. 54. require 2Vi yds. of 
Width of skirt at material 30 in. wide, 
lower edge, 2 yds. 2 *, yds. 44. price 
Price 15 cents. 15 cents. 
from fire stir in a bandful of coarse salt. 
Wet a tub to prevent sticking; pour in 
the soap; when solid, cut into bars and 
dry in an airy place. 
A Woman and a Greenhouse 
Most women love raising plants and 
flowers, but I think few have yet turned 
it into a remunerative employment. By 
beginning in a small way, and enlarging 
her plant as the need arose, I have a 
friend who lias now a flourishing green¬ 
house connected with their small farm, 
that is bringing in more money than does 
the farm. Many country people do not 
have the advantage of being able to order 
their garden plants from a nearby green¬ 
house, and as they do not need enough to 
bother ordering from a distance, they are 
obliged to raise their own. often at a great 
inconvenience to themselves, and usually 
with the result that their tomato aud 
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early cabbage plants are just about one 
month later coming to maturity than they 
should be. Many farm gardens do not 
contain eggplant, cauliflower, celery, pep¬ 
per or similar vegetables, owing to the 
difficulty of raising the plants. When 
strong plants can be purchased for a 
small sum per dozen they are gladly 
raised. Every one agrees that there 
should be a larger variety of vegetables 
grown in the gardens tliau is usually 
done, but farm housewives know the trou¬ 
ble and difficulty of raising so many differ- 
eut kinds of plants, so there is consequent¬ 
ly no great variety raised. 
It was to meet the local need for plants 
of this kind and also because a long ill¬ 
ness of her husband made it imperative 
to have some extra money, that my friend 
started her work. Now it has enlarged so 
much that she ships thousands of her 
plants to distant points each Spring, as 
well as taking an automobile load twice a 
week to a small city nearby. She adver¬ 
tises in the county papers, but satisfied 
customers have always been the best ad¬ 
vertisement she has had. 
She specializes in vegetable plants, but 
also raises flowering plants. Sweet alys- 
sum, pansy, daisy, pink. Sweet William 
and aster plants and Canna roots are 
raised by her. These are easily grown by 
anyone, and, as she serve a farm commun¬ 
ity, she knows that farmers’ wives do not 
have the time to bother with the rare 
flower that needs expert attention to grow 
successfully. Here again she found she 
was serving a real need. Many firm 
lawns and gardens have been made to 
“blossom like the rose” since her flower 
plants are available. She certainly has 
caused “two flowers to bloom where vone 
bloomed before,” to paraphrase slightly. 
In many farm papers at the present time 
we read articles deploring the passing of 
the old-fashioned flower garden on the. 
farm. I think the writers of these articles 
sometimes forget that there are twenty 
demands on the woman of today to 01 ? on 
her grandmother. They do not have the 
flowers otten. not because the love for 
flowers is dead among farm women, but 
because they simply lack the time. Most 
women can find time to plant flowers, 
though, if strong, healthy plants can be 
obtained at the proper time. So I feel 
my friend is a real benefactor from this 
standpoint alone. 
Another of her specialties is the grow¬ 
ing of lettuce iu Winter. She finds that 
farm folks like a crisp salad as well as 
their town and city cousins, although she 
also ships a great deal to nearby towns. 
Many farm folks never have lettuce in 
Winter unless they happen to be in town 
where they can get it. She makes no 
effort to raise cut flowers or any vege¬ 
tables out of season, except the lettuce, 
for she does not feel that she has the 
proper knowledge and experience for this 
kind of work, nor would there be much 
demaud for it in her community. 
From her success I feel sure that any 
woman who likes to work with plants 
and flowers will find that slie can easily 
do this work, and will have no trouble iu 
disposing of her product. A sunny bay 
window, some shallow boxes and rich soil 
was the first equipment of this woman. 
A tiny greenhouse heated by a stovO came 
next, aud now a large modern greenhouse 
is her pride and delight. Here she spends 
a good part of her waking hours. Her 
husband, who is very frail, assists her, 
and in the Spring she also has the help 
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When the Harvest Moon is Shining 
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When You’re Alone —Fox Trot. 
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Sorter Miss You —Baritone Solo. 
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