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May 1, 1920 
1 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Stranger 
She sat so quiet day by day. 
The sweet withdrawal of a nun, 
With busy hands and downward eyes— 
The shyest thing beneath the sun. 
Nor knew we. tossing each to each 
Our rapid speech, our careless words. 
That through them, always, half afraid. 
Her thoughts had gone like seeking 
birds. 
Plucking a twig, a shining straw, 
A happy thread with silken gleams, 
To carry homeward to her heart, 
And weave a hidden nest of dreams. 
—NORA MAY FRENCH (1881-1907 ) . 
* 
Red cabbage cooked in Flemish style 
will be a savory change. Cut a head of 
red cabbage in halves and soak it in cold 
water, then shave up fine as for cold slaw. 
Cook in boiling salted water for 20 min¬ 
utes, thei^ drain, put in a bowl and chop 
fine. Return to the saucepan, and add 
one tablespoonful butter, one large onion, 
grated, one saltspoonful ground cloves, 
one saltspoonful pepper, and one tea- 
spoonful salt. Cover the saucepan and 
stand it on the back of the stove, where 
it will keep hot. but not boil, for three- 
quarters of an hour. Then add actable- 
spoonful of vinegar and serve. 
* 
It is really true that some city stores 
are beginning to show reductions in cer¬ 
tain lines of goods. They still talk high 
prices, and the salesman or saleswoman 
urges immediate purchase on the ground 
that “it's sure to go higher soon’’; but 
a conservative attitude in purchasing is 
beginning to make an impression. There 
are many ignorant or careless purchasers, 
making more money than they have ever 
seen before, who have helped the 
profiteers by paying any extortionate 
price demanded, but the good sense of 
the great majority is now making itself 
felt. Those residents of a Southern city 
who first decided to appear in overalls, as 
a protest against clothing prices, seem to 
us to have the right idea. Perhaps we 
may not all care to go to that length, 
but every person who refuses to pay a 
manifestly unfair price is helping the 
country to get down to a square business 
basis, and the only people who need dread 
a return to business sanity are the 
profiteers, the loafers and those parasites 
who live on special privilege Sensible 
farm women have far less to dread in the 
future than those whose easily gained 
and sudden wealth has been used to form 
habits of extravagance which remain 
after their unearned riches have taken 
wings. 
* 
Some good housekeepers use left-over 
coffee to mix dry stove polish into a paste. 
They say it sticks better and remains 
bright longer, but we are not able to say 
whether this is really so or not. 
* 
If hot grease is spilled on clean boards, 
either table or floor, pour cold water over 
it at once. This prevents a deep stain 
by hardening the grease before it sinks 
into the wood. 
More About Hair Switches 
I saw the request for making hair 
switches from combings, and as I used to 
make them for dolls, will give my method. 
A friend who was a hairdresser taught 
it to me, and I have shown many people 
the way. Take your single lengths of 
heavy black or white linen thread, ac¬ 
cording to whether the hair be light or 
dark ; tie the left hand ends together in a 
loop, and fasten to an upright. I always 
fasten mine to the sides of the window 
frame, as the threads, being stretched 
across the window, give me plenty of good 
light by which to do my work. After 
fastening the loop with a tack or small 
nail, separate the threads slightly and 
fasten each separately to the opposite 
side of the frame and your loom is ready ; 
also the warp, for the weaving. Take a 
bunch of combings in one hand and pick 
out about a dozen or so of the longest 
and nicest, of course. Be sure to have 
the roots all on the same end ; then take 
the other hand and begin to weave the 
root ends amongst the threads, over one, 
under one, over one, under one, until all 
the threads have been used; then pull the 
strand just woven down to the end. where 
it is fastened with the one tack, and leave 
the roots about one-eighth of an inch 
above the top thread. Then select an¬ 
other strand of hairs and proceed as be¬ 
fore. until you have a strand as long as 
you wish, or if, as preferred by many, 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
three strands can be made. Then fasten 
by sewing on a machine the woven threads 
securely onto a shoestring and dip the 
root ends which project above the thread 
into glue, and let dry, and your switch is 
done. The glue is to hold the hairs firm¬ 
ly so they will not pull out. The use of 
separating one end of the thread is to give 
room for the weaving, which is begun a 
little out from the left side; then each 
strand is pulled down evenly with the 
threads, close together. I always found 
it fascinating work, and hope I have made 
the method clear. Jessie. 
Notes from a Wheel Chair 
Those recipes for dyeing that have ap¬ 
peared in The R. N.-Y. recently awak¬ 
ened memories of my girlhood, when rag 
carpets were in vogue. Many loug Win¬ 
ter evenings were spent cutting and sew¬ 
ing carpet rags. Mother usually did the 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
30 to -14 bust. 9900. 
9472. Coat for Two-piece skirt to 
misses and small Re accordion plaited 
women, 10 ami 18 or gathered, 24 or 
yrs. 2G, 28 or 30, 32 or 
9745. Skirt for 34 waist. The me- 
misses and small ,jium size Eton will 
women, 10 ami 18 require 2Vi yds. of 
yrs. The 10 -year material 30 in. wide, 
size coat will re- 2 yds. 44. 1% yds. 
quire 3% yds. of 54 . The medium size 
material 30 in. wide, skirt requires 2% 
2 Vi yds. 44. 2% yds. yds. of material 44 
54. The 10 -year size or 54 in. wide, 
skirt will require Width of skirt. 2 
2% yds. material 30 yds. 40 j,i. Price of 
in. wide. Price of each pattern, 15 
eacli pattern, 15 cents, 
cents. 
will require 3 Vi yds. 
of material 30 or 44 9835. Girls’ dress, 
in. wide, 2 % yds. with or without col- 
04. The medium lar, 8 to 14 years, 
size skirt will re- The 12-year size 
quire 3 yds. of ma- will require 5yds. 
terial 30 or 44 iu. of material 27 in. 
wide. Width at the wide, 4*4 yds. 30. 
lower edge. 1% yds. 3% yds. 44. Price 
Price of each.' pat- 15 cents, 
tern, 15 cents. 
cutting, as she was very particular about 
the width, varying the woolen rags to 
match the cotton, in size. One thing she 
did I have never known of anyone else 
doing. A spinning wheel was brought out 
and all the rags twisted before they were 
made into balls. You've no idea what an 
improvement this was, making such a 
smooth surface wheu woven. 
Mother was an artist and blended hot- 
colors into beautiful stripes. I remember 
stie used to try different combinations, 
winding the rags over a stiff piece of 
pasteboard, and when she was quite satis¬ 
fied with the result this went to the weav¬ 
ers with orders to weave each stripe like 
it. The finished product repaid her for 
all the extra work. 
I wish I could tell you how much I en¬ 
joy the “Hope Farm Notes.” The de¬ 
scriptions of life as it is lived at Hope 
Farm are so vividly drawn. I could see 
the family gathered round the big fire¬ 
place. “Mother mending,” the hoys and 
Thomas at their games and, and little 
Rose with the kitten sitting on the Hope 
Farm man’s lap. Little it mattered if 
the winds howled and snow piled up out¬ 
side. The Winter with us has been very 
severe, and at times it seemed as though 
there was no relief in sight, but sitting iu 
my wheelchair iu the inglenook I have 
tried to look on the “sunny side of the 
street.” and he thankful for all the bless¬ 
ings that were coming my way. 
I wonder if your readers appreciate 
the wonderful privilege of shopping in 
“Advertising Land.” with your guarantee 
of satisfaction ? Wo have taken such de¬ 
lightful trips through this fascinating 
country that we no longer question the 
advisability of buying that way. 
Snowdrifts were piled up all round us. 
and the thermometer has hovered around 
zero, but we had our garden plans well 
under way on paper. The “glide mou 
has drawn the boundary lines, and we 
have a list made out. One of our “must- 
haves” is the Chinese cabbage (Pe-tsaiL 
It is excellent as a salad, the color a yel¬ 
low green, blanching . to a beautiful 
creamy white, grows tall and is shaped 
like an urn or vase. What a source of 
pleasure the kitchen garden is! I can¬ 
not get out in ours, but from my window 
can watch its growth, and it was be¬ 
witching to observe a row of early peas 
just peeping out of the ground far enough 
to detect a line of delicate green. 1 hen 
to watch the cabbages, the big leaves 
growing into euormous heads, that fre¬ 
quently burst tlieir ambitious hearts; the 
different varieties of Summer squash, 
golden yellow in color, and such artistic 
shapes.* And then, the greatest of all 
pleasures connected with the growing ot 
these vegetable children of ours, to have 
them served smoking hot on the table and 
feel that by our agency something worth 
living for had been done. E - L. b. 
Notes from Tennessee 
Economy! Do you hate the word? 
Well. I do, only it is known here as being 
saving, not always from choice, but usu¬ 
ally from necessity. Perhaps it each one 
would tell the other how she manages to 
save it might help. The table is the 
greatest expense, because we can paten, 
rebottom, revamp, and' retop the wearing 
apparel, but. victuals once eaten are gone 
beyond rpair. And when it comes to 
preparing over 1190 meals for a house¬ 
hold. especially during the Wiuter months, 
T think it is a task for skillful economy. 
Dry beans are one of my standbys. I 
usually prepare four pints for cooking, 
parboil them, add a pinch of soda, rinse, 
add plenty of boiling water, one-halt 
pound of salt pork, and salt to suit the 
taste When beans are soft, add half 
cup of cream, with one spoonful of flour 
stirred in. let boil. We like hot soup and 
coru bread, so I usually cook with plenty 
of water; sometimes I make drop dump¬ 
lings or noodles by pouring boiling water 
over flour which has a bit of butter and 
salt added, to make a stiff dough, and 
dropping in small hits iu the boiling 
beans a few minutes before serving. Not 
one of the family will eat fat meat, hut 
by running the boiled meat through food 
chopper, adding bread crumbs, pepper, 
sage, salt and egg. and frying iu small 
cakes, none goes to loss. If by chance 
we have quite a hit of cold bread left 
over, I crumble up fine, brown in oven, 
roll with rolling pin, and serve with sugar 
and cream or use to thicken soup. 
Cornstarch saves eggs in many ways, 
and makes delicious chocolate, custards 
without any eggs at all. Fried mush 
helps out for breakfast. White gravy or 
“bob sop.” is another standby. Fry one 
or two slices of fat pork or bacon, re¬ 
move meat, add a bit of butter, one and 
one-half tablespoonfuls of flour, a dash 
of pepper, a pinch of 
spoonful of salt; stir 
brown, then add slowly 
Stir until thick. There 
ing gravy, and that is 
sugar, half tea- 
until throughly 
one pint of milk, 
is an art in mak- 
to use the spoon. 
h *■****'- — 
Ground hominy makes another change, 
nd is a good addition with brown gravy. 
The scarcity and high price of sugar 
is cut out many desserts, and prolonged 
ic life of sugarless canned fruits. Mo¬ 
sses helps to sweeten a bit, though only 
1 cakes. I have tried it iu custards and 
■nit pies, and find it that much wasted, 
off and then my family will eat a dish 
egg butter made by melting a bit of 
utter in stewpau. adding one pint of 
olasses, a bit of nutmeg or lemon, beat- 
ig two eggs thoroughly, and when mo¬ 
sses boils stir in the eggs, just a wee 
it at a time, iu the boiling molasses, 
erve hot with warm biscuits and butter 
• hot pancakes. A pinch of baking pow- 
?r added to the flour improves the bis- 
lits, even wheu made with sour milk 
id soda, and to melt a bit of lard or 
itter. roll the dough, spread over top, 
Id dough and roll thin, makes biscuits 
ait fall apart. 
Ham and shoulder hones are boiled 
hen the meat is cut off. and sometimes 
•essing made and baked brown. Meat 
iranvings, skins, cracklings, etc., are 
ved. and when T have 12 lbs. on hand 
buy 1 lh. of borax. 1 lb. of English 
•sin, three boxes of lye. Dissolve the 
e in eight gallons of water, add the 
ease and boil two hours. This makes 
ght gallons of hard soap, superior to 
i.v store soap. and. considering the cost 
id time, cheaper than tin* old-fashioned 
e soap that will sometimes “soap” and 
metimes will not “soap,’ 
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