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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Jalf 24, 1920 
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WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Sometime, Somewhere 
Unanswered yet. the prayer your lips 
have pleaded 
In agony of heart these many years? 
Does faith begin to fail, is hope declining. 
And think you all in vain those falling 
tears? 
Say not the Father has not heard your 
prayer. 
You shall have your desire sometime, 
somewhere. 
Unanswered yet? Though when you first 
presented 
This one petition at the Father’s throne, 
It seemed you could not wait the time 
of asking, 
So anxious was your heart to have it 
done; 
If years have passed since then, do not 
despair, 
For God will answer you sometime, some¬ 
where. 
Unanswered jet? But you are not un¬ 
heeded ; 
The promises of God forever stand ; 
To Him our days and years alike are 
equal. 
“Have faith in God !” It is your Lord’s 
command. 
Hold on to Jacob’s angel, and your prayer 
Shall bring a blessing down, sometime, 
somewhere. 
Unanswered yet? Nay, do not say un¬ 
answered ; 
Perhaps your part is not yet wholly 
don#. 
The work began when first your prayer 
was uttered, 
And God shall finish what He has be- 
-gun. 
Keep incense burning at the shrine of 
prayer. 
And glory shall descend, sometime, some¬ 
where. 
Unanswered yet? Faith cannot be un¬ 
answered ; 
Her feet are firmly planted on the Rock. 
Amid the wildest storms she stands un¬ 
daunted. 
Nor quails before the loudest thunder 
shock. 
She knows Omnipotence has heard her 
prayer. 
And cries. “It shall be done, sometime, 
somewhere.” 
—OPHELIA G. BROWXIXG. 
Prunes may be cooked in the oven 
without any sugar at all.. Wash them, 
soak for a time, and then put in a covered 
casserole with the usual amount of water, 
and cook in a slow oven for several hours. 
The result is a rich syrup and tender, 
high-flavored fruit, without the addition 
of any sweetening. 
* 
lx reading what the Government in¬ 
vestigators have to say about the waste 
of woman power on the farm, we realize 
more than ever that farm efficiency de¬ 
pends absolutely upon the labor of the 
home-keeping woman. When a man 
writes us that he is working from 5 A. M. 
to 7 P. M.. we know that his energy is 
kept going by some woman, who probably 
works quite as many hours as he does. If 
the woman has to carry water in and out, 
to bend over an old-time washboard, set 
in cumbrous tubs, that she must carry 
up and down cellar stairs, to do without 
ice in hot weather, to hunt firewood and 
to do men’s chores outside, she is at a 
greater disadvantage than the overworked 
man. It is not surprising that farm girls 
leave the farm in the face of such disad¬ 
vantages. or that domestic help declines 
farm positions. It is largely the patience, 
unselfishness and willing self-sacrifice of 
the woman that has continued these con¬ 
ditions. Women have felt that improved 
farm machinery was a necessity, and it is 
time that men were taught to recognize 
improved kitchen machinery as a neces¬ 
sity. too. 
* 
One of our friends writes us that she 
has about twenty dollars to spend that 
she did not expect, and she wants to use 
it in things to make her work lighter. 
She has a pump in the kitchen, but no 
other improvements, except a sink drain. 
Twenty dollars will not go very far-, at 
present prices. What would you buy 
first, under such conditions? Our first 
choice would be a bread mixer and a hand 
vacuum cleaner. A fireless cooker could 
not be purchased with this amount, but 
it is quite practical to make one, and use 
any money available to purchase alumi¬ 
num cooking vessels for use in it. Then 
one might spend the money on a pressure 
canner, or divide it among wished-for 
cooking and cleaning utensils. What do 
you think? now would you spend that 
twenty dollars? 
* 
Relaxation 
How much more convenient it is for 
housekeepers to snatch time for a little 
nap during the day than for people in 
other forms of occupation, and yet how 
few farmers’ wives take advantage of it 1 
They feel that they are stealing that much 
time, and would be ashamed to be caught 
in the act. But is that the proper way 
to look at it? 
Days when my work is most strenuous 
I always plan to take my “forty winks',” 
and make a business of it. I think. “Now 
I have got tired and I can’t be efficient 
in my work until I rest, so my next job 
is to relax.” This is one of the things 
that are “easy to do when you know how,” 
but I would advise every tired, nervous, 
“unstrung” person to try to cultivate the 
habit, instead of trying patent medicines. 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number ol pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
.977! 0839. Slip-on Dress 
9952. Girl’s Blouse, or Apron, 34 or 36, 
S to 14 years. 38 or 40, 42 or 44 
9778. Girl’s Side bust. The medium 
Plaited Skirt, 8 to size will require 3^i 
14 years. yds. of material 36 
The medium size or 44 ins. wide. 20 
blouse will require cents. 
SV-i yds. of material 
9910. Child’s Dress, Women, 16 and 18 
2, 4 and 6 years, years. The 16-year 
The 4-year size will size will require 2 :i , 
require 2Js yds. of yds. of material 80. 
material 36 ius. 40 or 44 Ins. wide, 
wide. 2 yds. 44. 1% 20 cents, 
yds. 54. 20 cents. 
which are worse than nothing. I can 
take a good rest and use only 10 minutes 
of my time. 
See that your clothing is loose and com¬ 
fortable (including j’our hair), then lie 
down flat on your back with a feeling 
that the bed will hold you with none of 
your help. Keep your mind on matter 
just long enough to think whether every 
muscle and cord in your body is perfectly 
limp and your face not drawn up in an 
anxious pucker: then forget everything. 
If you must think at all, it should be of 
something pleasant entirely separate 
from your duties. Every time you try 
this it will become easier, aud perhaps 
you will discover that you have been wast¬ 
ing energy about your work, keeping 
muscles tense that were not necessarily 
in use. 
Most of us have enough to interrupt us 
so there is little danger of our oversleep¬ 
ing, but if you are afraid you will forget 
to wake up, just think: “I’ll be sure to 
get up when the clock strikes.” and you’ll 
be pretty apt to hear it. If it fails to 
waken you. no doubt the sleep will do 
more good than the work you would have 
accomplished in the meantime. 
I sincerely believe in naps for children, 
and think they should be trained to take 
a nap regularly, every day until they be¬ 
gin to go to school, and even after that 
in vacation. mbs. olova hustle, 
The Day’s Catch to Fry! 
Home and Hungry! That’s the time you 
den t want to wwtt while a cooking fire is 
started. You want the frying pan sizzling 
or a piping hot oven. 
The New Perfection Oil Cook Stove is 
always ready for cooking. It drives an in¬ 
tense heat directly against the cooking 
utensil the minute the turner is lit 
The long, blue chimney furnishes enough 
draft to burn up every single drop of oil. 
This means fuel economy Then, too, the 
New Perfection Oil Cook Stove eliminates 
the waste of fuel necessitated by keeping a 
fire burning when you are not cooking. 
3,000,000 in daily use—that is the best 
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It comes in one to four burner sizes. 
For your further convenience, the New 
Perfection Water Heater. Hot running 
water at low cost. Ask your dealer 
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PARCEL POST FREE WITHIN 300 MILES 
r o combat the high cost of 
coffee we have combined the 
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MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED 
VAN DYK 
51 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK CITY 
Branch Store* Everywhere. 
Aluminum 
Cosher 
Don’t stand over a hot stove— 
National Pressure Cooker cooks 
•whole meal on one burner, at 
low flame. No watching—foods 
won’t scorch or burn. Cooks baked 
beam in 30 minute). Aik ui why. 
Beat High Cost of Living 
Turn waste to profit. Can all fruits and 
vegetables the cold pack way in National 
Steel Canner. Safest method of canning. 
More effective sterilization. Write for 
book on cooker and canner. 
Northwestern Steel & Iren Works 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard book by Henry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to $2.75, at 
which price we can shpply it. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street New York 
