1584 
October 9, 1920 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Soldiers of the Golden Plume 
My soldiers of the golden plume 
Are marching forth today; 
The valleys of iho Autumn bloom 
Are glorious all the way; 
The asters flank them in the lane, 
And around the world they run— 
Brave soldiers of the Fall again, 
I'.right plumed against the sun. 
The irou weed’s purple coronals toss 
<>n tall stems by the road; 
The meadow marvel’s sunbeams boss 
The path the storm wind strode; 
And by the highways of blown dust, 
And o’er the fields of dream, 
My soldiers of the goldenrod 
In ranks of splendor gleam. 
I low stately and how brave they tread 
The vestige of the year. 
'When Summer leaves her fields of dead 
For Autumn’s mothering tear! 
Iiow courtly in their conscious pride 
They guard ’mid weed and grass 
The highways of the countryside 
Where ranks of dreams must pass. 
—Credit Lost. 
* 
SrcvKKM, correspondents have asked us 
for the origin of the term “gone west,” 
used by soldiers overseas as a euphemism 
for death. We have never seen any ex¬ 
planation of this, except that it origin¬ 
ated among the Australian troops. In 
reading “Unexplored New Guinea,” by 
W. N. Beaver (who himself “went west” 
in the fighting at Polygon Wood), we 
find that according to Papuan legend, 
Sido, the mythical hero of the Fly River 
region of New Guinea, went to Adiri, the 
far west, when killed, and thus Papuans 
who die are said to go west. Australian 
miners and traders in New Guinea would 
naturally incorporate the expression in 
their slang, and thus the term would 
travel to Australia, and around the world 
to France and Belgium. 
* 
Recent statistics given out by the 
Health and Accident Underwriters’ Con¬ 
ference in Chicago state that, every year 
about one-tenth of the total •pt^ilation 
of fh United Slates falls dHhliilnirs, 
gets run over, trips into open manholes, 
leans too far out of the window, peers 
into a gun that is supposed to be un¬ 
loaded or drowns. The result is that 
I1.0o7.000 persons are injured every year. 
Also 10.000 are killed accidentally every 
year. During the war ”1,000 Americans 
were killed in battle, whereas right at 
home with no battle going on 120,000 
Americans died of accidents during the 
same period, according to figures pro¬ 
duced at the conference. We need a 
vigorous campaign devoted to “safety 
first.” Many accidents, perhaps most of 
them, are preventable, and are due to 
some one “taking a chance.” It pays to 
la* careful, and many of us need more 
education on this subject. 
tjc 
Out of 3,577 divorce suits filed in 
Chicago during a recent year, we are told 
that only 70 of the plaintiffs owned 
homes, and more than 00 per cent of the 
couples were without children. Home 
and children still remain the finest 
foundation for harmonious marriage. 
* 
Every year, at this time, we are asked 
to repeat the recipe for preparing apple 
butter. The following is a standard for¬ 
mula : Apple butter should be made from 
new cider, fresh from the press, and not 
yet fermented. Fill a porcelain-lined 
kettle with cider and boil until reduced 
one-half. Then boil another kettleful in 
the same way. and so continue until you 
have sufficient, quantity. To every four 
gallons of boiled cider allow a half-bushel 
of nice juicy apples, pared, cored and 
quartered. The cider should be boiled the 
day before you make the apple butter. 
Fill a very large kettle with the boiled 
cider and add as many apples as can be 
kept moist. Stir frequently, and when 
the apples are soft beat with a wooden 
stick until they are reduced to a pulp. 
Cook and stir continuously until the con¬ 
sistency is that of soft marmalade and 
the color is a very dark brown. Have 
boiled cider at hand in case it becomes too 
thick, and apples if too thin. Twenty 
minutes before you take it from the fire 
add ground cinnamon, and nutmeg to 
taste. It requires no sugar. When cold 
put into stone jars and cover closely. 
1 The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Seen in New York Shops 
Wool jersey frocks for little girls of 
two to six, and suits of the same material 
for little boys of two to four, are among 
specialties from London. Colors are navy 
blue, rose or white, and the models are 
very quaint and pretty. The little girls’ 
frocks were seen at $11.95 to $1(5.50, the 
boys’ suits $9.50 to $13.50. 
Outfit* for trained or practical nurses 
arc sold by special outfitters, and also by 
large department stores. In one of the 
latter we noted nurses’ white uniforms 
of linene, with convertible collar and 
surgical sleeve, for $3.74; a finer quality, 
with yoke and pleated front, for $4.49, 
while a very nice quality with Gibson 
waist having tins’: on shoulder and three- 
quarter sleeve whs $4.74. These uniforms 
are sometimes convenient for a house¬ 
keeper who wants a plain white house 
dress of good quality, as they are made 
for service. Colored uniforms, in blue 
ehnmbrnv or blue and white striped ging¬ 
ham. are $4.49 and $4.74. Nurses’ aprons 
of heavy sheeting, with bib, are $1.79; 
nurses’ separate skirts of Indian Head 
$4.79, and nurses’ waists of Indian Head 
or cambric $2.49. 
Attractive plaid woolens for pleated 
skirts, 54 inches wide, were noted from 
$6.95 to $8.50 a yard. 
ChilTon and Georgette blouses beaded 
by hand or embroidered in wool are of¬ 
fered for wear with suits. Some pretty 
styles are slip-on models with a wide soft 
girdle of the same material, tying at the 
side or back. Chenille embroidery com¬ 
bined with fine metal thread was noticed 
on some dark-colored blouses. 
Scotch tweeds and homespuns, made up 
in Great Britain, figure among women’s 
suits for travel and country wear; prices 
begin at $75. . 
Lingerie taffeta is a material with cot¬ 
ton warp and silk filling, used for under¬ 
wear, negligees and pajamas. It is .5<> 
inches wide and comes in a number of 
pretty light, colors for 98 cents a yard. 
Feather hats at $4 to $<i are small 
shapes, with or without brims, often 
trimmed with a touch of ostrich feathers. 
They are always popular for Fall wear. 
Maternity Hospitals 
Tt, has interested me very much to read 
tin* different letters pro and con on the 
subject of maternity hospitals. Possibly 
I have been unusually fortunate, for with 
seven children only one was born at 
home and four at an excellent maternity 
hospital iu a large city near our town. 
The other two occasions 1 went to a pri¬ 
vate hospital, but can truthfully say that 
I really enjoyed my two weeks each time. 
The ward was very pleasant, with six 
beds; then twice I had a room with one 
other patient. That was more quiet, but 
the care was splendid in all cases. ’Pile 
last baby was horn in last Winter’s bliz¬ 
zard, and only lived four days. If it bad 
been possible to get to the hospital _ it 
could have been saved. As for identifi¬ 
cation, in this particular hospital, a 
waterproof tag on a silver chain is fas¬ 
tened around each baby's neck at. birth. 
On the tag in indelible ink is the baby’s 
name, sex, the number of the mother’s 
room and the lied number if a ward or 
two-bed room ; a tag somewhat similar 
and with the same inscription is fas¬ 
tened to the baby’s crib in the nursery. 
When the patient is discharged the tag 
and chain are unfastened at the desk in 
the office as the mother leaves the hos¬ 
pital. T certainly cannot say too much 
iu praise of this Massachusetts hospital. 
MRS. I’. H. 
For those of moderate circumstances I 
should surely say go to a good maternity 
hospital. I have had a child at home and 
one iu a hospital, and I agree with 
“Faithful Reader.” A friend of mine has 
just written that she is the mother of a 
darling little girl, and that she sat up on 
the fifth day, something that would not 
have happened if she had been in a hos¬ 
pital. Too much care cannot be given 
both mother and child at this time to in¬ 
sure their future health. Careless nurses 
have a lot to answer for. As soon as my 
baby was born the nurse wrote my name 
fin a tape with indelible ink and fastened 
it like a bracelet on the baby. It was 
not taken off until I left the hospital. 
II. c. s. 
I have seen several letters lately con¬ 
cerning the maternity hospitals, and my 
experience may be interesting to some. 
I have two children, each born at the 
local hospital. In the hospital they are 
verv particular about marking the babies. 
Before they are taken out of the delivery 
room there is a piece of adhesive plaster 
placed around the baby’s wrist, with liis 
name printed fin it. The baby’s crib is 
also marked in the nursery. My babies 
both came home in fine condition. As 
for me. the hospital is the place; one is 
away from one’s family cares and anxie¬ 
ties, too. My nurses were Very kind and 
thoughtful as to my comfort. All visitors 
left at 9 )i. m. We had a very large 
assortment of dainty eatables. I agree 
with “Faithful Header.” also “Mrs. (’. P. 
S.” and “Mrs. .1. !>.”. and think that 
most all of the hospitals tag the babies. 
At least: I’ll never worry about carrying 
homo the wrong baby. Won’t some more 
of the readers tell their actual exper¬ 
iences? INTERESTED READER. 
Some High School Disadvantages 
I was interested in your remarks about 
the back-to-school and stay-in-school 
movement. We parents will he delighted 
when we can safely send our young peo¬ 
ple from our farms and small country 
towns to high school in larger villages 
and know their moral* will he safe¬ 
guarded. 
Now educators tell us it is bad for 
young people’s eyes to study evenings, 
consequently in schools where there are 
mi dormitories (and these are most num¬ 
erous in Vermont) our young people are 
left to their own devices from 4 or 5 
p. m. till 8:30 a. m. If the high school 
is in a factory town, the employees are 
making good wages and are ready to com¬ 
pliment our girls on their beauty, our 
boys on their brightness, and spend their 
money freely on treats. The results arc 
often painful and never to (lie advantage 
of the children. 
Again, do we get value received? One 
high school student, told our boys lie was 
having “a deuce of a time.” He hadn’t 
opened a text hook for two weeks. Kx- 
aminatioiiK we could have done in two 
days occupied one week, and the next 
week it was all basket hall and athletics. 
The mother of a high school student said 
it had enlarger her son’s vocabulary ; lie 
had learned all the new slang. I gladly 
plead guilty to being out of (late, hut my 
self-respect was soothed to read in The 
Youlh’s Companion “If you use slang 
overmuch, you mark yourself as having 
a slovenly mind.” 
What else does the average high school 
student become proficient in? Dancing 
and basketball, baseball, football; but 
they know little of the news of the world. 
One high school professor gave the stu¬ 
dents a calling down for wearing over¬ 
alls and jumpers to class-room, but later 
read his own papers and found out. the 
parents were hotter informed than him¬ 
self and had to apologize. 
Kipling tells us “There is nothing a 
man loves, honors, so much next to a 
good mother as a good school.” But the 
great need of our educational system is 
longer time in our rural schools and as 
much taught in them as there was 20 
years ago; then our young people will 
iie older when admitted to high school, 
and better supervision of the out of school 
hours. MOTHER BEE. 
For Damp Cellars 
If the cellar becomes too damp put two 
handsful of calcium chloride in a pan and 
set on cellar bottom. It will draw water 
from the air. Repeat after 48 hours. 
G. A. T. 
All are good tilings to eat. 
Ten packages for one dollar ! 
Of course, we couldn’t call it 
anything but 
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Sent Parcel Post, Free Delivery 
within 300 miles. Add extra 
postage for longer distances. 
Van Pyk’s Wonder Box 
contains : 
4 large trialpkgs Tea 
3 “ “ ” Coffee 
1-5 oz. jar Peanut Butter 
1-3 oz. pkg Best Cocoa 
1-8 oz. can Baking Powder 
All are VAX I)YK goods. Can you 
beat it! When you know the quality 
you will order larger quantities. 
Only ONE Wonder Box to 
each address: So mail your 
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E xpectant mothers bo long- 
- er need to wear awkward, 
makeshift clothes which attract 
attention to their condition. 
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clothes in the smartest, newest styles 
without one trace of “Maternity look.” 
They are the same pretty clothes that other 
women are wearing hut are fitted with pat¬ 
ented adjustments which expandas required, 
insure an even hang at all times and help to 
conceal the Maternity condition. 
This means that you can go out in public 
as usual during the Maternity period with¬ 
out fear of embarrassment. And as these 
pretty clothes adjust to the figure after baby 
is born they are not an additional expense. 
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