1742 
November 13, 1920 
WOMAN AND HOME 
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From Day to Day 
AuId Lang Syne 
It singetli low in every heart. 
We hear it each and all— 
A song of those who answer not, 
However we may call; 
They throng the silence of the breast, 
We see them as of yore— 
The kind, the brave, the true, the sweet, 
Who walk with us no more. 
’Tis hard to take the burden up. 
When these have laid it down ; 
They brightened all the joy of life, 
They softened every frown ; 
But, oh, ’tis good to think of them 
When we are troubled sore! 
Thanks be to God that such have been. 
Although they are no more! 
Store homelike seems the vast unknown, 
Since they have entered there; 
To follow them were not so hard. 
Wherever they may fare; 
They cannot be where God is not 
On any sea or shore; 
Whate’er betides, Thy love abides 
Our God for ever more. 
REV. JOHN W. CIIAUWIOK. 
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The following recipe for quince honey 
is a little different, and very good: Teel 
the quinces, core and slice. Then weigh, 
to four pounds of fruit add four pounds 
of sugar and the pulp and rind of two 
oranges; Put all in a chopping bowl, and 
chop fine, the chopping incorporating the 
sugar very fully with the fruit. 1 ut in 
preserving kettle and cook slowly for two 
hours. It is delicious. 
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In spite of our repeated requests that 
correspondents always give fully name 
and address, a surprising number of com¬ 
munications are signed with initials only. 
Often such letters or postcards deal with 
some subject that could be answered 
promptly by mail were proper address 
given. If your queries remain unan¬ 
swered, it is quite possibly due to this 
cause. 
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Several readers ask us how to get rid 
of honey flies—small flies that often enter 
the house in large numbers in Autumn. 
Some housekeepers tell us that they keep 
them out by fastening a second piece of 
mosquito netting over the screens, thus 
making the mesh smaller. The flies usu- 
all swarm towards the light, and chilly 
morning are often found clustered in a 
torpid state. They may be brushed into 
a pan and destroyed. Dusting with dry 
pyrethrum powder, or fumigating with 
this powder burned in a pan will also 
make the flies helpless, so that they may 
be swept up and destroyed, but these 
methods are not very convenient for the 
household. 
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Several readers ask further advice 
about canning chicken. Different house¬ 
keepers select different ways, but the 
following is advised when processing in 
kettle without steam pressure: Prepare 
fowl as for cooking, cut up, and pack the 
pieces in sterilized jars. Most home ean- 
ners reserve the bony back and neck, using 
Much pieces for soup. Pack tightly in 
sterilized wide-mouthed glass jars. Do 
not add water, but put a teaspoonful of 
salt in a quart jar. Put on new or per¬ 
fect rubber, and put on lid. but do not 
clamp tight; merely bring wire over top. 
Put in kettle standing on rack, with 
water coming about three-fourths depth of 
jar, and process four hours, counting 
from time water begins to boil; then 
tighten lid and set away. Some cook the 
chicken first, fill the jar with the soup 
after putting in the meat, and then pro¬ 
cess three hours. The steam pressure 
oanner is certainly the best way to can 
meats, but with complete sterilization 
and a perfect seal it is possible to keep 
such products without it. Some tell us 
they put the gizzard in the top of the 
can, but we do not approve of this, as the 
peculiar flavor may give its taste to the 
rest of the meat, injuring its delicacy. 
Winter Amusements for the Tiny Tots 
Four children, all too young to attend 
school —how am I to keep them happily 
occupied this Winter without using too 
much of my time and nervous energy? 
Three of them are hearty, active, romp¬ 
ers who have, as you might say, run wild 
all Summer, but the baby is a nervous 
little girl, and when they are in the house 
all she wants to do Ls to sit in her car¬ 
riage and watch them iu fear and trem- 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
bling. She tries to enter into the spirit 
of their play and laugh with them, but 
every loud noise they make stirs her all 
up. I think she will overcome her 
nervousness in time, however, because she 
is a strong, healthy baby otherwise. 
I shall try to get the children out of 
doors all I can, but you know children's 
ways when the ground is covered with 
snow and there is nowhere to go excep. 
in the beaten paths. About as soon as 
they arc all bundled out of doors they 
oonie back in. “There's nothing to do out 
there and it’s cold.” There is a comfo'- 
able room upstairs, in which I put noth¬ 
ing except what they can use for play. 
I shall let them play there whenever they 
so desire, with instructions to do any¬ 
thing they want to if they don’t get hurt. 
They, have a wooden box which I keep 
pushed'under the couch. It is filled with 
a typical assortment of blocks, spools, 
balls, marbles, rag books, bean bags, 
stuffed animals, etc., but their interest 
in them would soon wane if they had 
nothing else to do. so I shall watch their 
play this Fall and have them gather a 
supply of all the non-perishable things I 
see them have, such as rose hips, ever- 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
2042. Coat with 
Raglan sleeves. 34 
or 30, 38 or 40, 42 
or 44 bust. The me¬ 
dium size will re¬ 
quire 6 yds. of ma¬ 
terial 40 in. wide, 
5% yds. 44. 4% yds. 
54. 20 cents. 
2034. Middy suit 
for misses and small 
women. 10 and 18 
years. The 10-year 
size will require 2 Vj 
yds. of material 30 
or 44. 2 Vi yds. 54 
of the dark material 
for the skirt and 
trimming, 2 Vi yds. 
30 or 44, 2 yds. 54 
for the middy. 20 
cents. 
2041. Blouse with 
convertible collar. 
34 to 44 bust. The 
medium size will re¬ 
quire 3Vi yds. of 
material 27 in. 
wide, 2Vi yds. 30, 
1% yds. 44. 20 cents. 
2044. lv i m o n o 
blouse. 34 to 42 bust. 
'The medium size will 
require 2Vi yds. of 
material 30 or 40 
in. wide, 2 yds. 44. 
20 cents. 
green cones, acorns, hog walnuts, horse 
chestnuts and a box of sand for each of 
them. 
Children can have a lot of fun with 
clothespins, building cob houses and rail 
fences with them. I have seen mine 
spend a whole forenoon building a pas¬ 
ture and lane with clothespins, a barn 
and pigpen with blocks, setting up spools 
with spruce twigs in them for trees, then 
doing farm work and chores. 
When they have tired of playing one 
thing, and wish to change, it is a pretty 
good plaii to train them to take care of 
the tilings they have been using. Then 
they don’t get so much litter around, and 
it tends to keep them contented with one 
thing longer, because few children enjoy 
packing up their toys. 
The five-year-old girl enjoys cutting 
out pictures, fashioning doll clothes, 
stringing heads, kuittiug on a spool, read¬ 
ing the pictures in her books, and trying 
to write and draw. She also teases me 
to let her help me. I let her wipe part 
of the dishes, get in wood and kindling, 
help spread tip the beds and use the dust 
mop, but I don’t ask her to do any of 
these things. 
The only way to keep small children 
from getting restless and quarrelsome is 
to keep sweet and even-tempered yourself, 
and give them individually such a variety 
of things to do that each thing seems to 
them a novelty. When you are strongly 
45Times More Germicidal than Pure Carbolic Acid 
(BV U. S. HYGIENIC LABORATORY METHOD) 
Sterilac is powerful, permanent, non-poisonous, and non-caustic, making it 
the ideal germ-destroyer and deodoriser. It sterilizes utensils, dishes and hands; protects 
against and destroys bacteria. More economical and effective than other disinfectants. 
For Cream'Separators, Milking Machines 
and All Dairy Utensils, Sterilac is a Daily Necessity 
Because of its unusual strength, simplicity and safety, Sterilac should 
be used on every farm where dairy products are handled. Comes in the 
form of a powder, which quickly dissolves in water. It delays souring of milk, reduces 
the bacterial count and prevents spoilage and loss. It leaves no odor. 
Sterilac also is ideal for cleansing and sterilizing glassware, earthenware 
and cooking utensils, for removing offensive odors in refrigerators, for 
“sweetening” foul-smelling drains and for killing typhoid and other germs in drinking 
water. Every farm home should have asupplyonhandatalltimes. If your dairy supply 
dealer or druggist does not have it, send S3.00 for large bottle, containing sufficient for 
250 gallons of solution. Write for free booklet, “How to Keep the Dairy Clean.” 
Abbott products are well known and recommended by physicians, veteri¬ 
narians and druggists throughout America. DEALERS FOR STERILAC WANTED. 
THE ABBOTT LABORATORIES, 4753 Ravanswood Av., Chicago 
Genuine 
Aspirin 
Name “Bayer" means genuine 
Say “Bayer"—Insist 1 
Say "Bayer” when buying Aspirin. 
Then you are sure of getting true “Bayer 
Tablets of Aspirin”—genuine Aspirin 
proved safe by millions and prescribed by 
physicians for over twenty years. Ac¬ 
cept only an unbroken “Bayer package” 
which contains proper directions to relieve 
Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, 
Rheumatism, Colds and Pain. Handy tin 
boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. Drug¬ 
gists also sell larger “Bayer packages.” 
Aspirin is trade mark of Bayer Manufac¬ 
ture Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid. 
life’ll Rebuild—t 
Your Lamp 
with a 
{ pieman 
Match Lighting Burner 
Send your old torch-generating gasoline lamp 
to our nearest factory branch by parcel post and let 
us rebuild it Into a light better than new and which 
will give yeara of service. To make the change eco¬ 
nomically for you, wo must have the entiro lamp, b )1 
E arta without the ohr.de. The Quick-Lite Burner 
ights with Ordinary Matches. Docs away entirely 
with the old style bobting torch. For the average 
make of lamp the cost is only $3.60. We also clean 
and test yourl amp free. Occasionally lempa of other 
manufacture require special machine work and extra 
meteriala. This meana additional cost. Before re¬ 
building, we notify you of the exact cost --d await 
your acceptance. Address nearest Dept. U31 
The foleman l amp (& 
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Attantc Chlcaso 
AGENTS 2£ n V* or aH 
dealert) propoaition. Somo 
ifotxl territory atill open. 
Cheaper Heati 
For Your Home and 
Other Buildings , 
Coal gets dearer aud scarcer 
•11 the time. Why not do as 
others and burn cheap, plenti¬ 
ful, kerosene in the popular 
guaranteed, odorless 
VICTORY 
VOIlSTOVER , 
Saves half on fnel bills. 
Givea Instantaneous heat. No 
waiting. No dirt, no work, no 
ashes, no fire risk. i’atontcd 
wickluH* metal burner lights 
with a match. Gan gom up 
chimney. Absolutely SAFE, 
roliabls, dependable. 
FREE! Write for new book 
**The Sensible Hratfor You. 
Gives all facts, low priem and 
eronomica of the Victory Oil 
Stove. Write at once—today. 
Mention dealer's name. 
Victory Oil Stove Co. 
. 164 W. Au.tJn Av., Chicago. III. _ 
O f \r 17 THK PROHLKDI OF 
OV-J L. V E SEWAGE DISPOSAL 
Haw all conveniences of most modern sewage 
system, iu country home, school or other 
buildings, no matter how large. The wonder¬ 
ful Hydro-Kaustine Septic Tank makes pos¬ 
sible sinks, baths, toilets and all modern 
sanitary comforts at small cost. Simple to 
install, out of sight, free from odors, requires 
no attention, no operating cost whatever. 
GUARANTEED FOR 15 YEARS 
Comes complete; fixtures furnished if de¬ 
sired; most modern and approved system on 
the market. Operation guaranteed. Send 
today for Free Booklet No. 
UN-3 giving complete details. 
State whether you desire to 
equip home or public build¬ 
ing and give numbei of oc¬ 
cupants. 
Knnstine Company, Inc. 
Manufacturer! S Sanitation 
Engineers 
BUFFALO. N. Y. 
Sneeial Acionlc Splendid opportunity for live men. 
upCLIdl /ii'CIlld Easy sales work. \N rite for territory. 
“TURKISH TOWELS” 
Mill Seconds that are Good Value 
We will send you POSTPAID FOR FOUR 
DOLLARS Our Special liundle of Assorted 
Towels—Retail Value Five Dollars. 
Full Ytilue Guaranteed 
Money Hack If Dissatisfied 
STERLING TEXTILE MILLS Clinton, Mass. 
Girls! Girls!! 
Clear Your Skin 
With Cuticura 
Sample each (Soap, Ointment, Talcum) of Cutlcnra 
_ibor»tor let, Dept, u, Malden,Maas. Sold everywhere. 
Maple Syrup Makers! 
Profit by Adopting theft GRIMM SYSTEM 
ECTIONAL pans with 
high partitions. 
Litfht an«l heavy cannot 
intermix insuring higrh- 
•st quality with least 
fuel and labor. 22 dif¬ 
ferent sizes. Write for 
catalog and state num¬ 
ber of trees you tap. 
GRIMM MANUFACTURINGCO. 
619 Champlain Ave. Cleveland, O. 
INDOOR 
TOILET 
[_) 
REAL COMFORT FOR EVERY HOME 
Sanitary, odorless, convenient. Installed in 
16 minutes in any part of houno. No plumb¬ 
ing:, drainage, sewerare. You owe it to 
>our family, old folks and children to In¬ 
stall one before winter. 
Q A days’a trial on a money-back truaran- 
t4»e. Write for direct-irons-factory 
prices. Address 
DEAL CHEMICAL CLOSET CO. 
Box 120 Scnoca Falls, N. Y. 
Indoor Closet $11.35 
Have u sanitary, odorless toilet in the house 
any where you want it. The Bennett require 
no plumbing. Chemically disinfected. 
Strongly made if enameled steel with nicely 
finished wood seat. A necessity for invalids. 
Satisfaction guaranteed or money buck. 
Descriptive circular sent on request. 
IIEXSITT llOMI'.S (Equipment Oept.) 
170 Muln Street N. Toiiiiwunda, N. Y. 
I Wish to Buy Old-Fashioned Hand Woven 
Colored Bed Spreads or Coverlets 
in duo condition. Describe and state price wantod. 
Address g. «. CILGOIIR, 118 W. St. Clair St., Indianapolis, Ind 
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