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- WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
. Opportunity 
Tli '.v do me wrong, who say I come no 
more . - 
When once I knock and fail to find 
you in; 
For every day I stand outside your door, 
And bid you wake and rise to fight and 
win. 
AVail not for precious chances passed 
away, 
Weep not for golden ages on the wane— 
Each night I burn the records of the day, 
At sunrise every soul is born again. 
Laugh like a boy at splendors that have 
fled, 
To vanished joys be blind and deal 
and dumb— 
My judgments seal the dead past with its 
dead, 
And never bind a moment yet to come. 
Though deep in mire, wring not your 
hands and weep— 
I lend my arm to all who say I can ; 
No shamefaced outcast ever sank so deep 
But yet might rise and be again a man. 
Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from 
the spell; . 
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be for- 
given. 
Each morning gives thee wings to fly from 
Each night a star to guide thy feet to 
heaven. 
—WALTER MALONE. 
Here is a little story from the Mar¬ 
shall, Mich., Chronicle: 
John Grace, while delivering goods at 
the residence of Garrett Casey Monday 
afternoon, was attracted to the bathroom 
by Mrs. Casey, who was screaming, lie 
found that she had been operating a 
washing machine and the drain had be¬ 
come stopped up. Mrs. Casey got down 
on her knees and stuck the little finger ot 
the right hand in the drain to open it. 
The finger got caught and she could not 
release it. Mr. Grace hustled down to . 
the plumber and took him to the ( ase> 
home. 1 The machine was taken apart, 
but still Mrs. Casey’s finger was not re¬ 
leased. Mr. Grace then hot-footed to 
Hr. Church’s office and took him to the 
Casey home. Dr. Church administered 
an anesthetic and extracted the finger. 
In the meantime Mr. Grace laid a box 
of shoes on the hot stove and the box be¬ 
came ignited, but he threw the box into 
the vard and rescued the shoes. . 
As the New York Herald remarks, this 
woman certainly started something. 
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Tiie New York City Health Commis¬ 
sioner has suggested an ordinance requir¬ 
ing that every existing building within 
000 feet of the waterfront must have its 
foundation walls at a height of at least 
five feet above the grade level, and its 
area and retaining walls and the surface 
of its lowest floor and outside areas con¬ 
structed of concrete, stone or similar hard 
and impervious material troweled to a 
smooth surface This is for the purpose 
of keeping out rats, chief carriers of bu¬ 
bonic plague, which has already appeared 
in a virulent form in several localities in 
this country. As rats enter by sewers 
and other unsuspected ways, the plan does 
not sound very practical, and its cost 
would be many millions. There is every 
reason, however, for rat destruction, and 
any farm where these pests are allowed 
to multiply is risking more than mere 
property destruction. An infected rat 
escaped from some port of entry may 
carry the seeds of dreadful death far in¬ 
land. to peaceful homes, where such im¬ 
ported danger is utterly unsuspected. 
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Ham sandwiches are “something dif¬ 
ferent” when made as follows: To a 
cupful of ham, put through meat chopper, 
add two cupfuls of chopped peanuts and 
a tablespoonful of chopped pickles. Sea¬ 
son with paprika and celery salt, and 
blend to a paste with salad dressing. 
Put between white bread. Another un¬ 
usual sandwich filling consists of three 
bananas, peeled and sliced thin, a dozen 
dates, stoned and chopped, a tablespoon¬ 
ful of chopped nut meats, a teaspoonful 
of lemon juice, a tablespoonful of pow¬ 
dered sugar, and a little grated nutmeg. 
This is a delicious filling for brown bread. 
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We cannot print addresses of business 
• films in our reading columns. This is 
overlooked by many correspondents who 
ask us to print such addresses in response 
to inquiries. In many cases these in- 
Ihf RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
January 8, 1021 
quirers sign their letters with initials 
ODly, or give incomplete addresses. 
Naturally they receive no answer, and 
perhaps blame us for ignoring them. We 
do not print full name and address of 
inquirers, but a great many queries are 
answered by mail, and we cannot respond 
to anonymous letters. 
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The Winter Flower Gardens 
Now is the time to make definite plans 
for your.Winter flower garden You will 
have some plants that you have taken up 
from your gardens They will bloom for 
several weeks, but we know by experi¬ 
ence that these weeks are only a small 
part of Winter, and we must make prep¬ 
aration for the flowers that are to come 
through the long days of January and 
February , „ 
There are only a few annual flowers 
that can be brought into blossom success¬ 
fully under the conditions of the indoor 
garden. One of these is the Japanese 
Morning-glory. It is most interesting 
and beautiful and very easy to grow if 
a little care is taken at planting time. 
The outer covering of the seed is very 
hard, so to insure germination a corner 
of the seed should be notched with a file 
in order that the moisture from the soil 
may have access to the inside. Then 
place the seeds between layers of wet 
blotting paper, and as fast as they be¬ 
come swollen take them out and plant 
them. When the seedlings are two to 
three inches high, place strings or a lat¬ 
tice work for them to climb on, and you 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering alway* give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
9937. ltlouse with 
kimono sleeves, 34 
to 44 bust. 9688. 
Two-piece skirt with 
four panels, 24 to 32 
waist. The medium 
size blouse will re¬ 
quire 2% yds. of 
material 36 in. wide, 
1% yds. 40 or 44. 
The medium size 
skirt will require 3 
yds. of material 27 
in. wide, 2% yds. 
36 or 44, with 4% 
yds. 27, 3% yds. 36, 
2Vt yds. 44 for the 
panels. 20 cents. 
9963. Coat with 
open or closed sides, 
34 to 44 bust. 9593. 
Two-piece skirt, 24 
to 34 waist. The 
medium size coat 
will require 3% yds. 
of material 36 in. 
wide, 2% yds. 44, 
2i/ 2 yds. 54. The 
medium size skirt 
will require 2% yds. 
of material 36, 44 
or 54 in. wide. 20 
cents. 
will soon be well rewarded for your 
trouble. 
Another flower which is very useful for 
indoor window boxes is the little French 
marigold. Plant the seeds .quite, thickly 
in window boxes, and they will thrive with 
very little attention, and will soon begin 
to yield an abundant show of attractive 
blossoms. 
If you have a bright, sunshiny room 
you will succeed with sweet peas. Buy 
seeds of one of the earliest varieties, such 
as “Earliest of All.” which is a selec¬ 
tion of the Extra Early Blanche Ferry. 
Plant them several inches deep in boxes 
of rich soil and they will come in bloom 
in about nine weeks’ time, and will con¬ 
tinue blooming for a long period, if the 
flowers are kept picked. 
The Spring-flowering bulbs are so easy 
to grow, so interesting to watch and re¬ 
quire so little room that we depend a 
great deal on them for our Winter display 
of flowers. We usually plant the daffo¬ 
dils. the jonquils, Paper White Narcissus, 
a few tulips and hyacinths. The so- 
called “Chinese Sacred lily” is also a 
great favorite when we can get the bulbs. 
By starting new bowls of bulbs two weeks 
apart there is sure to be a continuous 
bloom from Christmas to Easter. 
The Paper White Narcissus is a bulb 
from Southern France, and is ready to 
flower when we receive them in the Fall. 
Fill a dish two-thirds full of pebbles and 
bury the bulbs in the pebbles to one-half 
their depth. Fill with water to reach the 
base of the bulbs, and place in a warm 
room immediately. The bulbs will begin 
to grow without any more attention, and 
will blossom in six weeks’ time. Hya¬ 
cinths may also be grown in water in the 
conventional hyacinth glasses, or in 
glasses small enough to hold the bulb 
on the surface of the water. They should 
be kept in dark, cold cellar until the 
glasses are well filled with roots. They 
are then brought up a few at a time, 
placed in a warm room and allowed to 
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“ Th: child is an angel, dependent on man.' — COUNT DE MAISTRE. 
! Call of the Children 
It is, indeed, true that the children, 
even more than the mother, are 
dependent on the father, who must 
recognize this by making due pro¬ 
vision for the little ones in case he 
is called away. 
This he generally does through in¬ 
surance-protection, and many fathers 
have made and are making such pro¬ 
vision by arranging a policy in the 
Postal Life 
Insurance Company 
Insurance in force $42,000,000 
Policv Reserves Required by Law (Last Quarterly Statement) $9,241,954 
Additional Reserves $715,860 
Total Resources more than $10,000,000 
o 
The contract thus taken out is 
approved by the State Insurance De¬ 
partment and may be Whole-Life, Lim¬ 
ited-Payment Life, Endowment, Joint 
Life, Child’s Welfare or a Monthly- 
Income policy under which the Com* 
pany pays a stated sum each month, 
generally to the mother, to take care of 
the children when they are growing up, 
and in many cases the mother herself 
takes out insurance for their protection. 
In cither case the Policy wisely provides 
Help When Most Needed 
The result is that the father and mother who thus look out for 
their family cannot fail to be always held by them in grateful re¬ 
membrance, while those who fail thus to provide—well—it is enough 
to say that hardly any situation could be more serious. 
It is well worth your while to have the POSTAL tell you about 
the different policy-contracts that can be issued as 
Protection for Those 
Near and Dear to You 
Call at the Company’s 
office or write as follows: 
Please mail me insurance 
information as mentioned 
in theRuralNew Yorker 
for January 8, 1921. 
And in your first letter 
be sure to give: 
1 . Your Full Name. 
2. Your Occupation. 
3. The Exact Date of Your Birth. 
When you write no 
agent will be sent to 
visit you. The POSTAL 
employs no agents, and 
• the resultant savings go 
to you because you deal 
direct. 
Postal Life Insurance Company 
Wm. R. Malone, President 
511 Fifth Avenue, corner 43rd Street, New York City 
o 
Dividends 
Guaranteed 
in Your 
Policy and 
the Usual 
Contingent 
Dividends 
Paid 
as Earned 
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Made doubly interesting by the little figures of 
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Cuticura Soap shaves without mug. Everywhere 26c. 
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The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get 
a quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
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