118 
January 22, 1921 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Road to Fairyland 
The day is dull and dreary, 
And chilly winds and eerie 
Are sweeping through the tall oak trees 
that fringe the orchard lane. 
They send the dead leaves Hying, 
And with a mournful crying 
They dash the western window panes with 
slanting lines of rain. 
My little ’Trade and Teddy, 
Come quickly and make ready. 
Take down from off the highest shelf the 
book you think so grand. 
We’ll travel off together 
To lands of golden weather, 
For well we know the winding road that 
leads to Fairyland. 
A long, long road, no byway, 
The fairy kings’ broad highway, 
Sometimes we’ll see a castled hill stand 
up against the blue, 
And evei’y brook that passes, 
A-wbispering through the grasses, 
Is just a magic fountain filled with youth 
and health for you ; 
And we’ll meet fair princesses 
With shining golden tresses, 
Some pacing by on palfreys white, some 
humbly tending sheep; 
And merchants homeward faring, 
With goods beyond comparing, 
And in the hills are robber bands, who 
dwell in caverns deep. 
Sometimes the road ascending, 
Around a mountain bending. 
Will lead us to the forests dark, and 
there among the pines 
Live woodmen, to whose dwelling 
Come wicked witches telling 
Of wondrous gifts of golden wealth. 
There too, are lonely mines, 
But busy gnomes have found them. 
And all night work around them. 
And sometimes leave a bag of gold at 
some poor cottage door. 
There waterfalls are splashing, 
And down the rocks are dashing. 
But we can hear the sprites’ clear call 
above the torrent’s roar. 
Where quiet rivers glisten 
We’ll sometimes stop and listen 
To tales a gray old hermit tells, or wan¬ 
dering minstrel’s song. 
We’ll loiter by the ferries, 
And pluck the wayside berries, 
And watch the gallant knights spur by in 
haste to right a wrong. 
Oh, little ’Trade and Teddy, 
For wonders, then, make ready, 
"Xoti’II see a shining gateway, and, within, 
a palace grand. 
Of elfin realm the center; 
But pause before you enter 
To pity all good folks who’ve missed the 
road to Fairyland. 
—Cecil Cavendish in St. Nicholas. 
Try a round paint brush for dusting 
out small corners, as in window frames, 
or stairs. It is far better than a dust- 
cloth. 
* 
Sometimes it is necessary to apply hot 
cloths to relieve pain, and it is quite 
painful to wring them out of extremely 
hot water. An excellent plan is to lift 
the cloths out of the water with a large 
fork, and drop into a fruit press. It is 
easy to wring in this press very quickly, 
without loss of heat. 
* 
WHERE there is a hot-air furnace, peo¬ 
ple usually close the registers when shak¬ 
ing the fire. Then, when the register is 
opened, the dust clinging about it puffs 
up into the room. One of our friends 
tells us that she leaves the register open, 
but covers it with a thick damp cloth. 
This catches and holds the dust, and there 
is no trouble to remove it without spread¬ 
ing. 
* 
Arx our discussions of rural schools 
emphasize the fact that every community 
should have a strong parents’ associa¬ 
tion. taking a proper interest in school 
problems, and working for school better¬ 
ment. It often happens that evils and 
disadvantages could be remedied if 
promptly recognized or thoroughly dis¬ 
cussed. Every parent with children of 
school age should keep in close touch 
with teachers, and also with school au¬ 
thorities. A strong parents’ association 
will always be a power for better schools. 
* 
The following recipe for scalloped 
onions in Italian style, given in Good 
Housekeeping . may be modified if desired, 
by the substitution of milk for chicken 
broth. It will make a savory hot dish for 
supper on a chilly evening: 
Cook in boiling, salted water until ten¬ 
der 2 lbs. of fine white onions cut in quar¬ 
ters or halves, according to size. Drain 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
well, put half of them in a buttered bak¬ 
ing dish, and pour over them half the fol¬ 
lowing sauce: Melt together three table¬ 
spoons of butter and four tablespoons of 
flour. Add one-half teaspoon of salt, 
one-fourth teaspoon of paprika, and one- 
eighth teaspoon of black pepper. Blend 
and add gradually one cup of seasoned 
chicken broth and one cup of thin cream 
or top milk. Cook until thickened. Over 
the layer of sauce spread one cup of 
minced ham, then the rest of the onions 
and the sauce. Sprinkle with one-fourth 
cup of grated cheese and set in a hot oven 
until a rich brown. 
Made-over Bed Coverings 
With five beds to provide covers for and 
a purse noted for its “lankness.” I de¬ 
cided to utilize every available discarded 
garment possible in making the needed 
coverings for the wintry nights. Quilt 
making has been the one way I have al¬ 
ways disposed of much of the laid-aside 
half-worn clothing which naturally re¬ 
sults when there are six girls to keep in 
school. However, I had not made a gen¬ 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering alway* give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
9947. Press with 
or without ruffles. S4 
to 42 bust. The 
medium size will re¬ 
quire 5% yds. of 
material 39 ins. 
wide, 4% yds. 44. 
4% yds. .74. 20 
cents. 
20G0. Eton Dress 
for misses and small 
women, 10 and 18 
years. The 10-year 
size will require 1% 
yds. of material 
(figured) 30 ins. 
wide, % yd. 44 for 
the vest, with 3V* 
yds. 36, 3% yds. 44 
of the black mate¬ 
rial as illustrated. 
20 cents. 
2031. Child's Coat. 
1 to 8 years. The 
2059. Girl’s Dress, 
2 to 8 years. The 
medium size will re- medium size will re¬ 
quire 214 yds. of 
material 30 ins. 
wide, 2% yds. 44. 
1 % yds. 34. 
cents. 
quire 21,4 yds. of 
material 30 ins. 
wide, 2Ys yds. 44, 
20 1% yds. 54. 20 
cents. 
broadcloth dresses, light-weight woolen 
goods, for three covers; enough gingham 
for six more, and enough heavier men’s 
clothing to furnish material for two more; 
also from new gingham scraps three more 
“tops” were made, and one of percale, 15 
in all. 
Linings for the wool quilts were made 
from a heavy grade outing flannel bought 
some years ago at 10 cents per yard. 
Cotton checks, also bought at a low rate 
some time ago, were used as linings for 
the new gingham quilts. Those made 
from partly worn gingham dresses were 
lined with flour sacks, six sacks being 
required for a lining. These were dyed 
a good brown. The best parts of two 
discarded bedticks of a good grade ticking 
made linings for the two tops pieced from 
men’s heavy clothing. 
A variety of fillings were used. I bad 
several very good quilts and comforters 
on hand, but the top nr lining, sometimes 
both, were worn threadbare. These were 
cut down the center, washed well and 
outside edges sewed together. These made 
all the “batting” necessary for the oldest 
of the ginghams. If there were thin 
places this was covered with a thin layer 
of lint cotton. Batting, carded from our 
owu cotton, was used for the new ging¬ 
ham and the woolen quilts. Enough 
Winter weight underwear was found, 
ripped and sewed together, with flat 
seams, to make a filling for one of the 
heaviest ones, while a layer of cotton 
covered with an interlining made from 
the best part of old blankets gave needed 
weight and warmth to the other. 
The really new quilts are quilted in 
lines 1 to 2 in. apart, but for all others 
we find tacking in 4-iu. squares to be 
better. The work is quickly done, and 
the result is a fluffy, soft covering. When 
needed to be washed the tacking can be 
taken out and all washed separately. 
Carpet warp, twine or other strong thread 
may be used. Quilts to be tacked are 
framed as for quilting and tacking, done 
by making stitches 4 to 6 in. long as 
desired from end to end. When all is 
done remove from frames, clip threads 
half way between and tie in fast knots. 
LILY REED YORK. 
eral “gathering” of all kinds and sorts of 
stuff to be got out of the way and at the 
same time made into warm covers and 
put into use. 
I began by delving into closets, ward¬ 
robe, boxes upstairs, the attic, every place 
where a half-worn skirt, old coats, dresses, 
etc., had been left when no longer needed 
for wearing. These were ripped apart, 
bands, pockets and other useless parts re¬ 
moved. Fsable parts were well washed 
and ironed. They were then sorted as to 
fabric, weight and whether wool, cottou 
or mixed goods. Many of the ginghams 
were faded, so that dyeing was necessary. 
Dark colors, as reds, blues and browns, 
were selected, as these prove more fast 
than the delicate shades. After pressing 
the larger pieces were cut in S-in. strips, 
smaller ones in 6-in. squares, and remain¬ 
der into small squares. Strips are sewn 
together full length of quilt, light and 
dark alternating. Squares are pieced all 
over the same way, very small squares 
being worked into “nine-patch" squares, 
and put together with squares of solid cut 
from flour sacks dyed a bright shade. 
Some wool pieces are made into squares 
and strips, others being worked up 
“crazy” fashion. 
There were enough all-wool coating, 
Experience in Home Churning 
I read every Winter of churnings which 
will not gather. During more than 25 
years’ experience in butter-making I 
sometimes had “troubles of my own” in 
this line, but learned to avoid them by 
always ripening the cream for 48 hours 
before churning, adding no more cream 
to it during this period (this is impor¬ 
tant) and keeping it at 60 or 62 degrees 
Fahrenheit. I usually had to warm it to 
insure this temperature at the beginning 
of the period, and sometimes afterward, 
if nights were very cold: but cream in a 
covered pail will remain at the same tem¬ 
perature for a surprising length of time. 
.Tust before churning I warmed it two or 
three degrees, but the right temperature 
for churning diners so much with dif¬ 
ferent cows tiiar it cannot be exactly 
specified. 
If cream which is 48 hours old bo 
churned with some of 24 and some of 12 
hours’ age the butter from the oldest 
cream will gather first. If this be re¬ 
moved. and churning continued, butter 
from the 24-hour cream will gather, and 
finally, after still longer churning, a bit 
of butter from the youngest cream can be 
obtained. Obviously if this ted'ous 
process is not followed butterfat from all 
but the oldest cream is wasted. This , is 
the cause of the yellow, ricji buttermilk 
often seen. The facts stated here were 
shown at a creamery demonstration in 
my home town, and I afterward verified 
them at home. Less time, therefore, will 
always be required for churning if the 
cream has ripened at least 4K hours; and 
only in very hot weather is there danger 
of its becoming too sour if. after a churn¬ 
ing has been collected, it is allowed to 
ripen for that period. It should be kept 
cool in Summer and in Winter at a tem¬ 
perature of 60 or 62 degrees. 
Finding that some butter, not made by 
myself, had turned rancid. I washed it. in 
a butter bowl, working with ladle, and 
changing the water until all the had 
flavor (and incidentally the salt) had 
disappeared. I then salted it again, 
worked it. let stand awhile and re¬ 
worked. Of course, the grain was some¬ 
what impaired, but the butter, which I 
had expected to use only for cooking pur¬ 
poses. was now so sweet that it was 
found satisfactory for table fise. and it 
kept well until it was all used. i. e.. for 
several weeks. I used. I think, eight 
waters in purifying it. Had it been 
washed through three waters when made, 
and the moisture properly worked out 
after it was salted, it would not. have 
turned strong unless exposed to bad odors. 
G. A.T. 
Discoveries 
T’se a potato rieer instead of a colander 
for sifting pumpkin, squash, tomatoes for 
soup, apples for butter, and see its labor- 
saving qualities. Stir the eoutents with 
a spoon from time to time during the pro¬ 
cess. 
Linseed oil. one part, to kerosene, three 
parte, makes an excellent liquid for mois¬ 
tening dustless dusters. Two parts of oil 
of citrouella to one part alcohol form an 
unexcelled mixture for saturating a dust¬ 
less duster cloth. Keep it in a close-cov¬ 
ered tin can. It lasts well on the duster. 
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Use Dandelion 
Butter Color Now 
ationnl. Used 
’ill not color th 
’ells & Richardson 
Add a half-teaspoon- 
ful to each gallon of 
winter cream and out 
of your churn comes 
butter of golden June 
shade to bring you 
top prices. 
All stores sell 35- 
cent bottles of Dan¬ 
delion Butter Color, 
each sufficient to keep 
that rich “Golden 
Shade” in your butter 
all the year round. 
Standard Butter Color 
for fifty years. Purely 
vegetable. Meets all 
food laws. State and 
bv all large creameries. 
> buttermilk. Tasteless. 
Co., Burlington. Vt. 
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