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March 19, 1921 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Fool's Prayer 
The royal feast was done; the king 
Sought some new sport to banish care, 
And to his jester cried : “Sir Fool, 
Kneel now, and make for us a prayer.” 
The jester doffed his cap and bells. 
And stood the mocking court, before; 
They could not see the bitter smile 
Behind the painted grin he wore. 
lie bowed his head, and bent his knee 
Upon the monarch’s silken stool; 
ilis pleading voice arose: “<> Lord, 
Be merciful to me, a fool! 
“No pity, Lord, could change the heart 
From red with wrong to white as wool, 
The rod must heal the sin ; but Lord. 
Be merciful to me, a fool ! 
“ ’Tis not by guilt the onward sweep 
Of truth and right. O Lord, we stay ; 
’Tis by our follies that so long 
We hold the earth from heaven away. 
“These clumsy feet, still in the mire 
Go crushing blossoms without end ; 
These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust 
Among the heartstrings of a friend. 
“The ill-timed truth we might have kept— 
Who knows how sharp it pierced and 
stung? 
The word we had not sense to say— 
Who knows how grandly had it rung? 
“Our faults no tenderness should ask, 
The chastening stripes must cleanse 
them all: 
But for our blunders—Oh. in shame 
Before (he eyes of heaven we fall. 
“Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; 
Men crown the knave and scourge the 
tool 
That did his will; but Thou. O Lord, 
Be merciful to me, a fool!” 
The room was hushed ; in silence rose 
The king and sought his gardens cool, 
And walked apart and murmured low: 
“Be merciful to me. a fool!” 
—Edward Rowland Bill. 
* 
According to the Red Cross Bulletin, 
20.000 children under the age of 14 are 
killed by accident each year in the IT. B. 
A great proportion of these accidents would 
not be fatal if competent first aid treat¬ 
ment was at hand. Under the age of five 
years, burns cause 40 per cent of these 
fatalities, while between five and 14 ve¬ 
hicles are the leading cause. Next to 
burns and vehicles come accidental drown¬ 
ing. which is highest with children be¬ 
tween 10 and 14. Poisoning is next to 
burns in causing the deaths of children 
under five years. We can see that it is 
the baby that is “into everything” that, 
runs the highest risk of poison or fire, 
and the venturesome child a little over 
that takes risks with vehicles and water. 
While obedience and discipline are great 
factors in reducing accidents, we cannot 
expect adult reasoning from a child. We 
think the Scout movement, both for boys 
and girls, with the training it involves, a 
great help in lessening serious accidents. 
The training in first aid, which has been 
popularized by the Red Cross of recent 
years, is another helpful factor. Nothing, 
however, can. take the place of home 
training in teaching the avoidance of ac¬ 
cident and the need of care. 
* 
The following recipe from the New 
York Tribune gives a hearty dish of corn 
and tomato that would be excellent for 
supper; One-half pound bacon, one 
small onion, one No. 2 can corn (two 
cups), one-half cup milk, one-half can No. 
.'5 tomato (two cups). one tablespoon flour, 
one and one-half teaspoon salt, one-half 
teaspoon pepper. Cut two slices of ba¬ 
con and the'onion into small pieces and 
fry them together. When they are brown 
stir in the flour. After this is smooth 
add the corn and the milk, letting it cook 
together for several minutes before pour¬ 
ing in the drained tomato. Continue to 
cook until thick and serve on a platter 
with crisp brown strips of bacon. 
* 
Destroying Household Vermin 
I read with much interest the article 
on carpet bugs, beetles, moths, etc., and 
can heartily sympathize with the writer 
who moved into the infested house, as I 
had the same experience in my early days 
of housekeeping, only mine was worse, I 
think, because it was a double house, and 
iu the other half lived an old woman, 
the owner, who boasted that the carpets 
hadn’t been taken off the floors for 22 
years and only a broom used to clean 
them with. As it was in the pre-vacuum 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
cleaner days the cleaning process can be 
imagined. I soon discovered what I had 
to contend with, and I loaded a bent- 
spouted oil can with turpentine and 
household ammonia, both harmless, in 
equal parts, and proceeded to clean. For¬ 
tunately there were but two rooms ad¬ 
joining hers, and I followed each crack 
of the floor the entire length with my 
mixture. I began on the outside of the 
room at the crack near or under the base¬ 
board, and filled it full. The ammonia 
drove the vermin from their hiding places 
and the turpentine killed them. After 
going around the baseboard I took each 
crack in succession and gave it a liberal 
dose, always working from the outside in 
towards the old lady’s rooms, where they 
were being bred. After I had treated 
each crack I went around the baseboard 
again to see if any stragglers had es¬ 
caped, but none had, or at least I didn’t 
find any. 
Then I sprayed my carpet. It was be¬ 
fore the days of rugs. Small rugs and 
furniture were sprayed thoroughly with 
clear ammonia and proceeded to settle 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
9936. Polo coat, 
3-1 to 42 bust. 9900. 
Two-piece skirt, 24 
or 26, 28 or 80, 32 
or 34 waist. To be 
accordion pleated or 
gathered. The me¬ 
dium size coat, will 
require 5 yds. of 
material 36 in. wide, 
4 yds. 44, 3% yds. 
54. Tile medium 
size skirt, will re¬ 
quire 2% yds. of 
material 44 or 54 in. 
wide. Each pattern 
20 cents. 
9940. Girls’ dress, 
8 to 14 years. The 
medium size will re¬ 
quire 2% yds. of 
material 30 in. wide, 
2% yds. 44, 1% yds 
54, for the dress, 
with 1 y 2 yds. 36, 
1 i/i yds. 44, for the 
guimpe. 20 cents. 
9915. Dress for 
misses and small 
women, 16 and 18 
years. The 16-year 
size will require 5% 
yds. of material 36 
in. wide, 4% yds. 
44. 3% yds. 54. 
Width of skirt, 1 
yd. 22 in. 20 cents. 
9921. Ttedingote 
dress, 34 to 42 bust, 
1018. Design for 
braided border eight 
Inches wide. The 
medium size will re¬ 
quire 4 yds. of ma¬ 
terial 30 in. wide, 
3yds. 44, 2% yds. 
54, with 2% yds. 
any width for the 
skirt. Each pattern 
20 cents. 
again. Once a month 1 repeated the 
spraying process along the baseboard 
next' the old lady’s rooms, but did not 
take up my carpet again until Fall, when 
I only found two buffalo moths, and the 
following Spring did not find any, but I 
kept up my spraying next the baseboard 
■for a couple of years. We lived in that 
house six years, and I was never troubled 
again with vermin. 
The next move was into a house lit¬ 
erally alive with bedbugs, and before I 
knew it four beds and the baby’s crib 
were crawling daytime as well as night. 
I refilled my- crooked-nosed oil can and 
want to work, and had them cleaned out 
in three months time, so 1 never found 
another bug during the eight years which 
we remained on that farm. To avoid hav¬ 
ing moths, etc., in my clothes rooms, 
storeboxes. cupboards, etc.. I use a spray 
of clear ammonia when cleaning them. 
T like this liquid best of anything, as 
there is no danger of gases with lights. 
and no poisons to be careful of, no bad 
after effects on clothing, colons, etc., and 
no permanent odor as when other rem¬ 
edies are use. and the air removes what 
there is when articles are exposed to it 
and eggs and nits destroyed. jessie. 
Notes from Oklahoma 
Today. February 22, Washington’s 
Birthday, we look out on the deepest 
snow of the season. It began falling last 
Friday, and continued until Saturday 
morning without cessation, and had it 
not been for the fact that the ground 
was warm, and melting was gradually 
going on all the time, it is estimated) that 
there would have been at least 24 inches 
of white mantle on old Mother Earth. 
As it was, the depth was 14 inches on a 
level. Our section has had but one other 
very light snow this Winter, and people 
had decided that the Winter was gone. 
Many gardens were planted the first of the 
month, some oats sown and much early 
plowing done. Peach trees were begin- 
ing to bloom, and quite few Easter flow¬ 
ers were seen. Since the snow has not 
been accompanied by severe cold, as is 
often the case, it is hoped that the fruit 
crop may not be damaged, since peaches, 
plums and many small fruits were a total 
failure last year, and the left-over supply 
of canned fruits is well-nigh diminished. 
Farm sales have been on the increase 
the past Fall and Winter. Many farm¬ 
ers have become discouraged with farm 
conditions, and are selling out and leav¬ 
ing for the oil and gas towns farther 
west, where they are under the impression 
that they will be able to obtain work at 
better prices than can be expected on the 
farms. Ours is a cotton-growing coun¬ 
try, and owing to the high prices of cot¬ 
ton the past three years the country was 
almost given over to cotton to the exclu¬ 
sion of food and feed crops, and when, 
the past Fall, cotton went to the bottom, 
there were hundreds of poor farmers who 
were practically ruined for years to come. 
They had neglected all other branches of 
farming, had sold off surplus livestock, 
neglected growing meat products for home 
use, and had given their whole attention 
to cotton with the hope of high prices. 
Now they are discouraged with farming, 
and are looking for positions elsewhere, 
but it will be like trying to fit a round 
peg in a square hole, and by and by they 
will return to the farms, even poorer than 
when they went away. 
How many housewives have the hulk of 
the so-called Spring sewing finished and 
laid on the shelf ready for use? The style 
of the best types of garments for every¬ 
day wear, such as aprons, work dresses, 
underwear, children’s clothes and the 
men’s work shirts do not change, and 
these may be made at any time during 
the Winter. When the ground is cov¬ 
ered with snow, and outdoor work is im¬ 
possible. then I bring the machine near 
the fire, in a good light, and turn off these 
plain garments in a hurry. It is such a 
help to have them finished when the rush 
of Spring work, garden and chickens call 
for every available minute of time. 
The incubators should be going now. if 
we expect to have a few dozen early fry¬ 
ers for the table or for the market. How¬ 
ever. if there are no warm brooder-houses, 
warm, dry sheds or other place where the 
chicks may be kept dry and warm, it is 
better to depend on the hens for the first, 
early chicks, for tin' little fellows must 
he warm, comfortable and happy if they 
are to live and grow rapidly. 
Have you planned to grow some flowers 
next Summer? If not. get out the.seed 
books and select some of the old-fashioned 
flowers—marigolds. Zinnias, Phlox, bal- 
•sams, cypress vines, morning-glories' and 
'such as our dear grandmothers grew and 
loved. Order a few packets of seeds, and 
make some flower beds; eet the children 
.interested, and make the yard a thing of 
beauty throughout the Bummer and Fall. 
IIow do you utilize the flour sacks? In 
FREE* Forget Lightning Fear 
ROOK « Lightning can be controlled— 
^ w modern science has shown 
on the Cause the way a building may be 
and Control of ■ made perfectly safe during 
Lightning. Ask * the most severe electrical 
for a copy. » storms. 
Shinh-F/at 
Protect! 
Lightning Rod: 
Shinn-Flat|is the modem 
ning Rod. It is woven in 
cable of pure copper wires 
greater carrying capacity 
Shinn’s Cash Bond, given to: 
ery building protected, guar 
ning will not strike. Write 
today for free booklet. 
W.C. Shinn Mfg. Co. 
1246 Lytton Bldg. 
Chicago. III. 
form of Light- 
a continuous flat 
1 inch wide, with 
for electricity, 
the owner of ev- 
antees that Light- 
Use Dandelion 
Butter Color Now 
Add a half-teaspoon- 
ful to each gallon of 
winter cream and out 
of you? churn comes 
butter of golden June 
shade to bring you 
top prices. 
All stores sell 35- 
cent bottles of Dan¬ 
delion. Butter Color, 
each suflicieut to keep 
that rich “Goldeu 
Shade” iu your butter 
all the year round. 
Standard Butter Color 
for fifty years. Purely 
vegetable. Meets all 
food laws, State and 
National. Used by all large creameries. 
Will not color the buttermilk. Tasteless. 
Wells & Richardson Co., Burlington, Vt. 
$ 1.00 
4 lbs. of Best 
sAiilBoyif 
Pure Coffee (Cround or Bean) 
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Sent Parcel Post, Free Delivery 
within 300 miles. Add extra 
postage for longer distances. " 
MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED 
JAMES VAN DYKCO 
50 BARCLAY ST., N.Y. 
100 Van Dyk Stoics iu .'50 cities. 
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When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get 
a quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. : : : 
Harvest 2Q t »45 Bushel toAcreWheat 
In WESTERN CANADA 
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' " IS 
Think what that means to you in 
7c/flu'- v good hard dollars with the great de- 
I mand for wheat at high prices. Many 
farmers in Western Canada have paid for their land 
from a single crop. The same success may still be 
yours, for you can buy on easy terms, 
Farm Land at $ 15 fo $30 an Acre 
located near thriving towns, good markets, railways —land of a 
kind which grows 20 to 45 bushels of whoat to the acre. 
Good grazing lands at low prices convenient to you. grain farm en¬ 
able you to reap the profits from stock raising and dairying. 
Learn the Facts About Western Canada 
—low taxation (none on improvements), healthful climate, good 
schools, churches, pleasant social relationships, a prosperous and 
industrious people. . . 
For illustrated literature, maps, description of farm opportunities in 
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, reduced railroad rates, etc., write 
Department of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or 
O. G. RUTLEDGE, 
301 E. Genesee Street, 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Canadian Covcrnmont Agent. 
