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May 21, 1921 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Memorials 
Not marble monuments, or shrines, 
Or wooden crosses, are as real 
Memorials to those we loved 
As things we see and hear and feel. 
A casual word, a wistful tune. 
A fragrance blown from garden flowers, 
May make as actual as now 
The sense of unforgotten hours. 
Sunsets, and scents, and budded Springs, 
The joy that love of living lends— 
When comradeship has shared in these, 
They each bring hack the absent friends. 
—Charlotte Becker in New York Her¬ 
ald. 
* 
Keeping dirt cut in quite as important 
to the housekeeper as cleaning it up after 
it has been admitted. Mats and scrapers 
to clean the shoes before entering do 
much, but every Spring, when the frost 
comes out of the ground, we realize how 
much mud comes in from dirt walks 
around the house. A cement walk is a 
wonderful help. Another helpful thing 
for keeping dust out of pantries and 
storerooms in Summer is the use of 
cheesecloth over the wire window screens. 
Dusty roads add much to housecleaning 
when the house is near the roadside, and 
there are many cases where it would be 
a great help if the private driveway to a 
farm home were regularly oiled during 
the Summer. 
* 
The following bulletins, available for 
free distribution by the United States I >«•- 
partment of Agriculture, Washington, are 
of especial interest to housekeepers: 
The Farm Kitchen as a Workshop 
(Farmers’ Bulletin 607). 
Removal of Stains from Clothing and 
Other Textiles (Farmers’ Bulletin 861). 
Farm Home Conveniences (Farmers’ 
Bulletin 927). 
Water Systems for Farm Homes 
(Farmers’ Bulletin 941). 
Home Laundering (Farmers’ Bulletin 
1099). 
Cockroaches (Farmers’ Bulletin 658). 
Flytraps and Their Operation (Farm¬ 
ers’ Bulletin 734). 
House Ants—Kinds and Methods of 
Control (Farmers’ Bulletin 740). 
The Bedbug (Farmers’ Bulletin 754). 
The House Fly (Farmers’ Bulletin 
851). 
House Rats and Mice (Farmers’ Bul¬ 
letin 896). 
Fleas and Their Control (Farmers’ 
Bulletin 897). 
The House Centipede (Farmers’ Bulle¬ 
tin 627). 
The Silverfish or “Slicker,” an Injuri¬ 
ous Household Insect (Farmers’ Bulle¬ 
tin 902). 
Some Common Disinfectants (Farm¬ 
ers’ Bulletin 926). 
The above list, forms a very useful li¬ 
brary, and we would add to it, “Water 
Supply, Plumbing and Sewage Disposal 
for Country Homes (Department Bulle¬ 
tin 57). This costs 10 cents, and is ob¬ 
tained from the Superintendent of Docu¬ 
ments, Government Printing Office. Wash¬ 
ington. D. There are also a number 
of excellent bulletins devoted to various 
foods and their preparation. Many a 
housekeeper will find that some problem 
perplexing her has been studied by spe¬ 
cialists, whose knowledge is hers for the 
asking. She is likely to find that her 
Congressman, through whom these bulle¬ 
tins may also be obtained, if desired, is 
very willing to oblige her with informa¬ 
tion regarding such literature, or to put 
her in the way of obtaining further in¬ 
formation through Government agencies. 
* 
Everyone who makes clam chowder 
has her own favorite recipe. Many reci¬ 
pes for “real New England clam chow¬ 
der” do not call for tomatoes, but we 
prefer this addition, and for this reason 
the following is our favorite formula: 
Prepare all your ingredients beforehand, 
so that when you begin to put them to¬ 
gether you will not have to wait to meas¬ 
ure or weigh or chop. Chop two quarts 
of clams coarsely; mince fine a half- 
pound of fat salt pork; mince half an 
onion; turn into a bowl the contents of 
a can of tomatoes; peel and slice thin 12 
white potatoes; break up eight crackers 
(the old-fashioned pilot biscuit are best) 
Iht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
and soak in a little milk until soft; tie 
into a little cheesecloth spice bag 12 
whole cloves, as many whole allspice and 
as much cayenne pepper as would half 
cover a dime. Put a large iron kettle over 
the fire and fry the pork in this until 
crisp. Take out the dried bits of meat 
and fry the onion in the fat left in the 
pot. When the onion is slightly colored, 
turn into the pot the tomatoes, the spice 
bag. the potatoes and two quarts of cold 
water. Cook slowly for three and a half 
hours, then put in the clams and soaked 
crackers. Cook for a half-hour longer, 
add salt to taste, and serve, removing the 
spice bag. While these directions seem 
many, they are simple, and the result 
will be a delicious chowder. 
Flower and Starch Beads 
Can you give me the formula for mak¬ 
ing the so-called flower beads? The 
composition consists of starch, salt, flower 
9049. Blouse for 
misses and small 
women, 1(1 and 18 
years. 9953. Two- 
piece skirt for miss¬ 
es and sm'all worn 
en, 1(5 and 18 years. 
The 1(1 year size 
blouse will require 
1% yds. of material 
3(1 or 44 in. wide. 
The 10-year size 
skirt 3% yds, of 
material 30 or 44 in. 
wide. Eaeli 20 cents. 
} 
Wli 
<mi 
9974. Kimono 
blouse. 34 to 42 bust. 
9989. Skirt in tunic 
effect. 24 to 32 
waist. The medi¬ 
um size blouse will 
require 2*4 yds. of 
material 40 in. wide. 
1 7 S yds. 44. The 
medium size sk'rt 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
will require 2% yds. 
2011. Kimono 
blouse for misses 
and small women, 
10 and 18 years. 
9958. Tucked skirt 
for misses and small 
women, 10 and 18 
years. The 10-year 
size blouse will re¬ 
quire 1% yds. of 
material 30 in. wide, 
1% yds. 40. I', yds. 
44. The 10-year size 
skirt will require 
3% yds. 88, 40 or 
44 in. wide. Widtli 
at lower edge, 1 yd. 
30 in. Each 20 cents. 
of material 30, 40 
or 44 in. wide, with 
1 yd. 30. or % yd. 
40 or 44 for the 
ruining. Widtli at 
the lower edge, 1 
yd. 32 in. Each 20 
cents. 
9971. Blouse with 
kimono sleeves, 31 
to 42 bust. The me¬ 
dium size will re¬ 
quire 1(4 yds. of 
material 40 or 44 iu. 
wide. 20 cents. 
petals or leaves, etc. I think you pub¬ 
lished this a number of years ago. 
MRS. J.E. 
Flower beads and starch heads are 
quite distinct. The most famous flower 
beads are those made of rose petals, which 
are often bought, by tourists as souvenirs 
of the Pacific coast. The following di¬ 
rections were given us several years ago: 
A large quantity of rose petals is re¬ 
quired. even for a single string of beads. 
The petals may be of all colors, but all 
stems, dried petals and other rubbish 
must be removed. The petals must be 
fresh; that is. not dried; those fallen 
from overblown roses are used. Run the 
petals through a meat chopper six times, 
to make a smooth pulp; save all the juice 
and' mix in the mass. 
The pulp is a dirty white or pinkish 
color. Spread it in a thin layer oti sheet- 
iron pans, where it soou begins to blackeu 
through the oxidization of the iron. 
Turn and stir -o that it all becomes uni¬ 
formly black. The blackening process 
may he hastened by adding a few drops of 
tincture of iron. 
As soon as the mass has dried suffi¬ 
ciently to work easily and hold its shape, 
small quantities are taken in the hands 
and rolled between the palms until perfect¬ 
ly round. The balls art* made much larger 
than the finished beads tire to be. as they 
shrink iu drying to about one-third their 
original size. They are placed upon 
plates until partly dry. when they are 
rolled to correct any irregularity in shape, 
then pierced with large [tins and left upon 
these pins to dry. 
The petals are gather 'd in the morning 
when ready to fall; about a peck is a 
convenient quantity for one hatch. For 
uniform size it is well to measure the 
pulp with a spoon. When partially dried 
they may be rolled between two panes of 
glass to give polish. 
The following instructions for making 
starch beads were given us by a reader 
who made them for sale: Take one table¬ 
spoon of starch. tablespoon of salt, 
four tablespoons of water. Boil hard 
until stiff. Then take one tablespoon of 
the mixture, roll out in a little salt. 
Cut even strips with a knife or large 
needle, form into beads and string. They 
are colored with dye as desired. Com¬ 
plaint is made that starch beads soften 
iu damp weather, but the correspondent 
who sent us the above recipe says She 
never had any trouble with them. 
The most attractive hand-made beads 
we have seen of late are made from seal¬ 
ing wax. The wax is softened over a 
little alcohol burner, rolled into shape 
and pierced with a darning needle or 
steel skewer. Bits of wax of contrasting 
color are put on it. and then the bead 
is turned and twisted over the flame until 
the colots flow together. The effect is 
realty beautiful if done vrtith artistic 
taste. These are large beads, to be 
strung with smaller ones, or separated by 
knots on a silk cord. Sometimes the 
necklet is finished with a tassel of silk 
floss, each strand tipped with a bit of 
colored wax. Some especially attractive 
beads are made of gold or silver wax, 
with mingled colors flowed over them. 
While making them there should be a 
bowl of eold water at hand iu which the 
bead is plunged if it becomes too soft. 
Keeping Maple Syrup 
On page 524 M. O. N. inquires about 
the keeping quality of maple syrup, stat¬ 
ing that syrup purchased had molded or 
spoiled. I have had cans of maple syrup 
become covered with this scum or mold, 
but found that if it was carefully re¬ 
moved the syrup was of as fine quality its 
though the scum had not arisen. This 
scum is nature’s method of sealing, the 
same as the mold which forms on the top 
of canned fruit, if the can is opened and 
till of the contents not removed. 1 make 
my own syrup, t.nd boil it to 12 lbs. per 
gallon, instead of 11 lbs., as required by 
law, and 1 pour into common 40-qt. dairy 
milk cans, such as nil stations now use; 
when cold, place the cover on and set in 
the storeroom, a room not even cold, and 
have never had any spoil in 30 years. 
This scum begins to form when tin* hot 
weather comes on, and as T dip the syrup 
from the can with a common soup dipper 
or ladle, I push scum away in order not 
to get any with syrup 1 wish to use. 
T place the syrup in the cans as fast as 
it is thick enough, but do not cover until 
perfectly cold, as if tiny steam arises it 
will collect on the cover and run down 
into the syrup and thin it. the same as 
putting in water. The same is true of 
any can or container if covered while the 
syrup is warm enough to*steam; it. will 
collect and condense on the cover and 
run back into the syrup, thinning it just 
so much. I found this out by actual 
experimenting with tested syrup. If 
sealed while hot and opened when cold 
and again tested, it had lost one or more 
degrees in density. If the syrup is of the 
legal or more consistency. 1 fill the cans 
for shipment, too. and leave the covers 
off until cold, and 1 am not afraid of 
having any returned. It, would seem as 
though M. O. N. could skim and reboil 
syrup until thick, like maple honey, and 
it would keep then until used. I should 
hesitate to add soda, lime or any other 
substance to it. while boiling. T keep my 
vinegar replenished by rinsing all syrup 
and jelly receptacles in clean, warm 
water and pouring into the barrel, even 
the frosting syrup adhering to the sides 
of dish in which it is boiled. T do not 
rinse the dishes from which people have 
eaten for this, However. JESSIE. 
an and 
Sell Your 
Surplus Fruit 
With a National Steel Canner, 
you do it easily and profitably. 
Steam pressure assures sterilization. 
Efficient in cooking cereals 
and other foods. s, “ lCanaer 
Beat the High Cost of. 
Living 
Can fruits and vegetables for 
the market. 
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Northwestern Steel & Iron Worka^ 
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GOMBAULT’S 
CAUSTIC BALSAM 
The Perfect Liniment 
For External Use on 
The Human Body 
It is astonishing how quickly 
Caustic Balsam relieves Stiffness 
and Lameness, Rheumatism, Neu¬ 
ralgia, Strains, Sprains, Lumbago, 
Backache. Sore Throat, Chest Cold, 
Stiff Joints, etc. 
Serious results through Blood 
Poisoning are liable from scratches, 
cuts or wounds from rusty nails 
or other metal. This great rem¬ 
edy applied at once will prove a 
preventive, is a perfect antiseptic, 
soothes while it heals. What it 
has dour for others it will do for 
you. 
Write us for any information de¬ 
sired. $1.75 per bottle at druggists 
or sent parcel poet on receipt of price. 
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Cleveland’, Ohio 
ASPIRIN 
Name “Bayer” on Genuine 
Beware! Unless you see the name 
“Bayer” on package or on tablets you 
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre¬ 
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twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few 
cents. Druggists also sell larger pack¬ 
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Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacid- 
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BUY 
PLAYSUITS 
DIRECT FROM 
FACTORY 
For boys and sifts—Stand- 
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over—a rough and ready 
garment for the wear and 
lear of a full day’s play. 
We guarantee every garment 
against ripping and imper¬ 
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buying direct from factory. 
We manufacture overalls 
for grown-ups, too. Send 
for samples of material and 
complete catalog with prices 
and measurement blanks. 
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Box 677, Dept. 109 
HAVERHILL. MASS. 
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Direct from Mill 
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