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‘P* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Two Angels 
Two wandering angels, .Sleep and Death, 
Once met in .sunny weather ; 
And while the twain were taking breath 
They held discourse together. 
Quoth Sleep, whose face, though twice as 
fair, 
Was strangely like the other’s— 
So like, in sooth, that anywhere 
They might have passed for brothers: 
“A busv life is mine, I trow; 
Would I were omnipresent; 
So fast and far have 1 to go; 
And yet my work is pleasant. 
“I east my potent poppies forth. 
And. lo! the cares that cumber 
The toiling, suffering sons of earth 
Are drowned in sweetest slumber. 
“The student rests his weary brain, 
And waits the fresher morrow; 
I ease the patient of his pain. 
The mourner of his sorrow. 
“I bar the gates where cares abide, 
And open Pleasure’s portals 
T< visioned joys; thus, far and wide, 
J earn the praise of mortals.” 
“Alas!” replied the other, “mine 
Is not a task so grateful; 
Howe'er to mercy I incline. 
To mortals 1 am hateful. 
“They call me ‘kill-joy.’ every one. 
And speak in sharp detraction 
Of all I do; yet have I done 
Full many a kindly action.” 
“True!” answered Sleep, “but all the 
while 
Thine office is berated, 
’Tis only by the vile and weak 
That thou art feared and hated. 
“And though thy work on earth has given 
To all a shade of sadness. 
Consider—every saint in heaven 
J tern embers thee with gladness!” 
-.TOJI X GODFREY .SAXE. 
A Washboiler Fireless Cooker 
It is only a washboiler. just the com¬ 
mon copper-bottom tin variety, but for 
two years it has proved to ’ e one of our 
biggest assets in the kitchen. Of course 
you will associate it. right away with Sun¬ 
ny Monday, soapsuds and boiling clothes 
instead of washing them. Not a hit of it. 
Our old dream of a community laundry 
lias come to pass, and we can get a great 
big clothes basket full of clothes done for 
75 cents. So why wash an* more? Nev¬ 
ertheless it remains our portion to cook. 
Summer and Winter, and as our folks 
persist in liking home cooking best, it 
remains for us to do it in the best pos¬ 
sible manner, with a very good stove, 
burning either coal or wood. And lln 
hnilcr. Wo bought the said boiler last 
Summer when war prices were <>ir the 
downward slide and put it on the back of 
the kitchen stove, on the iron shelf, which 
is 10 in. wide. It has a good, tight fitting 
cover. Then we made a paper pad for 
the bottom, and a thick new feather pil¬ 
low which fitted the top, that with two 
earthen jars holding a gallon- each, with 
tight covers also, completed our tireless 
cooker for the Summer. 
When getting breakfast we prepared 
whatever vegetables or meat we planned 
for the day. vegetables in one jar. meat in 
the other, or perhaps beans prepared as 
for tanking, or perhaps a rice pudding. 
These were cooked 15 or 20 Yniuutes in 
the jars. Then each one. well wrapped 
in old newspapers, set side by side in the 
boiler, with the pillow pressed closely 
I her 
■e the 
bread 
boiler 
over them, the boiler covered, and 
need be no more fire for that day. 
In 'Winter, when in spite of fi 
cold gets in, working havoc with 
making, we set our sponge in the 
to rise and have no trouble. Of course 
for \Y inter we do not use the pillow, sim¬ 
ply a paper in the bottom. We also put 
our bread when in loaves to rise there, 
biscuits and coffee cake, (lie griddle cake 
batter which we mix in the evening, be¬ 
fore baking, and have no trouble even 
though it be zero weather outside. 
We shall soon make some mango relish. 
They say it is very good. It may he dif¬ 
ferent from yours. Chop fine 12 man¬ 
goes. six red and six green, and six onions, 
medium sized. Four over this boiling 
water, let stand five minutes, pour off 
and drain. Then add 1*,?. cups of vin¬ 
egar, one cup of sugar, two tablespoons 
of salt, teaspoon each of cinnamon and 
cloves. Bring this to a boil, then set on 
back of stove and simmer 20 minutes; 
seal while hot. F. a. h. 
Boil all together until soft. Strain and 
put in the kettle again. When boiling 
hot add 11 tablespoons (even) of corn¬ 
starch, wet smooth in cold water, and 
boil five minutes, being careful that it 
does not burn. This makes eight quarts. 
I can it ho( in glass jars in the old- 
fashioned way. I presume it would be 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
2055. Slip-on blouse for misses nrnl snmi 
women. 10 niut IS years. 1059. Embrobl 
ery design in tulip motif. The 16-year 
size will require 1 % yds. of material 3(1 
in. wide. 1% yds. 40, 1 C. yds. 41. Price 
20 cents each. 
9897. Oue-pieec 
io and 18 years, 
,quire 4 \{. yds. of 
yds. 44. 3 ',4 yds. 
dress with over panel, 
I’lie 10-year size will re- 
mat e rial 30 In. wide, S'\ 
4. with 1 yd. laee 3 in. 
wide for frill. Price 30 cents. 
possibb 
trouble 
Most 
soup, 
manner 
had 
no 
to process it, hut I have 
in keeping it without.” 
authorities advise processing the 
after it is in the cans, in the usual 
' minutes. 
for 
Canned Tomato Soup 
Would you give the recipe for canned 
tomato soup which you printed in Tite 
It. N.-Y. some time ago? MBS. C. F. J. 
The following directions for canning 
tomato soup were given last year: “One 
peck of ripe tomatoes, one small green 
pepper, three-fourths cupful of sugar, four 
tablespoons of salt, two tablespoons 
ground clove in a hag, two onions fried 
brown in butter, four quarts of water. 
Cucumber Cups 
Fare large, green cucumbers, cut in 
halves crosswise, remove seeds from cen¬ 
ter and boil in salted water until tender, 
not over eight or 10 minutes. Lift care¬ 
fully from water and cut a slice from the 
rounded end of each piece so it will stand 
up like a cup. Fill with bread crumbs 
which have been softened with crushed 
tomato and seasoned with salt. Place a 
piece of butter on each filled “cup.” stand 
cups in a 'buttered baking dish and hake 
until crumbs arc browned over. The ad¬ 
dition of two or three stalks of grated or 
ground celery rto six “cups” is a pleasing 
combination with the bread crumb and 
tomato filling. c. n. c. 
Westclo 
— that's Big Ben s family name. 
Time-savers on the farm 
AGQOD alarm clock not 
-TV only tells time and rings 
time. It saves time for its 
owner. 
On the farm, for instance 
— several clocks about the 
place will save you many 
steps during the day. A clock 
in the machine shed, one in 
the barn, and one in the milk 
house will quickly prove 
their usefulness. 
The America alarm — 
oldest Westclox in the fam¬ 
ily—is a great favorite this 
way. Its cost is low enough 
so that it does not become 
expensive to have several 
clocks where they’re needed 
most. 
See America where you 
buy your other Westclox. 
The dial-mark, Westclox, 
and the orange-buff, six- 
sided tag are your assurance 
of quality. 
WESTERN CLOCK CO., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. 
Makers of Kiitcltx: Big Ben, Baby Ben, Pocket Ben, Glo-Ben, America, Sleep-Meter, jack o’Lantern 
Facttr/: Peru,Illinois. In Canada: Western Clock Co., Limited, Peterborough,Ont. 
ELITE OIL 
A high-grade, perfect kerosene, 
in steel barrels. .Made lrorn Pure 
Penna. Crude. Just the thing 
for lamps, incubators, tractors, 
stoves, etc. Sale and pure. 
DERRICK OIL CO. 
Titusville, Penna. 
Illuminating and Lubricating Oils 
RICCS 
a progressive AGRICULTURAL BOARDING SCHOOL tor 
older boys. All modern equipment. GRADUATES enabled 
to i urn living or enter agricultural college. Large farm 
in the Berkshire^. Lake. Water sports. Indoor and 
outdoor athletics. Recreation and work heneflcially com¬ 
bined. Music, High scholastic and moral standard. In¬ 
structors are specialists In their departments. New 
carpentry and machine shop in course of construction. 
Students taught to DO things in these lines, for wide¬ 
awake. manly, ambitious boys. Write for Hooklel. 
F. B. RIGGS, Headmaster Lakeville. Conn. 
THE STORY OF “LOUISE 
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“There is one story in this booh which is 
worth double the price of the entire booh.” 
This is the opinion expressed by a business 
man who was in our office a week or more ago. 
He referred to the story of “Louise,” and 
said he considered it the greatest story lie had 
ever had the pleasure of reading. 
You, too, will enjoy the story of “Louise,” 
as well as the 25 other stories of farm life which are contained 
in this hook. All these stories are filled with the subtle humor, 
the sound philosophy and sympathetic understanding of human 
nature which has endeared the Hope Farm man to thousands of 
people all over the country. 
1 he book is well printed, cloth bound, and makes a most 
desirable present to a friend or to your Grange or town library. 
The price is $1.50 a copy, postpaid. Just fill out the coupon below 
and enclose with check or money order. 
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