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7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 16, 192-1 
An Amazing Fact 
T O many people it may seem in¬ 
credible that a habit so common 
as coffee-drinking can be harmful. Yet 
if your doctor were to enumerate the 
common causes of indigestion, head¬ 
ache, and run-down condition, he 
would be likely to mention coffee. 
If you are troubled with insomnia, 
nervousness, or are inclined to be 
high-strung, try Postum in place of 
coSee for thirty days, and note the dif¬ 
ference in the way you feel, and how 
much better you sleep. 
Postum is a pure cereal beverage, 
absolutely free from caffeine, or any 
harmful drug. 
Postum 
for Health 
“There’s a Reason” 
Your grocer sells Postum in 
two forms. Instant Postum 
[in tins] prepared instantly in 
the cup by the addition of 
boiling water Postum Cereal 
[in packages] for those who 
prefer the flavor brought out 
by boiling fully 20 minutes. 
The cost of either form is 
about one-half cent a cup. 
STRAWBERRIES FOR PROFIT 
No crop will give you more money per acre or per hour of labor, 
than Strawberries. A good profit is sure. A large profit is possible 
if you follow the right methods. 
Allen’s Book of Berries for 1924 gives simple understandable infor¬ 
mation about growing and marketing Strawberries. It tells how 
to select and prepare the land, how and when to set the plants, 
how to cultivate, what varieties to use, and where to obtain good 
dependable true-to-name plants, at a reasonable price. 
Strawberries are grown chiefly because they yield such large and sure profits 
but they also are the first crop to bring in money in the Spring. The big lus¬ 
cious red berries are favorites in the home garden, and the work can be done 
by women, children, amateurs as well as commercial growers.; 
Free-to-all. Allen’s Book of Berries for 1924 will be sent 
free to anyone interested. The most complete book of its 
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The W. F. ALLEN CO. 
72 Market St. Salisbury, Md. 
ALLEN’S 
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Doing it with Flowers 
It was my pleasant task last Summer 
to keep from 10 to 15 vases in an old 
remodeled farmhouse serving as a girls’ 
camp, supplied with fx-esh flowers. And 
how much they have added to the attrac¬ 
tions of the shady reading-i’oom, the 
bountiful dining-table, bare of liilten, but 
prettily set with blue willow-ware, and 
the hospitable living-room which was 
once a busy farm kitchen! A room 
really decoi-ated with flowers is trans¬ 
formed, and yet the arrangement may be 
very simple—a single stalk of tiger lilies 
or a great flame-colored poppy splashed 
with black, focussing the light by the 
fireplace; three or four water-lilies float¬ 
ing in a glass dish, with their bi-oad olive 
leaves ; a trailing vine of foamy Clematis 
wreathing a picture, or wild Iris rising 
from a low bowl, supported by one of 
those bits of pierced pottery that have 
come to us from the flower-loving 
Orient. 
My first advice to the flower-gathei’er 
would be, “Don’t crowd!” How often 
one sees on a farmhouse piazza a jar so 
crammed with daisies or meadow lilies 
or black-eyed Susans that all grace and 
charm are lost as thoroughly as a wo¬ 
man’s charm is lost in a tight corset or 
a pillow case skirt! Never crowd your 
flowers ; never strip them of foliage, nor 
ruthlessly shorten their stems. Half of 
their beauty at least is in the leaves, 
exquisitely framing the blossoms, in 
their slender length and spirited carriage. 
It is a good plan, however, to strip off 
all leaves below the waterline, unless 
they are meant to be seen through a 
glass vessel. To these rules we may add: 
Never let flowers “stand ai’ound” half 
withered. Throw them out while they 
still gladden the eye. There are others 
to take their places. 
In our own ease, while a few garden 
flowers have been available, my chief 
source of supply has been the woods, the 
fields and the roadsides, and I have yet 
to see the day when armfuls of blossoms 
and bewitching greenery were not to be 
had for the taking. 
Flowers for the dining table are pre¬ 
ferably low-growing and not oppressively 
fragrant; the forget-me-nots which are 
fast getting natunilized in New England 
brooks are among the sweetest and they 
“last” wonderfully in water, while ar- 
bubtus, violets, dog-roses, Parnassus grass 
and the various gentians offer lovely pos¬ 
sibilities. Nasturtiums are invaluable, 
but be generous with the budding sprays 
and the delicate seed-vessels! As for 
colors, remember that red and green, pur¬ 
ple and gold, and blue and orange are 
the complementary colors, while brown 
and orange, green and blue, or pink and 
mauve over subtle harmonies. 
When we go out to gather flowers, es¬ 
pecially in sunshiny weather, let us wait 
for that, best hour in the day for this 
particular purpose, the “cool of the eve¬ 
ning.” Even maiden’s hair and lady- 
fern, so pi-ovokingly “wilty” when picked 
at mid-day, will last sometimes for a 
week if gathered at dusk. In hot weather, 
indeed, it is well to put your spoils in a 
large pail or tub of water, in a cool 
place, the cellar, for instance, to “drink” 
over night. And again, we won’t really 
“pick” our flowers, or if we do, we will 
cut off the tips of the stems with a sharp 
knife on our return. It is easy to see 
how picking crushes the stalk and inter¬ 
feres with a good drink ; and if you want 
to know how thirsty a cut flower is put 
a white blossom in a vase with a little 
carmine ink in the water! Wilted flowers 
can often be restoi’ed by a drink of wa¬ 
ter, not only warm but hot, and the 
same treatment will induce recalcitrant 
fringed gentians and pond lilies to open 
in cool weather. 
Home basket-making which is so much 
the fashion now, often helps in providing 
pretty and suitable containers for cut 
flowers at a trifling cost. Hanging bas¬ 
kets and those with long handles, are 
particularly effective. A tall, slim pickle 
bottle, or a gaudy early Victorian vase, or 
even a mug or pitcher minus its handle 
may be transformed into a charming 
flower holder by a simple covering of 
reed, pine-needles, wire-grass or the like, 
in soft green or woodsy brown shades. 
Odd bits of glass and pottery can often 
be picked up at the “five and ten.” A 
glass finger bowl is just right for forget- 
me-nots, a fish globe for roses, and vases 
of the wine glass type will be needed in 
several sizes, to hold anything from a 
tiny rose bud to a showy lady slipper or 
rare fringed orchis. Ginger jars and 
kitchen crocks, with their capacious 
bodies and dull ware and brown color¬ 
ing, are unexcelled for masses of dog¬ 
wood, azalea or mountain- laurel. In 
choosing vases, consider certain points 
which are often overlooked: solid base, 
water content, ease of cleansing, and fit¬ 
ness for a particular room or place. 
One last suggestion: Don’t overlook 
the fact that grasses add immensely _ to 
the beauty of wild bouquets. The rich 
variety of grasses in our fields and 
swamps, and along the untrimmed road¬ 
sides, is a constant source of delight to 
the seeing eyes and whether in their pur¬ 
ple bloom or their golden fruitage they 
possess an airy and insubstantial charm 
that no flower-gatherer can afford to 
miss. For that matter, they hold almost 
a first place among Winter decollations ; 
and that interesting subject must wait 
for another time. k. f. d. 
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