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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 8, 1924 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
“For Sale or Rent” 
Placarded, branded, set for show, 
It shrinks a little from the street 
Where all day long the traders meet 
And all day long the buyers go ; 
Where on an hour soon or late 
Some restless seeker, bargain-bent, 
Will touch the gray, reluctant gate 
And read, "For Sale or Rent.” 
The curve of last year’s lonely nest 
Waits for the glad returning wings; 
Shoreward, for port, a kind wave brings 
The empty shell upon its breast; 
But this, that harbored souls, must bide 
The stranger’s pleasure: marked “A 
Home”— 
Yea, pledged to fling its portals wide 
When stranger-feet shall come. 
And old. so old ! It almost seems 
As though there flitted, shadow-wise, 
Across the window’s shuttered eyes 
•Sweet faces fashioned out of dreams; 
As though, did one but know the call, 
A sudden lifted word would bring 
Glad children round the corner wall, 
Answering, rollicking. 
What if it be not tenantless? 
What if the gentle people stay 
In some immortal guise away 
Among the rooms they used to bless? 
Then, for the remnant of its age. 
Not they who take nor they who lease 
May touch the perfect heritage 
Of its abiding peace. 
—Nancy Byrd Turner in 
Youth’s Companion. 
* 
Oxe of our friends, who lives in an 
old-fashioned farmhouse, has been dec¬ 
orating a small sitting room in rather an 
unusual style. The walls are kalsomined 
a soft pale lavender shade, while the 
woodwork is painted apple green. The 
furniture is painted black, with cushions 
and table scarf of chintz combining 
mauve and green shades. It is a charm¬ 
ing room, both unusual and artistic. Ap¬ 
ple green woodwork may be used very 
prettily in a bedroom with pale gray 
walls. 
I’ouxg people setting up housekeeping 
with everything new can follow modern 
ideas in furniture and decoration, but 
very often the bride whose new home is 
on a farm must begin with an old house 
that is not at all in accord with her own 
taste, or in harmony with her household 
possessions. In such a case she must ar¬ 
range her rooms as well as circumstances 
permit, and hope that the time will come 
when she can consult here own taste. 
Dark and dingy-looking rooms are not 
only discouraging themselves, but they 
do affect one’s mental outlook. But one 
must remember that comfort is the first 
requisite in a hard-working home, and a 
man who finds a roomy, comfortable chair, 
close to a clear, bright light, waiting for 
him at the end of a tiring day, will pay 
no attention to any ugly or faded wall- 
paper. Another thing the beginning 
housekeeper should remember is the un¬ 
wisdom of skimping on beds and bedding. 
Poor springs, thin, hard mattresses and 
insufficient coverings are met with more 
often than one would suppose, and the 
lack of comfortable rest is lowering to 
morale and physical efficiency. A really 
comfortable bed means more to the hard- 
worked body than “best” china or rich 
upholstery. 
We wish that every beginning house¬ 
keeper within The R. N.-Y. family could 
start this 'Spring with a well-arranged 
and convenient home, decorated and fur¬ 
nished in accordance with her own taste. 
But that is impossible in a great many 
cases, where young people start on a 
rented place, or share the family home. 
We hope in such cases mutual under¬ 
standing and affection will make up for 
any deficiencies in household decoration, 
for the most beautiful home is that where 
love is. 
The Useful Clinic Thermometer 
“Mother Bee” speaks of the handy 
home remedies and the help a mother mav 
be to the busy country doctor in Winter 
time, if she has a few simple remedies. 
May I suggest the clinic thermometer? A 
very good one may be purchased for $1 
or $1.25, and with care will last for years. 
As a rule the first thing the doctor does, 
on arrival, is to take the patient’s tem¬ 
perature and pulse. If he is consulted by 
telephone he will inquire about the fever. 
Often one can save a visit from the doc¬ 
tor if it is possible to report by telephone 
the progress of the fever. 
MRS. E. E. L. 
Canned Blackberry Recipes 
During late Winter when dessert ma¬ 
terial becomes quite a problem, one can 
find a variety in the following recipes, 
obtaining two desserts, as can be seen, 
from a quart of canned blackberries. 
Blackberry Pie.—Strain the juice from 
a quart can of blackberries, line a medi¬ 
um sized pie pan with short crust. Put 
the berries into it, add three-fourths of a 
cup of sugar, bits of butter, and sprinkle 
with cinnamon. Cover with upper crust 
and bake 20 minutes in a brisk oven. 
Blackberry Jelly. — To the juice 
strained from a quart can of blackberries, 
add an equal amount of sugar and one- 
half lemon, thinly sliced with rind on. 
Boil 20 minutes. 
Tutti Frutti Pie.—One cup sugar, one 
tablespoon butter, three eggs, one cup 
boiling blackberry juice, one tablespoon 
cornstarch. Dissolve the cornstarch in a 
little cold juice or water, then stir it into 
the boiling juice. Cream the butter and 
sugar, then pour over them the hot mix¬ 
ture ; cool, add one egg and two yolks, 
beat well and bake without upper crust. 
Beat the remaining egg white stiff, add 
two heaping tablespoons of sugar, cover 
the top of the pie and brown in the oven. 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
1970. Girls’ dress, 
front panel and sAirt 
fo r m i n g pockets 
with side sections, 
back in one piece 
with kimono sleeves 
having seams at 
shoulders. Sizes 6, 
8, 10, 12 and 14 
years. Size 10 years 
requires 2% yds. of 
30-in. material, with 
1 yd. contrasting 
material for trim¬ 
ming. 20 cents. 
apron dress, with 
kimono sleeves, 
pockets and sash. 
Can be made with¬ 
out sleeves and used 
as apron. Sizes 2, 
4, 6 and 8 years. 
Size 4 years re¬ 
quires l J /2 yds. of 
36-in. material. 20 
cents. 
2018. One - piece 
dress, with converti¬ 
ble collar, long fit¬ 
ted or bell sleeves, 
and perforated for 
trimming bands; for 
ladies and misses. 
Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 
42 and 44 in. bust. 
Size 38 requires 3% 
yds. of 30 to 40-in. 
material. 20 cents. 
1819. Boys’ jump¬ 
er suit, with a sep¬ 
arate blouse having 
long or short 
sleeves. Sizes 2, 3 
and 4 years. Size 3 
years requires 2^ 
yds. of 32 to 36-in. 
material. 20 cents. 
Dutch Pie.—One cup of canned black¬ 
berries, after the juice is strained out, 
one cup of sugar, two eggs, one cup thick 
sweet cream, one teaspoon of cinnamon. 
Line a pie pan with a nice crust. Put in 
the berries, beat the yolks of the two 
eggs with the sugar, cream and cinna¬ 
mon, pour over the berries and bake until 
the custard sets ; remove from oven,- add 
meringue made of the two egg whites 
beaten stiff and sweetened with sugar. 
Brown nicely in the oven. 
MRS. G. E. M’CALMONT. 
Glass Cooking Dishes 
The girls gave me a set of the thick 
glass cooking dishes for Christmas, and I 
like them first-rate for baking apples and 
puddings. They save so much dish wash¬ 
ing, for they look well enough to put right 
on the table. I always rinse them out in 
hot water to warm them up a bit before 
putting them into a hot oven, and slip 
them in real easily; it strikes me as 
safer. 
The pie plates are especially handy be¬ 
cause nothing .sticks to them, and a piece 
of pie slips out so easily, even custard 
pie. M. H. 
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Colgate’s 
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S AFETY is the important thing to con¬ 
sider in your dental cream. A gritty 
dentifrice may clean with greater speed 
than Colgate’s—so would an emery wheel. 
Grit scrapes teeth clean—but it also 
scrapes enamel. 
Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream is a safe, 
common-sense dentifrice for which no 
“cure-all” claims* are made. It contains 
no grit to scratch your thin tooth enamel 
—no strong drugs. 
It “Washes” and Polishes — Does Not 
Scratch or Scour. The taste of Colgate’s 
is so pleasant that children use it regu¬ 
larly and willingly. The Colgate habit is 
a safe health and beauty habit for chil¬ 
dren to form as soon as teeth appear. 
Colgate’a 
Rapid-Shave Cream 
36c 
Farm Folks know 
the Name “Colgate” 
Colgate’s is on sale today at your favorite 
store—25c for the large tube. 
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GOOD TEETH (Keep Well Series, No. 13), page 
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is recognized by both dentist and patient, the better 
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