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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Home 
A cottage small, 
A garden space, 
Where tiny green things 
Grow apace; 
A little grass, 
A bed of flowers, 
A little care, 
A few soft showers; 
A vine clad porch, a chair or two, 
A swing with pillows in gay hue. 
Some hanging baskets, potted fern, 
A treasured plant in ancient urn; 
A loved companion in the door, 
A little one upon the floor ; 
As evening .shadows woo the light 
And (lav’s enfolded by the night, 
A sweet content falls with the gloam 
To rest the heart—and this is home. 
—Mary Chesley in the 
Boston Transcript. 
Among the many subjects now brought 
before the public by special days or weeks 
set apart for their consideration, few 
have a stronger appeal for rural people 
generally than Humane Week, dated this 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number ofpattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
2063. Misses Nor¬ 
folk dress, consist¬ 
ing of slip-on blouse 
with long or short 
sleeves and two- 
piece skirt. Sizes 
16, 18 and 20 years. 
Size 18 years re¬ 
quire: 4% yards of 
36-in. material with 
% yard contrasting 
material for trim¬ 
ming. 20 cents. 
2064. Dress hav¬ 
ing kimono sleeve 
blouse, and with 
round or bateau 
neck; tiered skirt 
with straight or 
scalloped lower 
edges; for ladies 
and misses. Sizes 
34, 36, 38, 40, 42 
and 44-in. bust. 
Size 38 requires 4% 
yards of 36 to 40- 
in. material. 20 
cents. 
{ft 
1903. Ladies’ neg¬ 
ligee with seams on 
shoulders and with 
sleeves in two 
styles. Sizes 36, 40, 
44 and 48-in. bust. 
Size 36 is suitable 
for 34 and 36; size 
40 for 38 and 40; 
size 44 for 42 and 
44; and 48 for 46 
and 48. Size 40 re¬ 
quires 4% yards 36- 
in. material. 20 
cents. 
‘•The Home Dressmaker,” Fashion Look 
and Needlework Instructor, price 3o 
cents. 
This society and the “Band of Mercy,” 
the children’s branch, was founded by 
George T. Angell at Boston, many years 
ago, and its influence is felt over a large 
part of the civilized world. All right- 
thinking people should realize the impor¬ 
tance of humane education, especially for 
children. , . 
The “Band of Mercy” was started in 
1882 and at present there are 145,568 
bands, with more than 4,000,000 children 
enrolled. The good influence has even 
reached as far as China; one band was 
started there very recently. The object 
of the “Band of Mercy” is to teach hu¬ 
man sympathy, kindness and understand¬ 
ing. The children pledge themselves “to 
be kind to all living creatures, and pro¬ 
tect them from cruel usage.” . 
The idea of “Be Kind to Animals 
Week” is for everyone to make a special 
effort to do some kind deed toward our 
animal friends and try to teach others 
what sympathy and kindness mean, and 
try to make people who unfortunately are 
not humanely educated, understand that 
all animals, in fact, all living things, have 
their rights as well as we. The same 
God who created man, created animals 
and gave them to mankind to use, but not 
abuse. Our superior intelligence should 
make us all realize that we should use it 
and care for those who cannot speak for 
themselves. 
All the schools should observe the week 
with suitable exercises and thereby reach 
the minds of the young people and instill 
kindness into their hearts. 
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One of our readers asks for plans for 
making a window refrigerator or cold 
closet. 'She does not want a little box, 
such as one sometimes sees on a window 
sill for keeping food, but a sort of safe in 
which one could store food and keep it 
cool. An ice chamber might be added if 
wished. We think such a window cold 
closet would be constructed on the prin¬ 
ciple of an iceless refrigerator. This 
would be made of wire netting, covered 
with canton flannel, which is kept moist. 
The constant evaporation of the moisture 
in a current of air cools the temperature, 
just as the porous containers used in the 
tropics cool water. No doubt some of 
our readers can advise on the construc¬ 
tion of this cold closet, and give sugges¬ 
tions about it. 
April 19, 1924 
proved good in this case, and after being 
treated came out sweet and free from 
anv undesirable flavor. 
MBS. LILLI0 YORK. 
That Handy Watch 
Purifying Lard Which Has Been Scorched 
It often happens when cooking out 
lard that the mass is scorched so as to 
render it unfit for use. Only a small 
piece of the fat may adhere to bottom of 
kettle, but unless removed, will give the 
whole batch a distinctive burnt odor 
which renders it unfit for use in cooking. 
I have purified more than one kettle of 
scorched lard in the following way, after 
which it was white, sweet and of fine 
flavor. 
Place lard in iron kettle and melt with 
a slow fire. Dissolve half a pound of 
baking soda in one gallon of water, this 
amount for one can of five to six gal¬ 
lons of lard. Add to the lard and bring 
slowly to a boil. Cook until all water 
is out, skimming off the brown scum 
which will rise to the top. When water 
is out, allow lard to cool 30 minutes and 
strain into container, rejecting any sedi¬ 
ment which may be settled in bottom ol 
kettle. I have used this plan with lard 
which seemed hopeless, being so badly 
scorched that it was of a brown color, 
with the same good results. 
It sometimes happens that lard be¬ 
comes rancid, which is caused from not 
being cooked long enough to extract all 
moisture. The above method has also 
The letters from different people telling 
what they would do with $20, if they had 
it to spend for Christmas, were very in¬ 
teresting, I thought. I did have $4.85 
given to me Christmas, and I bought a 
midget watch of a well-known make with 
part of it, and it has paid for itself al¬ 
ready. Our clock and all the timepieces 
in the liouse went on a strike about the 
time I bought it, so we had to depend on 
my watch. . A . . .. 
My sewing machine is upstairs, and it 
has saved me many trips downstairs to 
see if it were time to get a meal, or some 
other duty needed doing. 
In the Summer I expect it will save me 
a good many steps, for it is going berry¬ 
ing and into the garden with me. It cost 
$3.50. BOSINA. 
Sauerkraut in Small Quantities 
Sometimes one has a head of cabbage 
too largj for immediate use* That which 
is left over can be put in a jar with a 
little salt; just sprinkle with salt, mix well 
and process firmly in the jar, pint, quart 
or half gallon, as your family need it. 
It will ferment, and after it has gone 
through its process is made airtight, and 
kraut will keep for years. When made 
this way put in cellar or other storeroom 
during fermenting, so it is out of the way. 
I put it up in large quantities for Win¬ 
ter, and we have it all Summer until it is 
used up. MBS. A. K. 
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RED WHEEL 
2062. O h 1 1 d’» 
bloomer dress hav¬ 
ing kimono sleeves, 
front insets and 
plain back. Bloom¬ 
ers gathered at 
waist and knees. 
Sizes 2, 4 and 6 
years. Size 4 years 
requires 2% yards 
32 to 36-in. mater¬ 
ial. 20 cents. 
rear April 6-12. The farm dweller be¬ 
comes familiar with animals from in¬ 
fancy, and gains a knowledge of them, 
find love for them, that the town dweller 
rarely realizes. The Humane Society 
has this to say regarding “Be Kind to 
Animals Week”; 
A week every year is set apart by the 
American Humane Society of Boston tor 
the consideration of the claims animals 
have upon us for the invaluable seivice 
thev render to mankind. 
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