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Tb' RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 3, 1924 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Friendship 
Wiliat is the best a friend can be 
To any soul, to you or me? 
Not only shelter, comfort, rest— 
Inmost refreshment unexpressed ; 
Not only a beloved guide 
To tread life’s labyrinth at our side, 
Or with love’s touch lead on before: 
Though these be much, there yet is more. 
Can friend lose friend? Believe it not! 
The tissue whereof life is wrought, 
Weaving the separate into one, 
Nor end hath, nor beginning, spun 
'Prom subtle threads of destiny, 
Finer than thought of man can see; 
God takes not back His gifts divine : 
While thy soul lives, thy friend is thine. 
—Lucy Larcom. 
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One of the interesting household appli¬ 
ances noted in a city store was a pastry 
decorating set with which to put fancy 
icings upon cakes. The set consists of a 
nickel-plated syringe and 12 attachable 
tubes. Each tube makes an individual, 
distinctive design. Simply by pressing 
the handle, luscious ribbons of icing 
spread over your cakes, and may be twist¬ 
ed and turned into interesting designs to 
please your artistic taste and tempera¬ 
ment. The set costs .$3. 
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The government bulletin entitled 
“Houseeleaning Made Easy” (Farmers’ 
Bulletin 1180), says that a duster can 
be oiled to hold dust by applying a few 
drops of kerosene or light lubricating oil 
in one corner, then rolling the cloth and 
letting it stand until the oil is spread 
evenly. This is very simple, and the dust¬ 
er is washed like any other. It is a sad 
mistake to use a so-called dustless duster 
until it is so soiled that it makes streaks. 
We are asked to give a recipe for 
Thousand Islands salad dressing. One 
of our friends says this seemed especially 
popular on the Pacific coast, where she 
met it everywhere. This dressing has 
mayonnaise as a foundation. To one cup 
of mayonnaise add six tablespoons of chili 
sauce, two chopped sweet peppers, either 
green or red, and one-half tablespoon 
chopped chives. 
5k 
A government formula for poisoning 
rats and mice is to use barium carbonate, 
one teaspoon mixed with eight teaspoons 
rolled oats; add enough water to make a 
stiff paste, and place this poisoned bait 
where the animals are known to run, 
using a teaspoon in a place, or the poison 
may be spread on fish, bread and butter, 
or moistened toast, and placed in the 
runs. 
Tennessee Notes 
In looking over some old papers I read 
J. P. P.’s article on cotton growing in 
Massachusetts, and I am wondering if 
transplanted cotton plants would ever 
make a commercial profit. We here in 
t: e eastern part of Tennessee sometimes 
raise a bit of cotton for home use, and 
some people run the furrows, then drop 
the seed by hand, quite thick, and allow 
it 'to lie exposed to the elements for sev¬ 
eral days. The claim is that this method 
softens’the hull and plants come up soou- 
er. In sowing beet seeds, to lay boards 
along on top of ridge after seeds are 
sown hastens germination, but one should 
not leave the boards on too long, as I did 
the sacks over my tomato seed, sown in 
the hotbed. When I raised the sacks I 
raised the young tomato plants, that, like 
Jonah’s gourd vine, had sprung up al¬ 
most in one night. 
After many trials we find cornmeal the 
best material in which to mix tobacco 
seed for sowing. Sand or fertilizer are 
heavier than the seed and do not mix 
even, or show up like the meal. 
A friend sent us a book, “Joe, the 
Book Farmer” ; it is surely fine, and one 
boy can lardly wait for another to finish 
the reading. While the farm profits may 
be a bit exaggerated, it proves the value 
of intensive instead of extensive farm¬ 
ing- 
Our library is surely filling up; we 
now have 134 books enlisted. “Uncle 
Tom’s Cabin,” one of my childhood fa¬ 
vorites, is one of our latest treasures. 
Ous school came to a finis March 21. 
Measles had prevented several from at¬ 
tending the last two weeks. Our teacher 
decided on a picnic, place to be decided 
on Friday morning. Rain favored the 
sehoolhouse. We fixed up our luncheons, 
baked chicken, dressing, pies, cakes, eggs, 
pickles, jellies, sandwiches, etc., and 
turned the young folks loose in the house. 
“Blind Man’s Buff,” “Where you are, 
who you are with, and what you are do¬ 
ing.” “The Green family,” “Thimble,” 
“Cross questions and silly answers,” 
etc., were among the games played, and, 
taken altogether, it was a pleasant day, 
enjoyed by old and young, with a bit of 
sadness at eventide as we parted, with 
the thought that our second session of 
school was a thing of the past, with its 
opportunities, its mis-spent or wasted 
hours, gone forever. 
Wonder when will boys learn to be 
careful of their hard-earned money, or 
that everyone is not just as honest as 
they should be? A letter from the eldest 
lad in Detroit bore the discouraging news 
that someone stole a pair of pants and 
$187 in cash from him. All the pity in 
the world cannot bring his money back. 
I can only hope that it will teach him 
and others not to keep their money 
around in a room. Banks are safer. 
With the warm days of approaching 
Spring, Winter diet has begun to pall. 
We have exchanged the heavier beans for 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
2076. Nightgown, 
with yoke effect, 
for ladies and miss¬ 
es. Sizes 36, 40 
and 44 in. bust. 
Size 36 is suitable 
for sizes 34 and 36, 
size 40 for 38 and 
40, and 44 for 42 and 
44 in. bust. Any 
size requires 3% 
yds. 36-in. material. 
20 cents. 
2065. Child’s dress, 
having bateau ueeb, 
tucks front and 
back, and lower 
edge of dress per¬ 
forated for trim¬ 
ming bands. Sizes 
1, 2, 4 and 6 years. 
Size 4 years re¬ 
quires 1% yds. of 
32 to 36-in. materi¬ 
al. 20 cents. 
2070. Misses’ one- 
piece dress, having 
detachable vest and 
long or elbow length 
sleeves. Sizes 16, 
18 and 20 years. 
Size 18 requires 3% 
yds. of 32 to 40-in., 
or 2% yds. of 54- 
in. material, with 
1 % yds. 36 to 40- 
in. contrasting ma¬ 
terial. 20 cents. 
2077. Girls’ dress, 
having blouse with 
set-in sleeves, gath- 
ered yoke and 
s 1 a s hed, gathered 
sides; full shirred 
skirt. Sizes 8, 10, 
12 and 14 years. 20 
cents. 
“The Home Dressmaker,” Fashion Book 
and Needlework Instructor, price 35 cents. 
the small white ones; 16-cents-per-dozen 
eggs, served in different ways, go a long 
way. Such a contrast between the price 
of eggs and chickens and the price of 
slippers, hats, etc., which I priced but 
did not buy. 
Our first hen, set for luck, did not turn 
out so well. King, a foxhound, property 
of one of the boys, hatched every individ¬ 
ual egg one week ahead of time. No more 
hens have showed any signs of broodi¬ 
ness, and as the corncrib is not very full, 
corn $1 per bushel, chickens no price, am 
not worrying. Why should one worry? 
I’ve learned-by experience that there is 
nothing to it. mrs. d. b. p. 
Keeping Bacon; Canning 
I enjoy reading what others do in can¬ 
ning, for a person can learn a lot. In 
answer to Mrs. E. D. G., as to keeping 
bacon fresh, slice it thin, as for frying. 
I use the glasses that bacon and dried 
beef come in, and pack the bacon around 
the jar, and as solidly as possible. Then 
cover with lard, then paraffin. If you do 
not have the tin tops, put heavy paper 
on, then fasten down with an old can rub¬ 
ber. I find these good for that. Bacon 
will keep as fresh as new. I keep it until 
late in the Fall. I keep sausage in the 
same way, and it will keep until late 
Spring. 
When baking day 
is not "roasting” day 
You can have a cool, comfortable kitchen, even in the 
hottest weather, if you use the right kind of stove 
Y OU must have a hot fire for 
quick cooking, of course. 
But you don’t need to heat up 
the entire kitchen to prepare a 
meal. 
When you cook on a Florence 
Oil Range you have intense 
heat whenever you need it, but 
the heat is concentrated under 
the cooking and does not spread 
out into the room. 
Roasts, vegetables, and des¬ 
serts, or whatever you may 
wish, are done to a turn when 
cooked on the 
Florence. 
Make this 
experiment 
Go to a depart¬ 
ment, furniture, 
or hardware store 
and ask to see 
a Florence Oil 
Range. Turn the 
lever and touch a 
match to the Asbestos Kindler. 
Notice how easy it is to start. 
Then, when the clear blue flame 
is radiating intense heat, place 
your hand against the outer 
shell of the burner. You will be 
astonished to find it scarcely 
warm. 
In the Florence practically 
all of the heat is directed into 
the cooking. Very little is ab¬ 
sorbed by the stove or escapes 
into the kitchen. 
This means quick, inexpensive 
cooking and a cool, comfortable 
kitchen. 
The clean, gas-like flame is 
produced from kerosene vapor 
—most inexpensive. It is not 
a wick flame, such as you see 
in the ordinary oil lamp. 
This stove is sturdy, and is 
simple in construction. Every 
part is accessible for cleaning. 
It has many refinements you 
will appreciate, such as the de¬ 
vice for setting the stove level 
on an uneven floor and the light 
but unbreakable oil-container. 
Beauty in the kitchen 
Your kitchen can be made as 
attractive as any other room in 
the house when you install a 
Florence Oil Range. It is fin¬ 
ished in fine porcelain enamel 
(blue or white) with black 
enamel frame and nickel 
trimmings. Examine a Florence 
Oil Range carefully, and con¬ 
vince yourself it is j ust the stove 
you have always wanted. 
This booklet 
“Get Rid of the 
‘Cook Look’ ” is 
title of a booklet 
containing prac¬ 
tical information 
about oil stoves. 
Send us your ad¬ 
dress and we will 
mail it to you. 
The Big 
Burners 
keep the flame 
close upunderthe 
cooking. This 
means economy 
of fuel. 
is free 
Portable Oven 
The “baker’s 
arch” and the 
special heat- 
spreader assure 
best results in any 
kind of baking. 
Florence Stove Company, Dept. 624, Gardner, Mass. 
Makers of Florence Oil Ranges, Florence Ovens, Florence Water Heaters, and Florence Oil Heaters 
Made and Sold in Canada by McClary’s, London, Canada 
FLORENCE 
OIL RANGE 
Entire Content* 
© 1924. V. S. Co. 
