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"with a great philosopher who wrote: 
‘‘’Men do not realize how beautiful fire 
is.” At any season when there is dry 
grass about the base of my incinerator, I 
sprinkle it before starting a blaze; and 
always before making any brush bonfire, 
1 fill a plant sprinkler and have it in 
readiness for emergencies. Nothing else 
will extinguish fire so quickly with the 
same amount of water. g. a. t. 
A Perfect Omelet 
Now that eggs are plentiful, some of 
your readers might like to try a “perfect” 
omelet with variations. 
Take one more egg than people to 
serve, and two if convenient. Beat whites 
very stiff, and the yolks very thoroughly, 
separately, putting in sufficient salt for 
seasoning. When beaten, sprinkle a lit¬ 
tle flour (very little if a few eggs are 
used) into the yolks, stirring it with a 
spoon, and then stir in lightly the stiffly 
beaten whites. Have a skillet well heat¬ 
ed ; also heat a lid quite hot; put a small 
amount of butter in, and when it has 
melted over the skillet, pour in the egg, 
covering with the hot lid. Let this cook 
on a moderately hot place a few minutes, 
then lift the edges a little to see that it 
does not burn. When brown, fold to¬ 
gether and place on a platter. It will 
make a lovely puff, delicious to see and 
taste. If this can be placed in the oven 
to cook it will be even more perfect, and 
no lid needed. 
h or variation, if one has about two 
tablespoons of cooked rice, it can be 
stirred into the yolk, and then add a little 
flour with si mere pinch of baking powder 
mixed in it. Stir in the beaten whites 
and cook as before. Or some ham or 
tongue minced finely and sprinkled over 
omelet before folding it over makes it 
very tasty. Some may like jelly. This 
is a little more trouble than scrambled 
^ggs, but is well worth a trial, as served 
with creamed or fried potatoes, hot bis- 
< uits and honey or jam, it makes a very 
appetizing and wholesome lunch or sup¬ 
per, and the omelet is as a rule lovely to 
Fudge Cake 
One cup sugar, two tablespoons cocoa, 
one-fourth cup butter, one egg, one tea¬ 
spoon salt, one teaspoon soda, dissolved 
in one-half cup sour milk, 11/ 2 cups flour, 
one-fourth cup boiling water, one tea¬ 
spoon vanilla. Filling—One-half cup 
hot water, one-half tablespoon cocoa, one- 
third cup sugar, one-half tablespoon but¬ 
ter. one tablespoon cornstarch, mixed 
with one-half cup cold water. Cook until 
thick, add one teaspoon vanilla and 
spread when cool. Sprinkle with pow¬ 
dered sugar on top. M s 
Tennessee Notes 
I wonder what the average girl of to¬ 
day would think if she could be trans¬ 
ported backward to my own girlhood 
days, or even a bit farther back to where 
candlelight was the only illumination, the 
fireplace the only method of cooking, 
matches a rarity and the coals kept alive 
in the fireplace, with the addition of bark 
covered with ashes. To borrow fire was 
so common that even to the present day 
we ask the hurried neighbor, “What’s 
your haste? Did you come after fire?” 
What would I not give for one good 
meal of the old-time cooking with the 
old-time flavor! The potpie of chicken, 
brown and rich, the juicy sweet potatoes, 
the puffed-up biscuits cooked to perfec¬ 
tion in the iron ovens, possessed a tang 
of their own that I have never since 
tasted, or was it the hungry zest of child¬ 
hood and the loving glances of the aged 
grandma that added to the flavor? Happy, 
healthy childhood, when we worked in 
the field or in the house, when a play 
hour was a rare treat, and we climbed 
trees, hunted grapes, built play-houses, 
and enjoyed life! 
Children do not seem to know how to 
play nowadays. I am not complaining; 
times have changed and we with them, 
but if a present-day girl with bobbed 
hair, painted cheeks, powdered face, 
thinly clad, should have come in their 
midst then some might have prayed for 
her, but many would have refused to as¬ 
sociate with her. The woman who powd¬ 
ered her nose was looked on with a bit of 
suspicion, but the evil gradually crept in 
until young girls with neither wisdom 
nor discretion are not only ruining their 
complexion but eyesight as well, with the 
extravagant use of cheap powders. 
Our table fare has changed as well. 
Then sugar, was used only in sickness or 
for company ; jellies, preserves, etc., were 
kept under lock and key, and woe to the 
young folks who asked for a second help¬ 
ing of these dainties.' True, we had 
all varieties of dried fruits, but very lit¬ 
tle of canned goods.. How the work ac¬ 
complished then was ever performed is 
beyond my comprehension. Flax was 
raised, pulled, hackled, spun and woven 
into sheets, towels, bed-ticks, tablecloths, 
and men’s Sunday shirts of the flax 
thread, while the tow filling, a coarser 
variety than the finer fibers, was used 
for weaving the everyday Summer wear. 
For Winter wear the wool was carded, 
spun, dyed, and woven into linseys for 
dresses, jeans for suits and blankets for 
bedding. Carpet rags were always to 
cut, quilts to piece or to quilt. They 
were quilted in that day and time too; 
no vacant space larger than your thumb 
nail on some fancy quilts. The woman 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
who failed to make quilts or could not 
quilt was—well she was considered lack¬ 
ing. A girl must learn to spin, weave, 
sew, quilt, cook; she was supposed to 
begin to make herself a bed. The geese 
or ducks were usually on the farm to sup¬ 
ply the feathers, and such feather beds 
as the old-fashioned four-posters held, 
and how high and downy they were and 
how we used to wonder what was hiding 
under the white curtains that hung in 
ripping folds all around the edges, and 
always lacked the courage to peep under 
and see! 
No idle children then; always some¬ 
thing to do, each one a certain stint. So 
many cuts of thread or yarn to spin, so 
many yards to weave, so many apples or 
peaches to pare, so many berries to pick, 
so many rows of corn to hoe, so many 
rows to thin by hand, so many stumped 
toes to tie up. so many stone bruises to 
doctor. And one Sunday dress to be oh, 
so careful .of! Shoes usually homemade 
ones that really looked worse than our 
bare feet; dresses that sometimes on lit¬ 
tle fellows tipped the heels, pantalets 
long and white, sunbonnets with paste- 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
/Zy YY 2069. Girls’ dress, 
^ baling short kimo¬ 
no sleeves with 
2048. La d i e s’ turn back cuffs, and 
dress with side- shaped collar; dress 
front closing, ba- slashed and gathered 
teau neck and long at low waist. Sizes 
fitted sleeves, 8, 10, 12 and 14 
plain back with years. Size 10 years 
tucks at waist requires 2% yards 
line. Sizes 36, 38, of 32-in. material 
40, 42 and 44-in. with % yard 36-in. 
bust. Size 40 re- contrasting mater- 
quires 3% yards of ial for trimming. 
40-in. material. 20 20 cents. 
2061. Slip-on 
2004. Child’s overblouse with 
bloomer dress with eonvertible collar, 
round yoke, kimono and bound button- 
sleeves and long; boles in front, 
sleeve extensions, through which to 
Sizes 2, 4 and C slip ribbon tie; for 
years. Size 4 years ladies and misses, 
requires 1% yards Sizes 34 , 36, 38, 40 
of 36 to 40-in. ma- and 42-in. bust, 
terial for dress and Size 38 requires 2% 
1% yards for yards 30-in. mater- 
bloomers. 20 cents, ial. 20 cents. 
The Home Dressmaker, Fashion Book 
and Needlework Instructor, 35 cents. 
"yes. And what a wonderful 
ally he has in that piano" 
The assurance one feels 
when owning a good piano 
W HAT a pleasure it is for the owner of a Weaver 
Piano to entertain a gathering of friends with a 
musical evening. What assurance such a hostess may 
feel as the artist brings forth its beautiful tones in 
piquant staccato or thundering forte. What enjoy¬ 
ment she sees on the faces of the absorbed listeners. 
What pride, in owning such a superb instrument. 
The wonderful qualities of the Weaver charm the 
listener, and thrill the player. And this beauty of tone 
and mechanical perfection that so distinguish the 
W eaver remain unimpaired through a lifetime of con¬ 
stant use. Time serves only to increase the cumulative 
enjoyment and satisfaction of its possessor. 
! ully prepared for every musical contingency is the 
owner of a Weaver Piano. With confidence and plea¬ 
sure she may look forward to formal entertainments, or 
a jolly evening of songs and dances; to the visit of a 
fine player, or the chance request to play something, of 
a friend who drops in to call. 
^ our home should have a good piano. Write for 
the interesting Weaver catalog, describing how the 
Weaver Piano is built, and why it gives years of satis¬ 
faction, Convenient terms are easily arranged, and a 
liberal allowance made on your former piano. 
WEAVER PIANO COMPANY, Inc. 
Factory and General Offices: York, Pa. 
Weaver , York and Livingston Pianos and Player Pianos 
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board splits, and one was indeed dressed 
up if she possessed a white bonnet, which 
was very often borrowed by those not so 
fortunate as to own one. 
Today, with all our privileges, with all 
our blessings, with all our enlighten¬ 
ments, with all the modern conveniences 
available, are we really any happier than 
they who lived their lives of usefulness 
happy in not knowing the luxuries, not 
missed because never possessed, helping 
one another in sickness, in death, in life 
and in health? No neighbor too busy 
to lend a helping hand, no night too dark 
or too cold to go at the call of distress. 
“Turn backward, turn backward, 
Oh time in your flight; 
Make me a child again, 
Just for tonight.” 
Just for tonight give me the heart of 
my childhood, where the rag doll, the 
moss-covered play horse, the sticks and 
stones were realities in the land of jnake- 
believe; when every smile was from a 
kind heart, when all the earth was made 
for me alone, when the birds and their 
music, the sunlight, even the rainbow 
contained the richest of blessing for my 
choosing; joy in the patter of the rain, 
joy in the making of mud pies, joy in 
just racing to the highest hill and draw¬ 
ing in a good deep breath, sending abroad 
the challenge of childhood to a world 
that was then all unknown. 
MBS. D. B. P. 
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bath tub, one 19 inch roll rim enamelled Hat- 
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traps, and all nickel-plated heavy fittings. 
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