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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Juno 14. 1924 
WOMAN AND HOME 
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From Day to Day 
My Country 
The love of field and coppice, 
Of green and shaded lanes, 
Of ordered wood and gardens 
Is running in your veins; 
Strong love of gray-blue distance. 
Brown streams and soft, dim skies— 
1 know but cannot share it, 
My love is otherwise. 
I love a sunburnt country, 
A land of sweeping plains, 
Of ragged mountain ranges, 
Of droughts and flooding rains. 
I love her far horizons, 
I love her jewel-sea, 
Her beauty and her terror— 
The wide brown land for me! 
The stark white ring-barked forests, 
All tragic to the moon, 
The sapphire-misted mountains, 
The hot gold hush of noon. 
Green tangle of the brushes, 
Where lithe lianas coil, 
And orchids deck the tree-tops 
And ferns the warm dark soil. 
Core of my heart, my country ! 
Her pitiless blue sky, 
When sick at heart, around us, 
We see the cattle die— 
But then the gray clouds gather, 
And we can bless again 
The drumming of an army, 
The steady, soaking rain. 
Core of my heart, my country! 
Land of the Rainbow Gold, 
For flood and fire and famine, 
She pays us back threefold. 
Over the thirsty paddocks, 
Watch, after many days, 
The filmy veil of greenness 
That thickens as we gaze. 
An opal-hearted country, 
A wilful, lavish land— 
All you who have not loved her, 
You will not understand— 
Though earth holds many splendors, 
Wherever I may die, 
I know to what brown country 
My homing thoughts will fly. 
—Dorothea Mackellar, in 
“A Book of Australasian Verse.” 
We are asked to give a recipe for 
chocolate eclairs. The following is from 
Mrs. Borer’s cook book: The same paste 
and tilling is used for cream puffs. Ma¬ 
terials required for the paste, ^ pint 
water, 4 oz. flour, 2 oz. butter, four eggs. 
But the water and butter on the fire in a 
saucepan ; as soon ae it boils turn in the 
flour and stir over the fire until it sticks 
together, making a smooth ball which 
leaves the pan. Stand away to cool. 
When cool, add one egg at a time, beating 
vigorously all the time. After adding 
the last egg, beat for five minutes. Stand 
in a warm place for half an hour, stir¬ 
ring occasionally. Then form the eclairs 
on a buttered tin ; a pastry bag or tube is 
used to press out the batter like a rope. 
A space of about 2 in. is left between 
them. Bake 20 minutes in a quick oven, 
or until dpne. When properly baked they 
are very light, with a tender crust outside. 
They must be watched when in the oven, 
for they burn easily. When perfectly 
cold, make an opening in the side and in¬ 
sert the filling. 
The filling requires % pint milk, four 
eggs, one tablespoon cornstarch, four 
tablespoons sugar, one teaspoon vanilla. 
Put the milk on to boil in a double boiler. 
Beat the eggs without separating with 
the sugar until light, add the cornstarch 
to this, and stir into the boiling milk. 
Stir over the fire till rather thick, then 
add the vanilla, and set away until cool. 
When filled, make an icing by melting 
2 oz. of chocolate, then add four table¬ 
spoons of powdered sugar, and stir till it 
forms a paste. Dip the bottom of each 
eclair into the icing, and stand it away 
to dry. 
The same paste and the same filling 
are used for cream puffs, but the paste is 
dropped on the tin in tablespoonfuls, 2 
in. apart, to make the round puff. Either 
cream puffs or eclairs are very delicious 
if filled with whipped cream instead of 
the boiled filling. 
* 
Many farm women write us asking 
about opportunities to ship outdoor flow¬ 
ers for sale in New York. We are not 
able to offer much encouragement, and 
feel that it would be wiser to seek local 
sale than to ship Summer flowers any 
distance. Many of the wholesale dealers 
are discouraging shipments of this kind, 
not only because the market is easily 
glutted in Summer, but also because 
many commercial florists raise outdoor 
flowers in Summer, and the dealers pre¬ 
fer to get flowers from regular growers, 
who consign stock all the year round. 
Express rates are high and returns are 
often disappointing. Wherever there is a 
chance to sell flowers locally this trade 
is likely to pay better than distant ship¬ 
ping. Summer hotels and boarding¬ 
houses offer one market for bouquets of 
outdoor flowers, which are used on the 
tables in the dining-room. The roadside 
stand offers another outlet. We think it 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and sizq desired, sending price with order 
2099. Girls’ slip¬ 
over dress, having 
round neck and 
tucks front and 
back; kimono sleeve 
side sections, with 
sleeve extension 
tucked at elbow. 
Sizes 4, 6, 8 and 10 
years. Size 6 years 
requires 1% yds. 
36-in. material. 20 
cents. 
2102. Slip - over 
dress, with front 
and back yoke, and 
with or without 
straight folds; long 
bell-shaped sleeves; 
for ladies and miss¬ 
es. Sizes 34, 36, 38, 
40, and 42 in. bust. 
Size 38 requires 4% 
yds. 40-in. material. 
20 cents. 
2105. Slip - over 
blouse, with front 
c 1 o s ing, mannish 
collar and set - in 
pockets; may be 
made with long or 
short sleeves; for 
ladies and misses. 
Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 
and 42 in. bust. 
Size 38 requires 2% 
yds. of 36-in. ma¬ 
terial. 20 cents. 
2107. Loug-waist- 
ed camisole 1o wear 
under over-blouses, 
to conceal the waist 
line of skirt; or may 
be attached to wrap 
around skirt. Sizes 
34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 
44 in. bust. Size 38 
requires 1% yds. of 
40-in. material for 
camisole and 2 yds. 
for skirt. 20 cents. 
The Home Dressmaker, Needlework In¬ 
structor and Fashion Book, Price 35 cents 
1 
will always be wise to look around for 
local opportunities before shipping out¬ 
door flowers lo the city, unless special 
conditions insure a market. 
Short Notice Fried Chicken 
In The R. N.-Y. of May 17 there is an 
article by Ruth W. Gordon in regard to 
canning chicken, and other meats, that is 
particularly interesting to me, as I have 
been doing this for many years. But as 
my method gives us delicious fined chick¬ 
en at short notice, if necessary, I would 
like to tell it to R. N.-Y. readers. 
For a chicken or fowl of 3% or 4 lbs. I 
use a quart can. Cut the chicken up as 
for fricasseeing, cutting the breast in 
three pieces and leaving out the back, 
neck and giblets. Pack in sterilized cans, 
fill with moderately hot water with one 
teaspoon of salt, put rubber on. then lid 
and one wire. Process for three hours 
if chicken, or four if fowl, remove and 
seal, but do not open can after cooking. 
If using a screw top, do not screw quite 
tight when filling. 
When wanted, place can in a slightly 
warm place where the jelly surrounding 
the chicken will melt, remove chicken 
carefully and put in a cold place to 
harden. Follow your own method of fry¬ 
ing in deep fat. having fat very hot. and 
it takes only a few minutes to brown. 
Liquid may be used for gravy, with kitch¬ 
en bouquet for color, or will make three 
servings of soup with rice. 
MARY J. WILBUR. 
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Bouquet Soap — 25c 
Colgate’s Talc—25c 
Colgate's "Handy Grip’’ 
Shaving Stick — 35c 
Colgate’s Rapid-Shave 
Cream —35c 
♦ 
“Oh! What 
Wonderful Teeth!” 
The joyful strains of Mendelssohn— 
and the happy pair turned to accept 
well wishes from their friends. 
And one enraptured guest, as the radi¬ 
ant bride smiled in acknowledgment, 
was heard distinctly to exclaim: 
“Oh! What wonderful teeth! ” * 
Wonderful teeth are not a matter of good 
luck, but of good care. Good-looking people 
all over the world use Colgate’s Ribbon 
Dental Cream. It cleans teeth the right 
way—“washes” and polishes—does not 
scratch or scour. It is a safe, common sense 
dentifrice that makes your teeth glisten as 
nature meant them to. 
Large tube, 25c—at your favorite store. 
COLGATE & CO. 
Established 1806 
Farm Folks know 
die Name "Colgate” 
on Toilet Articles 
corresponds to 
"Sterling” on Silver 
+An actual incident 
at a recent society 
wedding 
Truth, in advertising 
implies honesty 
manufacture 
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A Modern Bathroom, $60 
Just one of our wonderful bargains. Set com¬ 
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bath tub, one 19 inch roll rim enamelled flat- 
back lavatory, and a syphon action, wash-dowu 
water closet with porcelain tank and oat post 
hinge seat; all china index faucets, nickel-plated 
traps, and all nickel-plated heavy fittings. 
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254 W. 34 St. Bet. 7th and 8th Avej. N. Y. C. 
INDIGESTION Comp ethicus Powder 
Jar—lti doses—50c 
Clear The Pores 
Of Impurities With 
Ciiiiciira Soap 
Soap, Ointment, Talcum sold everywhere. 
The Household Painter 
by A. Ashmun Kelly 
Practical directions for painting, deco¬ 
rating, papering;, calcimining, wood fin¬ 
ishing and staining, varnishing, etc. 
Price $1.25 
From RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St.. N. Y. 
