The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1387 
Notes from Oklahoma 
Just now we are enjoying lovely Au¬ 
tumn days out here in the great West. 
The heat of Summer has passed and the 
days are so pleasant with nights just cool 
enough* for refreshing sleep and rest. Our 
Summer was also very pleasant, with only 
a very few really warm days. We are 
just near enough to the wide prairies to 
enjoy the constant breeze throughout the 
long Summer days; the approach of the 
evening always means a lowering of the 
temperature to the extent that a light cov¬ 
ering is almost always needed during the 
night. 
This is “cotton pickin’ time in Dixie,” 
and the farm folk are working overtime 
trying to gather the fairly good crop cf 
cotton. Cotton picking always means 
busy work for everyone, from the oldest 
to the youngest, and often the babies oc¬ 
cupy a pallet under a tree while the 
mother does her bit toward getting this, 
our great money crop, gathered and sold 
before the advent of wintry weather. The 
district schools in the cotton growing sec¬ 
tions close early in September and remain 
closed until about November 1, when the 
bulk of the .cotton has been gathered, 
when the schools begin again, and the 
remnant of the picking is done on Satur¬ 
days and evenings after school. The yield 
of cotton is somewhat above the average 
this year, and farmers are happy, for not 
only is the cotton crop good, but corn, 
wheat, oats, hay, cane and other feed 
crops are all good, and there will be an 
immense amount of fine feed stored on 
the farms before the approach of cold 
weather. Then the fruits all yielded well, 
as did potatoes and other truck crops. 
The making of country sorghum is being 
revived in this section, and many mills 
are busy for the first time since the high 
prices of war times caused farm folk to 
turn to commercial syrups instead of the 
old-fashioned wholesome molasses made 
from cane grown at home. Years ago 
every farm smokehouse held the sorghum 
barrel, filled to the brim with clear, sweet 
sorghum, which was not only used on the 
table, but gingerbread, molasses cake and 
other wholesome sweets were plentiful on 
the farm table. 
Jack Frost has not made his first call 
yet, and our woods and open fields are 
beautiful with all the brilliant colors of 
Autumn; a stroll in the woods at this 
season reveals to us all the supreme beau¬ 
ties of Nature. The trees are dressed in 
the loveliest of colors; the purple of the 
black gums, the yellow of the hickory 
trees, the brown of the chinquapins, and 
the marvelous shades of green, brown, yel¬ 
low and purple found among the foliage 
of the numerous family of oaks, all of 
which grow in great numbers in our un¬ 
limited area of woods. Then we have 
walnuts, hickorynuts and pecans, which 
may be had for the gathering. 
Last week was the occasion of our 
county fair, also the State Fair, held at 
Muskogee. Both were exceptionally fine, 
with numerous exhibits in all depart¬ 
ments; the canned fruit, jellies and other 
domestic science exhibits were unusually 
fine, as were also the handiwork, quilts, 
etc., all of which prove that the home¬ 
making craft has not been entirely for¬ 
gotten by the women of the West. 
Just now we are in the midst of a 
busy college term with children who must 
answer to roll call at eight in the morn¬ 
ing, which means early rising and meals 
on time at morning and noon. It requires 
both time and means to keep children in 
college four to six years, yet every de¬ 
cade makes the proper fitting of our 
young people more important, since com¬ 
petition grows stronger as the years go 
by and, no doubt, the same conditions will 
continue to be in the future as at pres¬ 
ent. MBS. LILLIE YORK. 
When Eggs Are Scarce 
Try these recipes, which are favorites 
in our family, even when eggs are abun¬ 
dant. 
Eggless Chocolate Cake.—Two cups 
dark brown sugar, one cup buttermilk or 
sour milk, scant half cup butter, or one- 
third cup substitute, half cup cocoa 
sifted with two level cups pastry flour, 
salt, if butter substitute has been used, 
and vanilla. Mix well, then add half 
cup hot water or coffee in which one level 
teaspoon of soda has been dissolved. Use 
as a loaf, or in layer with this filling, 
one cup confectioners’ sugar, one table¬ 
spoon melted butter, two teaspoons cocoa, 
creamed together; add two tablespoons 
hot coffee. 
To vary the above cake recipe, for 
spice cake, use flour for cocoa, and use 
with soda, at the last, half cup coffee in 
which one cup seeded raisins have been 
simmered until tender. Drain raisins 
and knead with half cup flour, additional. 
Add spices to taste. 
Mother’s One-egg Cake.—One egg, 
beaten, eight full tablespoons sweet milk, 
one cup white sugar 1 % tablespoons 
melted butter, a little salt, and flavoring, 
two teaspoons baking powder sifted with 
1% level cups best bread flour, or nearly 
two cups pastry flour. It is unusual to 
use bread flour for cake, but this recipe 
is much the better when made with it. 
One-egg Cookies.—Two cups white 
sugar or light yellow, one cup buttermilk 
or sour milk, one cup butter or substi¬ 
tute, or half and half; one teaspoon 
soda; salt and vanilla to taste; flour to 
mix soft. To handle easily, use a pan¬ 
cake turner to lift cookies into the pan. 
G. A. T. 
Early Training in Table 
Manners 
For most of us the season of boarding 
thrashers and extra men is over, and we 
are thankfully looking forward to having 
only our own families about our table 
once more. Because of the heavy Sum¬ 
mer’s work we have sensibly sacrificed 
the niceties and formalities of table ser¬ 
vice, and have had to he content, even 
though our hearts rebelled, with oilcloth 
on our table to save laundering, and with 
carelessly placed dishes and silver. 
The result of this has been a decided 
lapse in the good table manners of our 
children,*and perhaps of our own. Now 
that we are alone again, let us try to 
undo this as best we can. Tablecloths 
help to make the service quieter, and 
doilies are attractive, so let us use one or 
the other this Winter when the work is 
not so hard. Teach the children how to 
set the table correctly, and let them take 
turns in providing an attractive bouquet 
or centerpiece. It is much easier for 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
2126. Misses’ dress, 
having full gathered 
skirt joined to semi- 
fitted' bodice. Sizes 
16, 18 and 20 years. 
Size 18 requires 3 l /i 
yds. 40 t<5 44-in. ma¬ 
terial. Twenty cents. 
2123. Tunic over- 
blouse in two 
lengths; short ki¬ 
mono sleeves with 
long sleeve exten¬ 
sion. Sizes 34, 36, 
38, 40 and 42 in. 
bust. Size 38 re¬ 
quires 2 Vi yds. 36- 
in. material and % 
yd. contrasting ma¬ 
terial for trimming. 
Twenty cents. 
and tie in one, and 
with or without 
pockets and side 
panels; for ladies 
and misses. Sizes 
34, 36, 38, 40 and 
42 in. bust. Size 38 
requires 4% yds. 36- 
in. material. Twen¬ 
ty cents. 
1879. Girls’ Prin¬ 
cess slip, with two 
styles of back; one 
a straight piece, the 
other a skirt portion 
gathered to straight 
top. Sizes 4, 6, 8, 
10, 12 and 14 years. 
Size 8 years requires 
1% yds. 32-in. ma¬ 
terial. Twenty cents. 
The Home Dressmaker, Need’ework In¬ 
structor and Fashion Book, New Edition, 
15 oents. 
them, as well as the grown-ups, to be 
careful about spilling food on the cloth 
if the table is attractive and they can 
take a personal pride in having made it 
so. It is too bad that it is necessary to 
keep “everlastingly at it” as to the proper 
way to sit, the correct way to handle the 
knife and fork and spoon, to see that the 
food is not gobbled, as well as keeping a 
sharp outlook that the proper amount of 
milk, vegetables, bread and fruit, and not 
too many sweets, are consumed. One 
sometimes feels that this takes so much 
time that none is left for pleasant con¬ 
versation, but better so than taking that 
time to discuss the latest murder story or 
some sensational neighborhood gossip. 
However, if care is taken to begin when 
the children are* young and the parents 
are a shining example before them they 
will swing into the right way, and it will 
not be necessary to bring up the subject 
at every meal. There are some who are 
able to acquire a “company manner,” 
but that is not true good breeding. 
Aside from the benefit to the charac¬ 
ter, which is of course most important 
and far-reaching, there is probably noth¬ 
ing which adds to the dignity and formal¬ 
ity of a meal as does the fine old custom 
of giving thanks. 
So let us do all we can to prevent our 
children, when they go out into the world 
of men, from being harshly criticized be¬ 
cause of their lack of social training in 
their youth. a farm woman. 
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SELF-FEEDING 
Needs coal only once 
every 12 hours 
Write for 
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