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February  10,  1923 
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errands  in  one  trip  to  the  basement.  1 
think  this  saves  as  many  steps  as  any  of 
the  dumb  waiters. 
MRS.  NELLIE  BARKER. 
Letters  of  an  Indiana  Farmer 
“And  I  positively  will  not  carry  in  any 
more  wood  this  year  !” 
The  farmer  made  this  announcement 
with  a  dramatic  flourish,  as  if  it  were 
really  some  sort  of  declaration  of  inde¬ 
pendence.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  like  most 
flourishes,  it  didn’t  mean  anything — ex¬ 
cept  that  the  weather  was  mild,  the  wood- 
boxes  full,  and  1923  was  only  a  few 
hours  away.  In  truth,  I  do  not  mind  fill¬ 
ing  woodboxes.  They  are  not  an  orna¬ 
mental  addition  to  the  kitchen,  but  they 
do  give  their  proprietor  a  comfortable 
feeling  of  provision  against  onslaughts  of 
the  elements,  a  feeling  also  given  by  well- 
filled  cellar,  cupboard  and  emergency 
shelf.  I  suppose  it  is  a  sort  of  squirrel 
instinct — though  the  psychologists  try  to 
tell  us  now  that  there  are  no  instincts. 
Firlands  managed  to  have  quite  a  mer¬ 
ry  Christmas  with  its  pieced-together 
family  :  the  “boss-lady,”  who  has  nobody 
nearer  than  cousins ;  Lula,  ten  thousand 
miles  from  her  own  people ;  even  Earl’s 
parents,  who  w’ere  invited  for  the  Christ¬ 
mas  Eve  suppr,  could  not  both  come,  as 
his  mother  had  promised  to  stay  with  a 
daughter.  So  representatives  of  three 
households  shared  the  oyster  soup  made 
by  Pom  Pom  (grandpa),  Lula’s  special 
Russian  Christmas  Eve  dishes  of  fried 
fish  and  “kutyi,”  and  “boss  lady’s”  can¬ 
dles,  coffee  and  grapejuice  a  la  Rural. 
This  grapejuice  was  put  up  with  fear 
and  trembling,  as  well  as  care,  only  a 
small  part  of  the  crop  being  used.  So  far 
as  examined  it  is  proving  to  be  astound- 
ingly  good,  pronounced  by  everybody  the 
very  .best  ever  tasted.  Though  made  of 
dark  grapes,  it  was  as  red  as  the  four 
Christmas  candles  that  graced  our  table, 
and,  without  straining,  clear  as  the  glass 
candlesticks  that  held  them.  It  does 
seem,  however,  not  quite  so  economical 
as  the  usual  way ;  I  cover  the  used  grapes 
with  water,  crush  and  heat,  and  get  quite 
a  bit  more  juice,  of  fair  quality,  after  the 
“de  luxe  edition”  is  gone.  My  neighbor 
says  that  some  of  hers,  canned  that  way, 
opened.  Of  course  one  guess  is  as  good 
as  another ;  mine  would  be,  imperfect 
sterilization  of  cans,  or  over-ripe  grapes. 
This  is  a  by-path  from  the  story  of  the 
Christmas  supper.  Lula's  “kutyi”  con¬ 
sists  of  rice  cooked  as  usual,  cooled,  and 
eaten  writh  a  sauce  made  of  poppy  seeds 
steamed,  crushed  and  mixed  w’ith  a  thin 
syrup  of  sugar  and  water.  The  poppy 
seeds  can  be  bought  in  little  packages  at 
fancy  groceries,  or  sometimes  in  bulk.  I 
brought  these  home  from  Richmond  after 
Lula  had  been  telling  me  of  the  old  cus¬ 
tom.  Eagerly  she  cried,  “I’m  going  to 
buy  five  pounds!”  “Hold  on — wait  till 
you  know  what  they  cost !”  It  seems 
that  they  cost  five  times  the  Russian 
price,  so  they  are  probably  all  imported. 
Johnnie  went  to  sleep  before  supper 
was  over.  His  tree  had  been  trimmed  in 
the  afternoon ;  he  insisted  on  adding  to 
the  decorations  the  green  cat  which  has 
been  a  cherished  toy  for  a  year.  Gift¬ 
time  was  scheduled  for  the  hour  after 
supper,  instead  of  for  Christmas  morning, 
as  both  families  were  to  spend  the  day 
away  from  home.  A  long  nap  left  him  in 
fine  shape  for  the  great  discoveries,  wide¬ 
awake  and  full  of  interest.  I  had  never 
seen  so  young  a  child  finding  his  Christ- 
mast  gifts  too  young  to  be  self-conscious, 
unnatural,  or  anything  but  hilariously 
happy. 
Then  we  all  drove  into  town  to  the  im¬ 
pressive  midnight  service,  which  none  of 
us  had  ever  attended,  though  Lula’s 
own  church  has  something  similar.  The 
memory  of  a  lovely  voice  singing  “Holy 
Night,”  and  “Oh,  Come,  All  Ye  Faithful,” 
followed  us  home  through  the  mild  air, 
and  drifted  with  us  into  dreams. 
It  is  not  always  mild  here,  however; 
we  have  had  one  zero  snap,  lasting  about 
36  hours.  Roses  and  raspberries  one 
month,  and  zero  weather  the  next !  It 
was  early  last  year,  as  we  seldom  have  it 
before  January;  sometimes  not  at  all.  It 
was  enough  to  prove  that  the  renovated 
cellar  is  safe.  It  used  to  be  a  very  good 
cellar.  Then  the  lath-and-plaster  ceiling 
decayed  and  dropped  off  in  places,  and  the 
former  tenants  burned  an  oil  heater  night 
after  night  to  keep  it  from  freezing.  The 
new  ceiling  is  of  corrugated  galvanized 
iron,  and  the  place  now  seems  to  be  both 
frost  and  rat-free. 
The  first  seed  catalogue  arrived  on 
Christmas  Day,  and  was  as  eagerly  re¬ 
ceived  as  more  personal  greetings.  An 
early  bird,  indeed !  We  never  expect 
them  till  .January.  It  will  probably  get 
a  few  “worms”  in  the  shape  of  orders 
from  this  nouse.  An  old  friend,  now  past 
the  thrills  of  earthly  gardens,  pronounced 
seed  catalogues  “the  most  fascinating  lit¬ 
erature  in  the  world.” 
I  wonder  if  anybody  else  has  ever  had 
windows  patched  with  waterglass.  May¬ 
be  it  is  shiftless  to  mend  windows — it 
certainly  looks  that  way  -when  they  are 
stuffed  with  paper,  rags  or  pillows ! — but 
there  were  so  many  panes  in  this  house 
that  had  to  be  replaced,  and  those  in  my 
living  room  are  rather  large,  with  broken 
places  in  the  corners  of  two,  small,  but 
big  enough  for  a  lot  of  cold  wind  to  blow 
through.  It  was  the  idea  of  my  old  car¬ 
penter  neighbor,  to  stick  patches  of  glass 
to  the  panes,  outside,  using  waterglass  as 
the  cement.  He  had  never  tried  it — had 
just  thought  of  it.  They  have  been  stick¬ 
ing  for  two  months,  through  sun  and 
rain,  through  freezes  and  thaws.  They 
certainly  add  nothing  to  the  -beauty  of 
the  room,  but  much  to  its  comfort,  and 
form  a  real  economy  in  these  lean  times. 
This  room,  with  no  heat  but  the  fireplace, 
and  fire  banked  at  night,  kept  a  tempera¬ 
ture  above  freezing,  in  the  late  unpleas¬ 
antness  of  zero  nights,  so  I  shall  dare  to 
have  house  plants  next  Winter — some¬ 
thing  I  was  afraid  to  try.  Probably  they 
should  be  fairly  hardy,  mostly  Primulas. 
I  wish  I  could  find  a  young  wax  plant 
(Hoya)  such  as  my  mother  had,  but  have 
not  seen  one  in  years. 
The  Community  Club  found  some  work 
to  do,  sewing  for  the  baby  of  a  poor,  in¬ 
valid  mother,  who  has  to  have  an  opera¬ 
tion.  The  Missionary  Society  has  charged 
itself  with  the  job  of  providing  some 
dresses  for  a  little  schoolgirl  who  has 
been  w’earing.  Sundays  and  week  days,  a 
too-thin,  too-short,  onee-white  old  cross- 
barred  lawn.  Our  common  complaint,. 
“Nothing  to  -wear !”  said  mostly  in  fun, 
becomes  sober  earnest  in  a  few  cases  like 
these,  and  our  own  work  must  wait. 
E.  M.  C. 
Beekeepers’  Salve 
One  cup  of  honey,  two-thirds  cup  of 
beesw’ax,  twTo-thirds  cup  of  clarified  mut¬ 
ton  fat.  one-third  cup  sweet  oil  or  cotton¬ 
seed  oil,  one  tablespoon  of  lemon  juice, 
one  teaspoon  of  powdered  rosin.  Heat  all 
together  over  a  slow7  fire  until  thoroughly 
liquefied.  Pour  into  a  deep  plate  and 
beat  with  a  fork  until  cool.  Pack  in 
small  jars.  This  will  keep  for  years,  and 
is  une'qualed  for  healing  chaps,  cuts  and 
abrasions.  Apply  immediately,  after  wash¬ 
ing,  while  the  skin  is  still  moist.  R.  F.  d. 
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