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American Agriculturist, July 7,1923 
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The Romance of the Commonplace 
1 houghts on the Lovers of Yesterday — Hints for Housekeepers To-day 
W HAT has become of the lovers we 
knew, ten, five, even two years 
ago? 
All old commonplace married folks, 
you say, Romance all gone—the ecstacy 
i of love all forgotten. 
Not mine the g'enius to portray such 
fi©4’y youth as one meets in some of 
the “best sellers” of the past decade, but 
mine eyes behold, day by day, the living 
proof that when the day of rose clad 
Maid and summer Youth are by, love 
still lingers. 
Sometimes I am really sorry for the 
view of love one gets in the usual 
love story—the passing madness, for 
it is portrayed as just that. And 
the ridiculous things the hero and 
heroine do! Then, some one says, “Oh 
there is no real love—not like that de¬ 
scribed in a story.” Thank fortune 
there isn’t! For if there was it cer¬ 
tainly would give way, before the wear 
and tear of everyday life. 
The Adventure of the Commonplace 
Now, I can see, in many a Susan, 
, bargaining at the grocery counter, not 
one bereft of the joys of love just be¬ 
cause courtship is over, but one still 
held in the thrall of life’s great ad¬ 
venture. One so up-lifted by her joy, 
that she can bear her share of the 
burden of “commonplace” yet bear it 
proudly, like a queen, because it is the 
tribute Love demands of her. And the 
woman pushing the baby carriage—Do 
you think the father of the baby sighs 
for the sweetheart of other days? No, 
for you know that when he first heard 
the child’s cry, and knew that she who 
had brought it through the gates that 
open on the Valley of the Shadow, was 
still left—in that solemn hour she be¬ 
came something more than Sweetheart. 
She was Wife, and Mother—common¬ 
place, but dear. 
And then there is Kate, bending 
over the steaming washtub, with roses 
in her cheeks, brought there by the 
heat, no doubt. To Tim, her heated 
face has a beauty greater than when 
shrouded in her wedding veil. Those 
moist drops on her brow have a deeper 
meaning than the orange blossoms, for 
those marked her venture on an un¬ 
known sea, but these speak loudly of 
endurance, a love that stands life’s 
hardest test. 
Down the Street They Go— 
These are the sweethearts of yester¬ 
day, sweethearts of to-day, too. As for 
John, and Howard, and Will—all along 
the little back streets, and up flights of 
stairs, and out in • the country, are 
these commonplace folks, and Annie is 
waiting supper for John, knowing he 
comes home tired. It is their hour 
together, and when he comes, there are 
baby arms that will clasp him around 
the neck, unashamed of neighbor’s eyes, 
but within the door, the look in his eyes 
is for Annie. Then they sit together, 
and watch the other commonplace folks 
go along—the carpenter, all sweaty, 
and we know there is the home light 
shining in his face, then the plasterer, 
all white with lime, the coal wagon 
driver, all black and grimy, and we 
know the home love is glowing’ in their 
hearts. Old commonplace married 
folks? Oh well- 
The Lovers want by just now. She 
was hanging on his arm. He was 
smoking a cigarette. Her short skirt 
displayed a liberal length of onion-skin 
hose. I sighed, but 1 know they will 
learn better after awhile. —Lillian 
Davidson. 
EVER USEFUL VINEGAR 
“Oh, don’t throw .away the vinegar,” 
exclaimed an experienced housekeeper 
as her young friend removed the last 
pickle from the jar. 
“But the vinegar isn’t strong enough 
to be used again,” the younger one ob¬ 
jected. 
“No, but _ turn it into the roaster 
where you just oooked the meat with 
the onion dressing and set the roaster 
where the vinegar will simmer gently 
for a few minutes. There will not be 
left the slightest trace of onion when 
the roaster has been washed.” 
“Oh, that is worth knowing. We do 
like onion flavor in many dishes, but 
OUR PATTERN SERVICE 
No. 1800. the one-piece cover-all apron 
illustrated in the upper corner, may be slipped 
over a good frock and will save it from soiling. 
The comfortable neck opening allows the apron 
to slip on so easily that the hair is not mussed, 
and the big pocket is a useful addition. 
Do you remember the suggestion made last 
December, that we plan our gifts for an 
“apron Christmas?’’ Everybody likes a pretty 
apron and it would not be a bad idea to cut 
out several now from the same or different 
materials and finish them now for next holiday 
time. • 
No. 1800 takes in the 36-inch size only, 
3% yards of 32-inch material. Patterns come 
in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 4S inches 
bust measure. Price 12c. 
No. 1614, the little girl’s dress, is so sim¬ 
ple that even an inexperienced young mother 
can easily make it. The Bertha collar may be 
embroidered, or be made of a pretty thin 
organdie or batiste. Or it may bo'left off alto¬ 
gether. The skirt is gathered on to a yoke, a 
very becoming effect for a plump youngster. 
No. 1614 comes in sizes 1, 2, 3, and 4 
years. Size 4 requires I % yards of 36-inch 
material with % yard contrasting. Price 12c. 
Embroidery transfer patterns No. 626, in 
blue only, is 12c. extra'. 
No. 1798 is a romper play suit and the 
small boy who is hard on his clothes (and 
what boy isn’t?) will revel in it. So will his 
mother, who lias to wash and iron and mend, 
if necessary. Made of sturdy galatea, there 
should be little need for mending. 
No. 1798 comes ip sizes 2, 4 and 6 years, 
and for the 4-year size requires 2 yards of 36- 
inch material. Price 12e. 
No. 1788, the dress for trips to town, 
for church, or social, shows a new use of the 
popular neckerchief idea. Made of silk, with 
Paisley, batik or figured crepe de chine trim- 
ing, it would be very smart indeed. Or you 
could use a simple, pretty cotton and trim it 
with flowered voile, cretonne, or, if the mate¬ 
rial is figured, with voile in a plain color. 
No. 1788 cuts in sizes 16 years. 36, 38, 
40 and 4 2 inches bust measure. Size 36 re¬ 
quires 3 % yards 36-inch materia!, with % 
yard contrasting. Price 12c. 
To Order: Write name, address and 
pattern numbers clearly. Enclose 
proper remittance and send to Fashion 
Department, American Agriculturist, 
461 Fourth Ave., N. Y. C. And— 
Be sure to add 10c. That will bring 
you the summer catalogue, full of sen¬ 
sible, pretty dress suggestions, designs 
suitable for every day and dress-up, 
for camping, staying at home and visit¬ 
ing. Remember, just 10c. 
we never like it ‘secondhand’ in the next 
food cooked in the same dish.” 
“It works just as well in removing 
any objectionable odor such as burned 
food or a moldy taint. 
“To remove labels from any sur¬ 
face wet liberally with warm vinegar; 
this thins the glue or paste so that the 
label is readily removed. A little vine¬ 
gar added to the dried-up contents of 
a mucilage bottle will make it again 
usable. 
“A cloth saturated in vinegar and 
wrapped round a burn will usually otfer 
immediate relief. 
“Tin utensils that have become 
darkened and discolored are greatly 
improved by being boiled in a solution 
of vinegar and salt. 
“A good homemade silver cleaner 
costs but little. Have the tinsmith cut 
a disk of sheet-zinc five or six inches in 
diameter. Place this disk in the bot¬ 
tom of an enameled-ware pan and on 
it lay the silver. To a gallon of hot 
water add about V cup each of salt 
and vinegar and pour over the silver 
so as to entirely cover it. In a few 
minutes remove the silver, rinse in hot 
water and polish vigorously with a 
flannel cloth. 
“A little vinegar added to tough meat 
tends to soften the fiber and make it 
more tender. 
“Before papering walls that have 
been patched with new lime or that 
have been white-washed, brush with 
vinegar and the paper will stick and 
will not discolor.”— Alice Margaret 
Ashton. 
GETTING RID OF ANTS 
A subscriber suggests the following 
method of exterminating ants. Pur¬ 
chase five cents worth of tartar emetic 
at the drug store, divide this in two 
parts; place in two dishes in cupboard, 
put a teaspoonful of sugar in each dish 
and cover with water. The ants will 
eat and then leave.—F. W., N. Y. 
R. Heart, Phoenix, N. Y., writes that 
the following* method has been found 
successful in killing ants: 
Purchase one pint bisulphate of car¬ 
bon. In the _ spring, as soon as the 
ground is soft, dig holes with a stick 
about a foot apart all around the house. 
A TIP FROM THE “MERE 
MAN” 
'TYEiE “mere man” has had a 
good deal to say about house¬ 
keeping- recently. He happened 
to drop in to the household de¬ 
partment the other day, and be¬ 
ing- in a genial mood, contributed 
a new “recipe.” Said he: 
I m sure it will interest your 
leaders to know that gelatine, 
colored with red ink and mixed 
timothy hay seed, makes 
delicious raspberry jam.” 
We pass it on for what it’s 
worth. 
cover quickly, so that the fumes will 
penetrate under the surface dirt. Thh 
not only kills ants, but also the eggs' 
Be sure the circle around the house is 
completed even if it means crawling 
under the porch to complete it 
Another subscriber writes that she 
has used peppermint herb, and also 
tansy, which she puts around the place 
which the insects infest. 
ibe dwarf nasturtium is one of t 
most popular farm flowers. The see 
cost so little and grow so well that 
is easy to get a fine bed of them ar 
Jv. * 6 ' •ii T ^ ey are Forney little frien 
that will greet us every morning, 
matter how many we cut. They k<“ 
on blooming until frost, if kept fix 
forming seeds. They are fragrai 
and the colors range from very lie 
yellow to dark mahogany color, with 
preponderance of lighter shades. 
1 he dwarf varieties make fine edgin 
tor large beds or hardy borders T 
climbing varieties are ‘larger growii 
and will spread over a square yard 
more of space, according to the richne 
ot the soil and the amount of moistu 
they get. They are not really climbei 
but trailers, as ordinarily grown, thou- 
they will climb if in very rich soil ai 
having plenty of water. The flowe 
are larger than those of the dwarf, b 
not so freely produced.— Rachael Ra 
