American Agriculturist, August 11,1923 
97 
Reflections in the Home 
Making Work Simpler and the Home Prettier 
I T is not necessary to be an interior 
decorator to know that a mirror is 
an attractive addition to a gloomy 
room. 
If you have a room with insufficient 
light, try hanging a mirror in the 
darkest corner so that it will reflect the 
light from an opposite window. The 
room will seem much lighter. A room 
having but little furniture will have 
the appearance of being well furnished 
through the aid of mirrors and their 
reflections. 
The monotony of a large wall space 
may be broken up by hanging a good- 
sized mirror on it. This will be much 
more effective than a cheap picture, 
especially if opposite a window where 
it reflects outdoor scenery. 
Nothing is quite so quite beautiful 
over the mantel as a rich mirror. If 
you have mirrors in your dining-room 
doors you will find the reflections of 
china and cut-glass make your room 
more elegant. And the flowers on your 
table! How they multiply in beauty 
through the agency of mirrors! 
Just a little natural taste for har¬ 
mony will suggest many uses for the 
mirror even if one has a meager pocket- 
book. By keeping in touch with second¬ 
hand stores, it is often possible to ob¬ 
tain handsome mirrors at reasonable 
prices. Even if the frames are marred 
the mirrors can be used to good ad¬ 
vantage. 
Frames should harmonize with the 
color scheme of the room. This is not 
difficult. The frames may be refinished 
to suit your taste, first applying a coat 
of wood polish, then adding paint, 
enamel or stain as desired. Another 
way of treating the old mirror is to 
remove the frame and add moulding to 
match the furniture. 
Many pretty effects may be worked 
out in the bedroom. Enamel the frame 
of a long mirror in white and hang 
over an old-fashioned bureau also 
enameled in white. I have also seen 
an old-style mirror in a walnut frame 
with oval top hanging in the darkest 
corner of a bedroom with cream walls. 
It was used in connection with a home¬ 
made dresser, and brightened the room 
as well as being useful.— Leila Hall 
Hallock. 
A BABY’S SECOND-YEAR DIET 
At twelve months, the baby should 
have become accustomed to certain 
vegetables and fruits—cooked and 
strained greens, carrots, celery, toma¬ 
toes, asparagus; and of the fruits, 
orange, prune juice and the juice of 
fresh ripe pineapple, peaches and 
apples. 
This list should be gradually in¬ 
creased during the second year to in¬ 
clude potatoes, turnips, beets, peas, 
string beans, and squash. Never try 
more than one new vegetable during 
the day and start with a teaspoonful. 
As the baby’s teeth develop and he 
learns to chew, the vegetables may be 
mashed or chopped finely, but need not 
be put through a sieve. 
Baked apple pulp, apple sauce, prune 
pulp, stewed apricots, peaches and 
pears may also be added. 
For energy foods the baby should 
have well-cooked cereal and bread 
thoroughly dried in the oven. Un¬ 
sweetened crackers may occasionally be 
given instead of bread or cereal. 
The baby will also enjoy a coddled, 
poached or soft-boiled egg—again 
starting with just a teaspoonful. Of 
course, the diet will contain milk— 1V 2 
pints to 1 quart a day, to drink and 
as junket, custard, milk, soup, etc. Be 
sure that the milk is clean and pure, 
and left cold and covered until ready 
for use. 
GRANDMA’S KITCHEN BEDROOM 
“Such a place for a bedroom!” was 
the scornful modern opinion. And so 
grandma’s kitchen-bedroom had been 
put to many ignoble purposes—store¬ 
room, play-room, general catch-all. 
‘But it is so pleasant,” said the last 
granddaughter to move into the old 
house. “Fve a notion to try it.” 
Now, ^Bfeer several years’ use: ‘I 
wouldnl^Kiow what to do without it,” 
she dc^^Be. “it is right here so that 
we can readily hear in the night the 
slightest noise at the barn or anyone 
coming in at the driveway. 
“It’s so handy to slip in here for a 
clean apron or to tidy my hair. I can 
lie down for a few minutes right where 
I can keep track of everything—the 
kettle over the fire or the children on 
the back porch. I get many a little rest 
that I’d never get if I had to go up¬ 
stairs to lie down. 
“I’ve really never before taken any 
comfort in the morning after Fred gets 
up and starts the fire. I know of sev¬ 
eral farmhouses burning because the 
husband built a fire and went out to 
the barn while the wife, in a distant 
part of the house, dropped asleep and 
the stove and pipe became overheated. 
That fear no longer haunts me because 
I can see the stove from my bed. 
“Then, it is so cozy and comfortable. 
About four months out of each year 
THE TWO GARDENS 
M Y neighbor has a garden 
Where bulbs of daffodil 
Await the call of April 
Their treasured gold to spill; 
But yonder on the hillside 
By a dying chestnut tree, 
Beneath a melting snowdrift, 
Arbutus buds for me. 
But while her days are lingering 
For her dearest flowers to grow; 
Fair lilies tall and stately, 
As pure and fresh as snow; 
My thoughts turn from the winter 
With a deep untamed desire 
To wander in the pasture, 
When azaleas flame like fire. 
Yet even when the summer 
Is dying with the frost, 
Chrysanthemums will blaze forth 
The heat that August lost; 
I know an icy streamlet, 
Where tall on either side 
The autumn’s purple asters 
Will bank as for a bride. 
Nearby her kitchen windows 
Her flowers cheer her work, 
While mine are ever calling 
And bidding duties shirk; 
A riot of scents and colors 
To her they daily yield, 
While mine are hourly tempting 
To wander far afield. 
—Nora Del Smith Gumble. 
we have cool nights and mornings while 
it is not cold enough to keep the fur¬ 
nace running. My room is always 
warm for dressing and undressing. 
“Say what you will, the kitchen is 
the real heart of the farmhouse. There 
have to be longer hours of work, more 
fire, more hot water, more interest and 
activity here than in the kitchen of 
town-dwellers. 
“I rather think Grandma knew what 
she was about when she built her pleas¬ 
ant kitchen-bedroom!” 
—Alice Margaret Ashton. 
HOME-MADE MUSTARD 
Prepared mustard which outrivals 
by far any that I ever saw in the 
stores is made as follows: 
One quart good cider vinegar, 1 cup 
sugar, y 2 tablespoon salt. When boil¬ 
ing, add 2 heaping tablespoons flour, 
1 level tablespoon corn starch, 1 
heaping tablespoon ground yellow mus¬ 
tard, and 1 heaping teaspoon tumeric, 
which have been mixed dry and 
then made smooth in water. Mix 
to a thin consistency, then add 2 well- 
beaten eggs and stir thoroughly before 
adding the mixture to the boiling 
water and let boil up, stirring mean¬ 
while. 
This is delicious on meats and vege¬ 
tables and is also fine for makiner 
salads.—C. L. B. 
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The Postal .Life 
Insurance Company 
‘Growing 
like a bank” 
“Its 
policyholders 
are its 
depositors” 
Agents do not 
bring them 
it 
in 
>> 
Words of 
Praise from 
Those Who 
Know 
(SCENE: After dinner at the Club: Banker Allwyn is chatting with 
Goodsell, a real estate broker, formerly a life-insurance 
man, and the question of insurance protection comes up.) 
Allwyn: "After all, brother Goodsell, I want 
to tell you something which is a sure 
boost for the business you used to be in, 
and that is when a man asks me for credit 
I always ask him how much life insurance 
he carries.” 
Goodsell: “And I reckon you also ask him 
what companies he’s in.” 
Allwyn: “Oil, I don’t bother so much about 
the companies; like the churches, they’re all 
good; they have to be, don’t they?”- 
Goodsell: “Sure thing. State supervision 
looks out for that.” 
Allwyn: “Of course the oldest companies are 
mentioned more frequently, but the com¬ 
paratively younger ones also bob up pretty 
often, and particularly the Postal Life." 
Goodsell: “Why, the Postal’s not so very 
young. I remember because I used to fight 
it 15 years ago.” 
Allwyn: “ 'Twas sound from the start, wasn't 
it? ” 
Goodsell: “Yes, 'twas sound but it was—well 
—well, we said it was an experiment.” 
Allwyn: “Why?" 
Goodsell: “Oh, because it got business direct, 
personally at the Home Office or by mail and 
didn’t send out agents or have branch offices.” 
Allwyn: “Well, even so, the Company seems 
to have made good all right.” 
Goodsell: “Sure thing; it has policyholders 
in every State, and in Canada, too, and has 
its own building on Fifth Avenue at 43 d 
Street. I believe there is no company 
better known in our country.” 
Allwyn: “What do you consider the strong 
points that helped the Postal win out? ” 
Goodsell: “Well, low cost, dealing direct with 
the public, and the privilege to pay premi¬ 
ums monthly if one so desires; then there’s 
a 9_!4 % annual dividend guaranteed in the 
policy, and there’s a free medical examina¬ 
tion through the Company’s Health Bureau 
which helps keep its policyholders ‘fit.’” 
Allwyn: “That's pretty good, isn't it?” 
Goodsell: “Sure thing; and I want to tell you 
that just as soon as I can afford to take out 
another policy, it’s going to be in the Postal.” 
Allwyn: “That seems to me to be good sense, 
for it's based on safety, saving and service. 
Why, the Postal Life is growing just like a 
bank; its policyholders are its depositors— 
agents do not bring them in. And now I 
want to put you wise to something else: 
I’ve carried a Postal Life policy for ten years 
or so myself, but didn’t tell you about it for 
I just wanted to ‘feel you out,’” 
Goodsell: “Well, the reaction, as they call it, 
was O.K., wasn't it?” 
Allwyn: “It certainly was and it’s kind of 
pleasant to feel that each of us has a highly- 
prized mutual friend in the Postal. Isn’t 
that so?” 
Goodsell: “You’ve said it, and unless I miss 
my guess, we'll both prize the Postal Life 
more as time goes on, and there are over 
25,000 other . policyholders who feel the 
same way.” . 
Allwyn: “Now you've said it. Have afresh 
cigar.” 
The foregoing business chat is typical of 
many others that must be taking place, since 
similar sentiments are reflected in letters that 
come to the Company from far and near, in 
praise of its method and in appreciation of 
its treatment. It is indeed the Company of 
Safety, Saving, Service 
To find out what you can save and to enjoy 
Postal service, simply send in the Coupon 
or write and say; 
"Mail me official insurance information 
as mentioned in the American Agriculturist 
of August 11th." 
In your first letter be sure to give 
1. Your full name 
2. Your occupation 
3. The exact date of your birth 
No agent will be sent to visit you. The 
Postal, as stated, has no agents, and the 
resultant commission savings go to you, 
because you deal direct. 
A. A. 8-11-23 
Postal Life Insurance Company 
511 Fifth Ave., New York 
Without obligating me, please mail full insurance 
particulars for my age. 
Name.. 
Address. 
Occupation. 
Exact date of birth. 
Postal Life Insurance Company 
WM. R. MALONE, President 
511 Fifth Ave. (cor. 43d St.,) New York, N.Y. 
