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THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER
[Thursday, August 29, 1912.
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Country Home Department.
Conducted by Mrs. E. D. Nall, Sanford, N. C., to Whom all Mat
ter for this Department Should be Sent.
CiHAXD.MOTHER.
‘Careful hands that toil all day,
Patient lips that smile and say
Argosies from fairy isles,
But the soul of her has wings
Many-hued, not dull and brown
Like her body’s faded gown.
“Bent of shoulders, worn and old;
But her treasures are all gold—
Gold and frankincense and myrrh
Hidden in the heart of her—
Argosies from faiy isles,
Curve her lips in wise old smiles.
‘Fairy music, soft and low,
Makes her rapt ol dface aglow;
Watch her, listening, and surprise
Far, dim candles in her eyes—
See her fine old wrinkles run
Like pool-eddies in the sun.
‘All her frame outworn, but still
Young, young thoughts that roam at
will—
Wandering as of old they went—-
Garlanded and well content—
Down flower-bordered paths that
wind
Through the garden of her mind.”
:—Selected.
FOR THE COOK.
Use a knitting needle rather than a
fork for testing vegetables while
cooking.
In preparing pineapples slice the
fruit up and down—not through the
tough and fibrous core.
Stove polish mixed with vinegar
and a small bit of sugar will give ad
ditional and more lasting luster.
The raveled threads from old linen
will be found most satisfactory for
darning tablecloths or napkins.
A good cook adds a teaspoonful of
sugar to each quart of water in which
corn, peas or squash are cooked.
Keep stirring, custard for at least
five minutes after it has cooked and
the objectionable skin will not form
on top.
Since milk bottles are invariably
handled by the top, fastidious women
will wash off the bottle before remov
ing the paper cap.
To clean bronze, moisten salt with
vinegar, rub briskly with a woolen
cloth dampened in this, rinse in clear
water and polish with a clean woolen
cloth.
Very few home laundresses are
aware of the fact that blankets, when
they have been washed and dried
thoroughly, should be well beaten
with an ordinary carpet beater. This
has the effect of making the wool
light and soft and giving the blanket
a new and fresh appearance.
Cheese wrapped in a cloth previ
ously steeped in vinegar and water
will keep fresh for a considerably
longer time than if kept in the store
room in the ordinary way. A dry
cloth should bo kept wrapped round
the saturated one, and the latter re-
steeped in vinegar and water from
time to time.
It is wise to have a fine strainer
in the kitchen sink to prevent solid
substances from washing into th-
vvaste pipe. Once a week flush th
waste pipe with a solution of (o.)-
peras or washing soda used boding
hot. Pour a gallon of very hot wcter
through the pipe first so the disinf( ct-
ant will act quickly. Strainers to fit
the ^ink corner can be obtained from
any house-furnishing store, but if not
obtainable in small towns use a co
lander.
HOW TO AVOID TURERCUliOSIS.
A medical authority gives us these
valuable suggestions to avoid this
dread disease:
Acquire a protective immunity to
tuberculosis by the establishment and
maintenance of sound health.
An increased chest expansion is
the best insurance to take out against
pulmonary consumption.
If you are a frequent victim of
nasal catarrh or tonsillitis, look to the
plumbing system of your body, it is
defective and requires attention.
An inflamed nasal membrane forms
an ideal culture ground for the
growth of tubercle bacilli to which
the city worker is so often exposed.
The tonsils are the guardians of
the throat; when diseased, the por
tals are left unattended.
Maintain a high nutritional stand
ard. Do not impair your bodily re
sistance by excesses, physical, men
tal or emotional.
Seek a change of climate, or at
least a change of altitude during your
vacation.
Avoid dead air, sunless apartments,
damp garments, irregular hours and
Irregular meals.
Consult your physician if you find
that you are the victim of an intracta
ble cold, a hacking cough, or progres
sive loss in weight.
Helpful Breathing Exercises.
The following breathing exercises
will be found helpful:
Inhale a deep breath very slowly,
holding it for about eight seconds,
then exhale as slowly as possible.
Inhale a deep breath during four
seconds, then count out loud to as
high a numeral as possible in one
breath.
Inhale a breath very quickly and
exhale very slowly, and vice-versa.
Draw in as deep a breath as possi
ble; hold it a few seconds, let out a
little, and hold again; repeat until all
the air is expelled.
When Your Are Tired.
Don’t grit your teeth and work
harder. Ease up a little.
Don’t talk any more than you can
help: taking takes vitality.
Lie down in a dark place if only
for a few minutes.
Don’t read anything In which you
are not interested.
Don’t feel that everything must be
done in one day.
Realize that it is better to leave
things undone than to overdo your
self.
Avoid people and their woes at that
time.
Don’t try to improve yourself;
give your mind a rest.
Don’t forget that a little lemon
juice in cold water in the morning is
a great help.
FOR A SUMMER EVENING.
The most enjoyable party Is one
that Is not attended by too much
preparation. Do not, therefore, plan
special games, but if your guests are
all congenial, allow them to entertain
themselves and each other. You might
have tables placed conveniently near
the light, where those who desire can
'iniuse themselves by card games.
Music, too, should be provided if your
guests are so inclined. Then there
ire a number of quiet games, such as
Consequences, Conundrums and oth
ers which sometime serve to amuse
during a warm evening. Light your
porch with .lapanese lanterns and
have bowls of flowers about, and on
a near-by table a large punch bowl
of some tempting iced drink, from
which your guests may help them
selves as they wish. For refresh
ments, sandwiches, small cakes and
ice cream will be sufftcient.
Sometimes a festive air may be
given to the ordinary bread and but
ter if it is merely cut very thin and
two slices placed together in the form
of.a sandwich. It is well to butter
the bread on the loaf for this purpose,
and then to cut it very thin with a
sharp knife. A slice of brown or
graham bread placed with one of
white makes a dainty and appetizing
sandwich. Graham bread sandwiches
spread with butter and some tart
jelly are relished by the children and
grown-ups alike. Entire wheat bread
spread sparingly with butter and or
ange marmalade makes delicious
sandwiches.
For a piquant sandwich try this:
Cream, two tablespoonfuls butter, add
one canned pimento forced through
a sieve and work together until thor
oughly blended: season with salt and
spread on slices of buttered white
bread, cover with a slice of brown
bread and cut in fancy shapes.
A SUNDAY VISIT.
I do not, as a rule visit much on
Sundays. Occasionally I go to see my
mother or some one of the family and
spend the Sabbath, but last Sunday
morning all the family decided on a
trip several miles distant to a church
where the protracted services began
that day. Don’t you like to be at
such meetings out in the country,
though? There’s nothing else like
them. In some out-of-the-way com
munities these protracted meetings
are the oases in the desert of the
routine of the year’s work. They
usually come along during the leisure
time with the country folks, and they
all enjoy spending the days for a
week at the old country church—
and such a sociable hour is the noon
hour! But I started to tell you about
my visit. I decided that I would not
stay at home alone all day, but would
go over to one of my neighbors.
When I arrived I found her sitting on
the cool shady porch reading.
The children had gone with their
father to Sunday-school and she was
alone. Such a quiet time we had to
talk; not a sign of dinner did I see
or hear or smell, though my walk
through the balmy air of the woods
had whetted my appetite consider
ably. But presently they came from
Sunday-school and the next half hour
was spent in discussing the lesson of
the day, each child taking part, and
each seemed anxious to relate some
thing to their mother which the
teacher had explained—-perhaps some
thing that had not occurred to them
while preparing it at home. Then my
neighbor excused herself, and in a
few, very few, minutes the dinner
bell rang and we enjoyed a most de
light cold dinner in a cool house.
She had prepared part of the dinner
the day before, and the remainder
was finished while preparing break
fast that morning. Sunday was a day
of rest for that housewife. I could
not but draw comparisons between
her way and the one who prepares
the Sunday dinner in the middle of
the day, just roasting in a hot kitch
en and then too tired and warm to
enjoy eating it. Let’s make our work
as light on the Sabbath day as possi
ble, and spend it as it should be
spent, instead of being so busy with
things that could easily be left un
done, and one of those things is,
spending long hours in the kitchen
that the family may have an extra
nice dinner. It would be better for
their digestion and your peace of
mind if you would follow my neigh
bor’s example.
A HOUSEKEEPER.
I know that the housekeepers
among our readers have been busy
canning, preserving, etc., but the
most of that is over now, and I trust
that some of them—many of them—
may find time to write a letter for
this page. We all enjoy reading how
other women manage their work.
solve their problems, spend their va
cation, and the thousand and one
things interesting to the housewife.
Write again. Housekeeper.
The Carriers Department.
ASHEVILLE 3IEETING.
Dear Brother Carriers:—Our meet
ing at Asheville, N. C., was a great
success. Several new counties report
ed as organized and several reported
an increase of membership. We were
royally entertained by our old “stand
by,” Chas. U. Munday. The follow
ing officers were re-elected and elect
ed: President, C. H. Howard, St.
Paul’s, N. C.; Vice-President, J. M.
Hayes, Burlington, N. C.; Secretary-
Treasurer, R. C. D. Beamon, Stan-
tonsburg, N. C.; Chaplain, D. N.
Hunt ,Oxford, N. C. Executive Com
mittee: D. S. Hall, Chairman, 'Bur
lington; W. B. Gant, Eufola, N. C.;
and R. F. Gore, Wilmington, N. C.
Delegate-at-large to National Conven
tion at Nashville, Tenn., J. W. Ja
cobs, Reidsville, N. C. C. U. Mun
day was elected as alternate. M. G.
Yerton, T. A. May, and Mr. Wharton
were also elected delegates to Nash
ville, Tenn.
The R. F. D. News now being a
weekly and being the National organ,
was chosen as State organ. This was
done without a dissenting vote.
Wilmington was chosen as the next
meeting place.
The carriers appreciate the inter
est taken in them and the association
by the Union Farmer, but they did
not show it in a material way, name
ly, subscribing for the paper. That
was the reason it was not offered
again by this writer as State organ.
With best wishes for your paper
and the carriers all over North Caro
lina, and congratulations to all for
the material “raise” in salary, and
thanks to our good friends “up yon
der” who so nobly stuck by us, I beg
to remain.
Your friend,
J. M. HAYES,
Vice-President North Carolina Rural
Carriers’ Association.
MONEY FOR THE FAR>IER.
Not so many years ago, when the
members of the populist party insist
ed that some way be found by which
the farmer could secure a larger line
of credit on which to do business,
they were denounced, ridiculed, de
rided by many business men and pol
iticians. Now, in the platform of
the Republican party adopted at
Chicago we find the following:
“It is of great importance to the
social and economical welfare of
this country that farmers have facil
ities for borrowing easily and cheap
ly the money they need to increase
productivity of their land. It is as
important that financial machinery
be provided to supply the demand of
farmers for credit as it is that the
banking and currency systems be re
formed in the interest of general
business. Therefore, we recommend
and urge an authoritative investiga
tion of agricultural credit societies
and corporations in other countries,
and the passage of State and Federal
laws for the establishment and ca
pable supervision of organizations
having for their purpose the loaning
of funds to farmers.”
Of course, we must not take this
too seriously. The convention was
controlled by the standpat wing of
the party, and the gentlemen who
lead that wing have never been very
hot with zeal for measures calculated
to help the farmer. We suggest that
they begin to get in training for this
new reform by enacting a parcels post
law which will make the money we
have go a little farther.—Wallaces
Farmer.