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' I ; I Page Six THE CAROLINA UNION PARMER Country Home Department. Conducted by Mrs, E, D, Noll, Sonford, N. C,, to Whom oil blot ter for this Deportment Should be Sent. THE BONNET. I found it in a cedar chest With samplers old and frayed, And high-heeled slippers, once the joy Of some coquettish maid, This ancient bonnet, quaintly shirred. With cap and faded wreath Of little rosebuds matching once The cheek that blushed beneath. It still exhales a faint perfume Of lavender and musk. As sweet as some forgotten voice That speaks from Memory’s dusk— And in the dainty ruche of lace. That framed her forehead fair. Is tangled yet a single thread Of glittering golden hair. Though she is dust for many a year Who once so neatly tied The silken strings beneath her chin. And viewed herself with pride. Return it to the chest, with frill And fan and furbelow. It still belongs to one who lived A century ago. —Selected. THE CHIITSTMAS BOX. A neighbor came in the other of- ternoon with a work-bag on her arm and said; “I’ve come over to chat with you awhile and make a start on my Christmas box. I’ve been tucking odds and ends into this bag all sum mer. You ca)i give me some sugges tions for using them.’ I told her I would get out my box of odds and ends, take an inventory and then I knew it would be jabots, and jabots it was, sure enough. The box con tained bits of silk, velvet, lace, braid, thread, etc., enough to make jabots from grandmother down through a line of friends and relatives. And it only takes a few stitches to com plete some of them. You can make them of such a variety of materials, and they make such dainty little gifts that the busy woman hails them with delight in filling out the list of those whom she wishes to remember at Christmas tide and with some thing, too, that she made with her own hands. Crocheting is back again with all its old-time popularity— even more, for it is used in many more ways now than it was several years ago, dress trimmings, neck wear and for trimming hats. Many rusty crochet needles have been hunt ed and made useful again, and some of us who loved this kind of work years ago, eagerly take it up again with its added dignity as we would welcome an old friend. What you can do with a crochet needle is al most limitless. Don’t you enjoy mak ing the little gifts, each one suitable for the recipient, thinking ‘as you plan and make them how they will enjoy using them, and they were just what was needed and appreciated. I have seen gifts sent to people that were not appropriate at all. Some thing that the receiver could not use, did not need, and if the truth Were known, did not appreciate very much, because it was not appropriate— these little things that are laid away to be looked at occasionally but are of no earthly use. Their day is past, and the gifts that are appreciated most now, are those that are use- able and serviceable. But back to the box: the point I wish to make is this —to begin early, in your spare mo ments, to make the little things you have planned and not wait till the eleventh hour and hurry and worry over finishing some things and sub stitute others with anything you can get. My neighbor and I were de lighted with our beginning. Things seem easier anyway after you once | begin. Don’t you think so! Doubt less many of our readers are using their spare time in gift-making. Won’t you tell us what to make and how to make it? HELP IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. Burns and Scalds.—Cover with cooking soda and lay wet clothes over it, or cover with white of eggs and olive oil or linseed oil plain or mixed with chalk or whiting. Sweet oil is also good. Lightning.—Dash cold water over person struck. Sunstroke.—Loosen clothing, get patient into shade and apply ice-cold water to head. Keep head in ele vated position. Stings of Inse‘ts—Apply weak am monia, oil or salt water. Fainting.—Place fiat on back; al low fresh air and sprinkle with wa ter. Place head lower than the rest of the body. Cinders in the Eye.—Roll soft pa per up like a lamp-lighter, and wet the tip to remove. Rub the other eye. Fire From Kerosene.—Don’t use water; it will spread the fiames. Dirt, sand or flour is the best extin guisher, or smother with wooleji rug or carpet. SOME RECIPES. To Keep Tomatoes. To keep both ripe and green toma toes for a limited time, pull the vines before the first frost, hang them in a dark cool place and use the ripe ones as needed. Some of the more mature green ones will rip- sen. Those remaining green may be used in the following manner: Sweet Tomato Pickles. One peck green tomatoes, six large onions, sliced, sprinkle and 1 cup salt, and let stand over night; drain, add 2 quarts water and 1 quart vin egar. Boil 15 minutes, then drain again and throw this vinegar and wa ter away. Add. to the pickles 2 pounds sugar, 2 quarts vinegar, 2 tablespoons cloves, 2 tablespoons, all spice, 2 tablespoons ginger, 2 table spoons mustard, 2 tablespoons cinna mon and 1 tablespoon cayenne. Boil 15 minutes. Will keep in a stone jar. Green Tomato l*ie. This may be substituted for for ap ple pie. Slice the tomatoes and let them stand over-night sprinkled with salt. When ready to use pour off the juice which (he salt has drawn out. Line a pie tin as for apple pie. Put in a layer of rhe tomatoes, cover with sugar and a tahle%poon of lemon juice. Add nnothcr layer and repeat until the tin is filled. Finish the top with bits of blitter and sugar. Cin namon if desired. Cover with crust and bake. Fricl (froen Tomatoes. Wash, slice and dip in beaten egg. Roll in fine cracker crumbs and fry either in deep fat as doughnuts are fried, or saute in the frying pan in a small amount of fat, preferably but ter. HOW TO BE HAPPY. It was at a girls’ summer school years ago when one of the girls rose and said to Alice Freeman Palmer, who had been talking to them; “Mrs. Palmer, you are always so cheerful and happy. Will you tell us, please, how we can be happy?’’ i “I will, dear,’’ said this saint of her sex. “I will give you three sim- j pie rules. The first is this: Commit something to memory every day— something good. It needn’t be much; three or four words will do—just a pretty bit of a poem or a Bible verse. The second rule is: Look for some thing pretty every day; and don’t skip a day, oi it won’t work. My third rule is—-now, mind, don’t skip a day: Do* something for some body every day. That is all there is to it, dear.” These three rules are just as good to-day as when they were spoken. They will work always and every where, in the country as in the city, for women as well as girls. They will make a farm-house warm in the chill winter and a tenement cool in the blazing summer. They will help to make us master of our lives. They are so plain that everybody can un derstand them, and so practical that everybody can keep them. No mat ter how gray the sky, these rules will make the sun shine through.—Sel. HEAliTHY HOUSE PLANTS. The rubber plant. Ficus elastica, possesses hardly qualities and thick, smooth, glossy leaves. It makes an excellent hall plant. For flowering plants the pelargonium remains the tried favorite. Fuchsias are grown, begonias and cacti—these for all the year ’round. Potted flowering plants from the florist’s come at various seasons. They will last, with care, for a few weeks, such as tfie potted crysanthe- mum and the poinsettia. Then far ther along toward the spring the fa vorite cyclamen and the various spring flowering bulbs and forced shrubs, orange trees, bay and privet in tubs, make effective hall decora tions. House plants should be watered only when they need it. The test is ringing the phot by striking it sharp ly with the knuckles. A hollow ring shows that the earth is dry and the plants need water. A dull, thuddy sound indicates the presence of plen ty of water. Surface wetting daily is worse than no water. The plant should be soaked so that water runs out of the hole in the bottom of the pot. A good-sized watering pot full of water is the proper allowance for a twelve-inch pot. It is good to let the soil dry out also, for that gives a chance for air to get through the soil. Sponging the leaves of palms, etc., is excellent but not necessary. Dust, of course, chokes the respiration a little. Proper watering, together with a little care about opening win dows upon the plants, should pre serve a healthy condition. If a plant wilts and grows yellow, it is well to re-pot it, these conditions arguing something wrong with the soil. THE BEAUTY OF HOMELY THINGS Not all prose is prosaic, and not all poetry is poetic. In the same sense, many of the most common things of life are pregnant with deep and beau tiful meaning, and some so-called great things are but empty forms. We have to train the tongue to speak its native language, the hand to do the most simple task; so must we train the eye to see the beautiful, the ear to hear the harmonies of sound, and the heart to respond to noble emotion. The rich arc not always the wealthy, nor are the penniess of necessity poor. 1 have in mind two young children of about the same age. One lives in a large city, on a good residence street, in a fine house. Her mother spends most of her time in the pursuit of pleasure and in “keeping up” her social standing. The child has about everything she asks for, but what does she crave? Rich food, showy clothes, expensive toys and excitement. She has never seen a bird’s nest, only knows vio lets by the heavy-scented hot-house [Thursday, October 3, 1912. kind, and never pushed her bare, pink toes into the soft mud. The other girl lives with her pa rents in a comfortable country home. She wears simple clothes, eats plain food, plays rollicking games, and she knows most of the birds and flowers about her by name. She listens for the first notes of the .returned bobo link, bluebird and song sparrow with the keenest delight; almost hourly searches for the unfolding blossoms of early spring, and reverently takes in her hand the first little baby chick. She is familiar with the changing and ever wonderful phenomena of sunrise and sunset and knows many nature poems that mean much to her because she is able to apply them. The one wears the husks of life, the other enfolds the germ that is life. It is a great thing to be able to do little things that are a necessity ia the routine of the common day and to do them well. The mother who makes a light, tender loaf of bread with her own hands for the susten ance of her own family has done a great thing, and if she has trained herself to enjoy doing it, and has worked out an answer to some of the whys, she had added materially to her bank account of individuality. Any woman can wear a pretty gown after ;t is made, but what a fine thing to have made it! Girls used to be taught these accomplishments at home; now much of it is left for the teachers of domestic science in our colleges. A woman who can speak before an audience on the theory of life is call ed prominent, and she is accredited with doing great things, but what about the mother who really lives with her children as they pass through the various stages of devel opment; who can tell stories that will hold the attention and train the faculties of the little ones, and who frankly meets the issues of life with the other ones? Is not the latter doing the truly great things, and does it not require the greatest skill to do them well? The equipment of some houses i* so elaborate and artificial that the great little things are smothered by the little big things.—Housewife. TWO EXCELLENT IDEAS. The best way of whitening kitchen tables which are not painted is scour them with wood ashes and soap. Floors can be also most effec tively scrubbed with cold water, soap and wood ashes. MOTHS FKO.M FURS. To keep moths out of furs place a piece of common rock brimstone, jnst as it is, in your chest or wardrobe. It is said that a moth will not g® near it. ' GUILFORD COUNTY MEETING OCTOBER 12. The regular meeting of Guilfn^^ County Farmers’ Union will be he in Greensboro on Saturday, October 12, at 10 o’clock a. m. There is ^ great deal of business to come befo^® this mebting. Besides other hns ness, there is the election of a new batch of county officers. Get it in your mind whom you want f® your new officers before you come the meeting. Elect your best men—' men who are always at their meetings, and men who are at the county meetings, and men read the organ of the State Union- In short, men who know what is ing on in the organization. I will be glad to see every memh® present. Fraternally, D. A. MONTGOMERY, Secretary-Treasurer. The blessedness of life dep® more upon Its Interests than upon comforts.—George MacDonald. nds Its
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