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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
What  Open  Eyes  See. 
TO  EVERY  WOMAN:  For  the  present,  we  have  this 
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half  column  of  av ailable  matter  within  that  year. 
Subscription  may  be  a  neiv  one,  or  it  may  be  an  exten¬ 
sion  of  one  already  on  our  books. 
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least  three  tests  to  every  article,  viz.:  Is  it  brief  ?  Is  it 
fresh  and  bright?  Is  it  really  interesting  to 
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before  sending  their  matter.  We  want  short  para¬ 
graphs  only,  of  not  more  than  200  words.  In  range 
of  topic,  these  may  cover  rything  of  special  interest 
to  women.  Indifferent,  prosy  or  stale  matter  is  not 
wanted.  We  want  to  hen-  from  our  cleverest  women, 
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half  column  need  not  be  sent  all  at  once. 
*  *  * 
Those  Helpful  Clubs. — Miss  Grace 
Dodge,  than  whom  there  is  perhaps  no 
better  authority  in  New  York  with  re¬ 
gard  to  all  that  pertains  to  the  working 
girl  there,  says:  “You  might  put  a 
working  girl’s  club  on  every  block  and 
still  not  meet  the  demand.” 
For  Strangers. — The  new  branch  of 
the  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  on  Broadway,  was  made 
imperative  by  the  crying  needs  of  the 
work.  It  has  been  full  ever  since  it  was 
opened,  and  it  is  stated  that  far  the 
larger  number  of  applicants  are  strangers 
in  the  city  who  have  come  to  seek  posi¬ 
tions. 
The  Ideal  Woman. — A  certain  edi¬ 
tor’s  ideal  of  the  composite  coming 
woman  is  described  by  a  woman  friend 
as  compounded  of  the  tailor-made  girl  of 
the  avenue  ;  his  dream  of  the  woman  for 
whose  sake  he  shall  willingly  resign 
bachelorhood ;  the  sturdy  woman  who 
cooks  his  dinner  ;  and  his  memory  of  his 
mother. 
Women  Dentists. — The  first  woman 
dentist  of  the  world  became  dentist  to 
the  German  royal  family.  This  lady, 
Madame  Hirschfeldt,  was  graduated 
from  the  Pennsylvania  College.  Even  to 
this  day,  this  college,  together  with  the 
dental  colleges  of  Ohio  and  Ann  Arbor, 
are  the  only  ones  that  give  the  benefit 
of  a  dental  course  to  women. 
A  Chance  for  Composers.— In  or¬ 
der  to  stimulate  American  composition, 
The  Ladies’  Home  Journal  has  just  made 
public  an  attractive  series  of  liberal 
prizes  for  the  best  original  musical  com¬ 
position  by  composers  resident  in  the 
United  States  and  Canada.  The  prizes 
call  for  a  waltz,  a  piano  composition, 
a  pleasing  ballad  and  a  popular  song, 
an  anthem  and  the  four  best  hymn 
tunes.  The  competition  is  open  until 
November  1  next.  The  opportunity 
will  have  an  additional  attractiveness 
since  the  prize  compositions  will  form 
part  of  a  series  for  which  Strauss  is 
writing  an  original  waltz,  and  Charles 
Gounod  and  Sir  Arthur  Sullivan  each  an 
original  song. 
A  New  Sandwich. — Sandwiches  from 
potted  meats  should  be  sprinkled  with 
lemon  juice.  Mayonnaise  instead  of  but¬ 
ter  relieves  their  monotony,  says  a  writer 
in  the  Housekeeper’s  Weekly.  She  tells 
us  also  that  there  is  an  egg  sandwich 
which  is  of  great  repute  in  the  West  at 
picnics,  both  for  its  savoriness  and  its 
good  looks.  Hard  boiled  eggs  are  so  cut 
that  the  yolks  may  be  removed  without 
removing  the  eggs.  The  yolks  are  then 
mashed  and  mixed  with  chopped  meats, 
and  moistened  with  mayonnaise.  The 
hollow  in  the  egg  is  then  filled  with  this 
mixture  and  the  two  pieces  of  egg  put 
together  and  held  in  place  by  buttered 
paper.  Tissue  papers  of  different  colors 
are  fringed  and  laid  together  two  by  two. 
The  egg  is  then  wrapped  in  these  and 
the  fringed  ends  twisted  together  as  in 
confectionery. 
When  Baby  was  slok,  we  gave  her  Castorla, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castorla, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castorla, 
When  she  bad  Children,  she  gave  them  Castorla 
Tender  Sweetbreads. — Aboutsweet- 
breads,  one  says  in  the  Housekeeper’s 
Weekly  that  they  are  purchased  in  pieces 
about  as  long  as  one’s  hand.  The  deli¬ 
cate,  edible  portions  are  held  together 
and  inclosed  by  membranes,  which,  if 
cooked,  become  exceedingly  tough,  and 
render  the  sweetbread  anything  but  a 
toothsome,  delicate  morsel ;  on  the  con¬ 
trary,  it  will  be  as  tough  as  gristle. 
To  prepare  it  properly,  put  into  cold 
water  (have  a  piece  of  ice  in  the  water  if 
you  have  it.)  Pull  off  the  pipes  and 
membranes,  dropping  each  small  de¬ 
tached  piece  into  another  pan  of  cold 
water.  There  will  be  a  quantity  of  small 
pieces  now.  Drain  them  from  the  cold 
water,  and  drop  them  into  boiling  salted 
water.  Parboil  for  20  minutes. 
Any  recipe  for  a  sweetbread  dish  can 
now  be  followed  with  the  certainty  that 
the  sweetbreads  will  be  tender,  the  spe¬ 
cial  point  I  wish  to  make  in  order  to 
insure  their  tenderness  being  the  re¬ 
moval  of  those  membranes. 
Prepared  in  this  manner,  they  can  also 
be  kept  fresher  than  when  in  the  raw 
state,  if  not  needed  until  the  day  after 
purchasing. 
Not  a  Nice  Subject. — One  who  asks 
despairingly  for  a  remedy  which  will  rid 
the  house  of  bedbugs,  says  with  vehe¬ 
mence  :  “  Don’t  speak  of  kerosene,  cam¬ 
phor  gum,  insect  powder,  turpentine  or 
corrosive  sublimate,  for  I  have  tried  them 
all,  and  found  them  wanting.”  If  this 
victim,  or  any  other,  expects  to  make  one 
determined  attack  upon  these  night  mar¬ 
auders,  which  shall  oust  them  at  once  and 
for  all  time,  she  will  find  every  remedy 
“  wanting.”  Systematical,  periodical  and 
persistent  war  must  be  made  upon  them, 
and  she  who  can  ever  say,  after  they  are 
once  imported,  that  the  house  is  com¬ 
pletely  free  from  them,  may  count  her¬ 
self  fortunate,  or  persistent  indeed.  Most 
people  are  able  only  to  keep  them  in  sub¬ 
jection.  The  above  remedies,  with  the 
addition  of  insect  powder,  are  the  best 
that  are  known,  kerosene  being  fully  as 
good  as  the  poisonous  corrosive  subli¬ 
mate,  and  far  safer,  of  course,  to  use. 
Professionals  in  New  York  who  make  it 
a  regular  business  to  free  houses  and  fur¬ 
niture  from  these  pests,  place  their  main 
reliance  on  the  powdered  buhach.  Heavy 
mattresses,  when  infested,  are  most 
troublesome  to  manage.  If  any  reader 
has  a  new  suggestion  which  is  mere 
effective,  we  should  be  glad  to  hear  of  it. 
Boiled  Dinner  in  New  York  — After 
seeing  the  “  greasy  boiled  dinner”  cried 
down  by  writers  of  every  degree,  it  is  cer¬ 
tainly  refreshing  to  find  one  praising  it 
without  stint.  “  The  toothsomeness  of 
the  boiled  dinner  ought  to  biing  it  into 
the  appreciation  of  families  in  general, 
while  its  comparative  cheapness  will  be 
both  pleasing  and  persuasive  to  the  house¬ 
wife,”  is  whttt  a  prominent  New  York 
paper  says  about  it,  and  here  is  the  city 
idea  of  a  New  England  boiled  dinner : 
“  If  the  meat  has  been  long  in  the  brine 
soak  it  an  hour  in  cold  water  before  cook¬ 
ing.  Then  put  the  meat  into  a  large  pot, 
cover  it  with  cold  water  and  boil  it  slowly 
and  steadily,  skimming  it  frequently. 
The  cabbage,  if  large,  should  be  cut  in 
quarters  and  cooked  with  the  meat  one 
hour.  New  beets  will  take  less  than  an 
hour,  but  old  and  large  beets  need  thor¬ 
ough  cooking  and  from  two  to  three 
hours  should  be  allowed  for  them.  The 
beets  and  carrots  are  to  be  washed  and 
scraped  and  the  turnips  peeled  and  sliced, 
while  the  potatoes  are  cooked  in  their 
well-scrubbed  jackets.  These  are  also 
cooked  with  the  meat. 
When  ready  for  serving  the  meat  should 
be  placed  on  the  platter,  the  string  or 
skewers  being  removed.  The  potatoes 
should  be  put  in  the  oven  for  a  few 
moments  to  dry  off  and  then  be  pared. 
The  coarse  center  stem  of  the  cabbage 
should  be  cut  out  and  the  remainder 
chopped  well.  It  can  be  seasoned  with 
vinegar  or  left  to  the  taste  of  the  individ¬ 
ual  eaters.  The  turnips  should  be  mashed 
and  seasoned  with  a  trifle  of  pepper,  and 
the  carrots  and  beets  should  be  sliced, 
hot  vinegar  being  poured  over  the  beets 
and  both  being  dusted  with  pepper. 
Currant  Jelly.— Crush  the  currants, 
with  or  without  scalding.  Strain  first 
through  cheese  cloth,  then  through 
fine  flannel,  never  squeezing  the  pulp 
through  the  bag.  Boil  the  juice  in  a 
granite  kettle  for  20  minutes,  meanwhile 
heating  the  sugar.  Be  careful  that  the 
sugar  does  not  brown.  Add  the  sugar  to 
the  juice  ;  as  it  becomes  thoroughly  dis¬ 
solved,  it  will  probably  jelly  ;  if  not,  boil 
it  from  one  to  five  minutes,  or  until  it 
stiffens  on  the  edge  of  a  cold  spoon.  It 
does  not  need  now  to  become  quite  as 
stiff  as  desired,  as  it  thickens  more  later. 
Fill  jelly  glasses,  and,  when  cool,  cover 
with  paraffine,  which  may  f?c  saved  when 
the  jelly  is  used,  for  further  service. 
Store  in  a  dry,  dark  place.  An  old  house¬ 
keeper  says:  “If  you  desire  light-col¬ 
ored  currant  jelly,  use  white  currants, 
wholly,  or  with  a  few  red  ones.  This 
will  give  a  pink  jelly,  very  pretty.”  Per¬ 
fect  jelly,  in  a  perfectly  dry  place,  will 
often  keep  with  no  other  than  the  glass 
cover ;  if  damp,  it  will  invariably  mold. 
Don't  carry  molded  jelly  to  invalids. 
What  we  all  Need. — The  desire  for 
stimulants  among  the  very  poor  is  in¬ 
creased,  no  doubt,  by  insufficient  nour¬ 
ishment,  says  Mrs.  A.  It  Aldrich  in  Har¬ 
per’s  Bazar;  but  the  intelligent  people 
must  think  for  the  unthinking,  and  as 
soon  as  wholesome  food  and  drink  are 
the  fashion  for  the  more  intelligent  class 
there  will  be  a  change  in  every  class. 
Still,  intemperate  eating  and  drinking 
are  not  the  only  intemperate  habits  that 
seem  to  be  part  of  our  social  fabric. 
There  is  an  incalculable  waste  of  feeling, 
of  emotion  and  will.  A  child  whose 
habits  of  eating,  of  sleeping,  of  dressing, 
and  of  talking  are  controlled  by  the  real 
needs  of  life,  and  regulated  with  taste 
and  discretion,  will  never  need  the  good 
offices  of  a  temperance  society  nor  legis¬ 
lation  to  save  him  from  ruin.  What  we 
most  need  is  to  be  saved  from  ourselves, 
or,  to  be  lifted  into  our  best  selves  by 
adjusting  the  emotions,  appetites  and 
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We  often  believe  ourselves  all  these  be¬ 
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