1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
883 
WHAT  OPEN  EYES  SEE. 
For  Longer  Wear. —  Grease  children’s 
shoes,  and  shellac  the  soles  ;  this  makes 
them  wear  longer. 
A  Handy  Stove  Brush.— An  old  paint 
brush  makes  an  excellent  “  dauber”  for 
stove  blacking,  not  soiling  the  hands 
like  the  ordinary  flat  stove  brush,  h.  h. 
Is  Ida  Lewis,  the  lighthouse  heroine,  who 
has  saved  15  or  20  lives,  forgotten?  She 
still  cares  for  the  Lime  Rock  Lighthouse, 
off  Newport,  R.  I.,  where  she  lives  alone 
with  a  gray  cat  and  the  sound  of  the 
waves  for  company. 
For  Baby's  Comfort. — Take  cotton  diaper 
21  inches  wide  and  measure  off  each 
diaper  54  inches  long.  Fold  square,  then 
corner-wise,  then  corner-wise  again  ; 
place  the  same  as  is  usual.  This  does 
not  wet  through  so  quickly,  and  makes 
but  one  piece  of  washing. 
Oh!  Vassar. — It  is  told  of  the  Vassar 
graduates  that  they  publicly  claim  that 
no  Vassar  girl  has  ever  been  divorced 
from  her  husband.  Every  paper  in  the 
land,  almost,  has  given  publicity  to  the 
assertion  that  Vassar  women’s  babies 
don’t  die!  Would  that  all  our  girls  might 
call  Vassar  alma  mater . 
An  Unkind  Cut. — Oh,  Open  Eyes,  so 
calm  and  true,  you  scan  our  missives 
through  and  through  in  search  of  some¬ 
thing  fresh  and  new,  and  oft,  alack!  don’t 
find  it.  Didn’t  Solomon  (the  wisest  one) 
declare  that  under  the  whole  sun  there’s 
nothing  new  ?  Then  why  this  run  on 
mortals  blank  ?  Unkind  it !  h.  l.  s. 
A  Bright  Worker. — The  Ledger  says 
that  Miss  Martha  D.  Bessey  of  New  York, 
who  won  the  prize  of  $50  for  the  best  de¬ 
sign  of  the  badges  to  be  worn  by  the 
lady  managers  of  the  World’s  Fair,  is  a 
young  lady  of  22,  who  received  her  art 
education  at  Cooper  Institute,  and  is  at 
present  the  only  woman-designer  em¬ 
ployed  by  Tiffany  &  Co. 
Cushion  for  Baby. — Give  the  baby  a 
cushion  of  his  own.  Make  a  case  of 
strong  cotton  of  any  kind,  fill  with 
straw,  husks,  feathers,  or  even  paper 
strips,  if  nothing  else  is  at  hand.  Make  of 
any  size  or  shape  convenient,  and  cover 
with  calico,  denim,  or  anything  that  will 
wash.  Then  let  him  drag  it  where  he 
likes.  No  matter  if  his  heels  are  on  it 
oftener  than  his  head,  he  will  enjoy  it  all 
the  same.  H.  n. 
A  Revival. — Daisy  work  is  again  in  favor 
for  doilies,  tea  cloths,  pincushions,  covers 
and  many  similar  articles,  says  the  House¬ 
hold  Companion.  White  dotted  muslin 
is  used  as  a  foundation.  The  spot  serves 
as  the  center  of  the  daisy,  the  rays  of 
which  are  put  in  with  a  few  picot  stitches 
worked  with  white  flax  threads,  care 
being  taken  to  make  them  all  of  one 
size.  The  rays  may  be  of  white,  yellow, 
or  even  pink.  Polka  dotted  silk  may 
also  be  treated  in  this  way. 
Advantages  of  the  Candy  Pull.— With 
gay  talk  and  laughter  the  members  of 
the  kitchen  brigade  busied  themselves 
shelling  pop-corn,  popping  and  eating  it, 
stirring  the  candy  and  eating  apples. 
When  the  candy  was  sufficiently  boiled 
it  was  poured  on  well  buttered  platters. 
When  cool  enough  to  handle  one  person 
passed  a  dish  of  flour  (which  is  cleaner 
than  butter  and  answers  the  purpose  just 
as  well)  while  another  followed  with  a 
platter  of  candy  and  a  knife,  giving  each 
person  a  piece.  The  resulting  forms  of 
the  candy  were  as  various  as  the  fancies 
of  the  workers.  When  all  was  pulled, 
the  elder  people  were  remembered,  the 
ex-pullers  became  eaters  and  the  propo¬ 
sition  for  a  game  of  “clumps,”  or  “twenty 
questions  ”  met  with  approval.  After 
nearly  an  hour  of  this,  we  had  a  few 
songs  and  the  guests  departed  seemingly 
well  pleased  with  the  evening’s  enter¬ 
tainment.  The  candy  recipe  was  four 
cupfuls  of  molasses,  three  cupfuls  of 
sugar,  granulated,  and  four  tablespoon¬ 
fuls  of  vinegar.  Just  before  removing 
from  the  fire  one  teaspoonful  of  saleratus 
was  added.  The  above  recipe  was  ample 
When  Baby  was  Blok,  we  gave  her  Castorla, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castorta, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  olnng  to  Castorla, 
When  she  had  Children,  she  gave  them  CaBtorls 
for  22  people.  The  neighbors  were 
brought  together  in  a  friendly  way,  the 
“collation”  was  not  expensive,  nor  was  it 
hard  to  prepare,  as  the  company  did 
most  of  the  work  themselves,  h.  e.  d. 
Brown  Bread. — Dentists  tell  us  there 
is  nothing  better  than  Graham  flour 
to  make  strong,  durable  teeth.  Many 
persons  think  it  too  much  trouble  to 
make  brown  bread,  but  here  are  two 
easy,  reliable  recipes.  The  Graham,  of 
course,  should  always  be  sifted  :  1.  One 
pint  of  bread  sponge,  one  teacupful  of 
molasses,  or  less,  to  taste,  one  pint  of 
warm  water;  stir  very  stiff  with  Graham 
flour,  put  in  a  greased  tin  to  rise  and 
bake  more  than  one  hour  in  a  slow  oven. 
If  started  at  night,  it  will  be  ready  to 
bake  early  in  the  morning.  2.  One  cup¬ 
ful  of  wheat  flour,  one-half  cupful  of 
milk,  one-half  cupful  of  water,  one-half 
cupful  of  yeast,  or  one-half  yeast  cake. 
Leave  to  rise  at  night ;  add  in  the  morn¬ 
ing  one  cupful  of  Graham,  one  teaspoon¬ 
ful  of  salt,  one-half  cupful  of  molasses  ; 
put  in  a  tin,  in  a  warm  place ;  when 
light,  bake  slowly. 
A  New  Gingham. — Let  me  tell  you  how 
I  walked  around  the  inevitable  to  my  en¬ 
tire  satisfaction.  Husband  tossed  into 
my  lap  a  parcel,  remarking,  “  a  little 
present  for  you.  ”  The  string  was  care¬ 
fully  untied,  rolled  around  my  fingers 
a  la  Mary  Wager-Fisher,  and  a  dress  pat¬ 
tern  of  lovely  tinted  gingham  was  dis¬ 
closed.  But  my  eyes  must  have  had  the 
“far-away”  look  of  Samantha  Allen's,  for 
my  husband  asked,  a  little  anxiously, 
“  Isn’t  it  pretty  ?  doesn’t  it  suit  you?” 
“  Very  and  exactly;  but,  to  tell  you  the 
exact  truth,  my  mind  was  away  off  in 
the  future,  and  I  was  studying  altitude. 
The  bottom  of  this  dress  at  its  first  wash¬ 
ing  will  be  somewhere  between  my 
ankles  and  the  first  joints  above,  unless 
I  can  think  of  some  way  to  circumvent 
it.”  And  I  did  !  The  dress  was  cut 
Princess,  two  extra  inches  for  shrinkage 
being  run  into  a  tuck.  The  facing  was 
then  put  on,  and  a  flounce  neatly  basted 
over  the  tuck.  Six  months  later,  when 
the  pretty  gingham  was  washed,  I  took 
out  the  tuck,  lowered  the  flounce,  sewing 
it  on  firmly,  and  found  I  had  just  hit  it. 
MRS.  H.  L.  s. 
The  Society  Debutante.— One  is  often 
ignorant  of  the  existence  of  young  girls 
in  the  houses  of  one’s  friends,  writes  Mrs. 
Burton  Harrison  in  the  Ladies’  Home 
Journal.  The  dancing  class,  controlled 
by  a  bevy  of  matrons  who  carefully  select 
the  names  sent  out  upon  invitations  to 
belong  to  it,  is  her  training  ground  for 
polite  society.  At  these  classes,  meeting 
in  the  afternoon  or  evening  once  a  week, 
the  mothers  sit  around  the  halls  while 
the  boys  and  girls  go  through  the  exact 
forms  to  be  observed  in  the  ball-room  of 
the  future.  When  the  young  person  is 
ready  to  be  introduced  into  society,  the 
mother,  as  often  as  not,  issues  cards  for 
a  general  afternoon  reception  of  her 
friends.  Gowned  in  simplest  home  dress, 
high  at  the  throat  and  of  pure  white,  the 
debutante  stands  beyond  her  mother  at 
the  chief  entrance  of  the  drawing-room. 
Behind  her,  piled  upon  tables  or  the 
piano,  is  seen  a  veritable  hecatomb  of 
flowers  sent  in  by  friends  to  celebrate  the 
hour.  Each  guest,  after  speaking  to  the 
mother  or  chaperone,  is  then  mentioned 
by  name  to  the  debutante,  who  bows  or 
courtesies  as  she  has  been  taught  to  do.  A 
dinner  follows,  at  which  her  mother  pre¬ 
sides.  Here  she  is  queen  of  the  feast, 
and  amid  flowers  and  lights  and  music 
and  kind  words,  no  wonder  that  the  vista 
of  society  seems  to  her  like  fairy  land. 
Fresh  Wall-Flowers.— These  are  of 
various  sorts,  it  seems,  and  the  Home 
Magazine  tells  about  some  which  it  con¬ 
siders  so  attractive  as  to  lend  a  new  in¬ 
terest  to  the  name.  A  yellow  chrysan¬ 
themum  is  made  by  a  few  broad  ‘dashes 
with  a  paint  brush  on  a  piece  of  celluloid, 
cut  out  around  the  petals,  and  fastened 
at  the  sides  by  yellow  bows  to  a  gilded 
pillow  beater,  making  a  bright  holder 
for  a  fancy  feather  duster  or  other  small 
article.  But  the  freshest  wall-flowers 
and  the  most  pleasing  are  made  of  water- 
color  paper.  Cut  a  round  piece;  around 
the  upper  half  paint  a  row  of  purple  pan¬ 
sies,  touching  each  other  with  stems  to¬ 
wards  the  center;  cut  out  the  edge  along 
the  outline  of  pansies.  From  a  circle  an 
inch  larger  in  diameter  cut  a  crescent 
three  inches  deep  at  the  widest  part. 
Along  the  scooped-out  edge  put  a  row  of 
pansies,  cut  out  like  those  of  the  circular 
piece.  With  a  punch,  cut  holes  around 
the  unadorned  edges,  lace  together  with 
pansy-colored  ribbon  ;  leave  long  ends  to 
tie  for  a  suspending  loop,  and  tie  festoons 
at  each  intersecting  point.  Paint  a  spray 
of  pansies,  or  the  words  pense  a  moi  across 
the  back,  for  a  memorandum,  etc.  Paste  a 
piece  of  thin  pasteboard  to  the  back  of 
circle  to  give  extra  strength.  Sweet  peas, 
with  green  ribbon,  or  wild  roses,  with 
pink,  make  a  pleasing  variety. 
Reading  Interest  into  Things. — Would 
you  glorify  the  common  things  of  life, 
and  open  to  yourself  a  new  world  ?  Get 
Gray’s  School  and  Field  Botany,  and 
read  it,  observing  as  you  read.  Sections 
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terest  to  corn,  beans,  peas,  squash  seeds, 
etc. ,  and  set  you  to  watching  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  plants  from  the  seed.  The  sec¬ 
tion  on  buds  will  show  you  that  there  is 
something  to  be  seen  in  bare  twigs  and 
branches.  After  reading  the  root  and 
stem  sections,  potatoes,  turnips,  and 
onions  will  no  longer  mean  merely  some¬ 
thing  to  eat,  but  will  stand  for  types  of 
their  peculiar  classes.  The  section  on 
leaves  will  open  your  eyes  to  things  you 
perhaps  never  dreamed  of  noticing  be¬ 
fore.  The  flower  and  fruit  chapters  are 
richer  still.  Don’t  forget  to  use  your 
eyes  to  prove  everything  the  book  says, 
else  you  will  lose  most  of  the  benefit.  It 
is  good  for  the  children  to  learn  to 
observe  nature  too,  and  the  farmer  him¬ 
self  will  find  much  useful  knowledge  in 
the  botany.  Other  botanies  may  be  as 
good  as  this,  but  Gray’s  was  the  one 
which  proved  an  eye-opener  to  me.  L. 
[We  think  this  friend  is  a  pioneer  in 
suggesting  the  value  of  simple  reading  of 
this  class  of  text  books,  to  those  who 
missed  studying  them  when  younger,  and 
who  perhaps  think  themselves  too  old  to 
study  them  now.  Her  position  is  thor¬ 
oughly  sound,  and  we  thank  her. — En.] 
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