1891 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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drying towels, soft and leaving no lint. The 
best of two heavy white blankets was sewed 
together flatly for a “ hush,” protecting the 
dining table and agreeable to the touch, and 
causing a wonderful saving of table linen. 
Table-cloths worn at the center, and past 
being strengthened by deft darning with 
ravelings of the same, have the worn parts 
cut away, and are seamed up in the center; 
over this seam is laid a “ runner ” prettily 
worked, and anew lease of life is thus given 
the cloth, and a pretty fancy added to the 
table. 
A tall, straight backed, quaint chair, 
more than a half century old, now so fash¬ 
ionable, stood in the store-room. A can of 
paint, a package of dye, one of gilding, 
fancy gilt nails and fluffy silken fringe 
were purchased ; moreover, there were on 
hand a quantity of nice, but faded ribbon, 
a piece of wine colored brocaded plush, an¬ 
other of sash ribbon, light blue with golden 
figures, a board, a brush, saw, nails, ham¬ 
mer, and an eager little woman : result, a 
much admired chair that might have cost $7, 
but actually cost only 75 cents. 
The roller of a disused map was painted, 
the prettily turned knobs gilded, and rest¬ 
ing on large gilded screw-hooks, formed a 
handsome pole, from which hangs a canton- 
flannel curtain of a pretty shade, trimmed 
with bands of contrasting colors. 
So much of financial success depends on 
small details that it is a marvel that many 
who desire to be helpmates and homo¬ 
makers, do not regard them of as much 
more importance. 
Livingston Co., N. Y. 
MY CULINARY ECONOMIES. 
E CONOMY in cookery, as in every de¬ 
partment of housekeeping, implies 
judicious non-doing as well as wise doing. 
What is economy in one family, would 
mean reckless extravagance in another; 
and every woman should know her limita¬ 
tions and decide what is true economy in 
her particular circumstances. 
In deciding for myself, I have to consider 
three things: that I have never been over¬ 
strong ; that I have no servants, and that I 
have four children, all under the age of six. 
Moreover, as I am not one of the happy-go- 
lucky people who can take a headache as a 
joke, or bear physical exhaustion and over¬ 
wrought nerves with jollity, or even resig¬ 
nation, it behooves me to avoid illness. The 
little tots are quick to see if mamma is not 
in good spirits, and their precious, happy 
lives must not be needlessly clouded. I 
really must keep well, to this end : 
1. We buy our bread, both white and 
entire wheat, the latter predominating. It 
is delivered fresh twice a week at four 
cents per loaf. 
2. We use but little beef, partly because 
it is the most expensive kind of food, partly 
because it is not necessary to health, partly 
because of the time its preparation in¬ 
volves, and, most of all, because it is often 
unsafe food. There are so many diseased 
animals, so many unscrupulous butchers, 
so few expert inspectors, too often none at 
all, that we generally consider beef a good 
food to let alone. 
In view of the well-nigh universal cus¬ 
tom of beef eating, it is no wonder that 
four fifths of the human race die of con¬ 
sumption and kindred diseases. Besides, 
doctors tell us that eggs of the dreaded 
tape-worm are found on plants that cattle 
sometimes eat in pastures, and that they 
hatch and develop in the beef-eater’s 
system. 
3. Pork is deemed an abomination, and 
is utterly banished from our home—lard 
and all. Scrofula, boils, erysipelas, cancer 
and all eruptive diseases would probably 
be little known if people for many succes¬ 
sive generations would abjure pork alto¬ 
gether. 
4. We usually avoid fried foods, also 
pastry and rich cakes, except on rare occa¬ 
sions. 
5. Our food consists principally of grains, 
vegetables, fruits, milk and eggs. Wheat- 
let is a staple article, being palatable and 
quickly prepared; five minutes’ boiling are 
Please mention The R. N.-Y. to our adver¬ 
tisers. 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she'became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. 
enough if directions are followed. We vary 
this occasionally with crushed wheat, oat¬ 
meal, cerealine flakes, etc.—the last named 
cooking sufficiently in one minute. Simple 
puddings that can be easily prepared form 
occasional desserts; but fruit is generally 
regarded as sufficient and is served in 
abundance throughout the year. Cakes, 
like puddings and pies, are not considered 
a daily necessity, but when I do make them, 
the various ingredients are placed on the 
kitchen table, which is but a step from the 
kitchen cupboard and the stove. Then I 
sit down within reach of everything, mix¬ 
ing and beating till the cake is ready for 
the oven. The cooking utensils are then 
piled together and put in water to soak 
and be ready for easy cleansing when dish¬ 
washing comes. 
6. I sit down to pare vegetables and 
fruits, to shell peas, hull strawberries, etc. 
7. Many down-cellar trips are avoided 
by keeping bread, butter, cake and other 
food in jars, boxes or cupboards on the 
landing, except in very warm weather. 
Besides that, my “ guid mon” brings up a 
half-bushel or so of potatoes at once, so I 
need not travel downstairs for every panful. 
8. We pay cash for goods, purchasing 
some kinds in large quantities of whole¬ 
salers, thereby saving considerable expense. 
9. The dining-table stands near the 
closet where the dishes are kept; thus it is 
but the work of a few moments to arrange 
them at meal times. 
10. The babies like to help set the table, 
and are often allowed to do so, as well as 
to perform numerous other little tasks 
that save mamma many a step and much 
wearisome stooping. Of course their de¬ 
lightful propensity to “help ” is not always 
the unmixed blessing they imagine, but no 
matter—their efforts are prompted by love, 
and the darlings will thus learn to become 
really accomplished little helpers in the 
sweet by-and-by. 
I have not the wonderful facility or skill 
of many housekeepers for “ turning off ” 
work, but by applying to other house¬ 
keeping duties methods similar to those 
described in relation to cookery, we are 
generally able to dispense with doctors and 
the “servant problem,” and to live our 
lives in comfort, health and happiness. 
New Jersey. CARRIE E. B. 
A SOUTHWESTERN HOUSEWIFE’S 
VIEWS. 
O RDER, cleanliness and routine are 
the essentials for household economy. 
Never put anything down except in its 
rightful place and let that place be a con¬ 
venient one. Time and thought should 
be given to making the best possible ar¬ 
rangement of the house and furniture to 
meet the various needs and uses. A sink 
with water and a drain in a kitchen are not 
luxuries, but necessaries. Having the space 
beneath the kitchen table inclosed and 
fitted up to contain cooking utensils and 
supplies saves many steps. The molding- 
board arranged like a drop-leaf against the 
wall neir the flour barrel, can be used as an 
extra table, or folded down out of the way. 
The economy of time and friction that 
cornea from bags is unlimited. 
Clothes iron easier if carefully hung on a 
line, and coarse clothes, folded directly 
from the line are handled only once. Neat 
patching and darning double the useful¬ 
ness of a garment. Childrens’ stockings 
last much longer if cut in two just below 
the shoe top and if the thin knee is turned 
to the under side the flat, strong, soft 
seam is scarcely noticeable. Old pants and 
coats, ripped before they are washed, make 
warm dresses and cloaks for the wee ones, 
or cuffs and fronts in waists for larger chil¬ 
dren; the quilted linings covered with old, 
worn dress materials make warm petti¬ 
coats. 
True economy consists in buying good 
materials and making plain clothes rather 
than in dividing the money between cheap 
goods and cheap trimmings. The old 
calico or gingham dress-3kirts make 
kitchen aprons; old bed-ticking makes 
children’s eating bibs, or petticoats for 
spring and fall wear; in old lace curtains 
there are often good places that will make 
pretty pillow or pin cushion covers ; strips 
of old muslin, two inches wide, rolled into 
balls, should be ready for an emergency 
when surgeon’s bandages are needed; old 
umbrella covers make good linings, while 
the ribs carefully separated, make rods to 
hang light-weight curtains upon—a brass¬ 
headed tack driven through the hole 
at either end, fastens them neatly and 
securely; old corsets make good kitchen 
holders; old ingrain carpets cut length¬ 
wise into strips and raveled on both sides, 
can be woven into rugs not unlike Smyrna. 
Bread scraps browned in the oven and 
rolled into powder keep a long time and are 
always ready to thicken soups and sauces; 
or, added to any good custard, make a good 
pudding. Stale bread dipped in egg batter 
and fried makes a change from pancakes, 
while the pancakes themselves are im¬ 
proved by adding a cupful of bread crumbs 
soaked over-night in milk or by adding 
cold oatmeal or rice. 
Meat scraps with the bones well cracked 
make good soup, and a union of different 
kinds improves the flavor. Scraps of fat 
rendered in the oven and the grease clari¬ 
fied, save lard ; cold baked potatoes, chop¬ 
ped fine, seasoned with salt and pepper and 
heated with butter and milk, make a pal¬ 
atable breakfast dish ; the flavor of a pie 
is often improved by adding the left-over 
small dish of another kind of sauce; stale 
cake makes good puddings, and a limited 
amount of cold tea or fruit juice can be 
used to advantage if added to the vinegar. 
“ Poor people can’t afford to be econom¬ 
ical ” because economy comes in buying 
only the best materials, taking advantage 
of the markets and buying, when possible, 
at wholesale rates ; while the poor are 
obliged to live from hand to mouth. But 
all can be sure that the quality bought 
equals the money expended, and that 
shoddy is dear at any price. Staple grocer¬ 
ies are cheaper bought in large quantities ; 
a box of soap bought at one time and dried 
lasts longer and is cheaper per cake; gran¬ 
ulated sugar is purer and sweeter than the 
cheaper brands and cannot be watered. 
In a well ordered household where each 
member respects the rights of every other, 
there need be only a minimum of friction. 
In all economies, although “many a 
mickle makes a muckle,” it takes thought 
not to be “ penny-wise and pound-foolish.” 
Fayetteville, Ark. mrs. mart mcn. 
Embo*ssed Embroidery.— This is the 
name given to a new scheme for utilizing 
artificial flowers in home decoration. The 
flowers are pressed, exactly as one would 
press a natural flower, but not too heavily, 
and applied on velvet or plush. The light 
pressing may even be done with a warm 
flat iron, after which the flowers are placed 
in the position desired, and the edges of the 
leaves outlined with heavy floss silk 
Roses, particularly, lend themselves well 
to this sort of work. A great jug of Jacque¬ 
minots has a beautiful effect. The knack 
is in imitating as closely as possible the po¬ 
sitions which would be seen in a natural 
bunch. 
Next week we shall publish something 
nice for Easter: An Egg Party, prettily 
illustrated. This will be followed in a 
week or two by some excellent articles on 
Economy by the oldest ladies and the girls. 
Look out for them ! We want to use either 
the whole or a part of nearly every Economy 
article, although not all at once—lest we 
all tire of economy. 
Advertisers treat all correspondent* 
well if they mention The Rural New 
Yorker. 
CONSTIPATION 
and other 
bowel complaints 
cured and prevented 
by the prompt 
use of 
Ayer’s Cathartic Pills 
They 
regulate the liver, 
cleanse the stomach, 
and greatly assist 
digestion. * 
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. 
Lowell, Mass. 
Tutt’s Pills 
The dyspeptic, the debilitated, whether 
from excess of work of mind or body, drink 
or exposure in ___ ^ ~ 
MALARIAL REGIONS, 
will find Tutt’s Pills the most genial re¬ 
storative ever offered the suffering invalid. 
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1C'75. 
W. BAKER & CO.’S 
Breakfast Cocoa 
from which the excess of oh 
has been removed, 
7s absolutely pure and 
it is soluble. 
Wo Ch emicals 
are used in its preparation. It 
has more than three times the 
strength of Cocoa mixed with 
Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, 
and is therefore far more eco- 
I nomical, costing less than one 
| centacup. It is delicious, nour¬ 
ishing, strengthening, easily 
digested, and admirably adapted for invalids 
as well as for persons in health. 
Sold by Grocers everywhere. 
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. 
The New Tomato! 
From Canada ought to be extra early, and as such it 
is sent out. The reports of the experimental stations 
speak highly of it. and numbers tesiify to its earl! 
ness, productiveness, large size, roundness, rich color 
and freedom from rot. Per package, 15 cts.; five for 
60 cents. You will find it ouly in my seed catalogue, 
which will be sent FREE to anybody. 
J. J. H. GREGORY & SON, Marblehead, Mass 
PLANTS OF 
Hosford’s Mammoth Grape. 
ONE DOLLAR EACH. 
Address GEO. HOSFORD, Tonia, Michigan. 
GRAPE VINES 
Plants of Boat quality. Warranted truo to namo. Lowest 
Prioos. Largest Stock and Assortmont of Old and How 
Varieties. Sond for Price List. . ' 
BUSH 4 SON 4 MEISSNEB, Bnshtorg, Mo. 
Six days earlier than 
any variety tee ted atthe 
Agrlcuit’l Ex. Grounds 
at Gtneva, N. Y. Color 
greenish white : pulp 
lender, sweet and de¬ 
licious. The only grape 
that ranks first boih In 
earliness and quality. 
Each vine sealed with 
our registered trade¬ 
mark label. ’ Send for 
circulars giving lurim r Information. Agents wanted 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Ct 
i^FiTlie Golerain 
Very early. Of the most delicate flavor. Very 
hardy. A vigorous grower, and abundant bearer. 
Free from rot and mildew. Generally but one seed 
to the berry. Eight green with white bloom, and 
pronounced by prominent fruit men “The best na¬ 
tive white Grape In cultivation.” It is now offered 
for the first time. Send for terms and testimonials. 
Address, GOLERAIN GRAPE GO., Coleraln, O. 
Tim universal favor ac¬ 
corded Tillinghast’s Puget 
Sound Cabbage Seeds leads 
me to offer a. I*. S. Grown 
Onion, the finest Yellow Globe 
inexistence. To introduce it and 
show itscapabilitiesl will pay 
S100 for the best yield obtain¬ 
ed from 1 ounce of seed which 
I will mail for 80 cts. Cata¬ 
logue free. 
Isaac F. Tllllnghast, 
La Plume, Pa. 
FOREST TREES. 
Catalpa Speciosa, 
White Ash, European 
Larch, Pines, Spruces, 
Arbor Vitos, etc., etc. 
' Catalpa Speciosa Seed. 
Forest and Evergreen 
Seeds. 
R.DOUGLAS & SON, 
Waukegan, III 
THE KANSAS 
is rust PROOF. 
The strongest 
and most vigor¬ 
ous plant. The 
largest early and most productive best Mack Raspberry 
for sale. A. H. GUI ESA, Drawer 148, Lawrence, Runs. 
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