1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
4o3 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
Moist Cheese. —A cloth dampened in 
vinegar and wrapped around a piece of 
cheese will serve to keep it wholesome, 
edible and moist. 
Soak the Rubbers. —Old fruit can rub¬ 
bers, put into weak ammonia water, will 
recover their elasticity and keep the fruit 
as well as new ones. 
To Clean the Irons. —An aid to ironing 
starched clothes is a cloth dampened in 
kerosene upon which to rub the irons 
when they are taken from the stove. It 
prevents all sticking and helps to add a 
gloss. J- l. K. 
For Varnished Paint.— If a bag of flax 
seed is put in water to soak, some time 
before using the water for washing var¬ 
nished paint, it will be a great help to 
clean and keep the paint bright. M. 
Handy Applications.— White sugar is 
an excellent application for cuts, wounds 
and bruises, quickly subduing inflamma¬ 
tion. Salt pork, raw, is also good and 
in some cases easier to apply, l. w m. 
Oatmeal Bread. —No', all the members 
of my family like oai meal mush ; yet it 
is so useful for growing bones that some¬ 
times I make a kettle of mush a d pour 
it into the flour when I set my bread at 
night. The mixture makes a fine, moist 
loaf and the oatmeal is not noticeable. 
e. s. D. B. 
Rhubarb With Raisins.— For stewing 
when young do not peel the rhubarb. 
Do this only when you think you want 
a change: there is a considerable differ- 
c nee in color and flavor. I think a few 
raisins mixed with it improve the flavor. 
Rhubarb pies are much better if nearly 
one-fourth raisins ; these partly answer 
for sweetening, therefore are not very 
expensive. w. B. w. 
Ferns In Water.— In the springtime 
gather a few ferns when they are up 
three or four inches, taking them up 
root and all. l’lace them in a pretty 
china or glass bowl, fill it with water, 
to be changed occasionally. They will 
grow thus three or four months, sending 
up new fronds every little while. These, 
with the addition of pansies or any other 
flowers one may have, make such a 
pretty bouquet for the table. Do not 
use more than one kind of flowers at a 
time, as more seem to spoil the effect; 
almost any flower will harmonize with 
the delic te green of the fem. f a. h. 
Steamed Pudding. — Steamed batter 
pudding is often on our table, and we 
consider it a delicious dessert, more easily 
and quickly prepared than pie. These 
puddings are to be eaten with any sauce 
desired ; but instead of the time-honored 
plum that little Jack Horner discovered, 
we use the different fruits in their sea¬ 
sons, after we have commenced with 
rhubarb in the spring; then follow cher¬ 
ries, currants, berries, etc. Black rasp 
berries make exceptionally good steamed 
pudding; at piesen.t we are ■ eveling in 
cranberries, and these we think make 
the nicest puddings of all. ,T. 8. 
Who Will Follow This Fad ?—The woman 
of fads has a new one; it is mottoes. 
Not worsted work abominations, framed 
in black and gilt; but words from the 
poets and writers we love to remember, 
traced in large script of her own in gold 
paint upon the walls. They form frit zes, 
over-door decorations, and take the place 
of tiling around the arch of the fire-plate. 
The litenry Mrs. Palme i Henderson 
originated it, because she owns her own 
house,and can scr bble on its wallsat will, 
and because she does it easily. In the 
dining-room over the sideboard “ Plain 
Living and High Thinking'* confronts 
you as a sort of moral stimulant. Traced 
in gilt letters upon the black mantel 
in the parlor are the words : “ Each 
man’s chimney is a golden milestone ;” 
while over the piano is this pointed but 
gentle discourager of slander : “ Now 
happiness for us a- d a good word for the 
absent.” In tue spare bedroom is to be 
found : “Good night, and a good to-mor¬ 
row.” This fad m ght even dt for the 
v> oman whose real fad is a purpose in 
life. Who shall say to what height she 
might not elevate her familiars through 
the educating effect of the “high think¬ 
ing” induced by ner sagacious select ions ? 
Portable Receptacles. —Baskets are the 
most convenient receptacles for news¬ 
papers and magazines, as they may be 
placed within reach of a number read¬ 
ing at the same lime. They can be car¬ 
ried about, “ upstairs, downstairs and 
into my lady’s ” kitchen, and stand a 
better chance for order and cleanliness 
than a pocket on the wall. M. c. 
Cannot You Make a Hat-Rack?— So often 
a hat-rack is wanted and the needful pur¬ 
chase price is not forthcoming. A beauti¬ 
ful one can be made for almost nothing 
if one has a good board on hand and 
skillful fingers. The board is to be bev¬ 
eled, oiled and varnished, or enameled 
and ornamented with nail heads. Almost 
any carpet or piece of wall paper will 
furnish you with a design, which you 
may trace on paper, and then mark on 
your board with a bit of chalk. Let the 
simple pattern come at regular inter¬ 
vals, and between each two screw on 
brass coat hooks, which may be pur¬ 
chased at any furniture store. A board 
of this sort also offers a field for amateur 
carving or poker work, and may thus be 
made very dainty. 
Milk for Cleaning Kid Gloves.— Make 
ready a little new milk in one saucer and 
a piece of white soap in another, and a 
clean cloth or towel folded three or four 
times. On the cloth spread out the glove 
smoothly. Dip a piece of soft flannel 
first in the milk, then rub off a good 
quantity of the soap on the wet flannel, 
and commence to rub the glove down¬ 
wards towards the fingers, but holding 
it firmly with the left hand. Continue 
this process until the glove, if white, 
looks of a dingy yellow, though clean ; if 
colored, till it looks dark and spoiled; 
then lay it to dry. Old gloves will soon 
look nearly new, being soft, glossy, 
smooth, shapely and elastic. This process 
of cleaning may be more costly and trou¬ 
blesome than the use of benzine, but the 
result will be more satisfactory and less 
dangerous. mamie. 
Cream. —How many of our Open Eyes 
readers notice the difference in the kinds 
of cream from a cow fed cotton seed and 
one that is not? A cow fed two double 
handfuls of cotton seed twice a day will 
make almost a half more butter than if 
she were not so fed and the butter is very 
firm; the cream must be much warmer to 
churn than if :he seed were not fed. And 
for charlotte russe whipped cream or 
syllabubs, it cannot be beaten. Do not 
warm it if wanted for these purposes, and 
it will make an excellent foam with a 
few minutes’ brating, and will stand so 
well that there will be no danger of its be¬ 
coming liquid before the other ingred¬ 
ients are ready. w. 
[It is plain that cur friend is not speak- 
ng literally when she says above that 
this cream cannot be beaten. — Ed ] 
An Architect's Sermon. —Mrs. Sangster 
thus describes a prominent feature of 
New York: “There, across Madison 
Square, rose the tower of the Garden. 
Always a joy to the eyes, it had now 
taken on a fresh charm. There had been 
a snow-flurry about an hour earlier, and 
every ledge and projection of the pale 
yellow surface was outlined in purest 
white, and this fairy-like fabric stood 
out against a sky of the clearest, softest 
blue. It was impossible to look at such 
beauty without an instant uplift of the 
soul to a serener atmosphere than that 
one breathed on the muddy pavement 
and amidst the bustling crowd. There 
was in the sight more than a shade of 
the feeling that thrills the lover of nature 
when he lifts up his eyes unto the moun¬ 
tains—the mountains that ‘ bring peace 
to the people.’ One questions if the 
architect thought of the possibility of 
such an effect of his work when Le 
planned the tower, or if he ‘ builded bet¬ 
ter than he knew,’and wrought unwit¬ 
tingly a sermon in stone.” 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mr*. Wims- 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Ai/v, 
Breakfast Dishes from Left-Overs.—A 
good breakfast dish is made of the bits 
of meat, either ham, salt pork or beef, 
that may be left over from the previous 
day’s dinner. Chop the meat rather 
coarsely, put it into a frying-pan with 
a spoonful of butter, and when it is hot 
break in as many eggs as may be re¬ 
quired, the number depending on the 
size of the family. When they begin to 
cook, stir lightly to mix them with the 
meat, and reive very hot on slices of 
toast that have been slightly moistened 
with hot water and spread with butter. 
Mock sausage, which tastes as well as 
the real, may be made by chopping fine 
some cold meat; mix with half thequan- 
t ty of bread crumbs, moisten with gravy 
or stock, season with sage, salt and pep¬ 
per, make into little cakes with the 
hands and fry in beef or pork drip¬ 
pings. ELLA BOCKWOOD. 
Pumice Stone in the Household —One 
part of housework distasteful to most, if 
not all, housewives is cleaning ironware, 
which, if not constantly watched, will 
accumulate grease and soot and look 
gummy and greasy. My way of taking 
care of such ware is worth telling : I 
keep two or three pieces of pumice stone— 
say, as large as one’s fist, with several 
surfaces worn on each one, flat, concave, 
convex, and corners with different an¬ 
gles. With these one can reach aDy part 
of a pot, skillet or pan. After washing 
I give each utensil a rubbing and a scrub 
with the pumice, then wash out with 
clean water, wipe and place on the back 
of the stove to dry. This course persisted 
in will keep ironware smooth and clean. 
Pulverized pumice stone is good for tin¬ 
ware or for rubbing knives or stained 
china or stoneware. Use it once and you 
will never be without it. b. w. d. 
Another Potato Salad. —Mrs. Lemcke’s 
recipe for potato salad is slightly differ¬ 
ent from most of those seen : Wash and 
boil 12 medium-sized potatoes with the 
skins on. When done, drain off the water 
and pare off the skins; put into a deep 
bowl two finely-cut onions, one-half cup 
of white vinegar, three or four table, 
spoonfuls of salad oil, one teaspoonful of 
salt and one-half teaspoonful of pepper. 
Cut the potatoes while hot into thin 
slices and put them into the dish with 
vinegar, oil and onions. Pour over one- 
half cup of boiling water, shake up the 
salad well in the bowl (do not stir it), 
pour it into a salad dish, cover and let it 
stand for one hour. When ready to 
serve, garnish the dish with finely cut 
beets and lettuce leaves Two tablespoon¬ 
fuls of finely-chopped parsley may be 
mixed with the salad. Potato salad 
dressed with a mayonnaise is very nice. 
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