1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
435 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
The Secret of Wealth.— Geo. W. Childs, 
philanthropist and millionaire, is quoted 
as saying: “ If you make money, be 
sure and save it. That’s the great point.” 
An Unbroken Jelly Roll. —In making 
roll jelly cake, if the cake is removed 
from the tin and placed on a cloth wet 
with cold water it may be rolled up with¬ 
out breaking in pieces. mbs. w. h. n. 
Mark the Striking Thoughts.— Papers 
and magazines that I wish to keep are 
made much more valuable by the thor¬ 
ough marking they get while being read. 
Sometimes I write upon the margin any 
bright thought that comes to me. I fiod 
my memory much improved by follow¬ 
ing this plan. i. 
Cold Baked Potatoes are delicious 
warmed over in cream, to which butter 
may be added according to taste and the 
thickness of the cream. Remove the 
skin, slice, place in a saucepan, cover 
with cream, add the butter, and boil 
until thick, stirring to prevent bu ning. 
Milk may be used with a more liberal 
supply of butter. A handful of crumbs 
will hasten the cooking and save pota¬ 
toes, and not impair the flavor. 
Are Infant Powders a Necessity ?—We 
have just taken an infant through the 
tender stage of life successfully without 
the use of starch or other powders, or 
soap. It is necessary only to wash the 
parts liable to become sore in clear water 
and wipe them thoroughly dry with a soft 
cloth. I believe powders are more liable 
to cause chafing than to cure it, and my 
judgment is based on experience with 
four children. s. p. 
Law Against Hazing.— A New Orleans 
paper speaks of the recent hazing of col¬ 
lege students at Delaware, O., and the 
disfigurement of the faces of the victims 
with caustic, which caused the legisla¬ 
ture of the State to pass a law making 
hazing a misdemeanor punishable by a 
fine of from $100 to $300 and by impris¬ 
onment for from six months to two years. 
Its comment is that if similar laws were 
passed by other States, hazing would soon 
become a lost art, and we would hear of 
no more brutality at our colleges and 
universities. 
Autograph Cook Books.— Celluloid, Bris¬ 
tol board or heavy unruled writing paper 
is used. Cut 3x4 inches or any uniform 
size and shape desired. Get a friend to 
write a tested recipe, and under it her 
name, the date and her residence if you 
wish. After all the leaves have been 
filled, index, saw tooth the edges, punch 
two holes in each leaf, tie loosely together 
twice with cord or narrow ribbon. The 
outside may be of birch bark with the 
motto, “ Eat, drink and be merry,” an 
outlined cook or any design preferred. 
Thus one may often dine or sup with the 
absent. g. b. ii. 
Waste Mattings. —An exchange hints 
that matting bags, such as dates are im¬ 
ported in, can be purchased for 15 cents 
at Japanese stores, and make very pretty 
wall pockets. They are always fringed 
at one end, which is turned over on the 
outside. Tea-chest matting is often pro¬ 
curable at groceries, gratis, and, if clean, 
can be made useful in a variety of ways. 
Mattings of all grades, if of plain, artis¬ 
tic colors, form good grounds for bold 
studies in oils. A dado of this sort would 
be a novel and delightful addition to an 
otherwise bare room. A very narrow 
moulding might be its finishing. 
Sweetness for The Sick Poor.— Giving 
its weight in favor of the New York 
Fruit and Flower Mission, Garden and 
Forest says that this beautiful charity, 
which was established in London before 
it came to this country, has now distrib¬ 
uting societies in almost all the great 
cities of the United States. And from 
country towns and villages, where there 
are few opportunities to dispense flowers, 
local missions send supplies to the organ¬ 
izations in the cities. Individuals, social 
and church circles, and some of the 
women’s colleges aid in various depart¬ 
ments of the work, while the express 
companies carry all packages free of 
charge. On the opening day last week 
flowers were received here from as far 
away as Easton, Pennsylvania, and dur¬ 
ing the season contributions will come 
from at least 250 towns in adjoining 
States. More than half a million bou¬ 
quets are distributed by the New York 
Mission during the five months in which 
this work goes on, and as many as 11,000 
have been sent in one day to hospitals and 
tenements. Flowers that keep and carry 
well are, of course, the most acceptable, 
and no flowers are wanted which contrib¬ 
utors would not be willing to send to 
their own sick friends. Fragrant flow¬ 
ers are also very desirable, and the mis¬ 
sion never has too many packages of 
Pinks, Sweet Peas, Verbenas, Candytuft 
or Mignonette. 
The First Flowers. —The first day's 
consignment to the mission consisted 
largely of lilacs, which came by the 
barrel, apple -blossoms, pansies and 
marsh marigolds, flowers which are al¬ 
ways welcome. There are never more 
flowers received than can be used, and 
those not fresh enough to be sent to the 
sick are distributed in the industrial 
schools of the city. Full directions for 
packing and shipping will be given on 
application to any of the missions The 
headquarters are at 104 East 20th Street, 
N. Y. 
To Keep on Hand. —An excellent cleans¬ 
ing mixture published in the catalogue 
of a large furniture dealer calls for two 
ounces of ammonia, two ounces of white 
Castile soap, one ounce of glycerine, one 
ounce of ether. The soap should be dis¬ 
solved first in a pint of water, then the 
other ingredients, and two quarts of 
water should be added. This is effective 
on carpets, ribbons and neckties, cloth¬ 
ing, etc., and most colors are not injured 
by its application. For grease spots it 
is used of fall strength, the goods being 
afterwards sponged with clear water. 
For washing dress goods, etc., a cupful 
is added to a pailful of hot water. 
Easy Cover for Head rest.— Head-rests 
for easy chairs are a decided ornament; 
in most cases more ornamental than any¬ 
thing else, being much too fine for daily 
use. Rut just try one on your favorite 
chair and for a cover use a silk handker¬ 
chief (and it need not be a new one) ; 
this is pretty, easily removed and laun¬ 
dered when soiled, and admits of orna¬ 
mentation by means of rope or wash 
silks if desired. My head-rest is a roll 
15 inches long and 12 inches around ; the 
surplus width of the handkerchief is 
taken up in the seam and the ends form 
a frill gathered tightly by a narrow rib¬ 
bon that fastens the head-rest to the 
chair. “sweet fern.” 
Fondant Icing is a nice “ accessory” 
which it is worth while learning to make. 
Put on to boil two cupfuls of sugar and 
one of water, watch until it will hair, 
take it up at once and stir briskly with a 
fork; this will make it white when it 
gets hard ; rub the hands very lightly 
with butter, take out of the pan and pull 
like candy ; when it becomes very white 
and fine it is ready to be put away. A 
pint marmalade pot is good for this, but 
an old cup will do. Tie down with but¬ 
tered paper. When wanted, set over boil¬ 
ing water until thin enough to spread. 
These dainty helps are especially appre¬ 
ciated during a visit from a friend where 
no paid hands are, as then, both nicety 
and leisure are needed. b. b, g. 
To Thoughtless Wives.— One of the cor¬ 
respondents asks why in a picture of do¬ 
mestic tranquility the head of the house 
is always pictured reading and the wife 
knitting or sewing. We wives have 
partly to answer for it and tradition 
partly and necessity the rest. Because 
cur grandmot hers did, so we do. It rests 
much with ourselves. We think we must 
do every stitch and save every cent that 
we can. We do not take enough for 
granted. In the majority of cases our 
husbands do not demand this servility. 
It is we ourselves who are born and bred 
to consider them first ; we who make 
them selfish. Yet it goes against the 
grain to do otherwise. If the husbands 
of the next generation make the fathers 
they ought, the wives and mothers of 
this must exert themselves. a b. p. 
A Southern Dinner.— To-day is warm, 
so dinner must be cooked quickly—two 
chickens made ready at breakfast time ; 
cut up and put in the pot with water, 
(after a slice of bacon has been fried in 
the pot,) a few tomatoes and potatoes, 
three or four okra and some corn. The 
biscuit dough was left from breakfast to 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
be rolled out and put in just long enough 
to be cooked properly. Now an egg is 
stirred in some flour, with salt and pep¬ 
per to taste, and it will be enjoyed. Next 
tomatoes are mixed with breac crumbs, 
butter, pepper, salt and sugar to taste, 
to be baked or stewed as convenient. 
Okra is boiled in water, and salt, with 
butter, pepper and salt to suit the taste. 
Irish potatoes are boiled and mashed 
with butter, pepper and salt. With bis¬ 
cuits, cold or hot, and preserved grapes, 
our dinner is quickly cooked and good. 
Butter, of course, we must not forget. 
For breakfast we had clam soup, with 
tomatoes, potatoes and onions in it, lit ht 
biscuit, egg bread, butter raw tomatoes, 
coffee and milk, all cooked in one hour. 
f. v. M. 
Strawberries and Red Pepper.— It would 
seem at first glance as though there could 
be no possible connection between straw¬ 
berries and red pepper, but with the 
hope of doing some unfortunate dyspep¬ 
tic a favor, I will explain. A friend of 
mine who is troubled with dyspepsia, 
became convinced that among other 
things he would have to deny himself 
the pleasure of eating strawberries, of 
which he is particularly fond. Some 
one suggested, however, that if he would 
sprinkle them very lightly with red pep¬ 
per, the luscious flavor would not be 
destroyed, and he could then eat them 
without fear. He felt incredulous ; but 
then remembered that he bad felt exactly 
the same way when some one advised his 
eating cream and cucumbers, which, 
upon trial, he found by no means unpal 
atable. He therefore tried the straw¬ 
berries and pepper, and says that the 
flavor is not spoiled, and he can now eat 
and enjoy them without fear of indiges¬ 
tion. Thus asserts a writer in the House¬ 
keepers’ Weekly. 
One of the Latest Skirts.— Harper’s Bazar 
tells us that to the variety of designs for 
dress skirts a novelty just added by Paris 
modistes is so simple and so ample that 
it cannot fail to be liked for summer 
dresses. This new skirt consists of seven 
or nine straight breadths of soft summer 
silk, not gored in the leas', without 
trimming, widely hemmed, and hung 
from the belt on a foundation skirt of 
taffeta. To dispose of the fullness at the 
top, three or four pleats are laid deeply 
in each seam, layer upon layer, the outer 
pleat concealing entirely those beneath 
it, and all the plaits turned toward the 
back. This arrangement narrows the 
top of the breadths to the width of 
gored breadths, and yet preserves the 
amplitude below. When made of soft 
silks, barOge. grenadine, or C; famine, the 
effect is charming. Thin silks in twilled 
effects are most used for these full 
skirts, some having dashes of blue and 
heliotrope on a white ground, others of 
pink and moss green on cream color, the 
dashes long enough to cross, giving a 
barred or plaid design. 
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Gets hungry 
Leather Oil— 
it’s a long time between meals 
sometimes — 25c, and your 
money back if you want it. 
Patent lambskin-with-wool-on 
swob and book—How to Take Care 
of Leather—both free at the store. 
Vacuum Oil Company, Rochester, N. Y. 
Health I Can you buy 
it? Yes, when it is 
possible with a sinede 
box of 
Beecham’s 
(guinea] 
(Tasteless) 
to cure Indigestion 
Biliousness and Sick-, 
Q headache. 
Pills 
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