1893 
5l5 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
Flavor for Sauce. —Spiced currants are 
better than brandy in the sauce for suet 
pudding. l. w. m. 
To Keep Brine Sweet. —If smart-weed 
is put in the top of the brine in which 
pork is kept it will keep the latter 
through the hot weather, when the best 
of care without it will fail. m. m. 
The Simplest Canning.— The simplest 
and easiest method of canning when 
using glass, is to wet the cans thoroughly 
inside and out in cold water; then fill 
them while wet with the hot fruit and 
6eal. x. 
A Crown of Glory.— “ Elizabeth Cady 
Stanton s hair is like a Supreme Court 
Judge’s wig. Lillie Devereaux Blake’s 
hair is white, like a snowdrift; May 
Wright Sewell’s hair is as white as it 
can be, but you don’t think of these ac¬ 
tive women as old,” says one. 
Easy Canning. —In canning small fruits 
pat them in the cans as you pick them 
over. Fill the cans with boiling syrup. 
Seal. Set in a kettle or jar and pour in 
boiling water till the jar is full. Cover 
it and leave till cold. If jam is preferred, 
mash the berries, put in the sugar and 
fill the cans. c. b. p. 
Over-Pillows. —A nice way to make 
large over pillows is to take pillow slips 
to the hay mow and stuff them nicely 
full, shaping them as you go along. When 
full, run the tops together and pin a 
nicely laundered pillow sham over the 
whole. The odor of the new-mown hay 
is very delicious, and one can quickly 
dispose of them when not needed, n. m. h. 
To Drive Away Ants. —A teaspoon each 
of tartar emetic and sugar in three or 
four tablespoonfuls of water, placed 
where the ants will drink of it, will cause 
them to go away. It does not kill them, 
and who can tell why they leave? Do the 
first drinkers get sick and warn the 
others ? If so, they show more intelli¬ 
gence than many people on being warned 
of danger. nellie. 
Tried and True. —For canker-sores an 
application of red raspberry leaves 
steeped, with alum finely powdered dis¬ 
solved with them, is a sure cure. Rinse 
the mouth thoroughly two or three 
times, repeating as often as convenient. 
The leaves may be either green or dried. 
In-growing toe-nails may be cured by 
cutting them squarely instead of round¬ 
ing. When badly grown, scrape through 
the middle till quite thin. mbs. w. b. 
TWO Questions. —A friend wishes me to 
ask if any of the readers of The R. N.-Y. 
can tell her how to take care of her 
English ivy to make it thrifty—what 
kind of soil it needs, how much water, 
etc ; and will some of the readers give me 
directions for a simple suet pudding 
without molasses ? I have a good one 
with molasses, but we like cream and 
sugar on our puddings, and there is then 
too much sweetening. Could I substitute 
something else for the molasses ? e. l. b. 
Summer Use for a Cook Stove.— When 
we move into the “ summer kitchen,” 
our cook stove remains in the dining¬ 
room, or winter kitchen, as the good 
man objects to moving stoves, preferring 
to buy one for each room. After polish¬ 
ing the, stove I spread a newspaper over 
the top, over that a taffie spread and, lo! I 
have a center table for newspapers ; 
also a stand for a bouquet or blossoming 
plant. The oven I find handy for keep¬ 
ing pies and cake in, as no insects ever 
enter there. H. h. 
Mr. Bok In a New Light. —A bit of news 
which the Ladies’ Home Journal may not 
give its readers has to do with the be¬ 
trothal of its editor, Mr. Edward W. 
Bok. This was announced in Philadel¬ 
phia, June 28, 1893. The fiancee, who is 
said to be “ pretty, popular and accom¬ 
plished,” is Miss Slay Louise Curtis, 
daughter of the proprietor of the Jour¬ 
nal. Whether the new combination is 
to be Bok & Curtis, Curtis & Co., or Bok 
only is not stated. Interest in the ques¬ 
tion will no doubt be general. 
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 
We Want a Change. —Persons affect us 
more than things do. Therefore, when 
we come to need a change, a change of 
persons is more necessary than a change 
of things, writes Henry Ferris. 
Water for Babes. —A physician of the 
New York Nursery and Child’s Hospital 
believes, from his practice, that infants 
generally, whether brought up at the 
breast or artificially, are not supplied 
with sufficient water, the fluid portion 
of their food being quickly taken up, 
leaving the solid too thick to be easily 
digested. In warm, dry weather healthy 
babies will take water every hour with 
advantage, and their frequent fretful¬ 
ness and rise of temperature are often di¬ 
rectly due to their not having it. A free 
supply of water and restricting the fre¬ 
quency of nursing has been found at the 
nursery to be a most effectual check in 
cases of incipient fever, a diminished 
rate of mortality, and a marked reduc¬ 
tion in the number of gastric and intes¬ 
tinal complaints being attributed to this 
cause. In teeth-cutting the water softens 
the gums, and frequently stops the fret¬ 
ting and restlessness universal in chil¬ 
dren at this period. 
Men Knitting. —I often question the 
economy of the busy housewife who 
spends every spare moment in knitting 
in these days of cheap hosiery; but to 
expect a man who has toiled all day in 
office, store, or on his farm to spend his 
evenings knitting is, I think, a little too 
much. Often the evening is the only 
time he has to read, while his wife can 
take up her magazine or paper during 
the day while rocking baby, waiting for 
meals, and during other possible delays. 
Do not say, “ The woman who wrote that 
doesn’t have much to do.” I am a very 
busy woman, yet the most of my read¬ 
ing—and that includes several of the 
best papers printed, besides the genera 1 
news—is done during the short inter¬ 
vals mentioned. I believe thoroughly 
in teaching boys to be helpers at home. 
There are times when it is a matter of 
moment as well as convenience that a 
man can prepare a meal; but knitting, 
unless purely voluntary, is surely too 
much. E. F. F. 
Gratis Advice to Farmers.—I honestly 
believe that farmers and their families 
get more public a> vice gratis than any 
other class of people. We are told that 
we must make our homes attractive, and 
our work easy by getting all the im¬ 
proved machinery, and we must take a 
vacation once in a while, and be more 
social, and attend the fairs and farmers’ 
institutes, etc., etc. In the next breath 
we are told that we must attend to busi¬ 
ness, be saving and economical, if we wish 
to be successful; and it does seem that 
the more improvements we have, the 
harder we have to work to pay for them. 
Winter dairying is the way to make the 
most of the cows now; so we must no 
longer give them a good feed of hay 
at noon, and leave them while we go on 
a visit or attend an “ institute ” and stay 
during the evening. We must be back 
to milk the cows. In the summer the 
crops must be attended to, so there is no 
time then to be gone. How, under the 
limitations of human nature, shall we 
follow all this advice ? e. l. b. 
Kuehne Beveridge.— What’s in a name ? 
we often say, lightly, meaning that the 
name is little. Yet if your name were 
Kuhne Beveridge, my dear young girl, 
perhaps people would say of you—at 
least they do of her: “ Altogether, one 
can say, without enthusiasm and with 
cold regard for truth, that in Kuhne 
Beveridge we have one of the most ex¬ 
traordinarily endowed girls that America 
has yet produced. At the age of 17 not 
only has she the distinction of being the 
most talked-of woman sculptor of the 
day, but of her an eminent sculptor has 
said that in all the essentials of her art 
she is more largely endowed than any 
woman who has ever lived.” Though 
but a dreamy young girl, the quality of 
gravity in sculpture is hers in some un¬ 
explainable way. And it is said that the 
crudest of her work absolutely compels 
respect. She has done busts of many 
prominent men; Cleveland, Jefferson, 
John Drew and others. Her latest, most 
ambitious work is The Sprinter, a large 
and difficult piece of modelling, seven 
feet high. Such is its character that a 
writer in one of the magazines says of 
her: “With time, and the experience 
and enlargement that come with time, 
we may predict almost anything of her, 
place no limitations on our hopes of her 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
future, of what may be achieved by this 
remarkably endowed personality; and 
personality, after all, is genius.” Miss 
Beveridge is a granddaughter of ex-Gov. 
Beveridge of Illinois. She has lived much 
abroad, is educated in three languages, 
and has breathed always an atmosphere 
of study, culture and art, in conjunction 
with the best society of Europe. She is 
tall, graceful and beautiful. Nothing has 
been wanting to foster all the talent 
with which nature dowered her. Gentle 
birth, culture, means, beauty and genius 
do no. fall to the lot of many favored 
mortals. Let us rejoice that she is worthy 
of her dower. 
A Mayonnaise That Will Keep.— One 
tablespoonful of dry mustard, one of 
sugar, one-tenth of a teaspoonful of 
Cayenne, one teaspoonful of salt ; yolks 
of three raw eggs, one-third cupful of 
vinegar, one pint of salad oil. Beat the 
yolks and dry ingredients with a Dover 
or Keystone beater (the latter prefer¬ 
ably, as otherwise, it needs two persons 
to prepare it) until very light, have the 
bowl cold in which the dressing is made. 
Add the oil very slowly, beating con¬ 
stantly, until the dressing becomes very 
thick. After it has reached this stage, 
add the oil a little more rapidly. When 
a little more than half the oil has been 
used, add a little vinegar, and continue 
with the oil and vinegar alternately, 
until all is used. Give a final beating, 
place in a covered glass jar (a fruit can, 
for instance) and set in a cold place. It 
will become almost solid after standing a 
few hours in a refrigerator. When ready 
to use, take out the quantity needed, and 
thin with lemon juice to the right con¬ 
sistency. This is a standard article in 
my f amily, and I know it will keep in 
perfect condition Thus writes a con¬ 
tributor to the Housekeepers’ Weekly. 
The Piano and Temperature.— This is 
the gist of what an expert has to say re¬ 
garding care of pianos, in the Recorder : 
“The most serious injuries that befall 
pianos are usually the results of tem¬ 
perature; either it is too dry or too 
damp. The incompetent tuner does 
great harm, but the extremes of hot air 
or moisture do more harm than all the 
tuners a'jive. If your house is heated by 
a stove, put your instrument in a room 
without a stove—in one that is heated 
from an adjoining room. If you have 
steam or furnace heat, your piano will 
do better if kept in a room that is not 
quite warm enough for comfort. You 
know the sounding board—the life of a 
piano—is forced into the case when it 
is pressed so tightly that it bulges up 
in the center. The wood is supposed 
to be as dry as possible, but of course 
it contains some moisture, and gathers 
a lot more on damp days and in hand¬ 
ling. Now when you put a piano in 
an overheated dry room, all this mois¬ 
ture is dried out and the board loses its 
“ belly ” and gets flabby and finally 
cracks. Even if it does not crack, the 
tone loses its resonance and grows thin 
and tinny, and the felt cloth and leather 
used in the action dry up, the whole 
mechanicism rattles, and the piano is 
blamed.” 
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