1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
627 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
Robes de Nult of tennis flannel are warm, 
soft and easily laundered. kent. 
Jelly. —Grape and almost any dark 
fruit jelly is as good, and much nicer 
looking, made with about one-third 
apple. x. 
To Use While Green. —Green tomatoes 
sliced, rolled in flour, seasoned with salt 
and pepper and fried in butter are a 
nice dish. m. 
High Sleeves. —From pictures in The 
Queen, an English publication, I notice 
that the ladies in the family of the Prince 
of Wales do not follow the prevailing 
fashion as to h'gh sleeves. n. p. 
Ice Cream for Small People.— For break¬ 
fast if one has time a pretty and whole¬ 
some dish is white meal cooked in milk 
and served with cream and sugar. The 
young folks call it hot ice cream. 1. m b. 
The End of a Seam. —A seamstress 
taught me that when sewing on a ma¬ 
chine it would answer just as well, in¬ 
stead of tying the thread at the end of a 
seam, to turn and restitch for a short 
distance, and it is much easier. 
GERALDINE. 
Leaky Wash Boilers.—I knew a leaky 
wash boiler to be used for months. Be¬ 
fore putting water into it, dry wheat 
flour was carefully smoothed down in- 
s'de over the leak and some water dashed 
on this. Not a drop of water penetrated 
the flour. mbs. l. n. 
Stirred Graham Bread.— An excellent 
rule for Graham bread is 2% cupfuls of 
sour thick skimmed milk, two teaspoon¬ 
fuls of salt, one cupful of sugar, four 
cupfuls of Graham flour; let rise two 
hours, bake three-fourths of an hour in 
a moderate oven. mrs. m. 
Velvet Sponge Cake.— Beat four eggs 
and two cupfuls of sugar well together, 
add two cupfuls of flour, two teaspoon¬ 
fuls of baking powder, and lemon flavor¬ 
ing. Finish with two-thirds of a cupful 
of boiling water, just as it is ready for 
the oven. x 
Clean feet coverings cannot be demand¬ 
ed of a family when there is absolutely 
nothing provided in the way of a broom, 
mats, or scrapers upon which they may 
clean them. Very many housekeepers 
would not have dirty floors to complain 
of ard scrub if they provided the means 
and insisted upon their use. m. 
The “Shut-Ins." —Does your home con¬ 
tain one? A little thoughtfulness makes 
so much difference to the sufferers. See 
that the invalid’s room is as attractive 
as loving hands can make it. Donate 
one or more of your prettiest plants to 
it. Do the sick ones all the good you 
can, and you cannot but realize how 
little thinys —such as you and I can do— 
will help make this world better and 
brighter. A. a. c. 
Besides Clarifying. —Slices of raw po¬ 
tato added frequently to the fat in which 
cakes are being fried, will prevent 
scorching and destroy that disagreeable 
odor that seems to have a propensity to 
invade every room in the house. They 
will also allow one to keep the fat at 
that high temperature which is so neces¬ 
sary to the perfection of raised cakes or 
doughnuts. Also half suet, with a little 
vinegar added, is just as good as lard to 
fry cakes in, and tbat means something 
at the present price of lard. f. s. w. 
All the World In Comparison.— We ques¬ 
tion whether even a visit to the Fair it¬ 
self could give the average observer half 
so good an idea of comparative types as 
the page of these by the artist of Har¬ 
per’s Bazar, DuBois Knight. To see tbe 
sleepy Esquimau close beside the full- 
faced, languorous Algerian; the hard- 
featured Apache Indian beside the full¬ 
lipped Ceylonese ; the sensuous and cruel 
Turk beside the amicably appearing in¬ 
habitant of Java, is not often given to 
the American at home. Even at the 
World’s Fair these must be sought out; 
but on the pictured page about 30 of these 
When Buby was sick, we gave her Castorla, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castorla 
natural types may be seen side by side 
without the outlay of either money or 
the time, which at the Fair is as precious 
as money. 
Grape Pudding. —One pint of flour, one 
teaspoonful of baking powder, one tea¬ 
spoonful of shortening ; salt to season ; 
mix with water. Pour this batter over 
the grapes and sugar, which should be 
in the bottom of a pudding dish ; bake 
and serve with cream. Any other fruit 
can be used in the same manner. 
Sunshine in the Hospital.— Some people 
were visiting a large hospital, and the 
manager informed them that the patients 
on the north side of the building never 
recover ; they move them to one of the 
sunny sides as soon as there are any va¬ 
cant places. He also remarked that they 
considered the south rooms the most 
healthful. People, like plants, must hive 
sunshine. l. e s. 
Uses Of Oil Cloth. —I am a firm believer 
that nothing can take the place of oil 
cloth for pantry shelves. Tack securely 
at the back corners, and they will always 
be in place. For cupboard shelves, noth¬ 
ing can equal it, and back of the kitchen 
stove, table, sink, and the towel, should 
always be tacked pieces to match the 
one covering the table. It’s very much 
more easily cleaned than painted walls, 
and gives the kitchen an attractive look. 
Veal Salad. —This is nearly as good as 
chicken if well prepared : One coffee cup¬ 
ful of chopped veal, one half of a sma’l 
cabbage, one half a cupful of vinegar, 
one-half a cupful of cream (well sweet¬ 
ened), one tablespoonful of mustard, the 
yolk of one egg. Mix egg and mustard, 
and cook; add salt and a very little 
Cayenne pepper, add the vinegar little 
by little while it cooks, stirring in the 
cream as it cools. Then pour the dress- 
in/ over the finely-chopped veal and cab¬ 
bage. N. P. 
Lotus Club Clam Soup.— The Seaside 
Torch, supposed to give light on all 
topics, thus illumines the question of 
clam soup: Chop fine 30 large clams, 
strain the liquor and put into a boiler 
with 2% quarts of cold water; let it come 
to a boil, then add one pound of salt 
pork, one large onion, a tablespoonful of 
parsley and two or three pieces of mace. 
Mix four even tablespoonfuls of flour 
with a quarter of a pound of butter, half 
a teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper. 
Stir into the boiling soup and boil hard 
half an hour. Remove from the fire, 
and add the well-beaten yolks of three 
eggs and one pint of hot milk. Do not 
put on the fire again. 
Potted Calf's Liver. —Sara Sedgwick in 
Good Housekeeping, tells howto prepare 
this dainty : In a soup pot fry several 
slices of salt pork until the fat is ex¬ 
tracted, then fry a calf’s liver in this fat, 
browning well upon both sides. Now 
add some rich, highly seasoned soup 
stcck and cook slowly, closely covered, 
until very tender. Remove the liver to 
an earthen dish, pour the gravy over it 
and allow it to stand until cold. Mince 
tine and pound to a paste, adding suffi¬ 
cient gravy to moisten well. Work in a 
couple of tablespoonfuls of melted butter 
and a little ljmon juice. Rub it through 
a wire sieve, then pack in small earthen 
dishes and cover with melted butter to 
exclude the air. In case you have no soup 
stock at hand, substitute water and add 
vegetables, herbs and spices, as in mak¬ 
ing soup stock. In this case more butter 
should be used in mixing the paste; but 
even then it will not be as fine and richly 
flavored as when prepared with stock. 
If set in a cold place, this potted liver 
will keep for weeks. 
The Amaryllis Queen and Her Court.—A 
California correspondent of Eastern Flor¬ 
ists’ publication is Mrs. Theodosia B. 
Shepherd. During the past amaryllis 
season, Mrs. Shepherd had about 1,500 
seedlings of this showy plant in flower in 
her garden. Many of the amaryllis in 
this collection are seedlings from seed¬ 
lings and show a marked advance on the 
old varieties. For hybridizing, Mrs. 
Shepherd has used mostly Defiance, 
Vittata, Oriflamme and Empress of India. 
The most valuable of all, she thinks, are 
seedlings from Empress of India, a differ¬ 
ent type of flower from most of the other 
varieties, the tube to the flower being 
very short, petals broad, and the flower 
flaring and graceful in shape. These 
seedlings are more than twice the size of 
the original Empress of India. The 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adw. 
broadest petal measures nearly three 
inches across, the flowers nine inches in 
diameter. The petals are delicately 
waved and curved at the edges, and 
scarcely any two flowers are alike. They 
are marked with white about half way 
through the center of each petal, some¬ 
times forming a white star. Others are 
feathered and shaded or lined, all marked 
most beautifully. The flowers keep well 
and there are from four to six on a stem. 
Color, the richest and most brilliant red 
of any of the amaryllis, and glitters in 
the sunshine. 
Amaryllis In White, Pea-green and 
Clouded Red. —Among the other seedling 
amaryllis are many white ones, most 
graceful flowers, some of them exquisitely 
crinkled and frilled on the edges of the 
petals. Soms of the flowers have seven 
and eight petals, some are almost yellow 
with red markings, others white, shaded 
delicate pea-green and lined with crim 
son. One beautiful one is of an entirely 
new shade, a very light-clouded red, ai 
most pink, with lines of white and darker 
red. One brilliant, flaring flower, even 
more pronounced in shape than the Em 
press of India, a seedling from an un¬ 
known species, is entirely different frem 
any of the rest in its combination of red 
yellow and green. Mrs. Shepherd con¬ 
siders the Empress of India the mosi 
valuable of all, as it blooms at intervals 
during the entire year and gives from 
four to six flowers to the stem. Defiance 
she also considers very valuable, as it 
blooms so long and at intervals during 
most of the yeir. The flowers are very 
large and give six to eight to the stem 
Don't Sleep in Linen.— That linen is 
not the ideal bed dressing after all, h.is 
at last occurred to a writer in the Re¬ 
corder. We are glad to find one woman 
who agrees with our own long cherished 
conviction. She notes the fact that the 
world, or this part of it at least, is full 
of housekeepers who think that there is 
no material for sheets and pillow cases 
comparable to linen. They don’t always 
have it, to be sure, because it is expen¬ 
sive, but they always covet it and finger 
the shining breadths lovingly. But the 
truth about linen is that it isn’t the ideal 
dressing for beds at all. It is cold ana 
slippery and insures sensitive persons 
the dream of sleeping on an iceberg. 
Besides that, it wrinkles and tumbles in 
spite of its heavier body much more than 
cotton does, giving a bed after one 
night’s use a most slovenly and unin 
viting appearance. Nobody recomm.nds 
linen for body wear. Its firm texture 
and hard surface make it wholly non¬ 
absorbent. It allows the body to be¬ 
come chilled by refusing the per.-pira- 
tion, and so has been known to bring on 
serious i lness. For outside wear in 
summer linen may be tolerated as clotn- 
ing but nowhere else. For table service, 
for the toilet and for minot ornamental 
details linen is simply invaluable—its 
smoothness of texture, its brilliancy, 
which laundering even increase ;, its ex 
quisite freshness make it the one fabric 
fit to drape the dining table and to ut,r 
in the toilet, while its suitability fi r 
needlework decoration makes it admir¬ 
able for all kinds of fancy work. And 
heie it is rightfully used, but to wear 
next to the skin and to sleep in—no. 
In writing to advertisers please always mentlor 
Thi Bubal. 
To Restore 
hair which 
has become thin, 
and keep the scalp 
clean and healthy, use 
AVER’S 
HAIR VIGOR 
It prevents the hair 
from falling out 
or turning gray. 
The best 
Dressing 
YOU NEED NOT PEAR 
that people -will know your hair Is dyed If 
you use that perfect imitation of nature, 
Ms Hair Dye 
It imparts a ff lossy color and fresh life to the 
hair. Price, mi. Olllce, 30 Park Place, N. Y. 
The continual breaking of 
lamp-chimneys costs a good 
deal in the course of a year. 
Get Macbeth’s “pearl top’’ or 
“pearl glass.” You will have no 
more trouble with breaking from 
heat. You will have clear glass 
instead of misty ; fine instead of 
rough ; right shape instead of 
wrong; and uniform, one the same 
as another. 
Pittsburgh. Geo. A. Macbeth Co. 
05c, And your money back 
^ if you want it—Vacuum 
Leather Oil that saves the 
life of leather. 
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. 
{“WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.” § 
PILLS 
(T asteless—Effectual.) 
for a 1.1. 
NERVOUS 
DISORDERS. 
Such as Sick Headache, Wind and Pain in the $ 
Stomach, Giddiness, Fullness. Swelling after 
Meals, Dizziness, Drowsiness, Chills, Flush¬ 
ings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of 
Breath, Costiveness, Scurvy, Blotches on the 
Skin, Disturbed Sleep. Frightful Dreams, All 
Nervous and Trembling Sensations, and Ir¬ 
regularities Incidental to Ladies. 
Covered with a Tasteless and Solublo Coating. 
Of all druggists. Price 2!» cents a Box. 
New York Depot, 365 Canal St. 
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When comparing other fences with the Page. We 
nave no desire to see the others abolished, as some 
people preler a weaker and so-culled cheaper 
article, and we could cot supply the demand, It the 
I'uge wus suddenly adopted by all classes. W t* 1 
also represents the number of crosswires per rod. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE PENCE CO., 
Adrian, Mich. 
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Walkervllle, Ont. 
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SELLS IRON AND STEEL 
ROOFING 
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