1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
9i 
DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE 
AND PROFIT. 
F or the purpose of aiding in the 
beautifying of farm homes, The 
Rural, New-Yorker has secured for its 
readers a beautiful souvenir. The ex* 
hibition of woman’s work at the Colum¬ 
bian Exposition was a wonderful revela¬ 
tion of the possibilities of the handiwork 
of woman. All that women need are 
correct directions, and they will beautify 
their homes with the products of their 
skill. 
Realizing this, a most complete work 
has been carefully compiled, on all kinds 
of fancy work, and interior house decora¬ 
tions, embodying only the most correct 
forms, and abounding in illustrations, 
showing how each article and arrange¬ 
ment appears when completed. It also 
embodies painting on china and cloth 
fabrics with full instructions. It is en¬ 
titled “Dainty Work for Pleasure and 
Profit,” and is dedicated to Mrs. Potter 
Palmer. Part I. contains an elegant 
likeness of Mrs. Palmer, who gives the 
work her hearty indorsement. We have 
secured this as a grand souvenir for our 
women readers. It is divided into 10 
parts which will be issued successively. 
Part I. is now ready. 
To secure this, take a piece of paper 
that will nicely fit in an envelope with¬ 
out folding. Write : “ Dainty Work, 
Part I.,” your full name and address, and 
inclose this with 10 cents and two cents 
extra for postage. Also state that your 
husband or father is a subscriber to The 
Rural. Orders will not be filled for 
those outside of subscribers’ families. 
We will send any two parts to present 
subscribers for one new subscription, or 
the whole set of 10 parts for a club of 
five. 
THE FAMILY COOK. 
“'-p'lIE world needs good, educated 
1. cooks, more than it does artists or 
physicians.” But how and when will 
this want be supplied, while existing 
conditions tend to belittle, to degrade, 
the work which falls to the lot of the 
family cook ? I am often astonished at 
the false pride which permeates even the 
“golden mean” of American society. 
Although independence is the boast of 
our Republic, many American women 
dare not do their own cooking, because it 
is not considered “the proper thing” for a 
woman, in even average social position, 
to cook the food for her own family. 
There is a constant pressure brought 
to bear upon women, which infiutnces 
them to relegate the domestic service as 
much as possible, to the “ hired girl,” or 
to the servant, while they reserve their 
own time and energy for more elevated, 
more cultured work. Instead of per¬ 
forming the humble duties of family 
cook, they paint china, become presidents 
or secretaries of foreign missionary socie¬ 
ties, active members of temperance 
unions, or the life and soul of a woman’s 
literary club. Go a step higher in the 
estimation of society, and the duties of 
fashionable life demand both time and 
energy. Imagine a queen of fashion 
cooking thie family meals! She has talent, 
strength, energy, but her talent must 
not be buried in the kitchen; her 
strength must not be exhausted over the 
cook stove; her energy must not be 
wasted in performing a servant’s work. 
The fashionable entertainments, recep¬ 
tions and the like, the society woman 
endures without a murmur—but to cook 
an appetizing, digestible dinner for her 
family would quite exhaust her! Be¬ 
sides, if Mrs. A should hear that Mrs. B 
were doing her own cooking, she would 
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, 
straightway inform Mrs. C, who would 
thereupon exclaim, “ What a pity that 
such a lovely, bright, clever woman 
should make a common drudge of her¬ 
self ! ” 
“ Labor, all labor, is noble and holy.” 
The sooner women come to appreciate 
the fact that cooking is an art which de¬ 
serves a truer recognition of its import¬ 
ance, the better for humanity. How 
much less need of jails, of prisons, of 
humane societies, of temperance unions, 
if hximanity were well fed! If those who 
are abundantly able to hire all the help 
they need would step into their kitchens 
without fear of losing caste or social posi¬ 
tion, and would elevate the art of cook¬ 
ing by becoming practical “ artists,” the 
corner-stone of the millennium would al¬ 
ready have been quarried, But, gener¬ 
ally, only those housekeepers who can¬ 
not afford to hire help, do their own 
cooking. A woman, therefore, by doing 
it acknowledges the state of her finances. 
Oh! Bitter acknowledgment: How hu¬ 
miliating to be without money ! 
Is it not strange that it is considered 
perfectly proper for a wealthy man, a 
millionaire, to spend his days in a dingy 
office or other place of business ? He 
does not lose his claim to respectability, 
or does his social standing suffer because 
he toils in his chosen field of work. But 
his wife dare not with her own fair 
hands prepare a dainty, appetizing meal 
for him lest she make a common drudge 
of herself. This false pride is illustrated 
so well in “ Little Dorrit,” when the 
sudden change in their financial con¬ 
dition enabled them to travel with 
numerous attendants and servants. 
“ Little Dorrit” did not dare to arrange 
her father’s necktie, or perform any of 
the many little kindly offices she had 
taken such pleasure in executing for 
him, for fear she would betray the fact 
that they had one day been in humble 
circumstances. 
Polite society does not recognize the 
cook as an artist. It is all very well to 
be a teacher of a popular cooking school; 
it is also quite proper to attend such a 
school. But let this same teacher or 
these ladies take their places as mis¬ 
tresses of fashionable homes and do the 
family cooking—would Mrs. Grundy 
smile approval, or sanction such an in¬ 
novation in fashionable life? If women 
would but spend the time now given to 
complaining about, and in the vain 
endeavor to train the promiscuous, irre¬ 
sponsible servant girls, in perfecting 
themselves in the art of cooking, and 
had the courage to practice the art in 
their own families, would it not be vastly 
better ? It is not possible for the mis¬ 
tress to train the average uneducated 
servant girl to perform the duties of the 
family cook with a scientific precision. 
How often, when invited out to din¬ 
ner, have I been disappointed upon par¬ 
taking of peas or tomatoes—vegetables 
which, when properly cooked, are de¬ 
licious, but otherwise repulsive. And 
mashed potatoes I What a wonderful 
degree of variation is included in this 
single dish! How snowy, light and flaky 
—how blue and sodden I It is a mystery 
to me how people can possibly endure to 
eat poorly cooked food when the same 
materials might be made so delicious, so 
much better adapted to the building up 
anew of the daily exhaustion of bodily 
forces. MRS. w. A. kellerman. 
Mothers.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
“ Pll Hand It to You Some Time."—Real 
dishonesty or inexcusable carelessness 
comes of the habit of using this phrase. 
In paying a bill a person who finds him¬ 
self short of the necessary change to pay 
the whole, will say, “Well I’ll hand it to 
you.” With many men, that ends the 
transaction and the creditor loses that 
amount, unless he ask repeatedly to be 
fully paid. A very conscientious man who 
makes this promise will fret inwardly 
until he has fulfi ’ed t, but many are not 
so scrupulous. 1 knew a woman who wove 
rag carpets for a livelihood who found 
herself compelled to make a rule that no 
carpet should be delivered until the 
whole amount for weaving was paid; for 
she found that many of her customers 
would otherwise fail to pay it at all; and 
thus she had to weave often, one, two, 
and three yards for nothing. 
Many people who have too much pride 
to be dishonest when dealing with men, 
will not hesitate to defraud a woman of 
a small amount; at least that is what it 
amounts to when they promise to ipay 
and then forget all about it, or for other 
cause never pay their honest debts. 
AUXT RACHEL. 
Carpet Bugs.—Is there anything that 
will completely exterminate carpet bugs 
after they once get into a house ? s m. 
Ans.—N early four years ago. The R. 
R. N.-Y. gave directions for exterminat¬ 
ing carpet bugs, by one who had been 
successful in overcoming them. The 
floor was thoroughly washed with boil¬ 
ing water, receiving a second bath of hot 
water in which were about two table- 
spoonfuls of turpentine. After the floor 
was dry, it was sprinkled around the 
edges with salt, and insect powder was 
sifted over that. After being thoroughly 
beaten and cleaned, the carpet was laid 
and left undisturbed until July. This is 
about the time that a second crop of bugs 
usually appears. The carpet was loos¬ 
ened at the edges and a few bugs found, 
which were disposed of. The next spring, 
every room in the house received the 
same treatment, and the cure was appar¬ 
ently complete. A thorough application 
of kerosene oil is said to be effective. 
IN vrltlnK to advertisers please always mention 
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by takirii^ 
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WALL 
In variety or price. Our 
new desiiins and colorings 
are handsomer this year 
than ever before. 
Our “Guide How to 
Paper and Economy 
in Home Decoration,’’ 
mailed free with sainplcsl 
Beautiful Cold Paper, 5c. per Roll. 
We carry the largest stocli in the country, and 
can save you 50 per cent, on every roll of paper you 
buy. Noinatter where you live. If you have any use 
for wall paper,send 10c. to nearest address to pay 
postage on a large package of samples. One 
good agent or paper banger wanted in each town 
to sell from sample books, price $1.00. 
ALFRED PEATS, 
80-83 W. 1 .Ith HU, 186-18H W. Mudlson HL, 
NEW YORK. CHICAGO. 
Q H ealth! Can you buy 
5 it Yes, when it is 
9 possible with a single 
g box of 
Beecham’s 
Pills 
(Tasteless) 
to cure Indigestion 
Biliousness and Sick-, 
headache. 
[guinea] 
Macbeth’s “pearl top” and 
“pearl glass” lamp-chimneys 
do not break from heat, not 
one in a hundred. 
They are made of tough 
clear glass, clear as crystal. 
They fit the lamps they are made 
for. Shape controls the draft. 
Draft contributes to proper com¬ 
bustion ; that makes light; they 
improve the light of a lamp. 
Pittsburch. Geo, A, Macbbth Co. 
Slush and Snow 
will not wet your feet if you use 
Vacuum 
Leather Oil. 
cn >our boots and shoes, and you can 
polish them after using it. It will make 
harness water-proof also. 
25c. worth is a fair trial—and your money back 
if you want it—a swob willi eacli can. 
I'or p.iinpMct, free, How TO I'akh Cakk op Lbath- 
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VACUUM OIL CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
BREAKFAST-SUPPER. 
EPPS’S 
GRATEFUL-COMFORTINO. 
COCOA 
BOILING WATER OR MILK. 
E? A fine I4k ((old pls> 
tfcil wjilch lo every 
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by express for examination, and If 
you tliink it is eipial in appear- 
ance to any )f'i.^.i>0 );old watch 
pay our sample price, 18.50 and 
express charf^es, and it is yours. 
Guarantee for 5 Yearp 
sent with every watch, and ii 
yon sell or cau«<e*the sale of six we 
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THE NATIONAL M’F’Q 
& IMPORTING CO., 
331 Coarborn St., CMca^o, Ill. 
WE SEND FREE 
with this beautiful Organ an In.truotlon 
Itook and a handsome, upholstered Btool 1 
The organ has 11 stops, 6 octaves, and la 
made of Solid Walnut, warranted by us for 
15 years. We only charge $46 for this beau- 
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trat^ catalogue. OXVOUD UFO. GO CUts*:.. 
A New Sample styles of Envelope, 8t?k 
Fringe CAKDS Ac., tONew Songi, lOO 
Rich and Racyjokes, 1 pack Escort Cards, 1 pack F'ua 
~ Cards, I park Arnnnintnnre Cards and Standard 
BSaCrunerrALL for Sets. CROWN CARD CO., CADIZ, OHUX 
CLAREMONT Land Association, "... 
Offers 600 choice farms; 3,000 handsome town lots 
on James River, with terms to suit purohasers. 
F’ree circular 
^lIWiSellDlllECIioFAlIILIE: 
j niANOS ORCANS 
• $ 160 to $ 1600 U $86 to| 500 . 
AbsoMelj Mint!] 
[Sentfortrial'in your 
lown homo before you 
buy. Local Agents 
must Bell Inferfor Instruments or 
charge double what we ask. Catalogue free 
MAlttiHAL Jk SMITH PIANO CO., 
286 East «lst St., :N.Y. 
rn D UAOnV -Abingdon, m.. Manufacturer of 
LU. n. nAnUi, Rlack Cattle Coats, Robes, 
Gloves, etc. Also Fur Coats of all kinds; Rugs, 
Muffs. Ladles’ Baltic Hea Seal Capes, etc I am tan- 
ning the hides of Black Cattle as a specialty; atthe 
same time tan Horse, Goat, Dog, Wild Animal Skins, 
and all hides where the hair or fur is to remain on 
the bide. 
Farms for Sale. 
Farms, both Improved and unimproved, In well 
settled localities In Minnesota, within from 26 
to lUU miles of Minneapolis and good markets, 
for sale for a small cash payment, and balance, 
principal and Interest, may be paid out of half 
the crop grown. Several of these farms are new 
land and In the heart of the best potato region 
In the Northwest. Address A. G. WILCOX, 
No. 130 Temple Court, Minneapolis, Minn. 
CANCER CURED. 
POSITIVELY NO PAIN. 
A purely vegetable treatment which removes cancer, 
tumor, and scrofula. For particulars and circulars, 
address C. II. Mason, M. u., Cliatham, N. Y. 
GANIilliG 
Xamham, N. Y 
MAVHINKKY and 8UPFI.IJB8. 
D. G. Trench Co., Chicago, Ill., and 
U$ntion thU paptr. 
