1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
495 
gard of heat, expense and inconvenience. 
In the French kitchen, economy is re¬ 
duced to a science, and the soup, salad 
and good bread that form the basis of 
the French dinner, ought to form the 
basis of the American dinner in hot 
■weather. If we followed that fashion, 
once a week would be often enough to 
light that roaring furnace known as the 
modern range, devouring coal with the 
avidity of a steam engine, heating up 
the house, and destroying comfort and 
good temper. A nice dinner could be 
prepared in 15 or 20 minutes if we could 
be contented with soup made from stock, 
a broiled chop or steak, or cold meat, a 
salad and a dish of vegetables. Add good 
bread, good coffee and a little fruit, and 
what more can any reasonable person de¬ 
sire ? And think what a saving in labor, 
fuel and time I helen h. preston. 
Natural Gas Helps the Sunday Dinner. 
Sunday is considered a rest day with 
us, so we get along with as little work 
as possible, and still try to make the din¬ 
ner seem a little different from week 
day dinners, if we can. Unless some¬ 
thing unusual prevents, cake pie and 
bread are baked on Saturday, and a 
chicken dressed or made ready for roast¬ 
ing. In the country, as elsewhere, meat 
is the foundation and principal requisite 
for a dinner. If a roast is to be cooked 
in this part of the country where natural 
gas affords fuel, it may be put in the 
oven and slightly basted, then the gas 
turned low while one goes to church, 
with the assurance that the meat will be 
done to perfection on the return, some¬ 
thing that cannot be done with a wood 
fire. With two kinds of vegetables, a 
salad, the products of the home baking, 
butter, coffee and fruit, we have a good 
dinner. We do not make elaborate des¬ 
serts as some do, for either canned or 
fresh fruit is usually plentiful on the 
farm. m. h. 
INFLUENCE OF THE KITCHEN. 
Our kitchens, as is perfectly notorious, 
are the fortified intrenchments of ignor¬ 
ance, prejudice, irrational habits, rule of 
thumb, and mental vacuity, and the con¬ 
sequence is that the Americans are liable 
to the reproach of suffering beyond any 
other people from wasteful, unpalatable, 
unhealthful and monotonous cooking.— 
Prof. Youmans. 
As it is with me, idoubtless it is with 
99 in every 100 readers, the kitchen is a 
very, very essential part of the domestic 
economy. Give a man, whether he lives 
in Portsmouth or in Boston or in New 
York, the normal outcome of a well- 
ordered kitchen, and he is fortified from 
his breakfast hour for the work and 
endurance of the day.—Howard’s Letter 
from New York. 
Possibly if the eminent culinary teach¬ 
ers were set down in the average kitchen, 
they would be puzzled to know how to 
go to work to get up the various dishes 
they are making with such success in 
their cooking schools. They don’t try to 
“make bricks without straw.” They have 
perfectly appointed kitchens furnished 
abundantly with every utensil needed in 
their work.—New York Tribune. 
I AM impatient and querulous under 
culinary disappointments; as to come 
home, for instance, expecting some savory 
mess, and to find one quite tasteless and 
sapidless.—Charles Lamb. 
The kitchen knife has cut off the 
brightest prospects. The kitchen grid- 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Hiss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, 
Did you read the description of those 
premiums on page 481 of last week’s issue? 
We hope some of the ladies will make an 
effort for that watch and chain. 
iron has often consumed a commercial vinegar to taste. These are excellent 
enterprise. The kitchen kettle has kept 
many a good man in hot water. It will 
never be fully known how much the 
history of the world was affected by 
good or bad cooking.—Dr. Talmage. 
It requires brains to run a modern 
kitchen, and grace in large measure to 
satisfy an exacting Nineteenth century 
household.—Mary A. Livermore. 
Any step forward, however slight, in 
the direction of kitchen reform, is to be 
cordially commended, and if it shall 
prove that the founders of these training 
schools for cooking have made a real ad¬ 
vance in the herculean task of rescuing 
the kitchen from its traditional degrada¬ 
tion, they will be entitled to an eminent 
place among the benefactors of mankind. 
—The Nation. 
The one ray of light penetrating the 
smoky interior of the national cuisine is 
the fact that our young girls are opening 
their eyes to the truth that proficiency in 
housekeeping is a thing to be desired to 
make one wise and her mind healthy and 
comfortable.—Marion Hsrland. 
PATTERNS FOR R. N.-Y. READERS. 
These patterns retail for from 25 to 40 
cents each, but we can furnish them to 
subscribers only, at 10 cents each. The 
patterns are the latest styles, every pat¬ 
tern is complete and guaranteed to be per¬ 
fect. Write the order separate from 
other matter, give bust measure and pat¬ 
tern number, and enclose 10 cents. Full 
instructions accompany every pattern. 
We do this for the accommodation of 
subscribers, and patterns will not be sent 
to nonsubacribers. Any two patterns 
given to old subscribers who send one 
new subscription. 
6164. Ladies’ Blouse Waist. 
Figured taffeta silk with insertion over 
satin ribbon, with crush collar and belt 
of satin, combine to make this waist. 
and require little time in preparing for 
use. SARAH RODNEY. 
For Canning Berries.—A tested recipe 
for canning raspberries so as to retain 
the natural shape and flavor, is as fol¬ 
lows : Fill well washed glass jars with 
sound, ripe raspberries with a cup of 
sugar to each. On the bottom of a mod¬ 
erately heated oven, place a very thin 
board—shingles answer the purpose ad¬ 
mirably. On these, place the jars with¬ 
out the rubber rings. Gradually increase 
the heat until the fruit comes to a boil. 
If the cans are not full, immediately 
pour enough boiling syrup—sugar and 
water—to fill the jars. Place the rubber 
rings in position and screw on the tops. 
As with other canned fruits, the tops 
need to be examined the next day and 
tightened. Strawberries may be canned 
the same way, using more sugar. x. 
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK. 
Truth forever on the scalTold, 
WronK forever on the throne. 
Yet the scaffold sways the future. 
And behind the dim unknown 
Sltteth God within the shadow. 
Keeping watch above his own. 
—James liussell Lmvell. 
-J. Stuart Mill; “The aim of all 
intellectual training for the mass of the 
people, should be to cultivate common 
sense.” 
....Huxley: “Women will find their 
place, and it will neither be that which 
they have held, nor that to which some 
of them aspire.” 
....Dr. Geo. F. Shrady : “Greatness 
has almost invariably been the out¬ 
growth of country breeding, polished in 
after years by city life. There is no 
place better to begin in than the coun¬ 
try. just as there is no place better to 
end in than the city.” 
....H. W. Mabik in The Outlook : “ In 
this vast workshop of life, with its dust 
and sweat and din, it is the worker that 
is perfected oftener than the work ; and 
when some bit of perfection emerges 
from the turmoil, it not only explains 
and justifies the toil behind it, but takes 
on a beauty which is half a prophecy.” 
....Cordelia Reade in N. Y. Press: 
“ If the boys keep on letting the girls 
beat them in the school, the gymnasium, 
the office, and, may be, even at the polls, 
the inherent notion of women that they 
must have a husband whom they may 
look up to, will make them wait a long 
while before they will stoop down and 
pick one up.” 
In writing to advertUers, please always mention 
Thb Rural Nbw-yobkkb. 
Ladies’ Waist. 
. The full basques may be worn under the 
skirt or dispensed with altogether if de¬ 
sired. The gigot sleeves, fashionably 
full at the top, are prettily trimmed with 
the ribbon and insertion ; a windmill 
bow of satin ribbon finishes the design 
above the elbow. Wide satin or moire 
ribbon may be utilized for collar and 
belt. Trimming may be omitted alto¬ 
gether in favor of a plain finish. Pattern 
6154 is cut in five sizes, viz : 32, 34, 36, 38 
and 40 inches bust measure. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Tomato Salads. —Take small, ripe toma¬ 
toes about the size of eggs. Gut out a 
round piece from the stem end and lay 
it to one side, to be replaced again. Re¬ 
move the pulp. Chop fine, cold veal or 
chicken, add a little of the pulp and a 
small quantity of mayonnaise dressing ; 
mix thoroughly. Fill the tomatoes, re¬ 
place the covers and embed the tomatoes 
in lettuce. This salad forms a pretty 
table decoration besides being delicious. 
Another delightful salad is made by 
slicing raw tomatoes and onions together. 
Add mustard, salt, Cayenne pepper and 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
AYER’S 
Hair Vigor 
Prevents 
BALDNESS 
REMOVES DANDRUFF 
AND 
Restores Color 
® TO 
Faded and Gray 
HAIR 
THE 
Best Dressing 
Farmer Wanted, 
to work farm for wages and privileges In central 
New Jersey. A married man. sober and Industrious, 
will have a good place. Address J. A. NUGENT, 
Court House, Jersey City, N. J. 
Ilf ■ NTF (■who cannot speak German) 
Wf H n I C U who understands farming and care 
of stock, with wife who can make butter, etc., to 
work a farm. Level land; modern machinery; no 
capital required; cash every month; near town. 
Address at once. K. RIEGEL, No. 5‘2 South front 
Street, Easton, Pa, 
Half 
the 
Money 
spent for h.-irness and shoes could be saved if 
they were treated right. Whether leather lasts 
or not depends on the care it gets. 
Vacuum Leather Oil 
is the care-taker. 
25 c. worth is a fair trial—anil your money back 
you want it—a swob with each can. 
For pamphlet, free, “How to Takii Cauk oi' 
LKAT.4KK, ’ send to • 
VACUUM OIL CO.. Rochester. N. Y. 
The Blrongent and par«atT.ye 
made. Unlike other Lye, It Itelng 
a flue powder and packed In a can 
with rtuuuvable ltd, the cuutents 
are always ready for use. Wilt 
make the boat irerfumed Hard Soap 
In ‘20 inimites witliout bulling. 
It IM tlio bOHt for clo.anslug waste 
ptpiw, dlslnfiHaing sinks, closets^ 
washing bottles, tralnts, trees, etc. 
PENNA. salt M’P’Q CO. 
Oeu. Agts., Phlla., Pa. 
THEMARYJANEDISHWASHER 
Saves two-tblrds the time, labor and 
trouble. No wetting the hands. No dis¬ 
agreeable work. Pleases everybody. Only 
SIS. Every family should have Mary 
(Jane. Circulars free. Agents wanted. 
J. K. Puriiitou & Co., Des Moines. la. 
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COST 
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stylo Machiiio. SI9.88 biiy.s 
Highest Grade irioaern style ma¬ 
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Warranted Ten XSSIS* 
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Liberal terms for securing 
IVInchiiio 
CHICAGO SEWING MACHINE 
LANDS 
For Sale at Low Prices and on 
Easy Terms. 
The IllinotB Central Railroad Company offers for 
sale en easy terms and at low prices, 150.000 acres of 
choice fruit, gardening, farm and grazing lands 
located in 
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. 
They are also largely Interested In, and call especial 
attention to the 000,000 acres of land In the famous 
YAZOO DELTA OF MISSISSIPPI, 
lying along and owned by the Yazoo and Mississippi 
■Valley Railroad Company, and which that Company 
oners at low prices and on long terms. Special In¬ 
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these lands both In Southern Illinois and In the 
“Yazoo Delta,"Miss, b'or further description, map and 
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Land Commissioner, No. 1 Park Row, Chicago. Ill. 
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