Cy«>  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Household  Problems 
Rye  Bread 
Will  you  give  the  reeipe  for  rye  bread 
advised  by  the  Housewives’  League? 
MRS.  .1.  A. 
Two  cups  milk,  one  oup  hot  water,  one 
rake  yeast,  one  tablespoonful  salt,  one 
tablespoonful  shortening,  one  tenspoonful 
sugar,  three  cups  white  flour,  four  or 
live  nips  rye  flour.  Pour  hot  water  and 
milk  together.  Dissolve  the  yeast  with 
some  of  the  warm  liquid  ;  add  this  to  the 
milk  and  water,  add  the  shortening,  salt 
and  sugar.  Then,  mix  the  rye  flour  and 
tlneo  mips  of  the  white  flour  together, 
add  I  his  to  the  milk  gradually  unt  il  stiff 
enough  to  knead,  adding  more  rye  flout 
if  needed.  Turn  out  on  a  floured  board, 
knead  thoroughly,  put  this  in  a  howl  to 
rise  in  a  warm  place.  When  double  in 
size  mold  into  loaves.  Stand  in  a  warm 
plneo  again  until  almost  double.  Bake 
in  a  moderate  oven  about  three-quarters 
to  one  hour  for  large  loaves. 
How  to  Earn  “  Pin  Money” 
Here  is  how  I  make  a  neat  little  sum 
of  spending  money  each  Summer  without 
neglecting  my  home  Work.  Each  Sum¬ 
mer  we  raise  five  or  six  bushels  of  pop 
corn  in  the  garden.  Riee  corn  is  the 
best,  because  it  pops  more  evenly.  After 
it  is  gathered  and  thoroughly  dried.  I 
shell  a  quantity  and  plnee  a  pint  of  the 
grain  in  a  deep  covered  pan*.  This  I  place 
in  the  range  with  a  moderate  fire.  I  do 
not  disturb  the  pan  for  10  minutes. 
Every  grain  will  be  popped  by  this  time, 
and  I  have  about  seven  pints  of  large, 
fluffy  flakes,  as  white  as  sikjw  and  so 
crisp  thaf  your  “mouth  will  water”  for 
a  taste  of  them  ! 
T  pour  those  flakes  into  pint  cups, 
while  hot.  and  over  them  I  pour  thin 
syrup,  made  of  brown  sugar.  When  cold 
I  turn  out  and  wrap  with  fancy,  oiled 
paper,  1  sell  them  to  the  best  grocery- 
men  in  our  town  at  10  cents  per  roll. 
They  sell  faster  than  I  can  supply  them. 
These  rolls  are  far  superior  to  those  that 
are  handled  through  the  wholesale  gro¬ 
cers.  The  business  of  preparing  and 
selling  sugared  pops  is  a  very  pleasant 
and  paying  one  for  the  farm  woman  who 
desires  to  earn  her  “pin  money”  on  the 
side.  MRS.  w.  RAY. 
Kentucky. 
Strawberries  and  Rheumatism 
"What  can  be  said  about  the  following 
letter  which  recently  appeared  in  a  Syra¬ 
cuse  paper?  s.  k. 
“Flense  tell  the  public  of  the  following 
accidental  but  nevertheless  wonderful  dis¬ 
covery  which  1  have  made.  For  over  30 
years  1  have  been  troubled  with  nervous- 
mss  and  sleeplessness  and  I  lmv<  had  a 
large  sure  on  iny  leg  for  about  t  years. 
A  little  over  a  month  ago  I  commenced 
eating  strawberries.  I  began  gradually 
and  then  increasing  until  I  was  eating  a 
quart  a  day.  for  over  a  month.  Now  the 
rheumatism  is  all  gone  and  I  am  able  to 
sleep  comfortably.  The  sore  on  my  leg 
is  rapidly  disappearing.” 
Who  would  want  to  he  cured  of  rheu¬ 
matism,  if  lie  could  have  a  quart  of  straw¬ 
berries  a  day  while  it  lasted?  To  attrib¬ 
ute  medicinal  properties  to  strawberries, 
however,  is  something  that  the  average 
man  is  not  likely  to  do.  3 lost  people  who 
are  perceptibly  affected  at  all  by  eating 
large  quantities  id’  strawberries  are  af¬ 
fected  disagreeably;  perhaps  suffering 
from  indigestion,  a  skin  rash  or  some  af¬ 
fection  of  the  joints  resembling  rheuma¬ 
tism.  That  the  latter,  as  well  as  sleep¬ 
lessness.  has  apparently  been  cured  by 
strawberries,  in  S.  C.  E.’s  case,  well  illus¬ 
trates  tlie  individual  peculiarities  of  peo¬ 
ple  and  the  uselessness  of  attempting  to 
make  general  rules  cover  all  cases. 
Like  most  berries,  the  strawberry  is 
rich  in  acid.  The  cranberry  has  it  beaten, 
however,  containing  2.34  per  cent,  of  free 
acid  to  the  strawberry's  .03  per  cent. 
These  fruit  acids,  like  the  malic  acid  of 
apples  and  pears,  the  oxalic  ar  id  of  straw¬ 
berries,  tomatoes  and  rhubarb,  tin-  citric 
acid  of  oranges,  limes  and  lemons,  and 
the  tartaric  acid  of  grapes  exercise  an  im¬ 
portant  influence  in  controlling  ‘xeessive 
alkalinity  in  the  fluids  of  the  body  and 
arc  an  essential  part  of  a  wholesome  diet; 
total  deprivation  of  them  leads  to  such 
disturbances  as  scurvy,  the  formerly  well- 
known  scourge  of  the  seafarer’s  life. 
Fortunate  is  the  man  who  can  partake 
freely  of  raw  fruits,  and  who  bus  the  good 
sense  to  do  so;  and  miserable  the  man, 
who,  like  the  writer,  limls  that  three  ap¬ 
ples  a  day  not  only  will  not  keep  the  doc¬ 
tor  away,  but  invite  the  undertaker. 
M.  B.  D. 
Disposing  of  House  Slops 
Will  you  tell  us  of  a  safe,  sanitary, 
and  if  possible,  convenient  way  to  dis¬ 
pose  of  the  slops  from  the  farmhoy.se? 
It  is  not  possible  at  present  to  lay  a 
drain,  or  build  a  cesspool  or  septic  tank, 
and  all  wash  water,  dish  water,  etc.,  must 
be  carried  from  the  bouse  in  a  pail  and 
emptied  somewhere.  TelMis  what  to  do 
with  it  so  if  will  not  cause  a  bad  odor, 
breed  (lies,  or  run  into  the  well,  which  is 
quite  near  the  house.  j.  w.  it. 
ClpvevsVille,  N.  Y. 
To  dispose  of  lmuse  slops  in  a  prac¬ 
tical.  sanitary  and  convenient,  manner, 
without  tlie  use  of  drain,  cesspool  nr  sep¬ 
tic  tank,  is  rather  a  difficult  matter. 
Where  there  is  sufficient  grass  land 
available  liquid  slops  may  be  thrown 
upon  the  surface  of  the  ground,  spreading 
them  over  a  sufficient  area  to  avoid  sat¬ 
urating  the  soil  in  any  one  place,  or  leav¬ 
ing  little  pools  of  stagnant  water  upon 
the  surface'.  For  slops  containing  con¬ 
siderable  solid  matter  a  simple  hole  may 
be  dug  in  some  convenient  place,  as  far 
as  practicable,  and  at.  least.  100  feet,  from 
the  well,  leaving  the  loose  earth  removed 
by  tile  side  of  the  excavation.  A  tight, 
hoard  cover  will  exclude  flies,  as  will  the 
use  of  so-called  chloride  of  lime  at  in¬ 
tervals.  By  covering  the  contents  of  this 
pit  occasionally  with  some  of  the  loose 
earth  that  was  removed,  it  may  bo  kept 
in  a  reasonably  inoffensive  condition. 
After  a  time,  depending  upon  the  char¬ 
acter  of  the  soil  and  the  amount  of 
waste  thrown  into  it.  the  hole  should  he. 
filled  and  another  one  dug.  This  is  sub¬ 
stantially  the  plan  used  at  military  camps 
for  the  disposal  of  sewage,  hut  it  is  only 
a  temporary  makeshift,  at  best,  and  On 
the  farm  it  should  he  superseded  as  soon 
as  possible  by  a  cesspool  with  house  con¬ 
nections  for  the  convenience  of  the  house¬ 
keeper.  M.  B.  B. 
Dress  for  Vacation  Trips 
The  last  week  in  July  I  wash  to  go  to 
Connecticut  for  a  visit,  and  as  my  time  is 
limited  I  have  to  make  short  calls  in  sev¬ 
eral  cities,  one  day  at  seashore,  and  two 
in  Boston.  I  would  like  to  know  what  to 
wear.  Would  a  nice  suit  be  desirable  or 
a  white  serge  skirt  with  plenty  of  white 
waists  and  separate  coat  he  better?  A 
good  many  of  my  calls  will  be  in  the 
morning,  and  perhaps  not  get  back  until 
night,  so  what  would  be  suitable  for  after¬ 
noon  might  not  look  very  nice  starting  on 
an  electric  car  early  in  the  morning  for 
another  city.  That  is  why  I  thought,  of 
the  white  skirt,  for  it  would  look  cool 
and  good  any  time.  I  am  very  anxious 
to  look  my  best,  as  this  is  m.v  first  visit 
back  to  my  city  home  since  marrying. 
New  York.  MBS.  0.  T.  E. 
A  nice  suit  is  the  proper  costume  for 
such  trips  as  you  suggest.  A  white  serge 
skirt  is  very  desirable  for  wear  with  sep¬ 
arate  waists  when  staying  at  the  seashore, 
mountains  nr  Summer  resorts,  but  is  un¬ 
suitable  for  trips  by  electric  and  steam 
ears,  and  the  separate  coat  is  meant  for 
wear  with  a  one-piece  dress:  with  separ¬ 
ate  skirt  and  blouse  the  effect  is  too 
mixed.  Then,  too,  the  beauty  of  white 
serge  is  its  spotless  freshness,  and  it  is 
qltickly  soiled  by  travel.  With  a  white 
skirt  and  blouse  you  must  wear  white 
shoes;  during  a  day  trip  they  arc  very 
likely  to  become  too  soiled  for  a.  second 
wearing,  and  it  is  not  always  possible  to 
cleanse  and  dry  them  over  night.  The 
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white  dress  and  shoes  would,  of  course,  be 
nice  to  put  on  in  the  evening,  after  going 
about  all  day. 
Suits  of  taffeta  or  pongee  are  desirable 
for  Summer,  but.  for  travel  and  general 
wear  in  the  somewhat  uncertain  climate 
of  New  England,  a  fine  lightweight  serge 
would  be  more  satisfactory;  dark  blue  is 
generally  becoming  and  in  great  favor,  or 
if  preferred,  one  of  the  black  and  white 
checks  n#\v  so  fashionable.  White  blouses 
of  crepe  de  chine,  voile  or  batiste  look 
well  with  either.  Select  a  becoming  hat 
that  is  not  too  flowery,  for  a  stiff  salt 
breeze  at  the  seashore  will  often  take  all 
the  color  out  of  artificial  flowers  in  u  sin¬ 
gle  day.  especially  pink  and  lavender 
tints.  The  hat  should  be  one  with  which 
a  snug  veil  can  he  worn,  for  one  often 
becomes  very  disheveled  on  the  open  elec¬ 
tric.  cars,  and  nothing  is  mor-'  unbecoming 
than  stringy,  blnwsy  hair.  Be  sure  that 
you  have  nice  shoes;  they  are  much  in  evi¬ 
dence  with  Short  skirts,  and  several  pairs 
of  white  silk  gloves,  so  that  it  is  never 
necessary  to  wear  soiled  ones.  When  you 
view  the  many  excursionists  who  will 
wear  “mussy”  white  dresses,  flowery  hats 
that  won’t  stay  on  in  a  stiff  breeze,  and 
separate  coats  that  match  nothing  else, 
you  will  feel  very  comfortable  in  your 
trim  suit  and  well-selected  accessories. 
You  will.  <>f  course,  need  a  sun  umbrel¬ 
la  rather  than  a  parasol,  and  if  selecting 
a  new  one  you  will  find  some  attractive 
styles  of  double-faced  silk,  dark  on  the 
outside,  a  lighter  contrasting  color  un¬ 
derneath.  Such  an  umbrella,  with  a  ring 
handle,  gives  a  smart  finish  to  a  travel¬ 
ing  costume.  And  be  sure  that  your 
handbag  or  purse  is  in  harmony,  and  not 
worn  or  shabby,  for,  like  gloves  and  shoes, 
that  is  one  of  the  accessories  that  attracts 
immediate  notice. 
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Furnishes  40  to  50  lights  for  house  and  barn  and 
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