Cfce  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
1317 
was  it?  She  was  always  afraid  of  a 
horse.  Her  brother  owned  one  that  was 
noted  for  gentleness.  Tie  offered  to  take 
her  to  ramp-meeting  because  she  was 
afraid  of  their  own.  On  their  way  up 
there,  the  horse  became  fractious.  She 
got  in  with  some  other  friends.  They 
changed  harness,  and  in  spite  of  the  pleas 
of  friends  she  started  hack  home  with 
her  brother,  and  was  killed  on  the  road. 
I  have  known  her  to  walk  miles  because 
she  was  afraid  of  a  horse;  and  after  all 
it  seems  it  must,  have  been  destiny.  Then 
for  what  purpose?  To  make  of  her  hus¬ 
band  a  better  man  ;  to  make  of  her  neigh¬ 
bors  a  better  comradeship ;  to  perpetuate 
her  good  deeds,  and  make  ns  for  once  the 
more  serious,  as  we  ask,  Why  was  it?  If 
none  could  have  been  the  more  easily 
spared,  not  one  was  more  ready  to  go,  so 
perhaps  that  is  the  most  fitting  answer ; 
she  was  prepared. 
As  for  myself  I  am  growing  stronger 
after  my  accident,  and  trying  to  get 
through  with  the  well-nigh  endless  can¬ 
ning,  etc.  I  was  canning  beans  last 
week.  As  I  have  no  home  oanner  I  can 
with  salt,  one  cup  of  salt  to  every  two 
gallons  of  broken  beans;  keep  covered 
with  boiling  water,  cook  four  hours,  and 
seal,  being  sure  the  liquid  keeps  over  the 
beans.  They  save  well. 
We  have  been  cooking  for  our  neigh¬ 
bor’s  husband ;  he  was  left  alone.  I  am 
the  nearest ;  when  I  cannot  go  I  try  to 
send  him  something  warm  for  dinner  or 
supper ;  it’s  beans  and  apple  pie  to-day. 
We  are  going  to  can  beans  there  this 
week  for  him.  Sometimes  three  or 
of  us  go  and  we  soon  get  a  lot  of  work 
done.  We  live  in  a  good  neighborhood; 
I  did  not  know  it  was  so  good  until  I  was 
afflicted  myself.  Cider,  mellow  apples, 
light  bread,  cake,  and  different  kinds  of 
soup  were  some  of  the  thiDgs  the  good 
souls  come  bringing  in.  Such  kindness  ia 
almost  a  recompense  for  being  sick. 
MRS.  DORA  B.  PHILLIPS. 
Hints  for  “  Blue  Monday” 
First  of  all,  don’t  let  it  be — nor  be¬ 
come — “Blue  Monday.”  The  very  best 
way  to  avoid  this  is  by  making  it  a 
holiday,  in  which  all  can  participate; 
even  baby,  two  years  old,  can  pile  up 
the  black  stockings  by  themselves,  and 
the  next  older  child  can  put  them  into 
the  pail  of  clean  hot  water,  dropping 
them  in  one  at  a  time,  and  carefully  so 
as  not  to  “slop”  nor  get  burned !  Older 
girls  and  boys  may  sort  out  the  table 
linen,  and  pour  boiling  water  over  any 
that  has  fruit  stains,  or  tea  and  coffee 
pictures  of  accidents.  The  table  linen 
is  to  be  washed  first,  and  by  itself — never 
coming  in  contact  with  body-linen,  bed- 
linen,  towels,  nor  handkerchiefs.  Cover 
the  tub,  or  pail,  while  the  other  things 
are  being  sorted. 
Pour  boiling  water  over  the  towels,  the 
cleanest  on  top ;  cover,  and  let  them 
stand. 
Bed-linen  and  body-linen  may  all  go  in 
one  tub,  with  the  cleanest  pieces  on  top. 
Pour  hot  water  over  all  and  cover,  while 
you  wash  the  table  linen — after  putting 
the  handkerchiefs  into  a  pail  or  basin  of 
boiling  water,  to  staud  until  wanted. 
Pour  the  now  warm — but  dirty — water 
off  the  table  linen,  and  sprinkle  lightly 
with  naphtha  washing  powder,  and  pour 
over  all  enough  lukewarm  water  to  cov¬ 
er,  washing  "by  hand,”  without  a  board, 
and  by  rubbing  one  dirty  spot  on  an¬ 
other,  one  in  each  hand.  As  fast  as 
washed,  throw  the  pieces  into  the  boiler, 
soaping  any  scaled  places,  and  rolling 
up  tight.  When  all  the  table  linen  is 
washed,  dissolve  a  tiny  bit  of  bluing  in 
a  pail  of  water;  Bet  the  boiler  on  the 
stove,  and  pour  the  blued  water  over 
the  soaped  linen.  Cover,  and  let  them 
boil,  while  you  drain  the  water  off  the 
handkerchiefs,  putting  them  in  the  tub 
of  water  where  the  table  linen  was 
washed.  Sprinkle  a  bit  more  powder 
over  them,  cover,  and  let  them  soak 
while  you  wash  and  hang  out  the  pail¬ 
ful  of  black  stockings,  using  no  soap 
for  these,  but  plenty  of  water.  Hang 
in  the  sunshine,  wrong  side  out.  (Do 
not  iron  these.) 
Now  wash  the  handkerchiefs  as  you 
did  the  table  linen,  and  put  them  in  the 
boiler,  adding  a  bit  of  (dissolved)  blu¬ 
ing. 
Itinse  the  table  linen  in  two  waters, 
and  blue  very  slightly,  in  a  third  water, 
t  efbre  bailing  out 
Drain  the  now  cool  water  off  the  bed 
and  body-linen,  putting  it  into  the  suds 
where  the  handkerchiefs  were  washed, 
adding  a  bit  of  powder.  Let  stand  while 
you  rinse,  blue,  and  hang  up  the  hand¬ 
kerchiefs,  taking  the  boiler  off  the  stove 
before  beginning  these,  so  that  the  blued 
suds  will  he  cool  enough  for  the  linen, 
that  is  also  to  be  washed  “by  hand,” 
boiled  in  blued  suds,  rinsed,  and  hung  up 
while  the  towels — last  installment  of 
white  clothes — soak  under  cover  in  the 
sudsy  water  where  the  main  washing  has 
been  done,  after  more  powder  has  been 
added. 
Wash,  boil,  rinse,  and  blue  the  towels, 
like  the  rest.  I  am  not  “authority”  on 
how  to  wash  colored  things,  except  on 
one  point:  Keep  a  few  10-eent  packages 
of  standard  dyes,  to  use  a  few  grains 
(of  the  right  color)  in  the  last  rinsing 
water — black,  for  black  muslins,  pink 
for  pink  calicoes,  muslins,  percales,  ging¬ 
hams,  etc.,  green,  blue,  brown  where 
needed. 
The  "no- wash  board”  idea  I  found  when 
teaching  in  Westchester  County,  N.  Y., 
Patterns  for  Window  Draperies 
Pattern  No.  75,  Design  for  Window  and 
Door  Drapery,  Sizes  27  to  32,  33  to  38 
and  3'J  to  44  iuches  wide. 
Many  women  feel  unable  to  plan  win¬ 
dow  draperies  for  want  of  some  guide  in 
rutting  the  material.  It  in  now  possible* 
to  secure  patterns  for  a  variety  of  dec¬ 
ora  tiro  draperies.  These  patterns  are 
made  of  strong,  durable  paper:  complete 
direction*  nro  given  for  catting,  sewing 
aud  bunging,  and  information  as  to  quan¬ 
tity  of  mutrrlnl  needed. 
For  curtains  2'e  yunjs  long,  tilt;  me¬ 
dium  size  requires  ii',*  yards  material  3d 
inches  wide,  aiul  10  yards  edglug.  If 
lining  Is  desired  1  ynnf  of  buckram  and 
%  yard  mi  teen  will  lie  needed.  Pattern 
No.  76  design  for  window  or  door  drapery, 
wltn  directions  for  making  ami  imaging 
will  he  sent  to  any  address  on  receipt  of 
2.*,  cents.  In  ordevtng  give  number  of  pat¬ 
tern  and  width  of  window. 
my  landlady  averring  that  to  rub  the 
cloth  on  a  board  was  “slow,  expensive, 
and  without  thought” ;  and  as  she,  alone, 
did  the  washing  for  a  family  of  seven — 
four  of  them  farm  men — between  eight 
in  the  morning  and  noon,  I  was  willing 
to  learn  from  her.  The  sorting,  classi¬ 
fying,  and  thorough  rinsing,  I  learned 
up  in  Jefferson  County ;  while  a  stay  in 
Lewis  County  gave  me  the  “cover-up  and 
blue  the  suds”  experience — and  all  these 
housekeepers  read  The  R.  N.-Y. 
LUCY  A.  YEN DES-PRESTO  \ . 
Laundering  Starched  Clothes 
Will  you  print  an  article  ou  launder¬ 
ing  men’s  bosom  shirts  or  other  gar¬ 
ments  w'here  stiff  starching  is  required? 
MRS.  M.  C.  P. 
The  following  instructions  were  given 
by  Mrs.  Medora  Corbett  more  than  25 
years  ago,  and  have  given  satisfaction  to 
many  housekepers.  The  method  makes  a 
stiff  starch,  and  can  be  used  either  warm 
or  cold,  and  for  one  starching  only ;  but 
for  cuffs,  collars  and  stiff-bosomed  shirts 
it  is  better  used  warm  and  newly  made. 
Dissolve  one-third  of  the  usual  amount 
of  starch  in  just  sufficient  cold  water, 
add  boiling  water  until  the  starch  turns 
transparent  and  smooth,  let  boil  up 
strong  and  remove  from  fire  to  cool  some¬ 
what.  Dissolve  the  remaining  starch, 
and  one-half  teaspoon ful  of  borax  to 
one  tablespoonful  of  starch  in  a  little 
cold  water,  add  to  the  boiled  starch  and 
run  through  a  wire  strainer  into  a  gran¬ 
ite  or  earthen  dish.  This  starch  should 
be  thick  but  smooth  aud  opaque  in  color. 
Having  ironed  the  plain  parts  of  a 
shirt,  slip  the  bossom-board  in,  wrong 
side  up  (the  less  perfect  side)  and  hav¬ 
ing  divided  the  euffs  (detachable  onos) 
and  collars  between  tlie  number  of  shirts 
to  starch,  dip  them  into  the  starch,  lay 
on  the  shirt  bosom  aud  using  the  palm 
of  the  right  hand  rub  starch  in  and 
wrinkles  out.  See  that  each  piece  is  wet 
through  and  through  before  laying  or 
hanging  over  something,  protected  from 
flies  and  dust,  also  stove  heat,  for  from 
one-quarter  to  half  an  hour. 
To  iron:  Lay  a  thin  white  cloth  over 
bosoms,  aud  cuffs  and  collars  within  a 
folded  cloth ;  iron  with  a  moderately  hot 
iron,  hut  not  too  long  before  removing 
the  cloth — until  the  doth  looks  dry  for 
instance.  Pass  the  iron  over  the  under¬ 
side  side  of  bosoms,  then  finish  the  right 
side,  and  the  same  with  cuffs  and  collars; 
giving  the  desired  curve  by  running  the 
nose  of  the  iron  backward  along  the  out¬ 
er  edge  while  holding  the  finished  begin¬ 
ning  up  aud  over  to  form  a  curve. 
There  is  always  danger  in  ironing 
starched  linen  too  long — danger  from 
scorching  and  blistering.  It  is  better 
to  quit  ironing  when  the  pieces  look  dry 
and  finished,  and  hang  shirts  near  the 
fire,  and  place  cuffs  and  collars  iu  a 
pan  and  in  a  warm  oven  for  a  safe  length 
of  time.  The  amount  of  polish  depends 
upon  the  irons  used,  and  painstaking 
skill  in  using  the  heel  of  au  ordinary 
iron. 
The  following  instructions  were  given 
by  a  laundry  man,  whose  method  is 
simple,  and  highly  successful:  Make 
a  gum  arabic  solution  by  dissolv¬ 
ing  two  minces  of  gum  arabic  in  two 
cups  of  warm  water,  bottle  and  keep 
corked  for  use  when  needed.  Make  starch 
by  dissolving  in  cold  water  first  and  then 
pour  really  boiling  water  ou  it,  stirring 
briskly  until  clear.  Into  this  put  oue 
teaspoon  or  one  tablespoonful  of  gum 
arabic  solution.  Wring  the  cuffs  you 
starch  out  of  this  twice,  open  so  starch 
gets  into  all  parts  evenly.  I  starch  mine 
while  wet.  Then  dry.  The  day  you  iron 
starch  iu  raw  starch  made  by  dissolv¬ 
ing  one  tablespoonful  of  starch  to  a  cup 
of  quite  warm  water,  add  one  teaspoon 
powdered  borax,  starch  about  two  hours 
before  ironing  and  roll  tight  in  sprinkled 
shirt.  I  usually  wring  cuff  twice  in  this 
starch  to  have  it  even.  Have  clean  flat¬ 
irons  of  any  kind.  They  never  stick 
with  me  and  if  an  extra  gloss  is  wanted 
when  nearly  finished  ironing  sponge  over 
surface  with  cloth  wrung  out  of  cold 
water  and  iron  a  little  more  until  dry. 
No  More  Chilly  Rooms 
The  Stewart  One-Pipe  Furnace 
makes  the  whole  house  cozy.  No  more 
room  stoves,  with  ashes  on  the  floor. 
No  wall  pipes  needed.  Economical  to 
buy.  to  put  in,  to  run.  Everlastingly 
comfortable.  You  surely  want  to  know 
all  about  it.  Write. 
Here,  also,  5s  a  kitchen  range  that 
really  bakes— saves  yon  time,  labor, 
patience  and  fuel.  It  was  a  wonderful 
cooker  in  1832.  It  has  been  improved 
every  year  since.  An  ornament  to  your 
kitchen.  Write  for  fall  information  on 
this  sure  means  of  always  getting  your 
best  cooking.  Write  to  where  both  fur¬ 
naces  and  ranges  are  made,  and  get 
name  of  dealer  nearest  you.  Heating 
stoves  of  all  kinds.  Made  by 
Fuller  &.  Warren  Co.  iSince  1S32) 
Ida  Street  Troy.N.Y. 
C.  N.  ROBINSON  Jb  BRO.,  Dept.  201, Baltlmere,  Md. 
“Rflllftll  ON  DATQ,,'IldsRATS*M,ce*Bui^ 
iHJUUfl  Ull  (lM  I  v)  IWt  Dio  in  tile  House. 
Cubes  table  Exterminator.  Bruit  i’ralxle  l>og*.  Gophers, 
Ground  Hogs.  Chipmunks.  Weasels,  Squirrels,  Crows. 
Hawks,  etc.  The  Recognised  Standard  Exterminator 
at  Drug  dt  Con  a  try  8torvs.  Economy  Sixes  2So.  60c. 
Small  15c.  Hand  tiro  World  Over.  Used  hy  17.  8.  Gov’t. 
Rouoh  on  Rats  Never  Fail*,  Refuse  ALB  Substitutes, 
aTBAflfilTff 
Liquid  Muscle 
That's  just  what  Babbitt’s 
Pure  Lye  means  to  the  house¬ 
wife.  Babbitt’s  cuts  the  dirt, 
softens  it  so  that  you  can 
rub  it  off  your  pots  and 
pans,  your  sinks,  your  wood¬ 
work  with  ease.  It  takes 
the  drudgery  out  of 
daily  tasks. 
More  than 
that 
BABBITT’S 
PURE 
LYE 
In  the  New  Can  with  the  Si f ting  Pry- Off- Top 
is  valuable  for  a  hundred  house¬ 
hold  purposes.  It  keeps  the 
drain  pipes  clean  and  odorless; 
softens  hard  water;  saves  you 
money  in  home-made  soap.  It 
cleanses— purifies— disinfects. 
Babbitt's  Pure  Lye  Is  Highest 
In  Strength,  but  NOT  in  Price 
— 10c  Everywhere. 
Send  for  new  booklet  on  lye— "How 
to  Use  It  —  How  to  Choose  It." 
B.  T^BMBHT  -  NEW  YOMl 
