W* RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
cup shortening, four tablespoons of eoeoa, 
1 Vt cups sugar, one cup buttermilk, one 
teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, 
1% cups flour, flavoring (vanilla). Bake 
in loaf and cover with brown sugar icing. 
These are tried, tested recipes and very 
nice. n. suttle. 
A Country Kitchen 
The sun is running so high it causes 
our thoughts to turn Springward, even 
while the white blanket of Winter covers 
our pet posy beds. I thought some of the 
readers who contemplated a new kitchen, 
or the redeCoration of an old one, might 
find some point of interest in one I com¬ 
pleted last Fall. 
Ours is a six-room bungalow, two miles 
from the village, and as yet we cannot 
get town water or electric power. My 
kitchen is 1:2x15 ft. and is sheathed 1 ft. 
high, and all woodwork is varnished. It 
is plastered the remainder way up, very 
smooth and hard, and paiuted with flat 
finish paint, blue tint. I ran a white 
stencil design round room where sheath¬ 
ing and plaster meet, instead of at top 
of walls, which is a very pleasing change. 
I have a white porcelain sink (with 
drain-board all in one), which is the 
apple of my eye verily; cleans like a dish, 
and is a pride and a joy certainly. 
There is a 514 ft. long cabinet extend¬ 
ing to ceiling, built in. with jelly closet 
at top; then two glass-doored closets for 
dishes and two flour lockers for pastry 
and bread flours, which tip out. working 
very easily ; three roomy drawers in be¬ 
tween these, and large-door compartments 
for big pans, etc. 
Now the pleasant and highly original 
feature of this cabinet is a small window 
cut through back, between dish closets, 
having shelves under it for spice cans, 
etc. Window is 12x15 in. and gives the 
"cook” a chance to catch a glimpse of 
her much-loved woods while heating up a 
cake. The cooking top of the cabinet is 
covered with nickeled copper. 
We have a built-in ironing board, also 
built-in wood-box, which I am sure will 
appeal to any “clean-minded" kitchen 
lover. Mine holds about three bushels of 
wood, hut one can suit her own taste and 
the available space. 
Another feature of which T am proud 
is a clothes closet near outside door, for 
hanging wraps and brooms, mops. etc. 
The bottom of this closet is built in up 
to a height of 16 in., with hinged cover, 
and here are stored rubbers, extra shoes, 
etc. Top of box (which it really is) 
affords a nice seat while parting on rub¬ 
bers. 
Kitchen floor is fir center with hard¬ 
wood border. 1 ft. wide* round the room, 
laid log cabin style. I have a bine and 
white congoleum to cover fir center: thus 
I am able to keep border nicely varnished 
all the time, which I could not do with 
the whole floor, as our yard is fine gravel, 
and tracks in dreadfully. One window 
made to order. 34x10 in., one sheet of 
glass, comes over the sink, giving light 
and nice view, yet is non-spattorable, as 
back of sink is 112 in. high, and the "lady 
of the house” who could not wash dishes 
here with pleasure must bo hard 'to 
please. 
Cabinet is all white enameled to match 
sink. Blue and white cheeked Dutch 
gingham curtains e 'yig just to the siil 
complete this blue auJrwhite kitchen. The 
"good man” being a carpenter, and I 
handy with paint brush, this pretty 
room, which would cost a pretty penny, 
does not stand us much more than an 
ordinary dark and gloomy room. I think 
we owe it to ourselves to make our homes 
restful and pretty, ami by doing the work 
ourselves the cost is very small, compared 
with the comfort derived. 
Truly, homekeeping hearts are hap¬ 
piest. HRS. TEG. 
Spanish Rice - Mocha Icing 
Can you tell me how to make Mocha 
icing and boiled Spanish ice? 
MRS. F. E. S. 
Spanish Bice.—Cook one cup of rice in 
two quarts of boiling salted water. Boil 
15 minutes, then pour into a fine sieve. 
Place the sieve over boiling water, and 
steam for MO minutes. Chop fine half a 
can of Spanish peppers, or boil ripe sweet 
peppers and chop fine about n cupful, mix 
with the rice and serve hot. This is 
sometimes used as a garnish for boiled 
ham. We have sometimes met with rice 
served with tomatoes under the name of 
Spanish rice, and if this is desired the 
following will be found very good: 
Creole ltico.—Chop fine one green pep¬ 
per and one mild white onion. Molt one- 
quarter cup of drippings and in if cook 
the onion, pepper and one-half cup 
shredded ham until yellowed somewhat ; 
add one cup of blanched rice and three 
cups of broth ami let simmer 20 minutes; 
add four tomatoes, peeled and cut in 
slices, and one teaspoon of salt; cover 
and let cook over boiling water until the 
rice is tender. Serve as a vegetable with 
a light meat course or as the main dish 
at supper. 
Savory Rice.—Cook one cup of rice in 
boiling salted water until tender. Put 
five slices of bacon, a small onion and a 
green pepper through the meat chopper 
and then cook in a saucepan until slightly 
browned. Beat this into the rice and 
add half a cup of tomato sauce, salt and 
pepper to taste. Bake about 20 minutes 
in a moderate oven and serve hot. 
Mocha Icing.-—Cream one cup of con¬ 
fectioner’s sugar with one-fourth cup of 
butter, then work iu two tablespoonfuls 
of dry cocoa. When this is well mixed, 
moisten with two tablespoonfuls of cold 
strong coffee, worked in until perfectly 
smooth. The original recipe for'this icing 
calls for three tablespoons of coffee, but 
in our experience this makes it entirely 
too thin. Some very good recipes use hot 
coffee, which makes a thin flowing icing 
that hardens when cold, but we prefer to 
use the coffee cold. The icing hardens 
sufficiently when set. 
The Children’s Reading 
100.2. Design f..r centerpiece 22 inches in 
diameter. Price of transfer 20 cents. 
on page 14S2. Won’t you priut some 
question which will bring about more 
discussion of the subject? 
It is interesting to know about differ¬ 
ent patterns for patchwork quilts and 
recipes for various foods. I enjoy read¬ 
ing them all, but I feel deeply that we 
farm mothers could be very helpful to 
one another if we could exchange ideas 
with regard to our children's education, 
and particularly with respect to their 
reading. Guest said : 
“Your dream and my dream is not that 
we shall rest, 
But that our children after ns shall know 
life at its best. . . . 
We brave the toil of life for them, for 
them we clamber high, 
And if ’twottld spare them hurt and pain, 
for them we'd gladly die. . . 
The best for them is what we dream. Our 
little girls and boys 
Must know the finest life can give of 
comfort and of joys.” 
In another poem Guest pictures the 
anguish of a mother who, after her boy 
has gone wrong, realizes her mistake in 
giving her whole life to mark for him, 
without taking time to live with him. 
One of the wavs to live with our chil¬ 
dren is to provide worth-while books. 
Have some lying around on the living- 
room table where their pretty covers 
make them attractive and fairly say: 
“Read me.” There is no other influence 
so intimate and patent as that of a good 
hook. ALICE SHITII FISHER. 
Those Midnight Marauders Again 
I have had much trouble for the last 
two seasons with bedbugs. Will you tell 
me what is the best thing to do to get rid 
of them? READER. 
Whatever remedy is used to control 
these loathsome pests, treatment must be 
prolonged and persistent. It must be ex¬ 
tended to baseboards, cracks in the floor, 
and other woodwork, as well as to the 
bed itself. We prefer to recommend 
some remedy that does not stain or soil. 
A persistent use of biihacl) or Persian 
insect powder blown into hiding places 
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with a little powder gun, is useful, but 
the appearance of the dust is unpleasant. 
The best weapon to use is a sewing- 
machine oil can, with which one can 
throw a liquid into any place desired, 
and gasoline and kerosene are certain 
remedies. Kerosene is objectionable, be¬ 
cause of its oiliness and strong odor, but 
it certainly puts an end to the pests. 
Gasoline or benzine is better, because it 
quickly volatilizes, and leaves no stain, 
hut, if used where gas or lamps are the 
illuminants, it should be applied early in 
the day. and the windows left open until 
all of the vapor has passed off. It is 
highly inflammable and explosive. One 
of our correspondents advised benzine or 
gasoline and household ammonia, half and 
half, applied from a small oil can. All 
who have tried this say it is extremely 
efficient, and it is clean to apply. It 
should be used thoroughly, every other 
day for a week, twice the following week, 
and then at one-week intervals for a 
month. If there is no re-infestation, this 
remedy is sure. But one must remember 
that these parasites are everywhere, in 
public conveyances, boats, factories, 
schools and. we regret to say, they even 
go to church sometimes! In the cities 
they are omnipresent, and there are large 
firms engaged in the business of “vermin 
exterminators.” who are regularly em¬ 
ployed by hotels, apartment houses and 
private individuals. A detached country 
house can he kept free from vermin far 
more readily than a city apartment, 
where a careless neighbor may render 
precautions of no avail. Persistent use 
of the remedies suggested will be found 
efficient, if there is a constant watch for 
possible reinfestation. 
Preparing Pumpkin 
Has it ever been suggested to put 
pumpkin and squash through food grinder 
before cooking, and then use a double 
boiler and no water on same? Ask your 
readers to try. hrs. a. j. p. 
Score Cards 
Y OU know the score cards used by the agricultural college 
people for judging poultry, livestock, or home products. 
Were you—or a group of dentists—to make a score card to 
help select the best tooth paste for the whole family, you proba¬ 
bly would make one like the “Dentifrice Score Card” shown here. 
And when you compare the various tooth pastes you, like most 
dentists, would give the high score to Colgate’s. 
COLGATE'S 
Cleans Teeth the Right Way 
“IVashes” and Polishes— 
Doesn’t Scratch or Scour 
Here are some of the reasons why Colgate’s stands first in the 
choice of farm people and dentists. 
Non-Gritty—Colgate’s is made of fine, specially prepared chalk—no 
grit. The U.S. Health Service says a dentifrice should not be gritty. 
No Drugs — Colgate’s has no drugs or chemicals which harm 
mouth or gum tissues. 
Safe—Colgate’s is safe —no harsh grit. 
Cleans—Colgate’s loosens clinging particles and washes them away. 
Flavor—Colgate’s has a delicious flavor which makes tooth brush¬ 
ing a pleasure. Use Colgate's after every meal. 
Container—Colgate’s comes out like a ribbon—lies flat on the brush. 
Price—Colgate’s costs only 25c for a LARGE tube. Why pay more? 
More dentists recommend Colgate’s than any 
other dentifrice. If your store doesn't have all 
the Colgate products mentioned in rhe coupon, 
check those desired and mail it to us as indicated. 
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' CLEANS 
TEETH 
THE 
RIGHT 
WAY 
COLGATE! 
&.CO. 
Farm Household, 
Dept. 42 
199 Fultcn Street.J 
New York, N.Y. 
Please send me tramples of 
the following articles. 1 en- 
| close the amount of stamps 
I shown for each one checked. 
y Face Powder . . . . . 6c 
Baby Tale.4c 
Shaving Cream .... 4c 
Ribbon Dental Cream, Free 
U. D.Town. 
.State. 
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