592 
April 22, 1922 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ter and set on I make candy three times a week, so 
iblespoon pow- it is always fresh. I next got an order 
rn newspapers, from llie proprietor of the local pool 
is smooth and room (who handles only wrapped or 
box candies) to supply him with the same 
made for the candy, cut. in long, narrow bars and 
nuinganate of wrapped in wax paper. The other day 
ounce in one I took samples of the candy t" our neigh 
•roughly. Have boring town of about 2.000 inhabitants, 
then apply the secured au order from the manager ol the 
e brush. One large department store to supply them 
When first ap- with this candy, beginning Ibe first of 
lit. and homely, next month, and I hope my business will 
o a rich dark grow still more. The profits arc very 
sh away. To good indeed for a side line (my main line 
ils, wipe with is keeping house and earing for a hus¬ 
band and children) arc it is much easier 
Sift one heap- and more pleasant to spend a couple of 
tablespoon of hours in the morning making candy than 
!>1 coal oil, two bending over a washboard and emptying 
innia with one- heavy tubs. I now make ei.insiderably 
.lend the flour more than enough to pay my laundry bill, 
e flour is tbor- As I am a busy housewife, 1 do not 
store used up; attempt the more elaborate kinds of ean- 
until smooth; dy, and there is more money, for the time 
balls and rub spent, in the fudge than in any other 
with a rubber kind. I tried several other kinds, but 
fell back on the fudge. 1 will leave the 
loves.—Pour a other kinds until I have more time and 
. dip a clean better equipment. The fudge in bulk I 
then rub the sell at 60 cents a pound, ami it: retails at 
soup; dip into about 70 cents. The wrapped candy I 
oil the gloves, sell at live cents a bar, and it retails at 
y, ami change two bars for 15 rents. The cost is about 
half what I get for the candy. Skilled 
labor comes high ! 
There is always and everywhere a de¬ 
mand for homemade candy of good qual¬ 
ity. and if one has a gift for making 
creamy fudge or other candy it can 
easily be turned to financial advantage. 
Mothers like to buy il for their children, 
and nmn are especially partial to fudge 
and “chewy" candies. 
One great- advantage about making 
candy is that it requires so very little 
capital; a dollar or two will buy the 
necessary ingredients, and no matter how 
hard up a household may be il is sure to 
possess a kettle, spoon and pan that will 
do. and the cash returns are quick and 
sure, since only what has been ordered 
is made. If a batch of candy does not 
turn out well il can be recooked. 
T would add just one word in warning. 
Merchants are business men. and they 
like to deal with businesslike persons. 
Ho not put up a hard luck story to work 
upon the merchant's sympathies, but 
sliow him how he can turn your products 
to his own advantage. That is what he 
is in business for. And again, if you 
promise that your goods will reach him 
Saturday morning, be very sure that they 
do, and better at eight than at twelve. 
MAY ARMSTRONG. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Name “Bayer” on Genuine 
Mother. 
fstill through the golden mists of memory 
I see her standing as she stood of yore, 
Framed in the light from out. the cot¬ 
tage door, 
Her caudle high in hand to welcome me; 
Her eyes were blue, the violet of the sea 
When twilight falls, and she had learned 
the lore 
Of love; each day I think we loved her 
more. 
For she filled life with perfect harmony. 
Our mother! Not as other women are, 
Who have lint passing beauty of the 
face: 
Hers was the nobler beauty of the 
mind ; 
Though she exchanged her candle for a 
star, 
Yet she dwells with us who are left 
behind, 
Guiding us upward by her gentle grace. 
—ELISAItKTII SCOLLARD, 
in New York Herald. 
Beware! Unless you see the name 
“Bayer" on package or ou tablets you 
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre¬ 
scribed by physicians for twenty-one 
years and proved safe by millions. Take 
Aspirin only as told in the Bayer pack¬ 
age for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, 
Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lum¬ 
bago, and for l’aiu. Handy tin boxes of 
twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few 
cents. Druggists also sell larger pack¬ 
ages. Aspirin is the trade mark of 
Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacid- 
ester of Salieylicacid. 
We noted in one of the city stores re¬ 
cently dyed carpet rags for making 
braided or hooked rugs at 50 cents for 
350 feet. These were cotton rags, in 
strips folded so as to be about one-half 
inch wide. Some rugs we saw at au ex¬ 
hibition were made of these folded cotton 
strips pulled through but not cut, so that 
they locked like French knots, and made 
a very firm rug. 
The Rural Patterns 
in ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
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We believe it is the 
Wr<: are asked again to give a crack- 
filler for floors. Many use putty, which 
is rather expensive, and has a tendency 
to shrink away from the wood. A recom¬ 
mended crack-filler is prepared by melt¬ 
ing cabinet glue in a little water, in a 
double boiler, then stirring in, a little at 
n time, fine sawdust. This may be col¬ 
ored to match the floor. It is used while 
hot, and may be worked into the cracks 
with a small knife. Another crack-filler 
is made by scald : ng sawdust with boiling 
water, then leaving it to soak for a week. 
After soaking, boil until it is pasty, drain 
in a cloth, and then mix to a putty with 
thin glue. The recipe for a familiar 
crack-tiller made from newspapers is 
given among the ‘’Household .Recipes” in 
this column. 
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'We have received two names for the 
patchwork design shown on page 243, 
February 18 issue. Some call it the Tea 
Chest, hut it is more generally known as 
the Rolling Stone. 
Homemade Wheat Flakes 
Some time ago 1 saw a recipe given for 
wheat breakfast food. When my hus¬ 
band read it he said • “Nobody will take 
all that trouble." The grain was washed 
well and then dried before grinding. My 
way of doing it is: Sift the wheat in an 
ordinary line sieve, then look it over to 
get out weed seed and stones. Grind in a 
coffee mill or one purchased for that pur¬ 
pose. If ground coarse it needs to be 
soaked over night to cook quickly in tin* 
morning, If ground medium line, it will 
cook nearly as quick as oatmeal. We use 
it all the time, and find nothing to equal 
it in flavor and quality. I grind a week's 
supply at a time and keep it in a tight 
can to keep clean. 1 hope this will en¬ 
courage the use of home-ground wheat 
breakfast food. Mils. e. a. r. 
Household Recipes 
The word “recipe” usually suggests to 
us a new cake or a new pudding or some¬ 
thing else equally good to eat. These 
recipes, however, are very different, be¬ 
cause they are not eatable, but pertain 
to making housework easier. When you 
try them yon will agree with me that 
they are very good. too. 
Duslless Dusters.- <‘ut squares of a 
good grade of cheesecloth into pieces of 
the desired size and hem. Mix one-eighth 
ounce oxalic acid with Vs Jb. whiting in 
one quart of gasoline. Blend well, satu¬ 
rate the cloths with the compound aud 
hang in the open air to dry. At the same 
time saturate a dish mop in the com¬ 
pound nnd dry it. It will admirably take 
the place of the old-time feather duster, 
and will enable you to flick the dust from 
high or low places without the risk of 
setting it loose in the air again. 
Silver Polishing Cloth.—To make sev¬ 
eral of these take 1 lb, of whiting and 
one-fourth ounce oleic acid blended 
smoothly with one-half gallon gasoline. 
In (his compound soak pieces of soft old 
flannel, then dry thoroughly somewhere 
away from the fire. Wrap in wax paper, 
and keep in a tight box when not in use. 
A Sweeping Compound. A simple one 
that is very helpful in homes without a 
vacuum cleaner consists of a desired 
amount of corn meal or coarse salt satu¬ 
rated with just enough kerosene oil to 
moisten. The oil will not grease the 
rugs. 
A Crack-filler.—Take 1 lb. of flour and 
rub smooth iu a little cold water. Add 
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Homemade Candy as a Business 
Opportunity 
I had been at my wits' end for some 
time as to how I could manage to send 
my clothes to the laundry and thus escape 
the back-breaking weekly wash, which 
always resulted in a day or two of con¬ 
sequent illness. At this time 1 happened 
to be in our village grocery when the 
proprietor was bemoaning his omjdy 
candy counter. The company with which 
he dealt had not delivered his Faster 
candy in time; he had countermanded 
the order, and his new order would not 
arrive for I wo weeks. When the other 
customers had left I proposed to him that 
1 furnish him with as much homemade 
candy as he could dispose of. beginning 
at once. lie gladly agreed to this, nnd 
1 immediately went home and made two 
hatches of candy, about 3 lbs. each, of 
chocolate fudge and white coconnut 
fudge, which I delivered to him as soon 
as cool enough. This was the beginning 
of my “candy business," which, though 
not so very large, pays me well for the 
time spent, and requires almost no 
capital. A six-quart kettle, iron spoon 
and square pan were the only utensils I 
used, and $1.50 covered the cost of the 
materials. 
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