The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Hie 7 ;iins, which have been almost con¬ 
tinual for about four weeks. Financial 
conditions of the farmers are improving: 
there are more cows Vicing milked, there¬ 
fore more butter and cream to sell. Eggs 
are ’way down, but eggs are being used 
for hatching. We have about 125 little 
chicks, and hens due to hutch every few 
days. We also have 24 little turkeys, but 
the wet weather has been bad for them, 
and we have lost some. We like the 
White Uollund, as they do not wander 
so far from the place as do the other 
kinds. 
1 have been making rugs all Winter. 
Have had orders to keep roe busy all of my 
spare time. I am braiding the ones I 
am making now, and find the work even 
more fascinating than the crocheted ones. 
They command a winch better price than 
the other kinds, as they are so much in 
demand for the Colonial bungalows that 
are being built. 
I have been much interested in the 
pros and cons of consolidation of rural 
schools. For years we have had our 
children transferred to our nearest town. 
The rural school in our district is seldom 
more than a six months term, ami they 
tench onh up to the seventh grade. We 
are rejoicing over the fact that tin- (owns* 
people voted a bond for a new $•15.1)00 
school building, with all modern improve¬ 
ments. Now there is talk of consolidat¬ 
ing If it could he done, the country 
children would have all the advantages, 
of the new school. If we can educate the 
children they will he able to make a way 
for themselves and not be compelled ro 
take a back seat and watch others walk 
into positions they may covet. 
MRS. M. H. M. 
Home Dressmaking Notes 
What would life, be if nobody experi¬ 
mented? And why not experiment in the 
family sewing? Some folks say it is 
likely to be an expensive experiment. 
1’erhnps so, and again, perhaps it may he 
the beginning of a great saving. I have 
Fold Fold 
found it so a good nmuy times. And. 
1 osides, there is the excitement of won¬ 
dering just how it will come out, and a 
little excitement is a big help in the 
mi non!nny of making piles of little pan- 
ties and little waists and big shirts and 
middle-sized aprons. 
This apron pattern was an experiment 
1 tried this Spring, and found a complete 
success and time-saver. I bail seen de¬ 
signs of an apron in the fashion sheets, 
but no directions for cuttiug, so experi¬ 
mented for myself. The design shows 
how it was cut. 1 found I had made too 
big an opening for the neck, and laid 
four little tucks front and back about 4 
in. long to bring the shoulder straps 
closer. I think this is an advantage, as 
it gives a little extra fullness over the 
bust. The bottoms are hemmed, the sel¬ 
vage finishing the sides, and around the 
nock and armholes a binding of the same 
maierial or of white makes a nice finish. 
1 found two buttons or snap fasteners 
necessary to hold the overlap at the hips.. 
Pockets may be made from the scraps, 
and there is almost no waste. 
The little apron pattern was cut from 
oac «e:,t to * 1.title Daughter” for a 
Christmas gift Tt rcrpiires vpry little 
material and covers the part of the little 
drosses which gel the worst wear. IVnis 
binding or rick-rack braid make a nice 
finish for the edges. 
It is no problem to wear out the little 
clothes where there arc many in the fami’y 
or little nieces or nephews to pass them 
on to. But having only a little son and 
a little daughter a wee bit younger, the 
clothes problem is one always with me. 
They have outgrown the romper stage, 
and Son is in little trousers and waists. 
The waists are outgrown long before they 
are worn out. So this Spring I am mak¬ 
ing him very plain middy blouses, which 
• an be handed on to Little Sister when 
Son lias grown too big for them. The 
trousers never last long enough to be 
o'ulgrovvn. The middy can be cut very 
simply, nod is easily ironed, and the 
trousers are buttoned ,0 the underwear 
or to a supporter waist especially made 
for the purpose. T make my own wide 
hands of unbleached muslin, for they wear 
longer and are more c°m fort a Vile than any 
I have seen readymade. 
When in a store recently looking over 
the new wash materials for Spring an 
inspiration came to me. I bought three 
yards of gray charnhray shirting—a good 
dark gray—and a half yard of fast color 
red comfort covering. From this I made 
a little dress and a pair of bloomers for 
Little Daughter, the red furnishing pip¬ 
ings which livened up the gray and made 
of it. a dainty little suit. It is as pretty 
as any of those I have seen reudymade. 
and is dark enough to be practical as well 
as serviceable. I think I shall make 
others of the same material. A bit of 
embroidery in bright color, or red rick- 
rack braid, gives all the color needed. 
The chnmbray in shirting cloth is only 
20 cents a yard here, and is very strong 
and of good color. The little dresses 
with bloomers to match are so pretty and 
practical that every little girl should have 
them. I remember what a relief it was 
when as a teacher in the schools of a 
large city I had orders from the board of 
education that on days for gymnastic 
training all little girls must wear dark- 
colored bloomers. It was no time till 
mothers found what a neat outfit it made, 
and many of the little girls wore their 
dark bloomers all the time. Then there 
was no occasion for gossip about t.he con¬ 
duct of a little girl on the playground. 
They ran and romped with greater free¬ 
dom. and there were no stained or soiled 
white garments to be labored over in the 
wash. The tiny little girls look so nice 
in the bloomers I wish every mother 
would at least try them this Summer. 
MRS. E. E. E. 
Piccalilli 
One peck green tomatoes and one head 
cabbage chopped fine : mix with them one 
cup of salt, put all in a cheesecloth bag 
and let it hang and drain over night. 
Then chop six large onions and four 
green peppers, mix with the tomatoes and 
cabbage, pour over them enough hot weak 
vinegar to cover, and drain again The 
next morning scald the same amount of 
good sharp vinegar and pour over them, 
add two tablespoons of whole mustard 
seed, and when cold it is ready to use. 
This is a very good old-time recipe which 
is sometimes called “higdom.” a. a. t. 
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