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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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lessened by light reading. Her culture might be 
superficial, but It would be a decided benefit. 
After all, I think the more thoroughly women are 
educated the less likely they are to Indulge In 
such supposed weakness of the sex as gossip. 
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BANKING UP CELLARS. 
Seeing this subject brought up, 1 thought l 
would ten how we managed ours. 
The cellar wall is built double rrom the surface 
till It reaches below the line of frost. The outside 
wall is of stone and the Inside is lathed and plas¬ 
tered, leaving a space of a few inches between the 
walls. The house Is high enough from the top of 
the ground to admit. Of the cellar windows being 
placed on a level with the surface, and that admits 
of a large amount of light, and air. As the windows 
are double. .lack Frost baa never found an en¬ 
trance, and during daylight it la never necessary 
to have a light to go to the cellar. We have never 
been obliged to bank up the house to keep the 
cellar warm. For ventilation, one of the chlmneys 
Is built from the bottom of the cellar, with an 
opening near the bottom to clear it out when nec¬ 
essary, and one large enough towards the floor to 
admit a stovepipe, tf desired, proves an efficient 
and agreeable mode of carrying off bad odors aris¬ 
ing from vegetables, while an outside cellar door 
secures fresh air when needed. The double win¬ 
dows are made with only one frame, with the glass 
put on the outside and inside of the sash. This 
answers tye purpose as well as two frames. 
Aunt Rachel. 
ABOUT WOMEN. 
Mmb. Gerstkr sends all the flowers that are 
given her on the stage to the hospitals. 
Mlle. Bernhardt's first night In Philadelphia 
Is said to have been a great social success. One of 
the most fashionable audiences ever assembled In 
that city was present." 
Miss E. E. Burley, of Swarr/.ey, N. II., has been 
Invited by the L'niversallsts ot Hinsdale to preach 
for them. 
Mrs. Mattie It. Field of the editorial stall ot 
the New Orleans Times, Is a rising woman Jour¬ 
nalist. Mrs. Field Is young, enthusiastic, and a 
great favorite in New Orleans. 
Miss Pari A) a, In Boston, has cooking classes, 
which are attended on the one hand by fashiona¬ 
ble and well-to-do people, and on the other, she 
has a free class among tne very poor and Ignorant, 
and is doing excellent service and supplying a 
great need. 
Miss Anna Dickinson Is at present a guest at 
the •* Continental” In Philadelphia. She will soon 
return to the stage and her rentree Is contem¬ 
plated as a brilliant event in dramatic circles. 
Miss Agnes pitman the daughter of Professor 
Benn Pitman of Cincinnati, prepares at her own 
home a Christmas tree for poor children every 
year. This year she had over one hundred ot these 
- little ones” whom she had personally visited and 
Invited. 
Mrs. Lxvkkmore has lecently lectured before 
the Unity Club in Cincinnati, with great success 
and the Commercial says“ The Impression she 
always leaves Is one so good and wholesome that 
It Is to be hoped him may return lor many a year 
te delight and instruct her hearers.” 
The great writer whom the world has admired 
and revered as George Eliot, is no more. Those who 
had the privilege of her friendship will feel that 
not only la a great writer lost to the world, but a 
lofty, a magnanimous, and au Inspiring character. 
In truth, artist though she was, those who knew 
her were well aware how the best ciualltles of her 
work sprang from the reality and depth of her in¬ 
terest In human life. 
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FASHIONS. 
The most fashionable bridal dresses are of white 
satin, trimmed with brocaded satin or velvet. 
Ingenious girls can make their own muffs and 
collars by sewing guinea feathers on to silk and 
lining them with down and satin. 
Short jackets of the gayest plaid, with hoods 
lined with some quiet dark color, are among the 
novelties. 
Fans aro now painted and made of brocade to 
match the dress. 
White pine-apple silk handkerchiefs, embroi¬ 
dered in gold, are worn around Lho neck. 
The old-fashioned thread lace veils that, fifteen 
years ago were so popular, are now utilized by be¬ 
ing worn as collarettes around the neck. 
Woolen dresses are ornamented with embroi¬ 
dery In crewels, or with ilo.a In crewel-stitch. 
Young ladles who are adepts in this arc can make 
very pretty costumes, as the embroidery does not 
need to be very lino. 
Costumes of shepherd's ptatd, trimmed with 
black velvet, are very fashionable abroad for 
walking dresses for morning wear. A Jacket of 
corduroy is worn with them, showing a glint ot 
red either in the llulngof the hood or collar. 
Transparent French mult la greatly used for 
handkerchiefs, and these aro trimmed with flue 
lace. Drawn work, or tied work, Is lhe most ele¬ 
gant novelty in handkerchief decoration The 
monogram now Is very small, and worked m ilos3 
silk. Yellow-white French lawn is much Used for 
handkerchiefs. 
Ohenlllu flowers and foliage are very fashiona¬ 
ble ; they are used for coiffures and the trimming 
of bonnets, and aro especially pretty aud effective 
In the hair. 
Black net veils with polka dots ol chenille are 
worn in the street. The medium dots are better 
for wear, being more comfortable and becomlug. 
Buckles anu clasps for belts arc again sceu 
among the fancy Jewels of the day, for belts are 
worn not only with round-waisled, but also with 
basque bodices. 
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Young and feeble mothers with frail children 
will both become strong by the use of Hop Bitters. 
Sjamtstir (Somotmr.' 
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CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
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JESSIE SEABEIGHT’S SCRAP JOURNAL 
MAY MAPLE. 
Nov. IS. 18—. While I was finishing a suit 
of garments for bahy Alicia tc-day, my thoughts 
wandered away to other times and other places. 
Suddenly they seemed to come to a full stop, 
as I put some tity buttons upon a little under¬ 
waist, and then off they went—my thoughts, 
not the buttons—to a time, years ago, when a 
young mother made mo a visit. She brought 
with her a baby boy some three or four months 
old; a great healthy looking fellow, with 
cheeks like velvet and great blue eyes as bright 
as stars. But he had not been in the house ten 
minutes before he began to fret aud cry, and 
for two hours there was no peace with the 
child. The mother walked the floor with him, 
tossed him up and down, rocked him, trotted 
him, offered him milk, offered him. water, 
talked to him, sang to him, aud pitied him, but 
all to no purpose. Aud this was his habit al¬ 
most every afternoon, after he had taken his 
bath. 
I thought it was a strange freak for an ap¬ 
parently healthy child, but as the child lor a 
lorig time refused to come to me, I could only 
pity him and his mother. But at last he 
reached out his plump little arms, showing his 
willingness to accept the proffered care of a 
stranger. 
Mv very first impression upon handling the 
little bundle of humanity was that its waist¬ 
bands were too tight for comfort, and I began 
at once to take out the pins which fastened his 
clothing. Entry bandunclosed with. a snap. The 
mystery of bis afternoon crying was at once 
solved. All the morning the child was left to 
kick and roll about as he pleased in a warm 
double-gown, and he was as happy as a Sum¬ 
mer song bird. After dinnei he was dressed 
for the day, and hiB skirts were fasteued about 
bis waist tight enough to stay in place, which 
w r ould have been all very well if little Harry 
had been stuffed with sawdust like a big china 
doll. As he chanced to have a strong pair of 
lungs, he tried his best to make known his dis¬ 
comfort. 
The remainder of the day the child was 
left with his clothes loose enough to suit his 
own notions of comfort, and there was no 
more trouble with a crying baby. We then 
concluded that shoulder strapB and loosely 
buttoned waists were better for the little ones. 
Instead of straps for Alicia I cut waists with 
arm-holes. I never put pins in her skirts or 
dresses, neither did I make her “ long clothes" 
unnecessarily long. The consequences are, 
she is unusually playful, and is a real joy to 
all In the house. 
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HOW TO INTEREST AND AMUSE THE LIT¬ 
TLE ONES. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
t 
On! these suowy days of shut-up country 
life, when little reetles& feet cannot go out-of- 
doors for drift and driving stonu. It is a time 
that every mother of small children knows, 
and many are the devices to keep down noise 
and yet have a spirit of contentment among 
the Utile ones. I found great trouble with one 
little girl when brushing aud combiug her hair 
until I adopted the plan of letting her play with 
the pins in the toilet pin-cushion, bidding her 
make a letter of the alphabet, and then an¬ 
other, until a word was spelled, and by that 
time the tangles were all smoothed. Ironing 
with a eold-handied sad-iron is very fascinat¬ 
ing work, aud a small box turned sidewise aud 
made into a doll-house is an amusement in 
which children of both sexes can participate. 
Little Tbrec-ycai-old likes a box of sand, or, 
better still, a lot of blocks from the work-shop 
with which to build houses, bo early do they 
learn to imitate grown-up children. If given 
a lead pencil and sheet of paper many a child is 
perfectly happy and quiet, while this may not 
have any charm for another. If well wrapped 
up, there is nothing so health-giving as a run 
out-of-doors, and if the children of a house¬ 
hold have each some special departureut of the 
stables to attend to, it will inculcate habits of 
regularity and attention and prove a good dis¬ 
cipline. Even little children can, except in 
severe weather, feed fowls aud in the sunny 
part of tile Winter's day look after the domes¬ 
tic animals of their household. 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Sponge Cake. 
Three eggs well beaten, one and one-half 
cup of powdered 6Ugar, one cup of flour, onc- 
half cup of water, two teaspooufuls of baking 
powder. Flavor to taste. 
Orange Cake. 
Two cups of white sugar, one small half cup 
of butter, live eggs, whites of four only, one- 
half cup of cold water, two cups of flour, two 
tcaspoonfuls of baking powder, juice and rind 
of one orange. Bake in layers. Make a frost¬ 
ing of the white of an egg, powdered sugar 
and juice of an orange. 
Sirup for Cakea, etc. 
Five pounds of “C” sugar, one quart of 
cold water, white of one egg. Stir the egg 
into the suear. pour in the water and stir all 
together. Let boil rip, then skim c.ffthetop. 
Let boil up ihen skim off the top. Boil again 
and take from Ihe fire. 
Orange Pudding. 
Peel and slice oranges until you have about 
a quart, put into a deep pudding-dieb and 
cover with a half-cup of white sugar. Seta 
pail containing a pintof new milk into a kettle 
of boiling water. Stir together the yelks of 
two eggs, one-half cup of sugar, two table- 
spoonfuls of corn-starch and a little cold milk. 
When Ihe milk boils, stir in this mixture add¬ 
ing a pinch of salt. Let thicken and pour over 
the oranges. Beat the whites of two eggs to a 
stiff froth and add a tablespoon fill ofpowdered 
sugar. Spread over the top of the pudding 
and set in the oven just long enough to brown. 
Any truitcan be substituted for (lie oranges. 
Mrs. B. Drake. 
Savoy Pudding. 
Three-fourth pounds crumbled stale sponge 
cake, one pint cream, ynlks of six eggs, whites 
of two beaten well, a lemon rind rubbed down 
on loaf sugar, (one-fourth pound) a little salt. 
Serve hot after baking, with a sauce made of 
six table-spoonfuls of Bugar, ten of water, four 
o f butter, two of rose water. Heat and mix 
well and then color pink. 
Pine Icing. 
Whites of live eggs, one pound of pulverized 
white sugar. Beat well, I may say extra well. 
If a flavor '.s desired add three spoonfuls of 
orange or lemon juice, but plain icing is much 
the more delicate. 
Fish Sauce. 
One-fourth pound flour, one and a half pint 
of milk, two ounces of butter, salt and pepper 
to taste. Cook twenty minutes and throw in 
some chopped green parsley leaves when just 
done. 
Velvet Pudding. 
Beat the whites and yelks of six eggs sep¬ 
arately. Sift one-half pound of wheat flour, 
make a smooth batter with milk, stir in the 
yelks anda littlesalt, then the remainder of the 
quart of milk, a large spoonful of brandy and 
the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Bake half 
an hour in a buttered, pan. Serve with a brandy 
sauce, colored with a little Cochin eal. I know 
of no pudding more delicate and appropriate 
after a hearty dinner. 
Apple Charlotte. 
Mix two pounds of sour rich apples, one 
pound of sugar, juice of three lemons, rind of 
one grated. Boil two hours then turn into a 
mold till cool. Serve with plain cream. 
Welsh Rarebit. 
One-half pound of old cheese, one-half tea 
cup of butter, two teaspoonfuls good mustard. 
Heat in a pan, stir till melted and mixed well. 
Spread it thickly over toasted bread and serve 
hot. __ Chief Cook. 
Grease from Milk. 
To remove grease-spots from silk dresses, 
ribbons, etc., rub softly' with pieces of freshly- 
cut, stale bread—each piece absorbs a part 
of the grease until all is extracted. 
Home-made Lemon Extract. 
To three ounces of the thin yellow peel, 
allow one pint of good alcohol. Keep iu a 
bottle tighlly corked. Shake frequently every 
day for a week, then strain the liquid from the 
peel aud it is ready for use. 
Keeping Lemons. 
Lemons may be kept fresh for many weeks 
by keeping them in a vessel of cold water. 
Change the water two or three times a week 
and keep in a cool place. Housekeepers who 
use many lemons, will do well to purchase 
them while cheap and keep them iu this way. 
Mary B. 
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
To Preserve Eggs. 
New Subscriber asks for a pickle for pre¬ 
serving eggs. Wo cun but republish direc¬ 
tions given ou page 303 in Rural of May 8, 
1880. Pack on end, cover with salt lime water 
and keep in a cool place. Proportions—a 
pound of stone lime aud a pint of salt to two 
gallons of pure water. Be sure that the eggs 
are perfectly fresh, also be careful not to 
crack the shells. 
Plain Muet Pudding. 
Please give directions for a cheap suet pud¬ 
ding? A. B. 
Ans.— Two large cups of sifted flour, two 
teaspoontuls of yeast powder sifted with the 
flour, one cupful of minced suet, two well 
beaten eggs, a little salt and a pint of milk. 
Pour the mixture into a greased mold, or tin 
pail set into a kettle of hot water and boil 
coustuutly for two hoars. Eat with sweet¬ 
ened aud flavored cream or a liquid sauce. 
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