THE RURAL. fSEW-YORKER. 
be ornamented with embossed or other pretty 
pictures, or with drawings or hand paintings, 
and the leaves are each to contain a poetical 
quotation, either favorite quotations from the 
poets preferred by the friend for whom the 
gift is iuteuded, or Christmas quotations, of 
which there are many, ng almost every poet 
has said something of the glad Christmastime. 
KITCHEN TALKS. 
ANNIE L. JACK, 
November seems to the housewife in the 
“Cold North” a time for renovating and pre¬ 
paring for colder weather. We 
•'Open the cutupbnr trunk 
Ami bring the niUtens down.'’ 
as part of the programme, finding, too often, 
that the thumbs are in need of repairs, and 
that a good deal must be done before fingers 
and toes are comfortable. I have just riused 
out with some satisfaction au apron on which 
some ink had been spilt. It was soaked all 
night in sour milk, and the spots have quite 
disappeared. And while iu the kitchen I 
found a thrifty seamstress there ironing a 
brown alpaca that she had washed in coffee. 
It looked brigh t and fresh, and was smoothed 
with au iron not too hot. It does girls good 
to make over their own dresses, to trim their 
hats and lem n how to make things look to the 
best advantage. And in a family it is wonder 
ful how varied are the gifts of its members. 
One will be good at millinery, another best 
at dressmakiog, while another child seems to 
have no special forte, but Dlls a niche that no 
one else cau fill so well, iu general help 
about the house. The children feel the re¬ 
straint at this season very much, and it is 
well if there is a plav-room where they can 
go and have a good lime without disturbing 
their elders. Repression is not good for grow • 
ing minds, if carried too far; they must have 
some way of working off tLe surplus steam of 
a healthy and vigorous youth. And now it 
comes iu as a change from out-of-door amuse- 
meuts to have them help mother, and practice 
some plain and simple cooking that will in¬ 
struct them and beu-eful, perhaps, sometimes 
when others are busy. Children like to imi 
tate their elders and to do anything like 
grown-up people, and it is only by allowing 
them to do so that they learn well. ‘‘Learn 
young, learn fair,” is au old saying, but it 
has much truth in it. To day being wet, the 
childret cracked so many butternuts that I 
proposed they should make a cake of them. 
It was done in this wise: One cup of sugar, 
half a cup of butter, the same of milk, a tea¬ 
spoonful of bakiDg powder and the yelks of 
two eggs with flour to make a stiff batter. 
Then a pint of butternut meat was beaten 
with the whites of the eggs, and half a cup of 
sugar boiled in a little water and mixed with 
it. The cake was baked and theu split and 
the sugared meat of the nuts put between the 
two pieces, a little being left for frcsting. 
The Sweet Tooth of the family called it 
delicious. 
CHIT-CHAT. 
How shall we fix the children’s room so it 
will be clean, bright and fresh for the long, 
cold Winter? That was the question that 
puzzled me. The paper was a pretty conven¬ 
tional pattern iu two shades of olive; the 
border and upper part were as good as when 
put on; but the lower part where little hands 
could reach, was hopelessly soiled, and I 
wanted neither the trouble uor the expense of 
repapering, so what l finally did was this:—I 
procured three single rolls of plain puperof au 
olive shade.and a roll of plaiu cardinal paper, 
and put on a dado the* depth of two widths of 
paper (three foot I think), and finished with a 
three inch band of the red. A band of the 
same an incb-and-a-haif wide was put below 
the border around the ceiling. The wood¬ 
work was painted a pale olive, and the room 
was all 1 could ask. The paper cost -So cents 
and the paint fit). I feel well repaid. When 
I was looking over ami meudiug the curpet, it 
seemed so old and thin that l went to the attic 
to find something to put under it. I found 
enough old rag carpet to cover the room, and 
this double carpet makes the floor soft and 
warm. Some red curtains add to the cosy 
look, and, all In all, our room looks neat and 
pretty for the rnouey spent. 
Last week I bunted up all the children's 
woolen stockings and mittens that were notin 
good order for Winter (for Winter has not 
yet come to us on the Connecticut shore of 
the Sound), and colored them black with 
“Diamond Dye." Tho stockiug logs, out of 
which the color had been taken by much 
wear aud many washings, ureuow refooted or 
heeled and toed, aud will be as good as new. 
Black stockings and mittens will bear an 
amount of flaming that will show very 
plainly on those that are colored; and things, 
that were not originally mates go together 
beautifully when the color line is done away 
with. 
A new dress purchased for afternoon wear 
is dark gray Gilbert flannel, soft, fine, all- 
wool and cost 50 cents a yard, double fold, or 
83.50 for the whole. I would like to try a 
race with some of my economical sisters who 
wear calico, because they can’t afford any¬ 
thing better, and see if, at the end of two 
years, my dress is not in fair wearing order, 
while they have worn out enough calicoes to 
pay for it, to say nothing of the time spent in 
making at least three extra dresses. 1 don’t 
believe in cotton goods for Winter and I only 
wish that l could afford to buy gray flannel 
by the piece. ruth kent. 
WASHING STOCKINGS 
I no not think that I err in saying that the 
housekeeper finds more trouble iu washing 
than in any other department of housework, 
and that in general washing there is no ar¬ 
ticle that she has a more wholesome dread 
of than stockings, especially if she has to 
wash for a laboring mau. There may be 
some wives and mothers who are able to pre¬ 
vail on the men folks to change their stockiugs 
twice a week or oftener, thus obviating half 
of the difficulty. But few women are as 
thoughtful as this, and the busy farmer or 
mechanic gives the matter no thought. Con¬ 
sequently wheu Monday comes there are the 
odoriferous stockings to go into the tub. 
Some inexperienced housekeepers think they 
cau easily compass the matter by giving the 
offending articles an apology for a rubbing and 
then throwing them into the boiler to boil. 
This may work the purpose of cleanliness, 
but as any one will see. if she stops to think, 
it will work the ruin of the stocking, which 
should never be boiled. After puzzling over 
this matter for some time, I have hit upon a 
method which makes stocking-washing much 
less disagreeable. Before beginning to wash, 
I take the stockings and put them iu luke¬ 
warm water in which a little pearline has 
been dissolved. This I let stand until the 
other washing is done. In the course of 
time the dirt and perspiration that had accu¬ 
mulated have become so that they can be 
readily removed, not by hard rubbing—for. 
like woolen clothes, stockings must not be 
rubbed—but by drawing them through the 
hamls and in and out of the suds. Rubbing 
shrinks and injures them, and will wear them 
out as effectually as use. Wheu clean, wring 
them from the water in which they were 
soaked and rinse in blue water; stretch iuto 
shape, and hang out immediately. Perhaps 
the professional washer woman may have a 
better way; but I know of none, and can re¬ 
commend my way as entirely effectual. 
L. C. M. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
MRS. B.’S FRUIT CAKE. 
One pound of butter, oue pound of dark 
brown sugar, two uutmegs. two teaspoons of 
grouud cloves, two of cinnamon, ten eggs, 
two pounds of figs chopped fine, two pounds 
of chopped raisins, two pounds of curiams. 
two pounds of almonds blanched ami chopped, 
one pint of black molasses, one teaspoon of 
soda, one-half pound of dried citron, aud oue 
pound of flour. Excellent aud will keep well 
if desired. 
cookies. 
Three eggs, two cups of sugar, one-and one- 
half cup of sour milk, one half teaspoonful of 
soda, butter the size of an egg, spice to the 
taste and flour sufficient to roll out. 
FRIED CAKES. 
Three eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup and 
a half of sour milk, oue-aud-one-half cup of 
sugar, a half teacup of butter, a small tea¬ 
spoonful of soda dissolved in hot water. 
Flavor with cinnamon or allspice. 
ALMOND CAKE. 
Two cups of sugar, two aud one half cups 
of flour, one half cup of butter, one cup of 
milk, two teaspooufuls of baking powder. 
Bake in layers. 
FOR FROSTING AND FILLING. 
Whites of two eggs, sugar to thicken, oue 
and one fourth pound of almonds. Blanch 
the almonds by putting in hot water, and, 
when ready, take off the skins and shave in 
thin slices, stir them in the frostiug aud spread 
on the top and between the layers. 
AUNT RACHEL. 
TO PREVENT MOTHS IN CLOTHING. 
A tallow candle or piece of tallow wrapped 
in tissue-paper aud laid among furs or other 
garments will prevent the ravages of moths. 
It is also a preventive of the ButYalo bug. 
A very convenient aud warm way to lix 
childrens’ under drawers for Winter is to 
knit short pieces resembling mufatees, and 
sew ou to the bottom of legs. The stocking 
can be drawn and gartered over these, thus 
preventing the chance of auy cold. 
Sweat oil and paraffine mixed makes an ex 
cellent furniture polish.—MRS, s. B. e. 
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