THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Rex Begonias. 
I do not know of any plants that are 
so misunderstood as these. We hear the 
strangest things about them. For in¬ 
stance, no sun must ever touch them, no 
water must ever touch them or it will 
make spots, and I know one w'oman who 
solemnly declared that the sun would 
kill a Begonia, and if you ever wanted 
to wash one it must be dried in the sun. 
I have grown Begonias for years and 
have had remarkably tine looking 
plants. I find that one can do almost 
anything with them. They will grow in 
shaded places, or where there is light 
but little sunshine, and they will do well 
in the sunniest situation. I see Begonias 
owned by those who have the non¬ 
sprinkling superstition; they are miser¬ 
able, sickly-looking plants, thickly coat¬ 
ed with dust. I long to give them a good 
bath. In my opinion there are no plants 
that love cleanliness more than any of 
the Begonias, but I always let them dry 
off away from the sun. Last Spring I 
bought a very handsome light-complex- 
ioned Rex Begonia. It was very delicate 
and dainty, but somehow spots came on 
it. I thought that perhaps here was a 
plant that could not stand water, so I 
kept it away from the leaves. Through 
the Winter it did not do well; plenty of 
new leaves started, but they were un¬ 
dersized. Toward the end of the Win¬ 
ter I decided that something must be 
done, so I cut off all the old rusty 
leaves, and gave the plant a good sprink¬ 
ling. Every two or three days I sprink¬ 
led it, and the way those leaves bright¬ 
ened up and began to grow was surpris¬ 
ing. One thing I am careful about be¬ 
sides not letting the sun shine on the 
wet leaves, and that is to avoid touch¬ 
ing the foliage with hands, or with the 
leaves of other plants. Few of the Rex 
Begonias have very handsome blossoms, 
so it is better to nip the buds as soon as 
they appear; all the vitality of the plant 
will then go to foliage. 
When a leaf becomes faded or un¬ 
sightly I take it off and start new plants 
from it. I cut it up in small pieces, try¬ 
ing to have a branch or fork of a large 
vein in each piece, and press these gent¬ 
ly into a plate of sand. Kept wet and in 
a warm place it is wonderful how many 
plants will start from fragments of a 
single leaf. They should be allowed to 
grow for some time in the sand, and then 
potted in light, porous soil. 
SUSAN BROWN ROBBINS. 
SuggestioMs for the Breadmaker 
Apple Dumplings.—Take out about a 
pint of bread dough in the morning 
when it Is ready to go in the baking 
pans, more or less according to the size 
of the family; add shortening half the 
size of an egg, mix through the dough 
and set aside until an hour and a half 
before dinner. Then cut the dough into 
ar many pieces as there are persons to 
serve and roll out. Pare and core good, 
tart apples, set one on each sheet of 
dough putting a teaspoonful of sugar 
and a small lump of butter in the place 
of the core, fold the dough about the 
apple, pinching it tightly together, set 
them in a deep earthen dish and let rise 
half an hour; then sprinkle a table¬ 
spoonful of sugar over them and pour 
on one cupful of cold water and bake 
half an hour in a hot oven. It may be 
well to cover them with a greased paper 
to keep them from getting too brown or 
crusty. Eat warm with cream and 
sugar or any sauce preferred.—[Also ex¬ 
cellent steamed.—Eds.] 
Date Bread.—When molding the bread 
into loaves set apart one loaf and mix 
into it a tablespoonful of shortening and 
a cupful of stoned and cleansed dates cut 
in small pieces. It will require a little 
longer to rise than that without the 
dates, but will be found delicious and 
nourishing. It will also take a little 
longer to bake. 
German Coffee Cake.—Take enough 
dough after it is mixed for one loaf and 
add one egg, shortening half the size 
of an egg and one-half cupful of sugar. 
Mix thoroughly through the dough and 
add flour enough to roll out an Inch 
thick; let rise and wet the top of it with 
cold water, sprinkle with sugar and cin¬ 
namon, and bake. To be cut in slices 
and eaten with or without butter for 
breakfast with coffee and put up for the 
children’s school lunches in place of so 
much rich cake. For variety roll the 
dough quite thin and sprinkle it with 
currants well cleansed and dates or figs 
cut in small bits; then roa up tightly 
and with a sharp knife cut into slices 
one-half inch thick, lay in greased pans, 
let rise and bake in moderate heat. Chil¬ 
dren who will not eat plain bread and 
butter for their school lunches will be 
fond of these, and if graham or whole 
wheat flour is used for making the bread 
they are very wholesome and more 
nourishing. I have tried all these breads 
and know them to be good. They are 
used quite extensively in the families of 
many of my German neighbors in place 
of rich cake. mbs. h. m. c. 
The Household Congress. 
Eureka Appue Pudding. —Here is a 
recipe for an apple pudding of my own 
make-up; it is plain and delicious. Put 
one or two quarts of boiling water in 
stewpan, add cornmeal to make a thick 
gruel, and teaspoonful of salt. Let it 
boil long and slowly. While cooking 
peel and slice five or six (more or less) 
good cooking apples; add to gruel. Let 
boil tender, add sugar and boil longer as 
for apple sauce. Turn into a mold and 
eat hot or cold with cream or boiled 
milk. This can be improved by putting 
the whites of eggs beaten stiff into pud¬ 
ding before taken from the fire; add the 
yolks to the boiled milk and serve with 
the pudding. As apples and cornmeal 
are plentiful one need not be afraid to 
go over the measure. It is nice to eat 
between meals. I call this Eureka apple 
pudding. Try this and report. 
Texas. mrs. cunane. 
Pretty Rugs. —Among the many ways 
of making rugs there are none so neat 
and easily made as those crocheted with 
a small hook, and they can be made any 
size and almost any desired shape. One 
woman crocheted a rug large enough for 
the center of the room by beginning at 
the middle and going round inch by inch 
until the rug was 14 feet in diameter 
and circular in form. After the balls are 
prepared it makes nice pick-up work for 
idle hours, but unless the balls are care¬ 
fully prepared the work will be hard on 
the hands. The pieces should be cut Into 
narrow even strips as for carpet rags, 
without any knots or seams; then they 
should be very neatly sewed together 
and crocheted in the single stitch into 
rugs of the desired shape and size. The 
strips may be sewed hit or miss, and the 
rugs made with a mixed center and solid 
border, or with a solid center and a solid 
border of a different color. The solid 
rugs seem to be gaining in favor, and a 
lovely one recently seen was made with 
a dark red center with a solid border of 
black. Faded woolen pieces and old un¬ 
derwear were colored a rich dark red 
with the Diamond dye for wool, and 
there is no better way to utilize worn- 
out garments than to wash and color 
them, then make them into pretty and 
serviceable rugs. To my mind a pretty 
substantial homemade rug is always sig¬ 
nificant of thrift and good management. 
A. M. TI. 
( ———— 
Vicarious suffering is a fact of life, 
and cannot be expelled from life until 
love is expelled. We cannot care greatly 
for the highest Interests of another with¬ 
out bearing his Infirmities and taking 
on his sicknesses, nay, even bowing to 
the burden of his sins.—Hugh Black. 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use“Mr8.Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.—Idy. 
When the sailors heave the anchor, 
they start a song, to the music of which 
they keep time. When a regknent 
marches to battle, the band plays mar¬ 
tial airs to stimulate and strengthen 
them. When the machinery of daily oc¬ 
cupation runs smoothly and without 
friction, the wheels must be well oiled 
with cheerfulness.—Dr. Sutherland. 
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