THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
555 
1!)03 
Suggestions for Pickles. 
Pickles Without Cooking.—One cup¬ 
ful of sugar, one cupful salt, one gooil- 
si/.ed root of horseradish, one table¬ 
spoonful alum, one tablespoonful white 
mustard seed, one gallon vinegar, mixed 
spice to taste. Boil the above ingredi¬ 
ents. Then allow the prepared vine¬ 
gar to become cold before putting in 
the cucumbers. Use the smallest pickles, 
as the large ones do not always become 
thoroughly pickled, but for the small 
ones this way of preparing them is ex¬ 
cellent. Crisp, plump and tender, when 
once put up by this easy method, you 
will never again resort to the old ways 
of making cucumber pickles. 
Sweet Tomato Pickle.—Cut your to¬ 
matoes ill quite thick slices, put in a 
crock with salt sprinkled plentifully 
between each layer. Let them stand for 
24 hours. Then drain and cook in weak 
vinegar until tender. Drain carefully, 
and put in crocks or cans; then cover 
with a spiced vinegar well sweetened. 
The woman who is famous for the ex¬ 
cellence of her sweet tomato pickle, 
writes me that this pickle will keep for 
years, as she has proven. When fruit 
is scarce, her family relish these sweet¬ 
ened green tomatoes, with their pleas¬ 
ant, tart flavor, as a supper dish. She 
sends me her recipe for chopped tomato 
iflckle. Use equal amounts of green 
tomatoes and cabbage; chop fine. Ar¬ 
range in a crock in layers, with salt 
sprinkled between. Let stand for 24 
hours, then treat the same as the sweet 
tomato pickle. 
Sliced Mustard Pickles.—One dozen 
large cucumbers sliced, two dozen very 
small cucumbers, one quart of small 
onions, one large cauliflower, steamed 
slightly. Soak all these ingredients in 
cold brine over night. Paste for the 
pickles is made as follows: One-half 
pound of ground yellow mustard, on> 
teacupful of flour, one teacupful of 
sugar, one-half ounce of turmeric. Rub 
the above ingredients together with 
a little vinegar until smooth. Then add 
three quarts of vinegar, letting it scald 
until a thick paste. Next add one-half 
ounce of celery seed, and pour the hot 
paste over the pickles, put in cans and 
sc.al. 
Nearly all vegetables can be pickled. 
The best pickles are made from fresh, 
tender vegetables. Use the best cider 
vinegar. Alum makes a crisp pickle. 
Blend spices carefully, and do not use 
loo plentifully. Keep in a cool, dark 
place in stone jars or glass cans. One’ 
woman of my acquaintance uses paper 
hags for keeping the light from her 
cans. A piece of horseradish in the 
vinegar prevents mold. 
IIKLEX C. ANDREWS. 
Potted Pigeons.—Place six cleaned 
birds in a deep kettle with one pint of 
vinegar and three onions, halved; let 
stand over night, then throw the vinegar 
and onions away. Brown six slices of 
pork and two onions, sliced; place in the 
kettle with the pigeons; add one pint of 
hot water, salt and pepper; cover and 
simmer about two hours; serve the pig¬ 
eons on a hot dish about a mound of 
parsley; strain the liquor, thicken, and 
pass in a gravy boat. 
Potato Chowder.—Pare and cut in 
blocks enough potatoes to make two 
quarts. Peel and chop two good-sized 
onions, half a cupful of celery, or two 
tablespoonfuls of parsley. Put in bot¬ 
tom of kettle a layer of potatoes, a 
sprinkling of onion and celery, a dusting 
01 pepper and salt, and so continue un¬ 
til materials are used. Add a pint of 
water, cover and cook slowdy until pota¬ 
toes are done. Rub together one table¬ 
spoonful of butter and two of flour. Add 
a pint of boiling milk; stir until boiling; 
season with a level teaspoonful of salt 
and a dash of pepper. Pour this over the 
chowder and heat thoroughly. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The simple boy’s blouse shown '.;on- 
si'sts of fronts and back, and is shaped 
by means of shoulder and under-arm 
seams. The front is finished with a box 
pleat, through the center of which the 
closing is made by means of buttons 
and buttonholes. At the neck is a necK- 
band, and to this the collar is attached 
by means of studs. The sleeves are in 
shirt style with attached cuffs. The 
4451 Boy’s Blouse, 4 to 12 yrs. 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size (8 years) is 2 yards 27 
inches wide, or 1% yards 32 inches wide. 
The pattern 4451 is cut in sizes for boys 
4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years of age, price 10 
cents from this office. 
Handkerchief corset covers are a 
present fancy. For this very pretty one 
were selected handkerchiefs with 
hemmed edges within which is a border 
of embroidery. The trimmings are in¬ 
sertion and edging of Valenciennes lace, 
and the neck and waist are drawn up 
by means of beading, through which 
ribbon is run. To the lower edge is at¬ 
tached a basque portion, which serves to 
keep the garment from slipping up. The 
waist is made irom two handkerchiefs, 
one of which is cut in halves, the other 
in one half and two quarters. These 
various pieces are joined, as indicated, 
by means of insertion, and are finished 
at the upper edge with insertion and 
frills of lace, held together by the bead¬ 
ing. To the lower edge is attached a 
belt of wider beading, and to it are 
sewn the basque portions. When hand¬ 
kerchiefs are not considered desirable, 
the design can be utilized for plain ma¬ 
terial, the insertion being applied over 
it on the indicated lines and the ma¬ 
terial beneath cut away. The quantity 
4453 nandkerchief Corset Cover, 
32 to 36 bust. 
of material required for the medium size 
is two handkerchiefs 11% inches square, 
with % yards of plain material for the 
basque portion, or 1 yard 21 inches' 
wide, or % yard 36 inches wide, with 
3% yards of insertion 1% inch wide, 
1% yards of narrow beading, 3% yards 
of lace edging and % yard of wide 
beading, to trim as illustrated. The pat¬ 
tern, 4453, is cut in sizes for a 32, 34 and 
36-inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
Whosoever is in a hurry, shows that 
the thing that he is about to do is too 
big for him. Haste and Hurry are very 
different things.—Lord Chesterfield. 
New Uses for an Old Shirt Waist.— 
As you look over your old stock of white 
shirt waists you will find some of the 
pretty tucked and embroidered fronts 
which may be easily made into pretty 
corset covers, now that the full-fronted 
corset cover is found the proper thing to 
set out the outside waist properly. The 
sleeves are the first thing to give out or 
go out of style to a shirt waist. These 
may be cut out, the collar band cut off, 
and the neck cut low if desired. Then 
face both neck and arm’s eye with a 
narrow facing of lawn, and trim with 
narrow lace edge. Run a tape in the 
lower part of waist to fasten it at the 
waist line, and the thing is done. 
AJ.ICE E. FINNEY. 
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Thorough Preparatory and Commercial 
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.St. Edward’s Hall, for boys under 13. 
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ST. MARY’S ACADEMY, 
NOTRE DAME, INDIANA. 
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THE 
ADIRONDACK 
MOUNTAINS 
The lakes and streams in. the Adiron¬ 
dack Mountains are full of fish; the 
woods are inviting, the air is filled with 
health, and the nights are cool and rest¬ 
ful. If you visit this region once, you will 
go there again. An answer to almost 
any question in regard to the Adiron- 
daeks will be found in No. 20 of the 
“ Four-Track Series,” “The Adirondaoks 
and How to Reach Them;” issued by the 
NEW YORK CENTRAL 
A copy will be mailed free on receipt of a 
two-cent stamp, by George U. Daniels, Geii 
oral Passenger Agtsnt, Grand Central Station, 
New York. 
A RURAL MAIL BOX 
Should be 
simple, neat, 
strong, and 
durable. 
A bo.x may be 
approved by 
the P. M. Len- 
eral and still 
not be satisfac¬ 
tory to the pur¬ 
chaser. 
Our “Uncle 
Sam’s Favor¬ 
ite” has official 
approval and 
also the ap¬ 
proval of thou¬ 
sands who are 
using It and 
know It’s all right. 
BOND STEEI. POST CO., 
Adrian, Mich. 
DON’T PAY 
FANCY PRICES FOR 
SEWING MACHINES 
We have made a contract with a large manufacturer hy which we can supply 
subscribers with machines at prices ranging from one-half to one-third of those 
asked hy the retail trade. These machines are up-to-date in every respect. There 
is no handsomer or more servicahle machine made. The “Drop Head” is the latest 
thing in the line of sewing machine work. It is extremely popular. When the 
machine is in use the head is in the same position as on ordinary machines, and the 
leaf shown on top is turned hack to the 
left forming an extension table. When 
through using, it requires hut one motion 
of the hand to drop the head down com¬ 
pletely out of sight. It is then protected 
from the dust and the machine makes a 
handsome table with polished top. It has 
all the attachments: ruffler, tucker, hinder^ 
braider, foot-shirring side plate, four 
hemmers of assorted widths, quilters, 
thread cutter, hemmer and feller. It is also 
accompanied with all the accessories needed 
to operate the machine, and an elaborately 
illustrated guide book. We can ship you, 
freight prepaid, any place in the United States east of the Rockies, No. 1 for ^19..50; 
No. 2 for $20, and No. 3 for $21. These machines are all alike except the woodwork. 
No. 2 is an exceptionally handsome design, and we feel will do credit to the The 
Rural New-Yokkek in any home where it is used. These machines have a written 
guarantee for five years, and if not entirely satisfactory money will he refunded. 
The freight we pay in advance. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 409 Pearl Street, New York. 
mothers.—B e sure to use“Mrs,Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best—Ad?;. 
