THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
699 
IftOS 
About Wraps. 
Nearly every girl has a light-colored 
cloth cape or jacket, and as they soon 
become soiled it is well to know how to 
clean and renbvate them. Fuller’s earth 
is fine for cleaning light cloth, but the 
entire surface of the garment to be 
cleaned must be covered with the pow¬ 
der, or it may look streaked, and if 
there are any grease spots on the cloth 
they should be covered with the powder 
and allowed to stand over night. The 
next morning dust the garment all over 
with the powder, then brush it in well, 
and when the cloth seems clean brush 
thoroughly with a stiff brush, and if the 
work is carefully done the garment will 
look beautifully new. All indications 
point to continued and increasing favor 
for the comfortable Norfolk jacket, and 
these jackets are of simple construction 
and can easily be made with the aid of 
a good pattern. Many mothers make 
excellent wraps for their little girls 
from old material, and nearly all woolen 
goods, if much soiled, can be washed 
satisfactorily in warm soap suds, to 
which has been added a little gasoline. 
If the cloth shows wear too plainly, the 
wrong side can frequently be used for 
the outside of the new garment, but one 
must never forget that the pressing 
counts for so much in cleaning old cloth. 
The best parts of a woolen dress skirt 
can often be made into a serviceable 
cape or jacket and sometimes a stylish 
wrap can be made without any present 
outlay of money. Old braid can be 
freshened by sponging and pressing, and 
old silk can be cleaned and used for 
lining. An old woolen dress skirt fur¬ 
nished enough good material for a sty¬ 
lish cape, and the best parts of a light 
colored overcoat were made into a nice 
jacket. The cloth was washed 'and col¬ 
ored a rich dark blue with Diamond dye 
for wool, and after the pieces had been 
carefully pressed the jacket was cut by 
one of the late patterns, and made to fit 
the young girl nicely, and it was as 
pretty and stylish as any of the high- 
priced ready-made garments, a. m. h. 
Dairying for Women. 
Is there any valid reason why women 
should not take greater interest in agri¬ 
culture, and especially in dairy hus¬ 
bandry The death recently of Mrs. E. 
M. Jones, of Ontario, Canada, brings this 
idea home to us just now; an intelligent 
woman, making for herself an interna¬ 
tional reputation, not so much from 
what she said as those things she did. 
Her little book is full of practical pithy 
sayings that will encourage any work¬ 
ing dairyman or dairywoman. Another 
woman, modest, talented, and intensely 
practical, is Mrs. Addie F. Howie, of 
Elm Grove, Wis., whose reputation has 
already extended beyond the boundaries 
of the Badger State, as a breeder of 
registered Jerseys, a producer of fancy 
milk, butter and cream for the Milwau¬ 
kee trade, and also an institute speaker 
of influence and force. I consider that 
it is not without the realm or sphere of 
woman to make a study of dairying in 
its every branch. Gentleness and kind¬ 
ness is stock in trade as perhaps in no 
other branch of farming. The finer sen¬ 
sibilities of v/oman therefore come to 
her aid in breeding and rearing the finer 
and more highly organized dairy stock. 
We have come to look upon woman’s 
work in the stable as somewhat repul¬ 
sive, because she has exercised oniy 
muscular effort, which certainly is not 
in keeping with a higher conception of 
woman’s work on the farm, and again 
her labor, particularly in milking, has 
usually been in stables that were not 
modern in construction or sanitation. I 
speak now of her exercising her gentle¬ 
ness and intuitive knowledge in a mod¬ 
ern barn, clean, light, ventilated and al- 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use“Mrs.Win8- 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
together a fit place to live. No one can 
deny that woman’s work Is wora tHil- 
fcrmly well tkme. M her jmSgment she 
is usually right, she cannot always de¬ 
fend her position by an elaborate argu¬ 
ment, she just simply knows it is right 
and goes ahead. 
This question arose recently in dis¬ 
cussing the future education of a girl 
who is strong and will be able to take 
hard training. Should she enter a girl’s 
school and come out without special 
practical knowledge, or should she, hav¬ 
ing an agricultural inclination and a 
love for live stock, seek'out and obtain 
a training along this line? I have been 
studying to know whether there is a 
field to-day offering a greater opportu¬ 
nity for a woman which would not at 
the same time interfere with the 
duties of a home. A law of physics says 
that “matter follows the line of least 
resistance,” but it would often seem 
that in choosing we follow the crowd. 
In professions most crowded are found 
the most graduates, and where popula¬ 
tion is congested there people rush and 
congregate. Not every girl would be 
adapted to dairy work, neither is every 
one qualified to preach or practice law, 
or medicine; much less are all equipped 
for agricultural pursuits. But where by 
natural inclination and environment a 
young woman is fitted, in my judgment, 
there is no opportunity so wide open for 
a life of influence in actions and use of 
lip and pen as some line of agriculture 
or dairy work. ii. e. cook. 
Sweet Apples Pickled. —Three 
pounds of sugar to seven of cored apples, 
and one pint of vinegar. Steam the ap¬ 
ples till tender, but not too much; stick 
a clove or two in every quarter. Make 
a syrup of the sugar and vinegar and 
pour while hot over the apples. May be 
kept in a well-covered jar in a cool 
place, and keep well. a. b. 
City People in the Country. —For 
my part I think it very desirable to have 
a large immigration of village and city 
folks to the country; we need them, 
'fhey generally bring more sociability 
into circulation, and often their good 
taste in arranging their yards, houses 
and farms makes them valuable neigh¬ 
bors Indeed. They break up the deadly 
monotony of many farm places and put 
into motion brighter thoughts. 
MYRON B. 
Sweet Cucumber Pickles. —In re¬ 
sponse to a recent inquiry, here is a 
tested recipe: Soak the cucumbers over 
night in moderately strong salt water 
(not brine). In the morning rinse in 
clear water and let drain dry. Place 
enough vinegar to cover them on the 
stove, sweeten and spice to taste and 
raise to boil. A little alum may be add¬ 
ed here, but is not necessary. Place the 
cucumbers in the boiling vinegar and 
again raise to boiling point. Then place 
the pickles in the receptacle which they 
are to be kept in and pour the vinegar 
over them. The vinegar must entirely 
cover them. Place a few slices of horse¬ 
radish over the top to prevent molding. 
Indiana. c. a. l. 
Even children drink Grain-O 
because they like it and the doc¬ 
tors say it is good for them. Why 
not ? It contains all of the nourish¬ 
ment of the pure grain and none 
of the poisons of coffee. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
At grocers everywhere: 15c. 25c. per package. 
nf prizes, to the 3000 agents^ 
who do the best work for us 
M this winter, besides paying well for 
m Jr each and every subscription secured 
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the 326 agents who do the best work 
that month and Ten Thousand Dollars 
at the end of the season ^ 
more 
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Dept. 0 
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I Established j 
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A RURAL MAIL BOX 
Should bo 
simple, ueat, 
strong, aud 
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know It’s all right. 
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