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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 24 
[ Woman and Home 
From Day to Day. 
The past is but a memory, 
The future but a dream; 
Behind us are the shadows gray. 
Ahead, the rainbow's gleam; 
’Tis in the day we’re living, 
So wholesome to the sight, 
Alone the happy sunshine floods 
A vital world with light. 
We linger in the shadows, 
Where all is pensive pain; 
We yearn for Hope’s far rainbow prize, 
And feel the yearning vain; 
And oh! the sin and blindness, 
The folly of our way— 
We miss the glory of the sun 
That lives but in to-day! 
—St. Louis Republic. 
* 
To make an excellent cement for china 
prepare a thick solution of gum arabic 
in water, and stir into it plaster of Paris 
until the mixture reaches the consis¬ 
tency of thick cream; then apply with a 
brush to the broken edges and join to¬ 
gether. It hardens slowly, but makes a 
strong join. 
* 
One of the milling trade journals sug¬ 
gests putting up flour for family use in 
bags of toweling. We think this would 
appeal to a good many buyers, as one 
bag would make two dish towels. The 
ordinary flour bag is used in a variety 
of ways by thrifty women; properly 
cleansed, it makes a good duster, pol¬ 
isher or dishcloth. 
* 
One of the newest desserts is called 
an Alask in some cities where it has al¬ 
ready made many admirers. Literally 
it is baked ice cream. A block of hard- 
frozen cream is covered with cake, and 
then spread with a meringue or icing. It 
is put in an extremely hot oven for five 
minutes, and served at once. If allowed 
to stand with the heated cake around it 
the cream liquefies, but the heat in the 
oven does not seem to affect it, and the 
result is an iced dessert full of solid 
cream. 
* 
One of the fashions prevailing now, 
which seems a striking exhibition of 
feminine unreason, is the use of low 
shoes and openwork stockings with the 
short walking skirt. The Fall has been 
unusually mild, but it has been quite 
cool enough already to suggest the wis¬ 
dom of protecting the ankles. Still one 
sees in all sorts of weather, wet or dry, 
this insufficient footgear, whicn is not 
at ail in keeping with the sensible skirt. 
Many of the wearers are doubtless lay¬ 
ing up a stock of future ills, which will 
be ascnoed to every cause except the 
right one. 
* 
In most of the department stores the 
grocery section is marked by many at¬ 
tractive little booths, where agreeable 
young women offer samples of various 
new food products. Some of the shop¬ 
pers seem to indulge in a luncheon in 
courses, as they wander from one food 
sample to another, and one cannot but 
wonder as to the final effect upon their 
digestions. Going through one of these 
departments recently, we saw the fol¬ 
lowing bill of fare offered in the way of 
samples: Griddle cakes made from a 
prepared flour, lobster with prepared 
mayonnaise dressing, pink jelly, two 
new cereals, potted ham, clam broth, 
smoked beef, chicken salad, gridd’.e 
cakes with prepared syrup, cocoa, choco¬ 
late, cereal coffee, Ceylon tea, biscuits 
made from prepared flour, raspberry 
jam, two new crackers, Saratoga pota¬ 
toes, variegated cake, several sorts of 
pickles, junket, blanc mange, ice cream 
made in a new freezer, and some un- 
wholesome-looking pudding which came 
condensed in boxes. Some of the women 
seem to sample every one of these ex¬ 
hibits in succession and yet they sur¬ 
vive! 
* 
A recipe for preserving eggs, now go¬ 
ing the rounds of the papers, is to store 
them in a charred box, surrounded by 
old shelled corn. The bottom of the box 
is covered with the grain, and the eggs 
stood upon this, small end down, slight¬ 
ly separated. Another layer of corn is 
made and this continued with the eggs 
until the box is filled, when it is tightly 
covered, and put in a cool dry place. 
3655. Girl’s Box Reefer 
4 to 1 1 years. 
Have any of our readers tried this pro¬ 
cess? We should scarcely consider that 
the grain would exclude the air suffi¬ 
ciently to preserve the eggs for any 
length of time. 
* 
A CHICAGO man tells of a recent visit 
to a pie factory in that city, and his 
narrative will cause pie-eaters to won¬ 
der what has become of the Illinois 
pure-food law. He says that the day he 
visited the factory a special run was 
made on pumpkin pies, but he looked in 
vain for any sign of pumpkin. He was 
told that pumpkin pies were only made 
of pumpkins in remote country districts, 
their substitute being a mixture of sweet 
potatoes, apples and cheap flour, flavored 
with a chemical extract. Cranberry pie 
contained only enough cranperry to 
make a showing, the rest being apple, 
colored and flavored. This pie foundry 
was estimated to forge 36,000 of these 
felonious pies every working day. This 
seems a strong argument in favor of 
“mother’s pies.” 
* 
Oed-fasiiioned election cake was a 
feature in every New England festivity 
years ago; it is often referred to by New 
England writers, and the following re¬ 
cipe has been handed down for several 
generations: Six and a half pounds of 
flour, 3% pounds of sugar, 2% pounds of 
butter, two pounds of raisins, half a 
pound of citron, half a pint of yeast, two 
nutmegs, two quarts of milk (scalded 
and cooled), six eggs. Mix the flour, 
yeast and milk together at night; in the 
morning, when the dough is risen well, 
add the butter and sugar beaten to¬ 
gether until perfectly smooth, add well- 
beaten eggs and all the other ingre¬ 
dients. Work all together thoroughly 
with the hands, instead of using a spoon. 
Put the mixture in buttered pans, and 
leave it to rise from four to six hours. 
The old-fashioned housewife always 
added a gill of wine or brandy, with the 
idea of insuring good keeping qualities. 
It has been a maxim with me to ad¬ 
mit of easy reconciliation with a person 
whose offense proceeded from no deprav¬ 
ity of heart, but where I was convinced 
it did so, to forego, for my own sake, all 
opportunities of revenge. I have de¬ 
rived no smaix amount of happiness from 
this principle.—Shenstone. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Box coats still hold their vogue, and 
the little reefer illustrated is very be¬ 
coming to childish figures. As illus¬ 
trated, it is made of tan-colored cloth, 
with collar of brown velvet and hand¬ 
some smoked pearl buttons, but covert 
cloth, dark blue, and red and brown 
cloth can be substituted. The last is 
somewhat old in its effect, and nothing 
is quite so smart as tan cloth in its va¬ 
rious shades. The coat is cut with 
straight fronts, and is fitted with shoul¬ 
der and under-arm seams that curve well 
back. The collar is joined to the neck, 
and is faced with velvet, then turned 
back, with the self-faced fronts that 
form revers. The edges and seams are 
all stitched, and pockets are inserted in 
each front. The coat is lapped over in 
double-breasted fashion, and closed with 
buttons and buttonholes. The sleeves 
are two-seamed and fit stylishly. To cut 
this reefer for a girl of eight years of 
age i 14 yard or material 54 inches wide, 
2 1 / & yards 21 inches wide, will be re¬ 
quired. The pattern, No. 3655, is cut 
in sizes for girls of 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 
years of age, and costs 10 cents from 
this office. 
Shirt waists become more and more 
popular for growing girls. Many oth¬ 
ers find heavy cotton stuffs, such as 
duck and piqud, serviceable the Winter 
through, in which case they are worn 
unlined, but flannel and cashmere are 
much liked and are stylish, as well as 
durable. The attractive little model 
shown is in striped flannel, blue with 
lines of white, and is worn with a linen 
collar and blue string tie, but when pre¬ 
ferred the collar can be of the material, 
as it is included in the pattern. The 
foundation for the waist is a fitted lin¬ 
ing that consists of fronts and back 
only, the fronts being fitted with single 
darts. The waist proper is plain across 
the shoulders, the fullness at the back 
being drawn down at the waist line, 
with fronts that are full at both the 
neck and waist. The sleeves are in 
3623 Misses’ Shirtwaist. 
10to Id years. 
regulation shirt style, with straight 
cuffs and are slightly full at the top. A 
box plait is formed down me center of 
the front, through which buttonholes 
are worked for studs or buttons, as pre¬ 
ferred. 10 cut this waist for a girl of 
14 years of age 3 x /4 yards of material 21 
inches wide, two yards 32 inches wide, 
or 1% yard 44 inches wide will be re¬ 
quired. The pattern No. 3623 is cut in 
sizes for girls of 10, 12, 14 and 16 years 
of age. Price of pattern 10 cents from 
this office. 
Washing Curtains. 
To wash lace curtains put them into a 
tub of cold or tepid water, says the New 
York Sun, with no soap or washing fluid 
and let them soak over night. In the 
morning, pass them through the wring¬ 
er, folding them so that they will not be 
pulled out of shape or stretched. For 
the next step prepare a suds of tepid 
water and pure white soap and work 
the curtains up and down m this until 
the soap and water penetrate every part. 
Rubbing the curtains is, of course, out 
of the question. Wring them out once 
more. Do not wring them by hand, but 
either pass them through the wringer 
or squeeze them between the palms of 
the hands. The next water should be 
clear rinsing water, from which the cur¬ 
tains should pass to the bluing water. 
The bluing and starching should be 
combined into one step. Add some 
liquid blue to cold water and add boil¬ 
ed starch, enough to make a very thin 
starching fluid. From this water piss 
the curtains once more through the 
wringer and stretch them out on the 
frames. It is far better if the frames 
can be placed in the open air and in the 
sunlight while the curtains are drying, 
but if this is impossible, and if the 
frames themselves are not at hand, pin 
the curtains out on sheets stretched over 
the carpet. Each point should be care¬ 
fully pinnea out and the curtain left 
with as even an edge as may be. Open 
the windows and let in the out-of-door 
air while the lace dries. 
The proper way to launder a white 
lace veil is similar to that of washing 
curtains. The veil need not oe soaked 
over night. Instead, begin by putting 
it into a strong lather of white soap 
and clear water and letting it simmer 
slowly for 15 or 20 minutes. Remove 
it from the water and squeeze it well, 
but do not rub it. Rinse it in clear cold 
water, then in water with a drop or two 
of liquid blue added. For starching use 
either very clear gum-arabic water or 
rice water. Pass the veil through it ami 
clear it by clapping. Then stretch it out 
and pm it to dry on a linen cloth. When 
dry, lay a thin piece of muslin over it 
and iron it on the wrong side. 
A Book Novelty. —One of the new 
books for children, which will doubtless 
appear among favorite Christmas gifts, 
is “Sunbonnet Babies,” by Bertha L. 
Corbett. It is a dainty specimen of 
bookmaking with illustrated green cover 
and illuminated title page, and it con¬ 
tains half a hundred pictures of babies 
in sunbonnets. The faces never show, 
but the plump little bodies and volum¬ 
inous bonnets are very expressive. A 
small girl who saw the book described 
the babies as “perfectly dear,” and no 
doubt her opinion would be indorsed by 
others. Bertha L. Corbett, publisher, 
Minneapolis, Minn. Price, $1. 
TT7'OULD you rather buy 
** lamp-chimneys, one a 
week the year round, or one 
that lasts till some accident 
breaks it ? 
Tough glass, Macbeth’s 
“pearl top” or “pearl glass,” 
almost never break from heat, 
not one in a hundred. 
Where can you get it ? and what 
does it cost ? 
Your dealer knows where and how 
much. It costs more than common 
glass ; and may be, he thinks tough 
glass isn’t good for his business. 
Our “Index” describes all lamps and their 
f>r<'per chimneys. With it you can always order 
the right size and shape of chimney for any lamp. 
We mail it FREE to any one who writes for it. 
Address Macbeth, Pittsburgh. Pa. 
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