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May 31 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
[ Woman and Home 
From Day to Day. 
HASSAM’S PROVERB. 
King Hassam, well beloved, was wont to 
say, 
When aught -went wrong, or any labor 
failed: 
“To-morrow, friends, will be another day! 
And in that faith he slept, and so pre¬ 
vailed. 
Long live his proverb! While the world 
shall roll 
To-morrow, fresh shall rise from out the 
night 
And new baptize the indomitable soul 
With courage for its never ending fight. 
No one, I say, is conquered till he yields; 
And yield he need not while, like mist 
from glass, 
God wipes the stain of life’s old battle¬ 
fields 
From every morning that he brings to 
pass. 
New day, new hope, new courage. Let 
this be, 
O soul, thy cheerful creed. What’s yes¬ 
terday, 
With all Its shards and wrack and grief 
to thee! 
Forget it, then—here lies the victor’s way! 
—James Buckham, in Primary Education. 
* 
Some one asks how to treat the parafin 
used to cover jelly when removed 
from the glass, so as to utilize it a sec¬ 
ond time. We merely pour hot water 
over it, so as to remove any adhering 
jelly, allow it to dry, and then store it 
away in a glass jar. It does not melt in 
the hot water. 
* 
Many persons who find milk indiges¬ 
tible as a beverage can drink it without 
discomfort if it is well beaten with an 
egg beater. Of course it is more thor¬ 
oughly aerated if whirled about in the 
appliance with which the street vender 
makes his milk shakes, but few house¬ 
holds possess this, so the domestic egg 
beater forms a substitute. 
* 
A plumber warns us that we are not 
to use potash or lye in cleaning the 
sink. He tells us that this unites with 
the grease that may cling around bends 
in the pipe, forming soap, and an ob¬ 
struction results. This is perfectly rea¬ 
sonable, yet we are not likely to think 
of it. Ammonia and unlimited hot water 
are the best sink purifiers, and a sink 
strainer, through which all water is 
poured, is a very necessary convenience. 
It will cost about 20 cents at a depart¬ 
ment store. 
* 
Housekeeping is a very complicated 
art, and we should all try to learn as 
many short cuts as possible. A teacher 
of domestic science once remarked to 
us that the most important use of her 
training was in teaching people easier 
and better ways of doing what they al¬ 
ready knew. Any housekeeper who can 
tell us how to make two steps take the 
place of six is doing as much for her 
country as the scientist who discovers a 
new and unsuspected microbe in our 
daily bread. What have you to say 
about this? Haven’t you a bit of experi¬ 
ence that may make work easier to 
some other busy woman? 
* 
We constantly discover new uses for 
our Enterprise food chopper, and one of 
the latest is the grinding of browned 
bread crumbs to be used in frying. All 
our crusts and pieces of stale bread are 
put in the oven until nicely browned, 
and formerly we broke them up and la¬ 
boriously rolled them fine with the roll¬ 
ing pin. Now we run the bread through 
the chopper, and a few turns of the han¬ 
dle give us smooth and even crumbs. 
Many housekeepers roll fish in cornmeal 
or flour before frying, but this never 
gives the same result as the crumbs. 
When making a cocoanut cake, shred 
the fresh cocoanut in the chopper; it is 
a wonderful time saver, and the result¬ 
ant product is smoother than when 
grated, to say nothing of the saving to 
one’s finger tips. Many other things or¬ 
dinarily grated can be reduced in the 
same way. One housekeeper tells us 
that when she wants sliced oranges for 
dessert she puts them through the 
chopper, though we imagine a good deal 
o' juice is lost in the operation. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Simple little frocks worn with 
guimpes and finished with becoming 
berthas are much in vogue. This model 
is suited to countless materials, wash- 
4113 Girls’ Costume 
8 to 14 yrs. 
able cottons and linens, simple wools 
and silks; but as shown, is made of 
dotted Persian lawn with yoke of in¬ 
serted tucking and trimming of insertion 
and lace to match. The yoke may be 
omitted and the guimpe shown in the 
small cut used with either the elbow or 
the long bishop sleeves. The waist fitted 
by means of shoulder and under-arm 
seams is gathered at the neck and again 
at the waist line. Finishing the low 
neck is a scalloped bertha, the edges of 
which are trimmed with insertion and 
frill of lace. The skirt is shaped with 
front and side gores, the straight back 
breadth being gathered at the top and 
joined to the waist with a band of the 
material over which a sash or ribbon 
belt may be tied. The lower edge may 
be trimmed with a straight frill as il¬ 
lustrated, or simply hemmed, the bands 
of insertion being also a matter of 
choice. To cut this dress for a girl 10 
years of age 6 % yards of material 21 
inches wide, AV 2 yards 32 inches wide, or 
3% yards 44 inches wide will be re¬ 
quired, with % yard of tucking for yoke. 
The pattern No. 4113 is cut in sizes for 
girls of 8 , 10, 12 and 14 years of age; 
price 10 cents from this office. 
Sailor blouses are always attractive. 
The model shown is. made of white linen 
with shield and trimming of white dot¬ 
ted with blue and makes part of a cos¬ 
tume, but the design suits odd waists 
equally well. The blouse is cut with 
fronts and back only and fitted by means 
of shoulder and under-arm seams. To 
its open neck is seamed the big sailor 
collar that can be cut in round or square 
outline as preferred. The shield to 
which the short collar is attached, is 
buttoned round the neck and fastened 
to the waist beneath the collar. The 
sleeves are in the new bishop style with 
deep pointed cuffs. To cut this blouse 
in the medium size four yards of ma¬ 
terial 21 inches wide, 3% yards 27 inches 
wide, three yards 32 inches wide or two 
yards 44 inches wide will be required, 
with % yard for shield and stock collar. 
The pattern No. 4107 is cut in sizes for a 
32, 34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents from this office. 
The Household Congress. 
Two Little Helps. —When troubled 
with moths in wool goods spread them 
on the grass in the sunshine and the 
ants will destroy every vestige of in¬ 
sect life. To prevent colored flannels 
from fading when washed dry them in 
a dark room; a well ventilated basement 
is good. MRS. T. H. 11. 
Tee Use of Kerosene. —Nothing 
shows the innate carelessness of human 
nature more than the heedless way in 
which many people handle kerosene, 
pouring it into the stove from a can or 
filling lamps that are already lighted. 
It would seem that the newspaper ac¬ 
counts of accidents resulting from this 
cause ought to make people more con¬ 
siderate; it does not seem to teach any 
lesson to some. A good and also a safe 
way to use it for kindling fires is to 
have the oil in a cup and with a spoon 
saturate the kindlings after they are 
placed ready to start a fire. No bad re¬ 
sult can come of its use in this way. 
Another and very convenient way is to 
stand the fine whittlings, cobs or what¬ 
ever is to be used to start a fire, in a 
tin dish of small size, containing some 
kerosene. The material will be ab¬ 
sorbed into the pine and be found very 
convenient for quick fires. There is a 
best way to do everything. 
AUNT RACHEL. 
An Easy Sunday. —If possible make 
it a day of rest. On Saturday have for 
dinner something you can utilize for the 
next day. A roast of veal is suggested; 
the remains chopped fine while still 
warm, some of the gravy added and 
placed in a deep dish and pressed, kept 
on ice, or in a cool place, will be deli¬ 
cious. It is no trouble to make it, and 
tastes even better than the veal loaf 
with its egg and lemon, and four hours’ 
baking. Potatoes can be quickly cook¬ 
ed, and if there are beets enough cook¬ 
ed on Saturday so much the better. Cu¬ 
cumbers or lettuce are always inviting, 
and a dessert of custard made on Satur¬ 
day and kept very cold, iced tea or coffee 
will satisfy the most fastidious and give 
a sense of comfort and resc you cannot 
have standing over a hot fire for hours 
preparing a more elaborate affair. The 
Sunday breakfast should be in keeping 
with the idea of having a day of rest. A 
cereal if liked to begin the meal, fol¬ 
lowed by codfish cakes and fried Indian 
pudding, or mush made on Saturday and 
kept cold is just the thing. Try it. 
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