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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 11 
[ Woman and Home | 
From Day to Day. 
THE COLLEGE GIRT. JOKE. 
'Tis the joke of the humorous pages, 
Yeai in and year out, without change— 
A college girl feebly engages 
In hopeless affray with a range; 
She’s pictured dismayed by the riddle 
Of dusting and sweeping a room. 
Undone at the sight of a griddle, 
And utterly floored by a broom. 
If a girl has the brains and the ardor 
To excavate roots in the Greek, 
Will she quail at the roots of the larder, 
At commonplace carrot and leek? 
Is a mind coming forth from the campus, 
Well versed in the knowledge of “pi,” 
To be daunted by pastry and dampers? 
It’s (pardon me) all in your eye! 
A girl may be up in her Homer, 
Whose cooking is simply immense; 
Believe me, a college diploma 
Has never destroyed common sense. 
And the picture that’s true will endow her 
With strength that will brook no defeat. 
Triumphant in wisdom and power, 
A cooking stove prone at her feet. 
—Washington Times. 
* 
Tile most unsettling member of a 
hard-working family is not the irrepres¬ 
sible small boy; it is the half-grown sis¬ 
ter whose ambition for a higher destiny 
makes her feel like “playing hookey” 
every time she has to wash dishes. 
* 
An ill-tempered, unevenly-balanced 
man may be the result of an unfortunate 
environment, or he may be a living 
monument commemorating the fact that 
his mother and his grandmother did not 
know how to cook. We rarely realize 
how much of our hopefulness and optim¬ 
ism may depend upon the nutrient value 
of our food. 
• 
Flannel waists for the coming season 
are more severe in shape than they were 
last year, and the multitudinous open 
hemmings are absent. Stitched tucks or 
pleats, strappings or small buttons are 
the usual trimmings; sometimes they 
have a turn-back cuff attached to a 
straight wristbanu. Though plain in 
form many of them are highly riotous 
in color, including large and brilliant 
plaids. It is said that plaids of all kinds 
are to be in vogue during the coming 
Winter, but this prediction has often 
been made before without being verified. 
For children’s Winter frocks plaids are 
very pretty. 
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Preserved citron melon is familiar; 
sweet pickle of the same fruit is not so 
well known. Peel, cut the melon into 
strips or small square pieces. To one 
quart of vinegar not too strong, allow a 
pound of sugar; add a little thin lemon 
peel and whole cloves, mace and cinna¬ 
mon stick according to taste. Tie spices 
in small muslin bags. Boil all together, 
skim until clear, then add to this quan¬ 
tity of spiced syrup two pounds of the 
fruit. Cook slowly until half done. Let 
cool in the syrup over night. In the 
morning drain off the syrup, reheat, put 
the fruit in jars and pour the hot syrup 
over it. When cold tie up well and keep 
in a cold, dry place. 
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A Philadelphia paper tells of a farm¬ 
ing district where a flag-raising was 
held at the schoolhouse, and after the 
banner had been flung to the breeze 
there was an exhibition of the drawings 
which the pupils had made and the work 
they had done during the year. The 
teacher had recited to the class the story 
of the landing of the Pilgrims, and after 
she had finished, she requested each 
pupil to try to draw from his or her im¬ 
agination a picture of Plymouth Rock. 
Most of them went to work at once, 
but one little fellow hesitated and at 
length raised his hand. 
“Well, Willie, what is it?” asked the 
teacher. 
“Please, ma’am, do you want us to 
draw a hen or a rooster?” 
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A reader asks how to make tomato 
butter, a relish favored on the Pacific 
coast. The following recipe is a good 
one: To nine pounds of tomatoes peeled 
and sliced allow three pounds of sugar, 
one pint of vinegar, three tablespoonfuls 
of cinnamon, iy 2 tablespoonful allspice 
and one tablespoonful of cloves. Cook 
until thick, stirring often to prevent 
scorching. 
The Rural Patterns 
Norfolk jackets seem the most popular 
model for short coats among the styles 
of the coming season, and the prevailing 
style is here shown. The coat is made 
with loose fronts and fitted backs that 
are seamed at the center and includes 
applied box pleats that give the Norfolk 
suggestion. At the upper portion is an 
applied yoke, the neck of which is fin¬ 
ished with collar and lapels, and the coat 
closes in double-breasted style. The 
sleeves are two-seamed and are finished 
with roll-over cuffs that are left open at 
the outside. At the waist is a belt of 
the material held by a harness buckle, 
that passes under the applied straps and 
closes at the center front. The quantity 
of material required for the medium size 
is 3(4 yards 44 inches wide or 2% yards 
52 inches wide. The pattern No. 4226 is 
cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40- 
inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
The boy’s suit shown has a blouse 
made with fronts and back and fitted by 
means of shoulder and under-arm 
scams. The left front is finished with a 
box pleat. The neck is finished with a 
4226 Norfolk Coat, 
32 to 40 bust. 
turn-over collar and the lower edge with 
a hem in which elastic is inserted that 
icgulates the fullness. The sleeves are 
in shirt style with straight cuffs. On the 
left front is a patch pocket stitched to 
position. The trousers fit smoothly and 
snugly and are closed at the sides, wheie 
pockets are inserted. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
(eight years) is 2(4 yards 27 inches 
wide, or two yards 32 inches wide for 
blouse; 1% yard 21 inches wide, % yard 
44 inches wide or % yard 52 inches wide 
for trousers; or four yards 27 inches 
wide, 314 yards 32 inches wide, or 2% 
yards 44 inches wide for entire suit. The 
pattern No. 4227 is cut in sizes for boys 
4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years of age; price 10 
cents from this office. 
Bleaching Compounds in 
Laundry Work. 
Will you give directions for the use of 
chloride of lime, or other bleaching sub¬ 
stances, in the washing or boiling of 
clothes? mrs. J. s. 
Watertown, N. Y. 
The bleaching substances most ordi¬ 
narily used are chloride of lime and 
washing soda. Used carelessly, or to ex¬ 
cess, they destroy the fabric they 
cleanse; they should always be used in 
solution, and should finally be rinsed 
out with ammonia water. We never 
recommend their use in the boiler, their 
proper place being in the removal of 
stains before the regular washing. 
Javelle water is a general bleacher 
and remover of stains. This is made by 
dissolving one pound of sal-soda and 
one-fourth pound of chloride of lime in 
two quarts of boiling water. When the 
substances have dissolved as much as 
they will, allow tnem to settle, and then 
pour off the clear liquid, without any of 
the dregs. The dregs may be used to 
cleanse waste pipes. Some laundresses 
use a cupful of Javelle water to a tub- 
4227 Boy’s Blouse Suit, 
4 to 1 2 years. 
ful of water before the clothes are put 
in. This may do no harm, especially if 
ammonia is used in rinsing, but we 
would rather trust to good soap, with 
sun and air for the final bleaching 
agents, except in the case of very badly 
soiled articles. To remove a stain with 
Javelle water, place the fabric over an 
upturned plate, and apply the bleach 
with a soft tooth-brush. Rub gently un¬ 
til the stain disappears, then rinse in 
clear water, and finally in ammonia 
water. fc 
With proper washing and rinsing, and 
careful bluing, white clothes should not 
grow yellow enough to require bleach¬ 
ing. Sunlight is the best and surest 
bleaching agent. Very often a yellow 
tinge noted after a time In white clothes 
is the result of careless rinsing and 
bluing. Many liquid blues contain iron; 
when all the soap or alkali is not rinsed 
out of the fabric this precipitates the 
iron of the bluing, making a deposit of 
iron rust, which can only be removed 
from the clothes by acid. Ordinary 
household ammonia is often impure, and 
its continued use also yellows bleached 
fabrics. For launary use buy pure am¬ 
monia from the druggist and dilute it 
about one-half, because it is very vola¬ 
tile. The system of open-air bleaching 
followed by our grandmothers, repeated 
wetting of the fabric accompanied Dy 
long exposure to sunlight, still remains 
the best and safest plan. Frost aids the 
bleaching. 
Borax, while more expensive than 
washing soda, is an excellent bleach, 
and may be used with colored fabrics 
for which we should not dare to use the 
soda. With white clothes a tablespoon¬ 
ful may be added to each gallon of water 
in the boiler (in which we never use 
soda or chloride of lime) with excellent 
results, or it may be added to the last 
rinsing water, and the clothes hung out 
quite wet. for the sun to finish the 
bleaching. 
The American Wringer Co.’s 
HORSE-SHOE BRAND 
ROYAL 
WRINGER 
WARRANTED 5 YEARS 
Are the best Wringers made. The rolls are of 
the finest quality Para Rubber, which last 
long, wring dry and save the clothes and 
buttons. They have the Patent Guide Board 
which spreads the clothes and to each Wringer 
is attached the Horse-Shoe Warranty Card. 
Sold Everywhere 
THE AMERICAN WRINGER CO. 
99 Chambers St., New York 
IlPetms 
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BECAUSE 
1. It is made of best material by 
skilled workmen. 2. It takes the least 
fuel. 8. It has patent oven thermometer, the 
house-wife’s delight. 4. It is sold on 
30 DAYS’ FREE TEST. 
{>. You buy direct from factory at factory prices. For 
other reasons write for free catalogue and get into 
touch with us. 
^Kalamazoo Stove Co.. Mfrs.,^ 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Mo|/|n(r Ten minutes, almost no 
T aiYllfg trouble, a few cents, and the 
grease or fat from your kitchen 
—that’s the cost of ten pounds 
of the best hard soap or twenty gallons of 
soft soap. 
Banner Lye 
does it. It is not ordinary old-fashioned 
lye. It is great stuff to have in the house. 
Dirt and Disease 
go together; but germs find little welcome 
in a house that is cleaned with Banner 
Lye. Put it in your 
Cuspidors Sinks 
Garbage-Pails Drains 
Toilet Cellars 
and disease will have 
a hard time getting 
into your house. 
Banner Lye is odor¬ 
less and colorless, easy 
to use, quick, safe and 
cheap. It is a great 
help in house-clean¬ 
ing and washing of 
dishes and everything else. 
Write for booklet" Uses of Banner Lye." and give us 
yourgrocer's ordruggist’s name, should he not have it 
The Penn Chemical Works, Philadelphia,U .S. A . 
■ q; :'' The gold is 60 thick 
on a Jas. Boss Stiffened Gold Watch 
Case that it takes the same depth of eugrav- v-’W 
lng as & solid gold case, without Impairing its '• # 
wearing quality. A Boss Case never wears thin, 
ms: BOSS 
S GOLD Watch Cases 
Are guaranteed for 26 years. For 60 years they have been recognized i- 
as the most serviceable of all cases. Don’t accept any case said to be 
“just as good” as the Boss. Ask your jeweler. Write us lor booklet. 
By This Mark You Know Them. 
THE KEYSTONE WATCH CASE COMPANY. Philadelphia. 
