1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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satisfactory results. After all the other 
rooms are cleaned, and there comes a 
day that the men folks are not too busy, 
we make an attack on the cellar. It is 
preferable to leave the Spring cellar 
cleaning until after planting, and the 
surplus potatoes are sold. Then all bins 
■ may be cleaned, and extra boxes, bar¬ 
rels, etc., removed, mrs. a. r. Phillips. 
THE WORKING DRESS AGAIN. 
I have read with interest the articles 
on working dresses. Personally, I pre¬ 
fer dresses made of soft-finished cham- 
bray, seersucker and percale. The cham- 
bray wears well, washes beautifully, and 
made with a shirt waist and moderately 
full skirt, is a becoming, neat-appearing 
costume. My shirt waists I prefer fin¬ 
ished at the neck with a turn-down col¬ 
lar, or a narrow frill trimmed with lace. 
The sleeves of all my working dresses 
are made to button from the elbow to 
wrist, thus are easily fastened up when 
necessary. The suit made of seersucker, 
worn by the hospital nurse, is one of the 
neatest I have seen. It is easily made, 
not hard to wash or iron, and very be¬ 
coming to the wearers. The indigo 
blue calico, while neat, is too common, 
and with me, does not wear as well as 
other goods. The fleece-lined wrapper 
goods catch all the dirt, while no 
warmer than a lined calico would be. 
My plan is to have the corset waists made 
of flannel, that taking the place of the 
rteece-lined material. 
Percale comes in various pretty styles, 
gives good service, is warm, but is harder 
to wash and iron than chambray or seer¬ 
sucker. My aprons are made very wide, 
and in length, come to the bottom of the 
hem on my skirt. They are made with 
a ruflie, which catches all the dirt, and 
keeps my skirt hems clean. The bib is 
made large enough to protect the whole 
front of the shirt waist, and has straps 
to go over the shoulder and cross in the 
back, fastening on to the belt. They are 
made of chambray gingham, and for 
afternoons, of pink ana white lawns, 
cambric, etc. There is a vast difference 
in persons as to the number of changes 
necessary. I find that, to keep neat, I 
need a dozen aprons for my morning' 
work, with a half dozen white ones 
for afternoons and Sundays, while of 
dresses for work purposes, nine are none 
too many. A separate skirt and waist, 
with neat belt of the same goods, seems 
more dressy than a wrapper, but there 
are some very neat styles of wrappers. 
I prefer wrappers made with a double 
pleat from the shoulders, in the back, 
and rather full front. 
Skirts and waists are easier to wash 
than a dress made in one piece. Even if 
goods are so cheap in price, it is not 
always easy to provide a sufficient num¬ 
ber of changes always to look neat, so if 
you do occasionally see a housekeeper 
who does not look spick and span, be 
charitable in your judgment. 
SERGIA WEIRNE. 
ONE WOMAN’S ECONOMIES. 
“Is this to be ironed?” questioned 
Aunt Kate, who was helping her young 
nieces during her short stay. 
“Yes,” answered Lottie from the 
pantry. 
“ Well, tell your mother that she 
ought not to have her underclothing 
ironed. It takes away the fresh, clean 
smell, and brings back much of the odor 
of perspiration and, in her case, of dis¬ 
ease, also. It is no wonder that she is 
sick all the time. You don’t iron your 
sheets, do you ? ” 
“Oh, no, we always fold smoothly 
and hang up to air." 
“ Towels ?” 
“ Yes.” 
“ A waste of time and strength ! And 
here are stockings, as sure as I'm alive ! 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
Here is a pair of pretty tablecloths. I 
suppose that you save them all you can 
by keeping them out of the wash as much 
as possible ? ” 
“ Why, we must wash them when they 
are soiled, Aunt Kate ! ” 
“Yes, I know ; but careful housekeep¬ 
ers take great pains to keep their table¬ 
cloths clean. Many use table mats of 
various kinds, which make a great sav¬ 
ing in laundry work. I made a set of 
duck, which cost six cents a yard at the 
mill. By putting two thicknesses to¬ 
gether, and stitching across in dia¬ 
monds, and fringing the edges, they 
were made to look quite pretty, and as 
it took only about three-quarters of a 
yard, the cost was almost nothing.” 
“ The mats cover only the center of 
the table, what do you do with the 
edges ?” inquired Lottie, who, with flour- 
covered hands, was now standing at the 
pantry door, an attentive listener. 
“I place napkins or small towels 
around the edge of the table, and these 
need changing oftener than the mats, 
for the men’s clothes are not always im¬ 
maculate.” 
“ I always have a clean blouse handy 
for father to slip into when he comes in 
from the field; I find that saves the table 
linen,” said Lottie. 
“ It is a good plan, too, and one I had 
never thought of. I think I will try it. 
It may not be a success, however. Your 
Uncle James is not favorable to innova¬ 
tions ; men seldom are at his time of 
life, and it is a good thing to let them 
have their own way all you can. But 
surely you are not going to have this 
nice red tablecloth ironed ?” returning 
to the charge. 
“ Why, yes, Auntie, we always do iron 
it.” 
“ Look here, then ; don’t you see how 
dark it gets under the iron ” ? 
“ Yes, but the color comes back.” 
“I know it will, but never to be so 
bright again. An all-over Turkey red 
tablecloth should never be ironed. Shake 
out and fold srfloothly, and you will keep 
it looking new for a long time. I have 
one that I use for a tablecover in the 
sitting-room. I always thought it too 
pretty to put on the dining-table, and 
besides, I must say I like white table¬ 
cloths better, and with care one need not 
wash them often. I keep one on four 
weeks, and then it is not badly soiled.” 
“ And we use two a week,” sighed 
Lottie. ELINOR KAY. 
On sweeping day, dust the window 
frames and sills thoroughly with a whisk 
broom and soft cloth, and rub off the 
discoloration left where natural gas is 
used, with a rag saturated with kero¬ 
sene. Draw a cotton flannel bag, made 
with nap out, and having a draw string, 
over the broom, and wipe dust easily 
from ceiling and walls. This bag must 
be shaken often, and washed as often as 
necessary. If one has carpets and a 
good deal of bric-a-brac, upholstered fur¬ 
niture, plants, etc., the dust arising 
from sweeping is a nuisance. A cloth 
which will cover each article may be 
kept and used while sweeping, thus sav¬ 
ing heavy moving and enabling one to 
sweep oftener. The furniture covers 
may be made of old material, but the 
expense would not be great to buy calico 
by the piece or in remnants, and the 
covers would last a lifetime. 
Don’t spend so much 
money on lamp-chimneys — 
get Macbeth’s—get the chim¬ 
ney made for your lamp 
The Index tells. 
Write Macbeth Pittsburgh Pa 
F urnished and Unfurnished Summer Residences in 
the suburbs of Newburgh-on-Hudson for rent. 
Apply to SHIPP & OSBORN, Newburgh, N. Y. 
F OR SALE.—Farms and farm lands in Morrison 
Co., Minn. Wanted money to loan on farm security. 
Lyman Signor, Clerk Hist. Court. Little Falls. Minn 
Certain Prices on 
Silks and Other Things 
We have a number of thousand yards of very pretty Foulard Silks, with an 
objection to them. That objection is that they are rather dark to be strictly in 
line with the Spring's best fancies. This, however, far from being an objection, 
may, to some people, prove a distinct recommendation. There are many who 
prefer the dark, rich, quiet silks to the brighter and “ younger ” patterns. To 
such people let us say that these silks are of an honest 
60c. a yard Quality 
Selling for 30c. a yard 
Samples will tell you if they’re too dark. Goods are firm and solid, new, and 
22 inches wide. There are nine patterns, mostly of cerise, greens and blues on 
black and dark blue grounds. 
Cotton Dress Stuffs are selling almost as fast as they come in, and that is very 
fast indeed, for we have never bought so many as this year, and never had such 
pretty patterns to show. The “bigness” of our buying makes some very inter¬ 
esting “ less prices.” Here, for example, in both cottons and woolens : 
At 4c. —Percale finished Calicoes, in well-covered grounds of pretty stripes and 
plaids designed especially for shirt waists ; (5c. quality. 
At 7c. —Printed Lawns, in about fifty choice floral and conventional figured 
designs, on tinted and white grounds; 10c. and 12%c. qualities. 
At 31c. —All-wool Black Bunting, 38 in. wide ; a quality made to retail at 40c. 
At 55c. —All-wool black Storm Serge, 50 in. wide ; a quality made to sell at 75c. 
At 75c. —An all-wool imported Covert Cloth in pretty, choice mixtures, 46 in. wide. 
If imported to-day would have to retail at f 1.50 a yard. 
37- inch Fancy Mixed Cheviots, at 25c., 
instead of 37%c. 
38- inch All-wool Dress Bunting, in 
cream, navy blue and black, at 31c.; 
made to sell at 40c. a yard. 
37-inch Covert Cloths, at 37%c.; made to 
sell at 65c. a yard. 
40-inch Fancy Mixed Cheviots, at 37 3^c., 
instead of 45c. 
46-ineh Diagonal Vigoreaux, at 50c.; 
imported to sell at 85c. 
44- inch All-wool Grenadine, in navy blue 
and black, atSOc.; made to sell at$l. 
45- inch Two-toned Grenadine, atSOc.; 
imported to sell at 75c. a yard. 
Whatever you want, send for it. If it’s dry goods, we have it. 
JOHN WANAMAKER 
Broadway 
Section 159 
(Please address exactly as above) 
New York 
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^VICTORIES.^ 
FOUR MEDALS—3 Gold and 1 Silver, World’s Centennial 
Cotton Exposition, New Orleans, 1884. 
HIGHEST AWARDS—Nebraska Agricultural Fair, 1887. 
DIPLOMA—Alabama Agr’l Society, Montgomery, 1888. 
AWARD—Chattahoochie Valley Exposition, Colum¬ 
bus, J5a.,J888._ 
HIGHEST AWARDS—St. Louis Agricultural and 
Mechanical Association, 1889. 
GOLD MEDALS and 6 _ DIPLOMAS-World’s Colum- 
b I a n_E x position, Chicag o, 1893._ 
HIGHEST AWARDS—Western Fair Association, Lon- 
don, Canada, 1893. 
SIX GOLD MEDALS and Diplomas—Cal. Midwinter Fair '94. 
SILVER MEDAL —Industrial Exposi t ion, Toronto, Canada, 1895. 
345,584 Home Comfort Itanges .Sold to Jan. lst,’97 
J3?“RangG illustrated is sold only from our own wagons at a 
uniform price throu ghout Canada and the U nited States. 
Made of open hearth, cold rolled steel-plate and malleable 
iron —will last a life-time with ordinary care. 
WROUGHT IRON RANGE CO., 
Founded 1864. Paid-up Capital $1,000,000. 
Factories, Salesrooms and Offices: TORONTO, CANADA, and ST. LOUIS, MO. 
Western Salesrooms and offices: DENVER, COLO. 
8F"We manufacture and carry a complete stock of Hotel Ranges and Kitchen goods; also the 
Wequaled HOME COMFORT STEEL FURNACES, Write for catalogue and prices. 
Price $44. 
Buggies, Phaetons, Surreys, Traps, Harness 
J Buy direct from factory at Wholesale Prices. 30 per cent saved. 
Guaranteed for two years. Write to-day for new beautifully Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue, send 3 cents in stamps. Highest awards given us at 
jWorld’s Fair, Atlanta Exposition, Nashville Centennial Exposition. 
Alliance Carriage Co. 230 E. Court St. Cincinnati, 0. 
Price $00 
DIRECT 
FROM 
FACTORY. 
Top baggies, road wagons, spr 
wagons, surreys and business w 
ons, bicycles and harness. No m 
die men. No agents. A small 
cent, of profit above actual cost 
building. _ 23 to 40 per cent, be! 
retail prices. All freight prept 
, , „ Specials —"Gold Coin" Top Bn; 
and “Parlor City" Bicycle. Catalogue free. 
BIN Gil AM TON CARRIAGE A CYCLE CO., 
BoxG, Binghamton, N, Y, 
for 30 days in your own hoi 
010 to 625. No money in a 
*60 Kenwood Jlachlne for 
*50 Arlington Jlaehlne for 
Singers (Made by us) *8, fll. 
and 27 Other styles, ill attachment 
We pay freight. Buy from factor 1 
agents large profits. Orer 100,0M 
Catalogue and testimonials 
Write at once. Address (In fnl 
168-1 64 West Van lPure®.“t.® 
ffl/fend Your Own Harness 
with the 
KEYSTONE 
tool that will mend harness; rivet a keeper or loop ; replace a 
lmckle. Also has punch attachment. Agents Wanted 
Everywhere. HARTMAN MFC. CO. Box 19 
orltoom 70, 277 Broadway, New York. EllwOOd City,Pa. 
Fruit Packages. 
A description of the current styles of baskets, 
boxes, crates and barrels used in marketing 
fruits in all parts of the country. How to 
grade and pack fruit. Illustrated. Paper, 
20 cents. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
