1904 
2? 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Suggestions in Making Over, 
The economical mother watches the 
remnants of woolen fabrics in the 
stores, and thus is often able to buy 
short lengths of goods at very low prices, 
and combinations are so much worn it 
is impossible to be out of date. Some 
children always look so well dressed 
that few would guess how really inex¬ 
pensive their little wardrobes are be¬ 
cause their mother understands reno¬ 
vating and remodelling, and manages to 
make them pretty new garments from 
old material when money is not plenti¬ 
ful, for this ability stands in 'the place 
of money in a household of limited 
means. Never is the old adage which 
declares that “what, is worth at all is 
worth doing well” more applicable than 
to the making of children’s clothing 
from old material, for they never object 
to wearing new-old clothes if they are 
cut by a stylish pattern and made up 
prettily. If it is necessary to wash col¬ 
ored cashmere or flannel it can be clean¬ 
ed beautifully by washing in warm 
water with one tablespoonful each of 
ammonia and beef’s gall to a pail of 
water. One of the prettiest dresses of 
the season upon a girl of 10 was made 
from a discarded wool challie belonging 
to an older sister. As the challie was 
figured the dress was first ripped and 
washed and the pieces boiled in a strong 
suds to remove as much of the color as 
possible, and then dyed carefully dark 
blue, and after a careful pressing it 
looked as nice as new. Black dresses 
are this season affected by school girls, 
but they are seldom kept all black, and 
black dresses relieved by some bright 
colors are serviceable and becoming. 
Any kind of black goods that has be¬ 
come gray or rusty can be recolored a 
jef black by dipping the pieces in black 
dye for wool, and worn cashmere will 
be warm enough for Winter wear if it 
is lined with some strong material. 
Good patterns, careful finishing and 
thorough pressing—the latter both be¬ 
fore and after making up the material 
—are essential to success in the work 
of making over garments, and the chil¬ 
dren will not feel injured if they must 
accept a lot of familiar things from last 
year if they think their playmates will 
not recognize the material. a. m. h. 
Her Innings. 
Mrs. Talcott was reading the paper 
aloud, for it was her turn to do it, says 
the Youth’s Companion, and she exer¬ 
cised the same privilege which her hus¬ 
band took on his evenings; she chose 
such portions of the evening’s news as 
interested her. Mr. Talcott was becom¬ 
ing restless, as was his wont on such oc¬ 
casions. 
“Now what’s the use o’ reading that 
piece about the nurse giving the wrong 
medicine to an old man?” he said, irrit¬ 
ably, when Mrs. Talcott had given out 
the headline of a column and was set¬ 
tling to a slow recitation of its con¬ 
tents. “What’s the use, I say? Ain’t it 
only one more instance of women’s care¬ 
lessness, and can’t they be found every 
day on every hand? Haven’t I always 
told you women oughtn’t to be trusted 
with any responsibility or important: 
duties?” 
“You certainly have,” admitted Mrs. 
Talcott, with some spirit. “You’ve said 
it. so often that. I’m not likely to forget 
it.” 
“Well,” said her husband, more mild¬ 
ly, having gained his point, “I don’t say 
it to be ugly. Nobody’s more willing 
than I am to allow women’s good 
points. They are naturally neat—most 
of ’em—and truthful and—and quick 
about, cooking, housework and such. 
That’s their province; and they’re good 
scholars, too, off an’ on—but responsi¬ 
bility wasn’t ever meant for them. Or¬ 
dinary nursing they’re good at, but 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use“Mrs.Wins- 
lcw’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while teething. It is the Best.— Atir. 
when you come to dangerous illnesses 
they're apt to lose their heads. Now 
you read me out something about the 
mining districts, or where the President 
is now.” 
“Can’t I just tell you who this nurse 
was?” inquired Mrs. Talcott. 
“Mercy on us, yes, get it. over!” said 
her husband, testily. “When a woman 
gets her head set one way you might as 
well give up! Tell me her name if it’ll 
be any comfort to you, and then get on 
to some man’s doings.” 
“Her name,” said Mrs. Talcott, her 
eyes fixed upon the irate but guileless 
countenance of her spouse, “her name 
is ‘John Augustus Potter,’ and as you 
want man’s doings I will now read the 
piece about how he took the place of 
Mary Lawton, the regular nurse, for one 
night, and mixed the medicines, and 
came near killing the patient by his 
carelessness.” 
Rural Recipes. 
Hot Slaw.—Shred two quarts of cab¬ 
bage fine; add one teaspoonful of salt 
and one-half teaspoonful of pepper. 
Dressing: Lump of butter size of an egg; 
yolks of two eggs; beat and mix with 
butter and half cupful of cream; add ono 
cupful of vinegar. Cook a few moments, 
add cabbage and stir till hot. Cover 
and leave in warm place for a time, but 
not where it will cook. 
Celery Pickle.—This can be made any 
time in the Winter, when other pickle¬ 
making is out of the way. Put together 
in a granite kettle two quarts of 
chopped white cabbage, two quarts of 
chopped celery, three quarts of vinegar, 
half ounce each of crushed white gin¬ 
ger root and turmeric, one-fourth pound 
white mustard seed, two tablespoonfuls 
salt, five of sugar. Cook slowly until 
cabbage and celery are tender. 
Breakfast Fruit Cake.—Take a pound 
of cold boiled potatoes, one pound of 
flour, half a fiound of finely-chopped 
suet, two ounces moist sugar and a cup¬ 
ful of washed currants. Sift a teaspoon¬ 
ful of baking powder with the flour be¬ 
fore adding it to the potatoes. Roll the 
dough out half an inch thick, place in 
a well-floured pan, without cutting, and 
bake in a moderately hot oven. When 
done, cut in squares and serve at once. 
Apple Plum Pudding.—Arrange in a 
deep earthen baking dish, suitable for 
serving, as many apples, cored and 
pared, as it will hold. Fill the core 
cavities with a mixture of equal parts 
of boiled chestnuts, stoned dates, seed¬ 
ed raisins, and English walnuts, all 
chopped fine and moistened with lemon 
juice and sweetened to taste. Melt 
sugar and butter in hot water in the 
proportion of one tablespoonful of sugar 
and one-half teaspoonful of butter for 
each apple, and one cupful of hot water 
for five apples. Pour this over the ap¬ 
ples and baste frequently, adding more 
water if needed. There should be just 
a little rich thick syrup at the last. 
Serve hot with thin cream or cold with 
whipped cream. 
Apple Sponge Pudding.—Make a 
cream of one cupful of sugar, one cup¬ 
ful of hot water, the juice and grated 
rind of one lemon, one tablespoonful of 
butter and two tablespoonfuls of corn¬ 
starch moistened with water; add the 
beaten yolks of two eggs and cook till 
thick. Have ready one pint of smooth 
apple sauce and two pints of stale 
sponge cake or bread cut in small cubes; 
arrange the cake, apple sauce and lemon 
cream in alternate layers in a buttered 
pudding pan. Bake 30 minutes. Beat 
the whites of the two eggs; add two 
tablespoonfuls of sugar and spread over 
pudding. Return to oven till pale 
brown. This pudding is excellent hot 
or cold. 
Tiie lilies of peace cover the terrible 
fields of Waterloo, and out of the graves 
of our dear ones there sprung up such 
flowers of spiritual loveliness as you and 
I had never known.—Theodore Parker. 
The Rural Pattern*. 
The military coat, which forms a fa¬ 
vorite feature in this Winter’s styles, as 
shown in the pattern, is made of dark 
blue melton cloth with a finish of tailor 
stitching and brass buttons, but color 
may correctly be anything preferred so 
long as the characteristic brass buttons 
are retained. The coat is made with 
fronts, side-fronts, under-arm gores, 
back and side-backs and is laid in tucks 
at both front and back that conceal the 
What Shall We 
Have for Dessert? 
This question arises in the family 
every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try 
dell-O, 
a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre¬ 
pared in two minutes. No boiling! no 
baking! add boiling water and set to 
cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp¬ 
berry and Strawberry. x Get a package 
at your grocers to-day. io cts. 
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tions, so giving unbroken lines at the 
hack, and at the neck is a pointed collar 
shaped to form straps over the shoul¬ 
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to shaped cuffs. The quantity of ma¬ 
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inches wide. The pattern No. 4C10 is 
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inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
The five-gored skirt combines grace 
with utility and is not to be displaced by 
any number of later models. This one 
is designed for young girls and suits 
their needs to a nicety. When liked, a 
yoke, that is pointed at the front round 
at the back, can be added. The model 
is made from cheviot in mixed tans and 
browns and is simply stitched with silk, 
but all the season’s skirting and dress 
materials are equally appropriate. The 
skirt is cut in five gores which are shap¬ 
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At the back are Inverted pleats that 
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