1904 
TIIK RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
499 
Cooking With Acetylene. 
Having read the articles which have 
been published in The R. N.-Y. at vari¬ 
ous times with regard to acetylene and its 
many valuable uses, I wish to give some 
experience in cooking with acetylene. We 
find that it does not take any longer to 
care for the gas machine than it did to 
take care of the lamps in the home be¬ 
fore we installed our machine. The care 
of the lamps came daily, while the care 
of the gas machine comes once each 
month. As a matter of fact, it does not 
require over 15 minutes’ time on the part 
of anyone to take care of this machine. 
The light must be seen to be appreciated. 
It is pure, white and steady, free from 
smoke or flicker, and a joy forever to- 
anyone who appreciates having an ideal 
light to read or work by. 
Acetylene is unsurpassed for cooking 
and heating purposes; for the last two 
years the writer has used it in her own 
home in this way, and would not know 
what to do without it. Our gas range is 
very similar in appearance to the ranges 
usually used for city gas, although my 
husband tells me that the burners are 
constructed entirely different. He claims 
that our range uses only about one- 
twentieth as much gas as we would use 
in a city gas range. It gives a perfect 
blue flame, free from smoke, and of very 
intense heating qualities. We did not 
have city gas in our home when we in¬ 
stalled the acetylene generator which now 
does our lighting and cooking, but since 
putting it in, many of our friends who 
were formerly using city gas are now using 
acetylene with excellent results. My hus¬ 
band, being of an inventive turn of mind, 
arranged our lights in our home so that 
by simply touching a button we turn on 
the light at the foot of the stairs before 
going into the bed chamber above, as well 
as turning on the hall lights, and when 
we reach the upper floor, by simply touch¬ 
ing a button, the light in the lower hall 
is extinguished, thus giving us all the 
benefit of the convenience of electricity 
and a much better as well as a cheaper 
light. There are only two of us in the 
family, and when we are in any part of 
the house that part is well lighted, and 
usually the hall light is burning, but we 
do not have the whole house lighted up 
at one time when there is no occasion for 
it, and it might be well to say that per¬ 
sons can be very economical in the use of 
acetylene and at the same time have an 
abundance of light. Last Summer I al¬ 
ways got breakfast on the gas range, as 
well as dinner, except on ironing days, 
and at the end of a year our bill for car¬ 
bide only amounted to a trifle over $15; 
thus you see we not only had the advan¬ 
tage of having the kitchen as cool as pos¬ 
sible in extremely hot weather with the 
use of our gas range, as well as the con¬ 
venience of having an intense heat when¬ 
ever desired, but you will also observe it 
was not very expensive. We could not 
be without our acetylene outfit, includ¬ 
ing the cooking department, for anything 
if we could not get another. 
MRS. J. K. RUSH. 
Laundering Summer Waists. 
The most important point to be consid¬ 
ered in choosing the Summer waist is of 
the washing quality of the goods, and I 
have found it quite a help to select a sam¬ 
ple of some preferred material and wash 
it in good suds, and if this stands the 
test you are safe in buying. Muslins of 
a doubtful color may be washed in rice 
water, without soap, rinsing them out in 
clear rice water to keep the starched qual¬ 
ity, and a little dissolved gum arabic 
should be added to the rinsing water, as 
it gives a newer finish, and the fabric will 
retain the stiffness longer. The washable 
silk waist may te cleaned with gasoline 
it if is slightly soiled; otherwise it can be 
washed in warm suds in the same manner 
as the cotton fabrics. Rub lightly be¬ 
tween the hands and wring very gently 
so as not to pull or twist the fabric; then 
rinse in cold water and dry in the shade, 
and before they are quite dry iron on the 
wrong side over a piece of thin muslin, 
lucks must be pulled straight and 
ironed on the wrong side first and 
then on the right side, and they look bet¬ 
ter if each tuck is raised with a knife after 
pressing instead of leaving them flat. If 
a muslin waist simply gets mussed and 
not soiled, it can be made to look almost 
as well as new by dampening with thin 
starch water and then pressing carefully. 
Few of us can put away our good cotton 
or muslin waists because they fade after 
one or two washings, and they may be 
made as nice as new by boiling them in a 
strong suds to remove the remaining color 
and then dipping them in dye for cotton. 
The dyes for silk are used for coloring 
the washable silk waists when they be¬ 
come soiled or faded. Pique waists 
should be ironed on the wrong side on a 
folded blanket to make the cords stand 
out, and the madras waists are prettier 
if treated in this way. M. A. H. 
The Rural Patterns. 
No little girl’s wardrobe is quite com¬ 
plete without a sailor costume. This one 
allows a choice of a plain blouse or the 
4708 Girl’s Sailor Costume, 
6 to 12 years. 
applied yoke and is made without an 
opening in the blouse, simply drawn on 
over the head. As shown the material is 
blue serge with shield of white and band¬ 
ing of braid. The costume consists of the 
body lining, faced to form the shield, skirt 
and blouse. The body lining is smoothly 
fitted and closes at the back with the full 
gathered skirt that is joined to its lower 
edge. The blouse is shaped by means of 
shoulder and under-arm seams and is 
faced to form the yoke, while its neck is 
finished with the big collar, its lower edge 
with a hem in which elastic is inserted. 
The sleeves are the simple full ones, gath¬ 
ered into straight cuffs. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
(10 years) is 6J4 yards 27 inches wide, 
4711 lilouso or Shirt Waist, 
32 to 40 bust. 
5 / yards 32 inches wide or 324 yards 44 
inches wide, with Y% yard of silk for tie 
and 15 yards of braid. The pattern 4700 
is cut in sizes for girls of 6, 8, 10 and 12 
years of age; price 10 cents. 
The shirt waist with shaped yoke is 
made with fronts and back that arc fitted 
by means of shoulder and under-arm 
scams, and over which the yoke is ap¬ 
plied, the extensions over the shoulders 
giving the long and drooping line that is 
so greatly in vogue. The tucks at the 
back are arranged to give tapering lines 
to the figure, while those of the front 
and sleeves extend for a part of their 
length only. The cuffs are shaped to 
match the yoke. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size is 
5% yards 21 inches wide, 4?4 yards 27 
inches wide or 2$4 yards 44 inches wide. 
The pattern 4711 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40 inch bust measure; price 
10 cents. 
WnM n yon write advertisers mention Tub 
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What Shall We 
Have for Dessert? 
This question arises in the family 
every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try 
Jett-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. Get a package , 
at your grocers to-day. io cts. ^ 
Teachers Who Need Teaching. 
It was my privilege once to listen to a 
lecture by a lady who urged her hearers 
to get simple meals, so they would have 
more time to devote to public work. She 
said all she wanted for breakfast was a 
dish of grape nuts and cream, and before 
I thought I asked her what paterfamilias 
would do on such a breakfast with a 
hard day’s work before him. She said 
he would do all right; then she appealed 
to an old farmer, saying: “Would not you 
be satisfied?” The farmer answered: “I 
think a beefsteak and a cup of coffee 
should come first, and I would take the 
other as a finish.” Another public work¬ 
er was bemoaning the fact that people in 
the rural districts did not seem willing 
to entertain, but if anyone had gone to 
her home and left her room in such dis¬ 
order she would not want a repetition. 
She thought farmers’ wives foolish to put 
up so much fruit and load their table with 
so many kinds of food; for her a bowl of 
bread and milk was enough, but it is not 
worth while for# our husbands to set out 
fine fruit if they cannot have a dish o; 
good sauce every meal. The excellent 
woman “looketh well to the ways of her 
own household.” Do not let our hus¬ 
bands, brothers and sons have an excuse 
to go to the alehouse to get a bracer, when 
we have it in our power to make them 
so comfortable that they would rather 
stay at home. Those who do not work 
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Our telephones are powerful, loud- 
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Telephones that work on any line. 
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hard do not need so much hearty food, 
but as I have been the reserve force for 
many years, I know when I have done 
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When on* wake* up aching from head to foot, and with 
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Soreness and Stiffness 
makea arery motion 0# the body painful, the aurest 
and quick eat way out 0 i the trouble ia to use 
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