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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 13 
[ Woman and Home J 
From Day to Day. 
A DREAM OP LUXURY. 
If I had a million dollars I would surely 
take my ease. 
I would go where’er I listed and I'd wear 
whate’er I please. 
I wouldn’t wear stiff-bosomed shirts nor 
collars strong and high, 
Intended greatly to impress the casual 
passer-by; 
I wouldn’t wear my well-made coat nor 
patent leather shoes, 
I’d change the style of hat that I habitu¬ 
ally use; 
These stern decrees of custom which so 
hold me in their power— 
If I had a million dollars I’d discard them 
in an hour. 
I’d get myself a pair of shoes a long ways 
off from small. 
And if I found some cool plowed ground. 
why, I’d wear none at all. 
I’d wear a great big hat of straw with 
overhanging brim. 
And look just like the hired man, while a- 
swopplng yarns with him. 
I’d only have one gallus, and I’d wear a 
gingham shirt. 
And I’d keep away from town, so’s no 
one’s feelings would be hurt. 
And I’d make long trips to Nowhere, un¬ 
derneath the rustling trees— 
If I had a million dollars I would surely 
take my ease. 
—Washington Star. 
Khaki, which had a great vogue for 
Summer outing dresses two years ago, 
is now being utilized for cushion covers 
for outdoor usage. It is cool, weather¬ 
proof, and does not soil like delicate 
chintzes and linens. 
* 
A LITTLE convenience we saw recently 
for the first time was a washboard smali 
enough to use in an ordinary pail. It 
looked at first sight as though it be¬ 
longed to a juvenile laundry, but was 
deep enough to stand in the pail, and 
only about six inches wide. It is really 
a very great convenience in washing out 
a piece or two, too small to demand a 
regular washtub. 
* 
Never throw milky water down a 
sink without following it with a fiushing 
of soda. The milk is especiaily likely 
to clog the pipe. Lime water is also ex¬ 
cellent for fiushing sink pipes. After 
washing sandy vegetables pour off the 
dirty water, so that the sand may be 
caught and removed, not thrown down 
the sink, for grit cuts and wears the 
pipes. In scouring faucets, care should 
be taken to keep the scouring grit out 
of thd joints, as it cuts away the screw 
threads. 
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The Chicago Kecord-Herald tells this 
of a small girl who appeared to think 
that phonetic affinity in names must 
imply kinship. Katie, the romping six- 
year-old, came dancing and singing in¬ 
to the parlor. Then, seeing a strange 
caller, she stopped, abashed. 
“This is my little daughter,” said her 
mother. “Katie, this is Mrs. Baggs.” 
“How do you do, Mrs. Baggs?” said 
Katie, anxious to remove any unfavor¬ 
able impression the visitor might have 
formed. “I know a little girl at school 
named Saxe. Is she any relation of 
yours?” 
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It is noticeable that the baby clothes 
now offered by the best stores do not 
show the senseless elaboration of trim¬ 
ming or make common a few years ago. 
Rows of tucks or hemstitching—perhaps 
only a deep hem—finish the long robe, 
instead of an embroidered flounce; 
yokes and sleeves are plain, and the 
daintiness of the robe depends upon fine 
hand work rather than laces and em¬ 
broideries. The same is true of petti¬ 
coats, wrappers and cloaks. Certainly 
no fashion could be more senseless than 
that of elaborate baby clothes, with 
scratchy frills and heavy folds to tor¬ 
ment the young flesh. Ruffles put on in 
bertha style form the finish around the 
yoke or guimpe. Ribbon sashes are 
never put on young babies, but some¬ 
times a sash of nainsook or lawn star's 
from rows of shirring in the front of 
the robe, tying at the back. It is far 
better to omit such a sash, however. 
* 
A header asks us what material to 
use to clean brass. If lacquered, brass ar¬ 
ticles should be well washed with warm 
soapsuds, carefully wiped with a dry 
3850 Girl’s Costume. 
4 to 12 Years, 
cloth and then put before the fire or in 
the sun to dry perfectly. If not lac¬ 
quered, oxalic acid or polishing paste 
may be used. The acid (which is very 
poisonous) is excellent for cleaning 
brass that is badly stained; it should be 
applied with a brush, and the article 
well scrubbed, then washed, and pol¬ 
ished, with a dry flannel. Salt and 
strong vinegar is our usual material for 
cleaning brass preserving kettles; the 
brass should be well washed and thor¬ 
oughly dried afterwards. Rotten-stone 
made into a paste with kerosene or lard 
oil is excellent; this is used by engi¬ 
neers to keep the brass portions of their 
machinery bright. It should be well 
rubhed on with a flannel cloth or brush, 
until the metal has taken a fine polish; 
then washed off with strong soapsuds, 
and the surface wiped dry and polished 
with dry flannel or chamois. 
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Ax inquirer asks how to launder 
wash-silk waists. Wash in hot water 
with white soap or soap jeily; rinse 
with a little salt or vinegar in the last 
water, and iron with a rather cool iron. 
Soap jelly is made by shredding little 
pieces of white soap into hot water, and 
dissolving them. Pour enough of the 
jelly into the water to make a good 
lather. Dry wash-silk waists (and in¬ 
deed, any fabric of delicate color) in the 
shade. 'A good wash silk seems to wear 
for ever, and is extremely cool; after 
washing, however, it never has the 
crispness of cotton or linen, and does 
not usually fit as well. It cannot be 
lined without spoiling its character as 
a wash waist, and without the lining it 
becomes rather “slimpsy.” The most 
serviceable of all washing silks is tus- 
sah, which has long been a favorite in 
England for Summer gowns, dust cloaks 
and shirt waists, and is now gaining 
popularity in this country. It is made 
in China and Bengal from the cocoon 
of a caterpillar distinct from the regular 
silkworm, and is brown or khaki color. 
Rather stiff at first, it ioses this with 
frequent washings, continuing to become 
softer and silkier, and wears perpetu¬ 
ally. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The girl’ts frock shown is of the 
simpie style, belted at the waisit, now 
so popular, and is admirably suited to 
piqud, linen, chambray and tne like, as 
well os to lightweight cloths and chev¬ 
iots, The back is adjusted by means of 
the box pleats, but the blouise fronts are 
separate and seamed to the gored bkirt 
under the curved belt. At the neck is a 
round collar of the material overlaid by 
one of lace, but otherwise the dress is 
quite plain, the edges and shield being 
simply stitched or trimmed with rows 
of narrow braid. To cut this costume 
for a giri eight yearts of age, four yards 
of material 32 inches wide, or yards 
44 inches wide, will be required, with 
% yard of all-over lace for collar, and % 
yard of tucking for shield. The pattern 
3850 is cut in s.zes for girls 4, 6, 8, 10 
and 12 years of age; price 10 cents. 
The short skirt figured iis a very eco¬ 
nomical one to cut, and may be made 
with or without the flounce, as detaired. 
The original is of homespun in soft 
mixed grays, but cheviot, serge and can¬ 
vas cloth are equally suitable as well as 
pique, linen and duck. The skirt iis cut 
in seven gores and flte smoothly at the 
upper portion, while it flares about the 
feet. The flounce is circular and can be 
seamed to the edge, the material being 
cut away beneath, or applied over the 
full length skirt as preferred. To cut 
this skirt for a woman of medium size, 
eight yards of material 32 inches wide, 
5y2 yards 44 inches wide, or yards 
50 inches wide, will be required for full 
length skirt with flounce, 5% yards 32 
inches wide, 3% yards 44 inches wide, or 
3^/4 yards 50 inches wide, when skirt is 
made plain. The pattern 3852 is cut in 
sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32 inches 
waist measure; price 10 cents. 
A Successful Failure. 
It was one day last Summer, wash 
day, too, for I remember so distinctly 
3852 Seven-Gored Walking Skirt, 
22 to 32 Waist 
how dolefully long the morning had 
seemed, and how I even ate my dinner 
hastily, that I might the sooner go up¬ 
stairs and take a good long resit. iMam- 
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ma was away, and when dinner was 
nearly over, Mabel said to Papa: 
“Is the corn down in the patch ready 
to use?” 
“Yes,” came the reply, “Do you want 
some?” 
“Why, yes,” said Mabel, “I think we’ll 
try canning some this afternoon.” 1 
opened my mouth to speak, but closed 
it with only a sigh, but to one accus¬ 
tomed to read sighs that would have ex¬ 
pressed volumes. Visions of my little 
bed upstairs came up before my eyes, 
and I was sure I had that morning dls- 
covered at least 13 new muscles whose 
only known use was to ache. How that 
corn would have suffered by standing 
until morning I couldn’t see, out Mabel 
was “sot.” We got down Dr. Chase’s 
book, and found his recipe for canning 
corn. His recipes are always so good 
that we followed it without hesitation. 
Here it is: 
“Cut the raw corn off the cob and flli 
your cans (after thoroughly scalding 
them), with the corn. Take a spoon 
and press very hard so as to fili the can 
full; put on the cover loosely. Put the 
cans iato a wash boiler, after putting 
something under them to keep them 
from breaking, like the grate from the 
oven. Fill in cold water up to the bulge 
of the can, put on the boiler, cover and 
boil four hours. I'ake off the stove and 
let stand until cool enough to handle; 
fasten the covers tight and set in a cool 
place in the cellar. Take the corn w'hen 
it is just right for the table.” 
“Four hours,” 1 murmured, “why, 
Mabel, we won’t be through till mid- 
n.ght!” Mabel smiled again, one of her 
calm reassuring smiles, and replied: 
“Oh, yes, dear, we will get it all ready 
to cook by three, and then it will be off 
by seven, and that’s not so very late,” 
Papa brought in the corn and we 
husked and cut and scraped and scraped 
aind cut and husked, until it grew most 
painfully monotonous, especially as by 
three o’clock we could scarcely see the 
end of husking, and we didn’t get that 
corn on to cook until ’way after four! 
We had some factory tin cans, and used 
them. The lids have little holes in them 
and are soldered on before the cooking 
commenced. The holes were left open 
for steam to pass out. We packed the 
corn in just as tight as ever we couid, 
leaving very little room for expansion, 
but we went according to directions. 
I’ve often wondered since whether 
Chase calcuia'ted on that expansion or 
not. If any other reader of The R. 
N.-Y. ever tried the same 1 wish she 
would tell about it. 
Well, something after seven o’clock 
we assembled in the kitchen to wait, 
and were dreaming of the corn of com- 
ing days, when pop—hiss—bang—clatter 
—clutter—spluch! The boiler lid was 
lifted clear off somewhere, the stove 
was a sight, the floor recarpeted im¬ 
promptu, the pipes and pump scarcely 
recognizable, and Mabel’s bonnet was 
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