1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
4i5 
The Rural Patterns. 
The advantages of the house gown that 
is made with waist and skirt joined at the 
belt are recognized by every busy woman, 
while the costume is the only accepted one 
for nurses’ wear. The model is adapted 
to both uses and is suited to linen, cotton 
and all the fabrics of warm weather, and 
also to light-weight washable flannels and 
wool materials. It is made with a simple 
shirt waist and six gored skirt, there be- 
6024 House Dress or Nurses’ Costume, 
32 to 42 bust. 
ing no possibility of parting the waist. 
The shirt waist is made with the regula¬ 
tion pleat at the front and shirt sleeves, 
but allows a choice of a turn-over or stock 
collar. The skirt is made with slightly 
gored front and side portions, and straight 
back and is exceptionally well adapted to 
laundering. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is 10 '/> yards 
27, 8 yards 32 or G yards 44 inches wide. 
The pattern 5024 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 3G, 38, 50 and 42 inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents. 
Nothing that the season has brought is 
more charming than the dainty chemisettes 
and half sleeves which are so much worn 
with surplice waists. In the illustration 
are shown excellent models. Lace with 
banding, as illustrated, is always charming, 
but embroidery is well liked for Summer 
dresses, while plain tuckings, inserted 
tuckings and combinations of lace with 
embroidery are many and can be varied 
to suit individual tastes. The chemisette 
to the left allows of making with the full 
length foundation and square yoke or with 
a facing of yoking material that extends 
6023 Half Sleeve and Chemisettes 
SmalL Medlun, Large. 
to the lower edge, or can be cut off at any 
desired point. The chemisette to the right 
indicates a round yoke and gives a choice 
of that or the V-shaped facing, while it 
also can be cut off if desired. The half 
sleeve shown can be varied indefinitely by 
the use of plain material with lace or em¬ 
broidery, or of inserted yoking materials. 
The quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 154 yards 27 inches wide to 
cut either chemisette and half sleeves, 
with 54 yards 18 inches wide and 154 
yards of banding for either square or 
round yoke and collar, 1 yard 18 inches 
wide for vest facing or 54 yards for point¬ 
ed facing, y\ yard of all-over lace, 54 yard 
of tucking and 1J4 yard of banding for 
half sleeves to make as illustrated in the 
medium size. The pattern 5023 is cut in 
three sizes, small, medium and large, cor- 
rcoponding to 32, 36 and 40 inch bust 
measure; price 10 cents. 
When Rhubarb is in Season. 
Rhubarb is commonly considered a 
Spring food, and is used for pies only by 
so many cooks that its common name of 
“pieplant” is as appropriate as suggestive. 
A few (comparatively) stew or bake it 
for sauce, or make an occasional shortcake 
or pudding, but that is about the limit of 
its usefulness in many cases, and what is 
not used in these ways is allowed to go 
to waste. This is not as it should be, for 
many delicious things may be made and 
stored away for use during all the year. 
A fine preserve, or marina' de, is made 
as follows: Cut a pound and a half of 
rhubarb into inch lengths and put it in 
an earthen dish. Scatter over this a 
quarter of a pound of figs and an ounce 
of candied peel (both cut fine) ; over all 
sprinkle a pound and a nuarter of sugar 
and let stand over night. In the morning 
boil for about 15 minutes, then add a 
pound of either orange or lemon pulp, cut 
fine, and cook until heavy enough to be 
firm when cold. Put in jelly glasses, and 
when cool cover with paraffin, or any other 
material used for keeping air from jellies. 
A very fine, though much simpler pre¬ 
serve, may ’be made as follows: To a 
pound of rhubarb allow a pound of sugar 
and one lemon. Cut the rhubarb and 
slice the lemon as thinly as possible (dis¬ 
carding the seeds) ; mix all together and 
let stand over night. In the morning cook 
slowly until thick enough, which may re¬ 
quire from 30 to 60 minutes. It is im¬ 
possible to give time for cooking, owing 
to the fact that the amount of water in a 
given weight of rhubarb varies in a won¬ 
derful degree. 
For jam cut tender stalks of rhubarb 
into short lengths; weigh it and put into 
stew kettle with a little less than the 
same weight of sugar and cook at once. 
If watched closely until the juice starts 
no water will be needed. Boil slowly un¬ 
til it begins to thicken, then put into 
glasses and cover when cold. The stir¬ 
ring needed to prevent scorching will 
make the jam smooth enough without sift¬ 
ing—as is sometimes done. 
A plain rhubarb jelly is easily made, and 
to be at its best should be made when the 
rhubarb is tender, using the pink variety 
without peeling it, as much of the flavor 
and all of the color is in the skin. Cook 
eight pounds of rhubarb with the yellow 
part of the peel from three lemons, in a 
covered dish, until all the juice of the 
rhubarb is free. Strain, and add all the 
juice that can be extracted from the three 
lemons. Boil half an hour and strain 
through a bag. To each cupful of this 
juice add a cup and a quarter of granu¬ 
lated sugar, which should be heated be¬ 
fore putting into the juice. Stir until the 
sugar is entirely dissolved, then boil with¬ 
out stirring until it jellies when tested. 
A fine jelly which may be made later in 
the season has three-fourths of a pound of 
tart apples (peeled and cored) cut and 
cooked with each pound of rhubarb. Cook 
until soft and drain through bag without 
pressing. Allow a cup of sugar to each 
cup of juice and proceed as in former 
recipe. 
Spiced rhubarb is fine to serve with 
either hot or cold meats, and should be 
among the things provided for Winter. 
To make it peel and slice 2J4 pounds of 
rhubarb; sprinkle a pound of sugar over 
it and let stand until morning. Drain off 
the syrup and add one cup of sugar and 
half a cupful each of vinegar and water. 
Drop into this syrup small bags filled with 
a mixture composed of one-third of a tea¬ 
spoonful each of cloves, mace, allspice and 
ginger, and a teaspoonful of cinnamon. 
Boil until the syrup begins to thicken, then 
take out the bags and add the rhubarb and 
cook until clear. The object in using 
jelly glasses for these rich confections is 
to avoid opening more than is needed 
when family is small—larger dishes or or¬ 
dinary fruit cans are all right so far as 
keeping qualities are concerned. When 
making any of these things in quantities 
a variety may be secured by dividing the 
mass and adding something to each part. 
Ginger root may be used with any of them 
and makes a decided change in flavor, or 
those which have no other fruit mixed 
with the rhubarb may have the flavor 
changed by adding chopped pineapple, cut 
raisins or figs, or any fruit the maker 
fancies. eva ryman-gaillard. 
Look out for the bright, for the bright¬ 
est side of things, and keep thy face con¬ 
stantly turned to it.—Jeremy Benlham. 
Edges That Last 
Probably you have bought edged tools made of steel that 
was crumbly, or too soft to hold an edge, or so hard as to 
be brittle. You may have bought them for good tools, too. 
There is, however, a sure way to get tools with edges that 
last. It is simply to ask for the Keen Kutter Brand when 
buying. Keen Kutter Tools have been standard of America 
for 36 years, and are in every case the best that brains, 
money and skill can produce. They are made of the finest 
grades of steel and by the most expert tool makers. As a 
complete line of tools is sold under this brand, in buying 
any kind of tool all you need remember is the name 
KEMKimR 
The draw knife shown here is an example of the excellence 
of Keen Kutter Tools. It has a nicety of balance and 
“hang,” which has never been successfully imitated, and 
it is made of the best steel ever put into a draw knife. In 
all the years that we have sold this tool we have never 
heard of one defective in any way. 
Yet the Keen Kutter Draw Knife is no better than all 
other Keen Kutter Tools. 
The Keen Kutter Line was awarded the Grand Prize at 
the St. Louis Fair, being the only complete line of tools 
ever to receive a reward at a great exposition. 
Following are some of the various kinds of Keen Kutter Tools: 
Axes, Adzes, Hammers, Hatchets, Chisels, Screw 
Drivers, Auger Bits, Files, Planes, Draw Knives, 
Saws, Tool Cabinets, Scythes, Hay Knives, Grass 
Hooks, Brush Hooks, Corn Knives, Eye Hoes, 
Trowels, Pruning Shears, Tinners’ Snips, Scissors, 
Shears, Hair Clippers, Horse Shears, Razors, etc., 
and Knives of all kinds. 
If your dealer does not keep Keen Kutter Tools, 
write us and we will see that you are supplied. 
Every Keen Kutter Tool is sold under this Mark and Motto. 
" The Recollection of Quality 'Remains 
Long After the Price is Forgotten." 
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