1905. 
Cool Drinks 
Lemonade is always an acceptable drink, 
and with a little previous preparation may 
be served at any time without trouble. 
There arc several ways of doing this, some 
of them very much alike, but all of them 
good. A little lemon syrup put in a 
tumblerful of very cold water gives a 
lemonade lit for a king, and may be made 
with or without acid. To make a syrup 
containing acid peel the yellow rind from 
a dozen lemons (as thinly as possible) ; 
put the peel with four pounds of loaf 
sugar and poor over it two quarts of boil¬ 
ing water. Squeeze the juice from the 
lemons and add to it four ounces tartaric 
acid. Mix all together and strain. When 
perfectly cold put into bottles and cork 
tightly. For syrup without acid grate the 
yellow of the rind from 12 lemons and 
mix with six pounds granulated sugar; 
add two quarts of water and boil until it 
thickens (skimming off all scum that 
rises). Add the juice from the 12 lemons 
and boil 15 minutes longer. Bottle, and 
cork tightly. Keep either of the syrups 
in a cool place. Orange syrup may he 
made in the same way, but less sugar is 
needed where the oranges are sweet ones. 
A preparation in powder form is, some¬ 
times, more desirable than the syrup, and 
is particularly nice for the traveler to 
carry. Take one-half of loaf sugar and 
rub over two large lemons to get the 
flavor (rub until you fairly “take the skin 
off”) ; crush the sugar as finely as pos¬ 
sible and mix with it four ounces carbon¬ 
ate of soda and four ounces tartaric acid. 
Rub through a fine sieve and put into a 
warm and perfectly dry bottle, or can. 
Cork tightly and keep where it will be as 
dry as possible. Use a teaspoonful to a 
tumbler of water. To change the color 
and flavor of these drinks add to the 
syrup, or powder, some kind of fruit 
syrup. If the drink is then called by the 
name of the fruit added, making it straw¬ 
berry lemonade (or whatever the fruit is) 
the change will seem even greater. The 
fruit syrup is added when mixing the 
drink, and the amount will be regulated 
by circumstances and taste—a half-tea- 
spoonful of some syrups giving more color 
and flavor than twice the amount of 
others. The work required for the prepa¬ 
ration of these “foundations” is practic¬ 
ally nothing when compared with that re¬ 
quired in making lemonade in the usual 
way half-a-dozen different times—and it 
is a “mighty big” satisfaction to know it 
is ready for instant use. 
EVA RYMAN-GAII.I.ARD. 
Mental Tonics. 
Nowadays we hear and read so much of 
mind cures, superiority of mind over mat¬ 
ter, healing by suggestion and other the¬ 
ories, both logical and illogical, that we 
sometimes feel inclined to put it all aside 
as rubbish. Yet we all know there is 
“something to it.” and as we think our 
lives to be so will they become to a cer¬ 
tain extent. While this belief may not 
enable us to deny some bodily ailment or 
pay the grocer’s hill, it may be of practical 
benefit in our daily lives. Think how 
much more labor wc accomplish in a sin¬ 
gle day when our minds are in a serene, 
cheerful, active condition. Monotonous 
and even disagreeable tasks are dispatch¬ 
ed with ease if our minds are busy with 
higher thoughts. But how shall we, 
amidst the cares and trials of this world, 
keep our minds in this happy state? Ah! 
there is the rub! So let me, if you will 
pardon personalities, tell of some of the 
ways “my own life has proved true.” 
In looking back ovet* the years spent on 
a prairie farm “four miles from a lemon,” 
I can see how the fact that I always had 
a hobby—a “something going”—entirely 
different from my daily round of house¬ 
hold duties, helped to keep me cheerful, 
contented and served as a mental tonic. 
There was the Chautauqua course of 
study, two hours’ work each day, pursued 
at first alone, later with friends, busy 
women like myself. How potatoes were 
pared and dishes washed with a book 
propped open before me; sweeping and 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
dusting was dispatched with ease when with silk simply stitched, as illustrated, or 
the mind busied itself with snatches of trimmed with banding as preferred. I lie 
Greek history and art. The Chautauqua quantity of material required for the 
diploma which hangs in my room to-day, medium size (14 years) is 6)4 yards 21, 
does not simply represent so many books 5)4 yards 27 or 3)4 yards 44 inches wide 
read, so many facts stored away in my 
mind, to render more intelligible all future 
reading, but it also means a richer, broad¬ 
er, happier home life to look back upon, 
and the power to pass along helpful 
knowledge to others—but that is a differ¬ 
ent story. 
Then there was the little, struggling 
country Sabbath school, made up mostly 
of children of foreign parentage, where 
for lack of better material, 1 served as 
superintendent, organist and teacher. With 
what prayerful zeal l labored! It seems, 
recalling it, that 1 received more benefit 
from it than anyone else. It certainly 
served as a spiritual tonic, and how 
many such we do need to keep 
our minds attuned aright. Then farmer’s 
wives and daughters find opportunities for 
doing charity work, even such as our city 
sisters lay hold of. A little time and 
thought given to the uplifting of the hired 
help within our homes is often of lasting 
benefit to them. A young girl o'f foreign 
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5064 Misses’ Seven Gored Umbrella Skirt, 
12 to 16 years. 
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hM been nsed by Millions of Mothers for their 1 
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TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. 
The 
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birth, once came to onr home. Finding when material has figure or nap. 5)4 
her ambitious to get an education, I spent yards 21, 4)4 yards 27 or 2)4 yards 44 in- 
some time each day. for months, teaching ches wide when it has not. The pattern 
her and afterwards loaned her books, 56064 is cut in sizes for misses of 12, 14 
money and gave her clothing to enable her and 16 years of age; price 10 cents, 
to attend school and fit herself for a There are advantages in the circular 
teacher. To go over my old text-books, cloak for infants’ wear which every 
to help and to plan for her was a pleasure, mother who has struggled to slip sleeves 
and thereby was my reward assured; but, over tiny arms will recognize. No. 5044 
dear sisters, another reward came sure is a most attractive one that can be made 
and soon. This girl, grown to capable with the cape and hood, or plain, as may 
womanhood, took up a burden which I, in be liked. In the illustration it is made of 
my weakness, was obliged to lay down, cream white henrietta with trimming of 
and is to-day in her distant home, doing a silk embroidery and fancy stitching, but 
work for me which I could never have bengaline, peau de soie and similar silks, 
willingly entrusted to any one else. So 
let us lay hold of all the opportunities that 
come in our way, and if our pet hobby be 
aong the line of study, charity work, 
music, birds, tlowers or earning a little 
money of "our very own” let us pursue it 
with zeal and enthusiasm, not allowing it 
to interfere with our daily duties, but 
rather helping to keep our minds in that 
happy state wherein no work is drudgery. 
And now that the old farm life is a 
thing of the past and club meetings, lec¬ 
tures, church societies and social duties 
threaten to become, not mental tonics, but 
tasks, I find the old enemy, discontent— 
just as liable to creep in upon me as in 
those days. 
So I take a new tack with myself, and 
term it “mental suggestion by compari¬ 
son.” Nothing like a high-sounding 
name: For instance, if I am not well, I 
suggest to myself: “What if you were in 
the condition of Mrs. So and So” and I 
begin to be so thankful that I am not, that 
1 almost forget my ailments. Again, if 
I see my friends driving about or whizzing 
past in automobiles, while I perhaps am 
not able even to walk out, I suggest to 
myself: “Now I can sit here on the' ver¬ 
anda when my work is done, and enjoy 
the sunshine and flowers, while my east¬ 
ern friends are shut in by cold and Bedford cord and such simpler washable 
storms” and again my mind is serene, materials as pique all are suitable, while 
Not long since a Russian lady of no- trimming appropriately can be of lace or 
bility lectured before our club, endeavor- embroidery or the little coat can be left 
ing to interest us in her poor peasant sis- plain as shown in the back view. Both 
ters, and their lace work. She told us coat and cape are circular, fitted at the 
of their tiny mud huts with thatched shoulders by means of short darts, while 
roofs, of their bare, cramped lives with the hood is arranged over both and the 
nothing to look forward to and yet she little roll-over collar finishes the neck, 
said, “They are so patient—so patient.’’ 1 he quantity of material required is (> 
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6044 Infants Circular Cloak, Oue size. 
in comparing their lot with ours, it seems yards *27 or 3)4 yards 44 inches wide^vith ^la^reemveu 
to day withdrawn. 
Supervised by New York 
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that we, their American sisters, ought to 5 yards of embroidery and /> yard of silk 
be in a constant state of thankfulness. 
Just suggest, to ourselves: “What if we 
were living in a dark mud hut, making 
lace by the light of a burning stick thrust 
in the chinks of the wall.” So really our 
environment is just as we take it, and 
we go hack to the Scripture saying: “As 
a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” 
MARY S. STELSON. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The plain skirt is always in demand. 
No. 5064 is one of the latest designed for 
young girls cut in what is known as um¬ 
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washable materials, but also is correct for 
wool and silk. The skirt is cut in seven 
gores and is laid in inverted plaits at the 
back, while its lower edge can be finished 
ining for hood. The pattern 5044 is cut 
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