1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Mrs. Spraker Talks. 
“Do you use macaroni?” I asked. 
Mrs. Spraker nodded a bit mysteriously, 
1 thought. 
“I used to get it,” I went on, “but of 
late all the stores have the American kind, 
and I can’t say I like it as well.” 
“No,” said Mrs. Spraker regretfully, 
“I’m as patriotic as most, and I like to 
stand up for my country and its insti- 
6289 Child’s One-Piece Dress 
2 , 4 and 6 years. 
tutions, on every occasion, but when it 
comes to macaroni I must say that I fail 
in patriotism. And there’s the American 
olive oil. It is all right if one likes the 
flavor, but I don’t. And yet what would 
we do for cotton cloth and thread and 
cotton batting if it wasn’t for the Amer¬ 
ican olive plant?” 
Mrs. Spraker sighed and shook her 
head. We both fell silent and I thought 
the subject was closed, but in a few min¬ 
utes she opened it again. 
“I’ll tell you something,” she said con¬ 
fidentially. “I had the same trouble that 
you did for years and I got along without 
macaroni, for I would rather have none 
than the American kind. Well, a short 
time ago some one told me that I could get 
the real olive oil of the Italian fruit deal¬ 
ers. I found it so. It comes in tin cans 
6302 Boy’s “Buster Brown” Suit, 
4 to 8 years. 
and is very nice. It occurred to me to 
ask this Italian woman—she is real neat 
and handsome and keeps a clean, tidy 
store—if she kept macaroni. She beamed 
upon me and said she sold a great deal 
of it. She weighed it out for me and put 
it in a paper bag, for it comes in cases, 
and not in the long packages we used to 
see it in. I found it as good as the olive 
oil.” 
“I’m ever so much obliged to you for 
telling me this,” I said. 
“And I will tell you how I cook it,” she 
went on. She was in a most amiable 
mood and her usual sharpness had entire¬ 
ly disappeared. 
“It needs a great deal of cooking; I al¬ 
low two or three hours for it. I boil it 
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nearly two hours in plenty of water; it 
needs to boil good and hard, too, and to 
be stirred occasionally to keep it from 
sticking. I’ cook mine in an old round- 
bottomed iron kettle, that is nice and 
smooth. When the macaroni is done I 
pour it into a colander and pour cold 
water through it. When it is drained I 
put it back into the kettle and set it to 
cooking again, covered this time with 
milk. It wants to simmer gently and 
must be stirred often. If it gets too thick 
put in more milk; you have .to use your 
judgment. Season it with salt and but¬ 
ter, and when it is thick and creamy turn 
it out into a baking dish, one that you can 
send to the table; cover the macaroni 
with buttered cracker crumbs and put in 
the oven to brown. If you’ve been care¬ 
ful and not let it scorch you’ll find it deli¬ 
cious.” 
And when I had followed her directions 
I found her words true. 
SUSAN B. ROBBINS. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Nothing suits little children quite so 
well as the simple one-piece dresses that 
are confined at the waist by means of 
belts. This one is made of pale blue 
French gingham with trimming of em¬ 
broidery and makes one of the advance 
models for the coming season. The little 
dress is made with back and fronts and 
is laid in box plaits that are stitched flat 
to the waist line and is finished with a 
sailor collar. The bishop sleeves are fin¬ 
ished with straight cuffs and there is a 
narrow standing collar at the neck. The 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size (4 years) is 3 yards 27, 2-Hs 
yards 36 or 2J4 yards 44 inches wide with 
l-Hs yard of banding to trim as illustrat¬ 
ed. The pattern 5289 is cut in sizes for 
children of 2, 4 and 6 years of age; price 
10 cents. 
Unquestionably the blouse suit is the 
favorite one for little boys. The suit is 
made with the blouse and knickerbockers. 
The blouse is tucked to give a broad box 
plait effect at both front and back and is 
closed invisibly at the right of the front. 
The sleeves are full, tucked at the wrists, 
and the blouse is held in place by means 
of a belt. The knickerbockers are of the 
regulation sort, comfortably full and 
drawn up by means of elastic inserted in 
the hems. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size (6 years) is 
4)4 yards 27, 3)4 yards 32 or 2)4 yards 
44 inches wide. The pattern 5302 is cut 
in sizes for boys of 4, 6 and 8 years of 
age; price 10 cents. 
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kitchen for easy work. Have the con¬ 
veniences that lighten labor and prevent 
drudgery. One of the most useful inven¬ 
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but the work of a moment to turn the 
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ples, or any of the various articles of 
food in use daily. If done by hand the 
process requires at least half an hour for 
each article. Keep it fastened on the 
edge of a shelf or table always ready for 
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PRINTS 
Simpson - Eddystone 
Shepherd Plaids 
Nothing more appropriate and 
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dresses. Surely no more durable, 
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Ask your dealer for 
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W E offer people in the 
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(Successor to Bussey <fc McLeod, Est. 1860) 
SIX BILLION DOLLARS 
were earned last year by the American Farmer_ 
he has changed the United States from a debtor 
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the value of farms has increased 33 1-3 per cent. 
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At your druggist’s. Jayne’s Sanative Pills 
