1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
479 
Tested Cake Icings. 
Maple Frosting.—Beat white of one egg 
stiff. Melt one-half pound of maple 
sugar with one-half cup of water. Cook 
till it forms a soft ball in cold water. Let 
it cool slightly, just so it will not cook 
the egg. Add slowly to white of egg. 
beating all the time. Beat till cold. 
Spread on cake. 
Cream Maple Icing.—Boil one cupful of 
maple sugar with a half cupful of sweet 
cream until it looks thick and will form a 
soft mass when dropped into cold water. 
Add the strained juice of one lemon and 
a pinch of cream tartar. Beat until cold 
and thick. By omitting the lemon and 
using a cupful of chopped nuts a rich fill¬ 
ing for cake is obtained. 
Chocolate Icing.—Boil one and three- 
quarters cups of granulated sugar with a 
cup of water until it threads when dropped 
from the spoon; then turn it slowly into 
four ounces of grated chocolate, melted 
over hot water, stir rapidly, flavor with a 
little cinnamon, grated nutmeg or clove. 
Use while hot. 
Caramel Frosting.—One cupful of 
brown sugar, one-quarter of a cupful of 
milk; bail till it threads—about six min¬ 
utes ; add a piece of butter the size of a 
hickory nut. Flavor with vanilla. Stir 
till right thickness to spread. 
Chocolate Frosting.—One and one-third 
cup sugar, one-third cup sweet milk, wal¬ 
nut of butter, one ounce of grated choc¬ 
olate. Boil until the mass throws large, 
shiny bubbles. Take off the stove, let 
partially cool, add one teaspoonful of va¬ 
nilla and stir till cold, adding cold milk 
if the frosting appears too thick. If it 
runs from the spoon in a thick stream 
when cold it is just right to spread and 
cut well. This is a nice icing to use on a 
cream layer cake for a chocolate cream 
cake. Make the cream filling as follows: 
Cream Filling.—Put one and one-fourth 
cup of milk on the stove in a granite ware 
pan. Mix together one-third of a cup of 
sugar and two tablespoonfuls of flour, 
one-fourth cup of milk and add to the 
boiling milk, stirring constantly for sev¬ 
eral minutes until the mixture has thick¬ 
ened. Take off the stove, add a walnut 
of butter, a teaspoonful of vanilla and the 
yolks of two eggs beaten up with a 
tablespoonful of water. Mixing in the 
order given will insure a smooth filling. 
Chocolate Frosting With Eggs.—One 
cupful of sugar moistened with water. Boil 
till clear. Beat the yolks of three- eggs, 
add about one square of grated chocolate; 
beat well. Pour the hot sugar on the 
yolks, stirring rapidly so as not to let the 
egg set. Flavor with vanilla. Stir till 
thick enough to spread. 
A Bachelor Farm Home. 
The day was mild and soft and just 
the proper time for the long ride to the 
old farm home, now cared for by a bach¬ 
elor brother. It was almost dark when 
we drove along by the barn; Brother Will 
came out of the horse stable and greeted us 
with a hearty welcome, and told me to 
run in the house while he helped to put 
out the horse. How natural everything 
looked as I came in the back way and 
went in the living room. A bright wood 
fire was burning, making the tea-kettle 
sing; the clock was striking six on one 
side of the room, the telephone was ring¬ 
ing on the other. Every piece of furni¬ 
ture was in its usual place, but all these 
things were inanimate, and I looked in 
vain for the forms of the loved ones who 
one by one had gone from this dear old 
home. There had been born and reared 
in this home a large family. Father and 
Mother had passed on with the great ma¬ 
jority, and brothers and sisters had scat¬ 
tered, making homes for themselves in 
neighboring towns and Western States, 
leaving this one brother to do the hospi¬ 
talities of the old home. Such a good 
visit as we had that night! First in order 
he must get us some supper, but that he 
said was a short job, for he had plenty to 
eat, and he would set the table right 
away, for the men who were drawing hay 
would soon be home. Would I just try 
those potatoes and see if they were done? 
Yes, those potatoes were baked just right, 
and we decided that the supper was excel¬ 
lent; we certainly did justice to it after 
our long drive. The bread is brought 
34 to 44 bust. 
from the city by the R. F. D. man, who al¬ 
ways eats his noon lunch with this bach¬ 
elor farmer. A good neighbor woman is 
hired to come one day in a week, or when¬ 
ever extra workmen are there, and she 
bakes a quantity of pies, cakes and cookies, 
so that with one cow’s milk, honey, but¬ 
ter and eggs and an abundance of canned 
fruit the table is well equipped. In fact, 
when I visited the cellar and saw the bar¬ 
rels full of potatoes and apples, crocks of 
butter, two barrels of meat, a cupboard 
full of canned goods all arranged in such 
6360 Misses’ Princesse Slip, 
12 to 16 years. 
excellent order, I made up my mind that 
a man could keep a house better than a 
woman could run a farm—and lots of 
women are doing that. Yes, but you say, 
he must be lonely. Not a bit of it. Hard¬ 
ly an hour passes by that he is not called 
up on the ’phone by some of his nieces or 
nephews or neighbors perhaps 10 or 12 
miles away, and a little visit is enjoyed. 
The telephone and R. F. D., bringing to 
his door four daily papers, have given to 
this farmer good intercourse with the out¬ 
side world without forcing him to battle 
with crowds, dust and noise. 
Now I don’t say that this man’s home 
would be more enjoyable with a good 
wife at the fore, but I do say that many 
men are left without help in the house, 
and are not living up to their possibil¬ 
ities. This man has demonstrated that he 
can keep a home to which all his friends 
love to go. In this vicinity where all the 
young men and women are going to the 
city shops there are a great many homes 
left without women housekeepers, and to 
these homekeepers I want to say a word. 
You can make these homes just as bright 
and cheery as a woman if you set out to 
do it. Of course you cannot work outside 
and also do the work properly inside, but 
if you can hire outside and keep an over¬ 
sight you can learn to be first-class house¬ 
keepers, and soon you will enjoy your work 
just as any one does who learns to do a 
thing well. You can, with good fruit and 
garden, and the foods that come already 
prepared for use, which you can keep on 
hand, be ready to set a table that the same 
young people who have been living in 
cheap boarding houses in the city will 
greatly enjoy when they get out over Sun¬ 
day. SISTER JENNET. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Tailored waists with elbow sleeves and 
negligee collars are a favorite model this 
year, and are very desirable for linen, 
madras, duck, pique, etc. The waist is 
made with the fronts and back, the back 
being plain while the fronts are tucked, 
and is finished with hems at its front 
edges. The collar illustrated is of the 
soft negligee sort and joined to the neck 
edge while the sleeves are simply full and 
finished with roll-over cuffs. A stock can, 
however, be substituted if better liked and 
narrow bands can take the place of the 
cuffs if a plainer finish is desired. The 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size is 3^4 yards 21, 3*4 yards 27 or 
1 1A yard 44 inches wide. The pattern 5350 
is cut in sizes for a 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 
44 inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
The princess slip is very useful to wear 
under thin gowns. The misses’ model 
shown consists of the waist and the pet¬ 
ticoat. The waist is made with front and 
backs that are drawn up at the waist line, 
while the skirt is five gored and the two 
are joined by means of a belt. The short 
sleeves are shaped to be plain at the top, 
while the elbow sleeves are in bishop style. 
The quantity of material required for the 
medium size (14 years) is 6J4 yards 21, 
4 yards 36 or 3J4 yards 44 inches wide, 
with 4% yards of embroidery 7 inches 
wide, or \ l / 2 yard of additional material 
21, 1J4 yard 36 or 24 yard 44 inches wide, 
for the frill 5*4 yards of insertion, 4*4 
yards of narrow edging and 4 ]/ 2 yards of 
beading to make as illustrated. The pat¬ 
tern 5360 is cut in sizes for girls of 12, 14 
and 16 years of age; price 10 cents. 
Those young peonle will turn out to be 
the best men who have been guarded most 
effectually in their childhood from every 
species of useless vexation, and experi¬ 
enced, in the greatest degree, the blessings 
of a wise and rational indulgence.—Syd¬ 
ney Smith. 
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tanks 
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family. It is a beauty, and we are able to 
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It is a 31-piece breakfast set in Prince 
decoration, which is a beautiful pure gold bor¬ 
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of each piece. The flower is fixed perma¬ 
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pretty and popular. The set consists of six 
plates, six cups, six saucers, six butters, six 
oatmeal and one meat plate. 
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remaining issues of this year free and a copy 
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by Christmas. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NEW YORK 
FREIGHT 
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