1907. 
4 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
117 
Cup Custards. 
I sometimes make cup custards to put 
up for luncheon, but not liking to make 
the lunch bag any heavier with a thick 
cup, I cook the custard in a tumbler. I 
set the glass of raw custard in the lower 
part of my double boiler, with something 
to keep the glass off the bottom, then 
put in warm water to almost the height 
of the custard, then put on the cover of 
5572 Girl’s Peter Pan Dress, 
6 to 12 years. 
the boiler and let the water heat up. 
When it boils the custard will usually be 
done just right—firm, but not wheyey. 
_ s. B. R. 
Airing; the Spare Bed. 
You have doubtless all heard and read 
of that deadly spare bed, if you have not 
enjoyed the experience of sleeping in one 
of them. It is said to be located in the 
coldest northwest chamber of country 
homes, reserved for the occasional guest. 
Those cold beds with the temperature of 
the room below the freezing point, are 
certainly a thing to be avoided if possi¬ 
ble, but in these days many country homes 
are heated as well as city houses, yet 
those spare beds are still a source of 
danger. For guests may come and guests 
may go, afflicted with all manner of dis¬ 
eases, the germs of which may prove far 
more dangerous in a warm atmosphere 
than m a cold one, which proves that the 
frigid atmosphere of the old-fashioned 
spare bed and spare rooms, may have 
been a better safeguard than we realized 
or knew. Germs cannot live in too cold 
an atmosphere, yet it makes us shiver to 
think of returning to it. We did not 
have germs in those days, so there were 
washed should be brushed and shaken, 
and if we know that the friend who left 
us does not enjoy good health, the clothes 
should be hung out on the clothes line 
and sunned and aired thoroughly. Sheets 
and pillow slips should be washed if they 
have only been slept in one night, al¬ 
though I have known of such being put 
on the familv beds for a week until soiled. 
It is a good plan to air the mattress and 
pillows well, but of course, all this entails 
considerable work. If you do all this, 
guests will have no occasion to shun 
your spare bed, whether it be warm or 
cold. You can never be sure that they 
will do as much for you; but you will 
feel that you have done your duty, and 
possibly protected them from harm and 
suffering. I don’t think we have guarded 
against this danger as much as we 
should, and might, consequently: 
A word in season. 
Like a stitch in time, 
May be a good reason 
For a poor rhyme. 
ALICE E. PINNEY. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The Peter Pan dress shown is a very 
popular model for girls. There is a body 
lining on which the front and the backs 
of the waist are arranged and to the lower 
edge of this and the waist the kilted skirt 
is attached, the closing being made invis¬ 
ibly at the back beneath the box plait of 
the waist and the backward-turning plaits 
of the skirt. The belt conceals the seam 
and there is a useful little pocket on 
the left of the blouse. The sleeves are 
comfortablv full and the cuffs and collar 
eithcr can be sewed to the dress or fin¬ 
ished with separate bands and attached by 
means of buttonholes and studs. The 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size ((10 years) is 5)4 yards 27, 
4 yards 36 or 3)4 yards 44 inches wide 
with 1)4 yards 36 inches wide for the 
collar and cuffs. The pattern 5572 is cut 
in sizes for girls of 6, 8, 10 and 12 years 
of age; price 10 cents. 
There is no skirt more graceful than 
the one with circular sides and here is 
an unusual model with a narrow front 
gore that forms a plait at each side and 
with double inverted plaits at the back. 
The skirt is made in three pieces. The 
front gore is narrow and is laid in an 
outward turning plait at each edge, these 
plaits being stitched flat for a portion of 
their length, while the fullness at the 
back is laid in double inverted plaits 
which also are stitched and can be trim¬ 
med with buttons or left plain as pre¬ 
ferred. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is 7)4 yards 
27, 4)4 yards 44 or 52 inches wide. The 
pattern 5568 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 
26, 28 and 30 inch waist measure; price 
10 cents. 
No matter how good your 
lamp, a Macbetii chimney 
makes it better. 
They are made to fit, and 
do not break from heat. 
/■ 
My lamp-chimneys offer 
the only practical remedy for 
all lamp-ills—good glass prop¬ 
erly made. That’s why they 
make good lamps better. 
My Index is free. 
Address, MACBETH, Pittsburgh. 
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only two risks to run, catching cold or 
freezing to death. Now we do not know 
> what chances we may be taking, when we 
) sleep away from home. Therefore it is 
> wise as well as kind to try to guard the 
guests who come to us. As soon as a 
guest leaves us the room should he thor¬ 
oughly aired and swept and dusted if pos¬ 
sible, The bed clothes which cannot be 
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