660 
TH ED RURAL’ N EW-YORKER 
May 20 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
A BUILDER'S LESSON. 
“How shall I a habit break?" 
As you did that habit make. 
As you gathered you must lose; 
As you yielded, now refuse. 
Thread by thread the strands we twist, 
Till they bind us neck and wrist. 
Thread by thread the patient hand 
Must untwine ere free we stand. 
As we builded stone by stone, 
AVe must loil unhelped, alone, 
Till the wall is overthrown. 
But remember, as we try. 
Lighter every test goes by; 
Wading in, the stream grows deep 
Toward llio center's downward sweep; 
Backward turn, each step ashore 
Shallower is than that before. 
Ah, the precious years we waste 
Leveling what we raised in haste; 
Doing what must be undone 
Ere content or love be won ! 
First across the gulf we cast 
Kite-borne threads, till lines are passed 
And habit builds the bridge at last! 
—JOHN BOYLE O'KEILLY. 
* 
Cookf.d cereal left over from breakfast 
may be made into delicious croquettes 
for luncheon or tea. As the cereal may 
vary in softness or moisture it is hard 
to give definite proportions in a recipe. 
Enough bread crumbs and egg should 
be added to bind the croquette together, 
and a few chopped dates or chopped 
nuts added, the croquettes molded, 
dipped in egg and bread crumbs, and 
fried in deep fat. 
* 
As a delicious variation of rolled jelly 
cake, use fig marmalade for filling. Chop 
one-half pound each of dates, figs and 
raisins by running through a food chop¬ 
per; add a half cup of sugar, a table¬ 
spoonful of orange juice, and the juice 
of half a lemon. Cook about five min¬ 
utes, and spread over the cake as soon 
as it comes from the oven. As soon as 
the cake is rolled, roll it up in paraffin 
paper and let it stand for a little while, 
until it becomes firmly in shape. 
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Curtains of Java print, which look 
very quaint and old-fashioned, are 
among the draperies offered for coun- 
'try houses. They are mingled Ori¬ 
ental patterns of indigo blue and white, 
and cost $4.75 a pair. Summer bed¬ 
spreads of dimity are printed in simi¬ 
lar styles of indigo and white, looking 
like the old hand-woven spreads, but 
are much lighter. Some are printed in 
a border and centerpiece of bright-col¬ 
ored birds and flowers, giving a very 
old-fashioned look. They cost from $2 
up in size for a double bed. 
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It is a little more trouble to fasten 
the skirt of a one-piece dress all the 
way down with real buttons and button¬ 
holes, but the convenience will be ap¬ 
preciated in laundering, as the whole 
dress can be opened out flat to iron. 
Where a one-piece gown is made to 
wear with a guimpe it is well to have 
the guimpe long enough to come down 
over the bust with armholes, so that 
it will stay in place without fastening 
into the frock. With an overdress the 
sleeves form a part of the guimpe, but 
where the dress has long sleeves of 
the same material a woman who per¬ 
spires very freely will find it desirable 
to have short plain sleeves in the 
guimpe,' which will aid in keeping ad¬ 
justable shields in place. 
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We have had several inquiries of 
late concerning the destruction of the 
loathsome cockroach, one of the most 
disgusting nuisances a housekeeper has 
to contend with. We have used several 
proprietary remedies to drive these cre¬ 
atures away with satisfactory results. 
Prof. J. B. Smith, in his “Economic 
Entomology,” recommends the use of 
borax mixed with chocolate. The in¬ 
sects are greedy for chocolate, while 
the borax is poisonous to them. The 
two substances should be mixed to¬ 
gether in a mortar, so that every par¬ 
ticle of chocolate will carry some borax. 
This is sifted into crevices, or any other 
places frequented by the roaches. As 
the borax is not dangerous to persons 
or domestic animals, this is a safe rem¬ 
edy to use. Another familiar roach 
destroyer is phosphorus paste, made 
by mixing phosphorus with butter, 
spread upon soft bread. If this is used 
it should be put about the last thing 
at night, and any pieces remaining re¬ 
moved the first thing in the morning, to 
avoid any risk from the poison. This 
is a familiar remedy in hothouses.where 
orchid growers are often annoyed by 
roaches, sometimes suffering from an 
infestation of the tropical type, smug¬ 
gled in among imported plants. A coun- 
6333 Misses’ Princesse Over Dress 
to be worn with any Guimpe, 
14 and 16 years. 
try housewife can usually get rid of 
the nuisance, but in a city building 
with many tenants it is very difficult, 
especially where there is an adjacent 
restaurant. One of our friends, lunch¬ 
ing recently in a restaurant of some 
hygienic distinction, saw something in 
a nearby corner which, to her excited 
gaze, seemed just about the size and 
outline of a mouse. She called the 
waiter, a smiling foreigner, who exam¬ 
ined the intruder, and reported cheer¬ 
fully: “No mouse—only a bug. I chase 
him into kitchen”—which he accord¬ 
ingly did. It was a gigantic cockroach, 
which trotted into the kitchen as though 
entirely at home, and gave such a sug¬ 
gestion of further possibilities in that 
line that our friend has avoided the 
restaurant ever since. 
Candy Information Wanted. 
Concerning the hoarhound candy re¬ 
cipe on page 430, I have repeatedly 
made candy in that manner, with and 
without the hoarhound. I get good 
hard candy that will pull and work all 
right, but it soon becomes sticky. I 
notice that the candy in the stores keeps 
a long time without becoming sticky. 
How is that freedom from stickiness 
obtained? _ t. b. 
The Rural Patterns. 
A blouse closing in front, and yet a 
little more dressy than the tailored shirt 
waist, is shown in No. 0300. The blouse 
is made with fronts and back. The back 
is tucked for its entire length, the fronts 
for their entire length at the centre, to 
yoke depth from the shoulders. A box I 
plait finishes the front. The neck Is 
finished with a neck-band and the stock 
is made separately and adjusted over 
it. The one-piece sleeves are gathered 
at their upper edges to provide the nec¬ 
essary fullness. The quantity of mate¬ 
rial required for the medium size is 3J4 
yards 21 or 24, 3 yards 32 or 2 yards 
44 inches wide, 2 yards of banding. The 
pattern 6300 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 36, 38, 40 and 42-inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents. 
A pretty little overdress is shown in 
No. 6333. The overdress consists of 
blouse portion and skirt. The blouse 
is laid in tucks over the shoulders and 
consists of the front and back portions. 
The skirt is seven gored and the two 
are joined beneath the belt. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the me- , 
dium size (16 years) is 7 yards 24 or 
27, 5)4 yards 32 or 4 yards 44 inches 
wide with J4 yard 27 inches wide for 
collar and belt. The pattern 5333 is 
cut in sizes for girls of 14 and 16 years 
of age; price 10 cents. 
Cleaning Hints. —Sifted coal ashes 
will brighten knives or tin and will re¬ 
move burnt particles from graniteware 
better than anything you can buy. A 
dish of ashes on the sink is a boon to 
housekeepers. If anyone will use an 
oyster shell to scrape the kettle cereals 
have been cooked in she will never be 
without one on the sink board. The 
sharp pointed half of the shell is best. 
SARAH ISHAM C01T. 
Our Favorite Cabbage Pickle. — 
One gallon of chopped cabbage, one- 
half gallon of chopped tomatoes, green, 
two green peppers chopped fine, one 
teaspoonful each of spice, cloves and 
black pepper ground fine; one quart 
of sugar. Cover all with vinegar, and 
cook slowly one hour. We sometimes 
add one quart of chopped green apples, j 
for a change. If pure cider vinegar is 
used this will keep all Winter in stone 
jars, but must be kept from freezing. 
MRS. D. B. p. 
Coffee Cake. —In answer to query as 
to how to make crumb covering on 
baker’s coffee cake, I submit my plan: 
lake equal parts of flour and sugar, 
say half teacupful of each for one 
cake, pour together on dough tray or 
baking board: to this add piece of but¬ 
ter large as walnut, or lard and butter, 
half and half, will do very well; then 
work all together or .cut it in with a 
knife to give proper granulated con¬ 
dition ; then add cinnamon to taste. 
Rubbing meal, sugar and butter with 
the hand tends to make the mixture too 
smooth. Manipulation with the knife 
always gives me best results. A little 
practice will make the process easy. 
C. K. M. 
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