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THE RUE A Iv NEW-YORKER 
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Baby’s Cap from Handkerchief. 
One of our readers kindly sends a 
clipping from the May number of “The 
Housewife,” which gives concise direc¬ 
tions for making a child’s cap from a 
fine lace-trimmed handkerchief of 
cross-bar lawn. The picture shows a 
cap with two side pieces curving from 
the nape of the neck up over the crown, 
with a straight centerpiece fitted all the 
way along this curve to the front, in¬ 
stead of the little round crown so of¬ 
ten used. Fold the handkerchief in 
half, then in quarters. Measure an inch 
from the top fold, then starting at this 
point lightly pencil a curve down to 
the bottom of the fold which outlines 
a quarter of the handkerchief, and cut 
two of the quarters along this curve, 
which will give you the sides of the 
cap, and leave the other half of the 
handkerchief in one piece. Trim the 
cut side of this large piece straight, and 
cut from it a strip two inches wide, 
which will be bordered at each end by 
the handkerchief trimming. As this 
strip will measure a little longer than 
the curved edges of the side pieces, it 
will be necessary to take off the extra 
length from just above the trimming at 
one end, then reattach the trimming by 
overhanding. Join the straight strip to 
the side, pieces along the curved sides 
of the latter, using either a French 
seam or a fell, or if the handkerchief 
is very fine and sheer, roll the edges 
and whip them together on the wrong 
side. In the present instance a French 
seam was used, then outlined with 
feather stitching on the right side, 
worked with wash floss. Form the 
straight strip in two little plaits at the 
front and back, tacking these down, 
then trim with ribbon bows or rosettes. 
For tiny babies it is well to put in a 
removable lining of Florence silk. 
Sick-Abed Carries. 
She was a very active little girl, but 
only her round, miserable, little face 
was visible above the many blankets, 
for as she informed me, her measles 
“were broken out just awful!” 
“And I’m so tired of lying here with¬ 
out a single thing to do,” she added 
disconsolately. 
“And I’m so tired trying to keep her 
from doing a single thing,” sighed her 
mother. 
“Well, now I have come and we will 
play games,” I said cheerfuly. 
"Oh!” cried the child rapturously. 
And for the next hour she was so 
happy that she became quite tired with 
the playing and went to sleep content¬ 
edly. And every day thereafter we 
played our sick-abed games until the 
“just awful” measles had retreated and 
the uneasy patient was released. As 
there are many other little sick-abed 
children to be entertained, I will tell 
how we played, for the benefit of their 
tired mothers. 
Hide-and-Seek.—“I’ll hide first,” I 
said. So I waited a moment, thought 
where I should hide, and then said, 
“Coop!”—all in my comfortable rock¬ 
ing chair. 
“You’re in the hall closet,” guessed 
the little girl. 
“No,” I said. And she continued to 
“look” until she found the right place. 
Then it was her turn to “hide.” 
Travel Game.—I had to begin this 
game to give my companion the cue. 
“I went to a country across the ocean 
where the mountains are high and 
rough, the natives tall and fair, the—” 
“Norway,” guessed the little girl. 
“The Winters severe,” I continued, 
“and the people noted for their love of 
religion and learning.” 
“Scotland!” said the girl. That was 
right. Then she went for a journey, 
and I guessed her country. This game 
proved great fun, and was very instruc¬ 
tive. 
Hide the Thimble.—I “gave” her the 
thimble, telling her she must hide it in 
plain sight in the room. When it was 
“hidden” to her satisfaction, I said : 
“It is on the end of the curtain rod.” 
“You’re cold,” was the answer, indi¬ 
cating that I was nowhere near it. 
“It is on the left-hand bed-post,” I 
next guessed. 
“Warmer,” was the encouraging an¬ 
swer, and so on until it was found. 
A Visit to the Zoo.—“I went to the 
Zoo and saw an animal very much like 
a tiger, only smaller. It was very 
pleasant if well treated, but if anyone 
hurt or angered it, it would fly at them 
in a passion, tearing them with its 
sharp claws.” 
The little girl* was mystified, so I 
continued: 
“It is a beast of prey, and tortures 
its captives before killing and eating 
them. When it is happy it sings con¬ 
tentedly —” 
“Oh, it’s a cat!” exclaimed the child 
disgustedly. “Think of being caught 
with such a common animal!” Then 
she described an animal for me to 
guess. Very simple games, but most 
entertaining for a child who must be 
kept very quiet. Another advantage is 
that the mother may get a real rest 
while playing them, which she cannot 
when showing pictures or doing the 
many things usually employed in enter¬ 
taining sick children; and it is much 
less fatiguing than continuous story¬ 
telling. The child enjoys its part of 
the play without undue excitement or 
physical weariness, alice m. ashton. 
Koumyss Again. 
The R. N.-Y. has given several for¬ 
mulas for koumyss and none of them 
quite like mine, evolved after many 
trials and wasting more gallons of 
good milk. When properly made it is 
very nourishing, and agreeable to weak 
or delicate stomachs. If to be used as 
food take one gallon new milk, heat to 
85 or 90 degrees, add half cake com¬ 
pressed yeast (cornmeal paste may be 
used, but more is needed) dissolved in 
warm milk; keep the milk at the above 
temperature until it commences to bub¬ 
ble. Bottle on the first sign of bub¬ 
bling. Use good bottles and good 
corks, and a champagne tap to draw it. 
If properly made the cork cannot be 
taken out without losing all the 
koumyss and covering everything in 
the vicinity with milk. The best 
koumyss is made with old koumyss 
for starter, as that made with yeast will 
have the yeast taste. Koumyss should 
have three to five days to ripen after 
bottling, and should be kept at a tem¬ 
perature not above 60 degrees. Some 
persons and some stomachs prefer it 
two or three weeks old. When old 
koumyss is used for a starter about 
one quart to the gallon of milk, if the 
koumyss is not more than a week or 
ten days old; if older use less. The 
koumyss may be put in bottles after 
the yeast or starter is added, the bot¬ 
tles left open and placed in water up 
to the necks and the water kept at the 
85 or 90 degrees temprature. It should 
be watched and the corks put in as soon 
as fermentation commences. The corks 
should first be soaked in hot water and 
driven in tightly with a corker and 
wired or securely tied down. If prop¬ 
erly made it is truly a “milk cham¬ 
pagne,” but few will attain the best suc¬ 
cess in the first trial. If to be used as 
a beverage, one part water to four of 
milk may be used. It can be made 
most successfully in a creamery, where 
all the appliances and conveniences are 
at hand, and should be a profitable ar¬ 
ticle of sale. The writer would be 
glad to buy it at two or three or four 
times the cost of milk, per quart or gal¬ 
lon. KOUMYSS LOVER. 
“These are the gifts I ask 
Of thee. Spirit serene : 
Strength for the daily task. 
Courage to faee the road. 
Good cheer to help me hear the traveler’s 
load. 
And for the hours of rest that come be¬ 
tween 
An Inward joy in all things heard and 
seen.” —Credit Lost. 
Dainty Cakes. 
Date Patty Cakes.—Mix a third of a 
cupful of soft butter with one and one- 
third cupful of brown sugar. When 
partly creamed break in two eggs and 
beat the mixture until very light. Then 
add half a cupful of milk. Add one 
and three-fourths cupfuls of sifted 
flour. in which has been mixed two 
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Beat 
to a smooth batter, then stir in half a 
teaspoonful each of cinnamon and nut¬ 
meg. Add half a pound of dates which 
have had the stones removed, cut small, 
and mixed with a little flour. Then 
beat hard for two or three minutes. 
Bake in small fancy patty pans, in a 
moderate oven. When cold cover with 
vanilla icing. 
Orange Gingerbread.—Mix with two 
pounds and a quarter of flour one 
pound and three-quarters of molasses, 
three-quarters of a pound of candied 
orange peel cut very fine, three-quar¬ 
ters of a pound of moist sugar, t/ie 
ounce of ground ginger, and one ounce 
of allspice. Melt three-quarters of a 
pound of butter in a saucepan until it 
is oiled, then mix with the other ma¬ 
terials. Cover, put in a cool place and 
let stand for ten or twelve hours. Roll 
out about half an inch thick and cut 
into pieces rather longer than square. 
With a knife roughen the top of each 
cake, brush over with milk mixed with 
the yolk of an egg. Bake in a moderate 
oven and do not brown much. 
Goldenrod Cake.—Beat the yolks of 
six eggs very light. Gradually beat 
into these half a cup of sugar, then two 
tablespoons of milk or orange juice, 
and, lastly, half a cup of sifted flour, 
sifted again with a level teaspoon of 
baking powder and a few grains of salt. 
Bake in an oven a little hotter than for 
ordinary sponge cake, and turn from 
the tins as soon as it is removed from 
the ovens. If flavoring is desired use 
one-half teaspoon of vanilla or a grat¬ 
ing of orange rind. This recipe will 
make twelve charlotte russe cases. This 
cake is very tender and fine-grained. 
Raised Doughnuts. — When baking 
bread take a piece of bread the size of 
a small loaf, one-half cup sugar, one- 
half cup butter or drippings (add a 
level teaspoon salt if butter is not 
used), one saltspoon each of ground 
cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg; mix to¬ 
gether with the hands, turn on to 
floured board and knead quickly and 
lightly until dough is smooth and 
springy, not stiff; put in a warm, but¬ 
tered bowl and place in a warm place 
to raise; when light (about double 
original bulk) turn out on floured 
board, roll thin, cut and make into 
old-fashioned braids twists and bow- 
knots ; set aside on board to raise; 
when light fry in very hot fat until 
brown; lift, drain and roll in powdered 
sugar. 
Sugar Ginger Cake.—One cup of best 
New Orleans molasses, one teaspoonful 
of ginger, a little salt, two tablespoon¬ 
fuls of melted beef drippings; 
pour two-thirds of a cup of boiling wa¬ 
ter upon a rounded teaspoon ful of bak¬ 
ing soda; stir in the molasses and 
other ingredients, and when the mix¬ 
ture foams add sifted flour to make a 
soft batter. Do not have it stiff It 
takes two full cups of pastry flour. 
Poor molasses gives a bitter flavor, but 
it is a very nice cake properly made. 
Bake in shallow pan. 
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Calico House-dresses 
Charming inexpensive gowns made 
o£ Simpson - Eddystone Silver Grey 
cotton prints are worn by thousands of 
women to-day. The fast color, beau¬ 
tiful designs and fine fabrics have made 
these dress-goods the standard for over 
65 years. 
Some designs with a new silk finish. 
Ask your dealer for Simpson-Eddystone Prints. If he 
hasn't them write us his name. We'll help him supply 
you. Don’t accept substitutes and imitations. 
The Eddystone Mfg. Co., Philadelphia 
Established by Win* Simpson, Sr. 
Three generalioos ol 
Simpsons have made 
PRINTS 
Founded IS42 
