1911. 
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THE; RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The Rural Patterns. 
Baby’s short clothes require to be 
simple, yet shapely. In this set are in¬ 
cluded the necessary under-garments 
and a simple little dress. The petticoat 
is made with a straight gathered skirt 
and smooth fitting body portion and the 
dress is straight below the round yoke. 
It can be made either with short or long 
sleeves. The drawers are just full 
enough for comfort and can be finished 
with either embroidery or lace or with 
6854 Baby’s Set, One Size, 
simple hemmed edges. They are joined 
to bands and the bands are designed to 
be buttoned to an under-waist. The 
quantity of material required to make 
the dress is 1% yards 36 or 154 yards 44 
inches wide, with l'A yards of insertion 
and lVs yards of edging. For the petti¬ 
coat will be needed 1% yards 36 or a A 
yard 44 with 2 yards of insertion and 3 
yards of edging, and for the drawers 
will be required % yard 36 or 54 yard 
44 inches wide with 2 yards of edging. 
The pattern No. 6854 is cut in one size 
only; price 10 cents. 
The smaller pictures include 6823, 
blouse waist, with or without fitted lin¬ 
ing. 34 to 42 bust. 4% yards of ma¬ 
terial 21 or 24 in. wide, 2% yards 36, 2 
yards 44, for medium size. 6830, girl’s 
coat. To be made with sailor or notched 
collar and shield, perforated for short 
length. 4% yards of material 27 in. 
wide, 3 yards 44, 254 yards 52 with 54 
yards of silk for sailor collar, 254 yards 
of wide braid and 7 yards of narrow 
braid for trimming, for 10 year size. 
6821, girl’s dress, with straight skirt. 8, 
10 and 12 year 5% yards of material 24 
yards 44 with J4 yard 18 in. wide for 
trimming, 54 yard of any width for belt, 
for 10 year size. 6858, boy’s box plaited 
blouse suit. 2, 4 and 6 years. 4% 
yards 24 or 27 inches wide, or 2% yards 
36 or 44 inches wide for a boy of 4 
years. 6847, muff and collarette, collar¬ 
ette to be made with or without collar, 
with pointed or straight outline at back. 
1/4 ,yards of material 36 in. wide, 154 
yards 52 inches wide, with 2'A yards of 
satin for lining. One size; price of 
each pattern 10 cents. 
Enough for Two Days. 
All housekeepers are familiar with the 
plan of doing baking a day ahead when 
there is to be company or an extra lot 
of men to feed, but very few manage 
their work to admit of doing much cook¬ 
ing before the day it is needed. Yet this 
is one of the most economical ways of 
getting along known, and if the right 
foods are selected there is nothing lost 
in the way of flavor. Take old-fashioned 
succotash for example. This is a good 
hearty dish, and is relished alike by men 
from the field and by company, town 
company especially. Pick and boil your 
beans the day before needed, as this is 
the tedious task. Cook with the ham 
bone or bit of bacon and set away in the 
granite kettle till next day. Half an 
hour before dinner bring to a boil and 
add the corn and potatoes. In an emer¬ 
gency the corn and all but the potatoes 
may be cooked the day before, and sim¬ 
ply re-heated when needed. Season with 
butter, pepper and salt and no one will 
guess it was prepared the day before at 
leisure. 
Puddings of all sorts may be made the 
day before needed and simply reheated. 
I have done this many times without 
being suspected. Bake and set in a cool 
place, warming half an hour before they 
are to be served. Meat loaf for two 
days is easily managed, though the gravy 
should all be made the first day and 
then reheated. Never try to heat the 
gravy the second day in the same pan 
with the loaf. Chicken for pot pie or 
for chicken pie may be cooked the day 
before, provided it is allowed to cool 
without a cover, and also provided it 
stands in a perfect granite kettle, crock 
or dish. There is too much danger of 
poison in careless cooking and saving of 
chicken to recommend it to the careless 
housewife. 
Sweet potatoes boiled in salted water 
and set away for frying in melted but¬ 
ter next day is another standby of the 
busy housekeeper. Lima beans shelled 
and parboiled for reheating in cream 
sauce cannot be distinguished from 
those cooked the same day, and there 
are various other vegetables that stand 
warming over, or rather the finishing 
touches of cooking very nicely. Think 
what it means to the woman whose 
hands must prepare a dinner for a dozen 
men or so to bring out cooked chicken 
for a pie, ham ready for slicing cold, 
meat loaf for a half hour’s warming in 
the oven, beans ready for the hot sauce, 
succotash to simmer on the back of the 
stove, sweet potatoes ready for brown¬ 
ing in the oven, cauliflower for a hot 
butter dressing, a dessert ready after a 
few minutes in the oven or any one of a 
dozen other dishes. Slaw can then 
easily be made, as it does not take kind¬ 
ly to standing over night, the table set, 
the potatoes freshly cooked and the 
cookies and bread brought out. There 
will be no hurry, no worry, and the ex¬ 
tra dishes to be washed will be the only 
real burden of the housewife with no 
help. HILUA RICHMOND^ 
Haricot of Mutton. —This is a sav¬ 
ory and nutritious dish which requires 
long, slow cooking, eight or ten hours. 
It will be found an economical dinner 
for a large family. Wash four 
or five pounds of the breast of 
mutton. Put into an iron kettle—if 
you have one—if not, a broad granite 
one will do; but be sure to have asbes¬ 
tos mat or heavy iron cover under the 
kettle, for you must be very careful not 
to let it burn ever so little, and neither 
must you stir it; if you do you will 
spoil it; now over the meat pour one 
quart of water. Let come to a boil, 
skim, then cover tight and cook gently 
for one hour. Then cut into dice, or 
slices, one pint of carrots; put these on 
top of the meat; add two' tablespoonfuls 
of salt and one of sugar, then one quart 
can of tomatoes; cover tight again, and 
cook for another hour. Then have two 
quarts of parsnips sliced; put them on 
top of the kettle contents. Now on top 
of this have two quarts of cabbage 
shredded fine, and half cup of sharp 
vinegar, also more salt, and taste the 
broth so as to season to your taste. 
Cover again, and let cook very slowly, 
keeping tightly covered. Two hours be¬ 
fore dinner have as many potatoes, as 
all other vegetables together, pared and 
sliced in one-quarter inch slices; pile 
them on top of the rest, sprinkle with a 
little more salt. There must be broth 
enough to nearly cover the potatoes. 
Cover again, and let cook until the pota¬ 
toes are all mealy and tender. Do not 
let the broth boil away; if it does add 
some boiling water. The gravy will be 
rich and savorv, and all the vegetables 
will be flavored with it. 
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