1911. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
613 
Dry Mops and Bagged Brooms. 
Every housewife should have a good 
wall brush, if she has expensive paper 
on her walls, but for ordinary wallpaper 
the dry mop and the covered broom are 
both.useful in cleaning the overhead and 
side walls of the house. The skirt of 
knit undershirts make a good bag, the 
same as outing flannel. Any knit cotton 
or woolen material will make a good 
dry mop. An extra mopstick is no great 
expense, and a partially worn broom can 
be trimmed evenly and covered. While 
both a dry mop and covered broom are 
not actually necessary, yet both can be 
used to good advantage, the broom for 
the ceiling, and the mop for the side 
walls, the portion above the picture 
moldings, and the moldings also, much 
better than the broom; as the cloth in 
a mop hangs free and can be used with 
an up and down movement, and across 
the top of open doors, door and win¬ 
dow frames. The bagged broom is not 
only good for walls, overhead and side, 
and hardwood floors, but also for mat¬ 
ting, when used before the regular 
broom, as the dust can thus be collected 
in lint-like rolls and easily removed. 
The dry mop is especially recom¬ 
mended for keeping bed-slats clean. By 
standing on one side of a bed and then 
on the other a mop can be rubbed the 
length of each slat four times, and if 
followed by a whisk broom along the 
side pieces and by a cloth on other ex¬ 
posed places, a bed can be kept com¬ 
paratively clean each month in the year 
without taking it apart, or even remov¬ 
ing the bedding, a matter that makes a 
dry mop worth while the same as a 
bagged broom. medora corbett. 
When Lemons are “It.” 
At this season—what our forebears 
called “between hay and grass”—the 
housekeeper is busy thinking what is 
possible for the dinner dessert. Apples 
are gone, and the canned fruit has 
melted away with the Winter’s snow. 
The little remaining must be hoarded; 
actually placing it on the “emergency 
shelf.” Now, we find the lemon our 
friend in time of need. It has tonic 
properties little valued because we are) 
simply using it as a passover between 
apples and strawberries. Its virtues are 
there, and there would be many less 
complaining of dyspepsia and out-of- 
commission livers if lemons were on the 
daily menu. 
Lemon Pie.—Grated rind and juice 
of one lemon, one cup white sugar, two 
teaspoonfuls cornstarch and twcr of 
flour, one teaspoon butter, two large 
cups boiling water, yolk of one egg. 
Mix the starch, flour and sugar dry, 
Add the egg, lemon and butter and mix 
again. Turn over these the boiling 
water, stirring constantly till it boils. 
Turn immediately into the baked crust. 
When cold spread over it the beaten 
white of egg and sprinkle evenly over 
this two teaspoons- of granulated sugar. 
Do not bake. Using part flour gives a 
better result than all cornstarch, which 
makes too hard a pie. 
Raisin Pie.—This has two crusts and 
should bake slowly, like a mince pie. 
Cover one-half cup seeded raisins with 
one-half cup warm water and soak till 
fully their natural size. Beat one egg 
and one cup sugar, add juice and grated 
rind of one lemon, add the water from 
the raisins and chop the raisins with 
two crackers. Stir all together and 
place in. crust. Dust over one table¬ 
spoonful flour before adding top crust. 
Canned cherries may be used in place 
of raisins. 
Lemon Filling.—Grate carefully the 
yellow from one lemon; squeeze the 
juice into bowl, add one whole egg and 
one cup white sugar. Mix thoroughly 
and spread between cake layers. Do not 
cook. Easy and very good. 
Lemon Cake.—One cup white sugar, 
two eggs (or reserve the white of one 
for frosting), two tablespoonfuls melted 
butter, three tablespoonfuls cold water 
and one of lemon juice, one-fourth tea¬ 
spoonful soda and one Heaping teaspoon¬ 
ful baking powder, one and one-fourth 
cup flour. Bake in loaf. 
LILLY ELY LITTLE. 
The Rural Patterns. Amber Marmalade. 
When ordering patterns ahvays give Shave one orange, one lemon and one 
number of pattern and measurements grape fruit very thin, rejecting nothing 
Serpentine Crepe 
Nation 
Eaters ^ 
The people of the United States 
are known all over the world as a 
Nation of dyspeptics. We don’t take 
time to eat properly or to eat proper food. 
Everyone would live longer—be healthier. '^'M 
feel better, do better work, and do it with 
greater ease if more time were taken in eating 
and more UNEEDA BISCUIT eaten. UNEEDA 
BISCUIT are the most nutritious of all foods 
made from flour. UNEEDA BISCUIT are -gj 
always fresh, clean, crisp and good. 
UNEEDA BISCUIT are muscle mak- 
ers and brain builders. In short, 
Uneeda 
Biscuit. 
Never sold 
in bulk 
the moisture-proof 
package 
mmmrnmmm it com pahy 
desired. 
The child’s kimono shown .includes 
plain sleeves and is finished with a band 
that is rolled over at the neck to give a 
collar effect. China silk, cotton crepe, 
albatross, washable flannel, lawn, batiste, 
all the materials that are used for ki¬ 
monos are appropriate for this one. The 
kimono consists of the smooth fitted 
6915 Child’s Kimono, 1,2 and 4 years. 
yoke and the full lower portion that is 
gathered and joined to the yoke. The 
sleeves are cut in one piece each and a 
band is joined to the neck and front 
edges. For the 2 -year size will be re¬ 
quired 4 yards of material 27 inches 
wide, 2 l /> yards 36 or 2 yards 44 inches 
wide, 2)4 yards of ribbon 4 inches wide 
for bands. The pattern No. 6915 is cut 
in sizes for children of 1, 2 and 4 years 
of age; price 10 cents. 
The smaller pictures include 6974, 
fancy tucked blouse 34 to 42 bust. 3 
yards of material 27 inches wide, 2^4 
yards 36, 2 yards 44, )4 yards of all 
over lace 18 inches wide, Ft yard 20 
inches wide for trimming, for medium 
size. 6977, house jacket with fitted back. 
34 to 44 bust. With high neck, deep 
collar or with square neck, with elbow or 
long sleeves or with short plain sleeves. 
3)4 yards of material 27 inches wide, 2)4 
yards 36, 2*4 yards 44, 3j4 yards of 
bandifig, for the medium size. 5916, 
men’s plain outing shirt. 34 to 44 breast. 
To be made with collar or neck-band or 
6977 
6974 
wristbands or with or without yoke. 4% 
yards of material 27 inches wide, 3*4 
yards 36, for medium size. 6694, girl's 
dress, with five-gored skirt, V-shaped or 
high neck. 10 to 14 years’, 6)4 yards of 
material 27 inches wide, 6 yards 36, 3)4 
yards 44, 10*4 yards of banding 2)4 
inches wide, 2 yards of ruffling, for 12 - 
year size. 6980, seven-gored petticoat 
with habit back, 22 to 32. 6*4 yards of 
material 27 inches wide, 3)4 yards 36 or 
44, 3 yards of embroidery, 2)4 yards of 
insertion, 2 yards of beading, for medi¬ 
um size; price 10 cents. 
but seeds and cores. Measure the fruit 
and add to it three times the quantity 
of water. let it stand in an earthen 
bowl over night. Next morning boil 10 
minutes only. Let stand another night. 
The second morning add pint for pint 
of sugar and boil till it jellies, which 
will be somewhere about two hours. I 
put the fruit on to boil and put my 
sugar in the oven to get warm, then add 
a cup or two of it at a time so the fruit 
will not stop boiling. I know not 
whether other folk do that way or not. 
The nicer and less bitter the fruit, the 
less bitter the marmalade. The less it is 
stirred, the clearer it will be. Select the 
best fruit. mrs. m. b. m. 
More About Shoe Numbers. 
Having received much help and many 
suggestions from The R. N.-Y., I take 
pleasure in making a small return by 
answering some questions about those 
“mystifying shoe numbers.” W. LI. H., 
on page 407, gives Mrs. J. C. the why 
and wherefore, but does not give the key 
to it. The explanation is this: The 
row of figures stamped on the inside 
lining of the shoe gives the size. It 
consists of about seven figures, at least 
an uneven number in sizes up to 10 . 
The middle number is the size number; 
the last one gives half sizes, for ex¬ 
ample: 73810 is a No. 8 , 56635 is No. 
6J4, 481030 is No. 10 . The remainder of 
the figures are manufacturer’s lot num¬ 
bers. _ c. H. 
Intensive Farming. 
They used to hayo a farming rule 
Of forty acres and a mule. 
Results were won by later men 
With forty square feet and a hen. 
And nowadays success we see 
With forty inches and a bee. 
—Wasp. 
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ALL THE YEAR! 
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in the height of 
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and 
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Look for it and refuse the imitations, for 
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If your dealer doesn’t carry the genuine trade 
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of fabric and list of dealers who will supply y„u. 
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FUMA 
5J, It i 11 s Prairie Logs, 
Woodchucks, Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
“The wheels of the gods 
grind slow but exceed¬ 
ingly small.” So the weevil, but yon can stop their 
with “Ftima Carbon Bisulphide are doing. 
EUWAKI) R. TAYLOR, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
