1911. 
THE RURAL) N E W-YORKER 
743 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns ahvays give 
number of patterns and measurements 
desired. 
The first group shows 7005, girl’s 
dress, with square or high neck, short 
or long sleeves with or without bre- 
telles, eight, 10 and 12 years. 6904, 
tucked over-blouse, 34 to 42 bust. 6948, 
tucked peasant’s waist, for misses and 
small women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 6927, 
straight gathered skirt for misses and 
small women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 6785, 
child’s long-waistcd petticoat, two, four 
and six years. 7004, girl’s bathing suit, 
four to 12 years. Price of each pattern, 
10 cents. 
The second group includes 7011, com¬ 
bination corset cover and five-gored pet¬ 
ticoat, 34 to 42 bust. 7009, overblouse 
with bolero effect, perforated for trim¬ 
ming for two materials, to be worn over 
any guimpe, 34 to 42 bust. 6932, bolero 
coat with or without trimming at arm¬ 
holes, with or without deep cuffs, 34 to 
42 bust. 7002, two-piece skirt with un¬ 
derlying panels, with high or natural 
Waist line, 22 to 30 waist. 7034, tunic 
skirt with five-gored foundation length¬ 
ened by slightly circular flounce, with 
high or natural waist line, 22 to 30 
waist. 7035, girl’s dress with peasant 
sleeves, 10, 12 and 14 years. Price of 
each pattern, 10 cents. 
Some Homemade Buttons. 
When it came to buying the buttons 
for my white linen suit I decided that 
the handsome pearl ones I had in mind 
would add quite a sum to its cost, and 
C decided to use covered buttons. 
Among my stores of odds and ends was 
a roll of allover embroidery. As it had 
detatched figures I planned to have one 
of these on the center of each button, be¬ 
ing careful, of course, to have all alike. 
For the smaller size, of which two 
dozen were needed, I found wooden 
moulds in the desired size and flatness. 
But for the larger buttons fastening the 
coat front no wooden moulds were to 
be found in our village store. Instead, 
because they were just the size needed, 
I decided to use some old blue silk but¬ 
tons found in the button bag. After 
scalding and boiling and sunning these 
for a day or two the color seemed so 
far faded out as to make them safe for 
use. But alas, at the first washing 
through all their coverings came blue 
stains, and I was at some trouble to re¬ 
move these from the coat. 
Another search of the button bag 
showed only some smoked pearl ones of 
the right size, but too dulled and faded 
for most uses. These I covered with 
fresh pieces of the embroidery, cutting 
a circular piece of white cotton wad¬ 
ding a trifle larger than the face of each 
and putting it inside the covering to 
soften the edges and give a clear white 
look. Now, after two season’s washing, 
these buttons are still clear white and 
satisfactory, while the smaller ones 
show stains of the wooden mould 
through their two thicknesses of cover¬ 
ing, for an inner layer of white lawn 
went under the embroidery. Thus I 
have learned that on white garments 
button moulds would better be of cheap 
or worn pearl or even of porcelain in 
preference to wood or metal of any sort. 
As covered buttons, sometimes adorned 
with crochet or lace, or embroidered 
figures are still in use, this experience 
may be of use to other home dress¬ 
makers. AUGUSTA ROSE. 
The Tea Party. 
Barbara, though 10 years of age, nas 
not outgrown her tea parties, and I am 
glad that she has not. It has always 
afforded such childish and innocent 
pastime and now gives me fine oppor¬ 
tunities for instilling some precepts into 
the little woman’s mind. At first, when 
Barbara was “all by her lonesome,” a 
doorstep, the end of the kitchen table, 
any place to be near me, was made 
use of, ordinarily with just a tid-bit, as 
an apple and glass of milk as refresh¬ 
ment. When the others came to help to 
make a merry company, and a small 
table was provided, the scene has shifted 
from the garret on a rainy day to a 
shady spot under an - old apple tree. It 
is perfectly natural to most children to 
be hospitable, and the co’stliest gifts will 
not please my little country-hearted 
children so much as a birthday tea 
party, when little guests may be asked. 
It is much easier to prepare for it with¬ 
out the “help” of the little ones, but 
there is no more favorable time to give 
a little maid some hints as to the “whys” 
and “wherefores,” that she will easily 
remember. She wants to know why 
she has her tea parties at an early sup¬ 
per hour, instead of having them in the 
middle of the afternoon, as most chil¬ 
dren do. I tell her that I do not approve 
of placing before her little friends a 
meal at an hour of the day when they 
are not actually hungry, and still too 
early to answer as a supper. They are 
not actually hungry for a full meal at 
three o’clock, and a quantity of sweet 
things will simply destroy their appe¬ 
tites, without giving them the proper 
nourishment. So we have ours at five 
and while we try to make it dainty, still 
it must answer for a meal.» 
She learns that while creamed chicken 
is as nice as can be for the Winter tea- 
table, it seems a little heating for Sum¬ 
mer and we substitute chicken sand¬ 
wiches. Then she gets paper and pen¬ 
cil and she makes a little menu, not 
that we wish to make an “affair” of this 
at all, but the preparations are of an in¬ 
terest to a child so much greater than 
we sometimes think. Then she writes 
down some recipes at my dictation, and 
decides which one she will try to pre¬ 
pare, with the intention of trying a new 
one each time. 
In warm weather, there is no place 
so nice for the table as under an old 
shady tree, and with the assistance of 
flowers and crape paper a very dainty 
table may be spread with little expense, 
I add a few recipes of things that chil¬ 
dren like to eat on such occasions. 
Chicken sandwiches.—To one* cup of 
chicken that has been cooked until ten¬ 
der and chopped very fine, add two 
hard-boiled eggs, also chopped fine, sea¬ 
son with salt and a very little pepper, 
add little bits of shredded lettuce and 
moisten with a little of the broth in 
which the chicken was boiled. Spread 
between small, thin slices of bread. 
A salad, much appreciated by chil¬ 
dren, may be prepared of equal quanti¬ 
ties of chopped apple and celery (or let¬ 
tuce) with a few chopped nuts added. 
A dressing is made thus: Two eggs, 
one-quarter teaspoon mixed mustard, 
one-half teaspoon salt; piece of butter, 
size of walnut, two tablespoons sugar, 
three tablespoons vinegar. BcaiS' the 
eggs, and the mustard, salt and sugar, 
beat a little more, add the melted butter 
and the vinegar. Set the bowl in a pan 
of hot water and cook until thick and 
smooth, stirring constantly. Use cold; 
add the desired amount of thick milk or 
cream, heat before using. 
Cry-babies are little cakes, made in 
the following way: One cup of butter 
or lard (I use half of each), one cup of 
sugar, one cup molasses, one egg, one 
tablespoon soda dissolved in one cup of 
boiling water, one-half teaspoon salt, five 
cups of flour after it is sifted, one-hglf 
teaspoon ginger. Roll out thin, and 
bake in a fairly quick oven. 
Butter-Scotch Candy.—Wet a pound 
of brown sugar with a cupful of water, 
into which two tablespoonfuls of vine¬ 
gar have been stirred. Put into an agate 
saucepan. Cook for 10 minutes, add 
four tablespoonsfuls of butter and boil 
until a drop hardens in cold water. Pour 
into buttered tins and mark into little 
blocks as it hardens. 
There is, of course, an endless variety 
of desserts, but so many should be “ta¬ 
booed.” The banana should always be 
absent from the tea-party. A plain gela¬ 
tine, sweetened, flavored with lemon 
juice, and a few slices of oranges, makes 
a dainty dish, very pretty served in lit¬ 
tle stem glass dishes, topped off with a 
little whipped cream and a nut. Place the 
glass dish on a small plate, on which lay 
a dainty cracker. i.. s. 
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