1912 . 
THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
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The Rural Patterns. 
IVhen - ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
The first group shows in No. 7223 the 
new blouse with sleeves set in large arm¬ 
holes. The pattern is cut in sizes from 
36 to 46 inches bust measure. For the 
medium size will be required 3 yards 36 
inches wide with Y yard 27 for the trim¬ 
ming, 1 Y% yards 18 inches wide for the 
chemisette and under-sleeves. The over 
blouse made with big tapering revers is a 
new one. No. 7230 is cut in sizes from 
'34 to 42 inch bust measure. For the 
medium size will be required 1 Vi yards 
of material 36 inches wide with Ya yard 
21 or 27 for revers and cuffs and Ya 
yard of lace for neck frill. The bath 
robe, No. 7231, is cut in sizes from 34 to 
44 inches bust measure. For the me¬ 
dium size will be required 6Y yards 36 
inches wide with Ya yard 27 for the trim¬ 
ming. The skirt without a seam at the 
back and overlapped at the sides, No. 
7224, is cut in sizes for misses from 14 to 
18 years of age. For the 16 year size will 
be required 4*4 yards 27 inches wide. 
The skirt with side seams only, No. 
7232, is cut in sizes for misses from 14 
to 18 years of age. For the 16-year 
size will be required 2*4 yards 36 inches 
wide with yard of any width for the 
panels, width of skirt at lower edge 2 
yards; price of each pattern 10 cents. 
Frost Cure For Roaches. 
In the December 23 issue of The R. 
N.-Y. C. B. asks for information as to 
how to get rid of cockroaches and water 
bugs. Years ago we were badly overrun 
with them in that part of the house 
where the sinks, etc., were, so one cold 
windy night when the thermometer was 
getting down towards zero, we removed 
those things that would be hurt by frost, 
being careful to run water out of all 
pipes, water backs to stove, etc., then 
opened all of the windows, doors and 
look the pipe out where it goes into 
the chimney, so as to let a lot of cold 
air in, and then left them, and from that 
day to this there has been no roach or 
water bug here. j. r. t. 
Another Dumb Waiter. 
T. O., page 1100, asks for a dumb¬ 
waiter in kitchen. I built my house 20 
years ago and planned it for a dumb¬ 
waiter to be placed between the dining 
room and kitchen. The foundation of 
my house is brick, and in laying them up 
! had the box for the waiter laid up 
with brick in the cellar, as there is a 
partition wall in the cellar at this place. 
had it left open on one side only. 
Then inside the brick wall box and to 
the ceiling of the kitchen I set matched 
pine lumber on end against the brick 
in cellar, making 10 inches wide above 
cellar to form boxes for sash weights, 
with two grooves on the inside on each 
side for stops 1x^4 inch to hold' waiter 
steady and to place. The waiter I made 
of one-inch dry walnut lumber, IS inches 
deep and 30 inches long, from out to out, 
with three shelves one foot apart, and 
two grooves on each outside to match 
the grooves in the side pieces. I dressed 
out stops, set the waiter on cellar floor, 
shoved stops down the grooves and 
fastened them. Then with four sash 
weights and cord, with staples in each 
corner of waiter, I hung it to the ceil¬ 
ing, weights just balancing the waiter. 
Then in center of top shelf of waiter I 
put a staple and attached a one-half inch 
plaited cotton rope up to the ceiling over 
a pulley, then over another pulley at the 
side, so the rope would go straight down 
in weight box to roller with a crank 
and ratchet wheel with a catch in the 
kitchen side. By doing this all extra 
weights can be done away with. To bal¬ 
ance load on waiter, simply throw off 
latch, let the waiter down, then throw 
on latch and it holds waiter wherever 
you want it. This is much handier than 
having extra weights to put off and on 
to balance the load; any child can work 
it. I have double doors on each side of 
waiter that open in kitchen and dining 
room; bottom of doors just as high as 
a table and 40 inches high. Above the 
doors is a closet with double doors on 
kitchen side. This is the most satisfac¬ 
tory waiter I have ever seen, where it 
is not convenient to have any kind of 
power. 
This waiter has space enough to carry 
all. the milk and eatables one wishes to 
take to the cellar. In bringing up the 
load simply turn the crank and you can 
stop, as the shelf is even with the table 
or bottom of doors, then up another 
shelf, and so on; and there is no stoop¬ 
ing or lifting or catches to work with 
foot at floor to hold the waiter; no 
screen doors to open and shut on waiter. 
If it is necessary to have a screen over 
the open side in cellar, it can be hung 
to the side of box, not on waiter. The 
dimensions given by T. O., 20x42 and 
five feet deep, would be very heavy and 
cumbersome for a woman to work. This 
can be put anywhere, whether there is 
a wall under the partition or not; simply 
case it up with lumber. We have used 
ours for 20 years, and would not do 
without it, or exchange it for any other 
I ever saw, where it has to be worked 
without power. s. T. 
Bread and Biscuits. 
Quick Tea Cakes.—Break one egg 
into a coffee cup and fill the cup with 
sweet cream. Put one coffee cupful of 
sugar into the mixing bowl, add the egg 
and cream and flour enough to make a 
dough that drops easily from the spoon. 
One heaping teaspoonful of baking pow¬ 
der should be sifted three times with 
the flour, and the whole mass beaten five 
minutes. Bake in buttered gem pans. 
Yeast Buns.—Scald one pint of milk; 
add two tablespoonfuls of butter, and 
when lukewarm add half a yeast cake 
dissolved in a little warm water, two 
eggs well beaten, and sufficient flour to 
make a soft dough; knead lightly, stand 
aside over night or for several hours. 
When very light, pinch off little bits, 
form into buns, stand them in a baking 
pan where they cannot touch each other, 
and when very light put them into a 
quick oven for 15 minutes. After they 
have been in the oven for 10 minutes, 
brush with a mixture of white of egg 
and sugar and milk beaten together. 
Put them back until they are of a 
golden-brown color. 
Swedish Rolls.—Scald two cups of 
milk and add to it three tablespoons of 
butter and same amount of sugar and 
one teaspoon of salt. Allow it to cool 
till it is lukewarm. Add one cake of 
compressed yeast, which has been dis¬ 
solved in two tablespoons of water and 
enough flour to make a drop batter— 
which will be about three cups. Beat 
thoroughly, and lastly add the whites of 
two eggs well beaten. Cover mixture 
and set in a warm place to raise. When 
it has doubled its bulk toss on a floured 
board and roll to one inch thickness. 
Brush with butter and sprinkle with 
sugar and a layer of English currants. 
Roll into a cylinder and cut in inch 
slices. Set to raise and when light bake 
20 minutes. This will require about 
three hours. The rolls may be set the 
night before, using one-quarter yeast 
cake instead of an entire cake. 
Josef Hofmann Is Now 
Acknowledged the Greatest 
Pianist in the World 
In that opinion practically all the 
leading musical critics now agree. It 
was this belief in Mr. Hofmann’s powers 
and musical knowledge that led the 
Editor of The Ladies’ Home Journal, 
five years ago, to ask the great pianist 
to join the magazine’s editorial staff and 
conduct a monthly department in which he 
would answer the questions of piano students. 
For five years Mr. Hofmann has done 
this, and is doing it now. He has answered 
hundreds of questions during that time, plac¬ 
ing his unquestioned knowledge of the piano 
at the free disposal of every piano student. 
So that no matter in how small a com¬ 
munity a girl who loves her piano may live 
or how far removed from a musical center she 
may be, the free advice of the greatest of liv¬ 
ing pianists is at her disposal. Read his 
department, for example, in the February 
Ladies’ Home Journal. 
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