1912. 
THE) RURAL, NEW-YORKEPt 
729 
The Rural Patterns. 
The first group shows 7453, coatee or 
over-blouse, 34 to 42 bust. For the 
medium size will be required 224 yards 
of material 36 inches wide with 2 l /2 
yards of applique. 7459, blouse or shirt 
waist for misses and small women, 14, 
16 and 18 years. For the medium size 
will be required 2 l /% yards of material 
36 inches wide. 7448, semi-princesse 
gown, 34 to 44 bust. With four-gored 
skirt, with back gore that can be laid 
in box-plaits or gathered, with square 
or high neck, with or without cuffs. For 
the medium size will be required 5% 
yards of material 36 inches wide with 
Vz yard 27 inches wide for collar and 
cuffs. 7440, a three-piece skirt in enve¬ 
lope style, 22 to 32 waist, with high or 
natural waistline. For the medium size 
will be required 324 yards of material 
36 inches wide. 7452, five-gored skirt, 
22 to 34 waist, with high or natural 
waistline. For the medium size will 
be required 324 yards of material 36 
inches wide when there is figure or 
nap, 224 yards 44 when there is neither 
figure or nap, $4 yard 27 inches wide 
for the panel. 
The second group includes 7015, bath¬ 
ing suit, 34 to 44 bust. With V-shaped 
neck and sailor collar or high neck and 
round collar, with or without bloomers. 
For the medium size will be required 
6/4 yards of material 36 inches wide, 
with bloomers, 4*4 yards without 
bloomers, 24 yard 27 inches wide for 
sailor collar and sleevebands. 7424, 
girl’s bathing suit, 4 to 12 years. With 
kimono sleeves, with or without sepa¬ 
rate skirt. For the 6 year size will be 
required 3 yards of material 36 inches 
wide, with 1 yard for the trimming. 
7401, bathing suit, 34 to 44 bust, with 
separate bloomers. For the medium 
size will be required 4 yards of material 
36 inches wide for blouse and skirt, 2 
yards 36 inches wide for bloomers. 24 
yard 27 inches wide for trimming. 7422, 
sunbonnet, women’s misses’ and chil¬ 
dren’s. To make will be required 1 
yard of material 27 inches wide, for 
any size. 7449, child’s sunbonnet, 6 
months, or 1 year, 2 or 4 years. With 
crown that can be buttoned or sewed 
to the brim, with square or rounded 
corners. For the smaller size will be 
required 24 yard of material 36 inches 
wide. Price of oach pattern 10 cents. 
Getting Rid of Ants. 
Two years ago you published the fol¬ 
lowing recipe for killing ants. I, as 
well as some of my friends, find it very 
good. The other two recipes for black 
ants I copied from a paper and one 
from a book. 
“Procure 10 cents’ worth of tartar 
emetic. Take one-half teaspoonful anci 
same amount of sugar, dampen with a 
few drops of water, and place where 
the ants run. in shallow dishes, and no 
ants can be found in 24 hours. For 
small red ants mix tartar emetic with 
cream or fresh butter or lard, and you 
will see them no more. Twice a year is 
all we have to use it for the past four 
years. When we moved in this house 
they were in every room, and this has 
cleared them out.” 
“Ants in gardens may be trapped by 
placing fresh meat bones or bacon rind3 
where they collect; when covered with 
ants dip into boiling water, dry and 
repeat.” 
“A strong solution of carbolic acid and 
water poured into holes kills all ants 
it touches, and the survivors immedi¬ 
ately take themselves off.” o. v. H. 
Experience with Ladies’ Aid Society. 
I wish to tell you about the ladies’ 
aid meeting I attended this afternoon 
Our ladies’ aid society was organized 
five years ago. We meet once a month; 
once in a while we have a business 
meeting to elect officers or appropriate 
money. When we had socials at peo¬ 
ple’s houses it was the rule not to 
charge the family for their suppers. We 
do not have many socials at houses, it 
does not seem to pay. We have our 
annual chicken pie supper and apron 
sale in October, a fish chowder supper 
in March, about two ice cream parties 
in the Summer. Our meetings are held 
in the afternoon; we sew sometimes 
for destitute families, then some after¬ 
noons we bring our fancy work (grown 
yellow lying around so long). About 
four o’clock our hostess serves light re¬ 
freshments, tea and sandwiches or 
cocoa and wafers. Each member pays 
so much for every meeting whether 
present or not. 
Another society at L-, where I 
used to go, the church was the social 
center. It was seven miles from the 
post office, but Uncle Sam sent the 
mail around each day, and many of the 
people had telephones. The best meet¬ 
ings were held in the Winter, when 
practically the whole family came. We 
had dinner, every one brought food. 
The charge for dinner was 10 cents 
(children were exempt, I think, from 
paying). These meetings were not 
wholly for making money, you see. Af¬ 
ter dinner meeting was called to order 
by the president, there was a reading 
from the Bible, then a prayer, then the 
reports of committees. After the busi¬ 
ness there were sometimes recitations 
and songs, then sometimes we sewed 
for poor people, including the minis¬ 
ter’s folks. We made several quilts. 
Then there was a grand rush to the 
kitchen to pick out one’s dishes and 
get home in time for the evening 
chores. h. s. 
The Bread Question. 
I read the letter by J. W. Greenfield, 
also that of G. M. S. and while I have 
never baked bread except for our own 
family, I am going to send a few words 
in reply. I have had success as well 
as failure from using Winter wheat 
flour, and blamed first flour, then yeast, 
and learned finally that Winter wheat 
flour is much slower and weaker in 
rising, but my greatest trouble has been 
in keeping all ingredients the proper 
temperature from the time I begin 
stirring the rising until the bread is 
taken from the oven. Bread made from 
Winter wheat flour will require more 
warmth than that made from Spring 
wheat. I also think potato yeast is 
much superior to other yeast for the 
Winter wheat flour. Here are a few 
recipes for varying the bread making: 
Entire Wheat Bread.—To two cups 
scalded milk add one-third cupful mo¬ 
lasses and one teaspoonful of salt, 
when luke-warm add one cake of yeast 
dissolved in one-fourth cupful warm 
water and mix with three and one- 
fourth cupfuls entire wheat flour. Stir 
until thoroughly mixed. Add one cup¬ 
ful of white flour and mix well again. 
Turn onto well-floured board and 
knead until small blisters can be seen 
beneath outer surface. Cover well and 
set aside to rise. When twice its ori¬ 
ginal size shape into loaves, handling as 
little as possible. Let rise again and 
bake. 
Delicious Buns.—Soak one cake yeast 
in one cupful potato water, and stir in 
flour as for bread sponge. Let rise till 
evening. At bedtime scald two cup¬ 
fuls of sweet milk, to which add one 
tablespoonful salt, one-fourth cup 
sugar, two large tablespoons shortening. 
When it has cooled add the sponge and 
stir in flour as for bread sponge. In 
the morning mix into soft dough and 
let rise again. When light, turn on 
molding board, roll one-half inch thick, 
cut out with round cutter, butter top of 
each bun and fold over, pulling the 
dough out lengthwise. Place some dis¬ 
tance apart in pans and when light, 
bake twenty minutes. 
Chicken Rolls.—Make a rich biscuit 
dough of one pint flour, one teaspoon¬ 
ful baking powder, two tablespoonfuls 
shortening and milk to make soft 
dough. Mince and season highly, well- 
cooked chicken adding a little butter, 
form into small finger rolls and wrap 
each with the buscuit dough. Bake in 
hot oven. 
Southern Split Biscuit.—Peel and 
boil three potatoes until well cooked. 
Mash very fine and add, while hot, one 
cup lard and butter mixed, two eggs 
well beaten and one cake yeast dis¬ 
solved in two cups milk (milk should 
be warmed). Add flour to make stiff 
sponge and put aside to rise. When 
light stir in one tablespoonful salt and 
one of sugar and work in flour to make 
smooth dough. Allow to rise then roll 
to one-half-inch thickness, cut with bis¬ 
cuit cutter; butter top of one placing 
another on top. Place in pan, brush 
tops with melted butter, let rise a short 
time and bake. mrs. m. d. d. 
Flies! 
Flies! 
Flies! 
Get rid of them and help 
make your home and premises 
sanitary by the liberal use of 
Tanglefoot Fly Paper. 
There is fully one-third more 
compound per sheet on Tangle¬ 
foot than on any other fly paper; 
hence it lasts longest, catches the 
most flies and is the best and 
cheapest fly paper. If you ask 
for “fly paper” or “sticky fly 
paper” you may get a cheap 
imitation that will soon dry up 
or glaze over. Ask for Tanglefoot. 
Sold by Grocers and Druggists. 
TREE TANGLEFOOT, put up in 1. 3. 10 
and 20 lb. cans. 
Will protect your trees from all climbing 
insects. 
Lesson in courtesy begin with man¬ 
ners at the table, with the salutations 
of the day, with the acknowledgment 
of thankfulness, and go on through all 
sorts of consideration and unselfish 
effacement and self-sacrifice to the very 
heights of prayer and praise. For re¬ 
ligion, on its finer side, is the true cour¬ 
tesy of man toward God.—Dean 
Hodges. 
DAISY FLY K.1LLLK tracts and^kills’ all 
lT* ’ll I ISIIMlS i ■! 
flies. Clean, orna¬ 
mental, convenient, 
cheap. Lasts all 
season. Can’t spill 
or tip over, will not 
injure anythin if. Guar¬ 
anteed effective. 
Sold by denleri»,or 
6 sent prepaid for $1. 
HAROLD SOMERS 
100 DeKalb Ava. 
Brooklyn H. Y, 
Anty Drudge tells how 
Mrs. Toil—“ ‘Man works from sun to sun, but woman’s 
work is never done!’ I think that’s about right.” 
Anty Drudge—“Nonsense! Use Fels-Naptha Soap in 
cool or lukewarm water for washing clothes, house¬ 
cleaning or anything else, and you’ll find you’ll have 
several hours every day to yourself.” 
Are you a Fels-Naptha woman? 
Hadn’t you better enlist? Lots of other 
farmers’ wives have. It’s a Labor Union 
without any dues—and it protects its 
members against overwork, over-worry and 
overtime. Fels-Naptha is a soap—but it’s 
not an ordinary soap. It does your work 
in a different way—an easy way—and does 
it right. 
It makes your hardest chore, the 
weekly wash, seem almost a pleasure, it 
gives you time to rest, or hitch up and 
drive to town for a little outing. Could 
you ever do that on washday before? 
Become a Fels-Naptha woman right 
away. To join, buy a cake of Fels-Naptha 
Soap and follow the directions on the red 
and green wrapper . 
For full particulars, write Fels-Naptha, Philadelphia 
