1910. 
the rural NEW-VORKER 
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The Rural Patterns. 
The semi-princess dress still holds 
favor, and No. 6587 will be an attractive 
mb del for Spring and Summer fabrics. 
The dress is made with the panel at the 
front which extends from skirt to waist 
portion and with the blouse and the 
gored skirt that are joined beneath the 
belt. The skirt is laid in plaits and the 
closing is made invisibly at the back. 
65d7 Semi-Princesse Dress for Misses 
and Small Women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 
The chemisette is separate and attached 
at the neck edge. Whatever the length 
of the sleeves they are cut in one piece 
each. The three-quarter ones are gath¬ 
ered into cuffs but the short sleeves are 
left free at their lower edges and the 
long sleeves are of the plain fitted 
sort, but include tucks. The quan- 
6574 Misses’ Semi-Princesse Costume, 
14 and 16 years. 
dty of material required for the me- i 
<llum size (16 years) is 11 yards 24 
or . ‘ yards 32 or six yards 44 inches 
uide with 1(4 yards of 27 inches wide 
tor banding, 18 inches wide for the 
chemisette. The pattern 6587 is cut in 
14, 16 and 18 year sizes; price 10 cents. 
An attractive model for linen or other 
heavy wash fabrics, as well as woolens, 
is shown in No. 6574. The costume 
consists of blouse and skirt. The 
blouse is made with front and back 
portions that are arranged over the 
center portion with yoke. The full 
sleeves are gathered into cuffs whatever 
their length. The skirt is made with a 
front panel that exactly harmonizes with 
the waist. There is a full length box 
plait at the back but over the hips it is 
smooth and plain while below are plaited 
portions, and these plaited portions ter¬ 
minate in a box plait at each side of the 
front. The quantity of material required 
for the 16-year size is 9(4 yards 24 or 27, 
8(4 yards 32 or 5(4 yards 44 inches wide 
with l-)4 yards 27 for the yoke, panel and 
trimming portions to make illustrated. 
The pattern 6574 is cut in sizes for girls 
of 14 and 16 years of age; price 10 cents. 
Care of Modern Plumbing Fixtures. 
When our new plumbing was put in 
the plumber, commenting upon the fin¬ 
ished work, regretted that we had not 
afforded nickel bibs or faucets for the 
kitchen. But I preferred the brass. After 
a few years’ cleaning nickel plate will 
partially wear off, leaving an unsightly 
surface which nothing will restore. But 
brass grows brighter the longer it is 
kept in good order. In these days of 
much yacht and automobile polishing 
there are excellent liquid cleaners to be 
had, made probably of rotten stone and 
oil with other fluids, and to keep the 
kitchen faucets bright is really a small 
labor item. Strips of flannel should be 
rescued from the waste basket of the 
sewing-room and put with the can of 
cleaning fluid. Taking a turn around the 
faucet and drawing the cloth back and 
forth with a sawing motion soon gives a 
good luster. 
For cleaning the nickel mountings in 
a bathroom a wiping every morning with 
a cloth dampened with gasoline or kero¬ 
sene keeps all shining. All white enam¬ 
eled surfaces may be kept spotless by the 
same morning rub. The odor soon passes 
off and the surface of the enamel will 
not be impaired, as is the case where any 
sort of polishin" powder is used. 
The plumber’s opinion of my new 
white enameled sink was also a dispar¬ 
aging one. Housekeepers said that grease 
stuck to them, and that they were diffi¬ 
cult to keep clean. A friend added that 
rubbing with cleaning powders dulled the 
surface, making the enamel more in¬ 
clined to collect stains and detracting 
from its good looks. I therefore began 
its care well armed with warnings, which 
perhaps accounts for the fact that after 
nearly two years’ use my sink is as de¬ 
lightfully neat and shining as when first 
installed. And a part of that time we 
had kitchen help, but she was a girl will¬ 
ing to do as first told. Things from the 
stove, even enamel saucepans do leave a 
dark smudge and the nicest of dish pans 
will do the same. I first bought a pair 
of wire stands called “cookey coolers,” 
but the legs of these left footprints. Then 
I hemmed pieces of heavy brown towel¬ 
ing about as large as the bottom of the 
sink. With one of these spread before 
dishwashing begins I have something 
beneath my pans and a softened surface 
on which to drain dishes and silver. 
Later the sink towel is rinsed out when 
towels and dishcloth are and dried on 
the line with them. 
The plumber had been right about 
grease sticking to it. Though you think 
a dishcloth fairly clean it will smirch 
rather than cleanse your white sink after 
dishwashing. Once or twice a week I 
bring the kerosene can and a small brush, 
and turning a trifle of kerosene into the 
sink corners go over the surface. Fol¬ 
lowing this with a douche of hot water 
leaves my sink as immaculate as when 
new. As our plumber advised kerosene 
as the best thing to open a clogged sink 
drain I have felt no hesitation about 
using it as freely as was needed. It has 
also proved the very best thing with 
which to keep the crockery part of the 
bathroom fixtures free from water stains 
and I prefer kerosene to any of the soap 
powders formerly used to clean a wash¬ 
bowl, where the water supply is slightly 
hard, and where many decidedly soiled 
hands are washed. 
Does some conservative housewife toss 
this aside saying, “Then give me an old- 
fashioned iron sink and tin wash basin.”? 
If so it is because the c&re of modern 
conveniences sounds more laborious in 
the telling than it proves in the doing. 
On wash days, when clothes are to be 
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very many emergencies of everyday 
work it will be found handy to have a 
sink as clean as your china plates. And 
even in kitchen work a thing of beauty 
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