1914 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
727 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurements de¬ 
sired. Price of each pattern JO cents. 
Girl’s costume 8257, sizes 10, 12 and 
14 years. 8255, semi-princess dress for 
misses and small women, 1(5 and 18 years. 
8287, boy’s suit, 4 to 8 years. 8249, 
child’s rompers, 2, 4 and 6 years. 
No. 770. A design for embroidering an 
infant’s carriage cover. The scalloped 
edges are to be padded and button-holed. 
The dots and ovals within the scallops 
can be worked solidly or as eyelets. The 
flowers, leaves and ribbon are to be 
worked solidly and the stems are to be 
outlined. Stamped on 21x80 best round 
thread Scotch linen with 1 doz. 12 yd. 
skeins of mercerized floss, 00 cents. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
Flat hand-embroidered collars and 
cuffs of linen, which were so much worn 
a few years ago, are worn again on 
Spring jacket suits. One handsome set, 
which consisted of a shawl collar and 
round cuffs was of rose and white striped 
handkerchief linen, hand-embroidered in 
white with forget-me-nots and a scal¬ 
loped border. It was beautiful tine work, 
like convent embroidery, and the set was 
priced at $6.50. 
Separate skirts are shown in numer¬ 
ous models, disputing the reign of the 
one-piece dress. There are beach skirts, 
sport skirts, walking skirts and “danse” 
skirts; the separate top coats and cloaks 
make them a necessity. Dark blue or 
black serge is a standard material in 
woolen goods, while linen, crash, ratine 
and cotton corduroy in white and colors 
are much used for wash skirts. Many 
of these skirts have tunics or draperies. 
Among plain models suitable for wash 
goods the peg-top and two-piece patterns 
are in favor. 
Tulle ruffs, which many women like 
when they leave off furs in the Spring, 
are now made of waterproof tulle or 
maline; the models are about the same 
as last year. The “waterproof” material 
is more durable in wear, and does not 
melt down at a slight wetting. 
Braided rugs are climbing up in the 
world; one large shop offers them priced 
from $9.25 to $108.50. They are made 
in dark colors brightened with dashes of 
red or blue; of course new material is 
used in the making. They arc made with 
a wonderful care that home workers in 
old carpet rags are not likely to imitate. 
Each strand is rolled smoothly by hand, 
and twisted, then braided so that no 
folds show, the braid being smooth and 
round. The braids are sewn together 
near the seam, the stitches set very 
closely, so the rug is reversible. We are 
told that an oval rug 89 by 52 inches 
takes one woman from three to six days 
to complete. 
Many people are only acquainted with 
Canton chairs through magazine illus¬ 
trations. and do not know, from personal 
experience, the comfort of this Chinese 
bamboo furniture. These are the hour¬ 
glass chairs with comfortable arm-rests, 
which magazine artists so often depict in 
drawing a group of society people on 
porch or terrace; it is only within recent 
years that they have become readily pro¬ 
curable in the United States, though long 
familiar abroad. They are woven of 
seasoned bamboo by Chinese artisans, and 
are very durable, extremely light (aver¬ 
aging about eight pounds) and most com¬ 
fortable. The round base makes them 
very firm on the lawn, and they are easi¬ 
ly carried about. The standard arm chair 
costs $5, while a style without arm rests 
is $4.50, and a child’s chair IS inches 
high is $1.25. Ilour-glass tea tables 16% 
inches high are $5. and small stands IS 
inches high are $1.75. Large deck chairs 
and settees are offered at higher prices. 
Among the new table linen we find 
dinner napkins have the monogram or 
initial embroidered in die center, though 
it is still correct to have it placed in the 
corner. For luncheon or breakfast set, 
where a centerpiece and doilies rre used, 
colored cloths with white borders, or 
white cloths with colored borders, are a 
fancy of the moment. Fashionable table 
linen is plainer than it has been, and 
there are fewer all-over designs. A cen¬ 
ter of satin and plain stripes, with a 
floral border, is very popular, or a border 
of Roman key design, and such cloths are 
easily matched and always in good taste. 
There are also borders in figure designs 
such as a pattern of Cupids. 
Inexpensive Substitutes for Polished 
Floors. 
llousecleaning time is here, but with 
polished floors and rugs, its terrors are 
far less than in the olden time, when car¬ 
pets were all nailed down over a thick 
padding of straw. Few of us, however, 
are in possession of real polished wood 
floors, as many of our houses have only 
a hard-wood floor in the kitchen, being 
built in the days when less thought was 
given to sanitary housekeeping. Having 
a house of this kind, we have experi¬ 
mented with several different floor cover¬ 
ings, aud thinking that the knowledge 
thus gained might be of use to others, 
decided to pass it on. 
In rooms where the wear is very hard, 
inlaid linoleum, cemented to the floor, 
is perhaps the most satisfactory floor cov¬ 
ering; but it is also expensive. For a 
border around rugs there is a paper ven¬ 
eer made in perfect imitation of expen¬ 
sive wood. This is pasted to the floor, 
given first a coat of shellac, and then 
varnished. We have tried this, and find 
that while it wears well, it is inclined 
to crack over the cracks in the flood. 
The most satisfactory, inexpensive 
floor covering we have found is table oil¬ 
cloth, pasted to the floor. One floor, thus 
treated, has been in use eight years and 
is in perfect condition still. We chanced 
to discover a piece of oil-cloth in an oak 
flooring pattern, at one of our local dry j 
goods stores; and decided to try it on 
our front hall floor. The result was fur 
more satisfactory than was at first ex¬ 
pected. We have since used more of it 
with pleasing results. In some rooms we 
have treated it to a coat of shellac, 
properly thinned with denatured alcohol; 
and over this a coat of floor varnish; 
and believe that if kept varnished, it will 
wear indefinitely. The thing of first 
importance, is to have it well pasted to 
the floor. Unless well stretched on the 
floor, it will blister in drying, and of 
course will neither look nor wear so well. 
Paste for the purpose should be rather 
thick. Ample time should be given for 
drying, before varnishing. If your local 
dealer cannot furnish it, you can usually 
get table oilcloth in an oak wood stripe 
from the large mail order houses. 
MARION LAWRENCE. 
Hot Drink Substitutes for Tea and 
Coffee. 
A correspondent asks for a hot drink 
substitute for tea. Wo seem to have 
solved the problem to our satisfaction 
and our experience may be of benefit to 
others. Hot milk is good (for those who 
like it) and is very nourishing. Many 
people can drink new milk or top milk 
(creamy) if enough tea or coffee be add¬ 
ed to it to flavor and heat it palatably, 
though this is really only a modification, 
not a substitute. The tea or coffee need 
not be very strong to give the desired 
flavor, but should be freshly made and 
boiling hot. Unless the milk is new or 
part cream the resulting drink is insipid 
after the fashion of “milk and water” 
cambric tea. Out* children are very fond 
of “crust coffee.” This is made by brown¬ 
ing or toasting a slice of dry bread until 
it is brown clear through, though not 
burnt. This hard substance when steeped 
in hot water yields a cup of brown look¬ 
ing “coffee” which nearly all children like 
when served hot with a little sugar and 
cream. This is a good drink for ailing 
children. Usually a cup of this is rel¬ 
ished as soon as appetite returns, and 
is sufficient in itself for the first meal. 
Another nourishing drink for invalids or 
nursing mothers is made by steeping a 
tablespoonful of grapenuts in a half cup 
of boiling water, and then adding a half 
cup of creamy milk with sugar if desired. 
F. 
Economy Cake. —Two cups sugar, two 
cups water, two tablespoonfuls lard 
(heaping), two teaspoonfuls cinnamon, 
one teaspoon ful clover, % teaspoonful 
salt, one pound seeded raisins. Boil all 
together 10 or 15 minutes. When cold 
add three heaping cups flour sifted with 
one heaping teaspoon ful soda. This 
makes one large or two small cakes. 
M. p. 
Small Churnings. —Mm. Frederick C. 
Johnson of Colorado writes, on page 635, 
of making an improvised churn to be used 
in churning cream from one cow. For 
more than 25 years I have used a large 
milk crock to contain the cream from our 
cow, when ready to churn, and have used 
a spoon-shaped wire egg beater to churn 
the butter. It comes quickly, and this 
method is much less bother than any 
other way I know of. mrs. m. e. s. 
Little do men perceive what solitude 
is and how far it extendeth; for a crowd 
is not company, and faces are but a gal¬ 
lery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling 
cymbal where there is no love.—Bacon. 
Your house 
is as good as its paint 
The real outside of your house is its paint 
coat. If your paint has been good, your 
house should be sound. If the paint is 
poor, your house is in peril. 
Dutch Boy White Lead 
and Dutch Boy linseed oil make a paint of 
any color so fine that it sinks into every 
joint and wood pore, so elastic that it never 
cracks, so tenacious that it grips the wood 
like part of the wood itself. It lasts and 
beautifies for years. In the end it’s the 
cheapest good paint made. 
You can get red lead in paste form that 
won’t dry out in the can. Ask your dealer. 
Text Book on T~n J~y TT\ 
House Painting x JLV JUj HI/ 
Ask for Farmers’ Paint Helps No. 259 Tells 
how to mix all colors for all surfaces and 
weather conditions; how to calculate 
amount and cost of paint needed. _ 
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NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 
New York Boston Cincinnati Cleveland 
Buffalo Chicago San Francisco St. l.ouis 
(John T. Lewis & Bros. Co.. Philadelphia) 
(National Lead & Oil Co., Pittsburgh) 
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One cup 
Flour 
One Egg 
One cup 
Milk 
Delicious Pop-Overs from the 
“Wear - Ever” mS^a m n 
Beat with an egg beater until bubbles appear. 
Pour into “Wear-Ever” Aluminum Muffin Pan. 
Bake without turning the pan. Aluminum ware 
gets hot more quickly and stays hotter than 
other ware. ‘'Wear-Ever” utensils cut down 
labor and time and money so fast that if you 
once use one you will soon have a whole 
‘‘Wear-Ever” kitchen. 
Replace utensils that wear out 
with utensils that “Wear-Ever” 
Write for booklet, “The Wear-Ever Kitchen" which 
_ ex-plains how to improve voter cooking _ 
W ANTFD • Men to demonstrate and sell “Wear- 
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can furnish security will be considered. 
The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co. 
Dept 53, New Kensington, Pa., or 
Northern Aluminum Co.. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario 
Send prepaid 1 quart ‘ Wear-Ever” Stewpan. 
Enclosed is 20 cents in stamps—money refunded 
if not satisfied. 
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TEA BY PARCEL POST 
ONE POUND of TEA and a Japanese 
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We make this offer to get acquainted. We would not 
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