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THE RURAL NEW-YORKEK 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
Humbler Heroes. 
It might not be so difficult to lead the 
light brigade, 
While the army cheered behind you, and 
the fifes and bugles played; 
It might be rather easy with the war- 
shriek in your ears 
To forget the bite of bullets and the taste 
of blood and tears. 
But to be a scrubwoman, with four 
Babies, or more, 
Every day, every day setting your back 
On the rack, 
And all your reward forever not quite 
A full bite 
Of bread for your babies. Say ! 
In the heat of the day 
You might be a hero to head a brigade, 
But a hero like her? I’m afraid! 
I’m afraid! 
—Edmund Yance Cooke in Saturday 
Evening Post. 
* 
I N washing very heavy dirty garments, 
such as men’s overalls, if a washing 
machine is not used the hands may be saved 
in the rubbing by using a scrubbing 
brush. The garment is laid on the board, 
and there scrubbed, with plenty of soap. 
Sooty oven cloths may be cleansed by 
soaking over night in just enough kero¬ 
sene to cover and then washing with cold 
water and abundant soap. 
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A T a recent meeting of a medical society 
in this city operations for adenoids 
came up for discussion, and the opinion 
was strongly expressed that nasal breath¬ 
ing was the best preventive of adenoids. 
In other words, teach a child from baby¬ 
hood to keep his mouth closed, and to 
breathe through his nose, and this trouble 
is not likely to appear. 
* 
W HERE a delicate narrow lace is de¬ 
sired for fine underwear or infants’ 
clothes, Armenian edging may be recom¬ 
mended. It costs from three cents a yard 
up, and looks like a “real” lace, with 
its fine thx-ead and spider-web pattern. 
This narrow Armenian lace is just right 
for finishing hand-embroidered garments, 
or little nainsook slips for the new baby. 
* 
F OR a specially dainty sandwich, use 
Boston brown bread, cut very thin. 
Spi’ead with a mixtui*e made of half a 
pint of ci-eam, whipped vei-y stiff half a 
cupful of dates, stoned and chopped, half 
a cupful of nut meats, chopped fine, and 
a little powdered sugar, all stirred well 
together. Spread the filling smooth, and 
put the sandwiches together neatly, cut¬ 
ting into fancy shapes if desired. 
* 
A RECENT reference to the use of a 
mangle, as a labor-saving laundry de¬ 
vice, has called out questions as to price, 
etc. A good mangle, household size, is sold 
by a New York department store for $5.74 ; 
it has hai-dwood rollers, and is clamped 
to any table, like a wringer. Of course 
turning a mangle is not a sedentai’y oc¬ 
cupation, as Mr. Mantalini discovered, 
but it saves ironing of all flat pieces, and 
will take one away from the stove in hot 
weather. 
* 
J AVELLE water, 'which is a useful 
bleach for removing stains, is made by 
dissolving one pound of sal-soda and one- 
quarter pound of chloride of lime in two 
quarts of boiling water. When these 
substances have dissolved as far as pos¬ 
sible, and the solution has settled, pour 
off the clear part and bottle—and be 
sure to label the bottle propei’ly. The 
di’egs may be used to flush waste pipes, 
or to scour unpainted woodwork. When 
the undiluted Javelle water is used to 
remove stains on tablecloths, or similar 
white materials, the article is spread out 
flat, and the spot scrubbed with a brush 
dipped in the Javelle water; after this 
the fabi'ic is l-insed in water containing 
a little ammonia to countei’act the cor- 
i - osive effect of the bleach. It should be 
remembered that the bleach has a pow¬ 
erful action on the hands. A small quan¬ 
tity of this bleach in the rinsing water 
will whiten yellow fabrics, or those that 
have become dingy through bad water or 
careless methods. Many professional 
laundresses use entirely too much of the 
bleach to save rubbing, and thus destroy 
the fabrics. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
MONO simple but smart blouses for 
warm weather wear are many with 
low neck and elbow or three-quarter sleeves 
of the raglan shape. Favorite materials 
are voile, either plain or embroidered, 
fine crape and marquisette, with collar 
and cuffs of organdie. One of these 
waists with elbow sleeves had odd flar¬ 
ing bell-shaped cuffs of organdie. This 
organdie may be bought in a quality 
that launders well. 
One of the large shops is exhibiting 
new styles in women’s wear named after 
“The Salamander,” a new, and to our 
mind rather disagreeable American novel, 
soon to make its appearance as a drama. 
The “Salamander” gowns have a Rus¬ 
sian blouse effect with long straight tunic 
and a little touch of red in trimming or 
necktie. Little buckled shoes, silk stock¬ 
ings with contrasting clocks, underwear, 
hats and hand bags all appear in these 
“Salamander” styles, which are rather 
simple and girlish in effect. 
Some combinations of brown and white 
are offered as a new French idea, and 
they are very becoming for Sum¬ 
mer wear. A very handsome gown 
of embroidered white voile had a little 
sleeveless jacket of brown satin; it but¬ 
toned to the waist in front, and had sash 
ends in the back. Brown hat, slippers 
and parasol with a fine white dress will 
be found very effective. A white duvetyn 
dress made with a long redingote was 
trimmed with brown soutache braid. The 
very dark brown known as tete-de-negre, 
as well as golden and bronze shades, are 
used in this way. Bronze kid is much 
used for Summer slippers and pumps. 
The combination of brown and white is 
fashionable for children, too, and is more 
becoming to a child who tans very readi¬ 
ly than brighter colors. 
Taffeta is so enormously popular now 
that it is not surprising to learn that the 
Paris dressmakers are preparing to dis- 
cai’d it for satin. However, it will no 
doubt hold its popularity here for some 
time, and we see some handsome jacket 
suits of this material that are very suit¬ 
able for Summer. Women of conserva¬ 
tive taste will find the new long Cossack 
tunic very suitable for taffeta; some of 
them are edged with a half-inch knife 
pleating, the same trimming being used 
to edge the short coat. Little kimono 
coats, loosely fitting, may be worn over 
a separate waist of lace, maline or chif¬ 
fon, or one of these materials made up 
with just enough taffeta to form when at¬ 
tached to the skirt, a one-piece dress. A 
waist of maline or tulle is not quite 
as perishable as it sounds, since it is 
really more like a draping of tulle over 
a lace, net or chiffon foundation. Still, 
it is no fabi’ic for a frugal buyer, though 
used abroad for flounced and draped 
skirts, as well as bodices. 
It is not easy to dress a girl of 12, be¬ 
cause she is often too big for little girls’ 
styles, and too young to copy her elder 
sisters. A nice model for this age seen ! 
in a high-class shop was made of tan- 
coloi’ed crash. The waist was a plain 
Norfolk coat with smart littfle patch 
pockets and a belt of the same material, 
while the plain skirt had a box pleat 
both back and front. The blouse had 
pearl buttons and white linen collar and 
cuffs. This very practical model is suit¬ 
able for any color in linen, galatea, etc. 
A good many children’s suits are made 
this season on “Oliver Twist” models. 
These are modeled after the quaint styles 
illustrated in early editions of Dickens, 
the principle featui’e being the skirt, or 
trousers, buttoning on to a plain, rather 
short-waisted blouse. In the boys’ suits 
the trousers are plain and straight, made 
of colored cluimbray, galatea, o-' linen, 
the blouse white, with round Dutch col¬ 
lar and cuffs of the coloi’ed material. 
The girls’ dresses have plain little four- 
gored skirts of colored material, and like 
the boys’ suits, they have colored collars 
and cuffs on the plain blouse. In both 
cases thei’e are many buttons fastening 
the short waist to its continuation, and 
a double row of buttons on the front of 
the blouse, which, to the Dickens stu¬ 
dent, recalls not only poor little Oliver, 
but also the ghost of Master B., in the 
“Haunted House,” who was clad in an 
obsolete suit, much too tight, with a dou¬ 
ble xow of gleaming buttons. 
Rose Beads Again. 
P LEASE publish through “Woman and 
the Home” column, how to make 
rose beads out of dried rose petals. 
r. E. M. 
These beads are not usually made from 
dried rose petals, but from fresh ones. 
The following dii’ections given by an 
Oregon correspondent are reprinted from 
our issue of June 14, 1913: 
Gather the petals when free from 
moisture, say a 10-pound pail packed full, 
put them through the food-grinder at 
least six times. Hunt up an old rusty 
kettle or pail, the rustier the bettei*, rub 
it vigorously so there will be no loose 
pieces of rust, then plaster the rose pulp 
over the bottom and sides, about one-half 
inch in thickness, cover and set away in 
a cool place for two days, when you will 
find that the rust is turning the pulp 
black. Put it through the food-grinder 
again at least four times and plaster it 
over the kettle again and let stand as 
before. Put through the grinder again 
three or four times, the more the better, 
and if it is a good jet black it has had 
enough of the rust treatment and is ready 
to be formed into beads, provided it is of 
the right consistency. Roll a small piece 
of the pulp in the palm of the hand: if 
it makes a good firm ball it is all right; 
if it cracks it is too dry and should be 
sprinkled and rolled in a wet cloth for 
a few hours, and if it is too soft to keep 
its shape well, the pulp should be spi’ead 
out to dry a little. To get the beads the 
same size press (he pulp through small 
funnel; this will form bars of the pulp, 
which may be cut into pieces of equal 
length. Roll the pieces in the hand as 
children make mud marbles, and shape 
with the fingers. Put a pin straight 
through each one as you finish it and 
stick the pin upright in a cushion or 
mat, until the beads dry, when the pins 
may be slipped out and the beads are 
finished. String on a dark thread with 
about eight seed beads between the rose 
beads. The daintiest effect is produced 
by stringing as follows: one rose bead, 
two steel beads, four jet black beads, two 
steel beads, repeat. Gold or any pre¬ 
ferred color of seed beads may be used in 
place of the steel beads. Keep in a cov¬ 
ered box when not wearing them and 
their fragrance will last indefinitely. 
Some suggestions: A drop or two of 
olive oil mixed into the pulp before it is 
put through the grinder the last time 
will give the beads a glossier black. The 
smaller beads are much daintier, make 
them so they will be about the size of 
allspice berries after they are dry. They 
shrink about one-half. Make, some vei’y 
small ones and combine with seed beads 
to make some of the beautiful necklaces 
worn so much. If the grinder and other 
utensils used when grinding the pulp are 
washed at once, first with cold water, 
they will not be stained. A little oil 
rubbed into the hands, olive oil is good, 
and then some lemon juice, will remove 
the stain from fingers. 
June 6, 
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