THE RURA.L NEW-YORKER 
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Suggestions in Crochet Work 
The many articles necessary which are 
to be used by the prospective bride, and 
are placed in the well-known “dower 
chest," called by a few of the fair sex 
inclined to be more frivolous, “a hope 
box.” are among the most important 
things in the life of a young woman. 
More pleasure is derived as she finishes 
an article and places it there than one 
can realize unless she has built up a dow- 
Mexican Lace. 
er for herself. Friends and relatives are 
interested and from time to time pur¬ 
chase and send contributions which are 
stored away. Naturally it takes a long 
time to prepare and collect the lingerie, 
household linens, etc. Crochet work has 
been revived and used in place of some 
of the hand embroidery, which can be 
made in less time than it takes to em¬ 
broider. 
Among the most important things is 
the household linen. Towels are made 
of linen, and one can’t have too many 
of them. They will not become yellow 
when laid aside if they are wrapped in 
dark blue paper. Tissue paper will do 
and can be bought for a few cents a 
dozen sheets. A crocheted edge used on 
the end of a linen towel, or for the trim¬ 
ming on lingerie, is simple in design and 
made quickly. It is made the length de¬ 
sired and then sewed to the end of the 
towel by overhanding it on. 
Mexican Lace. —To make the Mexi¬ 
can stitch chain one loosely, one tighter 
and catch back loop with single crochet, 
one loose, one tight, and this makes the 
double stitch. The single is made with 
just one loose and one tight stitch. 
Chain 30. First row: Make one Mexican 
stitch into sixth stitch, one double Mex. 
into every sixth stitch until you have 
four, chain seven and catch into next 
stitch. Second row : Fill this space with 
14 single crochets; one single Mexican 
and catch into center of double stitch of 
previous row. One double Mex., one 
double Mex., one double Mex., and 
catch with double crochet into last 
stitch. Turn. Third row: 1 s Mex., 
1 <1 Mex., 1 d Mex., 1 d Mex., 
catching into last scallop. Chain 7 and 
catch into same stitch. Turn. Fill in 
space with 7 single crochets. Chain 7 
and catch with single chain into eighth 
stitch of scallop. Turn. Fourth row: 
Fill in space with 14 single crochets. 
Fill in next space with 7 single cro¬ 
chets. Make Mex. stitches same as in 
previous row. Turn. Fifth row: Make 
3 d and 1 single Mex. same as other 
rows, then after catching with d cro¬ 
chet, chain 7, catch with single crochet 
into last scallop. Turn, fill in with 7 sin¬ 
gle crochets, chain 7, take out needle and 
catch into eighth stitch of next scallop 
with single crochet, fill with 7 single c; 
chain 7, take out needle and catch into 
eighth stitch of next scallop. Fill in with 
14 single crochets, fill in next space with 
7 singles next with 7 and so on with 
Mex. stitches to end of row. Sixth row: 
The first part of row is same as the 4th 
row. Chain 7 and catch into last scal¬ 
lop with single crochet. Fill in with 7 
s c, chain 7 and after taking out needle 
catch into eighth stitch of next scallop with 
single crochet; fill in with 7 single cro¬ 
chets; chain 7, catch into next scallop, 
and fill in with 7 single crochets; chain 7 
and catch with single crochet into next 
scallop and fill in with 7; chain 7, catch 
with single c and fill in with 14 single cro¬ 
chets, fill in next space with 7 singles, 
next with 7 singles and the last with 7 
singles, thence on to the Mexican work. 
Insertion can be made by using just the 
Mexican work. If scallop is not large 
enough add another row. This will make 
a difference of two rows when the scal¬ 
lop is finished, one on each side. 
Dresser Or Sideboard Scarf.— 
1 his is made of linen such as one buys 
for toweling, and can be bought for 25 
or 35 cents a yard, varying in quality, 
not width. It requires one and a half 
yards. One used in illustration is hem¬ 
stitched. but this is not necessary, since 
many people believe it would wear better 
without the threads drawn out. so it 
may be hemmed by hand. For the lace 
No. 5 was used. The medallions are 
made first, five in all. Medallions— 
Chain fifteen. First row: Catch into 
sixth stitch with 1 d c, chain 2 and catch 
into 3d st., chain 2 and catch into 3d st., 
chain 2 and catch into 3d stitch, making 
five spaces in all. Chain five. turn. 
2d row : Go into first d. chain 2, go into 
next d, chain 2, go into next d. chain 2 
and go into end stitch. Turn. 3d row : 
Chain 5 and go into first double, chain 2, 
go into next d. chain 2, go into next d, 
chain 2 and go into next d, chain 2 and 
go into last stitch. Turn. 4th row: 
Chain 5* and go into first d, chain 2 and 
go into next d. chain 2 and go into next 
d, chain 2 and go into next d, chain 2 
and go into next d. Turn. 5th row: 
Chain 5 and go into first double, chain 
2 and go into next d. chain 2 and go into 
Scarf With Crocheted Trimmings. 
next d, chain 2 and go into next double, 
chain 2 and go into next double. 6tli 
row: Chain 1 and make two singles in 
first space, two in second space, two in 
third space, chain 7 and catch back two 
stitches, fill in space with 3 singles, 
chain four and make a picot, 2 singles, 1 
picot, 2 singles, 1 picot. 2 singles. 1 picot 
and three singles. Fill in next space 
with two singles, next with 5 singles, 
next two with two. chain 7. catch back 
two stitches and fill in as previous chain 
of 7. Make three scallops in the same 
way. Then chain 7 and turn. 7th row: 
Catch into first picot. chain 7 and catch 
into first picot of next scallop, etc., to 
the last scallop. Turn. 8th row: Fill 
in first space with 3 d. 1 p, 2 s. 1 p. 3 s; 
next space with 3 s. 1 p. 2 s, 1 p, 2 s. 1 p. 
3 s; next with two picots and two scal¬ 
lops to correspond. Fill in last side with 
s c two in each space. Take one of the 
medallions and after fastening thread 
chain 5 and catch into first d. chain 2 
and catch into next until you reach end 
of medallion, chain 7 and catch next me¬ 
dallion and so on to the end. Turn. 2d 
row: Chain 5 catch into 1 d. chain 2 
and catch into d 0 times, then make four 
doubles, then 11 spaces, four d’s, 11 
spaces. 4 d's, 11 spaces, 4 doubles, and 
ten spaces. Turn. 3d row: Chain five 
and go into first double and make 8 
spaces, 4 double, 1 space, 4 doubles, 0 
spaces, 4 doubles, 1 space and four dou¬ 
bles to end of row. 4th row: 7 spaces 
four doubles, 3 spaces and four doubles, 7 
spaces, etc. 5th row: 6 spaces. 4 d, 5 
spaces, 4 d, 6 spaces 4 d, 3 spaces and 
4 d. 6th row: 7 spaces, 4 d. 3 spaces, 
4 d. 7 spaces, etc. 7tli row: S spaces, 
4 d. 0 spaces, 4 d, etc. 8th row: f) 
spaces, four d, 10 spaces 4 d. etc. 0th 
row : chain 2 and go into each double. 
10th row : same as 0th row. Either over¬ 
hand it to the scarf end, or turn your 
hem as narrow as possible, and make 
single crochets across, then overhand the 
lace to stitching. 
Tumbler Doilies. —These make a 
useful decoration for a china closet or to 
use with a luncheon set. The large 
pieces can be made practically the same 
by using more braid. For the small size 
you will need one half piece of heavy 
coronation braid and ball of crochet 
thread No. 15. Skip one knot, take two 
knots, cross, take four knots and cross 
in your fingers, and catch them together 
with two single crochets, chain 5 and re¬ 
peat. It requires twenty of these loops. 
Join work of first row with slip stitch. 
Second row: Fill space with nine single 
stitches and one single stitch over sin¬ 
gle crochet of previous row. Third row : 
Chain nine and catch with single, 
crochet into single crochet over braid of 
second row. Fourth row: The fourth 
and last row in center is made after slip 
stitching third row together; chain five, 
catch through center of chain two single 
crochet stitches and chain three, then 
two double crochets through next loop 
and chain three. These chains must be 
made tight in order that the center of 
your piece is made firm. Break your 
thread and take two of your large loops 
and fasten together between first and 
second knots. Chain five and cross over 
to the small loop catching with single 
crochet in the center between the knots, 
chain five and catch over top loop be¬ 
tween knots two and three; chain five 
and go back to the small loop; chain 
five and take in the other side and the 
next large loop between knots three and 
four. Repeat to the end of the row. 
Second row: Chain five after fastening 
first row with slip stitch. With a dou¬ 
ble crochet catch through first knot, 
chain five, make four double crochets 
through the chains of previous row: 
chain five make double crochet through 
last knot; double crochet through first 
knot of next loop; chain five and make 
four double crochets through chain of 
other row; chain five and catch one dou¬ 
ble crochet through the last knot and so 
on to the end of the row. Row three: 
Chain seven, catch four treble stitches 
into four double crochet stitches of pre¬ 
vious row, chain seven and catch in dou¬ 
ble crochet with a single crochet of last 
row. Row four: Fill in chain with nine 
single crochets, chain two, catch through 
treble stitch with single crochet; chain 
three, catch in next treble, chain two 
and catch in treble, chain seven aud 
catch in double crochet with single cro¬ 
chet. These can be used with three or 
six small ones in a set, or you might 
Tumbler Doily. 
use three different sizes. One could be 
made with one and a half pieces, tie* 
other with one and the small one with the 
half piece of braid. 
Under-Waist Yoke. —Made with No. 
100 thread. Chain forty-five. Turn, 
chain 5. 1st row: Catch with double 
every third stitch chaining two between. 
Turn. 2d row : Chain 5, make !) spaces, 
3 d. 8 spaces. 3d row : Chain 5, 2 spaces, 
10 d. catching into each stitch, 3 spaces, 
3 d. 0 spaces. Turn and C 5. 4th row : 
1 space 13 d, 3 spaces, 3 d. 0 spaces. 
Turn, C 5. 5th row: 1 space, 13 d, 2 
spaces, 4 d, 10 spaces. Turn, C 5. 6th 
row: 2 spaces, 10 d. 1 space, 4 d, 11 
spaces. 7th row: 5 spaces, 4 d, 12 
spaces. 8th row: 2 spaces, 10 d, 1 space, 
13 doubles, 8 spaces. 9th row: 1 space 
13 d. 1 space. 13 d, 8 spaces. 10th row: 
1 space, 13 d. 1 space, 13 d, 8 spaces. 
11 th row: 2 spaces, 10 d. 2 spaces, 6 d, 
0 spaces. 12th row : 13th and 14th rows 
all spaces. 15th row: 1) spaces, 7 d. 2 
spaces. 10 spaces, 2 spaces. 16th row: 
S spaces, 13 d, 1 space, 13 d. 1 space. 
17tli row, S spaces, 13 d, 1 space, 13 d, 
1 space. 18th row, 8 spaces. 13 d, 1 
space, 10 d, 2 spaces. 19th row: 5 
spaces, 4 d, 12 spaces. 20th row: 11 
spaces, 4 d, 1 space, 10 d, 2 spaces. 21st 
row: 1 space, 13 d, 2 spaces, 4 d. 10 
spaces. 22d row: 10 spaces, 4 d, 3 
spaces, 13 d. 1 space. 23rd row: 2 
spaces, 10 d, 3 spaces, 4 d, 9 spaces. 
24tli row: 9 spaces, 4 d. 8 spaces. 3 
rows of plain between and repeat. 
Make six clovers for a 38 waist for (he 
front and start with strap. 7 spaces and 
three rows plain. 4tli row: 2 spaces, 7 
d, 3 spaces. 5 th row: 2 spaces, 13 d, 2 
spaces. 6th row: same as 5th. 7th row: 
same as 4th. Make 8 figures, with 3 
rows of plain between. For under arm 
piece make 25 rows of plain stitch by 
chaining 2 and one * d. Make a treble 
crochet all around for ribbon. 
ESTHER COSSE. 
How to Remove Red Ink. 
“Mother, I've spilled red ink on 
the girls’ new table runner, and they’ve 
scolded me for it. I’m awfully sorry, 
though I didn't mean to do it.” 
Such was the wail that came to me 
over the telephone the other day, aud the 
little daughter was almost in tears. 
“Well, don’t worry about it, maybe I 
can take it out.” I replied, for she is a 
very sensitive, conscientious child. The 
three girls are boarding themselves and 
going to school in town; one to college, 
one to high school and the other in the 
grades. They do light housekeeping, and 
as we are only three miles from town 
it is quite convenient. When the things 
came home I found that the bottle of red 
ink had been spilled on the white table¬ 
cloth. then it had soaked through onto 
the linen table runner. There were sev¬ 
eral large patches on the white tablecloth, 
and a patch as large as my hand on the 
new table runner. As the tablecloth 
was an old one I decided to use it to ex¬ 
periment on. I have ofteu read of soak¬ 
ing ink stains in new milk, but never had 
any success in removing any of the ink, 
and this red ink had been dry for several 
days. The morning that I intended to 
wash I had several pans of sour milk 
that I was going to make into Dutch 
cheese. I scald my cheese by adding 
boiling water, stir, and when scalded 
enough, drain off whey and water. I 
had several pans full of hot whey when 
I was ready to wash the tablecloth. I 
had put the inkspot into a pan of sour 
milk about an hour before, but it didn’t 
seem to start the ink, when something 
seemed to say to me to try the hot 
whey. I did so, and in about a minute 
the color started, and that whey was al¬ 
most red. I changed to another panful 
and it did the same for that. Then I 
put it into the tub and soaped well. The 
color nearly all rubbed out, and the sun 
took out the remainder, so when it was 
brought from the line not a vestige of 
the stain remained. It was about a week 
later when the table runner was brought 
home. The ink was thoroughly dried, 
and as the linen was a firm weave, it 
looked like a hopeless task, but I again 
tried the hot whey. It took considerably 
longer than with the white cloth, but 
by continued soaking and rubbing I fin¬ 
ally took all the stain from that also. 
The little daughter was delighted and so 
was I, for the girls had taken consider¬ 
able time to embroider it. and its beau¬ 
ty would have been ruined if the stain 
could not have been removed. 
MRS. CLAUDIA BETTS. 
II. N.-Y.—In a restaurant some years 
ago a waiter dropped a small pitcher of 
Clover Leaf Lace Yoke. 
milk over a fine overcoat which hung on 
a chair. The owner was very angry, but 
the waiter brought a cup of black coffee 
—lightly “sopped” up the milk and took 
out every sign of a stain. 
Can You Tell Us? 
Do any of the readers of The R. N.-Y. 
know how to can fish so the bones are 
soft like canned salmon? If so would 
like to hear from some of them. 
MRS. E. L. BENSON. 
