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which we installed in the basement. A 
hot-water heatinp plant came next, after 
one Winter’s .struggle with coal stoves. A 
big fireplace, some new rug.s, and com¬ 
fortable chairs added considerably to the 
attractiveness of the living-room, and the 
much despised kerosene lamps were suc¬ 
ceeded by electricity. 
f)f conr.se we did not make all these 
changes at once, and by the time we had 
added a small son and daughter, an auto¬ 
mobile. an electric washing machine and 
several tenant houses to our manage 
seven years had passed, and we found 
ourselves slipping into middle age, for I 
had not married young. The Summer my 
sister spent with me I passed my fortieth 
birthday. Marian was twenty-six. To 
iny prejudiced eyes she looked about six¬ 
teen. She was very pretty, the sort of a 
girl that reminds one of a flower, tall and 
straight and slender, with shiny brown 
hair, wide-open blue eyes, and the pinke.st 
of pink cheeks. I always thought of a 
Killarney rose when I looked at Marian. 
Her clothes were extremely plain. She 
made most of them herself, and never had 
many, but they had .style and that in¬ 
definable something known as “pep.” 
They made me feel con.scious that mine 
were all wrong. Marian’s skirts were 
short and frilly. Mine ijvere long and 
scant, made in a style at least four years 
past. Her stockings were silk and her 
trim white jnimps were immaculately 
clean. My cotton .stockings wrinkled 
around my ankles, my shoes were not 
clean, and furthermore they were run 
down at the heels. It was not that I 
lacked the money to buy pretty clothes, 
but I had simply grown careless. I had 
thought “clothes do. not matter; it i« 
what one has inside of one’s head that 
counts.” 
One day MaHan said to me: “Eleanor, 
why don’t you make that skirt a little 
•shorter? I’ll turn it up for you now if 
you want me to.” 
“Oh, it is just an old skirt I am wear¬ 
ing out,” I answered. “It isn’t w ,rth 
fu.ssing with.” 
“It will take some time to wear it out, 
and I’m sure you would like it better 
short,” was her reply. 
That was the beginning. Marian took 
that old, dingy brown skirt that I had 
been trailing in the dust for about four 
years, turm'd it up a good six inches from 
tlie llooi'—she begged me to have it eight 
—cleaned it and pzes.sed it and handed it 
o\('r to me as good as new. Then I be¬ 
gan to get interested. We cut off all my 
skirts and I sent to town for some silk 
hose. I had the heels on my shoes built 
up. and every day I inspected my white 
♦•anvas pumps and cleaned them if neces¬ 
sary. It seemed to me that I felt and 
acted at least five years younger. 
'I'hen we began on my hair. It is long 
and thick, and I have never bothered with 
it much. My neighbors’ locks are so 
sc.anty and they ai'C so firmly addicted to 
wealing much false hair that I had be- 
<ome (|uile well satisfied with my own, 
but it was frowsly and it did need wash¬ 
ing. I realized that as I looked it 
.Marian’s bright, fluffy locks, not too 
clo.sely confined by a hair net. I washed 
it and curled it, and Marian taught me to 
do it up with a net. and now I felt at 
least ten years younger. 
My husband liked the change, too. I 
could t(‘ll that by his pleased grin when I 
apjieared in my rejuvenated clothes. I 
am small and slight, and the new frilly 
st.vles became me. They .seemed to make 
my mind younger, too, and life took on 
an added zest. Marian coaxed me to go 
swimming. It was an effort to trudge 
over to the lake, through the hot, plowed 
orchards, but I felt well repaid at the 
end of the Summer, when my cheeks were 
almost as rosy as Marian’s own. 
She left in September to go back to 
her teaching, but the rejuvenating pro- 
<ess is still going on. I use cold cream 
at night, manicure my nails and study the 
style books diligently. Marian sends me 
hair nets occasionally, as we cannot buy 
them in our little village, and I no lon¬ 
ger look a fright when I come in from 
an automobile ride. I have a lot more 
fun than I used to, and my husband say.s 
he has three children instead of two. 
'Die iK'ighbor.s look at me agha.st. but I 
notice some of them are indulging in 
ruflles. and a few have had the temerity 
to shorten their .skirls. We e.re not a 
Vha RURAL NEW-YORKER 
backwoods community, but we women 
have grown careless, and it took youth to 
show us up. And so I would like to say 
to every fanner’s wife—don’t look like 
a frump—don't get careless about 
your personal appearance—take a few 
minutes every day to freshen up 
your clothes a bit. Try to look ns 
sweet and fresh and clean for your hus¬ 
band as you did in the days before he 
married you. It will pay you a thousand¬ 
fold. I know, for I have tried it. F. e. 
A Convenient Home Laundry 
On page 10 I notice reference to the 
problem of drying the family wash dui’- 
ing stormy weather in rural districts. 
While what I have to submit might not 
be of any value to those who have their 
house and cellar arrangements already es¬ 
tablished, to anyone contemplating bziild- 
ing or remodeling the following might be 
of u.se: 
When we built our home I dug cellar 
deep enough so that when wall wa.s laid 
and floor in we had 8 ft. 0 in. in the clear. 
Itottom sill of windows and door at gi*ade 
line; one corner of cellar partitioned off 
for laundry room. Two windows in room, 
one east, the other south, insuring light 
and ventilation if the weather is too cold 
or .stormy to open cellar windows. By 
No. 321—A design that will appeal to 
mothers Is the Baby Resting Pillow. It is 
lor cross stitch einbroidor.v, excepting the 
lines just inside of the encircling row of 
rosettes ,oii which the outline stiteh Is em¬ 
ployed. It is to l)e embroidered in eltlier 
slindcs of i)Iup or sliiidcH of rose. All tlie 
rosettes are for the lighter slunle used, tlie 
surrounding crosses wlilcli Indicate tlie 
vines and leaves are for ttie medium, ami 
tlie darker shaifc Is used over tlie Hues to 
be outlined. The design Is stumped on the 
linest white Itgpp. size 18x22 iiiehes, with 
back of same material. The price with 
mercerized floss, is 50 cents. 
opening dfMif into fnrmicc room clothes 
which are hung on lines in the ordinary 
way will dry very quickly. I might add 
tluit we have both hot and cold water in 
laundry room, al.so hot jilate or gas on 
which to place wa.sh btiiler. Our home is 
in the country, 2% miles from town. 
G. M, 
Pumpernickel Recipe Wanted 
Could some of your retulers give a 
recipe for pumpernickel bread? I have 
looked through various cook hooks of 
mine and iny neighbors’ and am unable to 
find it. We are very fond of it, and it is 
very healthful. mbs. t. k. 
Bakers’ Cheese Cake 
I saw a reqno.st for cheese cake in 
The R. N.-Y. This is the recipe u.sed by 
New York bakers: Mix one pound pot 
cheese and two ounces flour well. Take 
out of the bowl and lay aside for a while. 
Cream six ounces sugar and two ounces 
butter till light and add two eggs to this 
and cream some more. Add your mixed 
che(>se and flour to this and rn?- thor- 
<Mighly Add vanilla and one-half cup 
milk. Rake in a moderately hot oven. If 
seven-inch pans are used you will have 
cakes the size sold in New York City 
for 10 cents each. They will take about 
80 minutes to bake. 
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which are 
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State Boards of Health. 
open vault and cesspool, 
a warm, 
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Endorsed by 
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The germs arc tilled by a chemical process in water THE 
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Our book on **GRE0-D1PT’’ Homes shows 
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It teils iiow to take otf ami earo for 
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NEW YORK STATE FARMS 
Tell us what kind of farm you want and 
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IVJAPLE SYRUP 
EVAPORATORS 
GRIMM’S 
f^YKUPamt SUGAR—yUlCKKU, KASIKR 
and WI ni LKSS ‘ GSl Unm is possildo liy any other SVSTE.M. There la 
„ .. “’'I'l l': I'RKK^-GKT kKADY NGW-Indicntions 
? "■ SKASON. I’lTces for I’UIIK .tiAl’LK I’HGDUCTS are 
INCRLA.SINft. We are r>re|>arcd to make I’KGJII’T 
Al'I'AltATUS outlie .MAKKKT. Also tho GltlMM 
UU^ItO-^IDvIk SUGAtf’ '’tc., aro INDISl’KNSAIil.M to tlio 
MAKFH8. oKuku NOW. G. H. GRIMM ESTATE 
.‘tsk fnr cirtrr/of/cc “ itiu/ 
state nuiitljiT nf trees you I 
tn. 
RUTLAND, VT. 
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quick reply and a “s<iuare deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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