a»ic RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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a teacup. Half way between this cut 
and the outside edge of cake cut another 
circle. Then fit them together, two with 
dark centers and outside rims, and two 
with white centers and rims. When they 
are stacked together white and dark cen¬ 
ters alternately, yon will have more even 
checks, I think, than when baked as de¬ 
scribed in the previous recipes 
MKS. r.. K. B. 
Making Garments at Home 
It has long been one of my hobbies that 
all work that can be done at home with¬ 
out undue labor on the part of the house¬ 
wife is a distinct saving. In nothing is 
this more true than in the work of sew¬ 
ing. Consider for a moment the items of 
expense which the garment maker asks 
the buyer to pay for when buying a ready¬ 
made garment: There is first, the cost 
of labor; second, money invested in build¬ 
ing and machinery; third, cost of light, 
heat and power. These things the worker 
white waist at a remnant sale, crocheted 
a little edge in pale blue for collar and 
cuffs, and for material, crochet cotton, 
thread, and buttons spent exactly 28 
cents. For a waist not so well made and 
of poorer quality, I would have spent a 
dollar. I use a great deal of the cro¬ 
cheted trimmings, and find it wears much 
better than any lace or embroidery I can 
buy, beside being very pleasant pick-up 
work when visiting a neighbor or in the 
long Winter evenings. 
For the children’s clothes and under¬ 
clothes I find it is a good plan to eat 
everything out at one time that I intend 
making, next do all the basting, then the 
machine work. The little garments can 
then be picked up at any time and finished 
with the hand work required, such as 
sewing on buttons, making button-holes, 
etc. One great advantage I find in mak¬ 
ing children’s clothing at home, is in the 
fact that you can allow for a year or tw> 
of gi’owth. Fxtra large seams can he 
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A beautiful Centerpiece foi’ cross-stitch embroidery in golden yellow, is No. .Wl. On 
this design It is the l)aekgrouiid tliat is embroidertuf and not tlie figure. There is quite a 
bit of work to be done on this design, but the finished effect will well repay the needle- 
worker for her labors; however, a part of the work, tliat of the scallops, may be elim¬ 
inated by attaching lace over the scallops. The design Is stamped on white, oyster linen, 
size 20 inches. The price with mercerized floss Is 75 cents. Cluny lace, 40 cents extra. 
at home has, and is not obliged to make 
any extra outlay for, to do her own .sew¬ 
ing, with the exception of the sewing ma¬ 
chine. The cost of this, however, will 
soon be met by the saving in making the 
clothing at home. 
I vet me tell you of the difl’erence in 
cost, hast year I wanted a velveteen 
suit fur-triniined. The quality I wanted 
cost, ready-made, ,$110. I bought velveteen 
of as good a (juality as the suit contained 
for 8ij cents per yard. Eight yards wer.* 
reipiired. This is the way it totalled : 
8 yds. velveteen at 8.5c. ,$(5.80 
8% yds. satin for lining at $1.‘2.5.. 4.88 
8 yds. fur banding at .$1. 8.0<) 
2 spools silk thread at 10c. .‘.^0 
I’atterns. .80 
8 button molds. .02 
1 yd. belting . .10 
1 card snap fasteners. .10 
Total....$14.00 
i\Iy suit was beautiful, and I certainly 
thought the saving of .$15 was worth 
while. Horne women may think that they 
would be unable to make a suit, but let 
me say that I never learned the dixiss- 
making trade. I selected a model that 
was simple, and nowoidays the patterns 
are so clear and explicit that it Is almost 
impo.ssible to make a mistake. 
In making underclothes the saving i.s 
just as great compai-atively. I watch 
the “white sales,” buy muslin and long- 
cloth when it is cheapest, and besides sav¬ 
ing money have a much better-made gar¬ 
ment. Did you ever get a readymade gar¬ 
ment that wore as well as the one made 
at home? I never did. The seams are 
always scanty and pull apart, the hems 
are turned under insufficiently, while the 
buttons part company with the garment 
on the first or second wearing. 
I bought a 12-yard piece of longcloth 
for $1.25, out of which I made two night¬ 
gowns and three corset cover’s that would 
have cost me $4 if I had bought them 
readymade. I used 10 cents’ worth of 
thread and 00 cents’ worth of embroidery. 
I had the buttons, as I always save them 
when the old garments are worn out, no 
my saving was $2.05. 
Lust SOTniner 1 bought material for a 
made that may be let out, and tucks and 
hems made in such a way that the gar¬ 
ments can be lengthened as the need 
arises. Another great advantage is in 
being able to shrink the. material and set 
the color in the piece before making up. 
There is simply no comparison, to my 
mind, betrveen the two kinds of garments, 
either in cost or in looks and wearing 
<iualitie,s. MBS. chaki.ks .iohnston. 
Pancakes 
Two tablespoons corn meal, 0 table¬ 
spoons wheat flour or buckwheat, 1 table¬ 
spoon baking powder, % teaspoon salt; 
about 1 pint milk. If sweet milk is used, 
stir in pinch of soda, if sour milk stir 
one-half teaspoon soda, use more milk if 
b.atter is too thick. The dry flour can be 
kept mixed if desired (fine). MBS. D. 
Graham Crackers 
One cup of butter, one cup of sugar, 14 
cups graham flour, three cups of sweet 
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, two tea¬ 
spoonfuls of cream of tartar, one tea¬ 
spoonful of salt. Mix well together, roll 
thin, cut in three-inch square cakes, lay 
so they will not touch each other on a hot 
sheet iron pan, and bake quickly for 15 
or 20 minutes; handle carefully while hot. 
.\fter baking place in jian under or near 
the stove to dry until crisp. 
FANNIE M. STBATTON. 
Graham and Spice Cookies 
In answer to a recent request I send 
the following recipes: 
Drop Oi-aham Cookies.—cup brown 
sugar, 1 tablespoon shortening, 1 egg, 
di.s'solve 1 teaspoon soda in 1 cup butter¬ 
milk, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, % teaspoon 
nutmeg, salt, cup gi’aham flour. I’ut 
two or three raisins on top of each cooky; 
bake in moderate oven. 
Drop Spice Cookies.—1 cup gi’anuboted 
sugar, 1 tablespoon shortening, 1 egg, 1 
teaspoon soda dissolved in 1 cup butter¬ 
milk, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, % teaspoon 
nutmeg, y^ teaspoon cloves, 1 cup small 
seedle.s.s raisins, \y> cup flour (after sift¬ 
ing) ; salt. Dake in hot oven. 
yiKS. c. F. u. 
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