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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ber when washing woolen goods; to press 
when the material is very damp, and 
never to iron on the side of the goods 
which yon will use for the right side. 
These two things remembered, the goods 
will come forth from the ordeal like new. 
After I had pressed the pieces I laid 
the pattern on, and found I had plenty of 
material of good quality and color. I 
lined the coat with the unworn parts of 
an old satin dress of mine, and put on a 
pretty silk collar in contrasting shade; 
this with some fancy buttons for trimming 
made the most charming little coat im¬ 
aginable. The buttons ‘and silk for the 
collar cost me 75 cents, and this with the 
thread I used was the entire cost for the 
garment. I could not have bought one of 
like quality in the stores for less than .$5. 
My little five-year-old son has never 
had any other wool suits, for best wear, 
aside from those I made from “Daddy’s” 
old clothes, or from mine. My children 
are always well dressed, and with very 
little cost. It would astonish most folks 
to know the small amount of money 
which I expend for this purpose in a 
year. I put a good bit of hand work, as 
embroidery and crocheted trimmings, on 
the little girl’s clothing, and I am sure 
her clothes are as dainty as if I spent 
more money and less thought upon them. 
Whenever I discard a hat, dress, or 
any other article of clothing, I rip off the 
trimmings,^ cleanse them if they need it, 
and put away in a box which I keep for 
such articles. When I want them they 
are in good condition, and as I always 
buy a good quality of trimmings, they can 
be used again and agai.n, 
A faded mes.saline dress of mine, with 
the aid of a package of dye, was trans¬ 
formed into a very pretty petticoat, which 
does duty with my best suit. My sister 
was somewhat dubious as to its wearing 
qualities, when she watclied me making 
it, but it has outwoni a new on» she got 
at the same time and for which she paid 
three dollars. 
When my husband discards a shirt I 
make myself a little apron from the back, 
which is still good. I cut off the upper 
part, which is worn across the shoulders, 
hem the sides, gather, attach band and 
strings, and a dainty apron is the I'esult. 
When our church missionary society 
calls for old garments, I do not .send 
scarecrow clothes, but wash, press, and 
re-make, so that the resultant garment is 
one that I can be proud and not ashamed 
of. Of course, it all takes time; but I 
am not very strong, and with the money 
I have saved on clothing I have been able 
to buy many labor-saving devices for the 
home to make the work easier. The re¬ 
making of the clothes is light woi-k com¬ 
pared with what I would have to do if 
my home was not thus equipped. Be¬ 
side, it is work that I thoroughly enjoy. 
The creative instinct is strong within us 
all. Some people can create book.s, pic¬ 
tures, or beautiful music. For those of 
us who cannot do the.se things, is it not 
worth while to employ this faculty on 
the more prosaic things that we all need? 
And the present is certainly a good time 
for every thoughtful, American woman to 
resolve to make the mo.st of everything in 
the line of food and clothing which she 
possesses. yiB.s. Charles johnston. 
More About Home Canning 
M. Y. B. asks for assistance in regard 
to putting up strawberries and the seal¬ 
ing of preserves, jellies, etc. I have done 
considerable canning and I think I can 
offer some suggestions that will help her. 
I do not know how to prevent the juice 
on preserves, jellies, etc., from rising 
around and above the paraffin, hut I do 
know where one can get very dainty and 
serviceable jars for the holding of such 
things. If she will write to the manu¬ 
facturers of glass fi'uit jars (the address 
may he found on the box that the quart 
and pint jars come in), and ask them for 
samples of two-ounce, four-ounce and 
larger, also half-pint, they will .send her 
samples from which she can select the 
ones that she prefers. I have used four- 
ounce and pint glass jars that .seal her¬ 
metically for preseiwe-s, jellies and con¬ 
serves, and found them perfectly satisfac¬ 
tory. After being canned two years the 
contents were just as nice as the day they 
were canned. 
I make strawberry jam instead of pre¬ 
serves. I mash the berries thoroughly, 
add three-quarters as much sugar as pulp 
and cook about 25 minutes. I had such 
nice canned strawberries last year that 
I want to tell how I canned them. Wash 
and hull berries. Put in glass jars, set¬ 
tle them a little, but do not pack very 
much. When jar is full of berries, pour 
over them a syrup made of three parts 
(by measure) sugar and two parts water. 
Syrup may -be warm or cold. Put rubber 
and cover on jar, putting one wire over 
top of can and leaving the other one up 
also. Place in large kettle or boiler hav¬ 
ing a wire or wooden rack in bottom, pour 
in cold or warm water until water comes 
nearly to top of jars. Put cover on boiler 
and heat ,and when you are sure the 
water is boiling remove jars and clamp 
down and put aside to cool. If the jars 
containing the hot berries are placed on 
their sides and rolled over every few min¬ 
utes until the contents of can have cooled 
the berries will absorb more of the syrup 
and not rise to top of can so much as 
they usually do. 
If M'. V. R. will write to the United 
States Department of Agriculture, Office 
of Extension Woi'k, Northern and West¬ 
ern States, Washington, D. C., and ask 
for Farmer’s* Bulletin No. 203, also for 
bulletin entitled “Additional Recipes, 
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No. 403 is a set of Two Tray Doilies for 
cross-stitch embroidery. Note that on the 
design it is not the figure itself that is 
embroidered but the background'. Any 
shade of floss desired may be used, but a 
very light foliage green is recommended. 
The design is .stamped on white oyster 
linen, one size, 8.\13 inches, the other IS.x 
19 inches. Those are the sizes of the de¬ 
signs, not of the material which is larger. 
The price iier set, including mercerized 
floss, is 45 cents. 
Tested and Determined, for Use in the 
Boys’ and Girls’ Home Canning Club 
Work, Form NR—,37, the department 
will send them to her, and they contain 
much that will help her. 
I hope those suggestions may prove 
helpful. If any of the readers have any 
recipes for putting up elderberries other 
than for wine and pies, I would be glad 
to know them, also if any one has had 
any experience in selling home-canned 
fruits I would be glad to read about it. 
G. T. 
Salted Corn 
Will you give me the recipe for putting 
corn down in brine? I misplaced mine 
and it is a fine recipe. MRS. w. p. 
We have printed two different recipes 
for salted corn, which are given below: 
1. Take corn when right for the table, 
boil it on the cob till the milk is cooked. 
Remove from water, and when cool 
enough to handle cut and scrape from 
the cob. Put one quart of corn in a 
smooth layer in a stone jar, cover with 
one pint of salt, then put in another 
quart of corn, cover with a pint of salt, 
and proceed until the jar is full, having i 
salt for top layer. Tie a cloth over the ! 
jar and store in cellar. When used soak 
and parboil until fi-esh. 
2. To 10 cups corn, cut from cob, add 
one cup sugar and one-half cup salt. Add 
a very little water if it seems dry, and 
cook in a kettle till heated through; let 
it bubble, but stir to avoid scorching. 
When thoroughly heated through, pack in 
glass jars with new rubbers. One reader 
who tried this wrote us that she put it 
up with half the quantity of salt, and 
considered it better in flavor; it needed 
no freshening, and kept perfectly. 
• Sour Milk Recipes 
Grandma’s Fruit Cake.—1 cup dried 
apples, % cup sugar, cups molasses, 
cup shortening, teaspoon cloves, 14 
teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon, 
2 eggs, 1 cup sour milk, 214 cups flour, 
114 teaspoon soda. Cut the dried apple 
in small pieces, soak over night in water 
to cover. In the morning add one cup of 
the molasses and cook slowly until the 
apple is tend.er; let cool; add remainder 
of molasses, sugar, well-beaten eggs, and 
sour milk; add melted shortening. Last¬ 
ly add flour into which has been sifted 
soda, salt and spice. Bake in moderate 
oven. This cake is better for being kept 
a few days, and if wrapped in paraffin 
paper and kept in covered cake box will 
keep for two or three weeks. 
Whole Wheat Gems.—One cup sour 
milk, two cups whole wheat flour, one 
teaspoon soda, two-thirds teaspoon salt, 
one tablespoon molasses, one egg. Egg 
may be omitted. 
Gingerbread.—One-third cup sugar, 
12-3 cup molasses, one-third cup short¬ 
ening, one cup sour milk, li/l tea.spoon 
soda, % teaspoon salt, one teaspoon gin¬ 
ger, two cups flour. Bake in thin sheet 
in moderate oven. 
Doughnuts.—Three-fourths cup sugar, 
one cup .sour milk, one egg, one teaspoon 
vanilla, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon 
cream of tartar, one teaspoon salt, two 
teaspoons melted butter or lard, flour to 
roll. Cut in circles and fry in smoking 
hot fat. When nearly cold roll in sugar. 
Baked Brown Bread.—Four cups sour 
milk, three cups fine cornmeal, one-half 
cup molasses, one cup finely rolled bread 
crumbs, 2% teaspoons soda, one teaspoon 
salt. This just fills a five-pound lard pail 
or two-pound coffee can. Be sure the 
cover is tight and put into pail or kettle 
large enough to hold two quarts of water 
besides pail holding the batter. Use boil¬ 
ing water and bake in oven all day. To 
be wholesome cornmeal should be cooked 
a long time. This may be coo'ked on stove 
hours and finished in fireless cooker. 
MRS. J. A. A. 
No matter what you do or say 
To make this world your debtor, 
Somebody idling by the way 
Thinks he could do it better. 
—Credit Lost. 
Hard Wear Never 
Bothers This Hosiery 
and it lasts longer without holes 
than anyyou ever wore becauseit’s 
DURABLE 
FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 
Made Strongest 
Where the Wear is Hardest 
The heels, soles and toes are 
strongly reinforced. The wide 
elastic, garter-tear-proof tops 
with the anti-run stitch are knit on 
ro stay. The quality is uniform 
throughout, sizes correctly 
marked, and the legs are full 
length. The feet and toes are 
smooth, seamless and even. The 
famous Durham dyes prevent 
color from fading or turning green 
after wearing or washing. Sells 
for 15,19, 25 and 35 cents the pair. 
Buy Durable-DURHAM 
Hosiery for the entire V 
family. - -> 
Ask your dealer 
to show you our 
ladles ’ 35-cent and 1 
men's 25-cent silk 
mercerized hosiery 
with the patented 
anti-run stitch. 
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Books Worth Baying 
Landscape Gardening, Parsons.2.00 
Lawn Making, Barron. 1,10 
Fertilizers and Crops, Van Slyke.... 2.60 
Weeds of Farm and Garden, Pammel 1.60 
Book of Wlieat, Dondllnger.2.00 
Successful Fruit Culture, Maynard., 1.00 
Irrigation and Drainage, King.... 1.60 
Study of Corn, Shoesmltii.60 
®he Soil, King. i,60 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
833 WEST 30th ST., NEW YORK. 
Its owner wouldn’t be a bit better off if she had a city gas stove, and a 
gas water heater to boot. 
No coal or wood fires to build and maintain. No ashes to carry out. No 
doing without hot water just because the fire isn’t up. 
The New Perfection Oil Cook Stove is as quick and handy as a gas stove 
and costs less to run. Cooks fast or slow as you like. You can see where 
the flame is set and there it stays. The famous Long Blue Chimney burn¬ 
ers convert every drop of oil into clean, odorless heat. Ask your dealer 
for booklet. 
And the New Perfection Kerosene Water Heater gives 
you plenty of hot water whenever you want it—and 
costs less than gas to operate. Ask your dealer about it. 
For best results use SOCONY Kerosene. 
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(Principal Offices) 
NEW YORK ALBANY BUFFALO BOSTON 
