Jshe RURAL NEW-VORKER 
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hook into the casing on a line with the 
lower edge of rings and hooked into the 
eye of the last ring. The draperies may 
be brushed or drawn together then and 
will not separate from the door casing. 
When the belt of a high wai.st line skirt 
lose.s its stiffness and wrinkles, sew feath- 
erbone crosswise on the side next the skirt 
at intervals of four inches. The skirt 
will then fit as well as when new. 
Scrim or voile curtains and other goods 
may be hemstitched on the sewing ma¬ 
chine by drawing several threads in the 
usual manner and basting the turned un¬ 
der edge of material half way between 
the drawn thiauids. Stitch, then pull the 
hem to lower edge of drawn threads and 
press. 
Hands grow cold while hanging out 
clothes these wintry days, and if mittens 
or gloves are found to be too clum.sy. try 
wristlets, such as our soldiers and sailors 
are now wearing. These can be fashioned 
from old woolen underwear and made to 
reach 'from the (dhow to the second 
knuckles, with a thumb hole in the st'am ' 
side and two and one-half or three inches 
from top edge. 
Exc'elsior i>l;\C('d at the foot of ctdlar 
stairs and used as a mat on which to 
cle.an the feet. keei)s tlie staii's and floor 
above free from the dust that would ' 
otherwise be tracked up. 
A cheap and satisfactory dust moji can 
be made from the cotton twine that couu's 
ti('d around parcels. AA'iiul the twine 
lengthwise on a shitigle 0x12. When 
wound to the thickness of one inch <ir 
more on each side of shingle, sew a ]dec(' 
of stout cloth one inch wide across the 
ceutt'r on both sides. Itemove the shin¬ 
gle and fasten the two strips of cloth 
firmly togettuu-. l*lace in a mop stick, 
l>our on a little kerosene oil. let dry, and 
you have a good dustless luoi) that can be 
washed wluui necc'ssai'.v and used to wasli 
the windows on the outside. 
Save the skewers from your roast, also 
the little wooden paddles that come with 
prei)ared mustard. aTid use piiem for 
scrai)ing and cleaning out the <*oru('rs of 
baking tins when being washed. They 
cannot injure and will be found to be a 
saving in time and i)atience. 
Puzzle pictures are much liked by chil¬ 
dren and are educative as well, as they 
train the mind to think and the eye to 
see. A great variety of puzzles can be 
made by pasting colored iiictures, maga¬ 
zine covers and ))ostcards on cardboard. 
While still moist cut into irregular shapes, 
.spread out flat, i)lace under weight and 
allow to dry thoroughly before using. 
And— 
If you wish to lighten labor 
And feel hai)py through the days 
That are filhsl with work and worry. 
Make .Tohn give you lots of i)r!iise. 
ADKI.K S. WOOD. 
More About Paper Beads 
The p.'iper beads recently descritxsl iji 
The II. X.-Y. may be used in otlu'r ways 
than necklaces both i)r(>ttily and us(>ful!y. 
as portieis's for doors and also shelf 
drai)es. The beads aj'e hiaile fi-oiii wall- 
p.aiier in tbe same manner as d('scrib<'d, 
excejitiug larg(‘r, two inclu's at the wid<‘ 
end and abtuit If) iiudies in len.gth. 'I'liey 
are rolled over a steel knitting ne(>dle. 
the pednt glued down .and then slndlacked 
after drying, thmi liuislu'd with <-lear 
varnish and stiaing on fish liiu* or other 
stout cord, with a barge ball betw<'en. At 
the 5 and 10 cent stores they have little 
briiss hooks for 10 cents a dozen which 
are nice to use for hanging up draperies. 
The portieres are very i)retty in a door 
and there are many ways to string them ; 
you can follow a pattern of a roi)e drap¬ 
ery; the shellac gives tluun a hard finish 
like wood, and the varnish a glossy fin¬ 
ish. which, when dusty, may be washed 
off with soap and water. By studying 
you may turn pattern on walliiapc'r so .as 
to have beads different. Also if after roll¬ 
ing them you init a pin in point to hold it 
in place until you have .several rolled be¬ 
fore shellacking it is a help; then by tak¬ 
ing a thin board and driving small nails 
through it you will have .a place to dry 
your beads. Tbe dumper wallpaper you 
use the better luck you will have; the 
oatmeal and other heavy papers are of 
no use. It takes about .300 paper beads 
for a double door 74x04. If there are two 
to work at it, it will prove very interest¬ 
ing, and when finished you have some¬ 
thing to be proud of. nellie steavarp. 
Red Dog Flour for Cooking 
I never see any mention of red dog or 
low-grade flour for human conspmption. 
I would like to know its food value. I 
find it makes good pancakes; use half 
skim-milk and half sour milk, soda, .salt 
and red dog. Fine steamed brown bread, 
cooked in baking powder cans, is made 
with buttermilk, soda, salt, a few raisins 
and (piite stiff with red dog. or when 
making with cornmeal and rye flour, use 
red dog instead of Graham flour. I also 
use some in my rye bread, and juirt red 
dog in suet pudding. ins. .T. p. 
R. X.-Y.—Henry and IMorrisou say. in 
“Feeds and Fe<'ding.’’ that rt'd dog or 
dark feeding flour, generally contains the 
wheat germs and is therefore rich in crude 
protein and fat. Such flour din*’ers but 
little ill composition and feeding value 
from the best flour middlings. 
More Carrot Salads 
Cooked Carrot .Salad.—Scrape and slice 
? * 
carrots the long way and boil in salt 
wat(>r until tender. Prepare vinegar as 
ftir ])ickled beets, and pour over the car¬ 
rots while hot and let stand several hours. 
Then dice the carrots and serve with 
mayonnaise dre.ssing. Chojiped nuts may 
be added. 
Raw Carrot Salad. — Grate or grind 
young, tender carrots and mix with grated 
pineapple, about oiie-half as much pine- 
ajiple a.s carrots. Serve with fruit salad 
dressing or whijiped cream. Chopped, 
nuts may be added. [ 
Fruit Salad Dressing.—()m^ cup cream, 
one tablespoon flour, three tablespoons 
vinegar or lemon juice, two tablespoons 
powdered sugar, two tablespoons oil or 
soft butter, one tablesjioon made mustard, 
whites of two eggs beaten stiff. Heat 
cream almost to boiling, stir in flour pri*-. 
vioiisly wetted with cold milk, boil two 
minutes, .stirring all the time, add sugar 
and take from the fire. \Yhen half cold 
add the whipped whites and beat. When i 
cold whip in the oil, mustard and salt. 
When ready to serve salad add vinegar to 
dre.ssing and mix with salad. MRS. G. S. 
Carrot Pie 
One cup grated carrot, raw, two cups 
sweet milk, one egg, one cup sugar, one- 
fourth teaspoon ginger and spices to taste, 
a pinch of salt. I'ill crust and bake. It 
is very nice. MRS. F. M. 
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