TJhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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sugar and one quart of vinegar. Simmer 
all together for two hours. 
Tomato Catsup.—Cut one peck of ripe 
tomatoes into small pieces. Boil until 
tender and strain. Add six tablespoons 
salt, one tablespoon white pepper, one 
saltspoon^of cayenne, two tablespoons cin¬ 
namon, one tablespoon cloves, one tea¬ 
spoon allspice, one teaspoon mustard, one 
pint of vinegar and one cup of sugar. 
Boil slowly for three hours and seal in 
sterilized bottles. MRS. F. w. stilfman. 
Chemicals in Place of Laundry Soap 
There is some talk of a shortage of 
soap, so I have wondered wdicther chemi¬ 
cals such as borax, sal soda, etc., could be 
used. Would garments, that is under¬ 
wear, be sufficiently cleaned if soaked for 
some hours in water having in solution 
borax and sal soda, and then thoroughly 
rinsed? I have often wondered what the 
wet wash laundries used, and their meth¬ 
ods. Of course I do not expect a treatise 
on how to run a wet laundry ; I was more 
interested in the soaking in chemicals^ as 
a way of cleaning clothes. The substitu¬ 
tion of chemicals for soap is the one that 
intei'ests me most. F. S. 
We have not heard of any scarcity of 
soap in this country. There is not, as 
yet, any scarcity of materials, but prices 
may possibly advance as a resulb of labor 
conditions. The soap shortage abroad is 
largely due to the scarcity of all fats, 
and other war conditions. 
Borax and sal soda are both valuable 
cleansing agents. Borax whitens as well 
as cleanses, and is not so caustic as sal 
soda, which must be used carefully, for it 
rots the fabric. Soap is safer in general, 
because there is not the same risk from 
free alkali, but sal soda and chloride of 
lime are both used to a considerable ex¬ 
tent in laundry work. Another chemical 
much used in laundry work is ammonia. 
Ordinary household ammonia is not pure, 
and its continual use yellows white fab¬ 
rics. Pure ammonia, purchased from the 
druggist, and diluted with two to four 
parts of water, is preferable for laundry 
purposes. Washing soda and ammonia 
are cheaper than borax, but the latter is 
much safer with delicate or colored fab¬ 
rics. Washing soda should not be added 
to the wash water in solid form, but dis¬ 
solved, and the solution added to the 
water with judgment. 
A useful alkaline solution is Javelle 
water. To make it, dissolve one pound 
of sal soda and one-quarter of a pound of 
chloride of lime in two quarts of boiling 
water. Let it dissolve, then pour off the 
clear liquid. The sediment may be used 
to flush waste pipes. Javelle water is 
often used to bleach or remove stains. It 
is added to the wash water, but if care- 
lessl.v used will rot fabrics. Used with¬ 
out dilution, scrubbed on a spot or stain, 
the stain is removed, but the fabric must 
be rinsed, first in water, then in dilute 
ammonia, to prevent rotting. Soaking is 
often an advantage, but merely soaking 
clothes in a bleaching agent, and then 
rinsing, does not seem likely to give best 
resultSL The mechanical action of rub¬ 
bing, pounding, or the use of a washing 
machine, loosens and carries away the 
dirt. Boiling is also valuable. Many 
women put a small quantity of kerosene 
in the washboiler, and say it lessens the 
soap needed. If we were trying to lessen 
soap consumption, we should use borax, 
one tablespoonful to a gallon of water, 
soak the white clothes over night, and 
after rubbing, or the use of a washer, boil 
them. Colored articles would not be 
soaked, but borax used in the water, with 
soap rubbed on the soiled places. Borax 
is not very cheap now; however, we 
would prefer its use to soda, Sunlight is 
of course a valuable bleaching agent. 
Cucumbers in Brine; Chow Chow' 
Will you give a recipe for salting cu¬ 
cumbers and making chow chow? L. k. 
To keep cucumbers in brine, make a 
brine strong enough to float an egg— 
about a pint of salt to six quarts of 
water. Boil and skim, and use when 
cold. Wash the cucumbers; do not 
bruise, and leave a little of the stem on. 
Keep them weighted down under the 
brine. When needed, soak in cold fresh 
water 48 hours, and pour hot spiced vine¬ 
gar over them. 
A standard recipe for chow chow calls 
for one peck green tomatoes, one cup 
salt, one quart cucumbers, .six small 
onions, one large head celery, one head 
cabbage, two cups brown sugar, one tea- 
spoonful white pepper, one tablespoonful 
ground cinnamon, one tablespoonful 
ground allspice, one tablespoonful mus¬ 
tard. two quarts strong vinegar. Chop 
the tomatoes and cabbage, mix the salt 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
OMO. Tie-On Bodice, 
34 to 42 Inist. 
Price 1.5 cents. 
0(i22. Tablier Skirt, 
24 to 32 waist. 
Price 15 cents. 
0442. Coat Dress, 
34 to 42 bust. Price 
15 cents. 
with" them, and let stand all night. In 
the. morning drain, chop celery and on¬ 
ions, mix all the ingredients together in 
a preserving kettle, cover with the vine¬ 
gar, and give long, slow cooking until the 
Embroidery Designs 
Xo. 078. Design lor Bmbrokrering Towel 
Knds in Cross-Stitch Style.—This design can 
l)e worked upon liuckaback or upon plain 
linen, or upon the border of a Turkish 
towel. It is for the cross-stitch, and the 
color coinbluations can bo varied to suit each 
taste. It can Ite transferred to material or, 
if liked, the worker can use canvas and 
count the stitclies. The basket of tlie trans¬ 
fer pattern is live and one-half inches in 
depth. The basket in straw color, with the 
tlowers in sliades of rose and the leaves in 
green, would make a pretty effect. Blue 
transfer. Price 10 cents. 
green tomatoes are soft. Some prefer this 
without the cabbage, and some use cauli¬ 
flower in its place, while some omit the 
cucumbers. Chow chow is a very vari¬ 
able pickle; almost every housekeeper 
has her own way of making it. 
noil. Russian 
Blouse, 3-1 to 42 
bust. Price 15 cts. 
00)31. Three - Pie<'e 
Skirt, 24 to 32 
waist. Price 15 cts. 
0510. Fancy Blouse, 
.34 to 42 bust. Price 
15 cents. 
050(). Draped Skirt, 
24 to 30 waist. Price 
15 cents. 
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