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Z^he RURAL N E W-Y O R K E R 
September 28, 1918 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
For a Child 
If 
To 
yon would givo a jtros.'iit to a little 
child you love, 
keep throughout his lifetime and not 
to weary of. 
Got for him a corner f)f the earth or sea 
or sky, 
A thing that will not alter and disa{>pf)int 
and die. 
My 
Itut 
father and my mother were a.s jmor 
as poverty, 
the gifts of their giving can never go 
from me; 
They gave me a river with a sweet and 
flowing name. 
And hills marching by it in an order still 
the same; 
True friends that will not fail me and 
leave me all alone. 
Green hills and gliditig water, forever 
made my own. 
—“Mary,” in New York Evening Sun. 
♦ 
Some of the new.spapcrs recentl.v print¬ 
ed an adverti.seme.t said to have been 
copied from a German newspai)er. in 
which a business man desired to rent a 
j»air of leather shoes for a stated x*f‘i’i‘^>d- 
"^I'lie advertiser was making a business 
trip to Holland, and needed leather shoes 
to make a good impression on i)ossible 
cu.stomers. We know nothing about this 
item and cannot vouch for its sincerity, 
but we all know that leather shoes are 
costly in Europe, and also V('ry high 
priced here. It is necessary to conserve 
shoe leather in every pos.siblc way, and 
a “survey” of the family shftes now may 
save expense and inconvenience later. 
l*romx)t repair, before the shoes lose 
shai)e, is a wise economy; heels should 
be set up whenever they need it, and the 
soles watched that they may be rei)aired 
before too far gone. For a woman to 
wear run-pvcr, broken-sfuled old shoes 
arfuind the house is ver.v poor economy ; 
both her feet and her .self-resi)ect .suffer. 
* 
New suits this Fall are, as a rule, 
very “tailor-made” in appearance, close* 
fitting and narrow. There is a g<>m‘ral 
freedom from fussiness, and a return tee 
a defined waist line. Prices are high ; 
the sheep who.se fleec*e sells for (55 or 70 
cents a xxuind may f<*el jtroiid at the 
small weight of wool making a suit of¬ 
fered for .$(50 or more. 'I'liere are some 
hand.some two-toned woolen materials 
used in suits and cf)ats, but colors !ire 
usually very con.servative. blues, brown.s, 
gra.vs and black prevailing. The browns 
include taupe and khaki shades in consid¬ 
erable variety. Odd shades and fancy 
colors do not api)ear in the new suits 
and coats; the manufacturers are obeying 
the Government request to eliminate 
waste. There are many fur-trimmed coats 
and suits. The early Fall hats are large¬ 
ly tailored shanes in velvet, both small 
and large, but there arc* also many feath¬ 
er toffues. Sluuh'd or two-toned ostrich 
feathers are noted among the trimmings, 
hut the Fall hats have very little trim¬ 
ming. 
(I 
Mexican rice is a nouri.shing and <*co- 
nomical su|>i>er dish. It calls for three 
slices of fat bacon, one small onion, one 
<piai‘t strained and seasoned tomato soup, 
one-half cup uncooked rice, one sweet 
green iiOfiiter, and salt and pejiper for sea¬ 
soning. (hit the bacon fine, add the 
chojiped onion and fry together until gold¬ 
en brown. Add to this th<> soup, rice and 
clioppeil pcpiier, and let all simmer to¬ 
gether until the rice is soft. If it dries 
out, add a little water. 
Laundry Helps 
In Summer timi* when variously col¬ 
ored dresses are worfi it is important that 
the colors are kejit as bright as possible 
when washing. This, with the getting 
rid of stains, are the most imjiortant 
problems of the laundry. 
Salt is most commonly used in water 
to set colors, but many people do not get 
the results they should from it b<‘c*ause 
they do not have the solution as strong 
as it should be, and do not'^iave it hot. 
h’wo cups of salt to the gallon of hot 
water are not a bit too much. Let the 
goods remain in this until the water is 
cold. Another important thing to remem¬ 
ber is that the color must be set befiyre 
each washing. Once is not sufficient. 
Sugar of lead is good for all colors ex¬ 
cept the pinks and blues. TI.se one table¬ 
spoonful to the gallon of water. Keeji 
this away from children and animahs, as 
it is xioi.sonous. Alum is best for greens 
and purples. Use one tablespoonful of 
the powdered alum to the gallon of water. 
Vinegar is good for blues. To the gallon 
of water take one-half cup of weak vine- 
Rar. 
It is a good plan to have bottles con¬ 
taining different colors of dyes, to ii.se in 
rinsing delicately tinted fabrics of the 
same shade. This I find is a great helj). 
Many people make these different dyes 
by soaking colored crepe jtaper in water 
until the desired shade is obtained. Fare 
must be used in rinsing wtih a colored 
water of this sort, that the dye is not 
made too strong, or the garment will have 
a streaked appearance when dry. 
The removing of stains is also nece.s- 
sary in order to keep clothing in present¬ 
able condition. A garment may often be 
so badly stained as not to be wearable, 
but at the present price of clothing we 
cannot afford to discard anything that is 
not worn out, nor would it be jiatriotic 
to do so, even if we could afford it. The 
following are the remedies on which I 
depend for getting rid of the objection¬ 
able stains. I thought it might be a 
help to some hou.sekeeper to have a list 
of such eradicators where she could refer 
to it. 
The first thing to remember in getting 
rid of stains is, that .soap and hot water 
set most stains, .so they should be re 
moved before any washing of the garment 
is attempted. If the garment is made of 
material that cannot be laundered and has 
a grea.se stain, alcfihol, ether, ediloroform 
or ga.soline will usually i-emove it. Some¬ 
times several applir-ations an* n<*e*essary 
before ajl the grease will be removed. 
In ajiplying any of these liipiids have siiot 
laid on sev-eral thicknesses of blotting 
paper to absorb the sufyerfliKius liquid, 
and prevent an unsightly ring forming in 
the garment when the sjiot is removed 
To know what has camsed the st.iin and 
in what it is soluble is half flie battle 
A solution that will di.ssolve the .stain is 
the logical thing to use, eyf course. If 
this cannot be had ymi can always resort 
to bleaching if the matei-ial is white. 
Ammonia, turjientine and alcohol will all 
di.ssolve iiaint and varnish, and anv of 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
!MS!), Hoy’s .\Il!i- 
tJiry Suit. S to 12 
.veiirs. Price l.'i 
<'CtllH. 
OCrfi.'-,. Girl’s 
S to 14 years. 
1.0 cents. 
n.'iS". Press witli 
.side ciosiiiK, 30 to 
42 iirst. I'I ice i.'i 
ce.’its. 
!»0S4. 
liloilse 
misses 
women, 
years. 
(enis. 
It u s s i a n 
(iress for 
ami small 
10 and 18 
Price I.'i 
I hat 
cess. 
If 
rial, 
removi*. 
softened 
be washed with soa]) and water. 
I‘or milk, tea, cofl'ee. or cocoa stains, 
use alcohol to nijike the grease soluble, 
soak in borax wttter for one-lmlf hour, 
and wash in the tisiiiil way. If tea sttiins 
tire very obstinate, apjily glycerine before 
wa.shing. 
Flood stiiins should fir.st be .soaked in 
cold water, then in salt Wiit(*r for half tin 
hour and washed in the usual way. I 
hav(* removed blood stiiins from jiillows 
very successfully by milking a stiff jiii.ste 
of starch and water, let the starch absorb 
the blood, bru.sh off when dry, iiiid re- 
I»eat the iipjilication if uece.s.sar y. This is 
effectual if the stains are not of too long 
standing. 
Most fruit stains can be r(*moved by 
wetting the goods in cold wiiter, theii 
pouring boiling water through the ma¬ 
terial. 
For iron rii.st on white material I use 
lemon juice and salt, letting the garment 
lie in the sun. Several iippliciitions iisu- 
iilly iire sufficient to remove the.se stains, 
but for very obstinate ones a 10 per cent 
solution of oxalic acid will he found ef¬ 
fectual. I have never b(*en successful in 
removing stains of this sort from colored 
them can be deiicnded on to remove this 
kind of stain, at least to such an e.xtent 
soaj) and water will finish the pro¬ 
wagon greiise gets on woolen mate- 
soften with lard and u.se gasoline to 
If on cotton good.s, iiftei’ it is 
with the lard the material should 
Meet Mrs. Munson—who has two 
in the Army—^^and two selling W. S. S. 
M rs. AL(^ER tells me I look ten years younger since we got our 
Colt Lighting and Cooking Plant, and I believe her. I know 
I feel lots younger. It gives me more time to myself than Fve ever 
had before. I visit friends now as 1 haven’t done since I was married. 
“Now that we have a Colt Light the Red Cross workers come to our 
house in the evenings to sew. They say it is a good deal easier to work 
by this soft, strong, white light, and they certainly do more work than 
they used to. 
‘ I can t help siniling when I see the way boys have taken to calling 
on my two girls of an evening, to sing and dance or play games. The 
whole atmosphere of the place seems more alive, more wide-awake. 
The lights seem actually life-giving, as plants grow in the sun. 
“Out in the bams the Colt Light is a perfect Godsend when the 
days begin to shorten. James has said to mctlozensof times: ‘Mother, 
since we got the Colt Plant this place runs like an automobile engine— 
easier and smoother at night than it does in the daytime.’ 
“All our old fear of the barns catching fire from matches or lamps has 
gone. We pull a tiny switch and the barn is flooded with light. We 
shut off the switch and out she goes. No matches or fuss with lanterns. 
“Nothing would ever persuade me to go hack to the old days, cook- 
ing with coal or wood or kerosene. Our Colt gas cooking range has 
forever banished those dreary hours over a hot fire! I shudder when 
I think of them. In the bottom of my heart I pity the poor women 
who are still chained down to such a tiresome, listless life. Cooking is 
a real pleasure with a Colt Cooking and Lighting Plant. 
“And the Colt is so wonderfully simple! We’ve had it over a year 
and never know it is in the house. Not a sound. No chugging engines. 
Nothing to get out of order. The Algers have had their Colt Plant 
seven years and have not spent a penny for repairs.” 
Carbide Lighiingl 
Ol^T. 
(hushiesH of ynufeiHQ 
rn ore fifiujacks) 
an J Cooking Plant 
The Colt sy.stem costs les.*? than any other It is so small it can 
.stand in a corner of the cellar or outbuilding. The oiieration of 
plain water on crushed stone (carbide) produces tlie ga.s. These 
are added once a month. It i.s .so safe that 700,000 miners use it 
for miners’ lamps. Write ■us today for the, names and afidresses 
of enthusiastic neighbors, who can tell you all about it. 
J. B. COLT CO., 42nd Street Building, New York 
900 
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The Gasoline 
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Yqiir ciiiiDce i.s ill Cnmubi. Ricli lands nnd 
business ojipurt uni I ies offer yovj indeiiendence. 
Eiirin lands ?11 to $:i(J an acre; irrigated lands 
$,'5.5 to $.50. Twenty years to laiy; $2.(MX) loan 
in improvements, or ready-made farm.'i. Loan 
of livestock. Taxes averatje under twenty 
cents an acre; no taxes on iinin'ovement.s, per¬ 
sonal property or livestock. Good markets, 
chnrches, schools, roads, telephones. Excel¬ 
lent climate—crops and livestock prove it. 
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Alberta. 
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Operation 
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Uses 
530 Pnges. Nearly 
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