The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1831 
If one wishes to make a grass-green 
for cotton, and will have the patience to 
dye it, first blue, and then yellow, accord¬ 
ing to the following recipes, they will feel 
amply repaid. 
Blue.—One ounce prussiate of potash, 
one tablespoonful of copperas, one of oil 
of vitriol. Bring to a boil, then put in 
the goods for 20 minutes, stirring them 
often. Rinse in clear warm water. This 
is sufficient for 5 lbs. 
Yellow.—One-half lb. sugar of lead, dis¬ 
solved in hot water, one-fourth lb. of bi¬ 
chromate of potash, dissolved in a vessel 
of wood, in cold water. Dip first in lead- 
water, then in the potash, and alternate 
until color suits. 
Orange.—To make the yellow a bright 
orange, take quicklime, slake it, settle 
and drain off clear, add sufficient water 
so that the goods will not be crowded in 
the least; bring to a scalding heat for 
an hour, or until it is bright enough. 
This was signed “Aunt Rachel, Rag Hol¬ 
low, N. Y.” 
Cardinal Red.—To one pound of yarn 
add one ounce of cochineal, ground fine; 
one ounce of melted pewter,_ poured into 
two ounces of muriatic acid, to stand 
half an hour previous to pouring into the 
dye. Infuse in warm water (soft) half 
ounce of cream tartar, stirring briskly 
before it boils; put in the yarn ; continue 
to stir it 15 minutes, and one will have 
a bright scarlet, if the yarn or cloth is 
clean. It must be colored in brass that 
is very bright. This was signed “J. M. 
J.,” Newtown, Conn., 1S62, in R. N.-Y. 
MRS. A. M. N. 
The Children’s Wages 
I wish to add my mite in disfavor of 
paying children wages. When my four 
oldest children were small. I read an ar¬ 
ticle in a magazine, written, no doubt, 
by someone whose only experience was 
in hiring the children of someone else 
to do little turns, stating that “if you 
want quick, obedient service, always pay 
children for everything they do ; so much 
for blunging in the wood, carrying water, 
weeding the garden,” etc. Well, I tried 
the plan thoroughly to my own disgust, 
and well nigh to the ruination of my 
children. 
It was always, “What will you give?” 
“Will you give me a nickel?” “Will you 
get me some chewing gum?” etc., every 
time I told them to do anything. One 
unusually busy day, I called on one to 
bring me some wash wood. lie said, 
“What will you give me?” I said, “I 
will give you one of the best whippings 
a lad ever had if you don’t bring me that 
wood pretty quick.” He looked aston¬ 
ished, and I added: “You see,” holding 
up a host of soiled clothes, “nearly the 
whole wash is for you children, who is 
going to pay me for washing them? Who 
is going to pay me for cooking for you. 
making your beds, your clothes?” And 
by that time I was getting a bit weepy. 
"Oh, shucks.” he said, and away he 
went. I cut the hired business out for 
good and all. It is all right, I suppose, 
to make children an allowance, if means 
will permit, but the three at home now 
know that I will buy them things they 
really need, if I can. Books, pencils 
and tablets they know cost money, and 
they are saving and careful with them. 
Paul, “going on 14,” will tell Lee. who 
is younger, “You’d better quit wasting 
your tablet, mamma has a hard time to 
keep us in everything.” If they see the 
water bucket empty they fill it without 
asking, and when they are at home they 
are good to get wood or help me about the 
work. They seem to have a more earnest 
desire to shield, protect, and help me, 
than the four older ones. 1 think it is 
because I have led them along the way 
of understanding as to how their needs 
are supplied. 
They are by no means perfect. They 
quarrel among themselves sometimes, yet 
when they grow too rude I can say, 
“Well children, if you only knew how it 
worries me. why I would rather be sick. 
Can you not get along better than that?” 
It will, as a general thing, settle it. 
When it does not, threats of a dose of 
hickory tea will. I have always made it 
a rule never to whip a child when I am 
angry, and it’s a heart-rending job to do 
when you are not. I have not had any 
of it to do for several years. Thelma, 
aged seven, never had but one whipping 
with a switch. She persisted in jumping 
upou the bed. Company was present; 
I kept taking her down and telling her 
to stay off. About the time I would sit 
down, she would be right back again. 
I spanked her a bit, and told her to stay 
down. She said: “Me’ll det up, so me 
will; don’t haf mind you no how!” I 
used a keen switch on her until she 
said. “Oh, me will mind mamma, me 
will,” and from that day to this I have 
never been compelled to use one again. 
Paul and Lee are both great hunters. 
When not in school, during the Winter 
months, they are trapping or shooting 
rabbits. I have spent many an uneasy 
hour about them, but their grandpap gave 
them the guns, and they earn several dol¬ 
lars, besides keeping their own shells. 
They have several traps apiece, and go 
by them as they go to school. They get 
up a great excitement when they find a 
muskrat. Lee goes with his father of a 
night opossum hunting. One night they 
captured a skunk, and my stars! Well, 
the perfume has outlasted the money. A 
few chickens, turkeys, guineas and a pig 
now and then for their own helps them 
to clothe themselves and keep a bit of 
money for their own use. 
The children have already begun to 
talk of Christmas. I think the delusion 
of Santa Claus is a make-believe among 
them, and I know the boys are trying to 
fool me into believing they believe in him 
yet, but anyway, I shall try not to dis¬ 
appoint them entirely, for after all, the 
memory of home and childhood are the 
sweetest recollections we retain; and I 
only hope that my children may retain 
the impression that “be it ever so humble, 
there is no place like home.” 
MRS. D. B. p. 
The Useful Oilcloth Apron 
If you do not have an oilcloth apron, 
do make one at once, 2 ft. long by 18 in. 
wide; no larger, lest it crack when the 
wearer sits down. Even a smaller one 
would be of use, for it can be worn over 
the gingham apron, protecting that part 
which soils and wears out first. Shape 
the top to fit the waist, by hollowing it 
out, and bind all around, preferably with 
bright-colored material which matches or 
contrasts pleasantly in color. One made 
of olive-green, bound in deep red, is at¬ 
tractive enough to adorn a Christmas 
tree, and should be accompanied by deep 
cuffs of the same oilcloth, reaching to the 
elbow on outside of arm, and two-thirds 
of the way on the inside, similarly bound, 
and closed with patent fasteners. Aprons 
of denim may be made larger, and laun¬ 
der easily. Either kind may have a bib, 
and the amount of wear and washing 
saved by these articles is truly gratifying. 
G. A. T. 
Seen in New York Shops 
Woolen sports stockings are sensible 
for girls and women, and much in style 
for wear with walking oxfords in Fall 
and Winter, whether plain or with a 
drop-stitch stripe. Dark gray, brown and 
heather mixture are very attractive for 
general wear, but they also come in col¬ 
ored stripes. They cost from about $2 
to $4.50 a pair, according to weight and 
quality. 
Portable electric sewing machine mo¬ 
tors. that may be used on any sewing 
machine, were seen for $17. 
We saw unbleached canton flannel re¬ 
cently offered by a large department store 
for 54 cents a yard. It seemed rather a 
costly luxury. Eden cloth, at 34 cents 
a yard, is about the weight of outing 
flannel, but without the nap ; it is shown 
in a variety of stripes, and is desirable 
material for children’s dresses, rompers, 
etc. 
Sleeve ironing boards, one of the con¬ 
veniences every housekeeper should have, 
cost from 75 cents to $1.85. Hand Outers 
are $2.75, and a great saving of labor. 
Zinc clothes sprinklers are 75 cents. 
A large New York shop recently dis¬ 
played a collection of old New England 
hooked rugs. They were said to have 
been collected from various rural local¬ 
ities, and were all old. showing the care¬ 
ful work of women to whom time was no 
object. One of them showed a New Eng¬ 
land farmstead, house, barn and well 
with sweep, in brick red on a buff ground. 
This was priced at $60. One very elabo¬ 
rate rug of large size had a mingled bor¬ 
der of black and light brown, and in the 
center a huge bouquet of roses, peonies 
and morning-glories in brilliant colors. 
This was an unusual specimen, and was 
priced at $625. Another rug. or rather 
carpet, about nine feet square, had a 
checkerboard pattern of red, buff, blue 
and brown, and was priced at $450. 
There were several small rugs having 
wreaths or bouquets of mixed flowers. 
These were all old rugs, made with pains¬ 
taking care, and showing the soft tints 
of old dyes. Modern makers of hooked 
rugs would not find their product classed 
with these old examples, which are used 
by decorators in combination with colonial 
furniture. 
How to Renew Window Shades 
Some time ago I saw a request for 
methods of renovating holland window 
shades. I washed mine thoroughly with 
soapsuds and dyed them a dark green 
with prepared dye for cotton. After 
drying without rinsing the dye from them 
I dipped in strong glue water and dried 
again, after which I dampened and pulled 
straight, ironing with a hot waxed iron, 
and every one thought I had new cur¬ 
tains. The wax kept the iron from stick¬ 
ing to the glue. Holland curtains may 
be dyed with any color dye that can be 
used on any cotton fabric successfully. 
JESSIE 
A Safe Cellar 
Cellar work during Winter can 
be made comfortable with the 
use of an economical, portable 
Perfection Oil Heater. Vege¬ 
tables and fruits need not be¬ 
come frost bitten. 
The Perfection is clean, safe, 
odorless—burns 10 hours on a 
gallon of Socony kerosene 
easily filled and re-wicked. No 
soot, no ashes. Useful from 
cellar to garret. 
Ask your dealer to show you a 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street New York 
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