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‘The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
of the skirt. I made the skirt separate, 
so that I could wear it with shirtwaists 
if I wanted to do so. The coat was rip¬ 
ped, pressed and cut into the redingote, 
a vest of the plaid was put in, and this, 
with the cuffs and belt of the plaid, gave 
the necessary touch of this material on the 
waist, so that it brought it in harmony 
with the skirt. A little lace collar was 
added, and was the final touch needed. 
When this redingote is worn over the 
plaid skirt a very warm, stylish Winter 
dress is the result. In the Spring it will 
be warm enough to wear outdoors without 
a coat, and will look very well as an out¬ 
door costume. The dress is really very 
good looking, for it is made from good 
material throughout. I was fortunate 
enough in buying the plaid material from 
a small city store, to get part of a short 
length that had been left over from the 
previous year. Otherwise I would have 
had to pay $4 a yard for the same quality. 
Even at the latter price my dress would 
have cost much, less than an entire new 
one of similar quality. Any of the tunic 
or overdress styles can be used for a coat 
time. It is important that both upper 
and under surfaces be smooth and flat, 
for pan or kettle to sit flat on them. 
From a discarded stove I took old stove 
covers that exactly fitted the holes in my 
kitchen stove, and put these over the fire 
to heat my stones upon. The trunk was 
fitted with castors, any little old wheels 
will do—and when the stones were so hot 
they sizzled when water spattered on 
them, they were ready for use. With the 
stove lifters I took up an old stove cover 
and by skillful management lifted stone 
and all, and set the whole into one of the 
nests, having wheeled the trunk close by. 
I had a pan of cream of tartar biscuits 
ready—or rather had the biscuits in a 
flat preserving kettle with a tight cover. 
I set this kettle upon the stone in the 
nest, lifted off another old cover with its 
hot stone, to set upon the biscuit kettle, 
and was ready for the next nest, as there 
were two other old covers and their stones 
sizzling hot, and I had an iron pot with 
scalding hot beans ready to go between 
them. Then I set the flat piece of iron 
over both nests, over that a bag of saw¬ 
dust made to fit the trunk, and shut down 
. 1481A Illustrates a scarf that embroiders up beautifully. The decorative border 
rose' ° Jrth S p™„ c h enibro^idery in deep red. The flowers are for the flat lazy-daisy stitch in 
<?' 11 1 £ ree P Irench knots for seed centers. The design is on tan art fabric size 18\'i4 
inches, and, with mercerized floss to complete embroidery, costs Jfl. ’ 
of this kind, as well as the redingote. 
A dark blue serge coat of my sister’s, 
which was full length, was made into a 
skirt and a severely plain waist. This 
waist has to be pieced so that it was nec¬ 
essary to cover up this piecing. Silk and 
cotton poplin was bought of the same col¬ 
or as the serge, and used for a little 
sleeveless over-jacket. This covered the 
seams, and for an outlay of about $2 
made a very good looking dress, stylish 
enough for any occasion. 
The lining of both these coats was a 
good quality of soft satin. It was consid¬ 
erably worn around the arm-holes and 
sleeves, but the lower part was quite 
good. The color of the one lining was a 
light gray. This was colored dark blue 
with a package of dye, and made into a 
Very good-looking waist. The other was 
a flowered lining. This was washed in 
gasoline, hung up to dry and then pressed 
and laid away to line a smaller garment 
some time. The one coat had collar and 
cuffs of a heavy, fancy silk. This was 
still good, so it was cleaned in gasoline 
and used for vest and small cuffs of an¬ 
other dress. In this way I found a use 
for every part of the garments. Even the 
buttons were cut off and laid away for 
future use. mbs. citaju.es johnston. 
Without Fire 
I have studied every tireless cooker that 
has been described among the homemade 
contraptions in the papers I take, yet 
when I undertook to manufacture one I 
found it a trade by itself. I had to make 
the second one to be suited, and learn by 
the first’s mistakes. 
Mine wasn’t large enough, and that 
would be the defect in ,the majority of 
patterns. I used a trunk for container, 
find to receive “nests” of sufficient depth 
the space between their tops and the 
cover allowed insulation too shallow. To 
oe sure, if the old-fashioned heat less fire- 
less- is the object, a trunk will suffice. 
But I had examined the “store” fireless, 
with its heatable soapstones, warranted 
to cook anything, and I wanted my 
ihaiden effort to be a pan" of short bis¬ 
cuits. ' 
The machine copied was an aluminum 
one—$27 besides expressage—and I fig¬ 
ured on mine costing a cypher, or, if I ran 
out of material, it could be had for a 
trifle. I lined the trunk with newspapers, 
put in a layer of sawdust, then my 
“nests” or holes—discarded kerosene cans, 
five-gallon size, with tops cut out and 
handles removed. Boiling iu suds, fol¬ 
lowed by scalding rinse water, obliterated 
any hint of coal oil. A piece of flat stove 
iron, part of an old kitchen range, served 
as cover for both. One could use big tin 
buckets in place of these cans, but they 
are not high enough for all ketltes, and 
the flare is a drawback. One can make 
the nests or boles of asbestos, or any junk 
shop usually lias in stock old stove tanks 
or some other similar cylinder, with bot¬ 
tom intact. The cover is a necessity. 
Any tin shop will make on order recep¬ 
tacles to suit, with tight-fitting covers. 
My object was to see how near I could 
cpme to producing something from noth¬ 
ing:. 
My friend’s “bougliteu” article was 
provided with round soapstones, disk-like, 
to fit into the holes. Such soapstones 
had a little aperture drilled in the center 
and a crosspiece of wire cemented into it, 
whereby the stone could be handled with 
a stove hook or lifter. Otherwise the 
hands would he burned in taking them 
from the stove. I hunted field, wood and 
beach till I came upon two, then four, 
round, flat, plate-like stones of compact 
composition, that would hold heat a long 
the cover. If rocks are ill shaped or 
clumsy, any headstone cutter will round 
off a left-over slice of granite to serve for 
a soapstone, and the blacksmith will drill 
a hole in the center and tell you where to 
have a wire cemented into it' to handle it 
Avith a stove lifter. This will obA’iate the 
necessity of the old stove covers. Pans 
turned over them on the stove will hasten 
their heating. A barrel makes a good 
one-hole fireless, as there is plenty of 
depth on. top for thick cushions. 
LILLIAN TKOTT. 
Extra Help 
I was tempted to call them luxuries, for 
they really are such, though the kind I 
have in mind cost IL^e or nothing. I 
mean conveniences Avhich we can do with¬ 
out. yet which help surprisingly. To illus¬ 
trate: Having a match safe at one end 
of my long kitchen, near my lamp, and a 
box of matches in a cupboard at the other 
end, I felt no lack, hut when one day I 
picked up an old match safe* and installed 
it behind my stove. I found that it actual¬ 
ly saves me 10 steps every time I start a 
lire! 
Several years ago a kind helper put Tip 
a pincushion over the kitchen sink, and I 
still use it gratefully. Among other helps 
I specially prize unbreakable salt and pep¬ 
per shakers and a paper cup of salt, iu 
the closet of the range; little scrubbing 
brushes, Avith or Avithout handles, to use 
in cleaning cut and molded glass, seams 
of milk utensils, vegetables, soiled places 
on fabric which Avill not bear rubbing, 
sinks, woodwork and linoleum ; a market 
basket lined with strong cloth, or carpet 
(the lining fastened at the top with long 
stitches of twine) for carrying wood and 
chips (this last is priceless and Avill last 
a long time, whereas an imlined basket 
would wear out in a week) ; a kettle 
scraper and a wire dishcloth. One useful 
device, which I learned from The It. 
N.-Y., is to have a nail near the kitchen 
table or cabinet, on which to hang sheets 
of newspaper ready for instant use, to 
place under kettles, to use for Aviping out 
greasy dishes, etc. A nail on my store¬ 
room wall lioldp sheets of wrapping paper, 
hung by uppei edges, in such a manner 
that I can see instantly the right size and 
quality of ea *.i. Small glass jars for 
spices and other things usually kept in 
tin cans, look attractive and need no la¬ 
bels. A little thought and ingenuity en¬ 
able a hquseAvtfe to save time and steps 
in many Avays. .. • g. a. t. 
Eggless Cake.—One cup sugar, one cup 
Avater, one' cup chopped raisins, one-half 
cup bjitter, one-half teaspoon cinnamon, 
one-quarter teaspoou cloves, one square 
grated chocolate. Let' the above come to 
a boil, let cool, then add two'cups sifted 
(lour and one teaspoon baking soda. Bake 
in a sIoav oA r en. 
Lightning Cake.—One-quarter cup but- 
ter, tAvo eggs, one cup sugar, sweet milk, 
one and one-half cup flour, two teaspoons 
baking powder. Melt the butter, hut do 
not let it beoojnc hot, add the unbeaten 
eggs to the butter, then (ill the cup full 
to the top with sAveet milk. Turn iuto a 
pan and heat the butter, eggs and milk 
for tAvo minutes with eggheatef. Then 
add the sugar and beat again. Add flour 
and baking powder and heat again. Use 
any flavoring desired. Pour into pan 
aud bake in a moderate oven. This makes 
a fine layer cake. 
When making molasses cake, try adding 
some melted chocolate to the batter. 
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