The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
741 
A Note About Hooked Rugs 
I have been working at rugs since 
Christmas, during my spare time. I al¬ 
ways hook my rugs, or draw the rags 
through a sack. I am working at my 
third and last one for. this Winter. I 
always cut the sack the size I want for 
the rug, making allowance for the hem. I 
uotice Mrs. D. B. P. hemmed her rug 
after she finished the hooking process. I 
always hem the sack on the machine be¬ 
fore 1 put it in the frame. For the first 
three rounds it is hard to work, but I 
think they are nicer when finished by 
hemming first. I think we shall all agree 
with Mrs. D. B. P. when they are fin¬ 
ished, and say, “My hooked rug. I love 
vou.” MRS. AV. II. z. 
Spring Housecleaning Hints 
An occasional warm, sunshiny day 
tends to make thoughts of housecleaning 
en.ter the energetic housewife’s mind in 
eai-ly Spring. The wise woman will plan 
and scheme to devote some hours every 
w4ek in accomplishing some tasks which 
can be done with ease, and this extra 
work will aid greatly in lightening the 
work of Spring cleaning when this season 
finally arrives. For instance, some blan¬ 
kets and counterpanes could be laundered 
on a nice, sunshiny day free from frost; 
the cupboard drawers may be given a 
thorough cleaning, or a closet may be 
renovated. The kitchen ceiling. Avail and 
woodwork may require a new coat of 
paint, and this work could be done before 
the Spring season arrives, and the porch 
furniture could be treated likewise. 
Then in the cellar and attic various 
garments and pieces of furniture have 
probably been stored away until a more 
opportune time could be spared to decide 
how these could be used or mended. Cast¬ 
off clothes are valuable these days, and 
the task of converting the best of these 
into serviceable garments for the younger 
children is fascinating work for rainy 
days. Often an old rocker or some piece 
of'furniture has been thrust into the cel¬ 
lar or attic for the want of a good car¬ 
penter to put it in tip-top shape. After 
the chair has been mended and treated to 
a coat or two of good paint, rip the up¬ 
holstery covering off and use this for a 
pattern; then cover it with burlap, mo¬ 
hair or something similar. 
This is a good time also to renovate 
your picture frames. Often one possesses 
good frames, but the subjects are tawdry, 
so neAV mat and some reproductions of the 
old masters will transform these frames 
wonderfully. Thus, a« you continue Avith 
these small tasks, many more will loom 
before your mind; hence Avhen the Spring 
cleaning season arrives these lesser items 
will be out of the way. M. T. M. 
Tested Recipes 
Peanut Butter Cookies.—One-half cup 
peanut butter blended Avith one-half cup 
melted shortening (scant), one-quarter 
cup sour milk, one cup syrup, one tea¬ 
spoon soda (scant), three cups flour. 
Roll thin, bake in rather hot oven. 
A Good Molasses Cake.—Three-quar¬ 
ter cup shortening mixed Avell Avith two 
tablespoons of sugar, tAvo cups molasses, 
one cup Avater, one good teaspoon soda, 
a little salt, spice to taste, flour to run 
stifflv from spoon. Bake in loaf, r or 
a layer cake I take half this quantity and 
bake in three layers, adding raisins to the 
middle layer, and put together Avith jelly 
if you are not fortunate enough to have 
poAvdered sugar on hand. These are both 
very good recipes since sugar is so scarce. 
Hoav many of the readers ever decorate 
a cake Avith turtles? I take the largest 
raisins I can get (not seeded ones), pinch 
them quite flat, then r t whole cloves; 
take one Avith the round bloom on, put in 
the stem end for the head, then break the 
bloom off’ another and use the stem end 
for a tail: then take four cloves, remove 
the bloom, leaving the four little prongs 
and put tAvo on each side of the raisin for 
feet, and you have a very nice little tur¬ 
tle. It is very amusing to see them on 
the top of a cake Avith white icing. I 
put a few on the sides Avith their heads 
just above the cake; it looks as if they 
Averc scrambling up. This is very nice 
for a party or for a child’s birthday or 
for any gathering. 
Another way to use dry bread, is to 
put it through the food chopper and 
thicken scrapple Avith it; can use any 
kind of meat for the scrapple. 
I Avas quite amused Avhen I saAV in 
The R. N.-Y. advice to soak the feet in 
potato water for chillblains. Why. that 
iso Avhat I did for rheumatism. I had 
rheumatism so bad in my limbs I could 
scarcely Avalk, so I boiled potatoes Avith 
the skins on and soaked my feet in the 
potato Avater several nights in succession, 
and the pain entirely disappeared. 
S. B. T. 
Scrapple Making Improved 
In a recent issue there Avas given 
method for making scrapple. We thi 
our way of making it produces a far m< 
palatable product. To the ingrediei 
for making same, as given by G. I). \ 
AA'e add some head meat, liver, cracklini 
chopped apples and onions ; besides tin 
We ii d allspice and cloves. The additi 
of blood improves the taste of it great 
also the nutritiousness, and it surely 
Avortli trying. As to the mode of pi 
paring, avc do exactly as your eorrespoi 
"W-* Pennsylvania, describe 
It will be understood that the head me; 
iver and cracklings must be chopped 
ground in the meat grinder. 
MBS. K. B. 
(Pronounced Oul-BRAN-sen) 
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Your Stag Party 
Ao Uproarious Success 
Men always bare a good time at 
stag part es — after they jet started 
and their minds get together. There 
is one thing they all understand — 
music. Try some of these songs on 
your Gulbransen the next time you 
have a crowd of men in: 
Sweet Adeline Come on Papa 
Stein Song I Want a Doll 
There’s a Meeting Here Tonight 
Does She I I’ll Say She Docs 
Christian Science, 
Catholic and Gospel 
Hymns 
Many a religious meeting would 
have better musie if the Gulbransen 
played the hymns. All the well- 
known hymns are ready for you in 
player rolls. 
Every occasion yon can think of — 
is mentioned in our new book 
"Good Times With Your Gulbrmn- 
een" with appropriate selections 
recommended. 
Use the coupon below to get your 
copy free. 
© 1920, G. D. Co. 
You Can Play the Gulbransen Better Than 
You Ever Could Have Played by Hand 
That is true of nearly everybody. Because playing the 
piano is a two-sided art. The mechani'cal art of 
“reading” and “fingering” — and the mental - art of 
playing the music interestingly. 
One has no connection with the other — except that 
notes must be struck by some means before we consider 
how they shall sound In fact, until correct striking of 
notes is accomplished—whether by hand or by mech¬ 
anism — only then does interesting music become a 
possibilty. 
The Gulbransen starts you off at the point in musical 
education where perfect command of the piano is 
accomplished. It strikes the right notes unfailingly. And 
it enables you to play them in any desired style of shad¬ 
ing, phrasing or rhythm. It offers every degree of tone 
value. It gives you full control of all of these 
Gulbransen Owners: 
The loud pedal ought to be 
called the “noisy pedal*’ the 
way some pianists use it. Rightly 
used, it makes the music sound 
better. Our new book tells how 
to use the Gulbransen loud pedal. 
Do you have the tuner care tor 
your piano at least twice yearly? 
You should. 
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co., 
Now then, if you enjoy music, you have the chance to 
make music—with equal enjoyment to those who listen. 
If you habitually hum or whistle, or keep time to a good 
march or dance, you are naturally musical. You will play 
the Gulbransen interestingly and with improving taste. 
This is true of the Gulbransen because its exquisite 
“pedal-touch” gives you real freedom in producing 
musical effects — as much as though you played it by 
hand. You will have increasing interest in playing 
with expression. You will be in fact what you are 
now at heart— a musician. 
Try a Gulbransen at our dealer’s store. You can locate him 
by the “Baby at the Pedals”—actually playing the Gulbran¬ 
sen — in his window. And send coupon below for our free 
book “Good Times With Your Gulbransen.” Tells all about 
the music available and the fun you can have. 
Nationally 
Priced 
Three models, all playable by 
hand or by roll, sold at the same 
prices to everybody,eveiywhere 
in the U.S., freight and war tax 
paid. Price branded in the back of 
each instrument at the factory. 
White Houie Model $725 Country Sett 
Model. $625 Suburban Model. $550 
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