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lhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 4, ltfel 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Two Ships 
As I stand by the cross on the lone moun¬ 
tain’s crest 
Looking over the ultimate sea; 
In the gloom of the mountain a ship lies 
at rest. 
And one sails away from the lea ; 
‘One spreads its white wings in a far- 
reaching track 
With pennant and sheet flowing free; 
One hides in the shadow with sails laid 
aback. 
The ship that is waiting for me ! 
But, lo ! in the distance the clouds break 
away, 
The gate’s glowing portals I see; 
And I'hear from the outgoing ship in the 
bay 
The song of the sailors in glee. 
So I think of the luminous footprints that 
bore 
The comforter o’er Galilee 
And wait for the signal to go to the shore 
To the ship that it waiting for me. 
—BRET II A H I E. 
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Here is a question that has come to us 
before, and is as yet unanswered. Who 
can tell us how to make these rush seats? 
Some time ago I saw a request for di¬ 
rections for putting rush seats in chairs. 
1 have never seen it answered, and am 
very anxious for the same information. I 
have heard that the rushes, which are the 
common cat tails, should be gathered in 
June and cured like hay. Is there no one 
left who does this work at home? Of 
course it is being done in factories, for the 
fine, expensive chairs in the shops now 
have these old-fashioned rush bottoms. 
Most country houses have a number of 
good old chair frames in the attic, wait¬ 
ing to be re-seated, but the charge for this 
work at a furniture store is $6.50. 1 have 
bought some really fine chairs, minus the 
seats, at auctions, at prices varying from 
10 to 50 cents each, when other chairs 
from the same s^ts. but with seats intact, 
brought $5. If we could find out how to 
do it ourselves! 
* 
One of our readers asks how to mend 
a small hole in a rubber hot-water bottle. 
This can be done with rubber cement, sold 
by druggists and department stores. Care 
must be taken to follow directions ex¬ 
actly, as to cleaning the place where the 
cement is applied, or it cannot be expect¬ 
ed to adhere properly. We use this rub¬ 
ber cement to mend leaks in rubbers. 
A vert handsome silk scarf may be 
made of two yards of tricolette with a 
drop-stitch stripe, the ends finished with 
fringe. The fringe is the most expensive 
part of the scarf, and the expense may be 
much lessened if the maker can net a 
fringe on the ends with knitting silk of 
the same color. Sometimes the scarf has 
the ends gathered into a rosette with a 
tassel in the center; for a tall woman, 
2 Y> yards is better when thus gathered. 
Full width of the tricolette is u«ed. and 
a narrow hem is made before the fringe 
is added. A scarf of black tricolette. the 
ends gathered and finished with a tassel, 
is a convenient and dignified little wrap 
for an elderly woman in Summer. 
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One of our readers asks for the names 
of some good books that will enable him 
to identify the common birds. There are 
a number of excellent books of this class, 
illustrated in colors, among them being 
“Bird Neighbors,” by Neltje Blanclian, 
price $2.50; “Bird Life,” by Frank M. 
Chapman, price $2; “The Bird Book,” by 
Chester A. Keed, price $2.50, and “Bird 
Guide, Part I,” $1.25, and “Bird Guide. 
Part II,” by the same author. Part I 
deals with water birds, game birds and 
birds of prey ; Part II with land birds. 
“The Children’s Book of Birds,” by Olive 
Thorne Miller, price $2, is as charming 
as a story book, and will be found very 
instructive also. It is a desirable addi¬ 
tion to the home or school library. 
Delicious Pies 
Chocolate Pie.—Two cup of milk, one 
cup of sugar, yolks of two eggs, one table¬ 
spoon each of flour and cornstarch dis¬ 
solved in the milk, half cup cocoa, one 
teaspoon of vanilla. Mix sugar, cocoa, 
a little salt and other ingredients and 
stir in the boiling milk in a double boiler. 
Add one teaspoon butter. Make a 
meringue out of the whites of eggs, using 
the filling in single crust. 
Cream Pie.—One pint milk, one-half 
cup sugar, two eggs beaten together with 
the sugar and eggs, one heaping tablespoon 
flour, one level tablespoon of cornstarch. 
Heat milk, dissolve cornstarch and flour 
in cold milk, and add to hot milk; cook 
till thick. Add one teaspoon butter, a 
little salt, flavor with lemon or vanilla 
and put in single Crust. 
Butterscotch Pie.—One cup brown 
sugar, melted slowly on the stove in a 
tablespoon water, and one tablespoon but¬ 
ter. When melted pour in one cup milk, 
a little salt, two tablespoons flour and 
the beaten yolks of two eggs, one tea¬ 
spoon butter, flavor; put in single crust. 
Make meringue if you wish. 
Pieplant Pie.—Two cups pieplant, one 
cup sugar. Beat yolks of two eggs with 
sugar, a little salt, put on the pieplant. 
Put about five little lumps of butter on 
top. Bake with upper and under crust. 
Sometimes I stir one heaping tablespoon 
0959. Double blouse, 
suitable for two m;i- 
terials, 34 to 43 
bust. 9900. Two- 
piece skirt for wom¬ 
en, 34 or 30, 28 or 
30. 32 or 34 waist. 
1057. Design for em¬ 
broidering t lie neck 
and sleeves of a 
blouse. 'I’lie medium 
size under blouse 
will require 1% yds. 
of material 36, 40 or 
44 in. wide, with 
l‘/j yds. 36. 1% yds. 
40. 1 14 yds. 44 for 
the over blouse. The 
medium size will re¬ 
quire 2% yds. of 
material 44 or 54 
in, wide. Width at 
lower edge. 2 yds. 
1C in. Each 20 
cents. 
9956. Blouse for 
misses and small 
women, 16 and 18 
years. 9900. Two- 
piece skirt for wom¬ 
en, 24 or 26, 28 or 
30, 32 or 43 waist. 
The 16-year size 
blouse will require 
2Ys yds. of material 
36 in. wide, 1% yds. 
44 or 54. The 16- 
year size skirt will 
require 2% yds. of 
material 44 or 54 in. 
wide. Width of skirt 
at lower edge 2 
yds. 16 in. Each 
20 cents. 
9704 
9704. Dress for 
misses and small 
women, 16 and 18 
years. The 16-year 
size will require 7 Vi 
yds. of material 27 
in. wide, 6 yds. 3(5. 
5U> yds. 44. or 4 
yds. 27, 2% yds. 36 
or 44 of the checked 
material and 4% 
yds. 27, 4 yds. 36, 
31,4 yds. 44 of satin 
material to make as 
illustrated. 20 cents. 
9888. Bodice with 
or without flaring 
cuffs, 36 to 46 bust. 
9951. Skirt with or 
without side dra¬ 
pery, 24 or 26, 38 
or 30, 32 or 34 
waist. The medium 
size bodice will re¬ 
quire 31/4 yds. of 
material 36 or 40 in. 
wide, 2% yds. 44. 
The medium size 
skirt will require 
2% yds. of material 
40 or 44 In. wide, 
with 1% yds. extra 
for the drapery. 
Each 20 cents. 
of flour with the sugar, but do not forget 
the butter. The addition of extract of 
lemon is very nice. M. B. D. 
Paint and Paper 
We have just had two rooms papered 
and all the woodwork refinished, so per¬ 
haps some of our methods would help 
others. The woodwork was covered with 
a sooty coating that ordinary washing 
would not remove, so we used a naphtha 
washing powder in the first water, then 
rinsed off with clear water 'and wiped it 
dry with a cloth. When revarnished it 
looked 1 like new. The stairs were not 
varnished all at once, alternate steps be¬ 
ing done the first day and the others two 
days later. 
When the wood is painted white and 
one wishes to paint it oak and grain it, 
he sure to sandpaper the painted surface 
first, and the new paint will stick better. 
If it does peel off and show spots of white 
just use a little brown water color and 
it will never be noticed. 
White woodwork can be easily cleaned 
by rubbing it with a cloth wet with coal 
oil aud then washing in the usual way. 
A professional decorator gave us the 
following formula for a crack filler : Use 
equal parts of flour and cornstarch, and 
mix to a putty with a liquid composed of 
equal parts of linseed oil. turpentine and 
japan. He says that most of the fillers 
on the market and the ones prepared 'at 
home are too hard and will soon loosen 
and come out of the floor. 
If possible, remove all the old paper 
before repapering. We used a whitewash 
brush and hot water to soak it well, then 
scraped it off with a knife. Cracks in 
the plastering should have a strip of 
muslin pasted over them (old sheets or 
pillow cases will do) before hanging the 
paper. 
We long ago discarded paper with fig¬ 
ures or flowers that, one can count, for 
we have had enough illness in our family 
to know what a torture such wallpaper 
can he. It is not necessary to have it ab¬ 
solutely plain, for there are a number 
< f patterns that are restful to the eye. 
This year the tendency is toward darker 
colors, but there are few rooms in ordi¬ 
nary homes that look as well in the dark 
tones as in medium or lighter ones. It 
all depends, of course, on woodwork, ex¬ 
posure and the amount of light received. 
For a kitchen paint is far preferable to 
paper in every way. ruth w. Gordon. 
Wool Mattresses 
In reply to Mrs. II. A. B. in regard to 
woolen mattress, can say that I helped 
make one. In my mother’s declining 
years she purchased three fleeces of wool 
to make a mattress, and never felt equal 
to the job. After she was gone we looked 
many times at the wool, and thought we 
would sell it. but having declined in price 
it would have been a money loss, so one 
warm day T took it out in the backyard 
and put it to soak in salt and water. The 
following day I washed it in 11 tubs of 
water, and spread on old sheets in the 
sun to dry. At intervals my sister and I 
picked the dirt out by hand, and carded it 
into bats, a lost art in these days, but in 
ouT earlier liv es we had helped our mother 
make enough to till six comfortables. We 
bought a good grade of cotton cloth and 
made a cover the desired size, and 4 in. 
thick, and put it on quilting frames, leav¬ 
ing the top free on three sides. We put it 
on the floor and laid our hats in smooth 
and even, brought the top over and over¬ 
sewed the three sides together, and tacked 
it very close. We had the outside made 
of ticking and. slipped the already tacked 
mattress into it and tacked enough to hold 
it in place. I need not mention tliat it 
was a great amount of work, but we feel 
many times repaid for it in the nice soft 
mattress we have, and with one of those 
wool comfortables and a pipeless furnace 
one does not need to dread cold nights up 
in the cold country where I live. 
M. H. S. 
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Convenience and health 
in the kitchen 
I T IS OFTEN necessary to heat up something in a 
burry. It is then that the convenience of the New 
Perfection Oil Cook Stove is most appreciated. All 
the heat you want is ready in an instant. Remember, 
the white-tipped flame gives the most heat. 
And when you are through with it a turn of the 
wick extinguishes the flame and the kitchen is kept 
cool and comfortable. 
Another convenience and economy for the household 
is the New Perfection Water Heater. Produces hot 
water in a few minutes. 
The New Perfection is made in two, three and four- 
burner sizes—with or without warming cabinet. Sold 
by dealers everywhere. 
Far best results use 
Socony Kerosene 
NEW PERFECTION 
Oil Cook Stoves and Water Heaters 
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