7bt  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
695 
ease  I’ve  had.  and  from  the  looks  of  my 
jaw,  which  is  terriblly  swollen,  the  trouble 
is  not  all  over — but  such  is  life.  And 
another  cold  for  good  measure!  But  I 
intend  to  set  three  broody  hens  in  the 
morning;  the  18  good  luck  chickens  are 
growing  finely,  and  the  mother  hen  be¬ 
ginning  to  sing. 
Some  of  my  neighbors  have  little  tur¬ 
keys  already,  but  our  own  hens  have  not 
been  laying  very  well.  We  have  peas, 
beets,  radishes,  lettuce  and  onions,  po¬ 
tatoes  and  early  corn  planted ;  did  try  to 
find  some  cabbage  and  tomato  plants  in 
.lohnsou  City,  but  so  crazed  with  pain, 
and  but  little  spare  time,  so  failed. 
Tonight  there  is  singing  at  the  school- 
house;  I  can  see  the  lights  and  hear  their 
voices  when  I  step  out  on  the  porch ; 
but  as  it  hits  been  rainy,  all  day,  there  is 
not  a  very  large  crowd  out.  though  there 
were  Cl  at  Sunday  school  Sunday  eve¬ 
ning. 
Sugar,  sugar;  that  is  now  the  house¬ 
wife’s  lament.  Such  a  price,  and  so  little 
for  what  we  have  to  sell.  Eggs  from  15c 
to  18c  per  dozen  ;  chickens  or  hens.  lCc 
per  lb.  We  are  fonder  of  beans  than 
chicken,  so  I  sent  two  hens  to  the  store 
to  exchange  for  beans,  and  procured  suf¬ 
ficient  for  three  cookings.  If  we  liked 
c-hicken,  there  would  have  been,  as  the 
old  darkey  said,  ‘more  fillin’  ”  in  the 
hens.  Some  day,  when  I  get  able  I  am 
going  green  hunting;  old  field  cress  we 
call  it.  It  stays  green  all  Winter,  makes 
a  rather  strong  mustard-tasting  green. 
Then  watercress  is  plentiful  in  the  creeks 
where  there  are  no  ducks,  geese  or  cattle. 
I  saw  several  crates  of  it  in  Johnson 
in  same  shell ;  ch.  5,  8  s.  c.  with  1  eh.  be¬ 
tween  each ;  ch.  5,  shell  in  shell,  ch.  3  ; 
turn. 
15th  Row — Shell  in  shell ;  ch.  6,  6  s.  c., 
ch.  1  between,  ch.  6,  shell  in  shell,  ch.  3, 
turn. 
16th  Row — Shell  in  shell ;  ch.  6,  4  s.  c., 
ch.  1  between,  ch.  6,  shell  in  shell,  ch.  3, 
turn. 
17th  Row — Shell  in  shell,  eh.  6,  2  s.  c., 
ch.  1  between  ch.  6,  shell  in  shell,  ch.  3, 
turn. 
18th  Row — Shell  in  shell,  1  t.  c.  in  cen¬ 
ter  of  2  s.  c.,  shell  in  shell,  fasten  thread 
and  break. 
Tie  to  3  ch.  of  next  shell  and  finish 
each  point  in  the  saute  way,  beginning 
with  the  14th  row. 
When  all  six  figures  are  complete,  tie 
thread  in  3  ch.  of  any  shell  on  point  ch. 
3,  2  d.  c.,  ch.  3.  3d.  c.,  shell  in  next  ch.  3. 
and  repeat,  making  a  shell  in  every-  3  ch. 
around  the  doily. 
There  will  be  4  shell  on  each  side  of 
each  figure.  At  the  point  where  double 
shell  is,  or  the  13th  row,  make  a  d.  <•. 
instead  of  a  shell. 
2d  Row — Ch.  5,  turn,  1  d.  c.,  ch.  2.  1 
d.  c..  ch.  2,  1  d.  c..  ch.  2,  1  d.  c.,  ch.  2. 
1  d.  c.  in  every  shell;  fasten  thread  and 
break.  MRS.  El, win  chase. 
Flowers  and  Starch  Beads 
We  are  asked  once  more  to  give  meth¬ 
ods  of  making  beads  from  flowers  and 
from  starch. 
Flower  beads  and  starch  beads  are  quite 
Crocheted  Doily  in  Pineapple  Deiign 
City  for  sale.  New  cabbage,  tomatoes, 
young  onions — in  fact.,  all  sorts  of  fresh 
vegetables,  turnips  included,  make  one 
hungry  in  the  Spring  of  the  year,  yet 
one  soon  tires  of  them  when  they  are 
plentiful.  Distance  or  scarcity  lends  en¬ 
chantment. 
The  frogs  have  thawed  out  aain,  and 
they  are  having  a  regular  concert  in  the 
pond  below  the  house.  At  last  I  have 
the  long-needed  glasses,  and  just  t<»  see 
if  they  were  really  good,  I  raised  them 
up,  and  not  one  word  could  I  see.  So 
very  grateful  in  my  heart,  I  am  for  them, 
if  my  jaw  does  hurt ;  nothing  ever  so 
bad  but  what  it  might  be  worse. 
MRS.  D.  B.  P. 
Pineapple  Doily 
To  begin,  make  a  chain  of  10  and  join 
with  a  slip  stitch  to  form  a  ring. 
1st  Row — 24  t.  c.  in  ring  (ch.  3  for  1st- 
of  24).  join  with  si.  st.  to  1st  treble. 
2d  Row — 2  t.  c.  in  2  t.  c.  (always  with 
3  ch.  to  start),  skip  2  t.  c.,  ch.  2;  repeat 
around ;  join. 
3d  Row — 2  t.  c.  under  2  ch.,  ch.  3 ;  re¬ 
peat  around  ;  join. 
4th  Row — Shell  of  3  t.  c.,  3  eh..  3  t.  c. 
under  3  ch,  ch.  1;  repeat  around;  join. 
5th  Row — Shell  of  3  t.  c„  3  ch.,  3  t.  c. 
in  shell  of  previous  row,  ch.  2 ;  repeat 
around:  join;  add  1  ch.  in  every  other 
group  if  necessary  to  make  it  lay  right. 
6th  Row — Shell  in  shell,  ch.  4  ;  repeat 
around;  join. 
7th  Row — Shell  in  shell,  ch.  6;  repeat 
around  ;  join. 
8th  Row— 24  t.  c.  in  shell,  ch.  4,  shell 
in  shell,  ch.  4  ;  repeat  around ;  join. 
Oth  Row- — 1  s.  c..  ch.  1.  1  s.  c.,  until 
there  are  15  s.  c.  in  the  16  t.  c.,  ch.  4, 
shell  in  shell,  ch.  4;  repeat  around. 
10th  Row — 14  s.  c„  ch.  1  between  each, 
ch.  4.  shell  in  shell,  c-h.  4 ;  repeat  around  ; 
join. 
lltli  Row — 13  s.  c.,  ch  1  between,  ch. 
4.  shell  in  shell,  ch.  4 ;  repeat  around ; 
join. 
12rh  Row — 12  s.  c.,  ch.  1  between  c-h.  4, 
shell  in  shell,  ch.  4 ;  repeat  around :  join. 
13th  Row — 10  s.  e..  ch  1  between  ch.  4, 
3  t.  c.,  ch.  3,  3  t.  c.,  ch.  3.  3  t.  e.  in  shell, 
<-h.  4  ;  repeat  around  ;  join. 
14th  Row — Break  thread  and  tie  into 
3  ch.  of  shell  ;  make  3  t.  c.,  ch.  3,  3  t.  c. 
distinct.  The  most  famous  flower  beads 
are  those  made  of  rose  petals,  which  are 
often  bought  by  tourists  as  souvenirs  of 
the  Pacific  coast.  The  following  direc¬ 
tions  were  given  us  several  years  ago  : 
A  large  quantity  of  rose  petals  is  re¬ 
quired,  even  for  a  single  string  of  beads. 
The  petals  may  be  of  all  colors,  but  all 
stems,  dried  petals  and  other  rubbish 
must  be  removed.  The  petals  must  be 
fresh;  that  is,  not  dried;  those  fallen 
from  overblown  roses  are  used.  Run  the 
petals  through  a  meat  chopper  six  times, 
to  make  a  smooth  pulp;  save  all  the  juice 
ad  mix  in  the  mass. 
The  pulp  is  a  dirty  white  or  pinkish 
color.  Spread  it  in  a  thin  layer  on  sheet- 
iron  pans,  where  it  soon  begins  to  blacken 
through  the  oxidization  of  the  iron.  Turn 
and  stir  so  that  it  all  becomes  uniformly 
black.  The  blackening  process  may  be 
hastened  by  adding  a  few  drops  of  tinc¬ 
ture  of  iron. 
As  soon  as  the  mass  has  dried  suffi¬ 
ciently  to  work  easily  and  hold  its  shape, 
small  quantities  are  taken  in  the  hands 
and  rolled  between  the  palms  until  per¬ 
fectly  round.  The  balls  are  made  much 
larger  than  the  finished  beads  are  to  be, 
as  they  shrink  in  drying  to  about  one- 
third  their  original  size.  They  are  placed 
upon  plates  until  partly  dry,  when  they 
are  rolled  to  correct  any  irregularity  in 
shape,  then  pierced  with  large  pins  and 
left  upon  these  pins  to  dry. 
The  petals  are  gathered  in  the  morning 
when  ready  to  fall ;  about  a  peck  is  a 
convenient  quantity  for  one  batch.  For 
uniform  size  it  is  well  to  measure  the 
pulp  with  a  spoon.  When  partially  dried 
they  may  be  rolled  between  two  panes  of 
glass  to  give  polish. 
The  following  instructions  for  making 
starch  beads  were  given  us  by  a  reader 
who  made  them  for  sale  :  Take  one  table¬ 
spoon  of  starch,  1  y2  tablespoons  of  salt, 
four  tablespoons  of  water.  Boil  hard  un¬ 
til  stiff.  Take  one  tablespoon  of  the  mix¬ 
ture,  roll  out  in  a  little  salt.  Cut  even 
strips  with  a  knife  or  large  needle,  form 
into  beads  and  string.  They  are  colored 
with  dye  as  desired.  Complaint  is  made 
that  starch  beads  soften  in  damp  weather, 
but.  the'  correspondent  who  sent  us  the 
above  recipe  says  she  never  had  any 
trouble  with  them. 
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