1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
867 
WHAT  OPEN  EYES  SEE. 
Writers  of  New  York  State.— In  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  Columbian  Exposition,  the 
Board  of  Woman  Managers  of  the  State 
of  New  York  is  looking  up  its  literary 
women.  A  chronicle  of  their  work  is 
being  prepared  for  the  Exposition. 
Some  Songs  that  Sing. — In  contrast  to 
the  woman  who  put  her  songs  that 
wouldn’t  sing  into  her  six  adoring  child¬ 
ren,  the  family  of  Rebecca  Harding 
Davis  all  “  sing”  though  it  he  but  in 
prose.  Every  member  of  her  immediate 
family,  it  is  said,  is  engaged  in  literary 
work. 
Our  Address. — One  careful  friend  asks 
for  plain  directions  for  addressing  this 
page.  A  satisfactory  form  would  be 
“The  Rural  New-Yorker,  Times  Build¬ 
ing,  New  York,”  as  the  regular  address. 
In  the  lower  left-hand  corner,  if  for  this 
page,  write  simply  “Open  Eyes,”  if  for 
the  other  page,  “Woman  and  Home  De¬ 
partment.” 
To  Keep  “Throws"  in  Place.— I  have 
discovered  a  way  to  make  the  omnipresent 
tidy  stay  on  a  cane-backed  chair.  Make 
a  pad  by  placing  a  layer  of  cotton  be¬ 
tween  two  pieces  of  any  fabric,  place 
this  over  the  chair  back  and  fasten 
firmly.  The  tidy  fastened  to  this  cannot 
get  away,  will  wear  much  longer,  and 
the  chair  will  be  more  comfortable.  I 
should  have  said,  tie  the  pad  here  and 
there  as  you  would  a  comforter,  h.  h. 
Husk  Pillows  in  Sickness.— When  you 
save  corn  husks  for  beds  make  one  or 
two  husk  pillows.  You  will  find  them  a 
great  comfort  if  any  of  your  household 
is  sick  and  needs  to  be  bolstered  up  in 
bed.  They  are  harder  and  do  not  settle 
away  from  the  patient  as  a  feather  pil¬ 
low  does,  but  can  be  placed  firmly  against 
the  head  board  and  a  softer  pillow  placed 
in  front  if  wished;  or  with  a  comforter 
placed  over  they  will  be  found  cooler  and 
more  comfortable  to  the  poor  heated 
back.  h.  h. 
A  Correction. — In  her  article  upon 
underclothing  on  page  740,  where  Pru¬ 
dence  attempted  to  tell  how  to  make  the 
undervest  and  drawers  practically  one, 
she  was  made  to  direct  that  on  the  but¬ 
tons  sewed  to  the  underarm  seams  at  the 
waist  line  be  buttoned  the  vest  by  but¬ 
tonholes  worked  in  it.  Of  course  it  was 
in  the  belt,  or  drawers  binding,  that  the 
buttonholes  were  to  be  worked.  It  takes 
but  a  short  time  to  add  the  buttons  and 
buttonholes,  and  the  comfort  of  not  hav¬ 
ing  the  drawers  dragging  upon  slender 
or  undeveloped  hips  is  a  great  gain.  A 
strip  of  tape  stitched  over  the  seam  on 
the  inside  will  strengthen  it.  p.  p. 
Educational  Expenses.  —  “Women,” 
says  young  Editor  Bok,  “are  acquiring 
mental  knowledge  at  the  expense  of 
heart  affection.”  Wives  and  Daughters 
takes  exception  to  this  assertion,  thus  : 
“  Knowledge  is  not  acquired  at  the  ex¬ 
pense  of  heart  affection — it  is  acquired 
in  most  instances  at  the  expense  of  pocket 
money.  It  would  be  an  insult  to  college- 
bred  men  to  affirm  that  their  love  of 
families  and  homes  was  less  ardent  than 
the  love  which  laboring  men  and  arti¬ 
sans  give  to  their  wives  and  children. 
Nobody  asserts  that  men  are  ‘  acquiring 
mental  knowledge  at  the  expense  of 
heart  affection.’  ‘  When  you  educate  a 
man,’  says  the  sage,  ‘you  educate  an  in¬ 
dividual  ;  when  you  educate  a  woman, 
you  educate  an  entire  family.’  ” 
Mr.  Bok's  Chalk  Mark.— The  comment 
continues  :  It  is  always  interesting  to 
observe  a  man  laboriously  stoop  down 
and  carefully  chalk  out  a  circle  large 
enough  in  his  opinion  to  include  half  the 
human  race,  and  then  say,  “  There,  now, 
all  you  ladies  just  step  inside  of  that, 
and  don’t  let  me  hear  another  chirp  out 
of  any  one  of  you !  ”  But  the  trouble 
with  Mr.  Bok’s  circle  is  that  it  is  too 
small  for  even  one  self-respecting  woman. 
“The  average  man,”  he  says,  “would 
much  rather  that  his  wife  nestle  close  to 
him,  and  ask  him  to  advise  her,  than  that 
she  should  strut  around  his  house  in  an 
assertive  manner,  and  lay  down  the  law 
to  his  children  and  his  servants.”  His 
When  Baby  was  sick,  we  gave  her  Castorla, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castorla, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castorla, 
When  she  had  Children,  she  gave  them  Castorla 
house,  you  observe,  his  children,  his  ser¬ 
vants.  What  belongs  to  his  wife  ?  Noth¬ 
ing,  apparently,  except  the  proud  con¬ 
sciousness  that  she  is  standing  inside  of 
that  dear  little  chalk  circle  ! 
Relief  for  Catarrhal  Colds.— When  a  per¬ 
son  is  suffering  with  catarrhal  cold  in 
the  forehead  and  face,  dipping  hot  water 
on  to  the  face  with  the  hands  several  min¬ 
utes  at  a  time  gives  relief  if  care  be  taken 
to  avoid  exposure  to  cold  afterwards.  Hot 
water  should  not  be  applied  to  the  eyes, 
when  well  or  simply  weak,  as  it  weakens 
them.  m.  m. 
[A  thick  flannel,  wrung  out  of  hot  water, 
folded  and  laid  upon  the  forehead  allows 
one  to  rest  while  applying  this  restora¬ 
tive.  It  may  be  wise  to  emphasize  the 
fact  that  a  final  sponging  with  cool,  or 
cold,  water  should  always  follow  the  ap¬ 
plication  of  hot  water  or  steam.  This, 
followed  by  thorough  friction,  renders 
the  danger  from  after  exposure  very 
small. — Ed.J 
A  Stylish  Economy. — A  writer  in  House¬ 
keepers’  Weekly  gives  this  hint  as  to 
overcoming  the  “  slings  and  arrows  of 
outrageous  fortune”  which  may  have 
pierced  the  purse  :  It  touches  remodeling 
a  dress :  The  skirt  will  be  pressed  out 
and  cut  with  front  and  wide  side  gores, 
and  in  the  center  of  the  back  I  shall  put 
in  one  of  those  V-shaped  pieces  in  which 
the  point  is  at  the  waist  and  the  bias 
seams  at  the  side  breadths,  while  the 
fulness  falls  in  the  soft  folds  of  the  bell 
skirt.  Take  special  note  of  this,  for  it  is 
a  method  of  making  a  new  and  stylish 
back  out  of  very  little  material.  You 
can  take  a  plain  breadth  of  single  width 
material,  cut  it  the  length  you  wish,  and 
then  cut  it  from  the  left  corner  of  the 
bottom  to  the  right  corner  of  the  top, 
sew  the  two  straight  edges  together  for 
a  middle  seam,  well  pressed ;  the  two 
bias  edges  make  the  side  seams,  and  you 
have  a  full  back  breadth  either  for  a 
train  or  without  one,  according  to  the 
length  you  cut. 
Fun  on  the  Farm. — Our  first  summer  on 
the  farm — shall  I  ever  forget  it  ?  How 
the  children  rode  the  cow  to  water, 
watched  the  rooster,  and  every  time  he 
made  a  noise  ran  to  see  if  he  had  laid  an 
egg  !  The  first  churning — but  how  could 
it  be  done  without  a  churn?  My  husband 
made  a  hole  in  a  board,  placed  it  on  the 
cream  jar,  called  two  of  the  children,  set 
one  at  each  end,  and  amidst  laughter  and 
fun  the  butter  was  churned.  We  must 
have  some  chickens,  not  an  old  hen 
would  sit.  One  day  a  bright  idea  struck 
me  ;  we  would  borrow  two  of  our  neigh¬ 
bor.  How  proud  we  felt,  to  think  what 
a  nice  lot  of  chickens  we  would  raise. 
One  made  a  great  noise  when  she  came 
off  to  eat;  the  children  called  her  the 
papa  hen,  the  quiet  one  the  mamma  hen. 
Each  hatched  one  lone  chick,  and  we  con¬ 
cluded  that  we  would  not  make  our  for¬ 
tune  that  summer  by  raising  chickens. 
Then  the  berries  that  we  picked  !  Never 
were  any  bought  half  so  sweet ;  and  the 
fun  we  had  taking  our  dinner  in  the 
woods;  even  the  Pater  would  go  with  us, 
and  the  season  was  like  one  long  holiday. 
M.  A. 
Wedding  Dresses.— At  a  recent  wedding, 
says  Harper's  Bazar,  where  the  bride’s 
gown  was  nearly  covered  with  inherited 
lace,  and  her  bouquet  was  of  white 
chrysanthemums,  the  seven  attendant 
maidens  wore  white  satin  Empire  gowns, 
the  waist  of  natural  length  given  a  short 
effect  by  a  girdle  of  many  bands  of  silver 
galloon,  each  resting  on  a  fold  of  satin. 
The  gowns  were  in  princesse  breadths, 
cut  down  square  in  the  neck,  the  skirt  a 
very  short  rounded  demi-train  edged 
merely  with  a  narrow  satin  fold  headed 
by  silver.  Full  short  puffs  served  as 
sleeves  and  gave  great  breadth,  over 
which  fell  epaulettes  of  applique  lace, 
very  wide  and  very  full.  The  charmingly 
waved  hair  held  directly  in  the  back  a 
short  veil  made  of  a  breadth  of  tulle  at¬ 
tached  by  two  lyre-shaped  ostrich  tips, 
quite  short,  and  placed  back  to  back. 
The  long  white  gloves  were  of  Suede, 
and  the  white  satin  slippers  had  Rhine¬ 
stone  buckles.  Large  bouquets  were  of 
pale  pink  chrysanthemums  tinged  with 
lilac.  The  men  of  the  bridal  procession 
wore  very  long  English  frock-coats  of 
black  worsted,  dark  striped  trousers, 
white  scarfs  with  pearl  pins  given  by  the 
groom,  and  shoes  of  patent  leather. 
Some  of  the  number  wore  pearl  kid 
gloves,  while  others  wore  tan-colored 
gloves  of  undressed  kid.  Pink  chrysan¬ 
themums  were  used  as  boutonnieres  by 
the  ushers,  and  white  by  the  groom  and 
oest  man. 
“  Sultan  to  Sultan  "  is  the  title  which 
Mrs.  French  Sheldon,  the  daring  African 
explorer,  gives  the  volume  in  which  she 
tells  her  story.  A  Boston  review  of  it  says 
that  it  contains  in  all  about  400  illustra¬ 
tions,  which  are  reproductions  of  photo¬ 
graphs  taken  by  her  during  her  journey. 
The  book  gives  one  an  insight  into  the 
lives,  homes  and  nature  of  these  sup¬ 
pressed  people  that  no  author  has  done  ; 
this  with  graphic  descriptions  of  visits 
to  different  Sultans,  which  very  few 
people  have  ever  accomplished,  gives  the 
book  an  originality  distinctively  its  own. 
The  pictures  alone  should  do  this,  for 
nothing  can  equal  them  for  making  any 
tale  seem  a  reality  to  the  one  who  ab¬ 
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