1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
6o7 
HOMEMADE DRESS TRIMMINGS. 
W E ffive two dress trimmings which 
were illustrated and described 
in The Ladies’ Home Companion—one 
in hairpin work and one in knitting. 
These are worked in Brainerd & Arm¬ 
strong’s purse silk, upon which beads 
have been strung, and are used on the 
edges of revers of waists and coats, or 
are used for the heading of lace and other 
trimming. They are easily and quickly 
made, and greatly lessen the expense of 
trimming. 
No. 1 (see Fig. 159) is the hairpin 
work. The purse silk should be strung 
with small gilt or jet beads before begin¬ 
ning the work. Use a narrow hairpin, 
and slip up a bead at each turn of the 
work. 
No. 2 is in knitting. Thread the purse 
silk with beads, and with fine, steel 
needles cast on 4 st and work as follows: 
Slip up a bead, silk over needle, 2 tog at 
the back, o, k 2 tog at the back. Repeat 
this for the length desired, slipping up a 
bead only at the beginning of each row. 
A FAMILY PARK ON THE FARM. 
M uch has been written about how 
to keep the boys on the farm, but 
as ours are all small yet, we trouble our¬ 
selves very little about that, desiring 
them to follow the occupation which 
they love best. Oar chief object is to 
make home happy, the one place to love 
and remember in after life. To do this, 
we feel that we must provide something 
a little different from what they see all 
around them every day. We plan no 
costly palace; we take what we have 
and can get, and make the best of it. 
The children must have something to 
enjoy, something to call their own; 
some place where they feel free to do as 
they please. 
We are planning a fairy play yard in 
an old field. An old road bed winds 
through one corner of it, and on either 
side of the road stand beautiful shade 
trees of, perhaps, a dozen varieties, and 
in one corner a little grove of Papaw. 
We shall trim up the Papaw trees, and 
set out near them starry clematis, wild 
hops, and any pretty wild vines which 
will run over and around the little trees 
and form lovely bowers. Then we shall 
plant hardy, free-fiowering shrubs and 
vines all along on either side of the road, 
great clumps of wild lilies and hardy 
phlox, gay hollyhocks and butterfiy 
fiowers. Anything that will thrive in 
such a situation and make it gay with 
bloom will find a home there. Lovely 
ferns will grow on the steep banks, and 
delicate vines nestle among them. Then, 
as there are no trees out in the play 
yard proper, we need some for shade. 
On either side of the center we shall 
set a clump of trees to afford a shady re¬ 
treat when resting from play. On one 
side shall be a group of four J udas trees, 
and some hardy free-fiowering vines, to 
run over them and form howers where 
our little fairy shall have a nice rustic 
seat where she may go when she pleases 
with her reading or writing. On the 
opposite side shall be a group of dog¬ 
wood, pink and white, and there the 
wild grape vines will find a home. The 
play yard must be nicely seeded to grass 
and kept free from weeds. 
But of the entrance to the grounds I 
have not spoken. It shall be a shady 
nook at one corner. We shall set out the 
Trumpet creeper at the foot of several 
trees, and in time it will form an arch 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, 
Eveey reader should tell one friend, 
at least, that The Rurae New-Yorker, 
will be sent for the remainder of this 
year for 25c. How many have you told ? 
over the gateway, and when in bloom, it 
will be a gorgeous sight. Then three or 
four maples along the front of the play 
yard, next the public road, will afford 
sufiicient shade so that the children can 
enjoy spending any part of the day there. 
We shall put up several swings, and 
seats must be scattered all along here and 
there under the most lovely shade trees. 
Nor must we forget a hammock or two, 
so that mamma and papa may have an 
easy place to rest and enjoy seeing and 
directing the children’s play. 
When the children grow larger and 
their city cousins visit them, this will be 
a lovely spot for any kind of social games, 
or they can take their books and papers 
and enjoy a quiet place to study. Enough 
amusement and real pleasure may be 
found here to make the children love the 
farm. It seems to me that if farmers 
would take more pains and care to fur¬ 
nish the children with pleasant and inno¬ 
cent entertainment at home, there need 
not be so much worry about the young 
folks seeking amusement elsewhere. Al¬ 
most any farmer could provide something 
similar to what I have tried to describe ; 
it would add untold beauty and real value 
to the farm, and much happiness to the 
family circle. R. d. b. 
PATTERNS FOR R. N.-Y. READERS. 
These patterns retail for from 25 to 40 
cents each, but we can furnish them to 
subscribers only, at 10 cents each. The 
patterns are the latest styles, every pat- 
6187. 
Child’s Coat. 
tern is complete and guaranteed to be per¬ 
fect. Write the order separate from 
other matter, give bust measure and pat¬ 
tern number, and enclose 10 cents. Full 
instructions accompany every pattern. 
We do this for the accommodation of 
subscribers, and patterns will not be sent 
to nonsubacribers. Any two patterns 
given to old subscribers who send one 
new subscription. 
6187 Child’s Coat With Star Cape. 
A stylish garment for our little women 
is here shown, made of red, rough- 
finished cloth trimmed with black velvet. 
The full fronts and back are arranged on 
a pointed yoke which is shaped by seams 
at the shoulders. The sleeves consist of 
full puffs over coat-shaped sleeve linings, 
that are faced to cuff depth with the 
velvet. The cape and collar are made of 
velvet, lined with silk and interlined 
with crinoline. A silk bow is worn 
at the neck. One material alone may 
be used, and braid, gimp, velvet or other 
preferred trimming may be adopted. 
Pattern 6187 is cut in five sizes, viz.: 1, 2, 
4, 6 and 8 years. 
....Harper’s Bazar: “Care in dress 
argues a certain respect for one’s self, 
and people are very prone to take one at 
his own estimate.” 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
FOR MIND AND HEART. 
Nature to each allots his proper sphere, 
But that forsaken, we like comets err, 
Tossed through the void by some rude shock we're 
broke. 
And all our boasted Are Is lost In smoke. - Congreve. 
....Lord Rosebery: “I will go so far 
as to say that if the country does not 
control the liquor traffic, the liquor 
traffic will control the country.” 
....H C. Walsh in Lippincott’s : “Peo¬ 
ple who are jealous of sharing the goo<l 
things of life with others, are glad enough 
to effect a combination to get rid of its 
ills.” 
....Atchison Globe: “When a man 
likes a woman, and she says in effect, 
‘Because you like me you must do thus 
and so,’ he does not like her as much as 
before.” 
... .Seneca : “ A wise man carries all his 
treasures within himself; what fortune 
gives she may take, but he leaves noth¬ 
ing at her mercy. He stands firm and 
keeps his ground against all misfortunes, 
without so much as changing counte¬ 
nance.” 
... .Bill Nye : “ I’ve seen wives to whom 
I wouldn’t want to give the ballot. I 
wouldn’t want to give them anything 
unless it might be 30 days in jail or some¬ 
thing like that; but a man ought not to 
get socially mixed up with a companion 
who doesn’t know enough to vote.” 
....Christliche Apologete : “The 
Crown Prince of Germany, aged 12, upon 
hearing his teacher say that ‘ all man¬ 
kind are sinners,’ inquired if this ap 
plied to the high as well as to the humble. 
Being told that such was the case, he 
answered: ‘ Well, my father may be a 
sinner, but my mother isn’t.’ ”’ 
....Franklin F. Briggs: “It helps a boy 
to find out what ‘ square ’ means. When 
he can saw to the line every time, he 
has a greater respect for truth. When 
he habitually becomes exact in the use 
of tools, the great battle is won. Your 
skilled mechanic is not usually a liar. 
His respect for exactness makes him 
hew to the line in his speech.” 
. . . .Jessie M. Burgoyne : “ The best and 
happiest wives in this and the next 
generation will be the self-supporting 
women. A woman who has made her 
own living knows the value of money, 
has had experience in making it go as 
far as possible, has sown all the wild 
oats of small extravagances and sub¬ 
sequent scrimping that make trouble in 
many new homes. A dollar to her rep¬ 
resents so many hours’ work, not a few 
coaxing words addressed to papa. She 
knows what kind of home it is pleasant 
to come to after a tiring day’s work, and 
what sort of breakfast is the best founda¬ 
tion for eight hours’ toil.” 
In wiitinK to adyertlserg, please always mention 
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Wl \ ]V[ ’T’-Tenant for 1895 for one of 
aaJ-I J- the best fully equipped farms 
in Maryland. 250 acres, on salt water; 30 acres 
peaches and pears. Applicant must be a tborouKb, 
proKresslve farmer and sheep-raiser, and have suffi¬ 
cient capital to pay for labor. Address OWNER, 
143 Liberty Street, Boom 332, New York. 
Working Harness 
will last longer, be tough, won’t gall 
the horses, and is pleasant to handle if 
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Vacuum 
Leather Oil. 
Nothing so good for women’s and 
children’s and men’s shoes. 
25 c. worth is a fair trial—and yotir money back 
if you want it—a swob with e.'icb can. 
For p.iinphlet. tree, "How TO Takk Cakb of 
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must be entered before Nov. 16, 1894. DosIriis notaward- 
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UNDER A 
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