1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
687 
she won’t.” The jin de siccle ■v«oman is 
exercising that feminine prerogative in 
a most sensible way. When she likes 
a style, sbe continues to wear it, and 
shrugs her shoulders at Fashion’s com¬ 
mands, cajoleries and entreaties alike. 
It’s high time for women to decide in¬ 
dividually what they shall wear. Skirts, 
then, are plain, wide at the bottom and 
close fitting around the hips, the full¬ 
ness at the belt confined to the back 
breadths. 
The round waist is still in favor, very 
much trimmed and elaborated in front, 
the back usually seamless and noLvery 
much trimmed, with large sleeves; it is 
anything but simple, and is certainly 
very stylish. To some waists, the circu¬ 
lar or pointed basques are added; but 
these are not so frequent. 
Sleeves are larger, we shall say, to be 
on the safe side. It has been said in 
former seasons that they had reached 
the extreme in size ; but they have not 
yet reached the limit. They still droop 
from the shoulder and fit the arm from 
elbow to wrist. The puff, and some¬ 
times the entire sleeve, is of the material 
used in trimming. 
Capes will be as popular as last season. 
Many of the fall coats are of three- 
quarter length, which means three-quar¬ 
ters of the costume. The new coats 
are simpler in regard to collars and 
revers than formerly. 
Ribbons of all kinds and widths are 
used about dresses. Sashes are again 
worn. A pretty arrangement of ribbon 
consists of a folded belt and collar of 
ribbon three inches wide. The ribbon 
also passes over each shoulder, fastening 
under the belt at back and front, and 
forming a heading for lace frills. Red 
is a popular color for vests, collars, etc., 
tomato red being a favorite shade. 
A HOMEMADE WORK-BOX. 
NEIGHBOR has six children under 
12 years of age. It follows that 
there are many missing buttons to re¬ 
place, and numberless rents to mend, so 
that her work-box is a daily companion. 
She lately received one for a present 
that is so durable and serviceable, and 
withal so pleasing to look at, that I de¬ 
scribe it, hoping that Santa Claus will 
leave one for more than one busy mother 
in The Rukal fami.y. And what is 
nicer for the young girl learning to sew, 
than a pretty place for her new silver 
thimble and bright scissors ? 
The foundation of this work-box is a 
square peach basket. This was first 
lined and covered with very thin sheet 
wadding. Over this were placed Turkey 
red prints, nicely fitted and firmly sewed. 
Around the outside is open crochet work, 
made with fine black carpet warp. In 
one corner is a little cushion of red and 
black sateen. One side has black elastic 
loops to hold scissors and lead pencil. 
There is also a little pocket useful for 
small articles. If more delicate mate¬ 
rials are used, this box may be made fine 
enough for more exclusive work, and 
pretty enough for my lady’s chamber 
and her dainty fancy work. 
MBS. L. H. NILES. 
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 
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, 
We want an agent in every town 
in the United States to take subscrip¬ 
tions for The Rubal. Any man or wo¬ 
man can earn $50 a month at this pleas¬ 
ant work in his own neighborhood. 
Send for terms and sample copies. 
patterns are the latest stjjlee, every pat¬ 
tern is complete and guaranteed to be 
perfect. 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 sub¬ 
scribers, and patterns will not be sent 
to nonsubscribers. Any two patterns 
given to old subscribers who send one 
new subscription. 
6196. Ladies’ Tea Gown, with Wat¬ 
teau Back. 
While having the appearance of an 
easy, negligee robe, it is adjusted to fit 
the figure smoothly, the Watteau back 
and slightly full fronts being disposed 
over fitted linings, which may be omitted 
if desired. The drooping gigot sleeves 
and pointed rolling collar are prettily 
trimmed with narrow jet braid. Black 
Chantilly lace, ten inches wide and four 
yards in length, is gathered at the top 
and arranged under the collar, falling 
with jabot effect to the waist line in 
front. The ribbon girdle starts from 
the under-arm seams and is tied in a 
6106 . 
Ladies’ Tea Gown. 
large bow with ends. Pattern 0196 is 
cut in six sizes, viz., 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 
42 inches bust measure. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Housework and Wages.— The girl in my 
employ for six years, at $13 a month, 
spent $52 annually for clothing and 
minor expenses, leaving $100, or rather 
more, for “salting down.” She was 
guided by me as to her clothing, and 
was never before so comfortably and 
suitably clad. She had the best of 
everything to read free of expense, and 
with good food and wholesome surround¬ 
ings, had no doctor’s bill to pay. Even 
at $130 a year, there would be a balance 
of nearly $80 annually, and if there is 
any other occupation iu which the girl 
of average ability can earn and save 
more money, and at the same time be as 
wholesomely surrounded as in domestic 
service, pray let the holder of the infor¬ 
mation speak out. m. w. f. 
To Renovate a Feather Bed.—A corre¬ 
spondent of the Housekeeper tells how 
to clean a feather bed : “If the bed has 
been in use a long time and looks badly 
soiled, put it into a water-tight barrel, 
and cover with cold soft water and plen¬ 
ty of soft soap ; change it about so that 
the water penetrates to every part of 
the feathers. Let it remain for half a 
day; then remove it, empty the barrel 
and put it to soak again. Then if there 
are waterworks, put it on the grass on a 
sheet or old quilt and spray it, contin¬ 
ually turning the bed. If there are no 
waterworks, put it out in a heavy rain, 
and let the bed become thoroughly wet. 
Then turn on the other side and let the 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adm. 
tick have a thorough soaking. When 
the sun shines it will dry. Leave it out 
several days in the sun, turning it occa¬ 
sionally. Bring it in at night if there is 
a heavy dew. When perfectly dry, put 
it on a line and beat it, and you will 
have a clean, fluffy bed.” 
The Aladdin Oven. — We have used 
the Aladdin oven for two years, and arc 
very much pleased with it. The oven 
does not take the place of a cookiug stove 
altogether, as one can not cook quickly 
in it. The slow cooking is the secret of 
its success. A piece of meat, no matter 
how tough, put in the Aladdin at bed¬ 
time with a lamp having a one-inch wick 
put under it, will at breakfast time be 
perfectly tender and tasteful. If one de¬ 
sire a brown roast, the meat may be put 
on the bottom of the oven three hours 
before dinner, with the lamp turned 
high. Pies, custards, puddings, or vege¬ 
tables may be cooked on the upper 
shelves while the meat is cooking. I 
bake bread, white and brown, muffins, 
corn bread, egg bread, biscuit, etc., and 
they all taste sweeter and keep moist 
longer than those baked in an ordinary 
oven. Fruit-cake may ba baked in the 
Aladdin ; but the more delicata ones like 
angel cake, sponge and layer cakes, are 
not so good. The slow cooking makes 
them coarse-grained. Apples, pears, 
peaches and figs are delicious baked on 
the middle shelf. With a three-burner 
oil stove for heating water, boiling 
potatoes and frying, one may have whole¬ 
some, well-cooked food with very little 
trouble. I have put rolls in the oven on 
the middle shelf, and on coming back 
from a drive, two hours later, found 
them perfectly baked for taa. 
GEBTBUDE E. BOBEBTSON. 
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK. 
I do not ask that flowers should always spring 
Beneath my feet. 
I know too well the poison and the stln^ 
Of things too sweet. 
—Anonymous. 
....Samuel Johnson: “Life, to be 
worthy of a ritional being, must be 
always in pregresbion ; we must always 
purpose to do more or better than in 
past times.” 
... .Massachusetts Ploughman : “The 
duty of a woman to be sweet to her 
family is greater than the duty of feed¬ 
ing them on pies and cake, or dressing 
them elaborately. Life can be made 
much simpler for most women who 
work, if they wish it to be.” 
....The Household : “It may be argued 
that so many women of to-day enter 
business or professional life that a prac¬ 
tical knowledge of general housework 
will never be needed. It is, however, 
impossible to tell how soon a woman may 
meet somebody who will make her be • 
lieve that wifehood is her truest sphere.” 
In writing to adyertlsers, please always mention 
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