THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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we could certainly bear her no ill will. 
Lady Somerset was fortunate in being 
the eldest daughter in a family where 
there were no sons. Her father being a 
scholarly man, and finding that his 
daughter inherited his ability, gave 
her every opportunity for education, and 
spent on his daughters the ambition that 
would naturally have been centered in a 
son. With natural endowments of mind, 
broadened by a liberal education, and 
unhampered by want of means. Lady 
Somerset is eminently fitted to lead a re¬ 
form movement. And she has not hesi¬ 
tated to take her stand on the many 
social questions which are waiting for 
brave souls to solve them. She thinks, 
writes and acts. Of what use is it to 
cherish a cause if we do not work for it ? 
Lady Somerset is a worker. During the 
last year she held 115 meetings, 27 con¬ 
ferences, traveled over 8,000 miles, and 
spoke in 20 counties to about 200,000 peo¬ 
ple. In the North American Review of 
October, she contributes an article on 
the woman question, and I must omit 
much that enthusiasm would prompt me 
to say, to give place to arguments more 
able than mine—the words of Lady 
Somerset: 
The more we seek to unravel the tangled skein 
of reasons that are given to prove that woman 
must not face the great piiblic questions of the 
time, or endeavor to enter “ the maze of politics,” 
the more clearly we understand that these many 
reasons resolve themselves into one, and that one 
is the disability of sex. It is not education that is 
wanting, because the higher education now places 
many women far above the level of the ordinary 
voter, some on an equality with any statesman, 
and the average woman on an absolute equality 
with the average man. ♦ ♦ ♦ Any one who has 
seen the Indian squaw carrying the baggage of 
the family on her back while the man leisurely 
sits on his horse smoking his short pipe, cannot 
feel the slightest doubt as to woman’s equality in 
physical strength; at any rate, the Indian has 
realized it and made practical use of his knowl¬ 
edge. Women have a greater role than that of 
fighting; they are the fountain of the race, at 
which it recruits its losses, perpetuates its hopes, 
and conserves the results of the victories already 
gained; and I maintain that if service to the na¬ 
tion is to count as a chief article of faith for the 
voter, the service—aye, the dangerous service— 
that woman renders every nation, is far greater 
than the occasional facing of a Maxim gun or the 
remote contingency of a bursting shell. There is 
hardly a woman who is not called to come face to 
face with death; who does not go down into the 
great Gethsemane of suffering, and with the dew 
of eternity on her brow, give to the world its sons 
and daughters. It is woman’s fight for the race, 
the fight in which she too often gives her life. It 
is a greater service to bear soldiers than to bear 
arms. OAITHKR IlOWK. 
HOW TO FUMIGATE A ROOM. 
ROOM should be thoroughly fumi¬ 
gated after having been occupied 
by a patient having any of the serious 
contagious diseases. A w^riter in the 
Journal of Health gives directions for 
fumigating with sulphur : ‘ ‘ Close the 
doors, windows, fireplace, etc., pasting 
strips of paper over all the cracks. Fumi¬ 
gation by burning sulphur is most easily 
accomplished. Two pounds of sulphur 
should be allowed for every room from 
10 to 12 feet square. It is better to divide 
it and put it in several pans, rather than 
to burn the entire quantity of sulphur 
u.sed, in one pan. To avoid the danger 
of fire, these pans should be set on bricks, 
or in other and larger pans filled with 
water or with sand. After pouring a little 
alcohol on the sulphur, and properly 
placing the pans about the room, the 
furthest from the door of exit should be 
lighted first; the others in order. The 
operator will need to move quickly, for 
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 bad Children, she gave them Castoria, 
Many readers who have not the time 
to go out and work up a club, send us a 
list of names, and we send sample copies 
direct. Then a mere suggestion secures 
the subscription. 
no one can breathe sulphurous fumes 
with safety. After closing the door, the 
cracks around it should be pasted up, as 
was done within the room. Six hours, 
at least, are generally necessary to fumi¬ 
gate a room properly ; at the end of that 
time, it may be entered and the windows 
opened ; and they should be left open as 
long as convenient, even for a week if 
possible. After fumigation, a thorough 
process of cleansing should be instituted. 
At least, the walls and ceiling should be 
rubbed dry. Much the better way is to 
whitewash and re-paper. The fioor and 
woodwork, and the furniture should be 
scrubbed with a solution of carbolic acid, 
or some other disinfectant.” 
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¬ 
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 
subscribers, and patterns will not be 
sent to nonsubscribers. Any two pat¬ 
terns given to old subscribers who send 
one new subscription. 
6203. Ladies’ Waterproof Cloak. 
This is a styli.sh garment for a rainy 
day. The long coat is shaped in skeleton 
6203. 
Ladies’ Waterproof Cloak. 
style, having no sleeves, but large open¬ 
ings at the arm’s eye, so that the fash¬ 
ionable sleeves may readily pass through. 
The back is held in position by an inside 
belt fastened around the waist, extra 
fullness being added at the center by a 
reversed box plait below the waist line. 
The loose fitting fronts close in the cen¬ 
ter, with buttons and buttonholes on a 
fly. The cape is of ample length to af¬ 
ford thorough protection to the dress 
sleeves, and the collar may be turned up 
better to shield the throat. Straps close 
the cape in front. Deep pockets have 
serviceable overlaps that protect the con¬ 
tents. The cloak may be made from any 
of the many styles of cloakings now spe¬ 
cially manufactured for this purpose. 
Pattern 6203 is cut in five sizes, viz., 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40 inches bust measure. 
Winter Protection for Roses. —It was 
formerly thought that roses were the 
flowers of June only ; but now the rose- 
lover may have them all through the 
summer. During a visit to the World’s 
Fair when the roses were at their best, I 
received many valuable hints concerning 
their cultui*e from a German gardener 
who came over with 20,000 rose plants. 
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while Teething. It is the Rest.— AO/v. 
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He was giving them daily care and at¬ 
tention ; and his work was repaid by the 
most beautiful buds and blossoms I ever 
saw. He told me that the very best win¬ 
ter protection they could have was hem¬ 
lock boughs. The aromatic odor pre¬ 
vents the ravages of mice, while the 
boughs provide the necessary warmth. I 
tried this method last winter, and deli¬ 
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