1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
493 
for where one member of a household is 
very fond of this dainty, and there are 
two babies to be tended, the house¬ 
mother of necessity seeks a shorter way 
to make the favorite treat. After the 
crust is rolled out on the hake-board, cut 
the tarts with a large biscuit cutter, and 
bake them in the gem-pans. Prick each 
one to prevent rising. Every one who 
likes tarts, should try this plan. It is 
strictly original. 
For a change, try lemon jelly for filling 
tarts Beat together one cupful of sugar 
and one egg. Add the juice of a lemon 
and two tablespoonfuls of cold water. 
Put the mixture into a shallow dish, set 
it over the fire, stir steadily until it 
thickens, and remove immediately from 
the fire. Be careful that it does not boil. 
When cool, it is ready for use. 
MRS. L. h. N. 
PATTERNS FOR R. N.-Y. READERS. 
Write the order for patterns separate 
from other matter, give bust measure 
and pattern number, and inclose 10 cents. 
Each pattern is complete with instruc¬ 
tions for cutting the garment and put¬ 
ting together. 
Ladies’ Toilet. 
Waist 6422. Skirt 6407. 
The waist is arranged over glove-fitted 
linings and closes in the center front, 
the full front and back being gathered 
at the neck and waist line, where the 
front portion droops in pouch or blouse 
style. A crush belt of velvet encircles 
the waist, twin rosettes being placed on 
each side of the front. Deep lace epau¬ 
lettes from the shoulders are graduated 
to the waist line front and back. A 
handsome flaring bow is set on the crush 
collar of velvet, the V-shaped front por- 
6422—LADICS’ WAIST 
6407—LADI'S’ SKIRT 
tion being spangled with gold. Full 
puffs are arranged over fitted sleeves 
that may be cut off at the elbow, or 
lengthened to the wrists. 
The Felix skirt has a circular front 
that falls in graceful rolling folds at the 
sides. Three godets, or organ-pipe folds, 
form the stylish back, each godet being 
lined throughout with haircloth, a deep 
facing of the same extending all around 
the lower edges of the front and sides. 
Waist 6422, is cut in five sizes, viz.: 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40 inches, bust measure. 
Skirt 6407 is cut in five sizes, viz.: 22, 24, 
26, 28 and 30 inches, waist measure. 
Either one of these patterns for 10 cents ; 
both 20 cents. 
WHAT’S IN A KISS ? 
T HERE’S a great deal in imagination, 
no doubt, as the following narra¬ 
tive of a trick not new, well illustrates. 
We don’t believe in kissing plays as a 
rule, but this game might be used as a 
cure for those too much addicted to oscu¬ 
lation : “ Everything was jollity and 
good humor until a late hour, when a 
certain young lady proposed that they 
initiate the young men into a secret 
society. The young men present to the 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
number of 20 readily agreed, and they 
were taken into a room, one at a time, 
blindfolded. The first young man felt a 
pair of lips pressed to his cheek close to 
his mouth, but did not know who it was 
that had kissed him until he saw the 
second young man initiated. Imagine 
his horror and disgust, when he saw the 
18-year-old negro boy who was helping 
to freeze the cream, step in from a side 
door and press his lips to the young 
man’s cheek. Four were thus initiated 
before the boys could catch on, and a 
good many would have been initiated if 
a couple of the boys had not slipped 
around to the back porch, peeped through 
the window and observed the initiation 
ceremony. Running back, they yelled 
‘ Look out, boys, they are running in 
the cook on you !’ The party is said to 
have adjourned instanter.” 
AN APPROPRIATE TEXT. 
OR some time, a Sunday school 
teacher had been trying to inspire 
her class of boys with missionary zeal. 
One Sunday, their contributions were to 
be collected, and each one was expected 
to repeat a text as he dropped his coin 
on the plate. Teacher (passing the plate 
to John): “I shall begin with you, 
John ; I trust that you have all re¬ 
membered the request I made last Sun¬ 
day, and are prepared with an appro¬ 
priate text.” 
John (giving his contribution smil- 
ingly) : “ The Lord loveth a cheerful 
giver.” 
Teacher : “ Very good, John. Now, 
lack the faculty of seeing dirt, while the 
latter possess it in full measure. The 
few individual exceptions that exist, in 
no wise detract from the truthfulness of 
the statement. As the time has come 
when there is necessity to associate wo¬ 
men with civic affairs in order to secui'e 
the best influence and action in municipal 
government, would it not be the part 
of wisdom to give a committee of capable 
women full powers to attend to the city 
“housekeeping”? m. w. f. 
PEN POTPOURRI. 
Out of sight and out of reach they go,— 
These close, familiar friends, who loved us so; 
And, sitting in the shadow they have left, 
Alone with loneliness, and sore bereft, 
We think with vain regret of some fond word 
That once we might have said and they have 
heard. —Nora Perry. 
....Atchison Globe: “There is great 
admiration for the woman who doesn’t 
put her husband on her back as a heavy 
cross and wear him to prayer meeting.” 
... .N. Y. Sun : “ As it is, if women are 
competent to advise men how to vote, 
why are they not competent themselves 
to vote ? If their political influence is 
desirable now, why would it not be more 
valuable to the State if it were increased 
by the power of the ballot ?” 
....Governor of Colorado: “One of 
the effects of woman suffrage, so far as 
I have been able to observe in the lim¬ 
ited time since women have been voting, 
is that greater care is observed by con¬ 
ventions in the selection of candidates, 
particularly on moral grounds.” 
in Vacuum Leather Oil. Get a can at 
a harness- or shoe-store, 25c a halt-pint 
to #1.25 a gallon ; book “ How to l ake 
Care oi Leather,” and swob, both free ; 
use enough to find out; if you don’t 
like it, take the can back and get the 
whole of your money. 
Sold only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing 
everywhere—handy cans. Rest oil for farm ma¬ 
chinery also. If you can’t find it, write to 
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Rochester, N. Y. 
You Can 
take too much of 
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Jl It quenches your thirst 
That’s the best of it. 
S Improves your health 
® That’s the rest of it. 
A A 25 cent package makes 5 gallons. Sold evory- 
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^ the .Musical instru¬ 
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Violins repaired by the 
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If you are ready to buy a 
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Willie.” 
Willie (who has forgotten all about 
“ the request,” hesitates, then slowly 
drops his coin, with a twinkle in his 
brown eyes): “A fool and his money 
are soon parted.” 
Teacher (to the other boys) : “ Never 
mind about the texts.” T. M. 
BORROWING CAPITAL. 
O UR town is a good illustration of 
the fallacy of borrowing. It was 
settled by homesteaders about 30 years 
ago ; people coming from all points of 
the compass. As far as wealth was con¬ 
cerned, they k were about on a level, hav¬ 
ing little more than their hands to hew 
out their fortunes, and all prospered 
according to their executive ability. 
For the first five years, there was but 
little indebtedness, probably for the rea¬ 
son that there was not much to be 
credited. By that time, some of the 
“clearings” began to put on the appear¬ 
ance of farms, and “ox teams” were too 
slow, and horses must take their places 
because they made a better appearance 
on the road. After a while, expensive 
farm tools were purchased, new build¬ 
ings put up, and new furniture provided. 
People wished to “enjoy all the com¬ 
forts of life, while they were young and 
could better appreciate them.” But 
there came a pay-day. What with 
droughts, hard winters, frosty spring 
weather, and general mismanagement, 
many of the farms barely gave their 
owners a living, and at last were mort¬ 
gaged to raise the money to pay for bor¬ 
rowed capital. One always hopes that 
times or crops will be better and all will 
go well. But the outcome is that not 
over one farmer in 10 is in prosperous 
circumstances. Those who are to-day 
out of debt, are the men who waited for 
their luxuries till they could pay for 
them. 
“ Pay as you go” is an excellent motto 
to live by. It is much easier to get 
along without expensive conveniences 
when one is young and strong, than to 
go without the blessing of a comfortable 
home in old age, or invalidism. 
_may maple. 
Women as Street Cleaners. —Men 
are poor housekeepers at best, and the 
fact that a great deal of money is spent 
in keeping cities dirty, is unquestionably 
due to masculine inability to make and 
to keep things clean. It is high time 
that this branch of town and city govern¬ 
ment was given over to women. When¬ 
ever and wherever contracts for street 
cleaning in cities have been given to 
women, there have invariably been good 
reports of efficient and satisfactory work. 
One of the constitutional differences be¬ 
tween men and women is, that the former 
_Ruth Ashmore in Ladies’ Home 
Journal: “I have great sympathy for 
the girl who, living in a small place, has 
achieved a reputation for being smart; 
too often she has earned this reputation 
by hurting her friends, by wounding 
people who never did any harm to her, 
and she is bound to suffer the conse¬ 
quences of her folly sooner or later.” 
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