1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Alice, as she hurried into the house to 
prepare John’s dinner. 
Thanksgiving week, Amy Howard 
came to visit her old friend. “ So you 
are not pining for the town yet ? I must 
confess that I am surprised ; but you do 
look better than I ever saw you,” ex¬ 
claimed Amy one day, as she watched 
Alice at her work. 
‘“I am perfectly happy, dear,” said 
Alice. “The only wishes I have at pres¬ 
ent, are for three more nice Jersey cows, 
and a horse that I could drive.” 
“Cows ! I would think the three you 
have, are plenty, I’m sure,” said Amy. 
“ Why, see here, I want to show you 
this letter from my old friend, Ada 
Thomson. She says, ‘ Your butter is 
delicious. We shall be glad to pay you 
28 cents, and I have a friend who would 
like to engage her butter for the year.’ 
You see, Amy, I must have more cows. 
It is no more work to make butter from 
six than from three.” 
“I confess,” said Amy,” I don’t see 
how you have managed so well. It is 
too bad more farmers’ wives are not as 
happy as you.” 
“ Why shouldn’t I be happy ? I have a 
good, kind husband, and we woi'k and 
plan together. Then our plans have 
nearly all succeeded. John’s early pota¬ 
toes brought 85 cents a bushel, and we 
actually sold $50 worth of garden stuff, 
and didn’t have half enough planted. 
The corn was just beautiful; yielded 
110 bushels to the acre. Our oats were 
magnificent, because John sowed them 
so early (every one said that he was 
crazy), and we got over $300 from three- 
quarters of an acre of onions. Besides, 
we have a cellar full of beets, onions, 
potatoes and turnips, pork in the barrel, 
hams ready to smoke, and 100 chickens 
out in the yard. Besides, I’ve just sold 
a dozen turkeys which weighed 18 
pounds apiece, and have three left to 
kill, and John sold six pigs, which-” 
“ Enough ! enough ! ” cried Amy, as 
Alice paused to take breath, “ I’ll marry 
a farmer, or no one, high heaven hear 
my vow ! ” 
And father Wagner said, “ The boy is 
going to beat the old man, but it’s all 
the fault of that bright-eyed school 
teacher he married ” a. n. s. 
SOME HINTS FOR HELPERS. 
S YMPATHIZE with your husband, 
and be interested in his farm work, 
stock, etc. It is just as agreeable for 
a man to know that his wife is really 
interested and wishes to assist him in 
his efforts to earn a living and pay for 
the farm, as it is for the wife to know 
that she has the sympathy of her hus¬ 
band. Woman does not have all the 
cares, trials and worries in this life. 
Men are often troubled to find means to 
meet some debt that must be paid. 
Often the wife can lighten the burden 
by some suggestion, by seeing some way 
to earn a penny that had not suggested 
itself to her husband. It is said that 
women can see quickly, but for sound 
judgment, the male portion take the 
lead. 
The mother can often save by making 
over clothes for the children, both boys 
and girls. It is a real pleasure for a 
woman with executive ability, to take 
a svorn-out or shabby dress belonging 
to some older person, rip, brush and 
wash it if need be—nearly all good wool 
dress goods will wash by using care— 
press on the wrong side while moist, 
and thus have material to begin with, 
far ahead of the cheap but new cotton 
and woolen dress goods. Often there 
will be some good but soiled silk or rib¬ 
bon in the house, which is of no value 
as it is ; washed and colored to harmon¬ 
ize with the dress goods, it will form 
trimming which will gladden the heart 
of the small girl. One can surely find 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children, 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
some pattern among the host of pat¬ 
terns sold nowadays, which will give an 
idea how to cut and make the garment. 
Well made and well pressed, it is almost 
a wonder to one’s self and friends that 
such a dainty little dress could have 
been made with only a few cents paid 
out for thread, etc. 
Such cute little pants can be made 
from the unworn parts of papa’s or 
uncle’s pantaloons ; also small coats 
from the better parts of larger coats. 
Of course, they must be well cleaned 
before being utilized. It is such a satis¬ 
faction to make these garments and 
know that each one represents a certain 
amount of money saved for some needful 
purpose. The garments used were of 
no value kept as they were ; therefore, 
it stands something like this : 0 + loving 
labor and careful forethought = a neat, 
becoming garment for the little girl or 
boy, and thereby the husband is helped 
in his struggle to keep or get even with 
the world. m. f. n. 
FOR MIND AND HEART. 
Whenever you fret and quarrel, 
Whenever you frown and cry 
There’s a line on your face that tells It, 
And will tell it by and by. 
And when you fain would look pleasant, 
The tell-tale marks will say, 
“ She or he may try to be pretty, 
But have been cross in their day.” 
— Anonymous. 
_Amos R. Wells in Tiie Golden Rule: 
“ If I had the raisin’ of some children, I’d 
raise their wages of praise, first thing.” 
....O. W. Holmes: “I find the great 
thing in this world is, not so much where 
we stand, as in what direction we are 
moving.” 
... .Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler : “ What a 
young man earns in the daytime goes 
into his pocket ; what he spends at night 
goes into his character.” 
_L. A. Banks in Christian Work: 
“There is another great hotbed of 
anarchy and crime in our modern civil* 
ization that can never be passed by or 
overlooked when we are considering the 
dangers that threaten us with universal 
destruction—the traffic in drunkenness. 
One of the most alarming features of the 
present age is the awful and shameful 
fact that the 14 most civilized nations of 
the earth devote one-fourth of their 
labor and agricultural land to the pro¬ 
duction of this demoralizing and de¬ 
structive force.” 
....I)r. Pakkhurst in Ladies’ Home 
Journal: “There is nothing more un- 
philosophical than a theory of education 
that undertakes to shape itself regard¬ 
less of the question of the mortality or 
the immortality of the mind and heart 
proposed to be educated. Such incon¬ 
siderateness is of the same quality as 
that which would be practiced by an 
architect who should decide upon the 
amount and quality of foundation he 
would put in, and the ground plan of his 
building, before knowing to what height 
the building is to be carried.” 
FASHION NOTES. 
W AISTS with full fronts are still in 
favor. To get the best effect in 
this style, the sides should be made close- 
fitting by inserting the material in the 
back dart, thus confining the fullness to 
the front alone. 
There is not much change in skirts, 
except that the stiff interlining is dis¬ 
pensed with in the back, and used only 
around the bottom. Very few skirts are 
trimmed. 
Collars continue to be fancy, even fan¬ 
tastic. Those composed of very wide 
ribbon ending in a bow or loops in the 
back, harmonizing or contrasting with 
the color of the dress, are great favorites. 
Large hats predominate in the shop 
windows. Whether they maintain a ma¬ 
jority outside will depend on the buyers. 
High crowns are few and are not com¬ 
bined with wide brims as last year. 
Most high crowns are largest at the top. 
Many hats are made of velvet or satin 
braided, and show many combinations 
of color. Spangles, in both jet and colors, 
continue to form part of the decorations 
of hats and trimmings. Buckles will be 
more used than pins. Velvet flowers in 
colors and black are used. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
“ Woman’s Rights.” —Here is a fact of 
African society: “Among the Congo 
negroes, when a man wishes a wife, he 
secures one and keeps her on probation 
a year. If her temper and deportment 
are satisfactory, he at the end of the 
year formally marries her, but should 
she prove an incumbrance, he sends her 
back to the parental roof.” Why not 
give the women the same privilege ? 
Inside Duties First. —The mother 
who devotes her life to society and 
church work, or who, for any purpose, 
is always on the go to the neglect of her 
home, is a curse to her family instead of 
the blessing and comfort she should be. 
1 believe in doing all we can for others, 
but not to the neglect of our own homes. 
God gives us our children to care for, 
nurture, cherish, guide and protect. We 
cannot do this while they are small, and 
do much outside work for others. Let 
us not mistake our duty. I know a 
mother who is president of several 
societies, sings in the choir, teaches in 
Sunday school, and, in my opinion, is 
continually on the go. Her only boy, 
though but nine years old, smokes, 
swears, steals, and is called the worst 
boy in town. maiiel ii. monsey. 
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