1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
783 
“ chipped pears,” as follows : Four 
pounds of pears cut m small pieces, three 
pounds of sugar, iuice and rind of two 
lemons chopped fine, one pint of water, 
and the juice and a few pieces of pre¬ 
served ginger. Boil together till tender 
and clear. The preserved ginger is 
worth being added, as it imparts a spicy 
flavor to the fruit. Russet apples are 
very nice preserved in the same way. 
A hunch of autumn crocuses have 
bloomed, and are blooming still, in spite 
of frost. They seem a travesty on spring; 
somehow I feel sorry for them, as though 
one saw a girl in a ball dress at a skat¬ 
ing party, for they seem to belong to soft 
skies and budding trees, when all nature 
is looking forward instead of backward, 
as now. 
I enjoy from the windows, the bright 
clump of zinnias that one hardly noticed 
earlier in the season, when fairer flowers 
bloomed. So each in its season has its 
use, and fulfills its mission. And God is 
over all. annie l. jack. 
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. 
Sach pattern is complete with instruc¬ 
tions for cutting the garment and put¬ 
ting together. 
Ladies’ Waist. 
The yoke portion, broad sailor collar, 
revers, belt and deep cuff facings, are of 
velvet, covei'ed to within an inch of the 
edges with creamy guipure lace, the vest 
front being of creamy satin. The waist 
is arranged over fitted linings. A stock 
collar of satin finishes the neck, rosettes 
being placed on each side. Pattern No. 
6506 is cut in five sizes, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 
40 inches bust measure. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
The School-Building Microbe. — Ex¬ 
ceedingly interesting and important are 
the rules which have just been adopted 
by the New York Board of Health, says 
the N. Y. Ledger. The bacteriologist to 
this board has been hunting for bacteria 
and has found them in quantity, and 
the rules are the result of his in¬ 
vestigation. By them, slates, pencils 
and sponges are discontinued. Pupils 
shall under no circumstances, loan pen¬ 
cils or pen-holders, each one being sup¬ 
plied with these articles plainly marked 
with the child’s own name. If a child is 
taken ill with contagious disease, all 
school property that it has used shall be 
disinfected or destroyed; books taken 
home by pupils are to be newly covered 
at frequent intervals; each pupil shall 
be provided with a drinking cup marked 
with its name or number, and shall use 
no other under penalties. Children at 
school shall not be sent to the houses of 
others to make inquiries or leave mes¬ 
sages, or for any other reason. Suffi¬ 
cient space shall be provided for the 
wraps and headgear, in order that there 
may be no crowding, and that the gar¬ 
ments need not come in contact. Floors, 
doors, door-knobs, stairs, desks and all 
metal or woodwork with which children 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
come in contact shall be washed with a 
disinfectant at least once a week, and 
oftener if thought necessary. Places 
for drinking water shall be discontinued. 
Covered pitchers shall be provided for 
all class-rooms, and fresh water placed 
therein as required. This is a step in 
the right direction. The promiscuity of 
children has long been a source of un¬ 
easiness to careful parents. It has been 
found impossible to restrict the young¬ 
sters, because no rules were made look¬ 
ing to this end. It is altogether likely 
that the benefits of the new regulations 
will become apparent in a decrease in 
cases of contagious illness. 
Women at Cornell —The number of 
women at Cornell University the present 
year, is about one-eighth of the entire 
enrollment, which is well up toward 2,000 
students. The men call the women 
“ co-eds,” and frankly admit that they 
have to hustle around to keep up with 
them ! College education undoubtedly 
makes women very conservative, practi¬ 
cal and philanthropic. It does not dev¬ 
elop them sentimentally, emotionally, 
or poetically; esthetically—a little—just 
enough to render them capable of ar¬ 
ranging their dwellings attractively, and 
having an eye to good effects in their 
own apparel. It will, probably, be found 
to pay better to educate the future 
mothers than the future fathers, as the 
mother is the child’s earliest teacher, 
and if ever any one needs wisdom of 
many things, and a trained mind, it is 
the woman at the head of a family. The 
college-bred man often fails to make a 
livelihood; the college-bred woman is a 
success all along the line. m. w. f. 
Demonstrative Affection. — Half a 
century ago, most children felt as though 
they lived merely on sufferance. No 
demonstrations of affection were fre¬ 
quent, even between parents and thei: 
young children. If the reserved mother 
wished to pet her baby boy, she called 
him “a little villain,” or a scamp. One 
day at school, a crowd of little girls 
were discussing the question of kissing, 
and one forlorn looking little girl, not 
over seven years old, said in a matter-of- 
fact way that she had never been kissed. 
“ That’s a likely story” said an older 
girl : “you was a baby once, and babies 
are always kissed.” She thought that 
she had explained the matter clearly. I 
knew a young married woman who had 
an only child, and also a pet dog ; and 
while she did her duty to her girl in 
some ways, she never manifested any 
affection for her. But her dog came in 
for all the pet names and caresses which 
belonged rightfully to the child. Her 
neighbors used to say that Mrs. So-and- 
So thought more of the dog than she did 
of her child, but when the child died 
suddenly, the grief of the distracted 
mother showed how she had been mis¬ 
judged. She had grown up under the 
old iron rule of repression, which hid 
every natural show of affection; and 
while her heart had been full of mother 
love, it was a sealed book to her child. 
AUNT RACHEL. 
CRUMBS FROM DIFFERENT TABLES. 
Immodest words admit of no defense, 
For want of decency is want of sense. 
— Roscommon. 
.. .Haryot Holt Cahoon in New York 
Recorder: “It is a regularly under¬ 
stood fact that the masculine nature is 
neither blessed nor cursed with so much 
tolerance as the feminine nature is.” 
_B. 0. Flower in the Arena : “ This 
military craze rampant in governmental, 
educational, and religious circles, and 
this attempt to rivet the attention of the 
tense mind upon the master murderer 
and tyrant of the past [Napoleon] is the 
most ominous specter which darkens the 
sky of our present civilization ; and it is 
saddening and discouraging when we 
remember that arbitration, or the settle¬ 
ment of national and international dis¬ 
putes rationally, has recently proved so 
successful that many of the finest minds 
of our century believed that Christian 
civilization had at last risen above the 
level of the savage brute, and that in¬ 
stead of wanton murder and the measure¬ 
less waste, desolation, and destruction 
of war, we should hereafter see all dis¬ 
putes and misunderstandings settled 
reasonably and justly by an impartial 
court of intelligent human beings.” 
....Theodore Roosevelt: “It is an 
outrage for a man to drag foreign poli¬ 
tics into our contests and vote as an 
Irishman or German or other foreigner, 
as the case may be ; but it is no less an 
outrage to discriminate against one who 
has become an American in good faith, 
merely because of his creed or birth¬ 
place.” 
....Prof. Mary R. Smith in Popular 
Science Monthly : “ We do not expect a 
man to become a distinguished engineer 
or a professor of Latin by studying a 
little literature, history, music and lan¬ 
guage ; yet we expect a woman to under¬ 
take an occupation for which, in this 
age at least, a certain definite kind of 
training is necessary, without anything 
more applicable than ‘ general culture.’ ” 
WHY? 
WHY are so many persons blind to 
their own interests ? A little thought 
will often save great trouble. 
WHY will women do so many im¬ 
prudent things, and then suffer when 
there is no need of it ? 
WHY owill men become careless and 
overdo when by care they can avoid 
it all ? 
WHY will people permit heauaches, 
lassitude, debility, strange and broken 
health when all can easily be escaped ? 
WHY, in fact, will men and women 
suffer when they can become healthy 
and prolong their lives by the ase of 
Warner’s Safe Cure ? 
WHY will people foolishly experi¬ 
ment with inferior things when this 
best known and only reliable remedy 
is so easily within their reach ° 
WHY, when you know these things, 
reader, do you delay ? There is no time 
like the present. 
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Two Winter Courses begin January 3,1893; Regular 
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For announcement address 
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