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C/><?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  lo,  191G. 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day 
The  Poet’s  Faith 
Oh,  yet  we  trust  that  somehow  good 
Will  be  the  final  goal  of  ill. 
To  pangs  of  nature,  sins  of  will. 
Defects  of  doubt,  and  taints  of  blood; 
That  nothing  walks  with  aimless  feet; 
That  not  one  life  shall  be  destroy’d. 
Or  cast  as  rubbish  to  the  void, 
When  God  hath  made  the  pile  complete ; 
That  not  a  worm  is  cloven  in  vain; 
That  not  a  moth  with  vain  desire 
Is  shrivel'd  in  a  fruitless  fire, 
,Or  but  subserves  another's  gain. 
Rehold  we  know  not  anything; 
J  can  but  trust  that  good  shall  fall 
At  last — far  off — at  last,  to  all. 
And  every  Winter  change  to  Spring. 
So  runs  my  dream:  but  what  am  IV 
An  infant  crying  in  the  night  : 
An  infant  crying  for  the  light : 
And  with  no  language  but  a  cry. 
— Tennyson,  "In  Memoriain.” 
* 
Vegetable  turkey  is  one  of  the  holi¬ 
day  dishes  offered  by  a  vegetarian  res¬ 
taurant.  Mix  together  three  cupfuls  of 
dry  bread  crumbs,  two  cupfuls  of  chopped 
nuts.  Then  stir  in  six  well-beaten  eggs 
and  as  much  milk  as  required  to  make 
a  soft  mixture.  Add  one  tablespoonful 
of  powdered  sage  and  salt  to  taste.  Bake 
in  a  buttered  pan  for  20  minutes.  Serve 
hot. 
Many  reformers  have  advocated  a 
standardized  dress  for  women,  one  that 
may  be  worn  by  all  women  at  all  times 
under  all  conditions,  and  meeting  tbe  re¬ 
quirements  of  comfort,  modesty  and 
beauty,  A  recent  effort  iu  this  line  is 
the  Polymuriel  gown,  accepted  by  an  or¬ 
ganization  of  women  offering  a  prize  for 
such  design.  It  is  thus  described: 
The  under  part  is  made  iu  two  pieces, 
opening  down  the  front  to  the  waist  line, 
in  order  that  it  may  be  donned  conveni¬ 
ently.  The  smocking  allows  for  fullness 
over  the  bust.  Yoke  panel,  belt  and 
tunic  are  made  in  one  piece,  detachable 
for  the  purpose  of  reversing.  The  plain 
side,  helped  by  an  attractive  collar  and 
cull's,  is  suitable  for  business  wear.  The 
kaleidoscopic  quality  of  the  gown,  which 
makes  it  suitable  for  evening  and  other 
wear,  is  obtained  by  shifting  the  waist 
line  up  almost  to  the  armpits  or  down 
to  the  hips,  removing  the  lower  part  of 
the  sleeves,  deleting  the  panels  and  the 
drop  skirt,  as  well  as  by  other  devices. 
The  presumption  from  this  description 
is  that  the  same  gown  may  1>»*  worn  for 
widely  different  uses  by  altering  sleeves, 
panel,  etc,,  or  reversing  portions  of  the 
dress.  Considerations  of  cleanliness,  we 
think,  would  deter  a  woman  with  any  re¬ 
finement  of  feeling  from  “dressing  up” 
by  merely  turning  inside  out  part  of  a 
dress  in  which  she  bad  been  working  at 
her  sewing  machine  or  typewriter,  and 
it  would  certainly  be  impracticable  to 
use  the  same  dress  for  geaeral  house¬ 
work.  cooking,  etc.,  and  also  for  occa¬ 
sions  of  ceremony.  Pictures  of  the  Poly¬ 
muriel  show  a  paneled  tunic  over  a  drop 
skirt,  apparently  with  pantalettes  be¬ 
neath.  We  have  often  observed  that  no 
woman  is  obliged  to  wear  ugly  or  uncom¬ 
fortable  garments  because  they  are  the 
fashion,  for  there  are  always  pretty  and 
becoming  modifications  of  even  the  most 
extreme  modes.  At  the  present  time  a 
woman  in  ordinary  circumstances  can  se¬ 
cure  the  advantages  of  the  Polymuriel, 
and  more,  by  buying  a  well-cut  ready¬ 
made  jacket  suit,  with  several  changes 
in  blouses  from  plain  to  dressy  models. 
In  warm  weather  it  would  be  quite  im¬ 
possible,  with  our  extremes  of  climate,  to 
make  any  one  dress  take  the  place  of 
needed  changes.  As  far  as  underwear  is 
concerned,  all  our  changes  of  recent  years 
have  been  towards  freedom,  ease  and  com¬ 
fort.  We  think  women  owe  more  than 
they  realize  to  the  early  pioneers  of  re¬ 
form  dress,  especially  in  the  modifica¬ 
tion  of  underwear,  but  we  believe  that 
changes  in  women’s  activities  will  do 
more  for  the  evolution  of  dress  than  a 
formal  effort  at  sudden  standardization. 
* 
Our  friend  the  teacher,  whose  pupils 
are  city  boys  too  hard  to  manage  in  or¬ 
dinary  classes,  was  carrying  a  bulging 
handbag  that  gave  forth  a  metallic  clink. 
She  explained  that  it  was  her  boys’ 
Christmas  savings.  She  had  formed  a  lit¬ 
tle  debating  society,  and  early  in  the 
term  the  boys  had  decided  to  contribute 
dues  which  should  be  held,  with  any  ad¬ 
ditional  savings,  for  Christmas  money. 
One  of  the  boys  kept  the  records,  and  the 
teacher  kept  the  coin,  and  when  Christ¬ 
mas  came  she  had  amounts  varying  from 
50  cents  to  a  dollar  or  two  to  hand  over 
to  the  boys  for  holiday  expenditure. 
These  were  the  children  of  poor  people, 
and  the  holiday  savings,  whieh  changed 
their  odd  pennies  into  enough  to  buy 
some  coveted  pleasure,  gave  them  a  valu¬ 
able  lesson  in  thrift.  No  doubt  as  Christ¬ 
mas  approached,  thousands  of  young  peo¬ 
ple  lamented  the  lack  of  enough  spend¬ 
ing  money  to  cover  their  modest  needs. 
If  they  would  begin  the  plan  of  saving 
small  amounts  throughout  the  year,  the 
worth  of  a  trolley  ride  here  and  there, 
the  problem  would  take  care  of  itself. 
The  Rural  Patterns 
In  ordering  patterns,  always  give 
number  of  pattern  and  size 
desired.  Price  of  each 
pattern  10  cents. 
S8sx  Two-Piece  Skirt. 
886 1  Flounced  Skirt,  24  to  34  waist. 
24  to  33  waist.  — 
8859  Men's  Bathrobe, 
Small  36  or  38,  Me¬ 
dium  40  or  42,  Large 
44  or  46  breast. 
One-Piece  Gown, 
34  to  4-2  bust- 
8820 — Work  Apron, 
Small,  34  or  36:  Me¬ 
dium,  38  or  40.  Large, 
42  or  44  bust., 
Hereafter  all  patterns  numbered  8772  and 
higher  will  be  cut  with  a  SEAM  ALLOW¬ 
ANCE,  basting  line  being  shown  by  a  line  of 
small  perforations.  Those  who  do  not  want 
a  seam  allowance  may  trim  it  off  along  the 
basting  line.  Directions  as  to  basting  line 
are  given  on  envelope  containing  the  pattern. 
The  same  plan  carried  out  by  the  Vaca¬ 
tion  Society  in  New  York,  helps  work¬ 
ing  girls  to  save  enough  for  their  Sum¬ 
mer  outing.  With  every  post  office  in  the 
country  ready  to  act  as  banker  for  small 
savings,  there  is  need  to  teach  onr  young 
people  that  thrift  is  not  parsimony,  and 
that  the  habit  of  saving  small  sums  is 
a  valuable  life  endowment. 
Stollen 
At  the  holiday  season  a  coffee  cake 
made  after  the  following  recipe,  would 
be  acceptable,  I  am  sure.  In  fact,  it  is 
an  all-year-round  cake,  but  sold  in  the 
city  in  larger  sizes  around  the  Christ¬ 
mas  holidays. 
Stollen.  (Use  level  measurements,) 
One  cake  compressed  yeast  and  one  level 
tablespoonful  sugar,  are  dissolved  in  one 
cup  milk,  whieh  has  been  scalded  and 
cooled.  When  the  yeast  is  dissolved  (10 
minutes)  add  five  tablespoons  melted  but¬ 
ter  and  two  cups  flour.  Beat  till  smooth. 
Cover  and  let  rise  in  a  warm  place  about 
one  hour,  or  till  bubbles  appear.  When 
light,  add  one-half  cup  sugar,  one-half 
teaspoonful  salt,  one  beaten  egg,  a  little 
grated  lemon  peel.  1VL  cup  flour  (or 
enough  to  make  a  dough  that  can  be 
kneaded);  1*4  cup  citron,  currants  and 
nuts,  mixed.  Knead  well,  but  lightly. 
Place  in  a  greased  bowl;  let  it  rise  l1^ 
hour,  or  till  double  its  size.  Then  roll 
out  in  a  circle,  about  otic-half  inch  thick 
in  the  center  but  a  little  thinner  at  the 
edges.  Brush  with  melted  butter;  crease 
through  the  center  heavily  with  the  dull 
edge  of  a  carving  knife.  Fold  over  like 
a  Parker  House  roll.  Grease  and  flour 
a  dripping  pan,  or  a  large  cake  pan.  As 
the  dough  is  very  tender,  lift  it  care¬ 
fully  to  the  pan.  I,et  it  rise  about  one 
hour.  Bake  from  8a  to  -15  minutes. 
When  baked  (it  should  be  a  good  brown 
color)  take  our  of  the  pan.  rub  top  With 
melted  butter  and  dust  generously  with 
powdered  sugar.  While  this  coffee  cake 
takes  longer  to  prepare  than  one  made 
with  baking  powder,  it  is  well  worth  it, 
and  far  more  healthful.  j.  e.  d.  s. 
For  rough  chapped  hands,  and 
broken  blisters;  for  piles  and 
hemorrhoids;  for  burns,  cuts 
and  all  irritations  of  the  skin 
use. 
p«a. 
Petroleum  Jelly 
Put  up  in  handy  glasabottles;  at  drug 
and  general  stores  everywhere. 
Illustrated  booklet  describing  all  the 
"Vaseline”  Products  mailed  free  on 
request,  together  with  “Vaseline” 
Poster  Stamps. 
CHESEBROUGH  MFG.  CO. 
(Consolidated) 
60  State  Street,  New  York  City 
Seen  in  New  York  Shops 
Grapefruit  knives  are  made  with  blades 
of  specially  treated  steel  that  is  not  tar¬ 
nished  nor  stained  by  the  acid  juice. 
They  are  convenient  in  shape,  and  cost 
35  cents  each. 
“Shot  tape”  is  a  double  tape  so  woven 
that  it  encloses  little  metal  weights  like 
flattened  shot.  It  costs  15  cents  a  yard, 
in  black  or  white,  and  is  used  to  weight 
the  edges  of  garments.  It  is  very  easily 
attached  inside  a  hem. 
One  of  the  “white  sales”  included  a 
quantity  of  black  underwear.  There 
were  black  chiffon  and  marquisette  night¬ 
gowns  with  cut  jet  handing,  black  satin 
combinations,  and  sets  of  black  Georgette 
crape  or  black  satin  with  white  picot 
trimming.  It  was  rather  suggestive  of 
that  medifeval  Italian  duchess  who.  dur¬ 
ing  her  widowhood  expressed  her  feelings 
by  sleeping  in  a  bed  hung  with  black  vel¬ 
vet,  with  black  satin  sheets,  while  her 
rooms  were  carpeted  in  black,  the  walls 
being  covered  with  black  satin  sprinkled 
with  silver  tears. 
A  music  book  that  will  give  much 
pleasure  where  there  are  children  is 
“The  Most  Popular  Mother  Goose 
Songs.”  words  and  music,  price  50  cents. 
Another  music  book  that  will  he  found 
very  educational  is  “Grand  Opera  at 
Home,”  which  gives  the  stories  of  the 
leading  operas,  with  some  of  the  most 
popular  songs  from  them,  arranged  for 
singing,  and  playing;  price  50  cents. 
Cotton  voile  and  marquisette  iu  floral 
and  striped  designs  are  28  cents  a  yard ; 
there  is  great  variety  in  colors  mid  pat¬ 
terns.  Standard  printed  voile  in  a 
heavier  weave  is  only  12  cents  a  yard. 
Among  useful  things  seen  at  the  no¬ 
tion  counter  are  rubber  aprons,  guaran¬ 
teed  waterproof  for  household  or  labora¬ 
tory  use.  price  50  cents. 
Dustless  utility  dusters  for  woodwork, 
radiators,  automobiles,  etc.,  are  50  cents; 
dustless  dust  cloths  15  and  25  cents. 
Factory 
Prices 
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