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not that pest, the English sparrow, but 
his charming relative, lhe song sparrow, 
the vesper and many others. Then there 
are the orioles, goldfinches, bobolinks, 
meadow larks, grackles. thrushes and 
many more- all waiting to welcome you 
to the joy of life in the open. Study the 
birds, and. with Riley, learn some "Songs 
of Cheer." 
“I can’t sing nothin’ anyhow. 
But, cornin’ home, to’rds night, 
I kindo’ sorto’ kep' a-whistlin’ 
Old Bob White 
FLORA EVANS VAIL. 
System Eliminates the Rush from Spring 
Sewing 
When the Spring days arrive, with 
their multiplied number of must-be-done 
duties, commencement exercises demand¬ 
ing extra work for the children, incu¬ 
bators or sitting hens to look after, gar¬ 
den work to do, and perhaps helping the 
men along with outdoor tasks which will 
not wait, the bundles of Spring sewing 
becomes an extra task. It causes the 
housewife to look about for ways in 
which she can find time to make the nec¬ 
essary garments needed for the house¬ 
hold. 
The woman who does her own sewing, 
as most farm women do. should give suffi¬ 
cient thought to the matter* go that this 
burden of Spring sewing be cut down to 
the degree that all plain, everyday gar¬ 
ments are finished weeks ahead, anil only 
a few garments remain uncut on the ap¬ 
proach of Spring. The styles of work 
shirts, house dresses, aprons, children's 
everyday clothing, underclothes and bed 
linens do not change, and these garments, 
which form the great bulk of farm sew¬ 
ing, may just as well be finished one. 
two or three or more months before need¬ 
ed as at the lasr minute. This means 
that the greater part of the family sew¬ 
ing may be done during the Winter, 
when outdoor duties are few. so that 
when Spring, and Nature, as well as 
duty, call us to the great outdoors, one 
need not spend precious hours at the 
sewing machine. 
By using system and planuiug ahead 
any woman may not only be able to have 
all plain garments finished for use before 
the approach of busy Spring days, but 
she may easily go further, and adopt 
plans and helps which will be of much 
value by enabling her to do rapid, effi¬ 
cient work in the minimum length of 
time. For instance, every woman who 
uses a sewing machine should learn to 
use practically every one of the set of at¬ 
tachments accompanying her machine. 
The hemmers. rumor, tucker and braider 
are especially helpful even when doing 
ordinary plain sewing. The adjusting 
and using of these is so simple that even 
the beginner cannot fail, provided she fol¬ 
lows directions given in instruction book. 
Practice enables one to adjust any of 
these attachments to suit requirements, 
and their use not only shortens the time 
required for any piece of work, hut the 
finished article is more neat and satisfac¬ 
tory in many ways. 
I consider the rnffler one of the most 
useful helps in sewing. It may be used 
not only for gathering ruffles, hut for any 
work where fullness is desired. By ad¬ 
justing properly, and holding goods either 
slack, or firm, one is able to have one 
part of a skirt quite full, while the front 
part is none too full. Every gather be¬ 
ing held firmly in place, the work is 
neater than is possibly done by hand. 
The same may be said of all the attach¬ 
ments. The tucker, properly used, never 
fails to give perfectly spaced, even width 
tucks. With the braider one is able to 
carry our any design much neater than if 
done by hand. 
Being a very busy woman, with much 
sowing to do. I have worked out some 
simple plans witch shorten the time and 
labor required for doing my home sewing, 
and some for others ns well. Instead of 
cutting out one garment at the time, try 
cutting several, being sure that all needed 
facings, bands, etc., are cut. Roll up 
each separately, tie and place in the sew¬ 
ing basket. Then on a bright day place 
the machine in a good light, oil well, fill 
several bobbins, and one is ready to turn 
off work in a hurry. If making shirts, 
unroll them and make all the sleeves; 
next sew ou yokes, fare openings down 
front, and sew up shoulder seams; sew in 
sleeves, and finally sew up side seams 
and sleeves all at one operation. Do not 
cut thread at end of every seam, but go 
from one to another; in this way both 
time and thread are saved. Managed 
thus, one can easily do the machine work 
on half a dozen, or more, work shirts in 
a day. The same is true with aprons, 
sheets, pillow eases and all plain sewing. 
The making of dresses is more complicat¬ 
ed. but still one may work out short cuts 
and time savers which are quite helpful 
in making many garments. 
Bv using care in sowing T find that 
hasting may be almost entirely dispensed 
with. It only requires practice to be 
able to sew straight, correct seams with¬ 
out basting. If only n few gathers are 
needed, such as a small fullness at the 
top of sleeves, or front of waist, try 
sewing across the space plain, then pull 
mi one thread until necessary fullness is 
obtained. Seams may be quickly and se¬ 
curely fastened hv turning work awav 
f ,- om sewer, beginning one inch from 
edge, sewing out to edge, then turn work 
and sew ns usual. This way is used for 
fastening seams at edge of cuffs, bottoms 
of shirts when sewing on pockets, etc. 
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Appreciation of the Kitchen Philosopher 
As I sit in my cosy little home tonight 
I feel ns though I must write and thank 
the “Kitchen Philosopher" for her dear 
home-like article on page 243. Saturday 
morning, if she had written about my life, 
she could not have clone better—all but the 
boys. Mine are all grown up new, but 
there was just such a time once, and al¬ 
though it is very hard and nerve-racking 
at the time, after they have grown up and 
gone out into the world, we realize that 
we were living the best part • f our lives — 
the only part, in fact, that was worth 
living. The “Philosopher’s” thoughts on 
reading are the same as mine I have 
raised a large family of boys and girls, of 
whom no mother need to be ashamed, and 
if I have been a success as a mother, I lay 
it to the goodl hooks and magazines that 
we all enjoyed together in the dear home 
that we all loved so well. I think the 
advice and dear home talks of the farm 
sisters are just what a mother needs. I 
wish we could have more of them, for they 
certainly are a help. I wish I could know 
that all of The R. N.-Y. sisters were 
Grangers, as I think there is nothing like 
the Grange. If there were move Grang¬ 
ers and fewer moving pictures, the world 
would be a far better place for our boys 
and' girls. Reading has always been m.v 
one luxury, r.nd I do not think there is 
anything that can so rest a tired mother. 
I hope the ‘‘Kitchen Philosopher” will 
write often, as we cannot have too many 
letters to cheer us in the sad hours that 
some of us have to pass through. 
TATTLE MOTHER OF NINE. 
My Kitchen 
I have lived in five different houses 
without ever having a convenient kitchen. 
At last my husband said we could afford 
to build, and he asked me to plan the 
kitchen. I was delighted. I stipulated 
that it should be in an ell. so that, with¬ 
out being a large room, it could have 
plenty of light and air. Already I had 
walked many weary miles in large kitch¬ 
ens where it was impossible to reach any 
article used in cooking without crossing 
the room. I had suffered in kitchens in 
the northwest corner of bouses where the 
prevailing Winter wind was northwest, 
and the cool Summer Wind was southeast; 
where, consequently, the water froze in 
the pump and pipes every Winter, and I 
sweltered every Summer, with windows 
only ou one side of the room, and rarely 
even a light breeze on that side. In rooms 
so dark and gloomy thar it was often dif¬ 
ficult to sec what I was doing, I had 
cooked 1,005 meals a year, leap year 
1.00*. Naturally I wanted light and air 
and a chance to do my walking outdoors, 
rather than in a hot kitchen. 
lienee the kirchen that I planned was 
of moderate size, with windows on op¬ 
posite sides, sheltered from cold Winter 
winds, but able to catch even the lightest 
Summer breeze. I am of average height, 
but every sink I had ever had had been 
so low that I had to bend my back till it 
ached ns I washed dishes three times a 
day.' The hot water faucet had always 
been on the wrong side, so that, with 
dishpan and drainer in the sink. I must 
either contrive some way of conducting 
the hot water from the faucet to the pan 
or else awkwardly have the drainer on 
my wrong side. Every sink, without ex¬ 
ception. sloped away from the drain in¬ 
stead of toward it, so I always had to 
brush the water toward the outlet. Well, 
the sink I now have is of the right height, 
so that I no longer break my back wash¬ 
ing dishes, and I can place my dishpan 
and drainer in the most convenient place; 
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tion. remove the dried dishes. All ’water 
in the sink runs to the lowest point, 
which is where the drain pipe is located. 
Ender the sink, in the opeu space, dish- 
pan. drainer, etc., are hung when not in 
Use. 
My stove is in the center of one side of 
the room. Around it are shelves and 
books on which are all common articles 
in everyday use, such as saucepan, frying 
pans, double boiler, broiler, spoons, sugar, 
salt, flour dredger, etc. dust opposite the 
stove, ou the other side of the room, are 
uiy set tubs, which also are high so that 
I can wash without bending double. Of 
course, these are kept closed most of the 
time, and serve as an extra table. Over 
these is a cupboard with shelves, and near 
the stove is a low cupboard for pans. etc. 
The w indows are on the two other sides 
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I have a high stool on which I sit to 
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really very little difference in time and 
an immense saving in fatigue. 
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