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Jfor $8 outfit. 
CONDUCTED BY MISS RAY CLARK. 
HOW CAN A WOMAN TELL ? 
MBS. M, A. KIDDER. 
DESCRIPTION OF CUTS. 
fig. 25. Hat.—T he hat la of dark green beaver, 
trimmed with ostrich feathers of the same color. 
Fig. 20 .—Walking or house dress, In Indian 
Cashmere and Plaid Material. 
FIG. 27.—BRUSH-POCKET. 
The pocket Is of undressed holland. For the 
foundation of the back, cut a piece of cardboard 
sixteen Inches deep and nine Inches wide ; cover 
with holland, and bind with blue ribbon. The 
pockets measure seven inches deep and five Inches 
wide. These have a piece of holland two lDchea 
wide bound to the front all round with blue ribbon 
to form i he sides by w’hlch they are attached to the 
foundation. The front of the pockets are ornament¬ 
ed with cross-stitch designs, worked with blue 
Fig. 25. 
marking filoselle, as are the Initial fetters on the 
top of pocket. Three loops of cord with tassels 
are fixed to the top. 
4 ,ooo inhabitants, find employment In the United 
States. A prominent dentist has lately published 
an article in which he declares that about half a 
ton of pure gold—representing some *500,000—Is 
annually used for filling teeth In the Republic, 
and that nearly four times as much material of a 
cheaper sort, silver and the like. Is used for the 
same purpose. He estimates that only three cen¬ 
turies would be needed to put all the gold coin now 
In circulation in the country—*150,000,000—into 
graveyards by filling the teeth of different genera¬ 
tions. lie also says that almost 3,000,000 artificial 
teeth are made or mounted on various kinds of 
plates every year, and that out of an average of so 
persons of all classes here—the estimate Is based 
on carefully-prepared statistics—only one person 
has perfectly sound teeth. The statement Is not 
pleasant; but, conceding Its truth.lt we do not 
like It we can hardly resent It by showing our 
(own) teeth, in Sydney aud suburbs l believe that 
the real cause of had teeth Is the absence of lime 
In the water we are supplied with, a leading Syd¬ 
ney dentist, however, attributes the great decay to 
fruit eating, and In support tells me that the most 
of his customers are from Hunter's Hill and Parra¬ 
matta River generally, and that at the beginning 
of the orange season.—Sydney Journal. 
HOW GIRLS ARE MADE STRAIGHT. 
Miss Olivia Phelps Stokes, daughter of Mr. 
James Stokes, has presented to the city of New 
York a beautifully wrought drinking fountain, 
which is now in course of erection at the inter¬ 
section of Madison avenue and Twenty-third 
street. Its cost will exceed six thousand dollars. 
TABLE-SPREAD. 
MRS. J. H. S. 
This comparatively Inexpensive table-spread 
represented In Fig 28 Is made of cretonne cloth, 
narrow black velvet ribbon and coarse spool silk. 
In the place of the velvet and silk, worsted dress 
braid and embroidery wcrsfed may be used. 
Take figured cretonne for the center blocks and 
striped cretonne for the border. Those marked a 
and h ace squares of figured cretonne forming the 
center of the spread and may he nine Inches or 
more, according to the size or spread wanted. The 
pieces should be of two kinds, or rather colors ; 
that Is those marked a dark and, those marked 0 
bright, or vice versa. These blocks are sewn to¬ 
gether so that the seams are on the right side of 
the cloth. The seams are pressed and covered 
with velvet ribbon just, the width of the seams. 
This ribbon la feather-stitched on, generally with 
old gold-colored silk. The border is made of the 
striped cretonne -the widt h being double that of 
tbe center stripes -sewn on and covered In the 
Bame way. The heavy lines in the figure are 
sewn together with the seams on the right side 
aud covered with the velvet ribbon feather-stitch¬ 
ed on. The dotted lines at the tour corners are 
simply sewn together with tho seams on the 
wrong Bide of the cloth and neatly pressed. Some 
or tho cretonne Is cut lengthwise into stripes 
three or four luches wide and then these 
stripes were cut crosswise about a quarter of an 
Inch In width leaving enough of the width of the 
stripe uncut, to sew on; this forms tho fringe, it 
cut into stripes too narrow the fringe Is apt to fray. 
It a heavier fringe Is wanted than can be made 
from a single fold of cloth, it can be 6ewed on 
double. 
Persons not having seen this kind of table- 
spread will be surprised at the richness and 
beauty of It. With few exceptions It would be 
su liable for auy parlor throughout the country 
and would only fall to harmonize with extreme 
richness. 
A FRIENDLY LETTER. 
The Hindoo girls are graceful and exquisitely 
formed. From their earliest childhood they are 
accustomed to carry burdens on tbelr heads. The 
water for family use Is always brought by tbe 
girls in eartbern lars, carefully poised In ibis way. 
Tbe exercise Is said to strengthen the muscles of 
the back, while the cbeBt Is thrown forward. No 
crooked backs are seen In Htndoostan. Dr. Spray 
says that the exercise of carrying3mall vessels of 
water on tbe head might be advantageously In¬ 
troduced Into our boarding schools and private 
families, and that It might entirely supersede the 
present machinery or dumb-bells, black-boards, 
skipping-rope, etc. The young ladles ought to be 
taught to carry the jars as these Hindoo women 
do, without ever touching them with their hands. 
—New York Express. 
figure 28. 
brave, noble spirit enveloped in Quaker—sobriety 
and burning with an enthusiastic ardor; few who 
have not traced some mighty strides of human 
progress to her originating Ideas and vigorous 
prosecution of them; and fewer Mill who have 
Pear Rural: 
It, Is nutural at the holiday season to think of 
distant friends aud as I have long wanted to have 
a chat with you to thank you for your many let¬ 
ters of earnest counsel, good cheer and kindly 
greeting, I take this opportunity to do so. 
W-hen the mall Is brought In, the Rural is tossed 
WIVES CONSIDERED. 
As I am neither an old maid nor a married 
woman, perhaps I can talk for a little while, with¬ 
out being very severely criticised. 
Alllne Ray says, “ The farmers' wives have hard 
lives, doing all kinds of work, without assistance 
from their husbands.” 
Tt Is true, there is more, and harder work to do 
on a farm, than elsewhere, but if you will observe 
clo=ely, you will see that It is the man and not the 
former , who Is Indifferent to his wife’s wants, 
A selfish man, whether farmer, or merchant, will 
think of his own aches and pains, regardless of 
his wife’s comfort. 
I am a farmer's daughter yet I never think of 
churning; and I can asssnre you, I am far from 
being lazy. 
It Is women’s own fault, that they receive so lit¬ 
tle help from the men. Men In general are rather 
thoughtless, but I feel sure that every man would 
be willing to help his wife or sister, it asked to do 
so. As far as my experience goes, farmers’ wives 
are more happy and contented than any others. 
As to old maids, I do not think they are half so 
snarly as many married women. Mary e. S. 
He told me his lovo tbl&mornlng, 
With his dear baud clasping mine, 
And he rniid, ’■ God speed the rtawuim? 
W hen,sweet. I shall call thee mine.” 
But my fond heart questioned softly, 
Though lovlnq him true aud well. 
Will hie lovo outlast all changes ? 
Ah! how can a woman tell f 
When the years shall brimr their trials, 
And the enres and the pains outweigh 
The joys in the little household, 
As clouds might obscure the day, 
Will the hand that has held mine fondly, 
When maidenly ills befell. 
As earnestly shield from sorrow I 
Ah! how can a woman tell ? 
When tbe silvery threads are creeping 
Through my tresses one by one; 
When I lose my youth and beauty. 
As many a wife bas done; 
Will his heart be mine as truly 
As when in the flowery dell 
He gave me his trusted promise 1 
Ah! how can a woman tell ? 
I glance at my sweetherirt waiting. 
His eyes they are clear and true; 
" I will love him," my heart says gladly, 
“ I will trust, him the wide world through,” 
I will be to him Joy and comfort, 
I will nil other wives excel, 
I will keep him with love’s sweet magic— 
This much may a woman tell! 
FIG. 27. 
Here she has seen It In Its promising bloom; yon¬ 
der In company with her blessed co-laborers, she 
shall receive tt In Its ripened glory. 
Farewell, daughter of pioneers! thyself a pio¬ 
neer In woman’s first land of Hbe*y. Farewell re¬ 
vered mother of our noble cause! link of two 
generations with but one heart,, and one hope the 
fields of thy labors are whitening, and an army of 
young daughtejs are here to harvest It In grateful 
remembrance of thee. 
Bad as Australian ladles' teeth are, and busy as 
d p ntlsts find themselves here, the American ladles 
are even worse off. An exchange says: —“ Ameri¬ 
cans have, unquestionably, more perishable teeth 
than the English; probahly than the French or the 
Spanish. But whether they have worse teeth than 
the mass of Italians, Germans. Russians, or other 
races Is by no means certain. The common people, 
even many of those m tolerable circumstances, In 
other lands, neglect their teeth, rarely going or 
thinking of going to a dentist. But here, as a rule, 
almost everybody depends on art to make up for the 
ravages of nature. This is clearly shown by the fact 
that not less than 12,000 dentists, or one to every 
and only the tremulous lips, the sudden tear faint¬ 
ly reflect some of that possible reality—tbe labor¬ 
ers of love; the teachers of compassion; the 
searchers after truth; with the smile of trium¬ 
phant joy upon ethereal lips; the lustrous glory 
of noble deeds encircling ethereal brows; and she, 
the new arrival knowing, feeling, seeing all, at 
last. ’Twas worth a death to see such a life I 
’Twas worth a farewell to receive such a welcome l 
Few women but that know something of this 
testable truth too strong for battle, It shall he 
triumphantly accomplished in the peace she 
loved. 
What, though she never lived to reap the full 
harvest ? Did she not sow t ho seed and behold it 
burstlug forth in fertile brains with the vigor of a 
truth-born power ? Did she not diligently till the 
soil and behold It spreading over the whole garden 
of America, even beyond Us boundaries Into the 
old world’s conservatism ? 
LADIES'^TEETH. 
over to me with the words, There is your paper.” 
We have no farm—only a village lot of fruit 
trees and flowers, but still—” The Rural ” Is Just 
what, we like, the paper of all others of our choice. 
You ask ub to tell what pleases us most In It; now 
is not this asklDg too much? Just think of ones 
sitting down deliberately to designate the partic¬ 
ular charms of a loved one; to analyze the why 
and wherefore that attracts! Have you the 
leisure requisite for a perusal of the long list ? 
Would not even you call out “Condense, con¬ 
dense." ” Time Is money 7" or, you did not ask us 
to criticise; were you not a little sly there ? 
You say " The portraits ot distinguished farmers 
and horticulturists will be coutlnued in 1881.” 
How delighted the “ Rural family " wUl he to 
have the father home at the holidays at the head 
of the feast he gives us, hts faee greeting us with 
“AHanpy New Yearl" You surely knew how 
much we wauted to see the old homestead when 
you sent that view of "The Rural Grounds.” 
Many thanks for the pleasure It gave us to take a 
peep at your surroundings; that reminds me of 
another criticism; is It not too had to profess love 
and then find fault ? but some country ladles In 
speaklugof architecture said mostot the plans In 
the papers had too much waste room In halls, 
vestibules, etc.—for plain, country people; also 
requiring means of heating not easily attained In 
the country. Now, to come to the conreaslonal, 
I am glad I am not looking In your face, when 
I acknowledge I have two hobbles! one Is a 
love for flowers; not merely a love for them, but 
companionship with them Individually; each one 
speaks a different language, and as a little girl 
said, " Heaven would not be so bright without the 
dear little flowers we have learned to love on 
earth-’' My other hobby is planulog houses: now 
don’t laugh and say, "strong minded." Not at 
all, It Is only for arranging the Interior so as to be 
most convenient for the family; this surely, Is 
woman’s work 1 These home arrangements must 
of couse be varied to suit tbe varied wants of dif¬ 
ferent persons. 
The city ramlly with its princely hospitalities 
and retinue or servants, requires a very different 
establishment from the keeper of a small farm in 
the country, whose help consists of his own house¬ 
hold. Well, this will never do! I spare you an 
essay on architecture, and again thank you for 
your good work for our country. 
May many a " Meny Christmas and Happy New 
Year" be yours, who have contributed so much, 
to make happy the hearts and homes of your 
large family 1 Your's truly, M yrtle. 
[Although marked private we have taken the 
liberty to Insert the above In acknowledgement 
of the klDdness.— Eds.] 
LUCRETIA MOTT. 
BERTHA A. WINKLER. 
Another bright light of the New World, has 
passed away—has raised the last veil of mystery 
and Joined somewhere, somehow, the great kin¬ 
dred spirits gone before who, like her, have ren¬ 
dered faithful service to their country, and all fu¬ 
ture generations In the cause of truth, progress, 
and humanity. 
What a noble assembly there must be in that 
vast area circled only with eternal infinitude 1 
With bated breath we contemplate some sublime, 
Miltonic conception floating past the mind’s eye 
pig. as. 
not directly or Indirectly been benefited by the 
workings of that tireless brain, and tbe warm pul¬ 
sation or that mighty heart for an enslaved race 
and a degraded womanhood. 
We remember the mob-violence: her brave elo¬ 
quence against slavery excited some forty years 
ago, with wonder; we remember tbe general ridi¬ 
cule, In which she maintained her own and ours 
against the social slavery of her sister-women a 
few years later, with heartfelt gratitude: and we 
contemplate her whole eventful, toilsome, fruitful 
life with glowing ardor, feel eager to enter the 
path with hands ready to take up the great task 
yet unfinished. 
The first of the great works which engaged her 
sympathies was born of compassion, fostered by 
the love of liberty and accomplished by the sword 
she abhorred. The second, sprung from the anger 
ot unheeded Justice; grew up In the mall of lncon- 
