OCT. 2S 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
685 
Fig. 2. 
No. 11.— Pincushion. —The pincushion Is In the 
form ot a rabbit on a moss mat. The rabbit Is 
made of a rough woolen cloth. It Is cut In two 
pieces, and must be neatly joined down the back 
and filled with bran. The ears are cut in double 
material, folded In one pleat, and sewn neatly te 
the head. Two black beads serve for eyes, and a 
few stitches of red wool for the mouth. The mat 
is made by turning shaded green wool over a card, 
cutting it at one end as If for fringe, and sewing 
It to a circle of cloth, which must afterwards be 
sewn to a cardboard foundation. The rabbit Is 
fixed to tne mat by a needle and strong thread. 
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CONDUCTED BY MISS FAITH RIPLEY. 
ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL. 
No. l.— Portfolio for Music.— For the founda¬ 
tion, cut two pieces of cardboard, 13 Inches In 
breadth and 16 inches In length; cover these with 
gray cashmere, embroidered with any simple bor¬ 
der in silk. The cashmere must he cut 20 Inches 
wide and 31 Inches long, and pointed at one end; 
this forms the outer cover for the two pieces of 
card and the fold over the pocket. A piece of 
cashmere, two inches wide at the top, and grad¬ 
ually sloping to one Inch, Is sewn to the outer 
card; and another piece of embroidered cashmere 
of the same size as the card, la sewn to this, to 
form a pocket. The rold-over, which Is cut In the 
same piece as the cover for the cardboard, but¬ 
tons over this. The two cardboard leaves are 
tied together with ribbon at the sides, and hand¬ 
les of .Ibbon are sewn to each leaf at the top. 
Nos. 9 and 10.— Work-Bag.— The bottom of the 
bag may be made either of straw plait or braid 
Interlaced as shown m No. 10. A bag of blue silk 
Is sewn Inside the foundation, and is drawn to¬ 
gether at the top with silk cord and tassels. It 
Is ornamented at the sides and bottom with bows 
of blue ribbon. 
beautiful but unstable heroine and her handsome, 
noble-hearted lover, as narrated In “Weaker 
Than a Woman,’’ will be followed by our many 
thousand readers with an Interest not Inferior to 
that Inspired by “ Cora." 
-♦ ♦ •» — 
WEAKEK THAU A WOMAN. 
CHAPTER I. 
“ It Is true, Kate—every word of It. I was, like 
you, Incredulous at first, but I heard the will 
read, and I assure you that Mrs. Hardman has 
left me six thousand pounds.” 
“ I cannot believe It, Darcy. See how my hands 
tremble I I have hardly the strength to speak. 
It Is Impossible. Six thousand pounds! Oh 
Darcy, If there should be any mistake, let me 
know It at once, before I begin to found any hopes 
upon such good fortune— before I take It Into my 
heart of hearts as a truth.” 
“ My dear Kate, there Is no mistake—there can 
be no mistake. I should not have told you had 
there been the least, probability of such a thing. 
The money Is our own, and will be paid to us when 
the estate Is settled.” 
“Six thousand pounds! Why, Darcy, that 
means three hundred a year, does It not?” 
“Certainly,” replied Darcy Lonsdale, “prop¬ 
erly Invested.” 
Fig. 8. 
Nos. 2 and 3.—Shaving Tidt.— This useful arti¬ 
cle may be easily made, and will form a nice pres¬ 
ent for a gentleman. 
The outside of the case may be either of velvet 
or cloth, measuring sixteen Inches long and six 
Inches wide, embroidered with silk of two shades. 
In a pretty design round the edge, and a mono¬ 
gram In the center of one side. The case Is lined 
with silk, and has two pieces Of soft linen, edged 
with fringe; small squares of silk paper are tack¬ 
ed to the center, so that they may be easily pulled 
out after tho razor has been wiped. 
The oase Is folded In half, and a silk cord and 
tassels are sewn to the center of each side. In¬ 
stead of embroidering the edge, narrow lace may 
he sewn on, If preferred. 
Fig. 7. 
“And three hundred a year means freedom 
from anxiety, from the constant toll ot trying 
to make both ends meet. It means a larger and 
better house, a governess for the children. Oh, 
Darcy, how can we be thankful enough ?” 
“My dear Kate,” said the lawyer simply, “I 
assure you that for some time after I heard It I 
did not know how i felt. The most pleasant part 
of It was coming home to tell you, I knew how 
delighted you would be.” 
“Have you told Feltx?” asked the anxious 
wife. 
Fig. 6. 
Nos. 5 AND 8.—Wall-Basket FOR C'LOTHES- 
Brushks.— The foundation of the basket is of 
bamboo, with panels of leather, colored or silver 
canvas, embroidered with claret chenille and 
blue silk as shown In design No. 8. The basket 
Is lined with claret cashmere and ornamented 
with bowB of blue satin ribbon. 
Fig. 5. 
No 4 .— Pen-Wipkr.— Break the legs oil a Dutch 
doll measuring four Inches In hlght. Hew tightly 
round the waist several petticoats of soft black 
cloth, pinked at the edges, each petticoat measur¬ 
ing two and one-half inches in depth. Make a 
skirt of dark gray cloth of the same length. The 
cape and hood are cut from a square of the same 
cloth, rounded at one cornor, to form the back of 
the cape the opposite comer is first rounded at 
the point, and formed Into a hood by running It 
across, about an Inch from the edge. Sew the 
hood under the chin to fasten It, and draw each 
side a little back from the ears, so that a point 
may be drawn up at the back of the head. A gir¬ 
dle of cord is tied round the waist to complete the 
friar’s dress.. 
12—A Fanct Basket.— A bag of crimson silk or 
casbmere Is sewn on the Inside of the basket, 
drawn together with cord and tassels. The sides 
are ornamented with bows of silk. 
15—A Pincushion.— This graceful little design 
Is a great improvement on the regulation cushion. 
The table may be of wood, bamboo, or metal, and 
the under-slde ot the cushion la made fast to It by 
means of tacks or glue. The cushion can be 
made ot silk or cashmere, embroidered in con¬ 
trasting colors, with a fringe of silk at the edges, 
or bright-colored sllesla or cambric Is pretty, 
with a cover made of white Swiss trimmed with 
Smyrna or Italian lace, and a box-pleated border 
edged with lace, around the sides. 
Citerani Hfefllattg, 
OUR NEW SERIAL. 
Wb give this week the opening chapters of 
“ Weaker Than a Woman." This Is a story of 
domestic life, and while there is no lack of inter¬ 
esting Incidents and dramatic situations, there is 
nothing In It approaching vulgar sensationalism. 
Its moral tone Is exceptionally pure, the author 
Fig. 8. 
“ No; I have not seen him yet, He is gone over 
to Nuncombe. He will be pleased. I can take 
him into partnership now, which Is a thing that 
I have long wished to do. We have had a hard 
struggle together, Kate, but it is almost over uow 
I should not have believed that money could make 
such a difference In any one’s sensations. Yes¬ 
terday I felt that the world was my master; to¬ 
day 1 feel that 1 have mastered the world.” 
“ We shall be able to go to the sea-side now, 
and you can take a rest occasionally: and we can 
get some good port wine for little Nellie.” 
The lawyer smiled. 
Nos. 6 and T.—Nbbdlk-Book.— The foundation 
for the needle-book Is of card-board, measuring 
3 .V inches in the longest and 2 # inches In the 
widest part; cut to the shape shown In No. 7. 
The oard is covered with pale blue silk, with an 
applique of dark blue silk embroidered, as shown 
In'No. 6, and fixed by a row of herring-bone 
stitches. The covers are bound with narrow rib¬ 
bon and sewn together at the bottom. Two or 
three leaves of white blue cashmere are fixed In¬ 
side, and the book Is tied with ribbon. 
Fig. 1. 
not having followed the raslilon of the hour, and 
Introduced questionable love affairs to enhance 
(?) the interest of the tale. 
The popularity of “Cora” (the last serial), and 
the numberless requests for another continued 
story, lead us to believe that the fortunes of the 
Fig. 4. 
“ And my bonnle Kate shall have a superb 
dress." be said—” one that shall make her look 
young and beautiful to others as she does to me. 
In truth, Kate, I see no end to the relief, the 
ease, the happiness, chat this unlooked-for lega¬ 
cy gives us.” 
“We must take Yale House; It is to be let,” 
remarked Mrs. Lonsdale. It is just such a house 
as I have always longed for; it Is so large, so 
convenient, and ha3 a much better drawing¬ 
room than that of the Newtons. What do you 
think, Darcy?” 
Fig. 9. 
“Yes; I think we might take Vale House. I 
will go out to-day, and inquire about the rent, 
rates and taxes.” 
“What will Mrs. Morton say?” mused Mrs. 
Lonsdale. 
“Never mind about that,” replied the lawyer. 
“ All that we have to do is to enjoy our good for¬ 
tune. I really do not know, but I think that such 
a sum of money never made people so happy be¬ 
fore. Kiss me, Kate, and we will not forget to 
thank heaven together," 
Fig. 10. 
The speakers were Darcy Lonsdale and his wife. 
Darcy Lonsdale was the principal lawyer In the 
clean and well-built town of Lllford In Looni 3 hlre 
—a man who had had a hard hand-to-hand strug¬ 
gle with the world. He had been twice married. 
His first wite died In her twentieth year, leaving 
an only son, Felix ; and ten years afterwards the 
lawyer married again. His second wife was a 
blithe, bonnle, rosy girl who loved him with all 
her heart, and thought no one In the wide world 
so clever, so great or so good. For his sake she 
took little Felix to her heart, and loved the dark- 
haired handsome boy as much as she did her own 
children. The lawyer’s one drawback was his 
large family; nearly every year a pretty, rosy, 
smiling baby appeared, until, as he pleasantly 
declared, he had ceased to count them, for their 
Fig. 11. 
number frightened him. The “ small army,” he 
called them; and, though he was proud of them 
and fond of them, though he would not have miss¬ 
ed one fair head from the circle for the whole 
world, yet the number told upon him—he oould 
not save money, he could not even buy a house, 
his ingenuity was taxed to make both ends meet. 
The bills were so numerous—little feet must be 
shod, little fair heads must be covered, little 
minds trained; and nothing could be done with¬ 
out money. Still Darcy Lonsdale was a very 
happy man; he had a charming wife, beautiful 
children, a good practice, and he liked work. The 
one pride of hLs life was his tall, handsome son 
Felix, in whom the honest, simple-hearted law¬ 
yer had concentrated all his hopes and ambition. 
The “ small army ” were all under twelve, so 
that he could not build any hopes on them at 
present. 
His life had on the whole been a pleasant one; 
but he did wish at times that he had a little more 
money. His practice was a good one; still It 
could hardly be called lucrative In the small 
pleasant town ot Lllford. There was not much 
to occupy a lawyer; the setting forth and renew¬ 
al of leases, the draw lug up of UUe-deeds, the 
making of wills, the framing of agreements, com¬ 
posed almost the whole of his business. 
Amongst his clients was an eccentric widow 
lady named Martha Hardman, [and Darcy Lons- 
