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A lilt broken by the rain, 
Before a single earthly stain 
Has on its velvet whiteness lain; 
A snowy bird that close caressed 
By the soft, brooding mother breast. 
Dares yet forsake the sheltering nest, 
And straight, before its silver wings 
Have ever stooped to baser things, 
Flies up to heaven, and flying sings. 
These and all other pure and mild 
And lovely objects undeftled 
Are types of what thou wert, our child ! 
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POMEGRANATE BLOSSOM. 
SAXE HOLM. 
Pomegranate blossoms! heart of fire, 
I dare to be thy death, 
To slay thee while the summer sun 
Is quickening thy breath, 
To rob the autumn of thy wine. 
Next year of all ripe seeds of thlno, 
That thou uiayst bear one kiss of mine 
To my dear love before my death. 
For, heart of firs ! I, too, am robbed. 
Dike thee, like Uiee, I die; 
While yatmy summer sun of love 
Is near and warm aud high. 
The autumn will run red with wine, 
The autumn fruits will swing and shine, 
But in that little grave of mine 
I shall not eee them where I lie. 
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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR 7 
The bewildering variety of materials displayed 
in the shop windows makes this problem rather 
difficult of solution. So many exquisite fabrics 
are to be bad, that It la hard to make a selection 
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unless one has started out with the fixed deter¬ 
mination to confine her purchases to solid colors 
and standard materials. All the old-ttme favorites, 
—merinos, cashmeres and camel's-halr cloths—are 
to he had In all the fashionable shades, and many 
ladles content themselves with these fabrics, but 
the new, fancy goods are so seductive, that It re¬ 
quires considerable strength of mind on the part 
of a beauty-loving woman, to resist the tempta¬ 
tion to Invest in at least one of them. 
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There is no question, however, but that for 
people who cannot afford to discard a costume 
after one season’s wear, cashmere is a much bet¬ 
ter investment than Cheviot, or Brussels cloth 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
and combined with velvet, brocade or satin, these 
plain goods make realty elegant suits and their 
cost Is Infinitely less than that of the rich fancy 
goods. A new fancy fabric 13 a novel cloak pat¬ 
tern in basket-weaving. There are four colors 
worked In the manufacture, two being of rather 
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bright silk and two of rich dark worsted. The 
silk Is in hair lines; the wool In alternating 
blocks not over a half an inch long and wide, and 
the several combinations shown in this style of 
material are unique and rich. 
Dress goods suitable for polonaises, coats or 
vestings are lu raised plush stripes bordered by 
hair stripes of silk. The general effect Is dark 
and It appears In handsome navy-blue, myrtle- 
green, olive, seal-brown, plum or garnet with the 
flne8llk lines of pale-blue, gold, pink, red or white. 
Other novelties In heavy suitings are In mix¬ 
tures of different shades of one color, sprinkled 
with silk to make the “ silk stlt-cb” effect. 
Brussels cloth Is woven with little loops pro¬ 
jecting from its surface and comprises a great 
many varieties, the mo3t pleasing of which is 
wool Intermingled with fine silken bars, and also 
those with the looped pattern In narrow stripes 
or small figures. 
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A peculiarity of the season Is the odd and effect¬ 
ive combination of shades. Entirely different 
browns, such as olive, Havanne s nd seal, are In¬ 
termingled tu a fabric, and myrtle, moss, olive 
and bottle-green are distributed In the same man¬ 
ner. Some of these goods arB scattered over with 
Indistinct checks or stripes, and some have scat¬ 
tered particles of cardinal, cream and other 
bright-tin ted wools, woven among their somber 
colors Vestings of cashmere, brocaded with 
small figures of old-gold, pale-blue, Magenta, sil¬ 
ver-gray, garnet, and a variety of shades are 
stylishly combined with French and India cash¬ 
meres. 
Armure cloths are wool goods with a solid shade 
at the foundation, ou which Is a flue, close em¬ 
bossing, resembling lace chain-work. Largo me¬ 
rino plaids aro in scarlet, and black, black and 
white, and blue, green und gold. The smaller 
varieties are In the newer colorings of old-gold, 
plum-oolor, bronze, sliver, orange, and the sev¬ 
eral dark fashionable hues, cross-barred with 
narrow lines of rainbow tints. 
Garnet Is undoubtedly the most fashionable 
color of the season, but the darkest shades of 
other colors are extremely popular, and, as usual, 
black, In all materials, holds Its own. 
Cloakings come In many new and handsome 
materials. The large plaided-goods In wool are 
used In circulars and Ulsters. For cloaks a great 
variety of material Is offered. Among them black 
camel'3-kalr, diagonal cloth, aa masse, matelasse, 
Cheviot and plain black silk are the most popular. 
In trimmings, Jet beading takes the lead; passe¬ 
menterie ornaments and gimps are plentifully 
besprinkled with It. Fringes are m»re elaborate 
than ever and are very much worn on handsome 
costumes. Plpiog3, bands, vesta, revers and cuffs 
of corduroy, velvet, satin, brocade, or molre- 
antlque, comprise most of the modish materials 
and styles of decoration. 
Satin folds and chenille fringes make a charm¬ 
ing finish for merino. Camel's-halr and fancy 
cloth costumes, and silks are made very elegant 
by the addition of brocade, handsome passemen¬ 
terie and showy silk frluges. There Is a disposi¬ 
tion to use little ornamentation on street cos¬ 
tumes; many ladles confining themselves to cord- 
lngs and pipings. 
In a future artlole I will give prices and widths 
of fashionable goods for dresses and cloaks. Any 
ladles who may desire samples of fashionable 
materials will be supplied, free of charge, by ad¬ 
dressing me. care of Rural New-Yorker. Please 
state explicitly the color and style of goods de¬ 
sired. 
Description of Cuts. 
The Ulster, shown at 6343, Is a new and stylish 
design. It Is simple In structure, gives Ihe wearer 
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a very slender and graceful appearance, and the 
straps and buttons on the lower part of the skirt 
relieve the back of the too severe simplicity which 
usually characterizes garments of this kind. This 
Ulster will be found exceedingly comfortable and 
dressy and It may be made of any kind of cloth- 
waterproof, camel’s-halr or Ulster cloth—and dec¬ 
orated with braid, pipings or machine-stitching, 
and with smoke-pearl, bone or horn buttons. 
Price so els. 
The popularity of the "Washerwoman” cos¬ 
tume has given rise to almost endless modifica¬ 
tions of it, one of the prettiest of which we give 
at No. 6352. The skirt Is kllt-plalted, and about 
the figure Is artistically draped a wide scarf. The 
military-looking basque adds to the Jaunty effect 
of the costume, it may be made of silk, cashmere 
orcamel’a-halr. The scarf maybe of the same 
material as the skirt, ornamented with fringe 
and velvet, or It may bo composed of plain or 
brocaded silk, velvet or satin. This costume 
looks well made up lu plain and plalded woolen 
goods. Price of pattern, 35 cts. 
No. 63S!) is a model of a ladles’ short walking- 
skirt. It Is short and round and consists of a 
front gore, with two narrow gores at each side 
and a plain back-breadth. Two deep slde-plalt- 
lngs of the material from which the suit is con¬ 
structed supply a handsome garniture for the 
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bottom Box-plaltlngs may be employed instead 
of the slde-plal tings, as may also knlfe-plaltlngs, 
gathered flounces, flat bands, galloons or braids. 
This skirt may be worn with any of the over¬ 
skirts or polonaises In vogue. Price of pattern, 
35 cts. 
The double-breasted cloak, No. 6387, is an 
economical and comfortable wrap. It requires 
but little trimming, and any material is suitable 
for Its construction. The model given la made of 
heavy baaket>c)oth, finished with buttons and 
velvet. Price of pattern 35 cents. 
The polonaise still holds Its own, despite the 
popularity of basques, and the model we give at 
No. 66 T 0 , must commend Itself to all on account of 
Its simplicity and grace. Made or plain and bro¬ 
caded goods, it would make an extremely hand¬ 
some garment. A material closely resembling 
corduroy, Is a novelty in this season’s fabrics, 
and combines handsomely with silk or velvet in 
a polonaise of this description. Price of pattern, 
35 cents. 
No. 6362 Illustrates a tasteful coat of tufted 
beaver cloth of a dark blue shade, ornamented 
with buttons and braid ; diagonal, basket-cloth, 
silk velvet, or any of the fashionable dress 
or cloak goods may be made up in this model and 
decorated in any way to suit the taste. 
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A stylish little mantle, an offshoot of the " Dol¬ 
man,” Is Illustrated at No. G3S5. it Is composed 
of only two pieces, and falls gracefully about the 
figure, it Is adapted to any figure, it maybe 
made of silk, trimmed with fur (as shown In the 
engraving), or of any of the fashionable cloths. 
Crape cloth, trimmed with tape fringe headed by 
a band of crape, forms an appropriate wrap to be 
worn over a mourning costume. Price of pat¬ 
tern, 25 cts. 
No. 6,375 — Ladles’ basque. Is a sort or compro¬ 
mise between the old-fashioned basque and the 
dashing, masculine cutaway coat, so fashionable 
at present. This basque is Jaunty, without being 
In the least loud, and as it is adapted to any fig¬ 
ure, and combines handsomely with any gored 
or plaited skirt in vogue. It bids fair to be oue of 
the popular models of the season. Price, 30c, 
A short walking skirt, box-plaited, Is given at 
No. 6,365. It is made up In light and dark suit 
goods. The garment Is made to present a unique 
