JAN. 47 
45 
THE 
MEW-YORKEB. 
Jfor Mirant. 
FIFTY YEARS AGO. 
A Urandsire’s Dream. 
I bit within my intrle-nook. 
So old and (tray, 1 know ; 
I close my eyes atid backward look: 
’Tis fifty yoath fun i - 
Ere youth has fled, or hope is dead. 
And life's sands running low. 
The Christmas hells are chiming’ sweet 
(’Tis fifty years ago), 
There comes the, fall of fairy feet. 
Across the trackless snow; 
And hearts beat high, to pleasures nigh, 
Just fifty years ago. 
From out the Ivied manor-house 
I see a golden glow; 
And merry voices welcome us 
(’Tis fifty years ago), 
A laughing baud stand hand in hand 
A crowd pass to and fro. 
In hall and homestead, great, and small. 
Sing blithely as they go; 
The smile of one is smile of all 
(’Tis fifty years ago), 
And hearts are light, and eyes aro bright. 
That Christmas long ago. 
A face looks out from wealth of hair, 
That waves o’er brow of snow, 
And brown eyes droop with shyest air 
(’Tis fifty years ago). 
And cheeks are flushes I and voices hushed 
To whispers sweet and low. 
A kerchief crossed a swelling breast. 
The heart that throbbed below 
Grew restless with its own unrest ; 
For, ah, how could you know 
That I loved you, so well, so true, 
Just fifty years ago ? 
We trod a measure through the hall 
With stately' stops and slow— 
Once more I hear your footsteps fall, 
Tour bright cheeks brighter glow. 
And you are mine, by right divine, 
Of love—long years ago 1 
Your dainty cap, your golden hair, 
Your muslin kerchief's snow; 
Your tiny feet that cross the stair 
Less Bwift than mine, I know; 
All these I hear and sec, my dear, 
As fifty years ago. 
How fair yon looted 1 How lond I loved ! 
’Twas well it should ho so; 
I gaze upon your picture now 
Till tears begin to flow; 
And all the past is held as fast 
As fiffy years ago. 
It is not fifty years—and time 
Has stayed for us, I know; 
We hear the merry Christmas chime, 
We see the falling snow; " 
And hand in hand so close we stand, 
My love of long ago. 
The voices sweet ot friends who greet 
Aro close to me, I trojv; 
The fire-gleams dance in radiant heat, 
The holjy-bcrrles glow. 
I have but dreamt of days I’ve spent 
Since fifty years ago. 
Alas, who stands demurely here. 
With eyes of tender glow, 
So like the eyes of you, my dear, 
In days of long ago? 
She Bmlles, I ween, al grandsires dream 
Of fifty years ago ! —London Society. 
DESCRIPTION OF CUTS IN ISSUE OF DE¬ 
CEMBER 20th, 1879. 
NOS. 1 AND 2.—KNITTED SHAWL, WITH CROCHET 
BORDER. 
Materials Required : Two hone knitting pins. 
No. s (bell gauge). A half pound ot white Shetland 
wool, quarter pound of blue ditto. 
Cast on 190 stitches with white wool, and knit 
each row plain until you have the size required. 
The crochet border, shown in No. 2, Is worked In 
double blue wool. 
1st How: One double Into a stitch ot edge of 
Shawl, live chain, pass over four si Itches, one 
double Into the next stitch. 
2nd How ; one single into the third of five chain 
or last row, five chain; one single Into third ot 
next five chain. Repeat. 
3rd Row: One single Into third of five chain, live 
chain, draw a very loose loop Into the third ot next 
five chain, draw the wool through the loop, draw 
up another loop, and work all off together, five 
chain, Repeat. 
4th Row: One single Into the third ot five chain, 
five chain, one single Into the top of last long 
stitches, five chain. Repeat. 
5th Row: One single Into the third of five chain 
of last row, five chain, ono single Into the third of 
next five chain, five chain. Repeat. 
The little balls are attached to the border by a 
needle, threaded with wool. To make the balls: 
Cut two pieces ot cardboard In circles, a little 
larger than you wish the balls to be, aud cut in 
the centre of each a circular hole, about halt the 
diameter ot the whole. Rut the two card circles 
together, and, with long needlefuls of wool sew 
through tlio centre hole, and over the outer circle 
of the card, so as to cover II. completely and even¬ 
ly, and continue thus ttllthe centre hole is filled 
up; then, with a pen-kntfe or scissors, cut quite 
through the wool all round down to the edges of 
the card, and slip a piece ot wool or sulfielent 
length between the cards, and t.lo If. tightly, leav¬ 
ing an end hanging; tear away tlie card, draw (he 
two sides of the ball together, and trim the edges 
with scls- ors. 
NOS. 3 AND 4.—KNITTED JACKET FOR I,A DIES. 
Materials Required: eight ounces each scar¬ 
let and gray doublo Berlin wool, two bone knitting 
pins, No. 6 Walker’s gauge, a tricot hook No. 7 . 
This Jacket Is very easy to make, It Is knitted In 
three stripes, two gray and one scarlet. The 
stripes are joined by a needle and wool. For the 
gray stripes which are made long enough to pass 
over the shoulder and form both the trout and 
back stripe, cast on twenty-one stitches, knit 
three and purl three alternately; always slip the 
first stitch; continue to knit thus until you have 
made the stripe the length required, purling the 
knitted and knitting the purled stitches In each 
alternate row. About iT-t rows will be required. 
These bands compose the two sides, slioulder- 
pleces, and fronts. The stripe for the back Is knit¬ 
ted with scarlet wool In the same way, making it 
half the length. The light stripes are sewn one 
each side of the back, then each Is folded and sewn 
up under the arm, leaving a sufficient space for 
the arm-hole. With scarlet w«ol work a stripe of 
tricot on eight stitches. For the edge of the 
stripes work one double Into a stitch, four chain, 
one treble Into first of four chain, pass over two 
stitches of tricot and repeat. This stripe 13 sewn 
to the Jacket as shown In the Illustration. A sim¬ 
ilar stripe serves for the sleeves, working on six 
instead of eight stitches. The jacket Is fastened 
by pearl buttons. 
Nos. 6. AND 7.—SCARF CROCHET. 
Materials required. Berlin wool, and an afghau 
hook. No 000. The scarf Is worked at the ends 
with two colors, aud in the center with one 
color only. 
Make a chain the width you wish the scarf to he. 
1 st Row: Work up a loop through each of three 
successive stitches, draw through three loops ou 
tho hook together, one chain, Insert, the hook- 
through the perpendicular loops Just worked, 
and work one double, one chain. Repeat. 
2nd Row: Draw up a loop through each of 
three successive stitches, draw through the 
three loops together, one chain, work one double 
under the perpendicular loops, turn the wool over 
tho hook, and repeat. 
All the following rows are worked like the 
second. 
For tho edges, work one double Into a stitch ot 
scarf, three chain, pass over two stitches, one 
double Into the next. Repeat. 
The fringe Is made by knotting equal lengths 
of wool Into each loop of chain at the ends, then 
knotting them twice again, as shown In the de¬ 
sign. 
No. S.—glove: crochet and knitting. 
Materials: three ounces Andalusian wool; four 
steel plus. No. 14 (bell gunge); small bone cro- 
cliet-hook; one yard of ribbon one Inch wide. 
Make a chain or seventy stitches, join round, 
work six rounds of double crochet, taking up the 
front horizonta l loop of each stitch. (This applies 
to all Uic eroclietrhroughout. the work.) 
7lh Round: Two double In successive stitches, 
two double in the next stitch, sixty-four double 
two double m the next stitch, two double. 
sth to loth Rounds; The same as last, with 
this exception : the increase Is made In the same 
stltoh of each round and you will have one more 
double at the beginning and end of each round. 
16th Round: Double crochet In every stitch. 
17th Round: the same as 8th. 
Repeat these two last rounds eight times 
more. 
34lh Round: Work off the thumb-stitches, 
ten chain, oue double In the first of the thumb- 
stitches, leaving the hand-stllehes unworked. 
Now continue to work the thumb separately. 
35th Round : one double In each ot the thumb- 
stitches, pass over one of the chain, eight double 
in the retm filing stitches, pass over the last of the 
ten chain, and repeat this round four times more 
Then continue lu the round twelve times more! 
Now decrease by working two stitches together 
after each sixth double. Repeat this last row 
foui'times more. 
Nowdecrease as before after every fourth double. 
Lastly, work a round, decreasing after each three 
double. Then work off alt the stitches together, 
and fasten on Die wroug side. This completes 
the thumb. 
Now continue the hand. Work four rounds, de¬ 
creasing one stlch ou each side of the thumb- 
gore. Work twelve rounds without Increase or 
decrease. Work to the side opposite the thumb 
and begin the little finger. This Is worked on 
nine stitches ol the under side or glove, aud ten of 
the upper (that is, nineteen stitches in succession), 
make a chain of eight stitches, join with one 
double to the first of the nineteen stitches of lin¬ 
ger. Continue lu the round for Unger, and work 
exactly as described for t humb. 
Now work two rounds of the glove before be¬ 
ginning the first linger. 
1st Finger: Work eleven double from the out¬ 
side of glove, ten from the under side, eight chain 
one double lu the first of eleven double. Continu< 
In the round as for little finger, working ffftcei 
rounds before decreasing. 
For the middle finger, w ork t en double on boll 
sides of glove, eight chain between tor the gore 
work round taking up the gore of the first finger 
and decreasing one on both sides, as described foi 
thumb. Work eighteen rounds before decreasing 
The third Huger Is worked In the round au< 
without the eight chain, as the eight chain foi 
little finger and middle finger forms the gore li 
the fingers are lound not to be long enough, more 
rows can be added. Tbts would bo seen In w ork¬ 
ing the little- linger. 
For the cuff:— 
1st Hound: Ono treble, one chain, pass ovei 
one. Repeat- Now work fifteen rows of pateni 
knitting. Patent knitting is worked thus:— 
Make-one, slip one as If for purling, knit two to¬ 
gether. Each round Is the same. 
Now knit eleven rows plain knitting; cast off. 
Fold over the knitted part, and hem to top ol 
treble row- on the wrong side. 
A piece of elastic is run through the treble row 
and the back of glove Is ornamented with a bow 
ofrlbbouaud three rows of coral-stitch, worked 
with black-wool (see design.) 
NO. 9.—BALL KNITTING. 
Materials required: Half an ounce each of scar¬ 
let and black Berlin wool, and two steel pins 
No. 15, 
The ball Is worked In patent knitting as follows: 
Cast on forty-six stitches on one pin In scarlet, 
wool. 
1st Row: Make one, slip one, knit two together 
throughout. 
2d Row: Like first. 
3d Row: Work on all but the last six stitches 
4th Row: Work on all but the first and last six 
stitches. 
sth, oth and 7th Rows: Like 4th Row. 
sth Row: Work on all but the first six and last 
nine stitches. 
9th Row: Work on all but the first and last nine 
stitches. 
10th and 11th Rows: Like 1 st Row. 
This finishes one section. All the rest are worked 
In the same way, using black and scarlet wool 
alternately for ten sections. 
When the last, section Is complete, cast off the 
stttches. Ou the back work long button-hole and 
cross-stitches with amber wool, as shown In the 
design. Hew up the two sides and one end ot the 
ball, stuff It well with cotton wool, then sew up 
the other end, and ornament each with a bow ot 
amber ribbon. Balls ot this kind are better than 
those of India-rubber for use In the nursery. They 
are not liable to Injure and break the furniture by 
corning In contact with It. This ball will make a 
nice present tor a young child. 
NO. 10,— INFANT'S JACKET: KNITTING. 
Materials Required: Lady Betty wool and two 
knitting pins, No. H Walker's gauge. 
As the size ot the. jacket Is needed to be very 
different, according to the age of the child for 
which It Is required, It Is bettor to cut a paper 
pattern to the size and work to it. The jacket Is 
worked lengthwise beginning at one of the arm¬ 
holes. Cast on the number of stitches required 
from the top of sleeve to the hot tom of the Jacket 
with the pins and wool mentioned; It will he 
necessary to cast ou ton stitches to the inch. At, 
the lower edge of Jacket, knit two stitches hi one 
row, and purl them In the next along both the 
stripes. 
1 st to 12th Rows: Knit. 
13 Row: Furl, Increase one at the beginning of 
the row to from the shoulder. 
14th Row: Knit. 
I5th Row: Knit one, purl one, alternately, in. 
crease one at the beginning of the row. 
16th Row: Knit. 
17th Row: Furl one, knit one, alternately, In¬ 
crease one at the beginning of the row. 
ISt.b Row: Knit. 
19th Row: Purl, Increase one at the beginning of 
the row. 
2 oth Row: Knit, 
Repeat, from 1st row. In the second fancy stripe, 
work the increase as described for the 1 st stripe- 
this Increase is not repeated again. After the 
front Is wide enough decrease tor the second 
shoulder in the same proportion as the first was 
increased, by knitting two stitches together in 
each alternate row of the fancy stripes. When the 
front is finished castoff sufficient stitches for halt 
the sleeve, and continue the pattern for the back, 
increasing the shoulder to correspond with the 
front of the shoulder. The back will not-need to 
be quite as wide as the front, when hah the back 
!s worked, east off sufficient stitches for the open¬ 
ing, and east on, on another pin the same number. 
In the following rows work off on to one pin and 
continue to the other side, not lorgelttng the de¬ 
crease tor the second shoulder. Hew up under the 
arms and the shoulders ou the wrong side. 
For the sleeves, cast on the number of stitches 
required for the length of the arm, aud knit In 
stripes us described for the bodice of the jacket. 
When large enough tor the arm-hole, sew upon 
t he wrong side 
The Jacket and sleeves are edged with a narrow 
knitt ed luce made as follows: 
Cast on seven stitches. 
1st Row: Knit two, make two, by turning the 
wool twice round the pin, knit two together at the 
hack, make two, knit two together at the back, 
knit one. 
2d Row: Purl two, knit one, and purl one In the 
made stitches, knit one. purl one, knit, one, purl 
one in the made stitches, knit two. 
3d Row: C ast off the first three stitches, knit 
six. 
•lth Row: Furl t wo. knit five. Repeat from the 
first row. This Is sewn by a needle and wool round 
tbe bottom of the jacket, the neck, aud cuffs; a 
narrow rlbbou la run through the knitting under 
the lace at the throat, and above that on the wrists 
to draw it to the required size. 
NO. 11.— INFANT’S HOOD: KNITTING AND CROCHET. 
Materials: l oz white, i oz. blue, Shetland wool 
2 oz. blue, v oz white, single Berlin wool; oue pair 
of wood pins, No. 10 (bell gauge); bone crochet- 
hook. 
Cast on 12 stitches with white Shetland wool. 
Work 48 rows plain knitting, Increasing in every 
alternate row by knitting the first and last stitch 
at the front and hack, at tlie beginning and end 
of row. 
in the 49ib and every alternate row following it, 
decrease at the beginning and end ot row by slip¬ 
ping oue stltoh, knitting one, and passing the 
slipped stltoh over tt. continue this till your 
work is reduced to twelve stitches. Castoff. 
Take the blue wool, and Unit another piece lu 
exactly the way described for tbe white. Place 
tlie two parts one over the other. The blue out¬ 
side. The twelve stitches are placed at the front 
of hood. 
For Die border, with blue Berlin wool and the 
same pins, cast on 102 stitches for the front bor¬ 
der. 
1 st to 7th Rows : Knit. 
7th Row: Make one. slip one, as if for purling, 
knit one. Repeat, 
sth to 2ist Rows: Patent knitting (make one, 
slip ono, as If for purling, knit two together.) 
22d Row: Knit one, knit two together. Repeat. 
23d to 27th Rows: Plain knitting. Cast off. 
For the edge, work entirely round the border 
with white Berlin wool as follows: One double, 
three chain, one treble In the first of the three 
chain, pass over two. Repeat. 
Sew one to front edge of hood, A border Is 
worked In the same mariner for the back of hood. 
Two lengths of chain-stitch are needed to run 
through the hood, to draw It, to shape. These 
are finished with tassels tied up of lengths of 
wool. 
NOS. 12 AND 13.—INFANT’S BOOT: KNITTING AND 
CROCHET. 
Materials required: x oz. each blue and white 
Berlin or merino wool, four knitting pins, No. 16 
Walker’s gauge, and a crochet hook. No. 9 . 
Commence the boot at, tbe nnkJe, cast on forty- 
eight stitches with whtte Berlin wool on one, 
No. is pin, for a stout child, and merino wool, and 
No. 16 pin for a small child; knit the stitches off 
sixteen stitches on each of three pins. 
1st to 3rd Round: Knit three, purl three, alter¬ 
nately. 
4th to 6th Round: Knit. 
These six rounds are repeated eighteen times, 
commencing the 7th round with purl three, knit 
three, so as to reverse the basket pattern, and the 
15th round with knit three, purl three. 
19thRound: Divide the stltchos and continue 
the pattern for front of foot on half the stitches 
with white wool for etghteen rows. Then take 
blue wool and commence the decrease for the toe 
by knitting two together at the beginning and end 
of each alternate row, unUl there are twelve 
stitches left, when cast off. 
For Die heel and sole, knit on tlie other half 
stitches with blue wool for twelve rows, the 
gusset of the heel Is made like a stocking heel, 
that is: 
1st Row: Knit to the center sDtch, knit the two 
next together, turn. 
2nd Row: Purl back past the center stitch, purl 
two together. 
3rd liow: Knit past the last two knitted to¬ 
gether, knit, two together, turn, repeat these two 
Inst rows until you have taken In all the stitches, 
pick up the stitches at the side of heel, knit, across 
the stitches, and pick up those at the other side of 
heel, knit backwards and forwards on these 
stttches, working the first and last stitches on the 
pin together with the corresponding white st itch 
of the front. Decrease for the gusset of the foot, 
knit the Dilrd and fourth stitches together, and the 
two before tho last on the pin of every forward row 
continue to purl and knit each alternate row, de¬ 
creasing until there are twenty-three, stitches on 
the pin, then without decrease until you reach the 
first row of the blue toe, when decrease as de¬ 
scribed for the front, still joining the sole to the 
front of boot. Cast off the last twelve stttches, 
and sew up the toe on the wrong side. For the 
crochet frill round the ankle with blue wool 
work: 
1st Round: One treble separated by one chain 
Into each alternate stitch of top of boot. 
2nd Hound: With white wool, one single Into 
every stltoh of last round. 
3rd Round: Three trebles into each of three 
successive stitches, pass over two stttches, and 
repeat. 
4th Round: With blue wool, one double Into the 
hack loop of every stltoh. 
sth Round: With white wool, one single Into 
every stitch. 
6th Round: Three trebles Into each of two suc¬ 
cessive stitches between the last trebles, passover 
three stttches, and repeat. 
7 th Round: One double Into every stitch. 
A narrow blue ribbon Is passed through the 
treble stttches and crossed In front; the front 
of ankle la also ornamented with a bow of rib¬ 
bon. 
NO. 14.—KNITTED GAITER. 
Materials Required: Berlin wool, and fourstee 
knitting plus No. u Walker’s gauge. 
Begin at tho top. Cast on seventy-two stitches 
that Is twenty-four on each of three plus. 
For the ribbed top ot gaiter knit two and a half 
Inches of knit two, purl two. 
For the 1st to-tth llouud ot calf, knit with the 
exception of the center stitch of one pin which is 
pm-led in every round to form the seam. Mark the 
stitch by drawing a piece of wool of another color 
through tt so that you may observe to purl it in 
each round. 
5th Round: K mt one, purl two. Repeat increase 
by knitting tho back loop as well as tbe front of 
the loop before and after the seam in each fourth 
ound ror three times, repeat from the first to the 
rltth round four times, then commence the de¬ 
crease inthe same proportion as you Increased until 
you have worked eight, patterns. 
1st to sd Rounds: Knit. Decrease two inthe 
first round. 
4th to 7th Round: Purl three, knit three, de¬ 
crease two In the fifth round Repeat from the 
first to seventh round twice more, then divide the 
stttches as you would for the foot ot a stocking, 
that Is, take the same number for rhe heel as 
there are for the front Of root. Continue the pat¬ 
tern on the back half ot the stitches for twenty- 
eight rows, cast off. Pick up the stitches at each 
side of the heel with a crochet hook, and knit them 
on the pin with the front stttches. Decrease by 
knltilug two together at the beginning aud end of 
every other row until only twenty-six stitches re¬ 
main ; cast off, and sew a strap of leather to each 
side of the front to pass under the foot. 
The simulated hut ton-holes are made by work¬ 
ing one treble Into a stitch at the side of gaiter 
(see design), three chain, pass over two stttches, 
and repeat. A hone button Is sewn in each scallop. 
NOS. 14 AND 15.—CHILD'S. CHKM’ PROTECTOR. TRICOT. 
Materials required: Berlin wool and a trleot. 
hook. No. 8. Cut a pap^r pattern ot the size. The 
chest preserver Is made In oue piece. 11 Is stralgh 
and square at the back of the waist, hollowed ou 
for the throat, and straight at the fronts, where 1 
opens down the middle, and is fastened by on«iu 
