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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 10 
[ Woman and Home ] 
“Then go down that path to your 
right,” said Mr. Powers. “When you 
reach the flower garden you’ll see that 
the sweet peas need brushing; let me 
see how well you can do it.” 
The would-be gardener went as he was 
hidden. In less than 10 minutes he re- 
Right or wrong 
chimney makes 
From Day to Day. 
A SERIOUS DISEASE. 
Thomas Scruggs, on Christmas day, 
Got packages galore. 
Until he wondered if there could 
By chance be any more. 
He opened each one when it came. 
And slowly grew enraged, 
And not a package held a thing 
That his great wrath assuaged. 
For each one, be it long or short. 
Or slim, or thick and fat. 
Contained, in varied shape and form, 
A gaudy new cravat. 
“’Tls ever thus!” moaned Thomas Scruggs, 
‘Tn every Christmas wreck 
I am the sufferer who gets 
It always in the neck.” 
The ties were green and red and brown 
And black and pink and blue, 
With stripes and dots and funny lines 
Of truly awful hue. 
At last he fretted so about 
The things that he fell ill. 
And then, to add to all his woes. 
There was a doctor’s bill. 
To-day, when asked about the case 
He seems to grow annoyed, 
And answers that he suffered from 
A siege of necktiephoid. Judge. 
Hekk is a Canadian apple pudding 
that is recommended to our friends of 
the Apple Consumers’ League: One 
quart of quartered sour apples, one-half 
cupful of sugar, one-fourth cupful of 
water, a pinch of grated nutmeg. Bake 
these ingredients together 20 minutes 
in a deep pudding dish; then remove 
and pour over the apples the following 
batter; One cupful of flour, one table¬ 
spoonful sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful 
salt, one beaten egg, two tahlespoonfuls 
of soft butter. Return to the oven, in¬ 
crease the heat and bake for 20 minutes 
more. Serve with maple sauce made as 
follows: Add to one thoroughly beaten 
egg one cupful of grated maple sugar, 
one cupful of whipped cream, one-half 
teaspoonful ot vanilla. In Vermont, 
where this recipe was obtained, a bowl 
of gi-atcd maple sugar invariably ac¬ 
companied most desserts. Budding 
sauces were always well covered with it. 
The epidemic of fur-trimmed hats 
this Winter is something surprising. 
Some are not merely fur-trimmed, but 
both crown and brim are made of fur, 
often faced under the brim with chiffon 
or velvet. Squirrel is especially favored, 
and this is often combined with burnt 
orange velvet, the combination of deep 
orange and gray being very fashionable 
now. A crown of tucked chiffon with a 
fur brim seems a very odd combination, 
especially when it is adorned with roses 
under the brim. The more expensive 
fur millinery is imitated in cheap ma¬ 
terials, 80 we see cotton velvet faced 
with everyday pussy cat, side by side 
with Siberian squirrel or chinchilla. It 
is unfortunate that so many silly wo¬ 
men, instead of buying simpler articles 
within their means, insist upon cheap 
imitations of expensive goods. No one 
is ever really deceived by them, and 
there is not even the excuse that the 
plainer articles are ugly or unbecoming. 
Sincerity in dress is not without its in¬ 
fluence upon character. 
* 
The New York Department of Chari¬ 
ties has made a new departure in en¬ 
gaging Miss Florence R. Corbett as gen¬ 
eral adviser and assistant in all matters 
pertaining to the purchase, distribution, 
cooking and serving of food in all the 
institutions controlled by the Depart¬ 
ment. Miss Corbett is a specialist in 
dietary questions, and a graduate of the 
Kansas Agricultural College. During 
last November the Department of Chari¬ 
ties fed a daily average of 8,667 persons. 
Miss Corbett is expected to study the 
best dietaries for employees, as well as 
inmates of institutions, and to prevent 
wastes in kitchen and uiningroom. The 
Commissioner of Charities wishes her to 
introduce more variety into the meals; 
he thinks the people should have more 
milk, eggs, butter, vegetables and fruit, 
without increasing the cost over the 
present expenditure. It seems likely 
that the public housekeeping of the De¬ 
partment of Charities will be wonder¬ 
fully improved by the introduction of 
this skilled dietitian, and it suggests an 
excellent field of usefulness for women 
trained in domestic science. 
* 
In discussing her lessons with a cer¬ 
tain small girt, we are often impressed 
by the fact that words apparently so 
simple as to need no explanation are 
sometimes a complete mystery to the 
average child; they are accepted in good 
faith and learned by rote with no more 
understanding than if Sanskrit or Chal¬ 
dean. If a child’s honest questioning is 
repressed while the subject is fresh in 
mind many opportunities for acquiring 
needed information are lost, and the 
habit of interest in the how and why of 
common things is suppressed or lessen¬ 
ed. As examples of thus learning with¬ 
out understanding here are some an¬ 
swers recently received in a Kansas 
school examination: “Define the word 
fathom and form a sentence with it.” 
“A fathom has six feet; a fly is a fath¬ 
om.” “Define species.” “Species is 
4302 Ohllil’a Sleeping Suit, 2 to 8 yrs.. 
kind; a boy must be species to his 
mother.” “Define odorless.” “Odorless 
is without scent; a nian who is odorless 
cannot ride in a car.” 
m 
Eveuy trade and profession has some 
technical terms that are a puzzle to out¬ 
siders. We read of a young man who 
applied for the position of assistant 
gardener. The master of the place ques¬ 
tioned him at some length as to his 
qualifications. 
“Do you know much about the care of 
flowers? Have you had experience?” he 
asked. 
“I’ve never been out to work,” said 
the young man, “but I know all about 
’em—flowers. Oh yes, I can take care of 
’em all right. Geraniums and nastur¬ 
tiums and—all of ’em. Oh, you can 
trust me, sir.” 
4297 Workman’s Shirt With 
Shield, 34 to 44 breast. 
’ 1 
appeared, to interrupt his emjiloyer, i 
then deep in a book on the piazza. I 
“Excuse me, sir,” said the young man, j 
jauntily, “but if you’ll come now, 1 
think you’ll find I’ve brushed those 
peas enough. There was hardly any 
dust on them, anyway. Of course if 
you want me to keep on I can, but it 
looks to me like a waste of time.” 
The Rural Patterns. 
A sleeping suit that will keep children 
warm is a necessity in Winter. Most 
patterns for such garments are too 
skimpy for comfort, but this trouble 
is avoided in the pattern shown. The 
suit is made with a yoke, fitted by 
shoulder seams, to which the gathered 
body portions are joined; the legs be¬ 
ing extended to form feet which may be 
omitted. The closing is made at the 
center back by means of buttons and I 
buttonholes and the full sleeves arc 
gathered into wristbands which prevent i 
their slipping up and exposing the 
arms. The quantity of material required 
for the medium size (four years) is 2% 
yards 27 inches wide or 2% yards 36 
inches wide. The pattern No, 4302 is 
cut in sizes for children of 2, 4, 6 and 
8 years of age; price 10 cento. 
An excellent working garment for the 
Winter is the fireman’s shirt figured. 
The shirt is made with full length plain 
fronts and back, a pointed yoke being 
applied over the latter which gives ad¬ 
ditional strength over the shoulders. 
The shield portion is buttoned into 
place but can be omitted and the fronts 
left plain whenever preferred. Beneath 
the shield is the opening that is closed 
by means of buttons and buttonholes. 
The sleeves are two seamed, faced to 
form cuffs, and the neck is finished with 
a turnover collar. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size is 
five yards 27 inches wide, or ZV 4 , yards 
44 inches wide. The pattern No. 4297 
is cut in size for a 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 
44-inch breast measure; price 10 cents. 
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