niE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 2] 
136 
[ Woman and Home 1 
From Day to Day.' 
urs AND UOWNK. 
Johnny’s cryln’; do you hear him? 
I don’t see why he should cry! 
Jus’ because we two went coastin’: 
On the hill there, he an’ I. 
Got a lovely sled las’ Chrls’mas, 
Papa gave It. painted rod. 
"Let your little brother use It 
Half the time”—our mamma said. 
An’ I did. I only used It 
Coastin’ down the hill, an’ then 
Every single time I let him 
Drag It up the hill again. _ 
An’ It took him so long climbin’ 
That he had It most—he did. 
An’ yet there you hear him cryln’! 
Isn’t that jus’ like a kid? 
—February St. Nicholas. 
• 
The Woman’s Home Companion tells 
how little Richard, who is five, and who 
has arrived at the dignity of first trous¬ 
ers, was disgusted when he saw a little 
neighbor, aged three, arrayed also for 
the first time in the garments of dis¬ 
tinction. 
“Now Just look what they’ve done to 
Wilson’s baby!” he exclaimed. “They’ve 
gone and put it in pants before they 
know whether it’s going to be a boy or 
a girl!’’ 
Buckwheat cakes, as ordinarily made, 
are often difficult of digestion. Here is 
a recipe for mixed buckwheats, which 
will be found very nice: Sift together 
two cupfuls of buckwheat, one cupful of 
rolled oats, one cupful of cornmeal, one 
scant teaspoonful of salt. Mix to a pour 
batter, with equal parts of milk and 
water, add one-third of a cake of com¬ 
pressed yeast, cover and stand in a warm 
place over night; before baking add 
one-third of a teaspoonful of soda dis¬ 
solved in hot water. These are good and 
easy of digestion. 
* 
In New York, a public-school nurse 
has been appointed as assistant to the 
medical Inspector of schools. The value 
of such an official has been recognized 
in Great Britain for some time, but no 
special effort was made to Introduce the 
position here until it was suggested by 
one of the residents of the Nurses’ Set¬ 
tlement. Under existing conditions a 
child suffering from some slight but 
contagious ailment is excluded from 
school but not treated by the medical of¬ 
ficer, and such children often receive no 
treatment at all. Furthermore, the tru¬ 
ant officer has no jurisdiction over chil¬ 
dren who have been sent home by the 
doctor’s orders, and it is often difficult 
to make them return to school again. 
The school nurse is expected to follow 
ailing children home and see that they 
have proper attention, to keep a record 
of the time lost by a child, and to see 
ner, but for grown-ups a helping of pud¬ 
ding gives as much unnecessary food 
value as did pic. It must be remem¬ 
bered in discussing pastry, also, that it 
was in good hands, not the heavy, 
greasy kind so often found to-day. The 
early cook attained great skill in pre¬ 
paring light, flaky crusts.” 
* 
A WJUTEK in the Woman’s Horae Com¬ 
panion says that considering the trifling 
outlay to begin with there is nothing to 
compare with the table oil-cloth as a 
labor-saver. To begin with the kitchen: 
After you have covered your work-table 
with it, line each drawer in the kitchen 
and pantry. The next day we are sure 
you will cover your molding-board on 
both sides. Then get the pretty, scal¬ 
loped kind, and use instead of paper on 
your pantry shelves. Oil-cloth will 
make bibs for the children and napkins 
to put under their plates. Pink each 
piece neatly. Put squares of oil-cloth 
under the table-cloth where hot dishes 
are placed. If you use an oil-heater, 
have some boards fastened together, 
cover with dark-colored oil-cloth, and 
place castors underneath. Some pieces 
to place under potted plants, when you 
wish them on mantel, piano or window- 
ledge, are handy to save the wood-finish. 
Oil-cloth also makes neat wash-stand 
covers and splashers for the boys’ room. 
It may be used to cover the back stairs, 
and also makes serviceable work-aprons 
or sleeve protectors. Instead of taking 
down your screen doors next Fall, get 
dark green oil-cloth, and tack on the 
doors over the wire with brass-headed 
tacks, and you will not be ashamed of 
your storm-door. 
The Rural Patterus. 
The little French dress pictured is 
made with a fitted body lining over 
which the full waist is gathered, at yoke 
depth. The yoke and straps are finished 
separately and arranged to close with 
the waist at the center back. The 
sleeves are tucked at their upper por¬ 
tions, the fullness forming full puffs at 
the elbows, where they are gathered 
into deep cuffs. The neck is finished 
with a standing collar. The straight 
skirt is simply gathered at the upper 
edge and seamed to the waist. The 
sleeves can be finished at elbow length 
and the neck cut square If preferred, the 
pattern providing this outline. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size (six years) is five yards 21 
inches wide, four yards 27 inches wide 
or 2^ yards 44 inches wide with IV^ 
yard of all-over lace for yoke with 
straps. The pattern 4309 is cut in sizes 
for girls 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years of age, 
price 10 cents. 
The tucked waist shown will be found 
becoming to girlish figures. The fitted 
lining fits smoothly and closes at the 
center front, but separately from the 
waist proper that consists of fronts and 
back and is fitted by means of shoulder 
4314 Misses’Tucked Blouse, 
12 to 16 yrs. 
and under-arm seams. The back is laid 
in tucks that extend from the shoulders 
to the belt and form a V. The fronts are 
tucked to yoke depth at the shoulders 
and laid in box pleats at their edges. 
Beneath the pleats the hems are lapped 
and the waist is closed. The sleeves are 
tucked at their upper portions and form 
full puffs below, which are gathered into 
pointed cuffs at the wrists. At the neck 
is a stock that matches the cuffs and 
forms a deep point at the front. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 4% yards 21 inches wide, 
four yards 27 inches wide or two yards 
44 inches wide. The pattern 4314 is cut 
in sizes for misses of 12, 14 and 16 years 
of age, price 10 cents. 
Everypoundof LION COFFEE 
has just the same strength and 
flavor. You can’t rely on coffee 
sold in bulk. The air-tight, sealed 
package keeps LION COFFEE 
fresh and pure. 
Even children drink Grain-O 
because they like it and the doc¬ 
tors say it is good for them. Why 
not ? It contains all of the nourish¬ 
ment of the pure grain and none 
of the poisons of coffee. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
At grocers everywhere; 15c. and 25c. per package. 
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that time is not spent unnecessarily 
away from the classroom. It is expected 
that much benefit to the children will 
result from the nurse’s appointment. 
* 
Mks. Ellen H. Richauds, of the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
declares that pie is not nearly so sinful 
from a dietary standpoint as some au¬ 
thorities would have us believe. “Mince 
pie,” she maintains, “has a high food 
value—one-quarter of a nine-inch home¬ 
made mince pie, with cheese, would 
make a good meal—and for that reason 
should not be added to the end of a 
substantial meal, where it inevitably 
proves the last straw for a weak diges¬ 
tion. Pie has had to bear the load of 
many circumstances not its own fault. 
The viand which has usurped its place 
at dinner is not as blameless as it is 
commonly held to be. For children eat¬ 
ing no meat, pudding may well be din- 
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THE 
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