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April 18 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
[ Woman and Home 
From Day to Day. 
UNCLE DAN’L’S PLATFORM. 
“The colts are yonder kickin’ up their 
heels like all git out; 
The rooster ain’t discouraged—my! jes see 
’im strut about! 
The lambs are jest as frisky’s though 
they’d got a raise of pay, 
And the gander out there’s happy, if he 
ain’t got much to say. 
“The birds are singln’ cheerful, hardly 
stoppin’ fer their meals. 
And the old gray mare has even got to 
kickin’ up her heels; 
When the wind blows through the alders 
down along the crick, I vow 
I can hear It sayin’: ‘Dan’l, ain’t you glad 
you’re livin’ now?’ 
“What’s the use of anybody mopin’ round 
to-day as though 
It might make the good Lord sorry to see 
gladness here below? 
I’m a-goin’ out to whistle and to sing with 
all my might— 
Spring’s come round again to show us that 
the old world’s rollin’ right.” 
—S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald. 
If there are any good patches left in 
a piece of worn oilcloth cut them out, 
and use to stand under the scrubbing 
pail if cleaning or wiping woodwork in 
a carpeted room. 
• 
Among the infantile requirements of¬ 
fered by the large stores are baby scales, 
which consist of a white enameled wick¬ 
er basket, mounted on reliable scales. 
They cost ?4.74 up. An old-fashioned 
mother had no need for baby scales, but 
they are often used where infants are 
artificially fed, to note changes in weight 
from day to day. 
* 
A WOMAN of experience gives this as 
her method for sugar-cured bacon: To 
60 pounds of ham or “side bacon” allow 
three pounds of sugar and a pint of mo¬ 
lasses, six pounds of salt, one full table¬ 
spoonful of saleratus and the same of 
saltpeter. Cover the bottom of your fir¬ 
kin with salt (about two pounds). Mix 
sugar, molasses, saltpeter, saleratus and 
the remaining salt into a paste. Rub 
each piece thoroughly with this, work it 
in well and hard, and pack into the 
firkin, the rind downward. Cover all 
with cold water—just enough to rise 
above the meat. Lay a heavy board on 
top, weight it with a stone to keep the 
meat under water, and leave it thus for 
four weeks, turning the meat and stir¬ 
ring up the pickle every week. Take out, 
then wipe, rub into the pieces as much 
dry salt and an equal quantity of sugar 
as they will take up; pack in a dry 
firkin and leave for 24 hours before 
sending to the smokehouse. 
« 
lATTLF girls’ hats follow the styles of 
their elders in being wide and fiat, the 
crowns very low. The handsomest are 
fancy Tuscan straw in elaborate basket 
weaves. Both for children and grown¬ 
ups there are some very pretty straws 
that look like loosely plaited rushes, 
one of the prettiest hats we have seen 
being of this material in gun-metal gray, 
trimmed with wreaths of red velvet ger¬ 
aniums and their foliage. Some of the 
lacy Tuscan hats for children are trim¬ 
med with No. 3 ribbon velvet run 
through the straw across from side to 
side, through both crown and brim, in¬ 
stead of a band around the crown, and a 
trailing bunch or spray of flowers put in 
the front. The cheaper children’s hats 
are usually the most showy and elabo¬ 
rate. A plain burnt straw Tuscan trim¬ 
med with a scarf of black Liberty silk 
fastened with a black passementerie or¬ 
nament, and in front an oddly shaped 
black quill cost ?4.48, while a lace Tus¬ 
can with a big wreath of pink poppies 
and a number of velvet loops cost |2.98. 
A wreath formed of ribbon loops set 
closely together is often used on chil¬ 
dren’s hats. If we were selecting a best 
hat for a girl of eight to 14, which was 
to be worn with a number of different 
frocks, we should buy a Tuscan straw, 
as good as our purse permitted, in the 
natural twine color. It would be flat 
and wide brimmed, trimmed with black 
Liberty or velvet ribbon, and if any 
flowers were used they would be black 
daisies with yellow middles and green 
foliage, or else green leaves without any 
flowers. Such a hat would be in good 
style, would not grow shabby quickly, 
and would look equally well with white 
or colored dresses. A great many chil¬ 
dren’s hats are chosen without regard 
to the dresses they go with, and thus 
one sees a pretty child marred by a pink 
dress worn with a scarlet poppy-trimmed 
hat, or some other color combination 
equally distressing. 
* 
Here is a good suggestion for the 
children’s study table given by the 
Woman’s Home Companion: 
Have the carpenter make a table three 
feet square of any hard wood, with good, 
substantial legs; have two drawers—one on 
each side—and above them heavy leaves 
to pull out after the fashion of typewriter- 
rests on business-men’s desks. These leaves 
rest on the open drawers and make handy 
desks for the children, as they are sloping 
and not so high as the ordinary table. The 
table should be about 30 Inches high. It 
should be built with a lower deck, or shelf, 
which may be stocked with simple books 
of reference, while the drawers hold pen¬ 
cils, paper, erasers and everything else the 
small students need. In the evening have 
a good lamp with a shade, and turn the 
table over to the children. It will pay 
for itself a thousand times in time and 
temper saved, and is an incentive to study 
to the little ones, who get tired of hunting 
up dozens of books and articles before they 
can begin work. ^ 
In watching our friends at the sewing 
machine we are often impressed by the 
moments wasted in finishing off. At the 
end of a hem or seam many women still 
leave threads to tie, or to finish by 
hand, to ensure firmness. Our plan is 
simply to turn the work in the machine, 
and stitch back for an inch or more over 
the former sewing, then cut the threads 
off close. In making cotton garments. 
such as underwear, shirt waists, and 
children’s clothes we save the double 
stitching of a French fell by basting the 
edges of the seam smooth, and then 
stitching it in a hemmer, just as though 
turning a single hem. Of course this 
cannot be done in very thick goods, but 
in ordinary cottons it is entirely prac¬ 
ticable and very neat. We always save 
the unworn parts of white aprons as 
interlining for the cuffs of shirt waists; 
it is quite strong enough for this use, 
and does not shrink unevenly in wash¬ 
ing, as a new fabric might. In making 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use“MrB.Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It Is the Best.—Ad* 
simple garments by a well-tried pattern 
It is often possible to dispense with a 
good deal of basting, and thus save 
time, but we do not recommend this 
with a shirt waist; the perfection of 
finish that prevents it from looking 
"homemade” is only gained by putting 
it together carefully, and this means ac¬ 
curate basting, and plenty of it. 
Not a good 
lamp chimney is 
made without my 
The Rural Patterns. 
The skirt and coat shown could be 
united to form a pretty Spring jacket 
suit. Jackets are steadily growing long¬ 
er and very few are seen without a 
basque or peplum. The jacket consists 
o! fronts and back and is fitted by means 
of shoulder and under-arm seams. The 
back is plain but the fronts are gathered 
♦361 Nine Gored Skirt. 22 to 30 waist. 
and blouse slightly. The little capes are 
attached to the strap trimming and are 
arranged over the neck. The sleeves are 
full and finished with becoming cuffs, 
but the straight narrow ones can be sub¬ 
stituted if desired. The basque portions 
and triple postillion are joined to the 
lower edge. The quantity of material 
required for the medium size is six yards 
21 inches wide, 2% yards 44 inches wide 
or 2% yards 52 inches wide. The pat¬ 
tern No. 4364 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 
36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure; price 
10 cents from this office. 
The nine-gored skirt is especially rec¬ 
ommended for figures inclining to stout¬ 
ness, as the seams give an effect of 
height and slenderness. The seams may 
be simply stitched, or made after the 
slot-seam model; a good effect is also 
given by covering each seam with a taf¬ 
feta strap. The skirt is cut in nine gores 
that widen as they approach the lower 
edge and hangs gracefully at the back, 
in habit style. The closing can be made 
invisibly at the center back seam or at 
the left front as preferred, and the upper 
edge can either be finished with a belt 
or cut in dip outline and under-faced or 
bound. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is seven 
yards 27 inches wide, 4i/^ yards 44 inches 
wide or 4^4 yards 52 inches wide. The 
pa ttern No. 4361 is cut in sizes for a 22, 
24, 26, 28 and 30-inch waist measure; 
price 10 cents from this office. 
No MAN is born into the world whose 
work is not born with him; there is al¬ 
ways work for those who will.—Lowell. 
name on it. 
Macbeth. 
If you’ll send your address, I’ll send you 
the Index to Lamps and their Chimneys, to 
tell you what number to get for your lamp. 
Macbeth, Pittsburgh. 
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