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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 2 
From Day to Day. 
When I get rich, at home I’ll gladly stay, 
And give my wife some comfort every day. 
I’ll smooth away the wrinkles from her 
face 
That time has all too soon begun to trace; 
I’ll lighten all her labors, great and small. 
And if she would consent. I’ll bear them 
all. 
When I get rich. 
When I get rich. I’ll give with lavish hand 
To help the fallen rise in every land. 
I’ll give to spread the gospel far and wide. 
To feed and clothe the poor on every side; 
I’ll advertise that I have funds to spare 
In doing good to others everywhere. 
When I get rich. 
When I get rich! Why make so rash a 
vow? 
A voice within me whispers: “Even now 
Thou art already rich in resource grand— 
A voice that now can cheer, a helping 
hand, 
A heart that now should beat with love 
divine— 
Give what thou hast, give freely what is 
thine. 
For thou art rich.” 
—Chas. W. Scarff in the Ram’s Horn. 
• 
The collar and cuff sets consisting of 
a turn-down collar and turn-back cuffs 
now so popular are seen in huckaback 
and other coarse linen embroidered in 
colored cross-stitch, as well as in finer 
embroidery both in white and colors. 
There was a sadden outbreak recently 
of top collars and cuffs embroidered with 
cherries worked solid in natural colors, 
and some of them were very pretty, but 
a large proportion were coarse machine 
embroidery, giving a common look. 
Fruit designs are very popular in em¬ 
broidery, and any woman with sufficient 
leisure and the proper knack can add 
greatly 1o the appearance of her clothes 
by such work. Pine hand work, wheth¬ 
er embroidery or simple open hemming, 
gives a superior look to the simplest 
collar or stock. 
A.n everyday philosopher says that 
the truly good woman is one who can 
handle a hot lamp chimney and repeat 
the Lord’s Prayer at the same time. 
There are some other family emergen¬ 
cies, however, that call for even more 
spiritual grace than handling a hot lamp 
chimney, when it is well for the woman 
quick of tongue to remember the ad¬ 
vice honest Mr. Meagles gave to the 
poor hasty-tempered girl in Little Dor- 
rit, and count 20 before speaking. Many 
a woman wrecks the happiness of her 
future by this very sin of hasty speak¬ 
ing, alienating friendship and affection 
for the poor satisfaction of freeing her 
mind of its temporary gall. The cir¬ 
cumstances may look very different the 
next day, or the next hour—why not 
stop to count 20? 
* 
Here is a good way to use a stale 
sponge cake: Cut it in halves, like a 
layer cake, and place it in an air-tight 
steamer over fast-boiling water for 10 
minutes. Have ready a hard sauce 
made of one-half cupful of creamed but¬ 
ter in which one-half cupful of pow¬ 
dered sugar has been beaten until white 
and smooth, then three-quarters of a 
cupful of orange marmalade. Have a 
hot platter to receive the steamed cake, 
place it, lift off the top half, spread the 
lower half with half of the marmalade, 
replace the top half, spread the remain¬ 
der of the marmalade, scatter over 
three or four pulverized macaroons and 
serve at once. Three stale lady fingers 
may be sifted and used instead of the 
macaroons, and two tablespoonfuls of 
any kind of left-over nuts taken through 
the grinder and sprinkled over the top. 
When fresh strawberries are at hand 
the hard sauce may be made of one-half 
cupful of butter, one cupful of sugar, 
creamed together in the usual way, and 
crushed sifted strawberry pulp added 
slowly until it will take no more—about 
one cupful of berries can be used. The 
cake should be put together and served 
hot, decorated with a few whole berries. 
* 
The Widow Simonds had appeared be¬ 
fore Squire Benson with one complaint 
after another, says the Youth’s Compan¬ 
ion, This time she accused one of her 
neighbors of stealing two ducks. 
“i missed them from the duck-pond 
yesterday,” she said, plaintively, ‘‘an’ 
this morning, square. I’m jest as sure 
as I’m standing here that I saw them in 
Harriet Shaw’s yard. They had a dif¬ 
ferent look from her own ducks.” 
‘‘O nonsense!” said the squire. ‘‘Mrs. 
Shaw is as honest as the sun, and you 
know it! Why, I’ve got half a dozen 
ducks in my yard this minute that are 
exactly like yours!” 
‘‘Well, square,” said the widow, iugu- 
briously, “these two aren’t the first nor 
the only ones I’ve missed this Summer, 
but you know I never was one to make 
complaints till I’m sure of my ground.” 
* 
At the time of the Spring houseclean¬ 
ing any alterations made in furniture 
or its arrangement should be made with 
reference to the coming warm weather, 
and with a desire to lessen the house¬ 
work. Portieres and heavy draperies 
should be taken down, cleaned, and 
packed away. Unnecessary rugs should 
be well beaten, rolled up in newspapers, 
and stored where there is no danger of 
moths. Many systematic housekeepers 
hive a number of large denim bags, 
ciosed by buttons or large hooks, which 
are used for enclosing curtains, rugs 
and blankets when they are stored 
away for the Summer. If there is any 
excess of ornaments or bric-a-brac, this 
should be lessened; we want our rooms 
to look light and airy during the hot 
days, and we shall be all the more com¬ 
fortable with fewer things to dust. Al¬ 
though a set of linen siip covers is often 
an expensive outfit, stuffed furniture is 
much more comfortable in Summer if 
thus covered. The coolest and airiest 
room in the house should not be too 
good to be lived in during warm 
weather. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The young girl’s skirt shown consists 
of the skirt proper and the flounce, 
which is cut in two sections, all of 
which are circular. The flounce is tuck- 
4^80 Misaec' Circular Tucked Skirt, 
12 to 16 yrs. 
ed at the edge of each portion and the 
skirt at its lower edge, and joinings are 
made beneath these tucks. The fullness 
in the back is laid in inverted pleats 
which can be stitched flat or left plain 
as preferred. The quantity of material 
required for the medium size (14 years) 
is 7% yards 27 inches wide, 6% yards 
32 inches wide or 3^/^ yards 44 inches 
wide. The pattern No. 4380 is cut in 
sizes for girls of 12, 14 and 16 years of 
age; price 10 cents from this office. 
Plain shirt waists are always in 
vogue. The desirable one illustrated 
includes the fullness at the neck which 
renders it becoming to all figures, and 
is made with the new wide center pleat. 
The original is made of white dotted 
batiste with large pearl buttons, but all 
waistiugs are equally appropriate. The 
tie can either be made of the same or 
of contrasting material as preferred. 
The waist consists of fronts and back 
only and is fitted by means of shoulder 
and under-arm seams. The fronts are 
gathered at the neck edges and again at 
the waist line, but the back is plain and 
drawn down snugly at the belt. The 
sleeves widen as they approach the 
cuffs, which are straight and can be 
held by means of buttons or links as 
preferred. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is yards 
21 inches wide, four yards 27 inches 
wide, three yards 32 inches wide or 2% 
yards 44 inches wide. The waist'pat¬ 
tern No. 4381 is cut in sizes for a 34, 36, 
38, 40, 42 and 44-inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents from this office. 
Rural Recipes. 
Chocolate Pie.—Line a deep pie pan 
with rich pie crust and bake in a quick 
oven. Grate one-half teacupful of choco¬ 
late and put into a saucepan, with one 
cupful of hot water, butter the size of an 
egg, one tablespoonful vanilla, one cup¬ 
ful of sugar, the beaten yolk of two eggs 
and two tablespoonfuls of corn starch, 
dissolved in a little water; mix well; 
cook until thick, stirring constantly. 
Pour into the pie shell and let cool. 
Beat the whites of the two eggs to a 
stiff froth, add two tablespoonfuls of 
powdered sugar, spread on top of pie and 
slightly brown in oven. 
Jellied Rhubarb.—Boil a quart of 
rhubarb gently until nearly tender. Add 
half a pound of sugar, the grated rind of 
a lemon and half the juice. Soak half a 
package of gelatine in cold water. When 
the rhubarb has boiled until it is be¬ 
ginning to turn color add the gelatine. 
Take from the fire and stir until the 
mixture is smooth. Pour it into a fancy 
mould and set in a cool place until 
needed. This may be served with thick 
sweet cream or may have a border of 
sweetened whipped cream laid on the 
dish around it, when it is turned from 
the mold to go to the table. 
A woman has used 
a lamp chimney of 
mine for fourteen 
years. 
What a jolly good 
time she has had ! 
My name on every one. 
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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