1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
539 
A Hoitictiiade System of Water¬ 
works. 
Once upon a time a woman accus¬ 
tomed to the conveniences of a city flat 
moved into a country house where fam¬ 
ilies had lived for three generations, and 
somewhat to her surprise she found that 
it had remained as destitute of all the 
aids to comfortable living which in the 
city are regarded as necessities as when 
it was first built. One may get along in 
comparative ease, without some conven¬ 
iences, but there are others which one 
must have, if one would live in proper 
cleanliness; for instance, a means of 
getting readily all the water needed. 
The only water supply connected with 
this house was an uncovered well in the 
yard where, at the highest, the water 
was 30 feet below the surface, and had 
to be brought to the top by turning a 
wheel. Do you think anyone is going 
to indulge in a hath a day at the cost of 
drawing up water from such a source in 
rainy weather? How much do you think 
one would need water in zero weather 
before she would draw it from a well 
like that? You know it is not always 
possible to have a man at hand to do 
necessary tasks for one, and even if it 
were, do you suppose any man would he 
eager to get water under such circum¬ 
stances? Such an arrangement as this, 
which is not uncommon enough in the 
country to arouse any special comment 
from the persons who live there, may 
be one answer to the questions why help 
cannot be found for our farms, and why 
our sons and daughters prefer to leave 
and go where living is easier. 
The woman who lived in this house 
made up her mind within 24 hours that 
no such primitive method of living was 
to her taste, and as she had to do her 
own work, she set herself to devise a 
way of getting water into the house 
which would be convenient for her and 
not too expensive to put in, money be¬ 
ing decidedly scarce, and this is what 
she did. She bought three hogsheads 
and had them thoroughly cleaned. 
These were set in the outer kitchen on 
a stout support, shoulder high, and 
were connected to the rain gutters by a 
pipe which fitted tight into the wood. 
An escape pipe running out of doors was 
put into one of the hogsheads, being 
necessary to prevent an overfiow in 
severe rains. At the bottom of each 
hogshead was a wooden faucet, so that 
it was not necessary to do any lifting 
to get all the water needed. Each re¬ 
ceptacle had its cover to keep the dust 
out. The supply of water was sufficient 
for all household purposes, and, indeed, 
there was always more than was needed, 
and the soft water was delightful to use. 
By the addition of proper filtering ap¬ 
pliances the water might have been 
made fit to drink, and is the best water 
possible, but her drinking water she 
continued to have drawn from the well. 
The expense of fitting up this conveni¬ 
ence, saving so much time and strength, 
was less than $10, though she had to 
pay for the labor, and she thinks that 
never did she expend money to better 
purpose. Her next neighbor for 20 years 
had washed and labored for her family, 
and drawn every bit of water from a 
barrel set outside the house, carried the 
water pail by pail the entire length of 
the house for her washings, and it had 
never occurred to her or to her family 
to make some less back-breaking ar¬ 
rangement. In three hours her husband 
could have set up such a system of 
water works as this just described, and 
it is possible that she might have been 
saved much of the pain she bore as 
years went on. No woman has a moral 
right to submit needlessly to a lack of 
things to make her work easy, and when 
she adds to her labor in washing, the 
bringing of all the water for it from the 
outside of the house, she is taking lib¬ 
erties with her strength that nature 
surely punishes sooner or later. A little 
ingenuity will give to most houses in 
the country a substitute for the conveni¬ 
ences which make the city comfortable 
to live in, and the men on a farm can 
almost always turn their hand to get¬ 
ting these substitutes in working order. 
There are few of them which are not 
within the means of any man who can 
use tools, and every woman will enjoy 
life the more for having them. 
DORA K. MORRELD. 
The Rural Patterus. 
In the simple shirt waist figured the 
tucks, which are arranged to give a pleat 
effect, are stitched only to yoke depth at 
the front, so forming becoming folds 
over the bust, while the back gives 
tapering lines to the figure. The waist 
consists of the smoothly-fitted lining, 
which can be used or omitted as pre¬ 
ferred, the fronts and the back, and is 
shaped by means of shoulder and under¬ 
arm seams. The sleeves are cut in one 
piece and are full below the elbows and 
gathered into straight cuffs at the 
4466 Shirt Waist, 32 to 40 bust. 
wrists. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is four yards 
21 inches wide, four yards 27 inches 
wide, 3% yards 32 Inches wide or 2i/4 
yards 44 inches wide. The waist pat¬ 
tern, 4456, is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 
38 and 40-inch bust measure; price 10 
cents from this office. 
The walking skirt figured is cut in 
seven gores, with an extension at the 
back edge of each which Is laid in back¬ 
ward turning pleats that are held at 
their upper edges with straps of the 
material. The fullness at the back is 
laid in inverted pleats which are pressed 
4457 Walking Skirt, 22 to 30 waist. 
fiat. When desired the belt can be 
omitted and skirt cut with dip in front 
and underfaced or bound. The quantity 
of material required for the medium size 
is 8% yards 27 inches wide, six yards 44 
inches wide, or 4% yards 52 inches wide. 
The skirt pattern, 4457, is cut in sizes 
for a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30-inch waist 
measure; price 10 cents from this office. 
A man’s own good breeding is his best 
security against other people’s ill man¬ 
ners.—Lord Chesterfield. 
A Bed of Ferns and Wild Flowers 
As my fern bed has stood the test of 
four Summers and three Winters, I feel 
safe in telling of it. This woodland 
spot has given me great pleasure, and 
of a different kind from that afforded 
by my cultivated flowers. The ferns 
were dug in a woods 18 miles from here, 
one August, care being taken not to dis¬ 
turb the roots. The place selected for 
this bed is in angle next the house, 
where light comes from the west and 
north. Here the ferns were .transplant¬ 
ed in no regular order, excepting that 
the tallest growing kinds were put next 
to the wall, and the maiden-hair and 
other small growing ferns in front I 
had about 20 ferns, eight different va¬ 
rieties being represented. The next 
Spring, when I went to see whether the 
ferns had survived, I was surprised and 
delighted to find a plant of Spring 
beauties in blossom. It really bore but 
seven flowers, but quantity is not a 
measure of pleasure, especially in a 
flower bed. Then there were some vio¬ 
lets, several of which were the common 
blue. Two plants were a great surprise; 
one bore yellow flowers, the other had 
white petals, the two upper ones being 
purple underneath. The latter, a new 
kind to me, I found to be the Canada 
violet. Then there was one healthy 
mandrake which blossomed, but bore no 
fruit; this year I find two plants. A 
vine, with currant-like leaves, and 
dainty white blossoms reminding one of 
the lily of the valley, grows thriftily 
each returning Spring. Several Trilli- 
ums were included; two shrub-like 
plants of vigorous growth, bearing a 
number of large clusters of bell-like 
flowers; two tall growing plants, with 
woody stems, which bear in August a 
number of ragged daisy-like flowers. 
This completes my list. Some day I plan 
to trace the unknown with the botany’s 
aid and find their true names. A bed 
like this affords the flower lover a great 
deal of pleasure. For some reason 
weeds do not trouble this bed. Visit the 
woods some Summer day and start a 
wild flower border in a partially shaded 
spot, with the woodland treasures with 
which every true flower lover always 
comes home laden after such an expedi¬ 
tion. HELEN C. ANDREWS. 
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The great value of this hook is found in the fact 
that every word of it is written from the author’s 
pei-sonal experience. During the whole time of its 
preparation, he never consulted another hook or 
another author. lie has planted and c:tred with his own hands for every plant 
described in this hook, and has written from that expei-ience and observation alone. 
Another important feature of the hook is the grouping of subjects. On Apples, 
^or example, you find all information as to the preparation of soil, planting, fertil¬ 
izing, pruning, varieties, etc., all conveniently grouped under one general heading. 
Then the varieties for Summer, Autumn and Winter are classed hy themselves, and 
those for home use distinguished from commercial varieties. The same is true of 
pears, plums, peaches, strawberries, cane berries, grapes and other fruits that one 
wishes to know about. The ornamentals are treated in a class hy themselves. Here, 
too, the author has written entirely from his own experience. He planted, on his 
own ground, every hush and vine he describes, and plucked the flowers from them 
with his own hands. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 409 Pearl Street, New York. 
a PRACTtCAL BOOK 
“Guide to Hardy Fruits 
and Ornamentals.” 
BY T. J. DWYER. 
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