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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 24 
[ Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
IT IK FROST. 
The Frost ]f)oketl forth one still, clenr 
night. 
And wnispered, “Now I shall be out of 
sight, 
So throug.h the valley and over the height 
In silence TTl take my way. 
I will not go on like th.'it blustering train, 
'Phe Win<l and the Snow, the 11ft 11 and the 
Rain, 
^\'ho make so much bustle and noise in 
vain; 
Rut ITl be as busy as they." 
'I'hen he ilew to the mountain and pow¬ 
dered its crest; 
He lit on the trees, and their boughs he 
dressed 
In diamond beads; and over the bre.ast 
Of the quivering lake' he siu'Cad 
A coat of mail, that it need not fear 
The downward point of many a sj^ear 
That he hung on its margin far and near. 
Where a rock could rear its head. 
He went to the windows of those who slept. 
And over each pane like .a fairy crept; 
W’herevcr he bre.athed, wherever he 
stepped. 
By the light of the moon were seen 
Most beautiful things. There were flowers 
and trees; 
There were bevies of birds .and swarms of 
bees; 
There were cities with temples and towers; 
and these 
All pictured in silver sheen. 
But he did one thing that was hardly fair: 
He peeped in the cupbo.ard. and finding 
there 
That all had forgotten for him to prepare. 
‘‘Now, just to set them a-thinking. 
TTl bite this basket of fruit,” said he; 
‘‘This costly pitcher ITl burst in three; 
And the glass of water they’ve left for me 
Shall ‘tchick!’ to tell them I'm drink- 
in.g.” 
—TTann.ah Oould fl7S9-lS6.')). 
* 
What are described as self-sealing pie 
tins have an extension rim which holds 
the two crusts together and prevents the 
juice from boiling over. They cost 20 
cents each. 
* 
We have heard of a small girl who 
was very much astonished when she first 
witnessed a hailstorm. Almost with¬ 
out warning large white globules fell 
pelting down out of the sky. .Astonished 
Katharine, who was out-of-doors, lo.st 
no time in getting under cover. 
“Oh, mamma!” she exclaimed, rushing 
into the house, “come quick. It’s rain¬ 
ing moth-balls.” 
* 
Buttoxs of fresh-water pearl are 
much cheaper than those m.ade of the 
genuine mother-of-pearl; they are very 
white and lustrous, and often prettily 
cut. but they have one great di.sad- 
vantage; if put on a washing garment 
they lose their luster and become chalky 
after a few immersions in the washtub. 
On a waist or child’s dress that will not 
be washed they may be used with entire 
satisfaction. We saw them recently of¬ 
fered at 12 cents for a card of two dozen 
in sizes that cost 18 cents a dozen for 
real pearl. 
* 
C.vxxF.D beets may be prepared now 
for Winter. Select small, dark-red beets, 
about the size of a peach or smaller, boil 
in the usual way, being careful not to 
break the skins in washing; do not cut 
the tops too close and oe sure not to cut 
the ends off. Boil in salted water until 
tender, but not too soft. Rub the skins 
off as soon as they are cool enough to 
handle, also cut off top and tail and pack 
in fruit jars; set aside and prepare your 
vinegar. It will not be necessary to 
heat the beets over again. Put as much 
vinegar over the fire as will be re¬ 
quired to cover the beets; when this 
comes to a boil add a little sugar, ac¬ 
cording to taste. Let the vinegar boil 
five minutes longer; pour over the beets 
piping hot and seal. A small piece of 
horseradish put into each jar will keep 
the white scum from formin.g on the top 
of the vinegar. 
The short bicycle skirt, whose exceed¬ 
ing brevity caused some comment but 
a fev.' years ago, is now a thing of the 
past, and most women go to the other 
extreme by wearing’ skirts entirely too 
long for safety. The wheel being nowa¬ 
days an article of utility rather than an 
amusement, women use it to “run er¬ 
rands,” often without troubling to 
change the ordinary skirt, and accidents 
of a serious nature are very likely to 
result. It is certainly cheaper and les.s 
exi)ensive to put on a bicycle skirt than 
to have all one’s front teeth replaced 
with artificial ones, like one young girl 
wo know of who tried wheeling in a long 
and flimsy flounced skirt. 
* 
Many people do not care for the flavor 
of the Clinton grape, but it is excellent 
to use with sweet apples in marmalade, 
following a New England recipe, in 
which the wild frost grape is ordinarily 
used. Heat four pounds of stemmed and 
pulped grapes until the seeds are free 
of pulp. Have four pounds of sweet ap- 
l)les pared, cored, sliced and steamed 
until tender. Sift the grape pulp, add 
the apples, turn into a kettle set on as¬ 
bestos mat on back of range and simmer 
slowly for two hours; measure, ad 1 
sugar in the proportion of three quar¬ 
ters of a pound to a pint of pulp, and 
cook until a little, chilled on ice, shows 
that it is stiff enough to retain its shape. 
Turn into jelly glasses and seal. 
* 
Peiuiaps there was never a time when 
jieople read so much or talked so much 
about books as at present, and yet, in a 
paper on “The Present Peril to T^iberal 
Education,” reed at the Educational 
Convention in Boston, Dr. Andrew F. 
West, of Princeton University, asked 
“if it is not a fact that the majority of 
college students of to-day are not famil¬ 
iar with the commonplaces of literary 
information and the standard books of 
history, poetry and so on? Do they 
know the greatest book of our tongue, 
the English Bible, as their fathers did? 
What a confession of the state of things 
it is that colleges have to make the read¬ 
ing of a few books of English literature 
a set task as an entrance requirement 
and then ask formal questions on what 
ought to be the free and eager reading 
of every boy at home.” The fact is tha’ 
in our effort to keep in touch with tha 
literature of the advertising columns, 
we neglect classic works that should 
form part of a liberal education. Young 
people pride themselves on being up-to- 
date in reading, as in everything else, 
and in their efforts to keep up with the 
“best selling books,” many of which 
soon fall entirely out of sight, they neg¬ 
lect the pantheon of permanent great¬ 
ness. This system is bearing fruit, as 
m.ay be seen by the increasing complaint 
on the part of educators that their stud¬ 
ents are illiterate as far as good reading 
is concerned. The responsibility for 
this must, in too many cases, be laid 
upon defective home training. 
To RE glad of life, because it gives you 
the chance to love and to work and to 
play and to look up at the stars; to be 
satisfied with your possessions, but not 
contented with yourself until you have 
made the best of them; to despise noth¬ 
ing in the world except falsehoods and 
meanness, and to fear nothing except 
cowardice; to be governed by your ad¬ 
mirations rather than by your disgusts; 
to covet nothing that is your neighbor’s 
except his kindness of heart and gentle¬ 
ness of manners; to think seldom of 
your enemies, often of your friends, and 
every day of Christ; and to spend as 
much time as you can. with body and 
with spirit, in God’s out-of-doors—these 
are little guide-posts on the footpath to 
peace.—Henry Van Dyke. 
The Rural Patterus. 
Long coats make a feature of advance 
styles and will be much worn during 
the coming season. As shown, it is 
made of black taffeta stitched with 
silk and trimmed with handsome but¬ 
tons held by loops of silk cord. The 
coat is made with blouse and skirt 
portions that are joined beneath the 
belt. Both portions are tucked to 
give a box-pleated effect, and the 
blouse is fitted by means of shoulder 
blouse and skirt portions that are joined 
4497 Three-Quarter Coat,32 to 40 bust 
beneath the belt. Both portions are 
tucked to give a box-pleated effect, and 
the blouse is fitted by means of shoulder 
and under-arm seams. The slee\es are 
tucked to be snug above the elbows, but 
form full puffs below and are finished 
with flaring collars at the wrists. At 
the neck is a flat collar. The quantity 
of material required for a medium size 
is CiYz yards 27 inches wide, or 3 yards 
fit inches w'ide. The pattern 4497 is cut 
in sizes for a 32. 34, 3G, 38 and 40 inch 
bi'.st measure, price 10 cents. 
Every woman knows the luxury of a 
well-fitting petticoat. Without it, it is 
impossible for the gown tr> Rang well. 
The one shown is cut with extreme care 
and is shaped to fit the hips smoothly 
and snugly, while it provides graceful 
flare below the knees. As shown it is 
made of longcloth with a frill and bands 
of lace, but the design suits silk and all 
skirting materials as well as the washa¬ 
ble ones. The petticoat is cut in five 
gores and is lengthened by a narrow 
4506 Five Gored Petticoat, 
22 to 32 Waist. 
foot frill of the material. Over its 
lower edge is arranged the circular 
flounce which, in turn, is lengthened by 
a straight frill. The side gores are fitted 
by means of short hip darts while the 
back is drawn up by means of tapes in¬ 
serted in a casing. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size is 
8% yards 21 inches wide or 4% yards 36 
inches wide, with 514 yards of lace 5 
inches wide and 12 yards of insertion to 
trim as illustrated. The pattern 4506 is 
cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 
32 waist measure, price 10 cents. 
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