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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 2 
| Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
Serene I fold my hands and wait, 
Nor care for wind nor tide nor sea; 
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, 
For lo my own shall come to me. 
I stay my haste, I make delays; 
For what avails this eager pace? 
I stand amid the eternal ways, 
And what is mine shall know my face. 
Asleep, awake by night or day, 
The friends I seek are seeking me; 
No wind can drive my bark away 
Nor change the tide of destiny. 
What matter if I stand alone? 
I wait with Joy the coming years; 
My heart shall reap where it has sown 
And garner up its fruit of tears. 
The waters know their own and draw 
The brook that springs in yonder heights, 
So flows the good with equal law 
Unto the soul of pure delights. 
The stars come nightly to the sky, 
The tidal wave unto the sea; 
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, 
Can keep my own from me. 
—Credit Lost. 
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Dentists now recommend formalde¬ 
hyde as an up-to-date antiseptic wash 
for the teeth. Ten drops of the 40-per¬ 
cent commercial solution are added to 
half a pint of pure water, this making 
a dilution for use in the mouth. 
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Among handy things to keep in the 
family medicine chest is boracic lint. It 
is a very useful dressing for gatherings 
or other sores which seem inclined to 
fester. For burns, baking soda is one 
of the best dressings, and is usually at 
hand. Our medical authority does not 
recommend the use of vaseline or any 
petroleum preparation on burns, but 
states that linseed oil and slaked lime is 
excellent, forming a species of glaze over 
the burn which excludes the air. 
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The gilt braids used so largely have 
brought gilt buttons into favor again, 
and they are very often put on in clus¬ 
ters to form a trimming. Frosted gilt 
buttons are especially pretty when used 
to fasten a fancy waist, in combination 
with lace trimmings. The gilt buttons 
are at their best when used on dark or 
cream white material; they are very 
garish on bright colors, though they are 
usually seen on scarlet flannel waists. 
Cream-white flannel waists are very 
handsome when trimmed with frosted 
gilt buttons and narrow gold braid. 
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According to recent analyses secured 
in New York, a large proportion of the 
borax put up in packets is greatly adul¬ 
terated. The most common adulterant 
used is bicarbonate of soda, and, in at 
least one case, the so-called borax was 
simply baking soda, without any admix¬ 
ture of anything else. In several other 
cases the samples contained from 37 to 
50 per cent of borax, the remainder be¬ 
ing baking soda. Analyses of borax 
bought in bulk at department stores 
proved these samples to be pure. Ac¬ 
cording to this, it is wise to avoid borax 
put up in fancy packages. 
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A friend recommends, in place of the 
thick custard ordinarily used to fill 
eclairs, a boiled icing, beaten, half and 
half, with whipped cream. The icing is 
made by boiling, without stirring, one 
cupful of granulated sugar, with five 
tablespoonfuls of water. When the syrup 
spins a hair, it should be instantly taken 
from the fire and poured over the stiffly- 
beaten white of one egg. This com¬ 
pound is then beaten till cold, and one 
tablespoonful of lemon juice added; the 
whipped cream is then stirred in lightly 
and any flavoring used which may be 
preferred. The lemon juice is merely to 
counteract the excessive sweetness. 
A hatpin holder is rather a novelty, 
made from a very narrow bottle, such 
as is used for some drugs. A square of 
white net is edged with lace and lined 
with colored silk; the bottle is stood in 
the center of the square, which is then 
drawn up around it, and tied around the 
neck with baby ribbon, so that the cor- 
3675-Short Five-Gored Skirt, 
22 to 32 In. waist 
ners fall out like a frill. The bottle is 
hung up in some convenient place, and 
the pins slipped into it. It forms a very 
convenient holder, and keeps the long 
pins out of the way; they are always 
troublesome in a pin-cushion. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The short skirt illustrated is cut with 
five gores. As shown, it is of double- 
faced golf cloth with an applied shaped 
facing of the same, tailor stitched, in 
evenly spaced rows, and falls to the in¬ 
step, but it can be made shorter if de¬ 
sired, and of any sufficiently heavy 
cloth or cheviot. Fashion leaves the ex¬ 
act length a matter of discretion, all 
variations from the skirt that just clears 
the ground to the one that falls to the 
ankles only being worn. The skirt given 
is cut with a narrow front gore, wider 
side gores and narrow backs and can be 
trusted to hang with perfect evenness. 
The upper portion fits snugly, there be¬ 
ing a short hip dart in each side gore, 
and is laid in a deep inverted pleat at 
the back. The lower portion flares 
gracefully and allows ample freedom for 
the feet. The front gore is especially 
designed with reference to the popular 
long-waisted effect and can be cut round 
3691 Woman's Knickerbockers. 
22to32in Waist 
or with the dip, as preferred, the pattern 
shown allowing for both styles. If de¬ 
sired the applied band or facing can be 
omitted and the edge finished with a 
narrower faced hem. To cut this skirt 
for a woman of medium size, four yards 
of material 44 inches wide, 3% yards 50 
inches, or 3^4 yards 56 inches wide, will 
be required when facing is used; with¬ 
out facing, 3% yards 44 inches wide, 3y 8 
yards 60 inches wide, or 2% yards 56 
inches wide will suffice. The pattern No. 
3676 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 
and 32-inch waist measure. Price 10 
cents from this office. 
With the short walking skirt, knick 
erbockers should take the place of petti¬ 
coats, being warmer, more comfortable, 
and a decided advantage in rainy 
weather. The model illustrated is an ex¬ 
cellent one. The leg portions are loose 
enough for freedom and ease without be¬ 
coming clumsy and are simply adjusted 
with elastic bands inserted in a hem. 
The upper portion fits smoothly without 
fulness, being shaped with short hip 
darts that prevent even the smallest ad¬ 
dition to the size. The waist edge is 
bound or faced and pressed flat. The 
openings are at the side seams and un¬ 
derlaps are provided on the front edges, 
where small, flat buttons are sewed on 
to unite with buttonholes worked on the 
back edges. To cut the knickerbockers 
for a woman of medium size four yards 
of material 27 inches wide, two yards 44 
inches wide, or two yards 50 inches wide, 
will be required. The pattern No. 3691 
is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 
32-inch waist measure; price 10 cents 
from this office. 
When kilts are chosen for the small 
boy in preference to the Russian blouse 
suit, the model illustrated will prove 
very satisfactory. As shown, the ma¬ 
terial is broadcloth in dark automobile 
red with trimming of black braid with 
gold buttons, and shield, or shirt front 
of white laid in tiny tucks; but dark 
3689 Vestee Kilt Suit. 
2 and 4 years. 
blue, Russian blue, hunter’s green, 
brown, beige and brighter golf red are 
all correct, and Venetian cloth, tweed, 
serge and camel’s hair are all shown. 
The waistcoat and shield are applied 
over the body lining so that all closes 
together at the center back. The skirt 
is laid in seven deep box plaits and is at¬ 
tached to the lower edge of the body; 
also closing at the back, where a placket 
is finished between the two center plaits. 
The little coat is entirely separate and 
is slipped on over the body. The backs 
are seamed at the center. The fronts 
hang straight from the shoulders, and 
finishing the neck is a big sailor collar 
that is square across the back, but ta¬ 
pers to a point at each front. The coat 
sleeves are finished with turn-over flare 
cuffs decorated with braid and buttons. 
To cut this suit for a boy of four years 
of age four yards of material 27 Inches 
wide, three yards 32 inches wide, 2% 
yards 44 inches wide, or two yards 60 
inches wide, will be required. The pat¬ 
tern No. 3689 is cut in sizes for boys of 
two and four years of age. Price 10 
cents from this office. 
William Penn’s keen understanding 
was often directed toward drunkenness. 
“All excess is ill,” he wrote, “but drunk¬ 
enness is of the worst sort, in fine, he 
that is drunk is not a man, because he 
is so long void of reason, that distin¬ 
guishes a man from a beast.” 
A Remarkable Invention 
BY AN OHIOAN. 
Open—Ready For Use. 
A genius of Cincinnati has placed on the market a 
Vapor Bath Cabinet that has proven a blessing to 
every man, woman and child who has used it, and as 
many of our readers may not know of Its real comfort 
and blessings, we illustrate It In this Issue. It Is an 
alr-tlght, rubber-walled room, in which one rests on 
a chair, and with only the head outside, enjoys all 
the marvelous, cleansing, beautifying and curative 
elements of the famous Turkish, Russian, Sulphur, 
Hot Air or Vapor Baths, perfumed or medicated If 
desired, at home, In your own room, for 3 cents each. 
Water Baths simply wash the surface. This Cabinet 
Vapor Bath, perfectly safe both Summer and Winter, 
opens the 5,000,000 pores of the skin, sweats out all 
the poisons and effete matter which cause disease, 
cleanses you Inwardly and outwardly, purities your 
blood, makes your eyes bright, your skin clear, your 
nerves strong, sleep sound, appetite good. 
Astonishing Is the improvement in health by Its 
use. Hundreds of Physicians have given up their 
practice to sell It. Thousands of letters have been 
written the Inventors from users, showing Its wonder¬ 
ful power. 
Mr. A. B. Stockharu, Chicago, editor “ Tokology,” 
recommends It highly, as also does John W. Pritch¬ 
ard, publisher,‘ Christian Nation.” New York City; 
the well-known evange 1st, Rev. J. Howard Cardn> r; 
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew; ltev. C. M. Keith, editor 
"Holiness Advocate;" Horatio Page, of “New York 
Weekly Witness” and “Sabbath Reading;” C. E. 
Sberin, of “World-Wide Missions," and thousands of 
others. 
Mrs. Anna Woodrum, Thurman, Iowa, afflicted 10 
years, was promptly cured of Nervous Prostration, 
Stomach, Kidney and Female Troubles, after medi¬ 
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failed, his Rheumatism was relieved by the first bath, 
entirely cured In 14 days. 
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cured himself of Lumbago, and his friends of Blood 
and Skin Diseases, Kidney Affections, Nervousness, 
Piles, etc., and made *1,777.00 selling this Cabinet In 
10 months. No reader can afford to be without this 
cabinet for a single day. 
The makers guarantee results and assert positively, 
as do thousands of users, that this Cabinet will Puri¬ 
fy the Blood, cure Nervousness, Weakness, Aches, 
Pains. Colds and Rheumatism (they offer $50.00 re¬ 
ward for a case not relieved). Cures Sleeplessness, 
La Grippe, Neuralgia, Headaches, Indigestion, Piles, 
Dropsy, all Blood, Skin, Liver, Kidney, and Urinary 
troubles. Has wonderful power to prevent and cure 
aliments peculiar to Ladles. 
A race and Head Steamer Attachment is furnished 
if desired, which cleanses the skin, beautifies the 
complexion, removes Plmpl s, Black-heads, Erup¬ 
tions, and Is a cure for all Skin Diseases. Eczema. 
Catarrh, Asthma. Bronchitis, and throat troubles. 
This Is a genuine Cabinet with a real door; hand¬ 
somely made; beBt materials; rubber lined; heavy 
steel frame; top curtains; In fact, all the latest im¬ 
provements; will last 20 years: not a cheap, flimsy 
affair, but Btrong, substantial, ready for use when 
received. 
ALL OUR READERS 
should write to-day to the World Mfg. Co., 2600 World 
Building, Cincinnati, Ohio, for valuable descriptive 
book and testimonials; or, better still, order a Cabinet 
at once. You won’t be disappointed 
The price Is wonderfully low, only *5.00, complete 
with stove for heating, formulas for baths, and vari¬ 
ous ailments, and plain directions. Face Steamer, 
$1 00 extra 
This Arm is perfectly reliable; capital, $100,000.00. 
Ship same day your remittance Is received, and will 
refund your money after 30 days'use if the Cabinet 
Is not just as represented. 
Don’t fall to send for booklet anyway. 
This Cabinet is a wonderful seller for agents, and 
the firm offers special Inducements to both men and 
women upon request, and to our knowledge many are 
making from $100 to $150 every month. Write them. 
