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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 11 
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[ Woman and Home 
v From Day to Day. 
JUS' A WAITIN’. 
Seems t’ me I’m always waitin’, an' the 
days goes awful slow. 
When the time fer swimmin's over, then 
I’m waitin’ fer the snow, 
’N when the snow is failin’ ’n I ain’t got 
no new sled, 
It seems to me that Chrismus is a long, 
long ways ahead. 
’N then when Chrismus gets here all the 
snow is off the ground, 
’N I jus’ keep a waitin’ fer my birthday 
to come ’round. 
But that don’t never last long, ’n when 
it’s gone away, 
I’ve got to jus’ sit down again ’n wait fer 
circus day. 
I get up in the mornin’ ’n I wait till half¬ 
past eight, 
’N then I got to go t’ school ’n when I’m 
there I wait, 
’N keep a waitin’ all day long, till school 
lets out again; 
I got t’ jus’ run, play ’n wait till supper’s 
ready then. 
’N after supper then I wait till time t’ go 
t’ bed, 
I’m always jus’ a waitin’ ’round for some¬ 
thin’ jus’ ahead. 
The growed up folks they’ve always got a 
lot o’ things to do, 
But I jus’ keep a waitin’, an’ I hate it. 
Wouldn’t you? 
—Portland Oregonian. 
* 
The professional humorists are fond 
of describing the deadly qualities of 
cake made by inexperienced cooks. It 
is dou'btful, however, whether any of 
these comments or reflections are quite 
as severe upon the cake as one made by 
a Chinese cook employed by a San Fran¬ 
cisco woman. He was especially dis¬ 
tinguished for making fine cakes, and 
determined that his masterpiece at a fes¬ 
tivity should be a grand cake. He ask¬ 
ed his mistress if she did not think it 
would be nice to have a motto to orna¬ 
ment the top. She smilingly consented 
to let him finish his work in any way 
he might think suitable. When the big 
cake appeared she was amazed at the 
result. The cook was attending a mis¬ 
sion Sunday school, and there he had 
found his motto: “Prepare to Meet thy 
God! ” 
* 
The old custom of exchange and bar¬ 
ter still continues in some isolated com¬ 
munities, as a means of securing house¬ 
hold supplies, and Harper’s Magazine 
for January thus describes one of these 
business transactions: 
It was in the morning hours of ’’bake 
day” in the little out-of-the-way village. 
The mingled odors of fresh bread, pies and 
cookies floated out of the open kitchen win • 
dows. From one of the smaller cottages 
at the end of the street came a barefooted 
child in a colorless calico dress and slat 
sun-bonnet. With the important air of a 
heavy buyer she entered the village store, 
and handed across the counter a blue tea¬ 
cup. The proprietor took the cup, and said, 
in brisk tones: 
“Well, Emmy, what does your ma want 
to-day?” 
“Please, sir, ma wants an egg’s worth of 
molasses,” and she carefully placed a large 
white egg on the counter. 
From a stone jug a little molasses was 
poured, and the cup set before the cus¬ 
tomer 
“Mr. Smif,” she said, as she took her 
purchase, “I’ll be back in a little while 
for some ginger. Ma said to tell you the 
black hen was on.” 
And the buyer walked with dignity out 
the store door and up the village street to 
her home. 
* 
The little Norfolk jackets, like the 
one figured in The R. N.-Y. of Novem¬ 
ber 16 last, page 778, have become more 
popular as the season advances, and 
they really seem likely to dispute the 
supremacy of the long-favored Etons as 
part of a jacket suit. The pleats and 
yoke at the back give a girlish look to 
the figure, and the front of the jacket 
is slightly bloused, instead of being 
pulled down smoothly, as in the old- 
time Norfolk. It is usually seen in suits 
where the skirt is made walking length, 
a sensible fashion that continually 
grows in favor. From the rainy day 
skirt it was a natural evolution to the 
trim walking suit, the skirt of heavy 
cloth, unlined, and clearing the ground 
about an inch all around, and the Nor¬ 
folk jacket of the same material. Many 
years ago—more than a quarter of a 
century—Ruskin, the great critic and 
essayist, made an earnest plea for the 
adoption of Greek robes by English 
women. He condemned the burden¬ 
some costume then fashionable, loaded 
with pleatings and puffings, pinched in 
and padded out, an impediment to any 
freedom of movement. It was his belief 
that, in the loose and flowing robes of 
Grecian women, complete freedom of 
movement would be given, inviting 
boundless activity, especially in domes¬ 
tic work. It does not appear that Rus- 
kin’s fair compatriots ever viewed his 
suggestion seriously. However classic 
a woman with a modern profile may 
look, draped artistically in a peplus, 
with an occasional cameo to offset the 
lack of collar and sleeves, such a cos¬ 
tume does not seem in harmony with an 
advanced civilization which expects us 
to catch trolley cars and join the assault 
upon bargain counters. The short walk¬ 
ing skirt is distinctly unclassical, but it 
is one of the most comfortable garments 
the active woman is blessed with, and 
like the shirt waist (which the modern 
woman has learned to call a blouse) it 
is surely with us to stay. 
* 
One old friend of The R. N.-Y. used 
to write to us, a few years ago, from a 
dugout in Nebraska. She was a New 
England woman, and the change from 
her orderly eastern home to the sod 
shack, where there was no convenience 
for the careful housekeeping she had 
been accustomed to, was very great. 
Lippincott’s Magazine says that after 
the drawing for land at El Reno last 
Summer two young men sent home such 
glowing accounts of their 160 acres that 
their fond parents decided to give them 
a little surprise in the shape of a visit. 
The boys had written that they already 
had p. house upon their land and were 
living in it, so papa and mamma planned 
to stay with them during their sojourn. 
When they drove from the station to 
the 160 acres said to be occupied by their 
3982 Three Piece Skirt, 
22 to 30 Waist 
offspring they could find no trace of the 
aforementioned house, but they spied a 
joint of stovepipe sticking out from a 
side-hill. Upon investigation this proved 
to be the ‘’house’’ mentioned in their 
letters. It was a dugout, and upon the 
door, which was locked, was a printed 
sign which read: 
Forty miles to wood, 
Eighty miles to water, 
God bless our little home. 
The visitors, however, were not inured 
to such primitive housekeeping, so they 
started home without further ceremony, 
and did not attempt their anticipated 
stay. Many a woman has suffered such 
a shock at first, to make the best of 
things afterwards with that spirit of 
home love that turns even the desert 
into Eden. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The woman’s skirt shown has a plain 
front gore, the flounce being joined to 
the side portions only. The unbroken 
line of the front gives an effect of height 
and slenderness, while the flounce pro¬ 
vides the needed fullness at sides and 
back. The model is made of Havana 
brown cheviot, with stitched bands of 
broadcloth in the same shade; but all 
dress materials are appropriate, and the 
design suits the costume and the odd 
skirt equally well. The front gore is 
plain, shaped to be close fitting at the 
top and to flare at the feet. The side 
portions are circular and to their lower 
edges the circular flounce is seamed. 
Short hip darts effect a snug fit at the 
sides and the fullness at the back is laid 
in inverted pleats. To cut this skirt for 
a woman of medium size 8% yards 21 
3943 Misses Ski ft, 
12 ;o 16 trs- 
inches wide, seven yards 27 inches wide, 
3% yards 44 inches wide or 3% yards 
50 inches wide will be required. The 
pattern No. 3982 is cut in sizes for a 22, 
24, 26, 28 and 30-inch waist measure; 
price 10 cents from this office. 
The misses’ skirt is made from camel’s 
hair cheviot in the new shade of garnet 
and is trimmed with stitched bands of 
the same; but cloth poplin and all simi¬ 
lar materials are suited to the skirt de¬ 
signed for occasions of dress and serge 
corduroy and golf cloth are admirable 
for school or rainy day wear. The skirt 
is cut in five gores, the fullness at the 
back being laid in flat inverted pleats. 
The flounces are circular and flaring. 
One or both may be used as preferred. 
To cut this skirt for a miss 14 years of 
age 8% yards 20 inches wide, eight yards 
27 inches wide, 5% yards 44 inches wide 
or 4% yards 50 inches wide will be re¬ 
quired when both flounces are used; 6% 
yards 20 inches wide, 6% yards 27 
inches wide, 4% yards 44 inches wide, 
3% yards 50 inches wide, when one is 
omitted. The pattern No. 3943 is cut in 
sizes for misses of 12, 14 and 16 years of 
age; price 10 cents from this office. 
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