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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 25 
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From Day to Day. 
CHARITY— “AT HOME.” 
De trouble wid de country, 
Likewise de human race, 
Is—Charity so awful cold 
She hugs de fireplace! 
Cat’s des de trouble ever’whar’; 
Ef Charity wuz wise 
She’d git out in de Chris’mus air 
En take some exercise! 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
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One of our clerical friends tells a lit¬ 
tle coasting story which shows two dif¬ 
ferent points of view. He spent his boy¬ 
hood in a New Jersey town where sev¬ 
eral of the principal streets form most 
inviting hills—hills no normal boy could 
look at, during snowy weather, without 
at once rushing home for his sled. Of 
course the boys coasted down every one 
of those hills in spite of police prohibi¬ 
tion, until pedestrians found it far more 
dangerous to cross the street than to 
take a hand in a South American revo¬ 
lution. It was no use filling the jail 
with unrepentant coasters, so finally the 
city authorities gave the boys full per¬ 
mission to coast on one hilly street, so 
long as they kept away from others. It 
was a delightful hill; one of those in¬ 
clines where it takes two minutes to go 
down, and 20 minutes to climb up. One 
day a party of boys on a big bob-sled 
just started as they noticed a woman ap¬ 
parently about to cross from a side 
street. She didn’t cross, however, but 
stood inquiringly in the center of the 
hill, looking quite unconcerned. The 
foremost boy on the sled had been told 
he should always be polite to ladies, so 
he raised his head a little and called out: 
“Madam!” 
But the woman stood stock still, as 
though the nearest boy was in the next 
county, merely wobbling a little, in a 
way that completely upset the calcula¬ 
tions of the boy steering. Again the 
polite boy called out, in agonizing ap¬ 
peal: 
“Madam!!! 
The bob-sled came nearer; the wo¬ 
man merely shook out her skirts a lit¬ 
tle, as though a bob-sled on a steep hill 
could be “shoo’d” off the patn like a hen. 
“MADAM,” shrieked the polite boy 
for the third time. Then, rising glori¬ 
ously to the occasion, as the sled de¬ 
scended upon the immovable monument 
of feminine obstinacy, that boy reached 
out, clutched the woman firmly around 
the waist, and drew her up on to the 
bob, as if he were young Dochinvar on 
runners. A few seconds later, at the 
bottom of the hill, the boys offered a 
courteous apology to their unwilling 
passenger. Compared with her, a wet 
hen would be a calm and placid crea¬ 
ture. She was not merely angry; she 
was mad enough to foam at the mouth. 
She rejected all apologies, including an 
offer to tow her up the hill again to the 
place she started from. Finally one of 
the boys drew himself up to his full 
height of about four feet, and closed the 
episode by remarking with dignity: 
“Madam, you’re the most unreason¬ 
able person I ever met. Here we’ve 
given you a beautiful ride down hill, 
and offered to pull you up again, and 
yet you’re not satisfied. If you don’t 
like it because it was unexpected, you 
ought to keep off our hill. We always 
try to be polite to grown-ups, but I don’t 
think that the next lady who refuses to 
move off the track will 'be invited to 
take a front seat!” Then the indignant 
boys filed solemnly up the hill again. 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
lows’ Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while 'teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
leaving the woman to consider whether 
a slight loss of personal dignity com¬ 
bined with an exhilarating experience of 
rapid transit, was sufficient excuse for 
an inarticulate rage—and a woman has 
to become very, very angry to be unable 
to speak. We hope, as she cooled down, 
she realized that even boys have some 
rights that should be respected, and that 
from their youthful point of view, she 
was herself the offender. 
The Rural Fatterns. 
Little girls are always nicely dressed 
in simple plaids or checks. The pretty 
frock illustrated is made of mixed wool 
material in brown and white, with re- 
vers of brown velvet, on which white 
lace is applied, trimming of velvet rib¬ 
bon and yoke of white silk banded with 
the same. The same design can be util¬ 
ized for many materials and many com¬ 
binations. The simple little waist shown 
is made over a body lining and closes 
together at the center back. On to this 
lining the contrasting yoke is faced, and 
over it are arranged the front and backs 
of the waist, which are gathered at the 
waist line, and are finished with pointed 
revers at their upper edges. The sleeves 
are in bishop style with straight narrow 
cuffs. The circular skirt has a circular 
flounce applied over the lower edge, and 
the fullness is arranged in inverted 
pleats at the center back but may be 
gathered if so preferred. The flounce 
may be omitted if not desired. To cut 
this costume for a girl eight years of 
age 5 y 2 yards of material 21 inches wide, 
3% yards 27 inches wide-or 2 y 2 yards 44 
inches wide will be required, with (4- 
yard each of silk and piece velvet and 
3995 Girl’s; Costume, 
6 to 1 2 years. 
two pieces of velvet ribbon to trim as 
illustrated. The pattern No. 3996 is cut 
in sizes for girls of 6, 8, 10 and 12 years 
of age; price 10 cents from this office. 
Plain shirt waists, with comfortable 
turn-over collars are necessary to every 
boy’s wardrobe. This satisfactory model 
is shown in percale, white with stripes 
of blue, but is suited to all washable 
shirtings and to both flannel and flan¬ 
nelette. The waist fits smoothly across 
the shoulders and is arranged in gath¬ 
ers at the waist line, where there is an 
applied belt to which buttons are sewed 
by means of which the trousers are held 
in place. The sleeves are in regulation 
shirt style with straight cuffs and open¬ 
ings finished with overlaps. At the neck 
THERE IS A CLASS OF PEOPLE 
Who aro Injured by tne use of coffee. Recently there 
has been placed in all the grocery stores a new pre¬ 
paration called GRAIN-O. made of pure grains, that 
takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach 
receives it without distress, and but few can tell it 
from coffee. It does not cost over J4 as much. 
Children may drink it with great benefit, lac. and 
25c. per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-0 
is a turn-over collar which can, how¬ 
ever, be omitted, and tne neck finished 
with the neckband, to which separate 
collars can be attached when preferred. 
To cut this waist for a boy eight years 
of age, 1% yard of material 27 inches 
wide or 1% yard 32 inches wide will be 
4005. Boy’s Shirt Waist, 
4 to 12 Years. 
required. The pattern No. 4005 is cut 
in sizes for boys of 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 
years of age; price 10 cents. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
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Our mills must dispose of surplus stock. Buy your 
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