THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 22 
136 
s From Day to Day. 
UNCLE HENRY AND THE ARTIST. 
It’s queer what notions some people git! 
By cracky, it seems as though 
You never can tell the way they’ll turn 
or where they’ll be wantin’ to go. 
Now look at that little old crick down 
there, twistin’ and windin’ about, 
With not half water enough to wet the 
stones that are stickin’ out— 
Just think of a feller that comes away 
from the city up there, and stands 
For hours here, paintin’ a thing like that 
and nearly freezin’ his hands! 
I says to him, after he’d painted a while 
and was warmin’ his hands: “It’s 
queer 
That you’d want to be cornin’ so fur to 
paint this little old crick out here; 
I can’t, somehow, see how you can make 
a paintin’ of things like these— 
Some stones stickin’ up where the water’s 
low, and some crooked banks and the 
trees— 
And so many great sights in the city, too, 
to make paintin’s of,’’ says I, 
“Where the parks are laid out so beautiful 
and the buildin’s are built so high.’’ 
He smiled a kind of a sickish smile and he 
looked at the crick and me, 
And then says he: "There’s wonderful 
sights up there in the city to see— 
But there isn’t a peaceful stream up there 
with banks all windin’ about 
And not half water enough to hide the 
stones that are stickin’ out— 
There’s many great things in the city to 
see—there’s parks and palaces where 
The crowds go past, but there’s nothin’ 
that’s half as lovely as this up there.”. 
It’s strange what notions some people git. 
Just think of a fool that thinks 
There’s something grand in a little old 
stream where a cow or two comes and 
drinks! 
Why, I’ve been livin’ here sixty years— 
hold on!—By cracky, it’s more!— 
It’s sixty-two, and I never knew that 
crick was so great before— 
Poor chap, he looked harmless enough, but 
still he must of been kind of “queer” 
To leave them wonderful scenes up there 
and think it was beautiful here. 
—Chicago Record-Herald. 
time from 20,000 to 228,000. The largest 
proportion of these consists of stenog¬ 
raphers, cashiers, bookkeepers and tele¬ 
phone operators. In spite of this in¬ 
crease, there is a tendency in some lines 
of business to replace women with men, 
not because the women are inefficient, 
but because surroundings or line of pro- 
A man down in New Jersey is said to 
have reached the age of 129 years. His 
chief articles of diet are turnips and sau¬ 
sages, he has smoked since he was seven 
years old, and he chewed tobacco until 
he reached the age of 114. Of course, 
viewed as a hygienic example, he ought 
to have died about 90 years ago as a sol¬ 
emn warning. We have friends living 
entirely on health crackers and predi- 
4047 WOMAN'S WRAPPER. 
32 TO 40 BUST 
motion make men more desirable. This 
is especially the case in some railroad 
positions. 
According to appearances, every other 
woman one meets nowadays found a 
bead bag in her Christmas stocking. 
They are seen everywhere, in all styles 
and patterns, but the most popular are 
those of steel or silver beads, with 
mountings to match. The favorite shape 
is round, and they are all finished with 
a thick fringe of beads at the edge. The 
newest styles for chatelaine bags have 
the front of beads only, the back being 
made of brocade; this is for the purpose 
of saving the dress skirt, which soon 
wears shiny where the beads swing 
against it. 
4041 SHIRT WAIST 
32T0 42 BUST 
gested foods who find life a sad and dys¬ 
peptic procession, and others addicted to 
Welsh rabbits and midnight mince pie 
who can always bring health and appe¬ 
tite to their weird combinations of diet. 
It is well for the human family to study 
a sensible balanced ration, but a good 
many illustrious examples seem to prove 
that health and longevity are often a 
matter of individualism rather than 
hygiene. 
• 
The last census report gives a total of 
4,000,000 women in this country engaged 
in earning their own living, the number 
having more than doubled in 10 years. 
The largest increase was among those 
engaged in trade, which rose in that 
The Rural Patterns. 
The Gibson waist, shown in No. 4041, 
is likely to be one of the most popular 
new styles. As shown, it is made of soft 
finished white pique and is both smart 
and serviceable, but chambray, batiste, 
madras, Oxford, silk, light-weight wools 
and all the list of waisting materials are 
equally suitable. The features, which 
are the pleats running from the shoul¬ 
ders and the ornamental stitching, are 
entirely new this season and make a 
most distinctive effect. The fronts are 
laid in one deep pleat each which runs 
from the shoulders to the waist line, 
where the extra fullness can be arranged 
in gathers or adjusted to the figure as 
preferred. The back may be either plain 
or made with an applied yoke, but must 
be drawn down in gathers at the waist 
line. The sleeves are in regulation shirt 
style with cuffs three inches in width 
and at the neck is a plain stock worn 
with a fancy tie. The closing is effected 
through the usual box pleat which, how¬ 
ever, is slightly wider than those of last 
season. To cut this waist for a woman 
of medium size, 3% yards of material 21 
inches wide, 3% yards 27 inches wide, 
three yards 32 inches wide, or two yards 
44 inches wide will be required. The pat¬ 
tern No. 4041 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
lows’ Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It Is the Beet.— Adv. 
36, 38, 40 and 42-inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents from this office. 
The pretty wrapper has the lining 
carefully fitted and extending to the 
waist line only. On it are faced the por¬ 
tions of the yoke and over it are ar¬ 
ranged the portions of the wrapper. The 
back is gathered at the upper edge and 
again at the waist line. The fronts are 
gathered at the upper edge only, but are 
held in place by the belt, which forms a 
pointed bodice at the back and is passed 
under the smooth under-arm gores. The 
lining closes at the center front, but the 
wrapper is closed invisibly at the left 
side, the opening being cut on a line with 
the square yoke. Finishing the yoke is 
a bertha. The sleeves are in bishop style 
with straight cuffs. To cut this wrapper 
for a woman of medium size, 12 yards 
of material 27 inches wide, 10% yards 
32 inches wide, or 6% yards 44 inches 
wide will be required, with two yards 
27 inches wide, iy 2 yard 32 inches 
wide, or 1 y s yard 44 Inches wide for 
flounce; % yard of all-over lace, eight 
yards of insertion and 4% yards of edg¬ 
ing to trim as illustrated. The pattern 
No. 4047 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 
38 and 40-inch bust measure; price 10 
cents from this office. 
At the bottom of a good deal of brav¬ 
ery that appears to the world there 
lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will 
face powder and steel because they can¬ 
not face public opinion.—E. H. Chapin, j 
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