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THE LITTLE CHILDREN IN JAPAN. 
The little children in Japan 
Are fearfully polite; 
They always thank their bread and milk 
Before they take a bite. 
And say: “You make us most content, 
O honorable nourishment!” 
The little children in Japan 
Don’t think of being rude. 
“O noble dear mamma,” they say, 
“We trust we don’t intrude,” 
Instead of rushing in to where 
All day their mother combs her hair. 
The little children in Japan 
Wear mittens on their feet; 
They have no proper hats to go 
A-walking on the street; 
And wooden stilts for overshoes 
They don’t object at all to use. 
The little children in Japan 
With toys of paper play, 
And carry paper parasols 
To keep the rain away; 
And when you go to see, you’ll find 
It’s paper walls they live behind. 
—Caroline Mac Cormack in Harper’s Maga¬ 
zine. 
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One of the conveniences to be appre¬ 
ciated at housecleaning time is a wire 
frame mounted on a long handle, over 
and without doubt there is some truth 
in this. 
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Of course the usual refuge in the case 
of mealtime emergencies is the use of 
canned goods. These are extremely use¬ 
ful, especially where far from market, 
but too great a dependence on them be¬ 
comes an extravagance. City house¬ 
keepers are often driven to an increased 
use of canned food by their limited 
space, w’hich gives them no place for 
storage, and also interferes with the dis¬ 
posal of waste. Vegetable peelings, corn 
husks and cobs, and similar refuse soon 
become an embarrassment to the city 
housekeeper, even with all household 
conveniences; hence the disposition to 
use canned products freely. Canned and 
potted meats should certainly be put in 
the list of emergency rations; in spite of 
modern processes they do not compete 
with the domestic article in character, 
and potted meats especially seem to owe 
more to the use of condiments than to 
their original flavor. Canned soups are 
very useful for unexpected needs, but 
they are not cheap. 
and fall free at flounce depth. The orig¬ 
inal is unlined, but lighter material can 
be lined throughout if preferred. To cut 
this skirt in the medium size eight yards 
cf material 27 inches wide, 4% yards 44 
inches wide or 4% yards 52 inches wide 
will be required. The pattern No. 4084 
is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30- 
inch waist measure; price 10 cents. 
A Window Garden. 
The outside of a window can be made 
very attractive, and a great deal of plea¬ 
sure can be derived from it during the 
Summer if a shelf be put up and plants 
which is drawn the lamb’s-wool bag used 
to dust walls and ceilings. It is not diffi¬ 
cult, however, to design a homemade sub¬ 
stitute for this in the form of a wire or 
wooden frame mounted on an old broom 
handle, and padded with thick material, 
a cover of cotton flannel being drawn 
over it when in use. The removable 
cover is for convenience in washing. 
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A great convenience for sprinkling 
clothes is one of those sprinklers the 
florists use for spraying cut flowers—a 
rubber bulb having a finely pierced 
metal cap. It. gives a fine and abundant 
spray which damps the clothes uniform¬ 
ly, without making them sopping wet in 
any place. These sprinklers are usually 
listed at about 60 cents for the small 
and 75 cents for the medium size. Many 
women who use them on their house 
plants never think of applying them to 
laundry work also. 
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“What to do in emergencies” sounds 
very instructive, and the wise words we 
find under such a title are very useful— 
only, unfortunately, emergencies usually 
do not occur according to the printed 
schedule. Some of those most difficult 
to cope with do not find any place in a 
manual of instructions, and any house¬ 
keeper can bear witness to the variety of 
forms they may take. It is quite easy to 
prescribe for a cut finger or a bruised 
head; the real emergencies are unex¬ 
pected company when there isn’t any- 
4087 Shirt Waist. 32 lo 42 Bust. 
thing to eat in the house, or a sudden in¬ 
vitation for a day’s visit when the 
clothes haven’t dried and a lot of berries 
are coming in for canning. One of our 
friends asserts that as a rule the impro¬ 
vised meals produced in such cases from 
a bare larder are much nicer than those 
from more abundant materials, because 
greater pains are taken in the cooking, 
The Rural Patterns. shelf for window garden, ne. 124. 
Simple shirt waists are always in style 
for general wear. This model shows one 
of the latest designs and is suited to all 
cotton and linen fabrics. The back is 
plain, smooth across the shoulders and 
drawn down in gathers at the waist line. 
The fronts are tucked, in groups of two 
each, from the neck and shoulders to 
yoke depth, but below that point are full 
and soft. At the center is a box pleat 
through which buttonholes are worked. 
The sleeves are in shirt style with nar¬ 
row straight cuffs. To cut this waist in 
the medium size 3% yards 21 inches 
wide, 2% yards 32 inches wide or 1% 
yard 44 inches wide will be required 
The pattern No. 4087 is cut in sizes for 
32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42-inch bust mea¬ 
sure; price 10 cents from this office. 
The box-pleated skirt shown is cut in 
seven gores carefully shaped. The pleats 
are formed on the straight edge of each 
gore and arranged to conceal the seams 
cultivated upon it, either in boxes or 
pots. Select a wide board, or two boards 
joined with cleats and suspend the shelf 
outside the window, as shown in Fig. 
124. Two stout screw-eyes and a bit of 
chain or stout cord will be all that is 
needed, and the plants will be accessible 
from the inside of the window. Such an 
airangement outside the chamber win¬ 
dow of an invalid’s room will afford 
much pleasure to the “shut-in,” and will 
make an interest that will help pass time 
otherwise tedious. d. 
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Price, age and 50c. 
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Perfect in construction; positive in 
performance. Every genuine Elgin 
has the word “Elgin” engraved on 
the works. Illustrated art booklet free. 
ELGIN RATIONAL WATCH COMPANY, Elgin, Ill. 
the “1900” FAMILY 
WASHER FREE. 
Time, Labor and Expense of Washing 
Clothes Cut in Two. 
No More Stooping, Rubbing or Boiling of 
Clothes. 
THE “1900”, 
SENT FREE 
FAMILY WASHER 
BALL¬ 
BEARING 
without, deposit or advance pay¬ 
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30days’ trial. It is unquestionably thegreatestlabor 
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revo ves on bicycle 
ball-bea rings, mak-1 
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strength required, a 
child can operate It. 
No more stooping, 
rubbing, boiling of 
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and soap all that are 
needed. It will wash 
large quantities of clothes (no matter how 
soiled) perfectly cl-au in 6 minutes. Impossible 
to injure the most delicate fabrics. 
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Locomotive 
Engineers. 
HUDSON DfVraON m . 
Ar.,. 31.19Q/" 
Sparkill, Kockland Co., N. Y , Oct. 29, 1901. 
“1900” Washer Company: 
I have given your washer a fair trial It Is one of 
the best washers I ever saw. I washed three pairs or 
my dirty and greasy overalls and overshirts In ten 
minutes, and washed them clean. My housekeeper 
says it would have taken her two hours to have 
washed them the old way. It will wash ten shins, 
with collars and cults, In seven minutes. It will wash 
three washes without changing the water, only add¬ 
ing soapsuds and about two quarts of hot water alter 
the first wash. 
I have been a delegate and attended twenty-six 
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and my name is known on nearly every railroad in 
the United States and Canada. 1 am an engineer of 
the New York Division of the Erie road, and have 
run an engine for forty years. EDWARD KENT. 
Write at once for catalogue and full par¬ 
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“1900” WASHER CO., 
143 X State Street, Binghamton, N. Y. 
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The Best 
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made anywhere are Keystone 
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Two garments like this, with 
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