742 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 1 
WYTTTTTTT T ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ * ’ T ’ ’ ’ ’ m 
[ Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
IRA IN THE CITY. 
I wonder -what they’re doin’ these delight¬ 
ful days out there, 
Where the good old crispy feelin’ comes 
a-stealin’ through the air; 
I can almost taste the cider that is pourin’ 
from the mill, 
Seems as though I hear the rustle in the 
corn shocks on the hill. 
I can seem to see the pun’kinS gleamin’ 
yellow on the ground, 
And the blossoms of the buckwheat with 
the bees a-buzzin’ round. 
I wonder if the apples of the old tree by 
the gate 
Have been gathered yet? They always 
used to ripen rather late; 
And, gee whiz, how good they tasted, and 
what lots of juice they had, 
And the smell that there was to ’em—that 
alone ’ud make you glad 
Oh, I’d like to be out yonder, where the 
colts kick up and play, 
And the folks keep on believin’ that the 
Lord ain’t fur away. 
I wonder if the thorn tree is still standin’ 
in the lane. 
Where the old gray used to rub it, tearin’ 
hair out of ’er mane? 
And I wonder if the corn crib still is tip- 
pin’ to’rds the west, 
As it done when 1 was out there thinkin’ 
city life the best? 
And the crick beyond the meadow—s'pose 
it’s there and goin’ still 
Down between the rows of willows, past 
the old red woolen mill. 
I s’pose the sumac’s crimson and the 
maple’s turnin’ red, 
Just as though I’d never left there with 
big notions in my head. 
And the cows I’ll bet go wadin’ to the 
middle of the stream, 
And stand there, kind of solemn, and look 
fur away and dream. 
Not a thing has stopped out yonder just 
because I left one day. 
And if I'd go back the city'd never know 
I’d been away 
—Chicago Record-Herald. 
* 
“Give us the beautiful sunshine of 
soul that comes from a kind, honest, 
cheerful heart,” says a Michigan reader. 
That is the sort of sunshine that shows 
up brightest on a rainy day. 
* 
There are several substitutes for cof¬ 
fee now on the market, which are wide¬ 
ly sold, being recommended, not merely 
because they are less expensive than 
high-grade coffee, but also because they 
are said to be more nutritious, and de¬ 
void of the qualities that make excessive 
coffee drinking a danger. Americans 
are among the greatest coffee drinkers 
in the world, and it is not surprising 
that Graino and other coffee substitutes 
find a large field open to them. We have 
heard a good many conflicting state¬ 
ments regarding their palatability, and 
we should like to hear from readers who 
have tried them, and who will give us a 
plain and honest opinion of their use. 
Have they been sufficiently satisfactory 
to supersede coffee entirely? No doubt 
many of our mature readers will remem¬ 
ber the rye coffee of war times, the 
grain being parched and treated like the 
tropical berry, but we think most users 
of this homely substitute were glad to 
return to real coffee when circumstances 
permitted. 
* 
Among convenient cooking utensils of¬ 
fered in agate ware is an egg frying pan. 
It is shallow, and has four little depres¬ 
sions in it to hold the eggs, thus keep¬ 
ing them in shape. An omelet pan is 
oval, shallow, and curving at the sides, 
instead of coming straight up, like an 
ordinary frying pan. There is a large 
increase in the number of nickel cooking 
vessels, and it is said that this material 
will be still more largely used in the fu¬ 
ture. A great many earthen vessels are 
trimmed with nickel. Special racks for 
holding dishcloths, saucepan lids and 
kitchen spoons are a convenience. A 
plate scraper that will aid the dish¬ 
washer is a piece of rubber about two 
inches long attached to a wooden handle, 
like a miniature window cleaner. Among 
agate ware kitchen vessels, the prettiest 
we have seen this season were pale blue 
with white lining. They would look 
quite ornamental in a kitchen, and pre¬ 
sent great advantages over the old-fash¬ 
ioned metal vessels which had to be kept 
bright. 
* 
Fennel is among the unfamiliar sup¬ 
plies offered in the Italian markets here, 
both the slender common form and the 
Florence or Sweet fennel, whose stems 
thicken out just above the root crown 
like a swollen head of celery. Ameri¬ 
cans use fennel very little; in Europe it 
is boiled as a vegetable and served un¬ 
cooked as a salad. In England fennel 
sauce, made by chopping the leaves fine 
and adding them to drawn butter or 
cream sauce is often served with boiled 
fish. 
* 
A friend asks the recipe for waffles 
which, buttered and served with scraped 
or grated maple sugar, form the most 
delicious of hot cakes. For the batter 
use one pint of sifted flour, one level 
teaspoonful baking powder, one-half 
teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful but¬ 
ter, melted, two eggs and iy 2 cupful 
milk; beat to a smooth batter. Heat the 
waffle iron very hot; grease both lids; 
put a cooking spoonful of batter into 
each lid, and cook five minutes on each 
side. Slip out on to a hot dish. Place 
in the oven until more are cooked, then 
put them one on top of the other, each 
buttered and heaped with grated maple 
sugar. The hot waffle man, with his 
push-cart kitchen, becomes a feature of 
the city streets when the first frost puts 
the ice-cream and hot-corn venders out 
of business for the season. His greasy 
dainties, hot from the baking and 
thickly sifted with powdered sugar, are 
eagerly eaten, and he seems quite a for¬ 
midable rival to the man who deals out 
hot Frankfurters. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The Gibson waist shown includes a 
postillion belt, and will be found a very 
becoming style. The original is of para- 
4241 Shirt Waist, 
32 to 40 bust. 
metta cloth in pastel blue and is trim¬ 
med with the border of the material, 
which is embroidered in white silk, but 
all waist and dress materials are appro¬ 
priate. The waist is made over a fitted 
lining that closes at the center front, 
but itself consists of back and fronts 
only which are arranged over the foun¬ 
dation after the shoulder seams are 
closed and the pleats stitched. The 
sleeves are in bishop style and at the 
neck is a regulation stock. When de¬ 
sired with revers the fronts can be faced 
and rolled back from the indicated cen¬ 
ter, which is closed invisibly. As showm 
on figure the waist is lapped in double- 
breasted style and closed by means of 
buttons and buttonholes. The quantity 
of material required for the medium size 
is four yards 21 inches wide, four yards 
27 inches wide, or 2 y 2 yards 44 inches 
wide. The pattern No. 4241 is cut in 
sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust 
measure; price 10 cents. 
The house gown figured is a comfort¬ 
able and becoming one. The gown has 
4230 House Gown, 
32 to 42 bust. 
short body portions which are shaped 
to point in center back. To these are 
attached the gathered skirt, which is 
just full enough to be graceful. The 
fronts extend to the neck where they 
are gathered and may be arranged over 
the short body lining or not as preferred 
and the closing is made invisibly in the 
center. Over these are placed the bolero 
fronts with rounding edges, the trim¬ 
ming of which is extended around the 
back. A fashionable round collar trim¬ 
med to correspond finishes the neck, but 
this may be omitted and the trimming 
simply extended around the neck of bo¬ 
lero, while the neck of the gown is fin¬ 
ished with a stock collar. The sleeves 
can be in elbow length finished with 
frills or long and gathered into cuffs in 
bishop style. The quantity of material 
required for the medium size is 12 yards 
21 inches wide, 10 yards 27 inches wide 
or 7 y 2 yards 44 inches wide, with 4% 
yards of applique to trim as illustrated. 
The pattern No. 4230 is cut in sizes for 
a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42-inch bust mea¬ 
sure; price 10 cents from this office. 
What are brittle 
lamp chimneys 
for ? 
For sale. 
Macbeth don’t 
make ’em. 
If you’ll send your address, I’ll send you 
the Index to Lamps and their Chimneys, to 
tell you what number to get for your lamp. 
Macbeth, Pittsburgh. 
V, 
AMERICAN 
BUFFALO 
ROBES 
are a thing of the past, 
t we have the Kazoo Buffalo 
Robe, a substitute that has every uppenriince and 
in any advantages over the Genuine Buffalo Skin 
Robe, first quality only. Made of very heavy KIDliU. 
DOWN, pliable, Boft, lined with astrachan and much 
warmer than a stiff skin Robe. Interlined with rubber 
cloth, wind and water proof. Wholesale Prlec *6.60, % 
the price of a skin robe. Money back i f notsatisf actory. 
Catalog 0 S3, free. Canh Suppy & Mfg. Co., Kalamaioo, Mich, 
Jill 
fififi ’fit 
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BBIllEMillllll 
The Best 
Farmer’s Garments 
made anywhere are Keystone 
Union-Made Overalls and Pants. 
Two garments like this, with 
coats to match, costing less than 
82 a suit, will clothe a farmer 
neatly one year. Ask for lots 56, 
57 or 58, in stripes—or if you 
prefer blue, lot 18. With each 
suit a 6 months’ Diary and 
Time Book free. If your 
dealer will not furnish Key¬ 
stone goods, send his name, 
and we’ll supply you. 
Cleveland & Whitohill Co. 
Newburgh, N. Y. 
\ 
All Hands OnTime 
The second hand, 
the minute hand, 
the hour hand 
. in unison on an 
run 
ELGIN 
Watch 
V/ 'W/Jff Perfect in construction 
• performance. Every gc 
has the word “Elgin” engraved on 
in ■ ii?^ the works. Illustrated art booklet free. 
ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY, Elgin, Ill. 
positive 
Ball Band 
Wool and 
Buhker 
Keep 5n the Warmth—Keep out the Wet. 
The BALL BAND trade mark on wool and rubber boots is a 
guarantee of superior quality. They give more comfort and longer 
service than any other make. The BALL BAND is the 
only ALL-KNIT wool boot and the rubbers are made from 
the highest grade rubber—not the product of a trust. Insist 
on getting the BALL BAND goods and you are 
sure of the best. Get them from you dealer 
MISHAWAKA WOOLEN MFG. CO., Mishawaka, Ind. 
