1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
333 
leged few, there are no pews in Cuban 
churches, or chairs and kneeling benches 
for hire, as in Europe. The swellest 
thing for ladies to the manor born is to 
have a footman, or small black page in 
gorgeous liveries, to carry a “ prayer 
carpet ” and spread it wherever he can 
find room on the church floor : and then, 
when the soft knees of his mistress are 
crooked upon it, to drop on one corner 
behind her for his own devotions. The 
men of the congregation stand through¬ 
out the services, leaning against the 
walls in solid phalanx, taking things 
easy after the manner of the lazy sex, 
expecting to get into heaven on the 
merits of their daughters, wives and 
mothers. The women, however, instead 
of rising to the feet at intervals, as in 
other countries, keep right on kneel¬ 
ing from start to finish, regardless of 
bodily torture, relieving the position 
when flesh and bones can endure no 
more, by settling back upon the heels in 
a kind of capital Z attitude. Only a born 
Havanese can do it gracefully. In a few 
minutes, the foreigner wobbles sideways 
in a demoralized heap, and feels a good 
deal more like Cinderella in the ashes 
than a decorous chu r ch communicant. 
Admiral Kimberley’s Apology 
MISS L1BGE WAS LITTLE AND MRS. LITTLE 
WAS LARGE, AND THAT MADE TROUBLE. 
In the recent bombardment of Apia 
and adjacent parts of Upolu in Samoa, 
the women of the London Mission offered 
to nurse the wounded, says the New York 
Sun It is really no new thing, for there 
has never been any trouble in Samoa 
when the women of the Mission have not 
been foremost in this good work. Ten 
years ago, when there was much greater 
need of such services than there has been 
this year, the most helpful of the Mission 
nurses were Miss Large and Mrs. Little. 
Through one of those dispensations by 
which Providence shows that it is not 
devoid of a sense of humor, Miss Large 
was a mere dot of a woman, while Mrs. 
Little was carved in those statuesque 
proportions which some of the English 
women assume after passing the slim¬ 
ness of early youth. This complicated 
matters for Admiral Kimberley, who 
was constantly meeting the two nurses. 
He remembered the names, but no mat¬ 
ter how hard he might try to place them 
properly, he would assort them in the 
order of comparative dimensions, and 
address Miss Large as Miss Little and 
Mrs. Little as Mrs. Large. Miss Large 
had the saving grace to appreciate the 
comedy of the situation, but Mrs. Little 
never could get it through her head why 
there was any reason short of American 
insolence to women why Admiral Kim¬ 
berley should so generally mislay her 
name. At last one day she felt that she 
could endure the studied insults no 
longer, and sought the Admiral with the 
intent to have it out with him, because 
she thought that the labor of mercy in 
which she was engaged should entitle 
her to consideration. She laid her com¬ 
plaint before Admiral Kimberley, one of 
the most exact of the practitioners of 
fine old naval courtesy to women. He 
heard her through without interruption, 
and then offered this statement by way 
of explanation or apology, as she might 
choose to consider it: 
“ Mrs. Little, were you less large I 
should have no difficulty in remembering 
that you are Little; but you yourself 
must acknowledge that, large as you are, 
it is a little hard to call you Little. You 
know that a large care rests on me, and 
I have little time for a little matter like 
this. Bear with me a little, and you will 
see what is largely responsible for my 
seeming neglect to recall your name. 
When I meet you and your excellent col¬ 
league, Miss Large, I recognize you im¬ 
mediately, Mrs. Little. But so long as 
Miss Large is little, and Mrs. Little is 
large, then my mind trips me. I make 
the natural mistake of calling MBs Large 
Miss Little and Mrs. Little Mrs. Large. 
But now that you have called my atten¬ 
tion to my unfortunate error, I shall not 
make that blunder again. All that I 
shall have to do is to fix it in mind that 
Little is large and Large is little, and 
therefore if I call the little one Large 
and the large one Little I shall be all 
right. Thank you so much for setting 
me right.” 
And Mrs. Little told her friends that the 
Admiral was a very exhaustive thinker. 
From the Kitchen Window. 
April is here, and once more the vio¬ 
lets have been with us. Crocus and 
snowdrop were the first to thrill us with 
the breath of Spring, and we find that 
we can look long and wonderingly at 
this miracle fresh from the earth, for it 
means growth after the long Winter’s 
sleep. The white turkeys wander over 
the garden seeking what they may de¬ 
vour, and I sat quite calmly by my 
kitchen window, and watched them 
pluck the pansies from the bed, and eat 
them wholesale. What is the use of run¬ 
ning after them ? Iam tired of trying 
to reform—turkeys—let them eat; and 
so, satisfied with that tid-bit, they tu r n 
to the tulips, and'pick the tops off them. 
It is the eternal fight over again—United 
Slates and Cuba—turkey or pans'es. 
The strongest win, and they will choose 
to take what best suits their palatep. 
Very good scavengers these ungainly 
fowls, but not an ornament in the flow¬ 
er garden where they persist in staying. 
In the kitchen, the amateur cook makes 
a very nice Spring soup in 15 minutes, 
with a little stock, a little milk, some 
parsley and asparagus tops out of the 
garden. How good things taste that 
have grown in the fresh earth, when 
once more we get them out of it. No 
radishes so tender, no lettuce so crisp as 
that grown in a little nook that is first 
touched by the warm Spring sunshine. 
Students of hygiene say to use very freely 
of spinach at this season. I have many 
times written of practical experience in 
the use of asparagus, that prince of 
vegetables for health and utility. We 
have used apples all Winter as a food, 
baked for all meals. When the children 
come in from a distant school, a pan of 
baked apples is there for them to eat be¬ 
fore tea is ready ; during the evening 
hours of study, they do not tire of the 
same, eaten in the interval of a puzzling 
problem. 
A new use to us of sulphite of copper 
is to spray the curtains in the green¬ 
house that have become affected with 
mildew. We shall see whether it stops 
the spreading of the trouble. Some 
Coquette des Alpes roses have bloomed 
all Winter—clusters of them. Such beau¬ 
ties that they were, indeed, a lovely 
sight. It is a very satisfactory rose. 
We have been using buckwheat flour 
for the first time this Winter, made and 
baked like johnny cake. The young 
people like it for breakfast, and it varies 
the diet. annie l jack. 
Girls With Aspirations. 
The Ambition of Discontent —Is there 
such a thing as a contented woman ? I 
can’t find any, says a writer in a New 
York daily. Every little boarding-school 
girl you meet has “aspirations.” She 
wants to “be something.” One caught 
me on an elevated train yesterday. “I’m 
writing my Spring essay,” she said. “It’s 
on ‘ Ambition.’ I keep urging every one 
to be something. Isn’t it grand to 1 be 
something ’ ?” 
“ It depends on what the something 
is,” said I—and I know that girl hates 
me for life. 
I had a letter from a California woman 
the other way. She is a newspaper 
woman. She has worked hard and made 
a place for herself in the city where she 
lives She has a home there, and friends, 
and if she died, some one would come 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs.Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.—Adv. 
and put a knot of flowers in her hand, 
and say something kind about her to 
tho3e who loved her. She’s earning a 
good living. She has plenty of good 
clothes, and enough to eat, and she is 
putting money in the bank every week ; 
but she wants to “be something.” So 
she’s coming to New York, to live in a 
hall bedroom, and work among strangers, 
and live with people who would not turn 
their hands over to help her if she were 
dying. 
Mistaken Women. —There’s another 
girl I know. She’s an artist. She really 
can do things, clever things, and worth 
the doing. She has a charming home in 
a small western city. Her parents are 
well-to-do, and she is the idol of her little 
circle. She quarreled with her people, 
and left her home, and she’s coming to 
New York to “ be something.” The 
something that she will be is a hard- 
worked, half-starved, heart-sick, embit¬ 
tered woman, with a dozen enemies made 
for every success she achieves. 
Death is a gentle friend compared to 
discouragement and disillusion and the 
awful hea 1 t-sinking that comes when 
the fine veil which makes the world a 
place of enchantment to every young 
woman worth worrying over is torn 
away. What are the parents of a girl 
thinking of who allow her to come to a 
city likeNew York alone? Sometimes it is 
a good thing. Sometimes a girl who gets 
discontented and who “yearns after a 
higher life”, needs nothing in the world 
but a good, vigorous struggle for any 
kind of life at all to bring her to her 
senses. 
for 50c. 
a yard, plain black Mohair, 54 inches 
wide—fine lustrous quality—nothing so 
wide and good ever sold for near so low 
a price. Splendid for skirts, gowns, 
bathing suits, and to make men’s Sum¬ 
mer coats of. 
38-inch plain Black Mohair 25c. yard 
—parallel value with the above extra 
good goods. 
Wish we could show you a store view 
of the assotrments of fine Dress Cottons 
here— 20c. to £»Oc. —Dimities, Tissues, 
Mousselines, Swisses, Organdies, etc. 
Probably three or four times as many as 
you’ll find anywhere else tochoosefrom. 
You’ll be pleased if you get samples, 
and see how perfectly and less-pricedly 
we can suit your preference. 
Lots of pretty wash goods 10c., 12%e. 
15c. yard. 
New Corded Wash Silks 45c. 
New Foulards and Indias 50c., 65e., 
75c.—superb styles. 
Rich new corded Taffetas, 75c. 
If you haven’t yet received the new 
200-page illustrated catalogue, remind 
us of it, with your name and address, 
so you’ll be sure to get one. 
BOCCS & BUHL, 
Department C, 
ALLEGHENY, PA. 
A Cleveland man who has made a 
fortune in lamp wicks is now in jail, on 
the charge of using the mails to defraud. 
He sold penny lamp wicks for 40 cents 
each, soaking them in a preparation 
which slightly retarded their combus¬ 
tion, and warranting them for 10 years. 
A good many housewives will, doubtless, 
be gratified by the punishment of this 
swindler. 
DINNER SET 
or GOLD WATCH 
with 30 lbs. 8. 8. Chop Tea. Lae« 
Curtains, Watches, Clocks, Tea 
Sets, Toilet Sets, given away with 
$5, $7, $10 and $15 orders. Send this 
“ad.” and 15c. and we will send you 
a sample of 8.8. Chop or any other 
Tea you may select. The R. N.-Y. 
The Great American Tea Co., 
31&33Vesey St. (Box 289),NewYork 
were required to 
perfect our new ( 
“Uesta” 
tubular 
Lantern which we \ 
now offer as some¬ 
thing extraordi- 1 
nary in the Lantern tine. It has the \ 
Railroad Lantern's rugged constitu¬ 
tion joined to the tubular system, and 1 
the result is a splendid light-giving , 
7uear and abuse resister. We will, 
if desired\ mail our special Circular 1 
of the “ Vesta ” Lantern; or, upon 
receipt of $i.oo, rue will send you 
(.freight prepaid ) the very best Lan¬ 
ternfor general service you ever saw. 
Why not “ see it ” on those terms f 
Our Illustrated Catalogue Is Mailed Free. 
R. E. DIETZ CO., 
87 Laight St., New York. 
ESTABLISHED IH 1840. 
Only good Lanterns are stamped ‘ 
DIETZ." 
$9.00 Bu ys a . Victor g£jj 
with full set of attachments Adapted to 
light or heavy work. Guaranteed for 
'10 years. 30 DAYS FREE TRIAL, 
S22J)0^1uyj^a Victor 
Church or Parlor ORGAN 3uaran- 
Ucdfor25yrs 20 Days Free Trial. 
Catalogues Free. Address Dept. 8, 
VICTOR MANUFACTURING CO., 
295 -297 Fifth Ave., Chicago, III. 
FULL CREAM CHEESE. 
We make a specialty of supplying families and 
grocers in five-pound and 20-pound sizes. Write for 
prices and terms. A & H. E. COOK, Denmark, N. V. 
Artistic homes cost no more than 
'ordinary homes. The difference is 
in the choice of wall paper. And 
’right choice does not add to the ex- 
r penso when selections are made from 
our catalogue, a handsome book 
BY MAIL FREE 
containing choice selections from, 
the works of the best wall paper/ 
designers. Prices much lower/ 
than those of ordinary dealers./ 
Send for it to-day. When you write, 
tell us what rooms you plan to paper./’ 
Agent* Will,ted to sell wall paper 
from sample hooks. Large commissions. 
Write for particulars. 
CHAS. M. N. KILLEN, 
1S81-12KH Filbert Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
SOLD! 
UNDER A 
Positive 
G 
to wash as clean as can be 
done on the washboard, 
even to the wristbands and 
collar of the dirtiest shirt, 
and with much more ease. 
This applies to Terriff’s 
Perfect Washer, which 
will bo sent on trial at 
wholesale price. If not 
satisfactory, money will 
be refunded. Agents 
wanted. ‘For exclusive 
territory, terms & prices, _ 
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New, complete,ready to rldo. Agents Wanted. Others$17.50 
to $35.00, cash or time. Sent on approval. Guaranteed one year. 
Beautiful 
catalog free. 
Bicycle sun- 
ip. Get our prices before buying. Write quick. 
CAN MACHINE CO., Dept. 213 Flint, Mich. 
SOLD ON TIME. 
dries chea 
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