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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 11 
From Day to Day. 
There was a time, betwixt the days 
Of linsey-woolsey, straight and prim, 
And these when mode, with despot ways, 
Leads woman captive at its whim, 
Yet not a hundred years ago. 
When girls wore simple calico. 
Within the barn by lantern light, 
Through many a reel, with flying feet, 
The boys and maidens danced at night 
To fiddled measures, shrilly sweet; 
And merry revels were they, though 
The girls were gowned in calico. 
Across the flooring rough and gray 
The gold of scattered chaff was spread, 
And long festoons of clover hay 
That straggled from the loft o'er head, 
Swung scented fringes to and fro 
O’er pretty girls in calico. 
They used to go a-Maying then, 
The blossoms of the Spring to seek. 
In sunny glades and sheltered glen, 
Unweighed by fashion’s latest freak; 
And Robin fell in love, I know. 
With Phyllis in her calico. 
A tuck, a frill, a bias fold, 
A hat curved over gypsy-wise, 
And beads of coral and of gold, 
And rosy cheeks and merry eyes 
Made lassies in that long ago. 
Look charming in their calico. 
The modern knight who loves a maid 
Of gracious air and gentle grace, 
And finds her oftentimes arrayed 
In shining silk and priceless lace. 
Would love her just as well, I know, 
In pink and lilac calico. 
—Hattie Whitney in Munsey’s Magazine. 
* 
A queer ceremony which takes place 
on October 20, each year, in London, is 
the payment to the Queen of two hatch¬ 
ets, six horseshoes, and 61 horseshoe 
nails by the Corporation of the City of 
London. These articles are rental for a 
forge in London and an estate in Shrop¬ 
shire, and this curious rent has now 
been paid to the Sovereign for 600 years, 
or more, dating from the reign of King 
John. 
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“I often wish,” remarked the Dom¬ 
inie, “that Christianity would teach 
some women to boil a potato clear 
through.” There is a strong moral in 
that remark. A woman who neglects 
everyday duties, in her zeal for a more 
spiritual life, is a living illustration of 
faith without works. In emulating the 
spirituality of Mary, who had chosen the 
better part, we do wrong to condemn 
poor anxious Martha, who was “cum¬ 
bered with much serving.” We think 
that a good many of the Marthas in this 
world deserve to be Marys in the next. 
* 
There are still some people who be¬ 
lieve that it is better for children, while 
young, to have such diseases as measles, 
mumps, scarlet fever, whooping cough, 
etc., under the impression that every one 
must have these diseases, and that they 
thus get over them early in life. Some 
very ignorant persons have been known 
to expose children to such diseases, with 
the idea of thus being rendered immune 
by a light attack. Unfortunately, how¬ 
ever, it is impossible to foretell the 
course a disease will take, and many a 
little victim has suffered death or per¬ 
manent invalidism as the result of such 
criminal procedure. Personally, we be¬ 
lieve emphatically in trying to save chil¬ 
dren from any and all so-called childish 
diseases, thus giving a habit of good 
health, which should form the founda¬ 
tion of a sound constitution. Modern 
sanitation is teaching us how to pre¬ 
vent disease, and certainly a child who 
grows in strength naturally, without the 
setbacks caused by juvenile illness, has 
a better chance of being immune when 
an adult, than one whose constitution 
has been thus weakened. Nor can we be 
sure that immunity is gained by passing 
through any disease. We know persons 
who have passed through three or four 
attacks of measles, increasing in inten¬ 
sity each time. 
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The Health Protective Association of 
Cleveland, Ohio, in addition to a crusade 
against large hats, corsets, and long 
skirts, is now advocating divided skirts 
and men’s saddles for women who ride 
horseback. The Association asserts that 
the present side saddle is dangerous and 
uncomfortable, and that women should 
assume the same position as men. Ac¬ 
cording to historians, women originally 
bestrode their horses like men, the side 
saddle being first introduced by an ail¬ 
ing queen, whose health did not permit 
her to ride in that fashion. We have 
seen some very good riders—women of 
good social position—riding man-fash¬ 
ion in Chicago, wearing a divided habit. 
There was nothing objectionable in the 
appearance, the divided skirt merely 
looking like the ordinary habit hanging 
on each side of the animal. We think, 
however, that the projected reform will 
move the feminine mind very slowly; 
like the rainy-day skirt, which, in spite 
of neatness, comfort and cleanliness, 
was treated with scant civility until 
fashion smiled upon it. 
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Several of our friends who have been 
making unfermented grape juice for 
home use say that they seal the juice 
while very hot, and do not use any 
sugar in it. Others use one-half coffee- 
cupful of sugar to each quart of juice, 
boiling and skimming for 15 minutes be¬ 
fore bottling. It should always be re¬ 
membered that the cooked grapes, when 
put in the jelly-bag to drip, must never 
be squeezed at all, only the clear juice 
which drips out being used. The bottles 
used must be well scalded, turned up¬ 
side down to dry, and then set on a 
cloth in a pan of boiling water while fill¬ 
ing. The funnel used in filling the bot¬ 
tles, and the corks, should be scalded. 
Fill and cork one bottle at a time, and 
seal the corks carefully with wax. Store 
the bottles in a cool, dark, dry place. 
All these precautions are necessary to 
prevent the grape juice from fermenting. 
So far, we have never met with this 
grape juice made from any other variety 
than Concord. Have any of our friends 
tried Catawba for this purpose? 
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A New England friend asks us what 
are tamales, and whether they make a 
nice dish. Chicken tamales are a favor¬ 
ite dish with the Mexicans, and have 
been introduced to this country by way 
of the Southwest. Our personal knowl¬ 
edge of Mexican cooking has been con¬ 
fined to tamales, chile con carne, frijoles 
and tortillas, and the first three dishes 
were all so lavishly peppered that they 
suggested a culinary torchlight proces¬ 
sion. Tamales are sold about the streets 
by peddlers in many western and south¬ 
western cities, just as waffles and hot 
corn are sold in New York. Their 
manufacture is a profound mystery, like 
that of restaurant hash. Canned tamales 
are put up by some packers. Here is 
Mrs. Itorer’s recipe for this dish; some¬ 
times the tamales are varied by the ad¬ 
dition of a little tomato: 
Scald sufficient Southern cornmeal to 
make it damp but not wet; cover, and 
allow it to stand for half an hour. Have 
ready boiled a good-sized chicken. Remove 
the meat and chop it fine. Put the bones 
and skin back into the kettle in the water 
in which the chicken was boiled. Dampen 
the corn husks, straighten them out; put 
down the center a strip of the scalded corn- 
meal about three inches wide and six inches 
long. In the center put the chopped 
chicken that has been highly seasoned with 
red pepper, salt and a little onion. Roll 
over the husk so that you will have the 
cornmeal entirely surrounding the chicken; 
fold in the ends of the husks and tie care¬ 
fully. Put these on top of the bones; 
cover the kettle, and boil continuously for 
two hours. Be careful that the tamales 
are resting on the bones, and not in the 
water. _ 
Church Fair Novelties. 
A novel way to advertise a fair, says 
the November Modern Priscilla, is to 
buy a large number of Japanese paper 
napkins, with plain, white centers and 
gay-colored borders; solicit advertise¬ 
ments from different local firms, and 
they will gladly pay to have their names 
appear. Leave room to have also 
printed the words “Bazar” in large type, 
and the date and place of the fair. Sev¬ 
eral days previous to the sale let the 
Sunday-school boys distribute them 
everywhere. They will prove much 
more attractive than an ordinary hand¬ 
bill, which is usually thrown away as 
soon as received. At a recent fair, 
22 firms paid a dollar each to have their 
names appear, and the price of the nap¬ 
kins at the dealers did not exceed two 
dollars. The printing.was but a small 
item, so that instead of being a loss, was 
a positive gain. 
Fairs to be attractive at this season 
should be decorated in our national 
colors, red, white, and blue, all the 
tables alike; and the walls and ceilings 
draped with flags so that the hall may 
appear thoroughly up to date. A new 
idea, in place of the old-time “grab-bag” 
or “fish-pond” to entertain children, is 
the “Klondike mine.” Procure a good- 
sized wooden box (a shoe dealer would 
have the proper size), fill It with clean 
sand, or sawdust, if the sand cannot be 
obtained. Trim with moss and green 
tissue paper, or branches of spruce and 
arbor vitae; provide the little wooden 
shovels used by children at the seaside, 
or some other juvenile tool, decorate it 
tastefully .tying a ribbon to the handle. 
Charge each person five or 10 cents for 
digging the nuggets of gold from the 
mine, and it will prove an unfailing 
source of amusement, as well as bring¬ 
ing in a nice little sum of money. 
An attraction for the lemonade well is 
to fasten a small evergreen tree in a tub 
or pail covered with green paper or 
moss; suspend from the branches little 
oblong bags made of yellow sateen. 
These should be stuffed with cotton, a 
prize inserted, and sewed up at each 
end. Whoever comes for a glass of 
lemonade will also desire to buy a fresh 
lemon from the tree. 
A pretty idea seen at a recent fair was 
at the candy table. The booth was in 
the form of a boat, with United States 
decorations, and the name of one of our 
cruisers in large letters on the side. The 
various kinds of candy may be placed 
on the deck; cornucopias in the shape 
of dolls and filled with bonbons may be 
fastened as sailors to the rigging. The 
girls in attendance should be dressed in 
white sailor suits, with deep collars of 
dark blue. An anchor of evergreen is an 
appropriate decoration to hang over this 
booth. 
IN GRANDMA’S TIHE 
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a watch of any kind was an expensive 
luxury. Today that mechanical wonder, a 
FULL RUBY JEWELED 
ELGIN WATCH, 
is within the reach of everyone, telling time 
accurately under all conditions of service. 
The World’s Standard. 
All jewelers 6ell Elgin Watches in cases to suit 
every taste. An Elgin watch always has the 
word “Elgin” engraved on the works—fully 
guaranteed. 
Our new booklet about watches is ready 
to send everyone who desires it—free. 
Elgin National Watch Co., Elgin, ill. 
YOU can buy a chimney to 
fit your lamp that will 
last till some accident hap¬ 
pens to it. 
Macbeth’s “ pearl top ” or 
“pearl glass” is that chimney. 
You can have it — your dealer will 
get it—if you insist on it. He may 
tell you it costs him three times as 
much as some others. That is true. 
He may say they are just as good. 
Don’t you believe it — they may be 
better for him; he may like the breaking. 
Our “ Index ” describes all lamps and their 
proper chimneys. With it you can always order 
the right size and shape of chimney for any lamp. 
We mail it FREE to any one who writes for it. 
Address Macbeth, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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for pretty waists 
and girls’ dresses, we think these 
44-inch silk mixed plaids 50c., 
are style and money’s worth such 
as hasn’t been met with here or 
any place else, this or any other 
season. 
Choice colorings—medium large 
plaids with bright lines of color 
over rich dark grounds. 
Plaids with snap and character, 
like people who want extra pretty 
styles expect — but you’d never 
expect them at half a dollar. 
It’s an opportunity. 
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43 -inch Black Silk Drapery net 
50c.—dollar goods—beautiful de¬ 
signs—fine for yokes and gown 
accessories. 
We do a great business in fine 
Laces—with less prices. 
BOGGS & BUHL, 
Department C, 
ALLEGHENY, PA. 
Dyes for Rag Carpets. 
DIAMOND DYES MAKE COLORS THE 
SHN CANNOT FADE. 
They Do the Most Dyeing; for 
the Least Money. 
When you dye rags or yarns for carpets and 
rugs, you want colors that will hold till the goods 
are worn out. Diamond Dyes are the only pack¬ 
age dyes that will make such colors. 
For cotton or mixed goods, be sure to get the 
special fast dyes for cotton or mixed goods, and 
for wool, the fast wool dyes, and you will have the 
brightest, fastest colors there are. 
If you use dyes that claim to color both cotton 
and wool with the same dye, you run the risk of 
spoiling your goods, or of getting colors that will 
fade right out. They may dye cotton, but they 
will only stain wool. Diamond Dyes wifi always 
give satisfaction. 
Sample card of colors and direction book for 
home dyeing mailed free on request.—W ells, Rich¬ 
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