1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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ined and set in order, before any new 
ones are made up. Sometimes a skirt 
that is not fresh enough for outside wear 
may be made into a satisfactory under¬ 
skirt. Colored lawn underskirts have 
been much worn during the past two or 
three Summers ; they are light, pretty 
and easily washed. They should have 
from two to four ruffles at the bottom. 
It is quite possible to dye a faded lawn 
skirt of good quality, selecting some 
bright, pretty color, and thus make a 
nice warm-weather underskirt. Light 
green, blue, linen color and violet were 
favorite colors for these skirts last year. 
WOMEN MONEY-MAKERS. 
As woman is not always fully satisfied 
with her meager income or allowance, 
reference to a few successful aspirants 
might be offered by way of suggestion. 
The success of an efficient young school 
teacher belonging to the Prairie State, 
only fostered her desire for a larger in¬ 
come. She proved to be a close observer, 
and noticing that a prosperous farmer in 
that rural district always refused to sell 
his stock before it was fully matured, a 
new idea dawned upon her mind for the 
investment of her surplus earnings. Con¬ 
sequently, when her wages were due, 
every dollar not necessa^ for present 
use was invested in steer calves, bought 
here and there of the more improvident 
farmers, at the paltry sum of $3 and $4 
each. These, after weaning time, were 
turned on the range with those of a 
friend, who agreed to look after them 
for a small consideration. Even at the 
end of the first year, when considering 
the price offered, she found this to be a 
more paying business than the usual 
yearly interest allowed on money ; but 
she had already learned too much to sell 
yearlings, which would grow into greater 
values while she was earning more 
money—or even sleeping. 
The next year, her previous venture 
was repeated, and at the fourth, she 
began to sell off the eldest of her stock. 
These brought an average of $27 per 
head after paying all obligations. In 
this manner it was but a few years be¬ 
fore she was able to pay for a snug little 
farm, besides having money left for re¬ 
modeling the improvements, and to-day, 
she is in comfortable circumstances. 
Another woman from the same State, 
but more advanced in years, became 
heartily disgusted with the thought that 
only a few dollars were doled out weekly 
as her household allowance. A piano, 
that had been thought indispensable to 
the accomplishment of the rising family, 
but had for years remained voiceless in 
the parlor owing to her excess of work 
and care, came accidentally to mind. 
“ Why not sell the instrument and. with 
the proceeds, go into some sort of re¬ 
munerative business ? ” was suggested, 
and this was soon done. A fine apiary 
plot was laid off, and after due investi¬ 
gation, she undertook the business of 
bee culture, for which she really seemed 
suited by nature. A perfect system was 
observed, and the bees were apparently 
obedient to her exacting demands. The 
outdoor exercise and diversion from for¬ 
mer monotonous household duties, proved 
beneficial to health and happiness, and 
she almost grew young again. 
I visited her apiary during the Autumn 
of the third year after this venture, and 
found her engaged among piled-up crates 
of the most delicious honey, which had 
just been removed while preparing the 
bees for their Winter’s siesta. During 
that one season her income was greater 
than the original outlay. “ Yes, I have 
had to work hard to make a success,” she 
replied in answer to my queries, “ but it 
has proved amusing as well as remuner¬ 
ative. One is continually learning some¬ 
thing new and wonderful about these 
industrious little insects. 1 enjoy it.“ 
There are numerous other enterprises 
that might be mentioned though utterly 
outside the sphere of the '‘new woman”, 
that would break the monotony of wo¬ 
man's life, and in addition, afford pleas¬ 
ure as well as profit. -Try the experi¬ 
ment ! PHILO F. PHINNEY, M. D. 
CATCHALL FOR DARNING. 
A very convenient catchall for the 
stockings, darning cotton, darner and 
darning needles, is simple in construc¬ 
tion and inexpensive as to materials, the 
necessary items being a yard of pretty 
figured cretonne (single-faced will do), 
ten yards of baby ribbon, a little white 
or colored flannel, and some pasteboard. 
Cut out three pieces of pasteboard six 
inches wide by seven inches long ; round 
the lower ends of all three pieces, two 
of which form the solid part or founda¬ 
tion of the catchall, the remaining one 
serving as a flap or cover to the darning- 
needle compartment. Cut a strip of cre¬ 
tonne one yard in length and 15 inches 
in width. Now from the remaining 
cretonne cutout six pieces, a trifle larger 
(only enough for the seams) than one of 
the pasteboards already cut. Cover the 
three pasteboards neatly on both sides. 
Make a hem about two inches in width 
at the short ends of the strip of cretonne. 
Gather the long sides of the strip with 
needle and thread, and first baste and 
then sew one side neatly to the sides and 
rounded end of one pasteboard (leaving 
the top of the pasteboard free): see that 
most of the gathers are at the rounded 
base of the pasteboard, baste and sew 
the other gathered piece of the strip of 
cretonne to another piece of pasteboard 
in similar manner, being careful that the 
raw edges of both sides are on the inside 
of the bag formed. These raw edges 
should be trimmed off, if necessary, and 
turned under and hemmed neatly to fin¬ 
ish off the inside of the catchall nicely. 
In the center of each side top, where 
the cretonne lies loose, make two out¬ 
ward extending pleats of about 1 
inch each, and from the meeting point 
of these pleats on each side, and from 
the top corners of each covered paste¬ 
board, run double ribbon strings (from 
six separate points) all meeting and 
forming bow and loop by which the bag 
is to be hung up. 
To form the needlebook, cut out sev¬ 
eral pieces of flannel (white or colored as 
preferred), each piece smaller than the 
other, the first piece to be somewhat 
smaller than the covered pasteboard. 
Pink three sides of all these pieces; place 
them together, so as to be even at the 
unpinked tops, and sew securely a trifle 
below the top outside edge of one of the 
covered pasteboards, forming the body 
part of the bag. Fit the third paste¬ 
board over the one just mentioned, and 
over the flannel, and overhand both to¬ 
gether firmly at the top edges, thus mak¬ 
ing a flap. 
The pocket for darner and darning 
cotton is attached to the pasteboard on 
the other side of the catchall or bag. Cut 
from the cretonne still remaining a 
piece the same shape as the pasteboard, 
but half again as large in every way. 
Make a hem about one inch deep at the 
top. Gather the sides and rounded bot¬ 
tom. and sew neatly to the sides and 
bottom of the covered pasteboard, thus 
forming a little bag or pocket. A catch¬ 
all of this kind serves its purpose well, 
and will be found extremely handy for 
the footwear of the family. 
EMMA LOUISE UAUC'K. 
If the pantry is not supplied with 
drawers for table linen, a box may be 
procured from the grocery which will 
set between the shelves snugly, leather 
handles being tacked on the side, and 
this used for the purpose. 
If one is short of closet room, a cleat 
containing clothes hooks should be put 
two or three inches below a narrow shelf. 
From the shelf, hang a curtain which 
will partly serve to keep dust and sun¬ 
light from the clothes beneath. 
MOTHEKS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
THE WANAMAKER STORE 
Sending for Samples 
No matter where you live, you can, if you wish, look 
over the entire stock in our store by sample. This is 
pretty strong talk, for this is the largest stock in the 
country, and one of the largest in the world. But we 
are glad to send samples 
as often as you wish, 
for we know what the 
result will be. 
Of course you know 
that large buying means 
low prices — that’s ele¬ 
mentary mercantile law. 
Perhaps you didn’t know 
that we are the largest 
buyers for retail con¬ 
sumption in the whole 
world, with possibly one 
exception in another 
country. It follows that 
our prices ought to be 
the lowest in the whole 
world, and we have tried to make them so. 
It is a matter which you can test for yourself, and 
we wish you would. Write us for samples of whatever 
you want. Take silks, for instance, and find out what 
we can do for you at 75c and $1.00 a yard. We have 
more than three hundred styles of dollar silks alone. 
Take Dress Goods—there’s a particularly good value in 
the favorite Covert Cloths, at 75c. a yard, we’d like you 
to know about. Goods are 52 inches wide, and there are 
twelve shades. You'll find them the usual dollar kind. 
Perhaps you’ll be interested in some Dotted Swiss 
Muslins which we have at 15c. a yard. You never saw 
this quality at that price before, we are sure. 
We have one hundred and twelve styles in first-class 
Ginghams—goods which sold only a little while ago for 
20c. a yard. The lowest price which ever was on them 
was I2}4c. We’re selling them now for eight and a half 
cents a yard. 
And so it goes. No matter what it is that you want, 
we have it, if it is dry goods, and have it cheaper and 
better than you are accustomed to finding it. 
We think we have the fastest and most satisfactory 
Mail Order Service in the country. Will you try it ? 
JOHN WANAMAKER 
Section 159 Broadway, New York 
(Please address exactly as above.) 
VICTORIES. 
FOUR MEDALS—3 Gold and 1 Silver, World’s Centennial 
Cotton Exposition, New Orleans, 1884. 
HIGHEST AWARDS—Nebra ska"Agricultural Fair , 1887. 
DIPLOMA—Alabama~Agr'l Society, Montgomery, 1888. 
AWARD—Chattahoochie Valley Exposition, Colum- 
bu s, Ga., 1888 ._ 
HIGHEST AWARDS—St. Louis Agricultural and 
M echan ical Association. 1889,_ 
GOLD MEDALSYnd 6 DIPLOMAS-World’s Colum¬ 
bian Exposition, Chicago, 1893,_ 
HIGHEST AWARDS—Western Fair Association, Lon¬ 
don, Canada, 1893. _ 
SIX GOLD MEDALS and Diplomas—Cal. Midwinter Fair ’94. 
SILVER MEDAL —Industrial Exposition, Toronto, Canada, 
345,584 Home Comfort Ranges Sold to Jan. Ist,’97 
TTy Range illustrated is sold only from our own wagons at a 
uniform price throu ghout Canada and the U nited States. 
Made of open hearth, cold rolled steel-plate and malleable 
Iron —will last a life-time with ordinary care. 
WROUGHT IRON RANGE CO., 
Founded 1864. Paid-up Capital $1,000,000. 
Factories, Salesrooms and Offices: TORONTO, CANADA, and ST. I.OL'IS, MO. 
Western Salesrooms and offices: DF.NVER, COLO. 
JUfWe manufacture and carry a complete stock of Hotel Ranges and Kitchen goods; also the 
^equaled HOME COMFORT STEEL FURNACES. Write for catalogue and prices. 
SEND FOR A BICYCLE 
High Grade ’98 Models, til l to #40. 
CREAT CLEARING SALE of ’97 and '96 
models, best makes, #9.75 to #18. Sent on 
approval without a cent payment. Free use 
of wheel to our agents. Write for our new 
plan “How to Earn a lllcyele” and make 
money. SPECIAL THIS WEEK-tOhigh 
grade ’97 models [slightly shopworn), #10.75 
each. “Wanderings Awheel,” a souvenir 
book of art, FREE for stamp while they last. 
MEAD CYCLE CO.. 293 Avenue K Chicago 
1898 
High 
Grade 
BICYCLES 
[.for Men, Women,_ 
||&Boys. Complete lin 
All brand new model 
^$75 ‘Oakwood’ for $32., 
- $00‘Arlington’ « $21., 
No Money In Advance. Others at $1.‘>, $17 and $' 
WRITE TODAY for SPECIAL OFFER. JuTeillIp » $7 .<k) to $12 
Shipped anywhere C.O.D.wlth privilege to examine. Bi 
direct from manufacturers,save agents* dealers prod 
Urge Illus. Catalogne Free. CASH BUYERS’ UNIOP 
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