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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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The “ Strenuous Day” Again. 
Like the many other farmers' wives 
who read The R. N.-Y., I have been very 
much interested in the article, “A 
Woman’s Strenuous Day” and the crit¬ 
icisms upon it. The view of the matter 
taken by ‘‘One Farmer’s Wife” struck.a 
responsive chord in my heart. I think 
there are a great many farmers’ wives 
who feel as she does. I have never been 
able to help very much outdoors, as I 
have not the strength, but it is a very 
great pleasure to do so, especially to care 
for horses or cows. Poultry 1 do not 
care for, and as we keep a girl most of the 
time from 12 to 16 years old, she is able 
to do what might be my part of that. This 
year 1 made butter from three cows in 
order to raise the calves on skim-milk, 
and how 1 enjoyed seeing them grow! I 
expect some of the hardest workers would 
think I had an easy time, but I find my 
strength taxed at many times of the year 
to keep things running smoothly, as 1 
have iwo children of my own, a girl of 
seven and a boy of five, who are consid¬ 
ered by their admiring relations as very 
active. There are women, however (have 
we not all met them?), 1 am speaking of 
farmers’ wives, too, who seem to think 
Tanning a degrading business. If you 
ask them any question about their crops 
or stock they will say: “Oh! I am sure 1 
don’t know. 1 never care to know about 
such things; all 1 care for is the money 
that comes from them.” We cannot ex¬ 
pect a husband to tell such a wife all his 
plans, and yet, on the other hand, I think 
there are just as many husbands who 
think a woman’s business is in the house, 
and even though they may be glad to have 
them help outdoors, still never consider 
the wife would enjoy knowing about the 
outdoor affairs. 
I think a farm an ideal place for a fam¬ 
ily to enjoy living, for there the husband 
and wife are near each other for the great¬ 
er part of the time, and if they will may 
be a help to each other in their work, and 
what lots of little vacations and excur¬ 
sions can be squeezed in between times! 
Then the children—who can doubt but 
that the child who spent his early years 
playing in the green fields will have pleas¬ 
anter memories than he who was reared 
between brick walls, and whose playground 
was the city streets? 
ANOTHER FARMER’S WIFE. 
Suggestions in Furnishings. 
Some of us are obliged to satisfy our 
longing for hard-wood floors with a more 
or less imitation border around our art 
squares. There is a heavy linoleum “fill¬ 
ing” sold for this purpose that looks like 
the real thing. It is one yard wide and 
may be bought for 75 cents a yard. Eigh¬ 
teen inches is a pretty width for a bor¬ 
der. For a large room, say 17 x 14, the 
border would cost about $7. An ingrain 
art square at $15 makes a total cost of 
$22 for a floor that is up-to-date and 
easy to keep clean. The linoleum should 
at first be simply cut in strips the length 
and width of the room, and no attempt 
made to fit it properly, as it will stretch 
some with time. After a month, or six 
weeks, it may be fitted up close to the 
baseboard and the corners mitered to fit 
exactly; just a tack here and there will 
be sufficient to keep it flat. 
1 know one woman who painted a very 
successful imitation hard-wood border 
around her room. This was, of course, 
harder work than buying it by the yard, 
and much cheaper. But it is not very 
hard work to paint a plain dark border, 
or even entire floors, and it is advisable 
to have bedrooms thus treated for Sum¬ 
mer—for Winter add a few rugs. Mat¬ 
ting looks cool and clean, but from a 
sanitary point of view, is about as un¬ 
wholesome as a carpet, as the dust and 
dirt will sift through it. It is also a good 
hard job to put matting down neatly. 
One of the greatest objections to home¬ 
made rugs is that it takes so long to make 
them. Very pretty ones can be made. 
An old crimson gown knit into a rug is 
pleasing to the eye and will wear for 
years; but knitting rugs is not soul-re 
freshing work, and unless time hangs 
very heavily don’t do it. Carpet rags may 
be turned off pretty fast on the machine, 
and the weaver will do rugs or “art 
squares” according to order. For country 
homes they are in excellent taste. 
For the windows ruffled muslin cur¬ 
tains are to be preferred to lace ones. 
They may be bought, reauymade, at from 
50 cents to $1.50 a pair. At the latter 
price you get a good grade of muslin, well 
made up, that will of course outwear the 
cheaper grades. The very newest cur¬ 
tains of figured swiss are not ruffled, but 
finished with a wide hem edged with a 
Battenberg braid put on in points. They 
are $2.50 per pair, and could be made at 
home possibly for a third less. It is a 
fancy just now to cut the curtains off even 
with the window sill—the strip of goods 
may be made into a loop and bow, with 
which to catch the curtains back. Turn 
over the top enough to make a shirring, 
through which to run the curtain pole, 
and be sure to leave a double ruffle at the 
top as wide as the ruffle on the edge of 
curtain. Printed lawn curtains are used 
for bedrooms with toilet sets to match. 
They are pretty for one season only; the 
colors are sure to fade when laundered. 
Cheesecloth at five cents a yard will do 
up well and wear for years. 
Don’t draw down the blinds in your 
living-room with the first falling shades 
of evening. Let your light shine out and 
cheer the wayfaring man. 
Plain tinted wallpapers in shades of 
brown, terra cotta or dark red give a bet¬ 
ter background for pictures than figured 
papers. Good pictures are more to be 
desired than fine furniture. Copies of 
fine bits of landscape are within the reach 
of all, and simply framed they add much 
to the charm of the living-room. 
DOCIA DVKENS. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The waist figured shows the long 
drooping shoulders of the 1S30 period. 
The waist consists of the yoke, in two 
portions, fronts, back and box pleat. The 
yoke is shaped by means of shouldet 
seams and the full blouse portion and 
sleeves are joined to its lower edge. The 
box pleat is joined to the right front and 
4747 Shirt Waist, 1030 Style. 
32 to 40 bust. 
laps over on to the left and the neck is 
finished with a stock. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size i.- 
4)4 yards 21 inches wide, 3)4 yards 2". 
inches wide or 2 % yards 44 inches wide 
with yards of banding 2)4 inches wide 
to trim as illustrated. The pattern 4747 
is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 4f 
inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
Kilted skirts are now a favorite model 
This one has the merit of being so 
planned as to keep the pleats nearly 
straight and to avoid all danger of sag¬ 
ging. The model is made of nut brown 
Sicilian mohair stitched with silk, but all 
materials in vogue for suits and skirts are 
equally appropriate. The skirt is cut in 
twenty-one gores, there being a pleat at 
the edge of each which completely con¬ 
ceals liie seam, and is laid in flat inverted 
pleats at the back. In order to get the 
nest results it is basted together and 
stitched flat on indicated lines as illus¬ 
trated, faced and finally bound together at 
the seams. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is 13(4 yards 
i I to 27 inches wide or 7)4 yards 44 inches 
22 to 30 waist. 
wide when material has figure- or nap; 
13‘4 yards 21, in yards 27 or 6)4 yards 4-t 
inches wide when material lias neither 
figure nor nap. l ire pattern 4749 is cut 
in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inch 
waist measure; price 10 cents. 
The collarless jacket marks the seasoi 
for young girls as well as for grown folk 
atrd no better model is shown than this 
one with seams that extend to the 
shoulders at front and back. The mode! 
for the drawing is made of tan colored 
cloth with bandings of fancy braid and 
handsome pearl buttons overlaid witl 
gold, but all the materials used for jackets 
4714 blisses’ Collarless Jacket, 
12 to 16 years, 
suit the model equally well. The man¬ 
dolin sleeves are new and fashionable, but 
plain ones can be substituted. The jacket 
consists of fronts and side-fronts, back 
and side-backs, with double under-arm 
gores that allow of careful and successfid 
fitting. The mandolin sleeves are made ii 
one piece each, but the plain ones consist 
of uppers and tinders in coat style. Th< 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size (14 years) is 3)4 yards 27 inches 
wide, 2 yards 44 inches wide or 1 ‘4 yard ( 
52 inches wide. The pattern 4714 is cut in 
sizes for misses of 12, 14 and 16 years o' 
age; price 10 cents. 
When you write advertisers mention Tilts 
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