1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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The Rural Patterns. 
Whatever novelties may be devised 
the plain flared skirt holds its place, 
and is eminently satisfactory. This one 
is adapted to the entire range of suiting 
and skirting materials, but is shown in 
one of the new linen etamines simply 
stitched in tailor style. The fullness at 
the back can be laid in inverted pleats 
or shirred as may be preferred, or as 
material renders advisable. The skirt 
is cut in seven gores, each one shaped 
4667 Seven Gored Walking Skirt, 
22 to 30 waist, 
to widen below the knees. When in¬ 
verted pleats are used they can be either 
stitched or pressed flat, the opening be¬ 
ing made at the center or beneath the 
pleat as preferred; but when the shir- 
rings are used the opening is made at 
the center seam, the closing being made 
invisibly over a deep under-lap. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 8% yards 21 inches wide, 
614 yards 27 inches wide, 3Ms yards 44 
inches wide or 3!4 yards 52 inches wide. 
The pattern No. 4657 is cut in sizes for 
a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30-inch waist meas¬ 
ure; price 10 cents from this office. 
No costume yet devised takes the 
place of the blouse suit for the growing 
boy. It is made of blue serge stitched 
with silk, but there are a variety of ma¬ 
terials from which to choose. With the 
coming of warm weather washable fab¬ 
rics will be in vogue, and for the cooler 
days all the light-weight wools are ap¬ 
propriate. The suit consists of blouse 
and knickerbockers. The blouse is 
4655 Boy's Knickerbocker Suit, 
4 to 10 yours. 
shaped by means of shoulder and under¬ 
arm seams and finished with tucks at 
the front, which give the effect of a wide 
box pleat, while its lower edge is drawn 
up by means of elastic inserted in the 
hem. The sleeves are box pleated and 
finished with straight cuffs. At the neck 
is a turn-over collar. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
(eight years) is 3% yards 27 inches 
wide, 2 y 2 yards 44 inches wide or 2Vs 
yards 52 inches wide. The pattern No. 
4655 is cut in sizes for boys of 4, 6, 8 and 
10 years of age; price 10 cents. 
Cooking for Invalids. —The double 
boiler is a very useful thing to use when 
cooking for an Invalid. For making 
gruels and porridge it is excellent, as 
they can be thoroughly cooked with no 
danger of burning. Then if the invalid 
wants hot milk, or a little broth warm¬ 
ed up, there is a very easy way to do it. 
Do not use the top part of the double 
boiler, but put warm water in the lower 
part, then set the cup of milk or broth 
into the water, put the cover on and 
leave till hot. It can be heated in this 
way in the dish it is to be served in, 
without injuring the dish or scorching 
the food. h. b. m. 
Winter on a Michigan Fruit Farm 
To-day, February 1, Michigan squalls 
are letting us know that Winter is still 
in control. The air is filled with snow, 
blowing fast and thick; then it clears 
up only to be squally in a few minutes. 
We have been having sleighing for 70 
days. There was one thaw soon after 
1904 began. This deep snow is a good 
mulch for the many acres of strawber¬ 
ries near here. One good thing I can 
say, our peaches are uninjured. The 
fruit buds are apt to swell when several 
warm days in Winter suggest Spring 
and when the inevitable cold wave 
comes the swollen buds freeze, and next 
Fall peaches are high and scarce. So 
far this Winter the famous fruit belt of 
Michigan has had no such setback. We 
live near a town with a high school of 
80 pupils, half of whom are from neigh¬ 
boring fruit farms. We are yet without 
trolley lines, and very few have tele¬ 
phones. The rural delivery man has 
just passed with his light covered mail 
cart on runners. He delivers mail to 700 
people in a ride of 25 miles, so you see 
it is thickly settled. How glad the peo¬ 
ple five miles from town must be on 
such a day as this to get letters and 
papers delivered to their doors! 
When we came here from northern 
Illinois in the Fall of 1901 I wrote to 
relatives in Oregon: “I can see wild 
pines from my back door.” Back came 
the word: “We laughed at your wild 
pines—we see thousands of acres on the 
mountain sides.” Pine lumber is get¬ 
ting scarce here, but some logs are be¬ 
ing hauled into town this Winter. Peo¬ 
ple go to the woods for Christmas trees 
instead of paying 35 cents and up at the 
stores. I do not think people set ever¬ 
greens as they would if they did not 
grow easily. There are more in front 
yards where we came from, and there 
they must be coaxed to grow. 
Housework, especially washing, is 
hard in Winter, and most of my neigh¬ 
bors do not wash every week, choosing 
a bright day rather than Monday, for 
it. Little male or female help is kept 
in Winter. Domestics get $2 a week 
and are one of the family. The consoli¬ 
dated school question is being discussed, 
but no one can say how near realization 
it is. The county commissioner of 
schools is addressing farmers' institutes 
in favor of it. I am certain many old 
school houses in Van Buren County 
should be replaced by something com¬ 
fortable and up-to-date. The school 
house in one adjoining district is used 
for a lyceum, which I infer is quite a 
help to old and young. 
Eggs are 28 cents. Last Winter we 
sold eggs all the season, but last Sum¬ 
mer made the mistake of killing off our 
old hens, and the pullets haven’t felt 
like getting to business. Butter is 18 
cents, but it is dairy butter and not the 
kind that appears on city tables. The 
people here look forward to Winter and 
lay in fuel and provisions. They are 
quite contented and happy at this sea¬ 
son. J. J. G. 
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Price 25c. and 50c. 
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Everything in the package. Simply add hot 
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