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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 23 
l Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day, 
Between broad fields of wheat and corn 
Is the lowly home where I was born; 
The peach tree leans against the wall. 
And the woodbine wanders over all; 
There Is the shaded doorway still. 
But a stranger’s foot has crossed the sill. 
1 
There is the barn—and, as of yore, 
I can smell the hay from the open door, 
And see the busy swallows throng. 
And hear the pewee’s mournful song; 
But the stranger comes—oh! painful 
proof— 
His sheaves are piled to the heated roof. 
There is the orchard—the very trees 
Where my childhood knew long hours of 
ease, 
And watch’d the shadowy moments run 
Till my life imbibed more shade than sun; 
The swing from the bough still sweeps the 
air. 
But the stranger's children are swinging 
there! 
There bubbles the shady spring below, 
With its bulrush brook where the hazels 
grow, 
’Twas there I found the calamus-root, 
And watch’d the minnows poise and shoot. 
And heard the robin lave his wing. 
But the stranger’s bucket is at the spring. 
Oh! ye who daily cross the-sill, 
Step lightly, for I love it still; 
And when you crowd the old barn eaves, 
Then think what countless harvest sheaves 
Have passed within that scented door 
To gladden eyes that are no more. 
Deal kindly with these orchard trees 1 
And when your children crowd their 
knees, 
Their sweetest fruit they shall impart. 
As if old memories stirr’d their heart; 
To youthful sport still leave the swing, 
And in sweet reverence hold the spring. 
The barn, the trees, the brook, the birds. 
The meadows with their lowing herds, 
The woodbine on the cottage wall— 
My heart still lingers with them all. 
Ye strangers on my native sill, 
Step lightly, for I love it still. 
—Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872). 
• 
Serve whipped cream with chocolate 
layer cake; it forms a delicious dessert 
which could he prepared the day before 
using. When the cake is served a little 
mound of cream should be put by its 
side on each plate. 
* 
Some of the handmade bibs seen in 
infant’s outfits are of fine lace and mus¬ 
lin, very pretty and dainty, but quite 
unequal to the needs of a teething baby. 
However, half a dress shield fastened 
under the bib renders it sufficiently ser¬ 
viceable, and this is a desirable adjunct 
to any bib. 
Wren a patent leather belt shows dull 
spots, or begins to lose its gloss, rub it 
with a soft cloth moistened with olive 
oil, being careful to rub all the oil off, 
so that there is no risk of soiling the 
dress with it. Another use for olive oil 
is to soften a callous spot on the sole of 
the foot, such as many housekeepers 
suffer from. Saturate a bit of antiseptic 
cotton with the oil, and put on the hard 
spot before putting on the stocking. 
• 
One of the new shades of brown shown 
in Spring goods is called onion; it is a 
little darker than champagne color, but 
lighter than golden brown. All shades 
of brown are to he popular for Spring, 
and are likely to appear in Autumn. 
After being out of favor for several 
years, this color has become extremely 
popular. Some of the prettiest Spring 
hats are of brown straw trimmed with 
cream or white, or of brown maline or 
silk muslin. Where unrelieved brown 
is not becoming, a touch of pale blue, 
pink or yellow often changes the effect 
entirely. Havana brown lightened with 
a little turquoise blue is a much-favored 
combination. 
Here is an old Dutch recipe for cook¬ 
ies, which are rich and crisp: Cream 
one-half pound of butter and one-half 
pound of (granulated sugar, and break 
into the bowl and mix in two eggs. 
Then add gradually three-quarters of a 
pound of sifted flour. Roll the dough 
out on a board, using powdered sugar 
instead of flour for both board and roll¬ 
ing-pin. The cake should be rolled quite 
thin and cut with a round or fancy¬ 
shaped cutter, and baked in well-but¬ 
tered tins. Care should be taken to 
watch constantly, as they brown very 
quickly. Do not let fear lest they be 
too dry prompt you to use less flour; if 
you do the cookies will be greasy and 
shapeless. A touch of extra richness 
may be added by sprinkling the tops of 
some with chopped hickory-nuts or wal¬ 
nuts before baking. 
* 
We have met a number of small juve¬ 
niles very like Peterson Smith, thus de¬ 
scribed by the Youth’s Companion: It 
was in the dead of night, and a cold 
night at that. Mr. Smith was away, and 
Peterson Smith, aged six, was getting 
over the measles. 
“Mother, may I have a drink of real 
cold water?” he asked, waking Mrs. 
Smith from a refreshing slumber. 
“Turn right over and go to sleep!” 
commanded Mrs. Smith. “You are a 
naughty boy to wake mother up when 
she put a pitcher of cold water on your 
table the very last thing before you 
went to bed.” 
Ten minutes later the small voice 
piped up again: “Mother, I want a drink 
of water.” 
“Peterson,” said Mrs. Smith, sternly, 
“if you say that again I shall get up 
and spank you!” 
There was five minutes’ silence, and 
again Peterson spoke. 
“Mother,” he said, cheerfully, “when 
you get up to spank me, may I have a 
drink of water?” 
The Rural Patterns. 
This stylish shirt waist includes a 
novel yoke collar that gives the desired 
drooping line and also a narrow vest ef¬ 
fect at the front. As illustrated it is 
made of white mercerized vesting and is 
unlined, but all waisting materials are 
appropriate and the fitted foundation 
can be used whenever desirable. When 
a plainer waist is desired the yoke-col¬ 
lar can be omitted and the waist made 
with yoke fronts and plain back as 
shown in the small cut. The waist 
consists of the fitted foundation, fronts. 
4627 Misses’ Shirt Waist, 
12 to 16 years. 
back and yoke-collar. The fronts are 
gathered at their upper edges and again 
at the waist line and meet the yoke, but 
the back is plain across the shoulders. 
The yoke-collar is quite separate and is 
arranged over the waist, the closing 
being made invisibly. The sleeves form 
full puffs below the elbows and are fin¬ 
ished with deep, pointed cuffs. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 4% yards 21 inches wide, 
3% yards 27 inches wide or two yards 
44 inches wide. The pattern 4627 Is cut 
in sizes for misses of 12, 14 and 16 years 
of age; price, 10 cents. 
This little frock is adapted to the en¬ 
tire range of seasonable fabrics, simple 
childish wools as well as washable 
stuffs, but is shown in white batiste fig¬ 
ured with blue. The frock consists of 
waist and skirt. The waist is made over 
a body lining which is smoothly fitted 
and the two close separately at the cen¬ 
ter back. The sleeves are tucked to be 
4691 Girl’s Costume, 10 to 14 years. 
snug above the elbows and full below 
and are gathered into straight cuffs. 
The skirt is cut in seven gores, all the 
seams being concealed by the pleats. 
The quantity of material required for 
the medium size (12 years) is 10 yards 
21 inches wide, 8*4, yards 27 inches wide 
or 5% yards 44 inches wide. The pat¬ 
tern 4691 is cut in sizes for girls of 10, 
12 and 14 years of age; price, 10 cents. 
Labeling Parcels. —Every house¬ 
keeper has pieces of dress goods or 
pieces of carpeting that she has to put 
away to be used, perhaps, later on. I 
have found it a good way to roll these 
pieces in a newspaper and tie up, then 
write on the outside, on the blank mar¬ 
gin of the paper, a brief description of 
what the parcel contains. It saves much 
vexation when something is wanted, 
and the printer’s ink is said to keep 
moths away. s. b. r. 
In nature all is managed lor the best 
with perfect frugality and just reserve, 
profuse to none, but bountiful to all: 
never employing on one thing more 
than enough, but with exact economy 
retrenching the superfluous, and adding 
force to what is principal in everything. 
—Shaftesbury. 
If you use Grain-0 in place of 
coffee you will enjoy it just as 
much for it tastes the same; yet, it 
is like a food to the system, dis¬ 
tributing the full substance of the 
pure grain with every drop. 
TRY IT TO-DAY. 
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