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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 11 
f Woman and Home j 
From Day to Day 
JES’ S’POS’N. 
Jes’ s’pos’n that you didn’t have to work 
to earn your bread, 
An’ every month was Summer, with the 
blue sky overhead. 
Jes’ s’pos’n that a fortune growed in 
everyone’s back yard, 
An’ drought was never prevalent an’ times 
was never hard. 
I tell you, when you’re weary with the 
troubles of the day, 
An* the shadows gather round you an’ the 
sunshine fades away, 
There’s nothin’ soothes your spirit an’ 
revives you half so well 
As jes’ to sit in solitude an’ s’pos’n for 
a spell. 
Your dreams ain’t likely to come true, as 
very well you know, 
But all the world, they say, is nothin’ but 
a fleetin’ show, 
An’ ’mid the disappointments an’ illusions 
that beguile, 
I’m thankful fur the privilege of s’pos’n 
a while. —Washington Star. 
• 
Hebe is a New Hampshire recipe for 
cider pudding: Mix a cupful of cider, 
a cupful of molasses, a cupful of suet, a 
cupful of seeded raisins, half a teaspoon¬ 
ful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda and 
flour enough to make a stiff batter. 
Steam three hours. 
• 
When dressers and washstands are of 
handsome polished wood it is wise to 
have covers of white oilcloth, just the 
size of the top, to place under the linen 
covers. It prevents many a spot or dis¬ 
coloration. Many careful women have 
mats of white oilcloth to nut under 
doilies or centerpieces on polished 
tables, which are often discolored by 
the dampness from a vase of flowers. 
* 
Some of the prettiest pickles seen at 
a big store were pearl onions, which are 
little white onions about the size of a 
bean. They are imported, and cost 35 
and 55 cents a bottle. Pickled onions 
put up at home are usually much darker 
in color than the commercial make, but 
this is largely the result of using cider, 
instead of white wine vinegar. We do 
not think the flavor suffers by the use 
of the cider vinegar. 
* 
One of our German friends serves 
cucumbers with a dressing of sour 
cream, which is very good. The cu¬ 
cumbers are sliced lengthwise into 
strips, soaked in ice water and drained, 
then arranged prettily on a glass dish; 
if desired some finely chopped onion is 
sprinkled over the cucumber. Mix two 
tablespoonfuls of vinegar in half a cup¬ 
ful of sour cream, season with salt and 
white pepper, and pour over the cucum¬ 
ber. Slices of green pepper would make 
a pretty garnish, and go well with the 
salad. 
We have heard of a distinguished lit¬ 
erary man who started to raise chick¬ 
ens at his suburban home. He didn’t 
know a thing about the business, but 
he set a couple of hens, and in good 
time had two large broods of chickens. 
He was very proud of them, but in a 
week or two they began to die. Then 
he called in a neighbor to look at them 
and to offer advice. They were skinny 
bird's, apparently without ambition. 
“What do you feed them on?” asked 
the neighbor, after a brief survey. 
“Feed?” responded the novelist, as 
though he didn’t hear aright. ‘ r Why, I 
don’t feed them at all. I thought the 
mother hens had enough milk for 
them.” 
m 
It sounds like an echo from the dis¬ 
tant past to read the obituary of “Grace 
Greenwood,” Mrs. Sara J. Lippincott, 
who died at New Rochelle, N. Y., April 
19. Many middle-aged people will re¬ 
member her as a well-known and pro¬ 
lific writer, both for children and adults, 
long “before the war.” She was one of 
the famous correspondents of the New 
York Tribune in the days of Greeley, 
and was much admired for her bright 
and vivacious style. Mrs. Lippincott 
was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., in 
1824, beginning to write at the age of 
19 under the name of Grace Greenwood. 
Her first volume was made up of corre¬ 
spondence and published under the title 
of “Haps and Mishaps of a Tour of Eu¬ 
rope.” Among Mrs. Llppincott’s works 
are “Greenwood Leaves,” “History of 
My Pets,” “Countries I Have Seen,” 
“Merry England,” “Record of Five 
Years,” “Stories and Legends of Ire¬ 
land” and “Stories and Sketches.” She 
had retired from active work for many 
years before her death. 
• 
We were discussing grandmothers re¬ 
cently, when one of the women present 
turned to her little daughter and re¬ 
marked: “I think I shall be one of those 
grandmothers who golf and bicycle and 
wear a picture hat with pink roses. Do 
you think you will like it?” The small 
girl addressed shook her head violently 
and said, sternly: “I won’t allow it, 
Mother. I want my children to have a 
grandmother with white hair and a cap; 
one who looks venerable.” It must be 
owned that our ideas of grandmothers 
have changed greatly of late years. In 
spite of the rush of modern life, both 
girlhood and maturity are prolonged 
and we no longer consider that a 
healthy and intelligent woman must 
don caps and retire into the back¬ 
ground when a younger generation 
grows up about her. But still, in spite 
of our changed standards, what a pleas¬ 
ure it is to meet with an elderly woman 
who wears her years as a crown of 
honor; who seems to be detached from 
the present generation, yet in sympathy 
with it, and who breathes an atmos¬ 
phere of cloistered calm, as soothing as 
the green aisles of a stately wood, in 
the burden and heat of the day. Some¬ 
times such a woman, shut in from the 
cares of her former active life, fears a 
lessened influence and usefulness. She 
should realize that she who has found 
rest at eventide is still a living force 
to those who must struggle on, and with 
all these eddying currents of life about 
her, her strength is to sit still. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The fancy blouse shown would be 
very suitable for a complete costume of 
foulard, Liberty satin or other Summer 
silk, or for challis or voile, combined 
with a handsome skirt. Its style is less 
4676 Fancy Blouse, 32 to 40 bust. 
suitable for a separate waist. It is 
shown in checked black and white silk, 
with trimming of black velvet and 
white cloth bands that are stitched with 
silk, and is combined with a chemisette 
and under sleeves of cream lace. Both 
fronts and back are tucked, the former 
at the extreme outer edge of the shoul¬ 
ders, so giving the broad effect and con¬ 
cealing the arm’s-eye seams, the latter 
to give a box pleated effect at the cen¬ 
ter. The sleeves are novel and graceful 
and are finished with narrow bands of 
black velvet ribbon. The blouse is 
made over a fitted lining which is 
closed at the center front. On this lin¬ 
ing are arranged the chemisette, the 
back and the fronts and the closing is 
made invisibly beneath the band. The 
sleeves are snug above the elbows with 
deep box-pleated frills below which fall 
gracefully over the big puffs beneath. 
The quantity of material required for 
medium size is 3% yards 21 inches wide, 
3Vfc yards 27 inches wide, or 1% yards 
4 inches wide, with 2% yards of all-over 
lace, % yard of bias velvet and % yard 
of cloth for bands. The pattern, 4676 
is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 
inch bust measure; price, 10 cents. 
The skirt figured is cut in nine gores, 
all of which flare freely below the 
knees, but fits with perfect snugness 
over the hips. When habit back is 
used the center back gores are cut off 
at indicated lines and the closing is 
made invisibly at the seam. Pleats can 
be stitched as illustrated or pressed only 
as preferred. The quantity of material 
22 to 30 waist. 
required for the medium size is 8% 
yards 27 inches wide, 4% yards 44 
inches wide or 4% yards 54 inches wide 
when material has figure or nap; 4 y 8 
yards 44 or 3% yards 54 inches wide 
when material has neither figure nor 
nap. The pattern, 4629, is cut in sizes 
for a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inch waist 
measure; price, 10 cents. 
The Bookshelf. 
The Court of Sacilarissa, a Mid¬ 
summer Idyll, by Hugh Sheringham and 
Nevill Meakin.—This is a bit of graceful 
fooling, which relates the adventures of 
a group of Englishmen who ramble out 
into the country once a week for fresh 
air and amusement. One day they ven¬ 
ture over a bridge into a beautiful coun¬ 
try place, find a delightful young woman 
in an arbor, and make their apologies 
so quaintly that she forgives their tres¬ 
pass and serves them with tea. The 
Poet, The Ambassador, The Man of 
Truth, and The Exotic are permitted to 
return from time to time to this little 
paradise; and here they tell stories, 
read poems, engage in a fishing contest, 
and pass a number of very delightful 
holidays. It is all very fanciful and ir¬ 
responsible, full of charm, yet “only 
fooling” after all. Published by the 
Macmillan Company, New York; price, 
$1.50. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
You want to know 
how to get my lamp- 
chimneys. 
(1) Your grocer sells 
them, if he is fit to be 
your grocer; may be 
he don’t. 
( 2 ) 11 you’ll write 
me, I’ll send you my 
Index; that tells every¬ 
thing. 
Macbeth, Pittsburgh. 
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