1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
4i9 
One Sewing Room. 
You have never seen anything like this 
sewing room, for it is “niy own inven- . 
tion,” as the White Knight remarked to 
Alice in Wonderland. Everyone who has 
lived in a small house, in a Hat, or in a 
furnished room, has known the inconven¬ 
ience of not having a closet or room 
wherein to keep all sewing materials, work 
partly done and to he done. When one 
has to he comfortable in a city furnished 
room the question becomes of as much 
interest as any of the popular conundrums. 
This is my answer to it. 
The window in my room was four feet 
long. It suggested as soon as I saw it 
a window box, and the- same I had made 
for me of pine boards four feet long, two 
feet wide and a foot and three inches 
deep, inside measurement. This low, 
broad seat is most restful. The cover is 
put on with hinges, and the box is stained 
forest green, which with the iron hinges 
and lock is ornamental. A common box 
of the proper proportions stained ebony 
or any other wood would be equally at¬ 
tractive, or the box might be covered with 
denim, art burlaps, or Cretonne to suit the 
room it was to be in. Outside, the sewing 
room is nothing more than a box window 
seat with a cushion of green denim for 
cover to the seat, and two or three other 
cushions for the back. Inside, you will 
find the sewing department which has 
made me call it a room, for it holds 
much as one usually puts in the room de¬ 
voted to one’s needlework. The whole 
inside is lined with gray-green denim, and 
under this is a layer of cotton batting, 
over which I sifted lavender seed. The 
denim covers every part of the inside, 
and is held in place by brass-headed tacks. 
A row of brass hooks is placed around 
the tops of the two ends. 1 hese serve to 
hold my stocking bag, various smaller 
hags for embroidery silks, thread, buttons, 
hooks and eyes, small notions like belts 
and binding ribbons, etc. The long sides 
of the box are also obliged to do duty. 
Each has pockets. One side is divided 
into three and the other into four, about 
equal in size. Into the three pockets go 
the pieces, black, white and colored, re¬ 
gardless of material. The four pockets 
hold patterns, work partly done, articles 
to be mended, and anything that seems 
to need a speciui place. The cover is 
strongly made and has straps stitched 
across it, in which are placed a yard stick, 
shears and scissors, pincushion and needle¬ 
work. The big needles for running rib¬ 
bon through beading are there, too. 
While the pockets are the depth of the 
box they are not very full, so the center 
is open for other purposes, and here go all 
the things to be done “some time.” I he 
silk that is to be turned into a waist has 
that place to be left in, and with it are all 
the other bits of work that are not imme¬ 
diate in their demands. The “sewing 
room,” as I am pleased to call it, has 
space for more more than its present 
owner will ever need. Dresses in process 
of making or remaking may be laid with¬ 
in it, and not be crowded into wrinkles. 
A box of this size is larger than an ordi¬ 
nary steamer trunk, and has no trays to 
divide the space. 
Anything more convenient than this for 
the woman who has restricted quarters 
cannot be imagined, and it is very easy 
to fit the inside. The pockets should be 
stitched on to the sides before the lining 
is placed on the box, and under the stitch¬ 
ing it is well to place an extra layer of the 
denim for strength. When it becomes 
dusty all one has to do to freshen it is 
to remove the brass nails and hooks and 
to have the lining laundered or well 
dusted. If the cover is kept closed when 
the “room” is not in use it will not need 
cleaning for a year. When one moves 
from place to place she has simply to 
lock the case, cover it over with packing 
burlaps and she has a useful traveling 
case. It will hold a great deal, and will 
be found a treasure always. If one can 
do pyrography she can make a thing of 
beauty from any smooth box. She should 
choose a bold design for ornamentation, 
and burn it in broad strokes. Fine work 
will not be found effective in such a thing 
as this. If the box was smooth within, 
and one did not care to line it as I have 
mine, she could have bap\s to take the 
place of the pockets, each held to the side 
by screw hooks, hut I think the lined box 
like mine will be found preferable because 
more convenient. bora may morrei.l. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The problem of dressing the wee boy 
is always one of the more difficult ones, 
but this pretty little dress goes a long 
way towards solving it. It is sufficiently 
boyish in effect, it is not too old and is 
as comfortable as it is simple. The model 
is made of mercerized blue chambray, 
but there are almost numberless materials 
offered, cotton, linen and simple wools 
all being suitable. 'Flic dress is made 
with fronts and back that are laid in 
pleats for their entire length, but stitched 
to the belt only, and is closed at the left 
To know all there is to know about a Sarsaparilla, take 
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J. C. Ayer Co.. 
Lowell, Mass. 
4879 Boy’a Dress, 2 to 4 years. 
of the front where a box pleat effect is 
formed. The sleeves are full, gathered 
into wristbands, and the neck is finished 
with a roll-over collar. To make the 
dress for a boy of four years of age will 
be required 3-)4 yards of material 27 inches 
wide, 3 l / 2 yards 32 inches wide or 2J4 
yards 44 inches wide. The pattern 4679 
is cut in sizes for boys of 2 and 4 years of 
age; price 10 cents. 
This pretty tucked blouse is made of 
mercerized cotton showing lines of blue 
on white and is unlined, but can be used 
either with or without the fitted lining, 
and is available for all materials in vogue. 
The full length tucks, at each side of the 
center, with those at the shoulders which 
extend to yoke depth only, make a most 
desirable combination, while those at the 
back give the tapering lines that always 
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4626 Tucked Blouae, 32 to 40 bust. 
ire becoming. The waist consists of the 
Ttted lining, fronts and back. At the 
;enter front is a regulation shirt waist 
pleat that meets the groups of tucks at 
each side. The sleeves are tucked to be 
snug from th,e shoulders to the elbows but 
are full below and are gathered into 
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