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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 26 
[ Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
We don’t get anything to eat at our house 
any more— 
There’s never any common dish comes 
through the kitchen door; 
For ma and all the girls Is workin’ like 
they was machines— 
A-makin’ “Dainty Dishes’’ from the fash¬ 
ion magazines. 
They give us dabs o’ this an’ that, with 
names we can’t pronounce, 
With sprigs o’ stuff around them all, Just 
like a little flounce. 
A stalk or two o’ spinage takes the place 
o’ “mess o’ greens’’— 
We’re eatln’ “Dainty Dishes” from the 
fashion magazines. 
The groc’ry bill’s a-hummin’ now—I tell 
you It’s a sin; 
We got to buy the dainty stuff an’ things 
to cook it in. 
I’m blamed if I’ll call bean soup any “con- 
summay de beans!” 
But it’s in the “Dainty Dishes’” in the 
fashion magazines. 
I want a steak—I want it quick—I’m hun¬ 
gry as a hoss— 
I want it with thick gravy—no new 
fangled kind o’ sauce; 
An’ listen kerful an’ you’ll know jest what 
the or man means— 
I want no “Dainty Dishes” from the 
fashion magazines. 
—Baltimore American. 
* 
Isabella fox is one of this Winter’s 
furs. It is white Alaska fox dyed a 
creamy tan blending into a deeper 
brown stripe, rather suggestive of stone 
marten. This latter beautiful fur is 
much imitated, wolverine being dyed 
(or blended, as furriers say) into an ex¬ 
cellent imitation. 
• 
Stock collars, or neckers, as shop 
slang describes them, of fine white cash- 
mere are seen this Winter in a variety 
of shapes. Their advantage is that they 
may be washed, while more perishable 
materials may not. Panne makes many 
handsome stocks, but it is extremely 
perishable, not only soiling quickly, 
but also wearing rough. The cashmere 
stocks are usually trimmed with many 
rows of machine stitching. 
* 
Tire editor of the Kansas City Journal 
says he is going to quit talking about 
the erudition of Boston people. One 
day recently a plain farmer from Smith 
County left off plowing long enough to 
come in and tell the editor that he had 
plowed up some crinoids belonging to 
the paleozoic or mesozoic age, as well 
as some Silurian trilobites and brachio- 
pods. That must be a university-exten¬ 
sion farmers’-reading-course farmer. 
Still, hasn't a farmer a better chance to 
become acquainted with trilobites and 
brachiopods than the man who sells 
hardware over a city counter? 
* 
Thebe are many things a man may do 
better than a woman, but dressing chil¬ 
dren is not one of them. The New York 
Sun illustrates, this fact in the following 
little happening: 
When they came on the car the other 
day everybody wondered what made the 
small girl look so queer. A nice-looking 
man was leading her by the hand, and she 
would have been nice-looking, too, If it 
hadn't been for her bonnet. It was the 
strangest bonnet seen in many a day. A 
deep and full ruffle fell Into the child’s 
eyes, while a stiff, shelf-like projection 
stretched out over her neck. She was un¬ 
comfortable and the man was oblivious. 
After a while a plump and comfortable 
mother of two could endure it no longer. 
She leaned across the car and said some¬ 
thing to the man, who began to smile. 
He untied the bonnet and put It on the 
other side up. The ruffle developed into a 
litUe cape and the shelf into a poke bonnet, 
and the transformation was complete. 
“You see, her mother wasn’t around and 
I-,” he began. 
“Of course you did,” smiled back the 
mother of two. 
A LITTI.E trifie sold at a recent fair 
consisted of a small vial, dressed in a 
quaint little silk gown, a Shaker ker¬ 
chief, and a silk hood. Attached to it 
was a card inscribed: ‘‘What is this 
for? If you guessed *its use you might 
take it; if not, you must buy it for five 
cents.” No one ever guessed it, and 
3713 Girls’ Blouse Costume 
4 to 12 years. 
everyone wished to try, so a large num¬ 
ber were sold. After the sale was over 
the purchasers were informed that the 
vials were for broken needles, and were 
to be suspended from the sewing table 
by a loop of ribbon. The little silk hood, 
which was lined with batting, was 
pushed back when necessary to remove 
the cork, and broken needles or point¬ 
less pins put into the bottle. 
* 
At Cleveland, O., a fraudulent ‘‘em¬ 
ployment agency” has been gathering in 
a fat living for its proprietors for sev¬ 
eral years. The law could not touch it, 
but it has secured plenty of money from 
working women, and prospered on the 
ill-gotten wealth obtained under promise 
of securing employment for its victims. 
Finally a young woman who had paid 
$2 to the ‘‘agency,” in the effort to find 
work, took the law into her own hands. 
She collected 60 other women who haa 
been similarly treated, and marched to 
the swindling office. The women raided 
the establishment, carrying off every¬ 
thing movable, and compelling the pro¬ 
prietor to fiee for his life. The police 
declined to interfere, and the general 
verdict is that the swindler deserved 
the treatment given him. 
« 
Last week Miss Anna Barrows, editor 
of the American Kitchen Magazine, 
made some suggestions concerning the 
farmer’s bill of fare, and how to make 
the best of our food materials when 
they are restricted in variety. Miss 
Barrows has been speaking at farmers’ 
institutes, and she finds the women 
eagerly interested in any ideas that will 
aid them in doing their work well, or 
in making the best of food materials at 
hand. The lack of variety in vegetables 
on the farm is often referred to, and is 
a serious disadvantage. With plenty of 
vegetables one can make much of lim¬ 
ited materials, and it Is a short-sighted 
policy which ignores the home garden. 
Why not consider this matter now, and 
decide upon a plan for the coming 
Spring? If the seeds are procured early 
so that they are on hand, and all plans 
laid for the garden, it is less likely to 
be neglected than if set about hurriedly, 
at the last moment. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The blouse in combination with a 
gored skirt makes a simple costume 
much worn and much liked by little 
girls. The tasteful model illustrated is 
made from dark red serge, with bands 
of black velvet edged with narrow gilt 
braid and a shield and collar of gilt- 
embroidered red panne. The skirt is 
cut in three pieces, the gored front and 
circular sides, and is joined to a body 
lining that is snug and closes at the cen¬ 
ter back. The shield portion is faced 
into the lining and the standing collar 
is seamed to the neck, so that all closes 
together. 'The blouse is separate, with 
shoulder and under-arm seams, and 
opens at the front, where it is provided 
with buttons and buttonholes. Both 
back and fronts are plain across the 
shoulders, b t slightly full at the waist, 
where the blouse pouches over the belt. 
The right side laps over the left in dou¬ 
ble-breasted style, the rounded points 
being decorated with gold buttons, and 
the neck is finished with a deep collar 
that is round at the back and square at 
the front. The sleeves are two-seamed 
and unished with turn-over fiare cuffs. 
To cut this costume for a girl of eight 
years of age five yards of material 27 
inches wide, 2% yards 44 inches wide, 
or two yards 60 inches wide, with % 
yard 18 inches wide for shield and col¬ 
lar, will be required. The pattern No. 
3713 is cut in sizes for girls of 4, 6, 8 
and 10 years of age. Price of pattern 10 
cents. 
The Eton jacket illustrated shows the 
fashionable kaiser or military collar, 
now very popular. The model is made 
from black cheviot with self-faced rev- 
ers, and collar finished on the inside 
with velvet and rows of narrow gold 
bi-aid, and is closed by means of hand¬ 
some smoked pearl buttons; but black 
extend well back to form side backs 
and give a slender, tapering effect to 
the figure. The sleeves are two-seamed, 
snug, without being tight, and are cut 
in modified bell shape, so allowing the 
jacket to be slipped on and off with ease. 
At the neck is the military collar, with 
pointed ends that can be hooked over 
close or left free, as preferred. To cut 
this jacket for a woman of medium size 
four yards of material 21 inches wide, 
two yards 44 inches wide, or 1% yard 
50 inches wide, will be required. The 
pattern No. 3716 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents fi'om this office. 
Rural Recipes. 
You may breathe a pious blessing 
Over viands rich and good. 
But a blessing with long faces 
Won’t assimilate your food; 
While a meal of bread and herring. 
With a glass of water clear. 
Is a feast if it’s accomp’nied 
With the blessing of good cheer; 
Knowing something funny, tell it; 
Something sad, forget to knell it; 
Something hateful, quick dispel it. 
At the table. 
—Boston Beacon. 
Bacon Fraze.—Beat four eggs very 
light; aud one-half cupful of milk, one 
tablespoonful of fiour and one saltspoon- 
ful of pepper; lay eight or nine thin 
slices of bacon in a hot frying-pan; 
when slightly brown, turn and pour 
over them the prepared batter; brown 
on both sides and serve on a hot platter. 
Poached Eggs and Celery.—Arrange 
carefully poached eggs neatly on rounds 
of hot buttered toast. Fill in the cen¬ 
ter of the dish with a pint of celery cut 
into inch lengths and cooked in boiling 
water until tender, then stirred into a 
cupful of cream sauce. Serve very hot. 
Creamed Liver.—Cut one pound of 
calf’s liver in inch-square pieces and 
cover with cold water; add one tea¬ 
spoonful of lemon juice and one whole 
clove and simmer gently for one hour; 
add one-half teaspoonful of salt after 
half an hour; pour off water and add 
one-half pint of rich milk or thin cream; 
mix a heaping teaspoonful of fiour with 
one tablespoonful of butter and add as 
soon as the milk or cream boils; add 
one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, a 
pinch of white pepper and let boil up 
once. Serve on small squares of crisp 
toast. 
Maryland Oysters.—Sprinkle gradual¬ 
ly three-fourths pint of Indian (corn) 
meal into one quart of boiling water, 
previously salted with a large teaspoon¬ 
ful of salt; allow it to boil half an hour. 
Drain one pint of oysters of their liquor, 
and stir them into the mush; allow 10 
minutes longer, then pour the mixture 
into a square mold or a baking-powder 
can which has been wet in cold water. 
Cut in neat slices in the morning and 
fry. 
3715 Double Breasted Eton. 
32 to 40 in . bust 
velvet, melton and beaver in brown and 
tan, dark blue and red are all correct 
for the separate wrap, and the various 
suiting materials are used when the 
jacket matches the skirt. The fronts 
are cut with single darts, but fit snugly 
to the figure. The back is seamless and 
finished in a rounded bat-like extension 
below the waist, and is joined to the 
fronts by wide under-arm gores that 
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