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.Time 8 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
[ Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
THE H ARD-TO-PLEASE. 
There ain’t no pleasin’ people on this 
bloomin’ earth below: 
In the meltin’ days o’ Summer they’re hol¬ 
lerin’ fer snow! 
An’ when the snow comes siftin’ through 
the winders o’ the sky, 
They’re hollerin’ fer Summer an’ weather 
hot an’ dry! 
It’s this way on the hilltop, it’s this way 
on the plain: 
“The craps are gittin’ dusty; good Lord, 
send down the rain!” 
An’ when the rain is failin’ an’ weather’s 
lookin’ rough. 
It’s “Wonder if they’ll drown us? We 
done had rain enough!” 
There ain’t no pleasin’ people, no matter 
what you do— 
No matter what good fortune, they growl 
a lifetime through; 
An’ when they leave this country to seek 
the final lot. 
Heaven won’t be cool enough fer them, an' 
t’other place too hot! 
—Atlanta Constitution. 
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Here is a bit of wisdom from the 
Straight Edge: “ ‘Bear ye one another’s 
burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ, 
means a whole lot more than simply 
condoling with people in their mental 
troubles. The law of Christ’s kingdom 
of social and industrial righteousness is 
to bear the burdens of life’s drudgery, 
and to find ways of relieving those bur¬ 
dens for the largest possible number of 
people who are laboring under them.” 
« 
The medical authority of th^ Chicago 
board of education asserts that in inves¬ 
tigating child study in the public schools 
he traces dull and weak children back to 
their infancy, and finds that in most 
cases they were bottle-fed babies. The 
Illinois Child Study Society holds that 
the naturally nourished infant has a 
better chance by at least 30 per cent than 
the bottle baby in getting a good start 
in life. If the bottle were only resorted 
to as a necessity there would be little 
cause for comment; unfortunately it is, 
in too many instances, an effort to evade 
che responsibilities of motherhood. 
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We read recently of a small girl who 
has a way of thinking out things for 
herself. The other day, when her fath¬ 
er asked her to mail some bills that she 
had chanced to see him making out, she 
refused. “It’s against the law,” she said, 
“Why, I’ve seen it up everywhere on the 
fences and telegraph poles—‘Post no 
bills under penalty of the law.’” The 
same little Jane one day visited one of 
the upper grades at school, where the 
teacher was reviewing a class in phy¬ 
siology. Many times she reviewed them 
on the channels of the blood, the class 
responding in unison, “Arteries, capil¬ 
laries and veins.” Jane’s memory sel¬ 
dom plays her false, so her account of 
this might be taken as an object lesson 
in faulty enunciation. 
“My blood-vessels are R-tre?s, cater¬ 
pillars and worms,” she announced glib¬ 
ly at home. “I s’pose it’s the trees what 
makes me grow.” 
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CRETONNE-covered boxes fo' storing 
clothing in a bedroom are no novelty, 
but there is one new idea in thtir mak¬ 
ing this year, and that is the use of large 
ornamental brass or bronze hinges on 
the outside of the lid, instead of the 
small hinges hidden inside. The lid is 
fastened by a large hasp matching the 
hinges, which are just the style of those 
seen on medieval coffers. The box is 
upholstered in fiowery cretorne, and 
lined with some delicate color. Such a 
box is an excellent thing to licdd shirt 
waists, and is quite an ornament in a 
room. It is not beyond the ability of a 
home carpenter, though quite expensive 
to buy readymade. Exceedingly fiowery 
cretonne and chintz are very popular 
for upholstery and hangings this sea¬ 
son; they are usually in demand for 
Summer homes. Many of the furnish¬ 
ings specially designed for the Summer 
homes of city people are equally appro¬ 
priate for the farmhouse. For example, 
among floor coverings are the Hindu 
dhurries, rugs woven in a blanket-like 
texture of worsted and jute, in stripes 
of red and deep indigo blue. Their 
usual size is 4x7 feet, and their price 
ranges from $1 up. Chinese cotton rugs 
provide another inexpensive material; 
they are woven like the Smyrna rugs, 
in pretty patterns of blue and white, 
green and white, and brown anc. white; 
they are very inexpensive, and wash 
well. Split hickory and rush furniture, 
made after the old-fashioned models, is 
now very much the mode for country 
homes; it is painted and enameled in 
various colors, or left without any treat¬ 
ment. A farmhouse furnished after the 
style of a city man’s country home will 
3727 Fancy Waist 
32 to 4 0 in. Bust. 
be pretty and artistic, withoui being 
necessarily expensive. 
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Vegetarian restaurants ar^ already 
successful in several cities of the old 
world; they are not so well known here. 
in spite of the American tendency to 
seek after new things. A lunch-room of 
this class recently opened in New York 
is hardly a restaurant in the common 
acceptance of the word; it is headquar¬ 
ters for a cooperative industrial enter¬ 
prise called the Straight Edge. The peo¬ 
ple of the Straight Edge, who are try¬ 
ing to apply the Golden Rule to busi¬ 
ness and social life, say that the prob¬ 
lem of getting the ordinary work of 
cooking, serving meals, washing and 
scrubbing done without .making some¬ 
body drudge and slave and be regarded 
an a “menial” is undoubtedly the biggest 
problem that cooperative industry has 
to tackle. Without making any efforts 
towards a vegetarian propaganda they 
demonstrate that a well-cooked and 
tastefully-served meal of vegetables can 
be provided for a small cost, and to the 
satisfaction of its partakers. The bill 
of fare is headed by the motto: “Noth¬ 
ing that ever squealed.” The meals are 
varied day by day, consisting of three 
or four vegetable dishes, corn and 
wheat bread, dessert, and te.i, coffee, 
cocoa, etc. A sample bill of fare con¬ 
sists of creamed sweet potatoes, corn 
fritters, boiled onions with spinach 
dressing. Straight Edge bread, and 
spiced fruit pudding. The cooking is 
excellent—the bread, made from meal 
ground purposely after the ol.l process, 
beyond all praise. After lunching in a 
hurried business restaurant of the ordi¬ 
nary type, with an atmosphere like the 
tents of Kedar, it is a small slice of the 
millenium to partake of this “dinner of 
herbs, where love is.” It will be inter¬ 
esting to watch the outcome uf the ex¬ 
periment. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The fancy waist Illustratel which, 
combined with the skirt below, will make 
a very handsome suit, is made from 
satin Aiglon in pastel pink with revers 
of cream guipure over white, soft, full 
front of white chiffon, and simulated 
waistcoat of pink panne with band of 
white ornamented with small jeweled 
buttons. All soft-finished materials are, 
however, equally suitable; for odd 
bodices taffeta, crepe de Chine and ail 
the familiar soft satins, as well as lace 
are used, and costumes made from any 
one, as well as from the simpler henriet- 
tas, cashmeres and foulards are eminent¬ 
ly appropriate to the design. The foun¬ 
dation is a fitted lining that closes at the 
center front. The back proper is seam¬ 
less, but is joined to the fronts by means 
of under-arm gores. The fronts are 
plain and turned back to form revers. 
The full front, or plastron, is attached 
to the right side of the lining and is 
hooked over on to the left, and the 
simulated vest is stitched to position be¬ 
neath the revers. The sleeves, as shown, 
are tucked above and below the elbows, 
but left free to form puffs at shoulders, 
elbows and wrists, where they are fin¬ 
ished with bands of lace, but, if pre¬ 
ferred, they can be made plain, the pat¬ 
tern for the lining only being used. To 
cut this waist for a woman of medium 
size i\i yards of material 21 inches wide, 
or 2^ yards 44 inches wide, with % yard 
of chiffon for full front and % yai’d for 
simulated waistcoat, will be required 
when tucked sleeves are used; 3% yards 
21 inches wide, or 1% yard 44 inches 
wide when plain sleeves are used. The 
pattern No. 3727 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents from this ofllce 
A tucked hip yoke is seen cn many 
of the new skirts. All the lighter-weight 
wools are peculiarly adaptable and such 
soft silks, cottons and linens as foulard, 
louisine, crepe de Chine, taffeta, cotton 
grenadine, embroidered muslin, batiste 
and the like are charming. The skirt is 
cut in three pieces, a narrow fi’ont and 
wide side gores. The fullness at the up¬ 
per portion is arranged in the graduated 
tucks over the hips, but is laid in an 
inverted pleat at the back which pro¬ 
vides graceful folds and ample flare at 
the lower portion. To cut this skirt for 
a woman of medium size 6^4 yards of 
material 21 inches wide, 5% yards 2/ 
inches wide, 4% yards 32 inches wide, 
3% yards 44 inches wide or 3% yards 50 
inches wide will be required. The pat¬ 
tern No. 3815 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 
26, 28 and 30-inch waist measuie; price 
10 cents from this office. 
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baking - ironing 
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