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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 21 
i Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
THE REMORSEFUL CAKES. 
A little boy named Thomas ate 
Hot buckwheat cakes for tea— 
A very rash proceeding, as 
We presently shall see. 
He went to bed at eight o’clock 
As all good children do, 
And scarce had closed his little eyes. 
When he most restless grew. 
He wrapped one leg around his waist 
And t’other round his ear. 
While mamma wondered what on earth 
Could all her little dear. 
But sound he slept, and as he slept 
He dreamt an awful dream 
Of being spanked with hickory slabs 
Without the power to scream. 
He dreamt a great big lion came 
And ripped and raved and roared— 
While on his breast two furious bulls 
In mortal combat gored. 
He dreamt he heard the flop of wings 
Within the chimney-flue— 
And down there crawled, to gnaw his ears. 
An awful bugaboo! 
When Thomas rose next morn, bis face 
Was pallid as a sheet; 
"I never more,” he flrmly said, 
“Will cakes for supper eat!” 
—Eugene Field. 
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Among the little cake cutters now sold 
are several decided variations from the 
ordinary round or oval scalloped molds. 
I'hey are to be purchased in a series of 
animals, birds, letters, numbers and geo¬ 
metrical designs, some quite elaborate; 
also spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, 
these latter being for card parties. 
m 
Veky uncommon rag rugs are made 
by knitting strips of cotton material like 
yarn, on large wooden needles. It may 
be knitted in stripes of contrasting col¬ 
ors, blue and white being very clean and 
cool looking. Such rugs may be washed 
easily. Artistic furnishers now realize 
the beauty of humble rag carpets and 
rag rugs, and they are often seen in 
handsome Summer homes. A large rug 
of good hit-and-miss carpeting, fringed 
at the ends, is very suitable for a dining¬ 
room finished in natural wood. 
* 
Rustling dress linings are out of 
date, say the fashion authorities. Time 
was when a gentle rustle meant silk 
linings and nothing else, and the desire 
of every woman with dress ambitions 
was to emulate that rustle. Then we 
began to get rustle percalines, and mer¬ 
cerized almost-silks, copying the truly- 
silk rustle so closely that it no longer 
remained exclusive. (Consequently, the 
latest dictum is that we are to swish 
about softly, without that aggressive 
rustle, which, at times, became very op¬ 
pressive. 
Refehence made by fashion writers 
to the “singlet,” in describing sailor and 
guimpe dresses, prove a little puzzling 
to the uninitiated. This name is given 
to the under bodice to whicli a shield or 
guimpe Is attached. Many women who 
have been wearing the popular sailor 
suits this Summer find that the white 
shield, when detached, is very trouble¬ 
some, riding up at front and sides, and 
disclosing unseemly gaps. This is ob¬ 
viated when it is attached to the under¬ 
waist or singlet, which buttons in the 
back. The little girl’s singlet is, of 
course, attached to her skirt. Refer¬ 
ence to the shields which insist upon 
divorcing themselves from sailor 
blouses reminds us of the gaping lace 
yokes which give an untidy look to so 
many Summer frocks. Out of sight, out 
of mind, says the old proverb, and when 
a waist fastens in the back or on the 
shoulder many women seem quite re¬ 
gardless of its proper closing. It is very 
difidcult to contrive a fastening for a 
yoke of continuous fine insertion that 
does not spoil its effect. Most women 
compromise on small ornamental pins, 
but we know some who always sew 
themselves in! “It isn’t so very hard,” 
explained one, “after you get used to it, 
but it is a nuisance, when you’re tired 
and hot, to pick out the stitches before 
you can get out of your frock!” This 
recalls the days of phenomenally tight 
sleeves, when some women were accused 
of having the inner seam of the sleeve, 
at the upper part, stitched together after 
the waist was on, to secure an absolute- 
3902 Child's Tucked Dress, 
1, 2, 4 & 6 yrs. 
ly wrinkleless fit. At that time no really 
fashionable woman could put her hat 
on after her gown was fastened. We 
have certainly progressed since then. 
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A SMALL boy who had been directed 
to a course of nature study was recently 
called upon to write an essay upon bull¬ 
frogs. Johnny thought long and deeply 
upon the subject, and this was the re¬ 
sult: 
The bullfrog is large, green and warty. 
He can jump several times his own length. 
His voice is loud, but not pleasing. The 
bullfrog is shy and diffident. He builds 
his nest in damp swampy places, where it 
is difficult to track him. At the slightest 
alarm he utters a low, plaintive note and 
immediately seeks refuge in the water. He 
is a good diver, and can swim like a fish, 
except that he does not wiggle, but kicks. 
There was a frog once that blowed himself 
full of air until he busted like a paper sack. 
This shows the folly of vanity and self- 
conceit. O, my friends, let us endeavor 
not to act In that manner, but to be good 
and truthful. Let us remember that life is 
short, and that we must always be up and 
doing. Some people like bullfrogs to eat, 
but I would rather have pie. 
« 
It is often thought that fish served at 
good hotels or restaurants is much 
nicer than that cooked at home. Really, 
the fish offered at the home table is like¬ 
ly to be better in quality, but the pro¬ 
fessional cook pays more attention to 
the sauce, served with it. The simplest 
sauce for fish consists of about two 
tablespoonfuls of butter rubbed smooth 
or melted, to which has been added a 
teaspoonful of lemon juice and a table¬ 
spoonful of chopped parsley; this put 
over the fish just before serving. Half 
a cupful of chili sauce heated and poured 
over the fish is excellent; so is heated 
tomato catsup, thinned a little, with the 
addition of a few chopped olives or 
pickles. These are all simple. For 
smelts, or other small fried fish, sauce 
Tartars is usually served; this is an or¬ 
dinary mayonnaise dressing, to which 
chopped olives, gherkins and capers 
have been added. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Simple little frocks that fall from the 
shoulders make the best possible models 
for little children. The pretty example 
is suited to both boys and girls up to 
two years of age, and to girls until they 
reach the mature age of six. The orig¬ 
inal Is made of French nainsook and is 
untrimmed, the fine tucks making a 
sufficient and dainty finish; but all fine 
white lawn, batiste, dimities and the 
like are suitable for the better dresses, 
and a sash tied around, low down, and 
lK>wed in back gives it the French effect. 
Ginghams, cotton cheviots and similar 
materials are better for the knockabout 
frocks. The little dress is cut with 
front and back portions, which are 
tucked to yoke depth, but fail in soft 
fold^ below, and which may be arranged 
over a yoke lining that holds the tucks 
in place. The lower edge may be sim¬ 
ply hemmed or have three tucks added 
above the hem as illustrated. The 
bishop sleeves are tucked at the upper 
portion and plain below the elbows. The 
neck is finished with a straight tucked 
band or collar. To cut this dress for a 
child of four years of age, three yards 
of material 27 inches wide or 2^ yards 
32 inches wide will be required. The 
pattern No. 3902 is cut in sizes for chil¬ 
dren of one, two, four and six years of 
age; price 10 cents. 
The middy suit shown is made of 
white serge banded with blue, but blue 
serge or cheviot with white is equally 
appropriate for cool weather, duck and 
linen in lK)th colors for Summer wear. 
The trousers are long and shaped on 
sailor lines. The blouse is simply full 
with the sailor collar, that can be square 
or round as preferred, shield and fash¬ 
ionable sleeves that are pleated to form 
cuffs. At the left side is an inserted 
pocket and the collar is held by a genu¬ 
ine sailor’s knot with ends. To cut this 
suit for a uoy of six years of age, 4%. 
yards of material 27 inches wide, 2% 
yards 44 inches wide or 2% yards 50 
inches wide will be required. The pat¬ 
tern No. 3922 is cut in sizes for boys of 
3922 Bey’s Middy Suit, 
4 to 10 yrs 
4, 6, 8 and 10 years of age; price 10 
cents from this ofldee. 
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. 
Hanging Out Clothes. 
It is nearly as essential to hang out 
things properly as to wash them well 
If big things, such as table and bed 
linen, dry out of shape stretching .and 
pulling them straight wears them moie 
than use. Hang sheets, table cloths, 
towels and napkins across the line, ends 
down. Warp threads are so much 
stronger than filling that if things are 
habitually hung crosswise, they will 
certainly split along the fold. lnde:id, 
all washable things should be hung oui 
that the weight while wet—which is 
thrice the weight dry—comes upon the 
lengthwise threads. To do this with 
skirts, shirts and made garments gener¬ 
ally, get a strip of clean inch-square 
deal, some wooden barrel hoops and 
plenty of good-sized screw hooks, along 
with a few picture hooks. Saw after the 
manner of a coat hanger. For shirts 
the deal ought to be long enough to 
reach a little way in the sleeves. Fas¬ 
ten the neck-band and slip the hook 
over the line. Thus a full-size shirt wlil 
be properly dried and aired in about -six 
inches of line space. The barrel hoops 
are for skirt hangers. Tie stout twine 
so it makes a knotted cross in the mid¬ 
dle of the hoop, and slip a picture hook 
under the cross. Then fasten the skirt 
band, put the hoop inside the skirt, and 
hook upon the line. The line must be 
extra stout, and properly braced for such 
hangers, as they mean extra strain 
through quadrupling its drying capacity. 
Whether hung on hangers or simply 
a line, take pains to hang out shirts so 
the bosoms will not drag. Once the sev¬ 
eral thicknesses pull apart and dry in 
creases, it will be hard work to get them 
back into shape. It is the same with 
cuffs and collars. Snap them out 
straight and hang so warp and woof 
pull true. All these stiff and polished 
things need to get bone dry before 
stai’ching. They also need to be well 
wet in blood-warm water before rub¬ 
bing. Stiff linen is nearly as breakable 
as cardboard, especially the fine sorts 
used in good shirts. 
If my name isn’t 
on your lamp chim- 
neys you have 
trouble with them. 
Macbeth. 
If you’ll send your address, I’ll send you 
tlie Index to Lamps aiifl their Cliimneys, to 
tell you what number to get for your lamp. 
M.\cr.i;Tir, I’iitdmrgh. 
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and it is made in the old- 
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The brands named in margin 
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