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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 19 
[ Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. C-1' 
JOHNNY’S QUESTIONS. 
Johnijy's strapped his books and slate, and 
started off to school; 
He’s enjoined to study well and mind the 
teacher’s rule; 
He’s advised to con his books and every 
lesson learn. 
So that he may thrill the land when it 
comes his turn. 
That is why his father has a most im¬ 
portant task— 
He must find the answers for the ques¬ 
tions John will ask. 
‘‘Why don’t water run up hill? Why don’t 
scarecrows fly? 
When was Julius Caesar born? How’d he 
come to die? 
Give a list of Presidents. Where is Reyk¬ 
javik? 
How Is it that seven days only make a 
week? 
How do you spell phthisis, Pa? Who was 
in the ark? 
Where does all the daylight stay while 
we’re in the dark? 
“Why do pickles make boys sick? When 
was Moses born? 
Pa, how many kernels Is in a grain of 
corn? 
Pa, who was it held the pass at Thermop- 
ylas? 
Was it like a circus pass? What is Labor 
Day? 
Pa, what does a oyster eat? Do they live 
in beds? 
Does the little oysters’ mas have to comb 
their heads? 
“What is germs? The teacher says they’re 
on pencils, and 
Must be antlsepticized ’fore they touch 
our hand. 
She says they must be removed, or ’twill 
never do. 
Are they like us little boys—chew the pen¬ 
cils, too?” 
Then his Pa will drop his book, and In 
accents deep 
Say: “It’s time that boys like you were 
in bed asleep.” 
-Baltimore American. 
OPTsrDEits often find it hard to un¬ 
derstand the enthusiasm of the artist 
or scientist for his specialty. The late 
Professor Hiley, State Entomologist of 
Missouri, used gleefully to recount an 
experience he once had while investi¬ 
gating a locust and grasshopper plague 
in the West. He overheard a station 
lounger say to another, in contemptuous 
tone: “There was a long-legged loon 
here to-day who rushed about like mad, 
ketchin’ grasshoppers, and holdln’ 'em 
up by the legs, an’ lookin’ at ’em 
through a round glass like he never seen 
a g;rasshopper afore. I could git him a 
bushel ef he wanted ’em, an’ they 
wouldn’t cost him a cent.” 
* 
'Two of the new blues to be fashion¬ 
able during the coming season are Na¬ 
poleon and Baltic, the latter a little 
lighter than the Russian blue so popular 
last Winter. Among the reds, coqueli- 
cot is simply poppy; automobile a vivid 
shade that Is neither cerise nor ma¬ 
genta, yet with a vague suggestion of 
both; phloxlne a deep dahlia tint. 
Delft is a pale purple, not blue, as the 
name implies; bishop a deep purple, lo¬ 
belia a soft lilac, and cyclamen a deli¬ 
cate heliotrope. Java and marron are 
two popular browns, the latter being 
merely chestnut under its French name. 
It is said that green will be a leading 
color, and it appears in an infinity of 
shades, from palest Nile to deep chas¬ 
seur and myrtle. 
* 
PoKPONS on the Fall hats are growing 
larger and larger, fatter and fluffier; it 
is hard to say where they will stop. A 
great many colored feathers are used in 
them, but the very smartest are still of 
black, white or black and white. White 
flaked with black chenille is very popu¬ 
lar, and is the favorite trimming on 
a white or mode felt outing hat. Some¬ 
times the pompons are of stiff feathers, 
sometimes of hackles tightly curled, but 
ths most popular style is of ostrich 
feathers. Of course they are not cheap. 
Lace pompons are seen with jetted cen¬ 
ters. We also see large stiflly wired lace 
flowers with Jetted centers and yellow 
silk stamens, which will be used to trim 
Winter hats of velvet and fur. These 
flowers are made in both black and 
white lace, the white ones sometimes 
having a border of fine black chenille. 
It seems oda to combine lace flowers 
with velvet and fur, but the effect is 
good in black and white. Combinations 
of black and white have been very fash¬ 
ionable all through the season, and 
promise to continue in vogue. 
* 
Walking dress at the present time is 
so sensible that one would think it diffi¬ 
cult for any woman who follows pre¬ 
vailing modes to make herself deliber¬ 
ately uncomfortable or unsuitably dress¬ 
ed. Yet it often appears as though the 
greatest enemy to woman’s progress and 
advancement is woman herseii, just be¬ 
cause she doesn’t seem to realize tne 
eternal fitness of things. When she 
knows enough to wear a short skirt on 
a rainy day, she ought to realize that a 
frilly, lace-edged white petticoat is not 
the thing to wear under it, yet every 
wet day we see inis combination. She 
Ow.ght to know, too, that openwork 
suckings and patent leather ties witn 
three-inch French heels do not harmon¬ 
ize with the rainy day costume, but she 
Insists on wearing them. Madame Midas 
sets the fashion with a brooch formed 
of a costly miniature portrait encircled 
with diamonds, and as a consequence all 
sorts and conditions of women are now 
wearing libelous photographs framed in 
tallowy mock brilliants. Turquoise 
matrix, its veins and splashes set in 
rough gold, became the fashion, and 
thousands of silly women pinned their 
belts, their collars and their untidy 
back hair with tawdry metal set with 
something tnat suggests blue china door 
knobs. We have outgrown a good many 
foolish and ugly customs in dress; there 
is really no excuse for unbecoming 
3924 Girl’s Apron, 
4 io 1 2 yrs. 
clothes, however inexpensive they may 
be. Our future development, therefore, 
must be in the line of personal tasie, 
and sense of fitness. 
• 
A WRITKB in the American Kitchen 
Magazine for October discusses chil¬ 
dren’s work in the home, giving an¬ 
swers received from a number of 
sources as to instruction given to chil¬ 
dren, and the help required of them. 
The most satisfactory response received 
was the following: 
From the time I was five to 14 years old 
the work given me was for my training. 
It was regularly assigned, small in amount, 
and altcaya inspected. If it was poorly 
done. It had to be done over again. It 
consisted at first in sewing. At 11 years 
I had made five quilts and had hemmed 
towels, napkins, etc. From 11 to 14 I 
learned to cut and make underclothes, 
and I made a cambric dress alone the last 
year. Then cooking. I commenced at 10 
or 11 years. At first I learned to prepare 
vegetables, then meats, bread and cake 
making followed. From eight to 11 years I 
was taught the regular work in the care of 
the home: (1) dusting the sitting room; (2) 
care of the front stairs; (3) making beds; (4) 
lamps; (5) cleaning the lower cupboards in 
the pantry on Saturday; (6) cleaning the 
clothes closets at house-cleaning time. I 
occasionally wiped dishes. 
That outlines a model course of home 
instruction. Any system of education 
which keeps a girl too busy to learn 
3927 Child’s Dress, 
6 Mo. 1, 2 and 4 yrs. 
anything about housekeeping during the 
formative period of her life is a failure 
in fitting her for tne career she is most 
likely to follow. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Plain woolen Winter frocks cause a 
demand for little white aprons, either 
for school or home wear. The pattern 
shown is a very simple and pretty style. 
To cut this apron for a girl eight years 
of age, 2% yards of material 32 inches 
wide will be required, with 2% yards of 
edging, 2% yards of insertion, and % 
yard of additional material for sash 
ends. The pattern No. 3924 is cut in 
sizes for girls of 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years 
of age; price 10 cents from this office. 
Pointed yokes, with bretelles falling 
over the shoulders, are exceedingly be¬ 
coming to the little folk, and make a 
charming effect. This dainty frock is 
made of sheer Persian lawn, with all- 
over tucking and trimming of Valen¬ 
ciennes lace, but the design is suited to 
all fabrics used for children. The yoke 
is square at the lower edge and to it is 
attached the full skirt portion. Tne 
bretelles are shaped and slightly full; 
falling in soft folds. The sleeves are in 
guimpe style with frills falling over the 
hands, and the neck is finished with a 
straight hand or narrow collar. To cut 
this dress for a child two years of age 
2% yards of material 32 Inches wide will 
be required with % yard of tucking and 
3% yards of insertion to trim as illus¬ 
trated. The pattern No. 3927 is cut in 
sizes for children of six months, 1, 2, 
and 4 years of age;price 10 cents. 
A Fhotographic Competition. 
JPBIZkS FOE PICXUKES OF HOUSEHOLD 
SUBJECTS. 
The R. N.-Y. numbers many amateur 
photographers among its readers, and 
we receive, from time to time, interest¬ 
ing and novel pictures, which are repro¬ 
duced in our columns. But there is one 
class of subjects which seems to receive 
very little attention, and that is the do¬ 
main of the women folks. ’Tne picture 
makers like to take a shot at the new 
raspberry patch, or the barn, or the cow, 
but the comfortable storm door, the 
pantry tnat saves steps, or the way the 
boys help Mother when she has had an 
extra hard day, is neglected. To tn- 
courage this neglected field the Woman 
and Home Department offers the follow¬ 
ing prizes for the best pictures illus¬ 
trating domestic subjects: 
First Prize, $7.00. 
Second Prize, $5.00. 
Third Prize, $3.00. 
The subject should illustrate, prefer¬ 
ably, some idea oi convenience, comfort, 
or saving of labor, but domestic episodes 
wnich form effective pictures will be 
considered. We desire photographs that 
show something, but that will also 
make attractive pictures. The prize 
winners will be asked.to lurnish descrip¬ 
tive notes to accompany the illustra¬ 
tions. The competition will be open un¬ 
til December 1. In addition to the prize¬ 
winners, otner pictures which, though 
failing to receive a prize, are still con¬ 
sidered worthy of use in illustrating, 
will be paid for upon use at our regular 
rates. Address all matter relating to 
this to the Woman and Home Depart¬ 
ment of The R. N.-Y. 
Live in a thankful spirit, and you will 
find more and more to be thankful for. 
Begin by resolving not to forget your 
mercies, and you will gradually come 
to feel the thought of them a constant 
inspiration to happiness.—Brooke Her- 
ford. 
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. 
Nobody else but 
me puts his name 
on lamp chimneys 
— there’s mighty 
good reason for 
that. Macbeth. 
If you’ll send your address, I’ll send you 
the Index to Lamps and tlieir Chimneys, to 
tell you what number to get for your lamp. 
Macbeth, Pittsburgh. 
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