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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 26 
[ Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
WHERE YE SPANKWEED GROWS. 
There’s a corner in our garden, but my 
nurse won’t tell me where, 
That little boys must never see, but al¬ 
ways must beware, 
And in that corner, all the year, in rows 
and rows and rows, 
A dreadful little flower called the 
Spankweed 
Grows! 
My nursie says that if a boy who doesn’t 
wash his face. 
Or pulls his little sister's hair, should ever 
find that place. 
The spankweed just would jump at him 
and dust his little clothes. 
Oh, it’s never safe for fellers where the 
Spankweed 
Grows! 
Some day I’ll get the sickle from our hired 
man, and then 
I’ll go and find that spankweed place—it’s 
somewhere in the glen. 
And when I get a-swingln’ it and puttin’ 
in my blows, 
I bet there’ll be excitement where the 
Spankweed 
^ Grows! 
—Paul West, in Life. 
• 
According to Good Housekeeping, a 
baker who makes jam on a large scale 
says that he never stirs it, but puts a 
large handful of marbles on the bottom 
of the kettle. When the jam boils these 
roll around, and prevent it from burn¬ 
ing. 
* 
Little Agnes had been a regular at¬ 
tendant at the Sunday school last Win¬ 
ter, says the New York Sun. The other 
day the school opened again after the 
vacation and the teacher decided to have 
a general review of all the ground cov¬ 
ered by the primary department. She 
started, very properly, at the beginning. 
“Children,” said she, “after Adam was 
created, how was Eve brought into the 
world?” 
A half-dozen hands went into the air. 
“Willie Smith may answer,” said the 
teacher. 
“Made-outen-a-bone-frum-Adam.” 
“Now, children that is correct. And 
from what bone was woman created?” 
There was an awful silence in the 
class-room. Finally little Agnes’s hand 
went up like a shot. 
“You may answer, Agnes.” 
Her decision came quickly. 
“The jaw-bone,” said she. 
We recently met a severe-faced wo¬ 
man with an air of extreme propriety 
whose costume was a shrieking example 
of conspicuous lack of taste. She wore 
a very nice gray jacket suit and a gray 
hat, which, one would imagine, would 
tone down any brilliancy of color, and 
give a harmonious whole. But she also 
wore, with her low shoes, bright purple 
stockings with white dots, which gleam¬ 
ed luridly below a violent pink silk 
petticoat: a green silk waist with a red 
neck ribbon, showed under her gray 
jacket, and her hat was trimmed with 
a scarf of turquoise blue. The general 
effect would make a rainbow seem sad 
and lonesome. Every article she wore 
was good in quality and style (save only 
the purple stockings, which we could 
not reconcile to our conscience); yet 
the general effect was poor and tawdry. 
The fact is, that a clever combination of 
becoming colors always gives a look of 
style to the simplest dress. The girl 
who always looks well in a shirt waist 
is the one who knows just the right 
shade to wear in necktie, and belt, per¬ 
haps repeated in her hat. We used to 
see one girl last Summer, nearly every 
day, who always wore a red neck ribbon 
with a pink waist, except when she 
varied it by wearing a pink ribbon with 
a red waist, and we always felt sorry 
for her; it is charity to assume that she 
was color blind. 
When it is necessary to dilute very 
strong tea, water at the boiling point 
should always be used. If made strong 
at first, and then diluted with water that 
is merely hot, not boiling, the fiavor is 
poor. The water should never be al¬ 
lowed to boil and reboil for tea making; 
it should always be used just as soon as 
it comes to the full boil. We think that 
carelessness in these two particulars is 
responsible for most cases where tea is 
lacking in fiavor and aroma. To seek 
to repair these faults by long steeping 
of the tea is a fatal error, which not 
only ruins the fiavor, but also spoils the 
tea for its real purpose, which is that 
of a milQ stimulant and aid to assimila¬ 
tion. 
Embroidered fiannels for shirt waists 
seem likely to achieve as great a popu¬ 
larity as last Winter, the patterns being 
similar to the printed ones. Light blue 
is a favorite color, one of these being 
embroidered all over with black rings 
inclosing a French knot of white. In 
the printed patterns white with black 
figure is very effective. Novelties in shirt 
waist materials have borders, some¬ 
times merely a different shade or 
heavier weave, and sometimes an elab¬ 
orate arrangement of colors or stripes. 
Embroidered borders are decidedly gor¬ 
geous. In making up, one strip of the 
border is put down the front hem, and, 
as a rule, straps with pointed ends are 
put at yoke depth on either side. The 
colored strips also form stock and cuffs. 
Clusters of tucks with straps between 
form a very pretty and popular trim¬ 
ming. Among silk waists, taffeta is still 
a standby; a weave called metallic taf¬ 
feta, from its luster, costs $1.25 a yard, 
and makes up beautifully. Sicilian, a 
ribbed silk with a woolen warp, will be 
used; this is very durable, thick, and 
suitable for Winter wear. Plain silk 
waists are still freely tucked, and for 
this style peau de sole is still a favorite, 
also peau de cygne and peau de mig- 
nonne, which is a little duller in finish. 
Louisine is another of the favorite silks. 
Velveteen, whicn is really a beautiful 
fabric as now made, promises great 
popularity, though in the gay colors it 
has rather a tawdry look. It is a very 
comfortable fabric for cold weather. 
There are a good many who are re¬ 
gretting that they are so without money 
or other material means as to be unable 
to do all they would like toward reli'v- 
ing others’ burdens and leveling down 
the rough roads they have to walk over. 
But is is one of the mistakes we are all 
the time making to suppose that bread 
and milk and money are the great pana¬ 
cea of human distress.—Dr. Parkhurst. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Nothing makes a more satisfactory 
boy’s suit than dark blue serge. The 
model shown is made of that material 
with simple bone buttons and is well 
adapted to school wear; but mixeu che¬ 
viots and all other suiting materials can 
be substituted if preferred. The trous¬ 
ers are carefully shaped and are correct¬ 
ly fashioned. The vest is double-breast¬ 
ed, and is supplied with double rows of 
buttons and buttonholes. The jacket is 
seamed at the center back and curves 
to give a graceful effect. The fronts are 
half loose, with inserted pockets covered 
with laps. The neck is finished with 
regulation collar that rolls over with 
the fronts to form lapels and the sleeves 
are in coat style, stitched to simulate 
cuffs. To cut this suit for a boy of eight 
years of age 2% yards of materials 44 
inches wide or 1% yard 54 inches wide 
will be required, with Vz yard of lining 
for back of vest. The pattern No. 3951 
is cut in sizes for boys of 6 , 8 , 10 and 12 
years of age; price 10 cents. 
Norfolk styles make a marked feature 
of the season and are noticeable in 
waists as well as jackets. This smart 
model is made on the latest lines and is 
correct in every detail. As shown, the 
material is fine serge fiannel woven in a 
pretty fancy plaid, collar, cuffs and belt 
being of black velvet, but plain flannel, 
corduroy, velveteen, striped flannel, 
cashmere and all waist and dress ma¬ 
terials are suitable, as the design is 
equally appropriate for the costume and 
the odd waist. The foundation, or fitted 
lining, is snugly fitted and closes at the 
center front. The waist proper is laid 
in box pleats that are stitched at their 
under folds and extend from the neck 
and shoulders, the closing being effected 
by means of buttons and buttonholes 
worked through the pleat at the center 
front. The two seamed sleeves are in 
dress style with slightly flaring cuffs. 
The neck is finished with a standing col¬ 
lar that terminates in a point, and at 
the waist is a narrow curved belt. To 
cut this waist for a miss 14 years of age 
3^4 yards of material 20 inches wide, 3% 
yards 27 inches wide, 2% yards 32 inches 
wide or two yards 44 inches wide will be 
required, with % yard of velvet to trim 
a^i illustrated. The pattern No. 3950 is 
cut in sizes for misses of 12, 14 and 16 
years of age; price 10 cents. 
Bach man has to seek out his own 
special aptitude for a higher life in the 
midst of the humble and inevitable real¬ 
ity of daily existence. Than this there 
can be no nobler aim in life.—Maeter¬ 
linck. 
There is no man so angular or crotch¬ 
ety that we cannot get along with him 
if we love him. We must remember that 
we are just as crotchety from his point 
of view as he is from our point of view. 
Probably the only real reason why God 
is able to tolerate us is because He loves 
us. There are some people who are al¬ 
ways ready with some little word that 
makes others more easy to get along 
with.—Dr. Parkhurst. 
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