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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 23 
I Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
OPTIMISM. 
Just around the corner, as you travel through 
this life, 
Is some spot that’s bright with sunshine and 
forever free from strife. 
The lane may be a long one, but its course 
will change some day 
And lead you to the gates that keep our sor¬ 
rows all at bay. 
You’ll find tasks not so difficult; no lessons 
hard to learn. 
Just around the corner, if you know the way 
to turn. 
The winds will breathe sweet music and for¬ 
get their stormy way. 
And the rose that died in August in your 
heart will smile for aye. 
The babble of the high road will be left far, 
far behind, 
And you’ll greet the restful twilight with a 
calm, contented mind. 
You will reach the laud of pleasures, if the 
right you care to earn. 
They are just around the corner. If you know 
the way to turn. 
—Washington Star. 
♦ 
One of the strengthening foods often 
ordered for invalids or convalescents 
is a raw egg beaten into milk, with or 
without some stimulant. No form of 
food grows more monotonous; the pa¬ 
tient soon feels like the man who un¬ 
dertakes upon a wager to eat so many 
quail in so many days. An occasional 
variation may be made by giving the 
raw egg in a cup of coffee. Prepare a 
cup of coffee in the ordinary manner, 
stand it in a pan of boiling water to 
keep it very hot, and then quickly stir 
in the egg, which has been previously 
beaten very light. It is very palat¬ 
able and, if quickly stirred in, the ef¬ 
fect of the egg is little different from 
rich cream. 
A WESTERN editor gives notice to the 
birds that if they want to know what 
became of their missing friends, they 
can find out at any time by hovering 
over a crowd of women with their new 
Fall hats on. Unfortunately, this ugly 
and barbarous fashion of using birds 
as trimming seems more prevalent than 
ever, in spite of the Audubon Society. 
It is useless as well as barbarous, for 
there is such a wide range of choice in 
millinery that no woman need make 
the silly excuse that she must follow 
others, or look out of date. The simple 
fact is that she wears such trimmings 
because she wants to, and thereby per¬ 
mits her thoughtless vanity to become 
an agent for the destruction of inno¬ 
cent life. 
* 
A French entomologist, M. Dagin, 
has recently written an article recom¬ 
mending various insects as food ma¬ 
terial. He has the courage of his con¬ 
victions, for he himself has eaten hun¬ 
dreds of species, raw, boiled, fried, 
roasted and hashed. He has even 
eaten spiders, but does not recommend 
them, and we indorse his judgment. 
Cockroaches, however, he considers ex¬ 
cellent, either made into a bisque soup, 
or shelled and eaten like a shrimp. 
Personally, though it may be merely a 
matter of conventional prejudice, we 
shall continue to prefer shrimps, al¬ 
though, in point of personal beauty, 
the shrimp possesses few advantages 
over the genial, though obtrusive, cock¬ 
roach. M. Dagin says that caterpillars 
are light food and easy of digestion, 
a view that will be corroborated by 
any experienced hen. The use of lo¬ 
custs as food is less of a novelty, as 
they are eaten in several parts of the 
world, though as a rule Europeans only 
take to them under stress of hunger. 
Thus, during the long siege of Mafe- 
king, in South Africa, the imprisoned 
British used locusts as an addition to 
the scant monotony of their fare. The 
Piute and Digger Indians have a weak¬ 
ness for grasshoppers, but they are 
not generally regarded as gastronomical 
experts, and we do not think that M. 
Dagin’s recommendations will be gen¬ 
erally approved. The use of insects 
in medicine was very common in old 
times, and we have known cases in 
progressive New Jersey where spiders 
and angleworms were administered of 
recent years as a remedy for chills and 
fever. 
* 
State and Nation now make public 
acknowledgment of their official thank- 
3965 Girl’s Coat, 
6 to 1 2 yrs. 
fulness for continued prosperity, and 
we in private life follow the same cus¬ 
tom. It may be merely perfunctory— 
a matter of habit rather than feeling 
—but surely no one is the worse for 
making an effort towards personal 
thanksgiving: it is in season all the 
year round, even if we only acknowl¬ 
edge that fact officially on the last 
Thursday in November. There are few 
among us who cannot find one cause, at 
least, for thankfulness. The power to 
turn duty into pleasure—to extract per¬ 
sonal happiness from the trivial round 
of daily life, and to give of our best 
ungrudgingly to others—these are the 
surest foundations for our own thanks¬ 
giving. A thanksgiving merely for per¬ 
sonal security or hhppiness is human 
enough, but it is not the best; even our 
own well-being is often the gift of a 
prayer denied. Ruskin says: “To 
watch the corn grow, or the blossoms 
set; to draw hard breath over plow¬ 
share or spade; to read, to think, to 
love, to pray, are the things that make 
men happy.”_ 
The Rural Patterns. 
The girl’s long coat may be made 
with or without the cape and hood. As 
shown, it is made of kersey cloth in 
tobacco brown, the hood lined with fig¬ 
ured silk, but covert cloth, broadcloth 
and velvet are all correct. The cape 
and hood may also be made as a sep¬ 
arate garment. The coat proper is half 
fitting at the back, but loose at the 
front and includes coat sleeves and 
pockets finished with overlaps. The 
cape is circular, fitted with single darts 
at the shoulders. The hood falls over 
the shoulders in graceful folds and 
finishes in double points at the back. 
At the neck is a collar that can be 
made in roll-over or military style as 
preferred. To cut this coat for a girl 
of eight years of age 4^^ yards of ma¬ 
terial 27 inches wide, 2% yards 44 
inches wide or 2^^ yards 54 inches wide 
with y 2 yard of silk to line hood will 
be required when cape and hood are 
used; 3^4 yards 27 inches wide, 21/2 
yards 44 inches wide or 1% yard 54 
inches wide when coat is made plain. 
The pattern 3965 is cut in sizes for 
girls of six, eight, ten and twelve years 
of age; price 10 cents. 
The fancy waist shown is made of 
pale pink Sapho satin, with bolero and 
deep cuffs of cream lace over white and 
bands of black panne satin; but all 
white, white with color, or any color 
banded with the same shade in velvet 
would be effective; in addition to which 
the bolero and cuffs could be made of 
panne or Persian brocade in place of 
lace, 't he lining includes double darts, 
under-arm gores and side-backs, and 
fits snugly. On it are arranged the 
several portions of the waist, and the 
two close together at the back beneath 
the center box pleat. The yoke is sim¬ 
ply banded with folds, but the lower 
portions of backs and front are laid in 
narrow box pleats that extend from its 
lower edge, beneath the bolero to the 
belt. The bolero can be made entirely 
separate and the waist worn with or 
without or caught at the upper edge 
and included in the arm’s-eye seams. 
The sleeves are novel and becoming. 
The lower portions are covered smooth¬ 
ly to form cuffs that flare over the 
hands, while the pleats of the upper 
portions fall free to form puffs at the 
elbows. When desired low neck and 
with elbow sleeves the yoke and cuffs 
can be omitted. To cut this waist for 
a woman of medium size 3% yards of 
material 21 inches wide, 2% yards 27 
inches wide, 1% yard 44 inches wide 
or 1% yard 50 inches wide with 
yard of all-over lace for bolero and 
sleeve facings will be required. The 
pattern 3962 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 
36, 38 and 40 inch bust measure; price 
10 cents. 
Suppose you say to yourself: “This is 
an ordinary, shabby life of mine to look 
at—no great thing to do or be or hope 
for or grow to. I have just got to con¬ 
tent myself with drudgeries that must 
be every day the same and never ad- 
3962 Fancy Waist 
32 to 40 Bust. 
vance me beyond themselves. But I 
mean to put great cheer into all I do; I 
mean everything shall show integrity, 
shall speak of honesty, shall prove my 
truth; nothing that I touch that I will 
not adorn by some grace of soul.” What 
will be the result? Where will be the 
paltriness, the worthlessness, of your 
life?—J. F. W. Ware. 
TRY GRAIN-0! TRY GRAIN-01 
Ask your Grocer to-day to sliow you a package of 
GUAIN-0, the new food drink that takes the place 
of coffee. The children may drink it without injury 
as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O 
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or .lava, but it is 
made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach 
receives it without distress. H the price of coffee 
15c. and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers 
Faming 
CHristmas 
Presents 
Between now and Christ¬ 
mas you can earn enough 
money to make all your 
family and friends handsome 
Christmas presents. 
The work is easy and the 
reward is sure and large. 
Getting subscribers, old 
and new, for The Ladies’ 
Home Journal and The 
Saturday Evening Post 
is almost like selling gold 
dollars. 
XHe Ctirtis 
PtiblisHin^ Company 
PHiladelpHia 
THENEW 
IDEA! 
A Wood Heater 
For the 
Farm Home. 
Burns chunks, stumps 
and knots 10x2fi inches, 
and holds lire ii lionrs. 
Solid 
wall, fine 
nickeled 
and brass urn make 
The Most Powerful, Dur¬ 
able, end Handsome 
Stove Made, 
line enougli for any 
parlor. Clieap enough 
for any purse. It will 
surprise you. Send 
for catalogue D 
AXTELL-RUSH CO. 
Pittsburgh, Pa 
Cheap 
Enough 
For Any 
Purse. 
STEEL RANGES 
Direct: from the IVlakers. 
Freight prepaid, privilege 
of examination, if you do not 
like it you pay nothing. 
We will sell you the best 
steel range in the market at 
wholesale price, saving 
you agents’ commissions 
and travellers'expenses. 
62 styles to choose from. 
We are the only manu¬ 
facturers of steel ranges, 
selling direct to the con¬ 
sumer at wholesale price. 
Catalog and price list free. 
Send for them to-day. 
DETROIT STEEL RANGE CO. 
8 WiOMAN PLACE, DETROIT, MICH. 
WHAT BETTER GIFT COULD YOU GIVE 
than a carving knife and fork made of Knglish steel 
with hard wood handles, sent postpaid for (!5c. 
A. SBXTON, 1348 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 
Meat smoked in a few hours with 
KRAUSERS’ LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. 
Made from hickory wood. Gives fine flavor. 
Cleanest, cheapest; free from insects. Send for 
circular. E. KKAUSEK .fc UKU.. Mlltou, Pa. 
RUBEBOID 
POULTRY-HOUSE 
ROOFING 
As a water-proof covering for Poultry-1 
I Houses, UD BEKOIl) has no equal. Keeps 
tne houses cool during the warm weather, 
and warm in Winter, and the chicks dry and ] 
I comfortable. The sun cannot melt it. 
THE STANDARD PAINT CO., 
100 William Street, 
NEW YORK. 
You have several neighbors , 
and friends who need Thk 
R. N.-Y. We are going to 
help you to see that they get 
acquainted with it. Kor our 
part we will send the paper 
to them now 10 weeks for 10 cents—a cent a week. 
We ask you to call their attention to this offer. 
Perhaps you can get up a club. The 23 largest 
clubs will ea«h get a cash premium January 1. 
Will you be one of them T 
10 Weeks 
for 
10 Cents. 
