1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
159 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letters. 
‘•In the low raftered garret, stooping 
Carefully over the creaking boards. 
Old Maid Dorothy goes a groping 
Among the dusty and cobwebbed hoards. 
Seeking some bundle of patches hid 
Far under the eaves, or bunch of sage, 
Or satchel hung on its nail amid 
The heirlooms of a by-gone age.” 
The boys heard a noise in the henhouse 
the other night, and I went with them to 
find the cause. We took the lantern and 
made a little procession Jo the barnyard. 
Grant was courageous, and opened the 
door just as something fluttered down, 
that turned out to be a six-months-old 
12 to 16 yrs. 
pullet with a hole in its wing. We looked 
toward the roost, and saw two fiery balls 
staring at us. “It's an owl!” I said, but 
it was quite a job to capture the creature. 
Of course the lads were proud of their 
game, and told their mother that “Auntie 
was afraid.” I don’t like the look of Mr. 
Owl yet, for his black eyes are cruel, and 
seem to say they would like to pay back 
their captors if they had a chance. What 
a world it is. The large animals prey 
upon the smaller ones, from the highest 
to the lowest without any compunction. 
This creature will devour a mouse at one 
gulp, and Nature’s laws seem unkind, for 
we do not understand them. Owls are 
good foragers and we must not keep him 
too long a prisoner. 
It sounded humiliating to be "afraid” of 
such a small disturber of the peace, but 
the fault was not in the bird nor in me, 
but in the indoor life 1 have lately led. 
"You look peaked. Charity, you’re all run 
down,” the neighbors say when they come 
in of an afternoon, and I must confess 
that I very much object to being “run 
down,” for it seems as if women ought to 
guard against these attacks of “nerves.” 
In the country where we have good food 
and'air, and can get out into the sunshine, 
it is a sin to be overcome by nervous 
disorders. But all sorts and conditions of 
men and women are subject to depression 
at times, and feel as if their work in the 
world was of small account. Besides, 
it is possible to overwork—to be too anx¬ 
ious about making a little money—and 
forget the needs of the body and of the 
soul. But after a few days I “took up 
the burden of life again,” and let Minty 
go on with her quilt-making, for she is 
busy piecing one, and wants it to be on 
the quilting frames when the long March 
days are here again. It is the double Irish 
chain, a very pretty pattern, and we like 
to make them better than having “bought- 
cn ones, though the men often say it is a 
waste of time. 
I he last two days T went out with the 
boys on their sled, and we all laughed at 
the owl that snapped at the meat I gave 
'f, as if he would have liked it to be my 
finger. Yesterday afternoon Minty went 
over to see Miss Miner and took her 
patchwork along, and after I had tidied 
the kitchen, and watered the plants, I sat 
nown to mend stockings, when all at 
once there came to me the recollection of 
an old box in the garret where was stored 
years before some designs for quilts, and 
I went up to find them. A curious place 
! s a garret in an old home that has been 
m the same family for more than one 
generation. I here was a broken rocker 
that used to be downstairs when Father 
was here, and the remnant of a spinning- 
wheel that had belonged to Grandma. 
hen under the eaves I found the box of 
patterns and near by the legs and bars of 
a title red chair that I had when a child. 
here was a lot of old harness-mending 
tools that Father worked with on stormy 
(lays, when he would say, “I am going to 
.company, Charity, while I mend 
old Dobbin’s bridle,” for he could do any¬ 
thing of that sort and used to say there 
was “as much in saving as making.” His 
cheery whistle and laugh did one’s heart 
good, and I think half the trouble with 
some of us is the lack of cheerful com¬ 
pany, some one to smile back on us and 
encourage us to live. 
I was not very gay when I went down 
the narrow garret stairs, but the sight of 
the old things had done me good, though 
they brought tears to my eyes, and as I 
sat down at the south window to examine 
the old patchwork designs I repeated the 
last verse of the poem that heads this 
letter: 
Yet faithfulness in the humblest part 
Is better at last, than proud success, 
And patience and love in a chastened heart 
Are pearls more precious than happiness. 
CHARITY SWEETHEART. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Simple models suit young girls far better 
than the more elaborate ones can ever do, 
and No. 4926 is particularly attractive and 
graceful. The novel shape of the chemi¬ 
sette is a special feature, and the sleeves, 
shirred to form two puffs, are very gen¬ 
erally becoming to girlish figures. As 
illustrated the material is pale blue messa- 
line crepe, the chemisette and trimming 
being of twine colored lace, and belt mes- 
saline satin, but all the many soft and pli¬ 
able materials of fashion are appropriate. 
The waist is made with the fitted lin¬ 
ing, over which the full front and backs 
are arranged. The sleeves consist of the 
puffed portions and the cuffs, which are 
faced on to the linings. The belt is softly 
draped and closed at the back. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for a girl of 14 
years of age is 3 Ys yards 21 2 x / 2 yards 27 
or 15/s yards 44 inches wide, with Yt yards 
of all-over lace and, Y yards of silk for 
belt. The pattern 4926 is cut in sizes for 
girls of 12, 14 and 16 years of age; price 
10 cents. 
Blouse waists with round yokes suit 
many women far better than any other 
style. No. 4927 is closed invisibly at the 
left shoulder seam and beneath the plait 
at the edge of the right front, while the 
fullness is laid in combined box and 
side plaits. In the case of the model the 
material is pale blue chiffon eolienne with 
twine colored lace, the bands and belt be¬ 
ing of blue chiffon velvet, the former 
piped with white. All the season’s mate¬ 
rials are correct, however, and the trim¬ 
ming can be varied to suit the gown. The 
sleeves, which are gathered midway of 
the puffs render the model desirable for 
women whose aim is to reduce breadth, 
while they are graceful upon all figures. 
The waist is made with a fitted founda¬ 
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consist of the puffs, which are shirred on 
4927 Fancy Blouse Wais 
32 to 42 bust. 
indicated lines, and the foundations that 
are faced to form the cuffs. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size is 4Y yards 21, 3 x / 2 yards 27 or 2 X A 
yards 44 inches wide, with 1 yard of all- 
over lace and Y yards of velvet to trim 
as illustrated. The pattern 4927 is cut 
m sizes for a 32. 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42-inch 
bust measure; price 10 cents. 
Ointment for Cracked Hands.— 
Many people suffer a great deal in Win¬ 
ter from cracks at the ends of the fin¬ 
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following has been found helpful for such 
cases, but should be used persistently if 
one has to put the hands in water a great 
deal. I o one part each of beeswax and 
resin add two parts of mutton tallow and 
melt together. 'Phis ointment is very hard 
and needs to be warmed before applying 
Using a very little, just what seems to be 
readily absorbed, is better than to use a 
larger quantity. s. a. r 
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