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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Mr\y 1? 
[ Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
THE FAIRIES. 
Up Ilio airy mountain, 
Down the rushy glen, 
We daren’t go a hunting 
For fear of little men; 
Wee folk, good folk. 
Trooping all together; 
Green jacket, red cap 
And white owl’s feather. 
Down along the.rocky shore 
Some make their home; 
They live on crispy pancakes 
Of yellow tide foam. 
Some in the reeds 
Of tlie ldack mountain lake, 
With frogs for their watchdogs 
All night awake. 
High on the hilltops 
The old king sits; 
He Is now so old and gray 
He’s nigh lost his wits. 
On a bridge of white mist 
Columbkill lie crosses, 
On ids stately journeys 
From Slieveleague to Rosses, 
Or going up with music 
On still Summer nights 
To sup with the queen 
Of the gay Northern Lights. 
They stole little Bridget 
For seven years long; 
When she came back again 
Her friends were all gone. 
They took her lightly back 
Between the night and morrow: 
They thought that she was sound 
asleep, 
But she was dead with sorrow. 
They have kept her ever since, 
Deep within tlie lakes. 
On a bed of Hag leaves, 
Waiting till she wakes. 
By tlie craggy hillside, 
Through the mosses bare. 
They have planted thorn trees 
For pleasure here and there. 
Is any man so daring 
To dig one up in spite, 
lie shall find the thornies set 
In liIs bed at night. 
T’p the airy mountain, 
Down the rushy glen. 
We daren't go a-huntlng, 
For fear of little men. 
Wee folk, good folk. 
Trooping all together: 
Green jacket, red cap 
And white owl's feathers. 
—William Alilngbnm, 
Of Ballyshannon, lS.'ifi. 
* 
To clean a sponge pour boiling water 
over it. to which has been added a little 
ammonia; cover and allow it to stand for 
l.‘) minutes. Squeeze the sponge vigor¬ 
ously,-and then rinse thoroughly in cold 
water. Never use soap with your sponge. 
* 
A safety-pin holder is a convenient 
trifle to hang somewhere about the dress¬ 
ing table. It requires a ring about ait 
inch in diameter, which is covered with 
embroidery silk in buttonhole stitch. To 
this are fastened three lengths of inch- 
wide ribbon, each ending in another silk- 
covered ring. Safety pins of assorted 
sizes are clasped through the.rings, while 
the upper ring hangs the holder up. 
* 
Herf. is a delicious salad dressing, 
which will keep a long time if put on ice, 
or in a cold place. Mix half a cupful of 
oil. five tablespoonfuls vinegar, half a tea¬ 
spoonful powdered sugar, half a small 
Bermuda onion, finely chopped, two table- 
spoonfuls chopped parsley, half a table¬ 
spoonful chopped red pepper, one table¬ 
spoonful chopped green pepper, one tea¬ 
spoonful salt. Let it stand for an hour, 
then whip up with an egg beater before 
using. 
* 
Havana amande is a Cuban beverage 
that will be found delicious during the 
appproaching warm weather. Blanch three 
dozen sweet almonds as follows: First 
shell, then throw into boiling water; let 
stand on the back of the stove five min¬ 
utes, put them in- cold water, and rub be¬ 
tween the hands to remove the skins. 
Pound the almonds to a pulp, and boil 
with two quarts of milk, adding a stick 
of cinnamon or a little vanilla. Sweeten 
to taste, let cool, strain through a fine 
sieve and put on ice. Serve the same ?s 
lemonade. 
* 
In a discussion of several recent suits 
brought for breach of promise of marriage, 
the Philadelphia Ledger remarks that in 
one of the cases the defense contended 
that there had been no explicit promise 
of marriage, but it was admitted that the 
defendant “kept company” with the plain- 
4944 Chllcl’g Apron, 2 to 8 yrs. 
tiff “11 years.” We know nothing of this 
particular case, nor want to know, but 
that touch, “kept company 11 years,” is 
a hint of the greatest, deepest and most 
irremediable tragedies of town, country 
and village life. This custom of long en¬ 
gagements, or where there is no formal 
engagement; this “keeping company” in 
such a way that if an engagement does not 
exist it ought to, is one of the character¬ 
istic marks of a dull or stagnant or care¬ 
less community. A young man begins to 
call frequently on a young woman of 
character and prospects, ai d continues to 
make his attentions more assiduous, until 
finally by general consent they are marked 
as belonging to one another. Other young 
men resnect the romance, and eventually 
this young woman becomes as one set 
apart and destined. The years speed on, 
and her old playmates among the girls are 
long ago married, her contemporaries 
among the boys have gone to the city or 
4980 Graduated Tucked Skirt, 
22 to 30 waist. 
are attending to their own families, and 
she is left alone with the man who, by all 
the rules of decency, ought to have mar¬ 
ried her long since or else have ceased his 
attentions. And then this man concludes, 
after the lapse of five, 10 or 15 years, 
that he either does not care to marry or 
that he will marry another girl. There is 
no more bitter nor more pitiful tragedy 
than this in life. Americans boast with 
reason of the freedom of their girls, and 
of the self-reliance and purity of thought 
and character developed by the system of 
hearty open relations between decent young 
men and women; but there is such a mat¬ 
ter as carrying a thing too far. The place 
I for young men and wtfmen, if they are to 
carry on the relation of friendship without 
marriage for a considerable time, is where 
they are surrounded by the family circle, 
I under the supervision and watchful care of 
their fat .ers, mothers and brothers and 
sisters, and the only “steadv company” 
which is permissible in a well-regulated 
family is that of man and wife. 
The Rural Patterns. 
A serviceable apron that covers the en¬ 
tire frock is very useful, and on warm 
Sumner days it may be worn in place of 
a dress. No. 494-1 is made with front and 
backs and is finished at the neck with a 
wide roll-over collar. The sleeves are 
ample and can be drawn on over those 
of tbe dress without danger of rumpling. 
To the front are attached two patch 
pockets and there is a belt attached to 
the under-arm seams which confines the 
fullness of the back. Tbe quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for a girl of six years of 
age is 2*4 yards 27 or 2 yards 30 inches 
wide. Tbe pattern 4‘.)44 is cut in sizes f\r 
children of 2, 4, 0 and 8 years of ago 
price 10 cents. 
Tucks made in all widths are attrac¬ 
tive in the fashionable light weight ma¬ 
terials. The graceful skirt illustrated ex¬ 
emplifies their use. In the case of the 
model the fullness at the upper edge is 
arranged in narrow tucks, but it can be 
shirred whenever that * ent is pre¬ 
ferred. All materials that are suited to 
the fashionable full skirts are appropriate. 
The skirt is cut in five - ores and is laid 
in four horizontal tucks of graduated 
width. When tucked at the upper edge 
the stitchings render it firm; when shirred 
it is arranged over a foundation yoke. 
The quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 13^4 yards 21, 1014 yards 
27 or 0J4 yards 44 inches wide. The pat¬ 
tern 4980 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26 
28 and 30 inch waist measure; price 10 
cents. 
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Ther-- are any number of uses for Banner Lor, 
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