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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
[ Woman and Home \ 
From Day to Day. 
GOOD KING WBNCESLAS. 
Good King Wenceslas looked out 
On the Feast of Stephen. 
When the snow lay ’round about 
Deep and crisp and even. 
Brightly shone the moon that night, 
Tho’ the frost was cruel, 
When a poor man came In sight. 
Gathering Winter fuel. 
“Hither, page, and stand by me. 
If thou know’st it, telling 
Yonder peasant, who is he? 
Where and what his dwelling?” 
“Sire, ho lives a good league hence, 
Underneath the mountain; 
Right against tlie forest fence. 
By St. Agnes fountain.” 
“Bring me flesh, and bring me wine. 
Bring me pine logs hither; 
Thou and I will see him dine. 
When we bear them thither.” 
Page and monarch forth they went. 
Forth they went together; 
Through the rude wind's wild lament. 
And the bitter weather. 
“Sire, the night is darker now, 
And the wind blows stronger; 
Fails my heart, I know not how, 
I can go no longer.” 
“Mark my footsteps, my good page. 
Tread thou in them boldly ; 
Thou shalt find the Winter’s rage 
Freeze thy blood less coldly.” 
In his master's steps lie trod. 
Where tlie snow lay dinted ; 
Heat was in the very sod 
Which the saint had printed. 
Therefore, Christian men, he sure, 
Wealth or rank possessing. 
Ye who now will bless the poor 
Shall yourselves find blessing. 
—Old Carol, reprinted from December Coun¬ 
try Life. 
A new style of petticoat noted is made 
of black stockinet, with a deep sateen 
flounce, accordion pleated, shirred, or with 
hemstitched bands. There is no placket, 
an elastic band running through the top, 
this giving a snug trim waist-line. The 
smooth fit causes skirts of the present 
style to hang admirably. These skirts 
cost $1, $1.50 and $1.75 each. 
* 
The hulled corn season is here again, 
and corn au gratin will form a very 
agreeable supper dish. For one quart of 
hulled corn prepare a pint of rich cream 
sauce, flavoring it with Worcestershire 
sauce or other condiments to make it 
piquant. Put the sauce and corn in a bak¬ 
ing dish or individual ramekins in alter¬ 
nate layers, sprinkle the top with grated 
cheese and a dusting of paprika, and bake 
until well browned on top. 
* 
An old-fashioned trimming now re¬ 
vived is narrow side-pleating, which is 
seen on many handsome gowns, and on 
children’s clothes. It is quite probable 
that it will be used extensively later. 
Another revival of former styles is the 
high stock collar, which will be unwel¬ 
come to many women. One of the smart¬ 
est things one can wear thi« Winter is a 
high stock and deep cuffs of Irish crochet. 
Heavy linen stocks and ctififs, embroid¬ 
ered in blue and red in dots and scrolls, 
are very pretty and fashionable to wear 
with flannel waists; their making will 
provide pretty pick-up work for odd 
times. 
* 
The boarding-house mistress looked at 
her latest ‘'guest” with a firm but cheer¬ 
ful expression of countenance, and al¬ 
lowed the faintest hint of a smile to play 
over her features, says the Youth’s Com¬ 
panion. 
“Oh, no, I never have any trouble with 
my boarders.” she said, briskly. “I don’t 
see any need of nagging ’em if they don’t 
do just as they would in their own homes, 
and as thev’d like to be done by; but I 
generally let them see in some way when 
I don’t approve of their doings. 
“For instance, there was Mr. Cranston, 
one of mv table boarders, a real well- 
meaning young man, but pretty careless. 
He sits down at the end of the table near 
those little shelves where I keep my extra 
china, and he got in the habit last Sum¬ 
mer of coming in in a hurry and laying 
his hat right on top of the plates. 
“Well, il didn’t look just right, but I 
didn’t nag him about it. When he’d done 
it half a dozen times I just put a sheet 
of sticky fly paper in on top of those 
plates. 
“He never said anything about it, for 
he knew what 1 meant after that night. 
That’s why I say if folks will use tact 
The Rural Patterns. 
The comfortable bath robe shown, which 
a boy would appreciate as much as his 
elders, is made of one of the fancy Turk¬ 
ish towelings, but it is appropriate for 
flannel, eiderdown, and, indeed, everything 
that is used for garments of the sort. The 
robe is made with fronts and back, shaped 
by means of shoulder and under-arm 
seams. The fronts are laid in plaits at 
the neck edges, but the back is plain. At 
the under-arm seams are attached straps, 
beneath which is passed the cord and tas¬ 
sels. The sleeves are in coat style and 
the neck is finished with the flat roll-over 
collar. The quantity of material required 
for the medium size (10 years) is 4 ’4 
yards 27, 2^4 yards 44 or yards 50 
inches wide. The pattern 5211 is cut in 
sizes for bovs 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years of 
age; price 10 cents. 
The misses’ bath robe as shown is made 
of soft wool flannel, dark red in color, 
with banding of soft wash silk, but suit¬ 
able materials are many. Both the all 
wool flannels and those made of cotton and 
wool mixtures are shown in a variety of 
colors and designs, while there also are 
the heavy terry cloths or Turkish towel¬ 
ings. which are often preferred to flannel. 
The robe is made with fronts and backs, 
the latter being joined at the center and 
providing comfortable fullness; at the 
neck is a flat roll-over collar and the 
sleeves are loose in flowing style, finished 
5211 Boy’s Bath Robe, 6 to 14 years. 
they’ve no need to have any trouble with 
boarders—not a bit!” 
* 
An innovation in up-to-date lingerie is 
the corset cover buttoned in the back. 
This is meant to be worn with thin 
waists buttoned in the back; it fits very 
smoothly and neatly, and is usually deco¬ 
rated with fine tucks running up and 
down. The colored slips worn under 
lingerie waists are fastened in the 
back; they are made of thin silk 
or mercerized lining, perfectly plain, with 
long sleeves and high neck. In delicate 
blue, green, pink or lavender they give a 
very pretty effect under a sheer lace- 
trimmed waist, and the style is now very 
popular. 
* 
One result of furnace heat in our homes 
is the increasing use of wash dresses for 
Winter wear. With the entire house kept 
at an even Summer temperature there is 
no reason for wearing heavy woolens in¬ 
doors, and both comfort and cleanliness 
are gained by percale or gingham. Of 
course the warmer garments are retained 
for outdoor wear. We have always fav¬ 
ored cotton dresses for kitchen wear, even 
when an imperfectly heated house neces¬ 
sitates greater warmth in the underwear. 
Both comfort and cleanliness are gained 
by this, and one also avoids the odors of 
stale cooking which cling to woolen gar¬ 
ments. 
0180 Misses’ Batb Robe, 12 to 16 years. 
with turn-over cuff's. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size (14 
years) is 7 yards 27, 3)4 yards 52 inches 
wide, with A/ yards of ribbon for band¬ 
ing. The pattern 5180 is cut in sizes for 
misses of 12, 14 and 16 years of age; 
price 10 cents. 
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