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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 5, 
From Day to Day. 
THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S. 
The ladies of St. James’s 
Go swinging to the play; 
Their footmen run before them, 
With a “Stand by! Clear the way!” 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida! 
She takes her buckled shoon, 
When we go 0 ”t a-courting 
Beneath the harvest moon. 
The ladies of St. James’s 
Wear satin on their hacks; 
They sit all night at: Ombre, 
With candles all of wax; 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida! 
She dons her russet gown, 
And runs to gather May dew 
Before the world is down. 
The ladies of St. James’s 
They are so fine and fair. 
You’d think a box of essences 
Was broken in the air; 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida! 
The breath of heath and furze, 
When breezes blow at morning, 
Is not so fresh as hers. 
The ladies of St. James’s 
They're painted to the eyes; 
Their white it stays forever, 
Their red it never dies; 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida 1 
Iler color comes and goes; 
It trembles to a lily. 
It wavers to a rose. 
The ladies of St. James’s 
You scarce can understand 
The half of all their speeches. 
Their phrases are so grand; 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida 1 
Her shy and simple words 
Are clear, as after rain-drops, 
The music of the birds. 
The ladies of St. James’s 
They have their fits and freaks; 
They smile on you—for seconds; 
They frown on you for weeks; 
But Phyllida, my Phyllida ! 
Come either storm or shine, 
From Slirove-tide unto Slirovc-tide, 
Is always true—and mine. 
My Phyllida, my Phyllida! 
I care not though they heap 
The hearts of ail St. James’s 
And give me all to keep ; 
I care not whose the beauties 
Of all the world may be, 
For Phyllida—for Phyllida 
Is all the world to me! 
—Austin Dobson. 
* 
It sounds rather far-fetched to talk of 
the toothbrush as a preventive of pneu¬ 
monia, but since neglected teeth make a 
harboring place for the bacteria of dis¬ 
ease, and pneumonia germs are often pres¬ 
ent in the mouth, even of a healthy per¬ 
son, it is very evident that we cannot be 
too careful in dental cleanliness. Til-kept 
teeth used to be regarded merely as a dis¬ 
comfort. or a detriment to personal ap¬ 
pearance. We now realize that they en¬ 
danger the general health. Children are 
never too young to be taught that both 
good health and personal self-respect de¬ 
mand a conscientious use of the tooth¬ 
brush. 
* 
Beef au gratin is a recipe given by 
Table Talk as an excellent way to warm 
up cooked beef. Cut into very thin slices 
sufficient cold cooked beef to serve six 
persons. Peel two large Spanish onions 
and cut in the thinnest slices. In a heavy 
granite pan melt two tablespoonfuls of 
butter. Add the onions and cook over 
a slow fire, shaking gently from time 
to time, until they are golden brown. 
Sprinkle into the butter two teaspoonfuls 
of flour and cook until lightly colored, add 
gradually one pint of clear beef stock, 
stirring at first very briskly that the flour 
may not lump. Add one tablespoonful of 
tomato catsup and let all come to a gentle 
simmer. Have ready a deep baking dish 
which can be sent to the table. In it 
place alternate layers of the onions, sauce 
and beef. Cover with a half cupful of fine 
stale bread crumbs mixed with one table- 
spoonful of melted butter and brown in a 
quick oven. Serve at once. 
* 
Among the courses of instruction given 
by the Young Women’s Christian Asso¬ 
ciation in New York is one for “trained 
attendants,” as they are called; that is to 
say, attendants for sick or feeble persons 
where a trained nurse is not desired or 
really necessary. Such attendants learn to 
do simple cooking for the feeble, as well 
as assuming their general care, after the 
manner of the old-fashioned nurse, before 
hospital training came into vogue. A 
6295 ''Pony" Jacket, 32 to 40 bust. 
woman who takes up such work must be 
healthy, good-tempered, tactful and adapt¬ 
able, and of course possess honesty, honor 
and discretion. The course of instruction 
is shorter and less technical than that 
given to hospital nurses, though it secures 
competent care under a doctor’s orders. 
Such attendants are paid from $7 to $15 
a week and board, and we are told that 
there is a constant demand for their serv¬ 
ices. A friend tells us that a good many 
Canadian girls take up this work, and 
that they are especially suited for it be¬ 
cause of good health and domestic train¬ 
ing, qualifications which, we think, would 
be possessed by most of our girls in rural 
communities. The Y. W. C. A. course 
extends through 10 weeks. 
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A man whose conversation was over¬ 
heard on a crowded ferryboat listened 
rather sadly to congratulations on having 
five tons of coal laid away in the cellar 
before the strike began. “Yes,” he said, 
"but I’ve got to move the whole lot, to 
say nothing of digging up the ground at 
the side of the house, and ripping up some 
boards to get at the leader.” Further 
inquiry brought out the fact that his an¬ 
guish of mind was all due to an inno¬ 
cent baseball, which, propelled by some 
muscular small boy, had bounded upon 
the roof of an extension, and then 
plunged into a rainwater leader, which 
came down inside the cellar wall to an 
outlet for drainage, the ball’s exact loca¬ 
tion being unknown. “I bought wire 
strainers for three cents apiece,” remarked 
his friend consolingly. “ ’Course I ought 
to have had strainers,” said the victim, 
“but there are no overhanging trees, and 
I never calculated on baseballs.” It is, 
however, the accidents and emergencies 
we do not count on that cause many 
extra expenses, and When doing the 
Spring cleaning out of doors it would be 
wise to see that all the gutters are cleaned, 
and strainers provided for the leaders. 
This may prevent a sudden and unexpect¬ 
ed cataract during a Summer storm. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Another form of the popular pony jack¬ 
et is shown in No. 5295. The jacket is 
made with fronts, side-fronts, backs and 
side-backs, the seams all extending to the 
shoulders and giving becoming lines to 
the figure. When closed in double-breast¬ 
ed style two rows of buttons are used, 
but when the single-breasted is preferred 
the coat is cut off at the center and closed 
either with a single row of buttons or in¬ 
visibly, the button-holes being worked in 
the fly. The quantity of material required 
for the medium size is 4 yards 27, 2 54 
yards 44 or 2 yards 5 inches wide with 4 
yards of banding to trim as illustrated. 
The pattern 5295 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust ineausre; 
price 10 cents. 
The circular skirt, still so popular, is 
shown in slightly different form in No. 
5288. The skirt is made in three pieces, 
the plain front gore and the circular side 
portions. These side portions are laid in 
tucks at their front edges and laid over 
the edges of the front gore. The trim¬ 
ming is applied on indicated lines and the 
fullness at the back is laid in inverted 
pleats. The quantity of material required 
for the medium size H 10 x / yards 21, 8 J /2 
yards 27 or 4 54 yards 44 inches wide. The 
pattern 5288 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 
28 and 30-inch waist measure; price 10 
cents. _ 
Batter Pudding. —This is an old-fash¬ 
ioned recipe, which can be depended upon. 
Measure 12 tablespoonfuls of flour after 
sifting; then sift again with a teaspoonful 
of baking powder and a small one of 
salt. Beat four eggs, without separating, 
until very light and before mixing them 
to a batter with a quart of milk, butter 
a three-pint oval baking dish and see that 
the oven is of a steady heat, as if for 
baking bread. Now make a smooth bat¬ 
ter with the milk and flour, stirring in the 
eggs last, and bake about one hour. The 
pudding will rise with a brown crust on 
top, and, by the slow baking, the sides and 
bottom will also be crisp and brown, while 
the interior will be tender and light. Serve 
directly from the oven, with fruit juice 
slightly thickened for sauce. No other 
sauce will take the place of this. When 
the supply of extra juice canned for this 
very purpose is exhausted, evaporated 
cherries soaked over night and well sim¬ 
mered in the same water is an excellent 
substitute. 
Don’t Be Downed 
Many a man, young 
and old, has given way 
to discouragement be¬ 
cause he thought he was 
“no good,” when the 
trouble was that he w r as 
trying to do the wrong 
work. 
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