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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The plain shirt waist shown in No. 
5358 will be found useful for a variety of 
materials. The waist 'consists of the 
fronts and the back, all of which are 
plain. The left front is supplied with a 
patch pocket and there is a box plait at 
the front edge. The sleeves are in shirt 
style and there is a deep roll-over collar 
at the back. The quantity of material 
required for the medium size is 3)4 yards 
21, 3‘4 yards 27 or 2 yards 44 inches 
wide. The pattern 5358 is cut in sizes 
for a 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44-inch bust 
measure; price 10 cents. 
A long traveling coat of mohair, gloria, 
silk, light woolen or linen is quite as 
useful for a woman who drives a good 
deal as for a motorist, and No. 5359 is an 
excellent model, loose enough for com¬ 
fort, while covering the dress entirely. 
The coat is made with fronts, backs, side- 
backs and under-arm gores and in addi¬ 
tion the fronts are fitted by means of 
darts at the shoulders. There are gener¬ 
ous and altogether convenient patch pock¬ 
ets and a choice is allowed of the turn¬ 
over collar or the regulation coat collar 
with lapels. The sleeves are in coat 
style with turn-over cuffs. The quantity 
of material required for the medium size 
is 9 >4 yards 27, 5 !4 yards 44 or 4J4 yard* 
52 inches wide. The pattern 5359 is cut 
in sizes for a 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42-inch 
bust measure; price 10 cents. 
The D. H. 
The ladies of this school district have 
hit upon such a pleasant scheme that I 
am thinking a description of it may be 
helpful to other farmers’ wives. Early 
in last March Mrs. H., over in the north¬ 
west corner of the district, invited sev¬ 
eral of. her neighbors to tea (I rather 
think the function was called a thimble 
party), and during the afternoon some 
one said: “Wouldn’t it be nice if we 
could meet and sew like this real often?’ 
All agreed that it would be nice, but 
nothing further was done about it at 
that time. Two weeks later we met at 
the home of Mrs. F., to give her a rous¬ 
ing surprise farewell party before she left 
our neighborhood to take up her resi¬ 
dence in the village. This party was a 
rousing one in more ways than one, for 
being one of the first three guests to ar¬ 
rive, I helped to “rouse” our hostess 
from her afternoon nap, and hustle her 
into her best dress before either of two 
big sleighloads of guests, who might be 
seen approaching from opposite direc¬ 
tions, could drive up to the door. 1 he 
worst blizzard of the past Winter was 
ra"ir~ but our faithful husbands made 
out to get 22 of us to the house and come 
for us in the evening. During this after¬ 
noon D. II. was formally organized, offi¬ 
cers elected, and various committees 
named. I was rather skeptical as to the 
wisdom of launching a new society at 
this time of year, but the outcome has 
proved that I was wrong. The last meet¬ 
ing before to-day occurred May 16, right 
in the midst of the annual agony of 
housecleaning, and 18 of the 22 members 
were present. Every member but one is a 
farmer’s wife, and as far as I know only 
three of them keep any help in the house. 
The one member who is not a farmer s 
wife is a “farmeress,” owns and operates 
her own farm, and does it well. She is 
now busily engaged in remodeling her 
barn. 
Our club was organized to promote 
sewing and sociability, but it seems to 
furnish endless amusement to our hus¬ 
bands. which last is a result we did not 
expect to attain. In spite of the fun they 
have at our expense, they manage some 
way to have their work arranged so that 
a horse can be spared when club day 
comes. In spite of this I should not he 
a very faithful attendant at the meetings 
(1 never drive a horse myself) were it 
not for my kind neighbor Mrs. P., who 
owns a fine driving horse named Mc¬ 
Kinley. It seems as if this animal feels 
the responsibility of the illustrious name 
he bears, for he acts as if all that made life 
worth living was to get ahead and stay 
ahead of everything else on the road. So 
two o’clock one afternoon in May found 
Mrs. P. and myself in the carriage behind 
McKinley, who was in his gayest mood, 
bound for the meeting of D. H. On the 
corner of the Cheshire road we found 
another sister, who was waiting for us, 
according to telephone instructions, and 
then we were off for our lovely ride to 
the home of Mrs. H. The work to be 
done was making buttonholes in 25 
waists for the children of the Ontario 
Orphan Asylum, and soon tongues and 
needles were flying. Some of the button¬ 
holes had to he made through six thick¬ 
nesses of twilled cloth, and the result led 
to much comparison and good-natured 
criticism of each other’s work. Soon the 
conversation became general, and the 
meeting of Pomona Grange was the sub¬ 
ject. This disposed of we turned our at¬ 
tention to the annual convention of the 
Ontario County Sunday School Associa¬ 
tion, and ways and means of getting there 
and back again were Arranged. Just there 
our president gave the welcome order 
to lay aside work, and we prepared for 
the most enjoyable part of the meeting. 
Each member, in response to her name 
at roll call, was to answer with her fa¬ 
vorite recipe. Note books and pencils 
were soon ready and the fun began. We 
had recipes for pretty nearly every kind 
Weight in sugar* and half their weight in 
flour, and make a cake that was delicious 
either in a loaf or in small individual 
cakes.” 1 treasure this recipe, for if Miss 
Mary D.’s cake is equal to her farming, 
it will be very good to have on hand. 
Then our secretary, Mrs. S., read her 
own name and gave this recipe for a 
happy day: 
Take a little dash of water cold, 
A little leaven of prayer. 
A little bit of sunshine gold. 
Dissolved in the morning air. 
Add to your meal some merriment. 
And thought for kith and kin. 
And then, as a prime ingredient, 
A plenty of work thrown in. 
Flavor it all with essence of love 
And a little dash of play; 
Let a nice old book and a glance above 
Complete the well spent day. 
Then with a song and word of prayer 
we were ready for our homeward ride, 
feeling that the time was well spent. 
Now, if any group of farmer’s wives.feels 
the need of a little recreation and a simple 
good time I hope they will organize a 
D. H. Club for themselves. Perhaps the 
secret of our success lies in the mystical 
letters which represent our name. We 
are told that they probably mean Don’t 
Hurry, Dear Humbugs, etc., but D. H. 
contemplates soon giving a banquet and 
inviting all her husbands, and probably 
after that they will all think that D. H. 
stands for Delicious Hash. 
CLARA RICKETSON ROPER. 
5«358 Plain Shirt Waist, 
34 to 44 bust. 
of cookery. When our president’s name 
was called she responded with this 
sponge cake recipe: “Two eggs, one- 
half cup sugar, one-half cup flour, one 
teaspoon baking powder.” No sooner 
had she finished than some one said: 
“That must make a small cake,” where¬ 
upon Mrs. C. quickly stepped into the 
dining room and returned with her cake 
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5359 Double Breasted Coat, 
34 to 42 bust. 
m a pretty dish remarking that “it makes 
his sized cake.” She proceeded to treat 
■ach of the 19 members present to a nice 
dice. While we were enjoying both the 
:ake and the pleasant ^irprise 1 . Miss 
Mary D. told us that we “could take two 
:ggs or 40 eggs, weigh them,add an equal 
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