1906. 
THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 
789 
The Rural Patterns. 
The kimono figured is a desirable 
pattern for flannel or any thick material, 
as it avoids the bunchiness caused by 
gathering into a yoke. The gown is 
made with fronts and backs and with the 
sleeves that are pointed at their lower 
edges, gathered at the upper. The trim¬ 
ming band? are applied over the edges 
5448 Long or Short Kimono, 
32 to 42 bust. 
and stitched into place with silk. 1 he 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size is, for the long kimono 8 Ms 
yards 27, 8% yards 36 or yards 44 
inches wide; for the short kimono 4 ]/i 
yards 27, 3 yards 36 or 2 7 /% yards 44 
inches wide with 8 1 /> yards of banding 
2 inches wide for the long kimono, 6 
yards for the short. The pattern 5448 
is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 
42-inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
A long loose coat is very desirable for 
driving or walking. The excellent model 
shown is made with fronts, side-fronts, 
back and side-backs and is finished at the 
neck with collar and lapels in regulation 
6464 Double Breasted Tourist Coat, 
32 to 42 bust. 
style. The sleeves are in two pieces each, 
stitched to simulate cuffs at their lower 
edges and gathered at the upper. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 6J< yards 27, 3J4 yards 
44, 3 yards 52 inches wide with ?4 yard 
of velvet for the collar. The pattern 
5464 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 3S, 
40 and 42-inch bust measure; price ±6 
cents. 
A Corn Festival. 
We had it down on the programme as 
a corn festival, but most of the arrange¬ 
ments came to naught for some unex¬ 
plained reasons. The quartette failed to 
materialize, and some other rather im¬ 
portant factors of the evening’s enter¬ 
tainment. The committee had arranged 
the stage so that in the midst of a corn¬ 
field three Indians had built a camp fire 
(a few dry sticks, skillfully piled, con¬ 
cealed an alcohol lamp ready for lighting). 
Corn was to be boiled and roasted (ap¬ 
parently). Then the scene changed to a 
barn floor heaped with unhusked corn; 
lanterns swung from the beams. A group 
of old men sat apart, “in wisdom old and 
hoary,” while some one read Whittier’s 
“Husking.” The host’s daughter leaves 
the little knot of young people and be¬ 
seeches “the schoolmaster” to sing, which 
he does Another scene is called the 
reward The host’s daughter sists with an 
apron full of golden, husked ears, and is 
in the act of stripping a red one, when 
the schoolmaster catches her—and the 
curtain goes down. As the actors mostly 
failed to appear the affair took the form 
of a discussion on the general subject 
“Corn Raising.” There was a very inter¬ 
esting paper, showing how the boys of 
Indiana and Iowa were interested in the 
raising of corn. One little-fellow, I re¬ 
member, lived on a farm of poor, white 
soil, thin and arid. All Summer the little 
chap carried bucket after bucket of water, 
and it was said no governor ever re¬ 
ceived such an ovation as he, standing up 
in his little blue overalls, to receive first 
prize at the institute. It pays' to “stick.” 
and that boy got his “pay.” Some one 
then got up and said a good word for the 
old Bay State, and a white-haired patriarch 
remarked casually that he had raised a 
“pretty decent crop o’ corn right in town.” 
lie said that 73 bushels to the acre was 
a good, “a right smart,” yield for the 
West. “Well,” he said, “I got somethin’ 
over a hund’d bushel o’ shelled corn off 
an acre, one year and another. Ain’t got 
t’ go West for corn, nor nothin’ else, ’out 
it’s earthquakes an’ I don’t want no part 
o’ them.” We agreed enthusiastically of 
course; then they brought up plates and 
tiny yellow crape-paper napkins. They 
served corn in yellow baskets, plain 
popped corn, suga' ed corn, corn-balls and 
buttered corn. We voted that cotton was 
no longer king. Corn reigned supreme. 
ADAH E. COLCORD. 
A good wife is Heaven’s last best gift 
to man—his angel and minister of graces 
innumerable—his gem of many virtues— 
his casket of jewels;—her voice is sweet 
music—her smiles his brightest day—her 
kiss, the guardian of his innocence—her 
arms, the pale of his safety, the balm of 
his health, the balsam of his life—her in¬ 
dustry, his surest wealth—her economy, 
his safest steward—her lips, bis faithful 
counsellors—her bosom, the softest pillow 
of his cares—and her prayers, the ablest 
advocates of Heaven’s blessings on his 
head.—Jeremy Taylor._ 
My lamp-chimneys some¬ 
times get broken, but seldom 
or never break. There is a 
great difference. 
My Index is useful to every 
one who owns a lamp, and it 
is free. 
Address, MACBETH, Pittsburgh. 
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HEUSTHE FARMER 
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This is the Mabk 
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RANGE WHICH 
BAKES 
A BARREL OF FLOUR 
WITH 
A HOD OF COAL. 
SILL STOVE WORKS. 
ROCHESTER , N .'T. 
CORNED BEEF 
We use only FRESH BEEF, and then nothing hut 
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Everybody orders again, as the CORNED BEEF is as 
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For the Sake of Rood Sausage 
No one knows how well and easily the sausage and 
lard can be taken care of until they use the Enterprise 
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Both are useful for the preparation of other foods 
at other seasons. 
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