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TIIL RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 27, 
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: Woman and Home ] 
From Day to Day. 
ALL-SAINTS. 
One feast, of holy days the crest, 
I, though no churchman, love to keep. 
All-Saints—the unknown good that rest 
In God’s still memory folded deep; 
The bravely dumb that did their deed. 
And scorned to blot It with a name. 
Men of the plain, heroic breed, 
That loved Heaven's silence more than fame. 
Such lived not in the past alone, 
But thread to-day the unheeding street. 
And stairs to sin and famine known 
Sing with the welcome of their feet; 
The den they enter grows a shrine, 
The grimy sash an oriel burns, 
Their cup of water warms like wine. 
Their speech is filled with heavenly urns. 
About their brows to me appears 
An aureole traced in tenderest light. 
The rainbow-gleam of smiles through tears 
In dying eyes, by them made bright, 
Of souls that shivered on the edge 
Of that chili ford, repassed no more, 
And in their mercy felt the pledge 
And sweetness of the farther shore. 
—James Russell Lowell. 
* 
A rubber mat in front of the kitchen 
stove, or by the table will save much 
wear on the floor-covering, and has the 
further advantage of being restful to 
stand on. 
* 
Boiled apples are recommended as su¬ 
perior to baked. Rub the apples cleap, 
but do not peel, and stick four cloves into 
each. Put in earthen dish, half cover 
with cold water, and add one cup of sugar 
to each pint of water. Place upon stove 
and cook until apple skins crack; remove 
apples, then boil down syrup until it is 
like jelly, and pour over the fruit. 
* 
The first week in October we enjoyed 
cow peas, prepared like snap beans. The 
round pods were crisp and tender, a nice 
green when boiled, though the little beans 
were dark brown. The flavor was quite 
like Scarlet Runner beans. As the cow 
peas came at a time when all string or 
snap beans were over, they were much 
appreciated. We do not know the name 
of the variety, but it appeared to be a 
late sort. 
* 
When time hangs heavy during cold 
and stormy weather, shut-in young people 
(and many who are not young) will find 
pleasure in cutting out and pasting scrap 
pictures for hospitals, old people’s asylums 
and mission or orphan schools. In addi¬ 
tion to regular scrap-books, groups of pic¬ 
tures pasted upon large sheets or cards 
of strong pasteboard are very desirable, 
as they can be handled by a person con¬ 
fined to bed more conveniently than a 
book. A group of pictures with an appro¬ 
priate bit of verse or description can be 
made very interesting. Views of famous 
cities, both at home and abroad, can be 
grouped very attractively, while views of 
Washington, showing Government build¬ 
ings, the President, flags and coats of 
arms, would be especially interesting to 
Indian mission schools. There is so much 
illustrated literature nowadays that we are 
likely to undervalue it, and to forget that 
the pictures we throw aside might con¬ 
vey a message of kindliness and good 
will to those isolated by poverty or mis¬ 
fortune. 
* 
The over-waist is the newest idea of 
the season. Some tactless manufacturer 
started this garment as the “jumper 
waist,” an awkward and inelegant title, 
but “over-waist” is the proper term. It 
is a waist closed at both back and front, 
but collarless, and cut down at the neck, 
so that it can be put on comfortably over 
the head. It has short sleeves, usually 
open and flaring, and is drawn in at the 
waist line with a tape. It is worn over a 
sleeved guimpe or lingerie waist, and the 
effect is very smart. Readymade, a taffeta 
over-waist costs from $3.50 up. The 
edges of sleeves and neck are trimmed 
with fancy braid, embroidery, or tiny side 
pleatings of the silk. Over-waists in plaid 
taffeta are much in vogue. A very smart 
Winter dress for the growing girl or 
young woman could .be made from a 
handsome dark wool plaid, the skirt of 
the seven-gore circular type, with or with¬ 
out spaced pleats, and an over-waist 
trimmed with narrow pleating of silk in 
some solid color, worn with a tucked or. 
embroidered guimpe. 
* 
Marjorie was on a visit to her grand¬ 
parents on the farm, says Harper’s Week¬ 
ly, and her enjoyment of country life was 
somewhat marred by the apprehension of 
being horned by the cows. One day her 
mother asked her to run to the barn and 
call grandpa to dinner. She started, but 
espying a cow in the lot. one of the mul- 
ley kind, ran back, crying, “Oh, mamma, 
there’s a cow out there!” 
After a glance out of the window at the 
meek-looking bovine, her mother said: 
“Why, Marjorie, that’s a mulley cow. 
She can’t harm you, for she hasn’t any 
horns.” 
“But, mamma,” exclaimed the child, 
“she might butt me with her pompadour!” 
To Hold Cigar Ashes. 
“Have you made any of these ash trays 
with cigar bands?” asked a girl where 
I was calling, and she handed me from 
the center table what I had supposed 
an enameled or lacquered card receiver. 
Even when I held it in my hand it did 
not bear a homemade look, but my com¬ 
panion fetched also a box nearly full of 
the little bands, a square of felt and a 
saucer-like dish of clear glass having a 
gilt edge, 
“Where does one get the glass founda¬ 
tion ?” I asked, for it was plain that one 
must have just such a shallow and per¬ 
fectly ridgeless glass. 
“You can buy them at the cigar dealers, 
with the pieces of felt just the right size. 
I like the green felt best. My uncle saves 
his cigar bands for me. See what a lot 
I have, and I have already made four of 
the ash trays and put them away with 
my Christmas work.” 
“You paste them on the back of the 
glass ?” 
“Yes, I use photographer’s paste in 
tubes. You rub it smoothly on the face 
of the bands and press them on to the 
glass. I begin at the center—see?” and 
she took up the finished tray, and went 
on explaining. “You can cut out for the 
center one of those larger designs found 
inside a box of cigars, but those are pret¬ 
tiest where only the little bands are used. 
See, in this one I started with a round 
piece clipped from the center of a band— 
around that are six alike and branching 
out like the spokes of a wheel. Others 
start between each of these six. You can 
let them lap some and can fit in small 
pieces till all the glass is covered com¬ 
pletely.” 
“And when it is covered to the very 
edge you let it dry and then put paste 
on the piece of felt and fit it over the out¬ 
side without a wrinkle?” 
“Yes, the felt will pull smooth because 
the dish isn’t very deep. It is better to 
set it into another of the glasses with a 
weight to hold it firmly there and let the 
paste get thoroughly dry. Then trim the 
edges even with the glass, using sharp 
scissors.” 
I turned the finished tray in my hand, 
and had to own it a neat use for the by¬ 
product of an expensive habit. The felt 
covering of its bottom and outer side 
made it suitable to place upon a polished 
table, and I recalled serious injury I had 
seen done to pieces of bric-a-brac in par¬ 
lors where a careless smoker could find 
no suitable receptacle for the hot ashes 
from his cigar. I have even heard a de¬ 
votee of the weed urge that ashes from 
tobacco were good for a carpet, but I 
have yet to see the housekeeper who 
would agree with him. 
A young smoker afterward consulted 
about cigar bands told me that they were 
less used now, and came only on certain 
brands of cigars. Those in my young 
friend’s box were prettily embossed and 
their red and gold gave an excellent ef¬ 
fect, very like the Japanese lacquer for 
which 1 had mistaken the tray when first 
seen. Though specially suited to the 
smoker’s use, there was no reason the lit¬ 
tle trays might not be used to hold cards, 
pins or any small articles for which a low 
dish is the very best sort of receptacle. 
AUGUSTA ROSE. 
' The Bookshelf. 
Merrylips, by Beulah Marie Dix. This 
clever writer has made the period of the 
seventeenth century her special field. She 
has written several engrossing novels, 
which are historical in the sense that 
they deal with stirring times in English 
history, but they also bring us in close 
touch with the private life of the time. 
In “Merrylips” she has written a stirring 
story for girls, which seems specially suit¬ 
able for those from eight to 14 years old. 
Its scenes are laid in the country homes 
of English gentry during the Civil War. 
before the Commonwealth. Merrylips, 
otherwise Sylvia, is a willful, lovable 
child, who bitterly laments her girlhood, 
because she longs to be a boy, sharing 
the active careers of her brothers. Her 
formal education in feminine accomplish¬ 
ments, her life among Puritans and Cava¬ 
liers, and divers small adventures, excit¬ 
ing enough to make the reader wonder 
what will happen next, are delightfully 
told, and we think “Merrylips” will be 
an excellent addition to the list of Christ¬ 
mas gift books. Published by the Mac¬ 
millan Company, New York; prettily 
bound and illustrated; price $1.50. 
The Book of English Gardens, by 
M. R. Gloag, illustrated by Katherine 
Montagu Wyatt. This delightful book 
gives historical accounts of a dozen 
famous old English gardens, and includes 
chapters on modern and cottage gardens 
also. There is an account of Elizabethan 
Hatfield, with its famous pleached alleys, 
sunken gardens and vineyard first planted 
by the Abbots of Ely; of Holland House, 
now in the midst of busy London, but 
which was far afield when James I. visited 
if ; Ampthill, where Katherine of Arragon 
breathed her last; Ashridge. with its 
Monk’s Garden, and others whose names 
bring up a panorama of historic celebri¬ 
ties. It is no wonder that British people 
seem born garden lovers; the taste has 
been fostered and inherited through cen¬ 
turies of national life. “The Book of 
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author familiar friend of all good 
gardeners, and the illustrations are de¬ 
lightful ; 24 full page colored plates, 
beautifully printed. The book gives un¬ 
alloyed pleasure, and is worthy of all 
praise. Published by the Macmillan 
Company, New York; 340 pages, well 
indexed ; price $2. 
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