1966. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
839 
Charity Sweetheart's Letters. 
There was quite a little stir in our town 
when the State Horticultural Society was 
held there. I made up my mind to attend 
the meetings, for there is nothing better 
to freshen people than the contact with 
congenial minds for the bettering of the 
world’s work in whatever department. 
Brother was in the midst of his corn husk¬ 
ing, and would not go; he said there were 
too many conventions nowadays, and 
5482 Girl’s Plaited Coat, 
4 to 10 years. 
didn’t approve of women gadding about to 
them so much when their husband’s trous¬ 
ers were frayed at the edges, and the chil¬ 
dren ran wild on the streets. I told him 
that I was in the position of the army 
of unmarried women who had neither hus¬ 
band nor children, so my conscience was 
clear, and I would promise to come back 
and husk corn with renewed energy for 
the little outing. Now brother went off 
for several trips this Summer both for 
business and pleasure, but when “Minty” 
talked of a visit for a few days to an old 
friend in a quiet village, he made quite a 
fuss about it, and said: “Women with 
babies were better at home.” It is a case 
where a man does not see himself as 
others see him, but I had been looking 
forward to these meetings for a long while 
5485 Misses’ Norfolk Jacket, 
14 and 16 years. 
and did not feel willing to be disappointed. 
What an interesting group of men they 
were on the platform; men who had 
worked hard, and by long and often dis¬ 
couraging experience gained their knowl¬ 
edge, besides a few fledglings from the 
colleges, who were more versed in theory 
than practice. Farmers and farmers’ 
wives came in and sat down, intent on 
gaining information, while at the same 
time inclined to their own opinions. In 
talking of apples the State Horticulturist 
remarked that there had been more ad¬ 
vancement in fruit growing during the 
last half century than in all the ages that 
went before. After the opening address 
and some discussion about a paper that 
was read on plum culture, a young man 
with a fine baritone voice sang Whittier’s 
poem, and the words thrilled me with in¬ 
tense meaning, when he began—• 
O Painter of the fruits and flowers 
We thank Thee for Thy wise design 
Whereby these feeble hands of ours, 
In Nature’s garden work with thine. 
How well the poet knew the inner heart 
of Nature, and touched with tender skill 
her divinest moods. And how much bet¬ 
ter, I thought, for the singer to choose 
something connected with the work before 
them, instead of singing a silly love ditty 
or comic performance. 
I do not know how the men profited by 
the convention, but I heard several wo¬ 
men express their approbation of the 
speaker of the evening, who gave a valua¬ 
ble paper on “House Plants and Their 
Culture.” “I am going to try that plan,” 
said one. “That’s a fine idea,” said an¬ 
other, and there was so much interest 
shown as to prove an inspiration, both to 
speaker and hearer. One thing impressed 
me, and that was the manner in which 
these men represented and upheld the dig¬ 
nity of labor, and proved its worth. They 
were striving for the best varieties and 
the best methods of culture, and I could 
not help feeling that “in a multitude of 
counsel there is wisdom.” I was only 
sorry the boys could not be with me, for 
they would have learned many lessons and 
had many things pleasant to remember in 
after life. 
When I reached home I seemed to see 
with new eyes how many things were un¬ 
tidy about our place. One speaker had 
hit at untidy door yards in his address on 
“Ideal Farmhouses,” and I felt how true 
it was when I noticed the debris that had 
been dropped here and there about the 
yard, with old tools and cast-off cart¬ 
wheels leaning against the barn. I am 
afraid it renewed the old discontent, for 
being a weak woman I could not remove 
the heavy but unsightly objects. Why 
can’t men learn to improve their sur¬ 
roundings? I am sure if we dropped the 
broken and disabled articles about the 
house, as some of them do outside, they 
would be the first to protest. 
CHARITY SWEETHEART. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The simple little plaited coat makes a 
useful style for a child. The coat is made 
with fronts and back. Plaits are laid for 
the entire length, but stitched only to yoke 
depth and the neck is finished with a flat 
roll-over collar. The moderately full 
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and can be made in either three-quarter or 
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3^4 yards of material 27 , 2*4 yards 44 or 
52 inches wide, with % yard of velvet for 
collar and cuff. The pattern 5482 is cut 
in sizes for girls of 4 , 6 , 8 and 10 years 
of age; price 10 cents. 
The Norfolk jacket suits young girls 
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and consequently most becoming, while it 
makes a serviceable garment of which the 
school girl is always in need. The coat 
is made with fronts, side-fronts, back and 
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side-back seams are concealed by the ap¬ 
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style with roll-over cuffs and there is a 
belt of the material slipped under the 
plaits that serves to keep the coat in place. 
The quantity of material required for a 
girl of sixteen is 4*4 yards 27 or 2Y\ 
yards 44 or 52 inches wide. The pattern 
5485 is cut in sizes for girls of 14 and 16 
years of age; price 10 cents. 
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