1906 
885 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The novelty of the corset cover shown 
lies in the use of a dainty handkerchief 
bertha. Made of fine material, with hand 
work, the garment gives great opportunity 
for dainty needlework. The corset cover 
is made with fronts and back. The back 
is tucked for its entire length, but the 
fronts are tucked at their lower edges 
only. The neck edge of the corset cover 
and the bertha both are finished with 
beading and can be threaded together or 
separately as liked. When threaded to¬ 
gether the bertha must, of course, be sep¬ 
arate from the center-front to be attached 
at the left shoulder, or must be threaded 
with the corset cover after the latter is 
closed. A basque portion finishes the 
lower edge. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is 1$£ m yard 
36 inches wide with one handkerchief 12 
inches square, 3 yards of beading and 3 
yards of edging. The pattern 5477 is cut 
in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 inch 
bust measure; price 10 cents. 
The outing shirt shown is a simple one, 
made without fullness and with a pointed 
yoke at the back, this yoke extending well 
over the shoulders at the front. The 
5484 Boy’s Outing Shirt, 
12 to 16 years. 
opening is finished with a generous over¬ 
lap on the left side and under-lap on the 
right, so that the closing is effectually 
and readily made by means of buttons 
and buttonholes. The sleeves are of the 
regulation sort. The quantity of material 
required for the medium size (14 years) 
is 3 Y% yards 27 or 244 yards 36 inches 
wide. The pattern 5485 is cut in sizes for 
boys of 12, 14 and 16 years of age; price 
10 cents. _ 
The Grange Fair. 
Our Grange fair is a thing of the past. 
It wasn’t what small urchins call “a 
howlin’ success,” but it was far from be¬ 
ing a failure. There were 11 of us on 
the general committee, and each one had 
a special feature for which to be respon¬ 
sible. I was supposed to be on hand at 
all times when wanted, to check all vege¬ 
tables, fruit and grains bought, and to 
write cards for each exhibit. Of course 
there is always so much more than one 
expects to do! We used the banquet 
room on the first floor for the exhibition 
hall. One white-haired brother came to 
me and remarked dryly that he wanted to 
see Brother S-. “I’ve got some bush 
beans he give me last Spring—some re¬ 
markable bush beans!” “Well,” I said, 
“Bring them in, please, and T will try to 
find him.” He reappeared with a couple 
of 10-fooi poles thickly festooned with 
dry beans. They estimated that there was 
close to a half bushel of them. “There,” 
he said, “there’s them bush beans all ex¬ 
cept what’s growed into the apple trees.” 
I asked the variety. “Dunno what they 
be. They’re bush beans, I told ye. and 
I’m hanged if I kin tell ye anything more. 
Ain’t that enough t’ say?” he chuckled. 
The peaches and pears and apples were 
all fine and in great variety. Beautiful 
long yellow traces of field corn hung 
against the walls. There was cauliflower, 
Brussels sprouts, all kinds and colors of 
cabbage, and squashes and pumpkins. 
The florist in town, although a member 
of another Grange, told us when we 
first talked of a fair that he admired our 
pluck and ambition, and would fill 12 feet 
of space if we would let him have it. He 
sent to Rawson, Boston, for 30 varieties 
of Cactus Dahlias and some herbaceous 
stuff. Then he made a most beautiful 
arch of flowers and gorgeous leaves, and 
hid among them grapes, peaches, pears, 
plums and apples, and we were very 
grateful. The spirit of the “helping 
hand” was indeed “good medicine.” Jel¬ 
lies, preserves of all kinds and descrip¬ 
tions were arranged with neatness and 
an eye to the color scheme. 
At 10 o’clock Wednesday morning I 
took one last look around and went on 
duty as ticket seller. Business was not 
so very brisk in the morning. Up in the 
chapel of the church the feast committee 
were preparing a good dinner at 25 cents 
a plate; roast pork, mashed potatoes, 
baked beans, raw sliced tomatoes, hot 
rolls, coffee, all kinds of pie, doughnuts 
and cheese, grapes, pears, peaches and 
apples. A good dinner for a hungry man 
and plenty of it. We were a little disap¬ 
pointed to find so few people to help us 
eat it, but we took over $12, and noth¬ 
ing daunted, the chairman set her helpers 
to work, clearing away and getting up an 
impromptu supper. We took $5 more. 
While we had hoped to clear $20 at the 
dinner, we realized that half a loaf tastes 
just as good as far as it goes, and we 
had a day and a half left to make good 
in. Admission tickets for the afternoon 
went faster. The programme was inter¬ 
esting and practical. Piano duet, one or 
two solos and a reading were followed 
by two papers, one by Mr. Dummer of 
Byfield, who owns large mills there and 
makes a strictly gilt-edge grain product, 
such as cornmeal, flour, etc. He ex¬ 
plained some processes and what they do 
to the grain from the standpoint of a 
food. He said plainly that the expensive 
process of flour-making destroyed the real 
food value of the grain, and patiently ex¬ 
plained how and why. In concluding, he 
said: “Let us as sensible people, be hon¬ 
est and open our eyes to facts. It is only 
a matter of prejudice and falling into ruts. 
Let us then eat that we may live sanely 
and in health to the fullness of our days— 
rather than live (awhile) to eat.” The 
State Master was expected, but could not 
make connections, and a visitor from 
Danvers told us some helpful, interesting 
things he had come to know after a good¬ 
ly number of years at farming—success¬ 
ful farming. 
That evening our fair blossomed to its 
fullness in the “Jolly Farmers” operetta. 
Admission, 25 cents. My piles of quar¬ 
ters and half dollars grew and grew, but 
I was so very busy I scarcely noticed 
that. Everybody came, and each one 
brought some one else. The hall was full 
to overflowing. Everything went per¬ 
fectly—not a mistake or a hitch from be¬ 
ginning to end. With smiling faces and 
brightened hearts, the master, our com¬ 
mittee’s chairman, and\ I went into the 
kitchen, and “counted out the money.” 
Result, $59.15. I went home tired and 
sleepy, but content. The next day was 
rainy in the morning, but gradually clear¬ 
ing at noon. The hall was opened at one 
o’clock, and there was a baby show. Now 
this is a small town, and there are not 
such a lot of babies here just now. Any¬ 
way, only five came, but we took $5.10, 
charging 10 cents admission. There was 
a silver cup. gold lined, for the best de¬ 
veloped child, a set of pins for the fattest, 
and the others were given a present of 
75 cents apiece. Our dance in the even¬ 
ing was a flat failure. The orchestra got 
off the electrics at the wrong place—a 
mile below,_ and never appeared till 8.30 
—due at' eight—and after all, it didn’t 
matter, because J only sold 39 tickets. We 
took $9.75. and we paid the orchestra 
$9.90. Well, in spite of everything, we 
are $59.87 richer. It is an awful lot of 
work, and bother and worry, of course, 
but then you have to work for every¬ 
thing, and there is a deal of fun and satis¬ 
faction to be had, too. Our sister Granges 
have waked up to the possibilities that 
lie in a fair, and everything one hears re¬ 
lates to a coming fair. Here’s to their 
success! ADAH E. COLCORD. 
So here hath been dawning another blue 
day; 
Think, wilt thou let it slip useless away? 
Out of eternity this new day is born; 
Into eternity at night will return. 
Behold it aforetime no eye ever did; 
So soon it forever from all eyes Is hid. 
Here hath been dawning-another blue day: 
Think, wilt thou let it slip useless away? 
—Thomas Carlyle. 
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