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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 27, 
From Day to Day. 
CIIBIUIY BOUGIIS. 
Oli! who sliall run and greet me In the 
alleys ol' the Spring? 
Oh ! who shall seek and lind me and go re¬ 
membering? 
And what Is this that, waits me In the 
orchard long and white? 
What can It he, my heart of hearts, except 
our Lost Delight! 
And oh, the haunting cherry boughs that 
are so good to know ! 
And oh, the heavenly cherry houghs straight 
up to God they grow ! 
And oh, that lonely foot I hear a-followlng 
through the trees. 
And In the stopping of the wind the little, 
wrangling bees ! 
Ye clerks fare from the counting house; ye 
shepherds, from the hill ! 
Make fast the latch, ye careful wives, of 
April take your till ! 
Yet what is this that waits you in the 
orchard long and white? 
What can it be, ye Sons of men, except 
your Lost Delight! 
To you the word, to you the dream, to you 
the quest shall fall, 
For every vexing thing shall pass, hut not 
the Best of All! 
Under the cherry houghs It stands, so lonely 
and so kind, 
And you will hear It following in the stop¬ 
ping of the wind! 
—Llzette Woodworth Iteese, In Baltimore 
Sun. 
* 
New England cream tart pie is an old- 
fashioned dainty. Select firm Lsopus tip¬ 
ples and make as dry an apple sauce as 
possible, sweetened slightly and strained. 
For a large-sized pie use one pint of apple, 
one pint of thick cream, yolks of two eggs 
beaten stiff, and one-half of a nutmeg. 
An under crust only is used, and this 
mav be baked the day before, hill and 
bake about one-half hour. Use the whites 
of two eggs for the meringue and brown 
in the oven. Greenings are good for this 
pie when Esopus is not at hand, but apples 
of low quality should not be used for it. 
* 
There is a German dairyman and far¬ 
mer, whose place is not far from Phila¬ 
delphia, who greatly plumes himself upon 
the absolute superiority of his products 
above all others in the vicinity. On one 
occasion, says Harper’s Weekly, he per¬ 
sonally applied to a Germantown house¬ 
keeper for a transfer of her custom to 
himself: “I hears dot you haf a lot of 
drouble with dot dairyman of yours,” he 
said. “Yust you gif me your gustom und 
dere vill he no drouble!” 
“Are your eggs always fresh?” asked 
the woman. 
“Fresh!” repeated the German, in an 
indignant tone. “Let me dell you, madam, 
dot my hens nefer, nefer lay anything hut 
fresh eggs!” 
* 
Occasionally users of cut paper pat¬ 
terns, such as those sold by The R. 
N.-Y., find difficulty in adapting them 
to individual needs, either through lack 
of experience or as the result of some 
peculiarity in the figure to he fitted. It 
must be remembered that all such pat¬ 
terns are drafted according to certain 
proportions, and as Vve arc not all built 
according to the pattern-maker’s ideal, 
we must learn to make allowances for in¬ 
dividual peculiarities. There are many 
figures that are too broad for the height, 
too long of waist, or too short from the 
waist down; whose arms are longer or 
shorter than the standard requires. For 
all such some change must be made. Too 
often the home dressmaker simply cuts 
off unnecessary length or adds more at 
the lower edge. To do either is to mar 
the symmetry of the pattern and to de¬ 
stroy the effect. The proper method is 
to add to, or take from, midway of the 
length of the portion, whatever it may be. 
If the skirt is too long, lay a tuck in 
each gore, just above the knees before 
laying the pattern on the cloth. If it is 
too short, cut each gore in two at the 
same point and insert as wide a piece as 
required, then lay the pattern on the ma¬ 
terial as directed. If the waist is too 
long, lay a tuck as wide as necessary in 
each portion midway between the arms- 
eve and the lower edge. I f it is too short, 
insert a piece of the necessary width at 
the same line. If the sleeve is too long, 
measure the arm to ascertain how much, 
then lay one tuck midway between the 
elbow and the wrist edge, one midway 
between the elbow and the upper edge, 
each taking up half the extra length. If 
a two-piece sleeve, lay tucks in each por¬ 
tion. If sleeves are too short, insert 
strips of necessary widtli at the same 
points. If a woman is very stout, it may 
be necessary to get a skirt pattern of 
which the hip measurement is correct, 
while it calls for a larger waist measure 
than needed, but the hip measure is the 
important item, and the skirt must be cut 
and basted, pinned to the figure so that 
the front gore hangs perfectly straight, 
and then fitted to the waist. The lower 
edge should not he trimmed and finished 
until the belt has been fitted, for one can 
rarely make a skirt hang evenly by meas¬ 
uring without it is fitted in this way. 
When walking skirts are to be measured, 
it is a good plan to use a wooden yard 
stick and to measure from the floor up 
as many inches as may he desired. To do 
this, the end of the stick must be set on 
the floor and a pin put in the skirt at the 
requisite height, this process being re¬ 
peated round its entire width at intervals 
of a few inches. The skirt can then be 
turned under and basted on this line and 
again tried on to be sure there is no dip 
in the outline. In buying skirt patterns, 
a 22-inch waist has a 40-inch hip meas¬ 
urement; 24-inch waist, 43-inch hip; 20- 
inch waist, 45-inch hip, and so on. Where 
the figure is intermediate between two 
sizes, one may make a difference by cut¬ 
ting witli or without extra turnings. One 
should always read the directions care¬ 
fully, and study all the parts of the pat¬ 
tern, before beginning to cut. We usual¬ 
ly find that we can cut a garment from 
a little less cloth than tire pattern calls 
for, if we plan carefully, but it is very 
unwise to skimp on material, since in 
that way we may spoil the whole effect 
of the finished work for the sake of a few 
cents. 
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Grindstone 
TEN TIMES OVER 
No pressure, no drawing 
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Practical 
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Grinder 
with wheel revolving 
3,000 limes ;i minute. ^1 
Far superior toemerypn 
or stone. Grinds any *7 
tool, knife to sickle. ~ 
Different sizes. Foot 
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' B n ° d N ROOFING 
steel & SIDING 
Dlreot To You from our own factory 
at lowest factory prices. We :<rc man¬ 
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our roofing and siding is made in our 
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Cleveland, Ohio. 
TRY THIS PAINT 
AT OUR RISK 
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FACTORlt^^ 
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On flat roofs or steep roofs, on old shingles or new 
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Let us send you a sample and you will under¬ 
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IS 
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532 West End Trust Bldg., 
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CHICAGO & SAN FRANCISCO. 
As 
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HOW ARE YOUR 
BARNS COVERED 
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THE ALL-IMPORTANT FEATURE 
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RUBEROID is the original elastic, weatherproof and fire- 
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Contains no tar or paper. Will not rot, crack, melt or 
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WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICE6. 
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Direct to You 
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Cl 
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ROOFING 
“Old Style Iron" 
__ SEND EOK CATALOGUE 
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ROSSMAN LAWN FENCE 
(STEEL AN!) IRON) 
combine* the strength of a Mtono wall 
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Anchor Fonoo A Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Fence 
_ Building 
^Onr froo booklet tell* nil 
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J much superior the 
FROST WIRE FENCE | 
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C 
1 THE 
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showing Ornamental 
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Vines, Trellis, Lawn 
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HEAVIEST FENCE MADE) 
l Alt No. II Steel Wlrc^. Well galvanized. Weighs/ 
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^stylos. The Brown Fence A WJr© 
Co. t Cleveland, Ohio. 
