1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
389 
The Rural Patterns. 
Lingerie blouses will assert their popu¬ 
larity as the season advances, and No. 
5614 shows a popular model, The waist 
is made with the front and the backs, 
which are tucked to yoke depth. The 
trimming is arranged over them on indi¬ 
cated lines and terminates in pointed ends. 
The sleeves are of moderate size trimmed 
know all about Alfalfa. The value of 
this crop is well understood. Pepple also 
understand that it is a hard crop to start 
away from the soil which it naturally 
fitted to it. At last we have a book 
which tells the whole story. “The Book 
of Alfalfa,” by F. D. Coburn, of Kansas, 
is well named, for it treats the subject 
from Seeding to feeding. Every phase of 
the subject is well discussed, and Mr. Co¬ 
burn has brought together the facts of 
practical men and the demonstrations of 
the scientists. The book is well worth 
the price, $2. It is published by the 
Orange Judd Co., New York—or we can 
supply it. 
Family Secrets, by, Marion Foster 
Washburn. This may be termed a vol¬ 
ume of essays with a sustained narrative 
interest; it tells of a woman whose fam¬ 
ily is forced by financial reverses to find 
a home in a somewhat squalid suburb, 
among small farmers and truckers, and 
how she commands happiness in her al¬ 
tered environment. Much insight into 
everyday problems is shown, and much 
sympathy with the hopes and desires of 
wives and mothers. There is plenty of 
cheery philosophy in the book, and we 
think any woman who reads it will find 
it a mental tonic. It seems to us a good 
book to add to the rural library, for while 
the troubles that vex the house mother in 
a frugal country home are not over¬ 
looked, the blessings that accompany them 
are clearly drawn. It is well bound and 
printed; published by the Macmillan 
Company, New York; price $1.25. 
5614 Tucked Blouse, 32 to 40 bust, 
in harmony with the waist and finished 
with straight cuffs. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size is 3J4 
yards 21, 3J4 yards 27 or \i/% yards 44 
inches wide with 9 yards of insertion. 
The pattern 5614 is cut in sizes for a 32, 
34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust measure; price 
10 cents. 
The five-gored petticoat is the most 
useful model for general wear. No. 5619 
is cut in five gores with a gathered 
flounce that is arranged over the lower 
edge. The upper edge can be either un¬ 
derfaced or joined to a belt. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size is 6J4 yards 21 or 3^ yards 36- 
5619 Five Gored Petticoat, 22 to 32 ' aist. 
inches wide with 4yards of embroid¬ 
ery 10 inches wide to make as illustrated, 
Corn Relish. 
Chop one head of cabbage; sprinkle over 
it two tablespoonfuls of salt and let stand 
over night. Cut the kernels from 12 ears 
of corn; chop three peppers. Mix all 
together. Mix with them a little celery 
seed^ grated horseradish, or both if 
liked, though neither are needed to insure 
the keeping qualities of the relish. Bring 
two quarts of vinegar to boiling heat; 
add one cup of sugar and a quarter of a 
pound of mustard that has been rubbed 
smooth in a little cold vinegar. Pour 
this hot dressing over the mixture; stir 
until well mixed; put in glass cans, or 
small jars. If to be used within a rea¬ 
sonable time I use the jars, but if it is 
to be kept until Spring or later I seal in 
glass cans. To insure a fine color, be 
particular to get the light-colored mus¬ 
tard. The dark, brownish-yellow mustard 
never makes a fine dressing of any kind. 
EVA RYMAN-GAILLARD. 
Sealing Wax on Fruit Jars.' —The 
simple addition of about an ounce of 
paraffin wax to the pound of sealing wax 
will change the consistency of the latter, 
making it tough and not likely to crack. 
If the sealing wax is especially hard a 
little more paraffin may be used. Lard 
is also said to have a similar effect but 
I do not know this, and I am sure that 
paraffin wax would be preferable. 
R. s. D. 
Lamp-chimneys with my 
name on them live to a ripe 
old age unless an unusual acci¬ 
dent happens to them. They 
never break from heat. 
or 2 yards of additional material 21 or 
1M? yards 36 inches wide for the flounce 
if plain material is used and 2J4 yards of 
banding. The pattern 5619 is cut in sizes 
for a 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32-inch waist 
measure; price 10 cents. 
The Bookshelf. 
A Text-book of Plant Diseases, by 
George Massee, of the Royal Herbarium, 
Kew, England. This is the third edition 
of this valuable book, first published in 
1899. It covers an immense range of in¬ 
formation, discussing fungi, Hellenes, 
alga;, myxogastres or “slime fungi” and 
bacteria; preventive measures and fungi¬ 
cides, etc. There is an index of para¬ 
sites, fungicides and botanical terms, and 
also an index of host plants. An aston¬ 
ishing number of plant diseases are re¬ 
corded ; _ we learn that at one time the 
vanilla industry of the Seychelles was 
threatened in this way; the Assam tea 
cron suffered severely from blister blight, 
and in Algeria the beet crop is attacked 
by a growth called Beetroot tumor. Most 
of our familiar plant diseases are dis¬ 
cussed in this book, and many not yet 
well known in America. . The book con- 
tains 472 pages, freely illustrated; pub¬ 
lished in this country by the Macmillan 
Company, New York; price $1.60 net. 
The Book of Alfalfa.— (We constantly 
receive requests from people who want to 
They give the best light, 
too, because they fit and are 
made of tough glass, clear as 
crystal. 
Let me send you my Index to Lamp- 
Chimneys. It’s free. 
Address, MACBETH, Pittsburgh. 
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WATERPROOF 
QUALITIES °F THE 
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Make it 
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of the man 
Who Knows 
EVERY GARMENT 
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HIM GET THEM OR SEND 
ORDER AND PRICE TO US. 
*<3.-50 BLACK OR YELLOW 
so* 
Simpson-Eddyitone 
Shepherd Plaids 
Beautiful and economical for 
Spring and Summer dresses. Some 
designs have a new silk finish. They 
wash without fading and they wear 
long because their quality is standard 
— never equaled in over 6o years. 
Ask your dealer Jor Simpson-Eddy stone 
Shepherd Plaids. 
Three generations of Simpsons 
have made Simpson Prints. 
O F course Chiclets are popular ! The delicious chewing gum 
iji its dainty candy covering and the six drops of pungent peppermint which 
flavor it, are the very good reasons why you will be benefitted no less than you 
will be pleased if you buy a 5c or 10c packet of CHICLETS today. Should your drug¬ 
gist or confectioner not sell Chiclets now send us a dime for a sample and a booklet. 
CHICLET PALMISTRY. Look at your hand! If you have a cross on the Mouut of Jupiter (the cushion 
at the base of the first finger) you will have a happy marriage. 
If your Life Line (the line forming a scmi-cirele around the thumb) starts on the Mount of Jupiter it 
denotes you have great ambition which will be fully rewarded. 
When the Heart Line (the line running across the palm along the base of the Mounts below the fingers) 
is well-defined with a triangle near the end of the Life Line, it shows brain power, kindness of heart and tact. 
You can read any hand with (he CHICLET PALMISTRY Chart—sent tree with every ten cent packet. 
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Every lamp warranted. If not at your dealer’s, 
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Use it a whole 
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