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'THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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How a Farm Family Camps Out. 
Our camp, when first built on the 
shores of the St. Lawrence River, 
contained but one room, and was in¬ 
tended for use as a laundry. Blue 
Monday from that time on, seemed to 
be a sort of holiday instead of the 
hardest day of the week. Many hands 
make light work of even heavy tasks. 
As most housewives know, men folks 
are the very best kind of help, when 
there is a big washing to be done, and 
here at the camp, with, the promise of 
fishing and a picnic dinner when the 
day's work was done, it was never any 
trouble to convince them that it was 
their duty and privilege to carry the 
big pails of water, and to turn the wash¬ 
ing machine. Sometimes the children 
would get one or two fish large enough 
to cook with their rods off the big 
rocks by the shore; but the best way 
to get a mess for dinner was to take 
the boat and go “still fishing” a few 
rods off shore, where rock and black 
bass were plentiful. Tf there was time 
to troll along the shore for a quarter 
of a mile up to Beadle’s Bay, there was 
a good chance of getting a pickerel, 
and, anyway, there were always fine 
perch to be had “still fishing” over the 
old piers, out from the point in Beadle’s 
Bay. All sorts of excuses were found 
on other, days of the week for taking 
picnic meals down on the shore. There 
was a stove and firewood at the camp, 
so preparing a warm meal was an easy 
matter. There was a table, too, and a 
box with shelves was nailed up in the 
shanty for a cupboard, and enough 
dishes to set the table left there, so there 
would he little to carry back and forth 
from the farmhouse. 
The next Summer, the farmhouse was 
rented and a sort of outdoor room was 
built on . “Cedar Camp,” as it .was 
called from this time on. It consisted 
at this time of t\yo large rooms, the 
main room with a stove (an old-fash¬ 
ioned one, with an open grate), and 
folding cots; and the outdoor room, 
which was simply a platform, with a 
railing, built around a group of seven 
large cedars. Between the two rooms 
was a large sliding door. The outdoor 
room was sitting-room and dining-room 
in pleasant weather, and in stormy 
weather the main room was large 
enough for the family, and much more 
comfortable than a tent. 
During last Summer, another good- 
sized room was built on. and a large 
cupboard, made of a piano box, built 
into the wall. The rough interior of 
the main room was covered with a 
neutral tinted ingrain paper, and the 
ceiling painted a dull red. The out¬ 
side walls have been shingled, which 
was a difficult matter, the camp being 
so closely surrounded with trees. Nearly 
the entire Summer was spent there last 
year. During the hot weather of July 
and August, when the press of farm 
work seems to drive all hands from day¬ 
light until dark, it seems good to stop 
even for meals and the noontime in 
such an ideal resting place. The work 
of taking care of the three rooms at 
the camp is light housekeeping, certain¬ 
ly. compared with the Summer’s work 
at the farmhouse. 
We carried on the regular work of 
the farm while living at Cedar Camp, 
which is about 30 rods from the farm¬ 
house. Fanners cannot take a vacation 
at the time of year when people need 
rest and relaxation most. It is their 
busiest season. The outdoor life of 
the camp gave us, in a .degree, the same 
benefits as a vacation. We seemed to 
leave the burden of our work and worry 
in the fields, while we had our picnic 
meals; and, if there was time, an hour 
or more of rest in the heat of the day. 
The outdoor room made a fine “pen” 
for our baby, whom we called the 
“Youngest Scamper.” He learned to 
walk soon after we went down there. 
It was not safe to let him out of the 
camp, for he crept straight to the river 
every time, and seemed not a bit afraid, 
even when the waves came up around 
his bare feet. The older boy kept an 
extra suit on the line all the time, for 
it seemed as if he was always falling 
in. There was no danger where the old¬ 
er children played in the shallow water 
of the “Slip,—a place blasted out of the 
rocky shore and used for putting boats 
in the boathouse. Here they had an 
old door for a raft, and could sail 
their little boats and go in wading. 
As for myself, I gained steadily in 
health, and soon had an excellent appe¬ 
tite, while my husband, who is troubled 
with insomnia, could sleep well while 
we were at the camp. The cost of such 
a building would be considerable, for 
lumber is high; hut we did not feel the 
expense, as it was put up a little at a 
time, and we really bought but little 
lumber for it. The rafters, sills and 
.shingles were made of lumber taken 
from the woods around the camp, and . 
a lot of old lumber left from remodel¬ 
ing two old barns, was used also. The 
windows were old sash, and some of 
the new lumber used was made from 
logs got out of a neighbor’s woods, on 
shares, during the Winter. The piano 
box from which the large cupboard was 
made, was the one I got with my piano. 
6230 Plain Shirt Waist, 32 to 46 bust. 
To show how highly lumber is valued 
here, I would say that I tried to buy 
another piano box last Fall, to make 
over into a brooder house for chickens, 
but was asked $4 for it, which was, 
of course, an exorbitant price, as they 
are made of cull lumber. E. R. F. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The plain shirtwaist shown is excel¬ 
lent for heavy wash materials, and we 
also see this model used for cotton 
crape. The waist is made with fronts 
and back. It is finished with a reg¬ 
ulation box plait, and with a • neck¬ 
band and can be worn with the turned- 
over collar illustrated or with a sep¬ 
arate stock as liked. Both the regulation 
and the plain sleeves are cut in one piece 
each but the regulation sleeves are 
finished with openings and overlaps at 
the lower edges and gathered into 
straight bands. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size .is 
334 yards 21 or 24, 2)4 yards 32 or 1 
yards 44 inches wide. The pattern 6230 
is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 
42, 44 and 46 -inch bust measure; price 
ten cents. 
The plain gored skirt is always a sat¬ 
isfactory one. This can be made with 
inverted plaits or habit back and is 
shaped to give snug fit over the hips, 
with slight flare at the lower edge. 
The side gores are fitted by means of 
darts and the skirt will he found an 
admirable one for the heavier washable 
materials as well as for those of wool 
and silk. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size -is 6/2 yards 
24 or 27, 3% yards 44 or 52 inches 
wide. The width of the skirt at the 
lower edge is 3)4 yards. The pattern 
6218 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 
28, 30, 32 and 34 inch waist measure; 
price 10 cents. 
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