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THE RURAIv NEW-YORKER 
April 10, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
IIOW DOES DEATH SPEAK OP OUR 
BELOVED? 
How does Death speak of our beloved 
When it has laid them low; 
When it has set its hallowing touch 
On speechless lip and brow? 
It clothes their every gift and grace 
With radiance from the holiest place, 
With light as from an angel's face; 
Recalling with resistless force 
And tracing to their hidden source 
Deeds scarcely noted in their course. 
The little loving fond device, 
That daily act of sacrifice 
Of which too late we learn the price; 
Opening our weeping eyes to trace 
Simple unnoted kindnesses. 
Forgotten notes of tenderness. 
Which evermore to us must be 
Sacred as hymns in infancy 
Learned listening at a mother’s knee. 
Thus does Death speak of our beloved 
When it has laid them low; 
Then let Love antedate the work of Death 
And do this now. 
—Author Unknown. 
* 
Sweet potato patties are exceedingly 
good. To a pint of boiled or baked 
mashed sweet potatoes, add two eggs 
well beaten, two tablespoonfuls of flour 
and enough warm milk to make it soft 
enough to stir well. Place well-greased 
muffin rings on a hot griddle and fill 
with the mixture and bake a nice brown 
on both sides. The eggs may be beaten 
separately to make them lighter. 
* 
Here is a thought worth remember¬ 
ing, from the sage of the Atchison 
Globe: “The woman who makes and 
markets 60 pounds of butter per week 
ig of more importance to the country 
than the average statesman, although 
She may not feel that way. The great 
men and women of the earth are not 
all known to fame, while the pinhead 
occasionally wanders into the spotlight. 
Popular applause may be pleasant, but 
it is not always just or accurate.” 
* 
Capes of various styles appear to be 
in high favor among separate wraps 
this Spring, and they occasionally take 
the place of a coat in three-piece cos¬ 
tumes. The “Mary Garden” cape is 
straight, hanging from the shoulders 
like a circular model, the only trim¬ 
ming being a slot seam down either 
side from neck to hem, the seam being 
edged with a double row of tiny satin 
buttons. There is an inlaid satin collar 
trimmed with more little buttons, and 
the cape is fastened with three big 
fancy buttons in front. Sometimes the 
slot seam is widened to allow a band 
of trimming or satin between Che but¬ 
tons. The rage for buttons still con¬ 
tinues; one costume recently on exhibi¬ 
tion was said to include 1,700 buttons in 
its trimming. The capes and other loose 
wraps referred to will be found very 
useful for extra wear with thin Sum¬ 
mer gowns. 
The new tariff schedule proposes to 
make us pay more for our stockings, 
and the Illinois Federation of Women’s 
Clubs is preparing to discuss the sit¬ 
uation with the National Federation of 
Women’s Clubs, and organize a move¬ 
ment against any such increase. Of 
course, the politicians will point out to 
•us, as they always do, that by some 
extraordinary reversal of the laws of 
the universe, the manufacturers and 
dealers will bear the tariff tax, and thus 
divert it from the consumer, but women 
know that hosiery is high in price and 
perishable in quality, and that it is 
likely to go still higher. This increase 
will be felt most by house mothers, 
who have to count every penny; but 
as they usually merely deny themselves 
a little more when an extra penny is 
■demanded on a spool of thread, or an 
extra nickel on a pair of stockings, 
they do not receive the attention that 
is given to “vested interests.” If a 
serious protest is made against this tax 
on necessities, the lawmakers will feel 
something as a farmer would if chased 
up a tree by the sheep he offered to 
shear. Apparently we are to submit 
meekly to a tax on tea, in spite of the 
Boston Tea Party. Perhaps the battle 
3272 Seven Gored Skirt, 
22 to 32 waist. 
will give a good deal of pleasure to 
young people shut in by sickness, and 
the materials are very inexpensive. 
Some o-f the prettiest effects may be 
secured by using silver gray wax for 
the foundation, and decorating with 
leaf green, coral pink, and similar 
colors. 
The Rural Patterns. 
A good pattern for boy’s overalls 
is shown in No. 6268. The overalls 
are made with leg portions that are 
extended at the front to form the gem 
erous bib. The straps are attached to 
the back edge, passed over the shoulders 
and buttoned into position at the front 
and the trouser portions are closed at 
the sides. The quantity of material 
required for the medium size (6 years) 
is 2 l / 2 yards 24, 2 l A yards 36 inches 
wide. The pattern 6268 is cut in sizes 
for boys of 4, 6 and 8 years of age; 
price, 10 cents. 
The seven-gored skirt is one of the 
standbys that is always in demand. It 
suits a great many materials and a 
great many purposes and No. 6272 has 
the great merit of allowing a choice of 
either the high waist line or the nat¬ 
ural one. The skirt is made in seven 
gores, and the fullness at the back is 
laid in inverted plaits. When the belt 
is used it is joined to the upper edge 
but when the high waist line is desired 
the seams are designed to be boned and 
the upper edge to be under-faced. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 10 yards 27, 5% yards 
44, or 4yards 62 inches wide if 
material has figure or nap; 7 yards 27, 
3 l A yards 44 or 3J4' yards 52 inches 
wide if material has neither figure nor 
nap. The pattern 6272 is cut in sizes 
for a 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32-inch 
waist measure; price, 10 cents. 
75,000 BARGAINS 
FROM NEW YORK 
pay Jocal dealers high prices when you can got su- 
“ ^ ‘ ‘ ird. 
lies 
6268 Boy’s Overalls, 4 to 8 year* 
cry of “Justice to the barefoot child” 
may yet awaken the spirit of 1776, and 
arouse women to an interest in politics 
ne.ver shown before. 
* 
A’ new idea is making fancy hat¬ 
pins with sealing wax. The founda¬ 
tion is an ordinary one-cent hatpin with 
a little round head, such as no woman 
wears if she can avoid it. Stick seal¬ 
ing wax of any desired color is melted 
at a candle, and daubed over the head 
of the pin; when large enough it is 
molded with the fingers, while soft, into 
any desired shape, flat, round or elong¬ 
ated. Little daubs of colored wax are 
stuck over it, and the head then turned 
round and round over the flame, oc¬ 
casionally plunging in water to pre¬ 
vent the wax from running off. The 
colors •run together, so as to produce 
countless variations of form, and the 
wax acquires a polish like lacquer. 
Some very artistic effects are secured, 
and the work is most interesting. It 
Indian Tapioca Pudding.—One quart 
of milk, save out one cupful, scald the 
remainder, stir in five tablespoons In¬ 
dian meal. Have ready two tablespoons 
of soaked tapioca and add to the mix¬ 
ture two-thirds cup molasses mixed with 
one well-beaten egg, a pinch of salt and 
a small piece of butter. Add last- of 
all the cup of cold milk and bake three 
hours in a slow oven. 
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