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The Rural Patterns. 
The bodice garniture shown in No. 
6256 would be desirable either in alter¬ 
ing a remodeled gown or in making a 
new one. The plain blouse is made 
with front and backs and with the new 
one-piece sleeves that are cut in points 
over the hands. For greater economy 
it can be cut from lining material and 
faced to form the chemisette. It is 
finished with a standing collar. The 
garniture consists of two portions and 
of epaulette-like sleeves. These por¬ 
tions are arranged one over the other 
and the two are arranged over the 
guimpe. The quantity of material re¬ 
quired for the medium size is, for 
the plain blouse 3)4 yards 18, 3 yards 
21 or 24. 2 yards 36 inches wide, or 
1 J 4 yards of lining material 36 inches 
wide with 2yards of all-over mate¬ 
rial 18 inches wide for facing and 
sleeves; for the under portion of the 
garniture V/& yards 21 or 24, 1 yard 32 
or 34 yard 44 inches wide; for the over 
portion 7/ & yard 2 7j % yard 44 or 52 
inches wide. The pattern 6256 is cut 
in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 
inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
The simple sailor blouse is always 
popular. The blouse is made with 
fronts and back. There are tucks laid 
in the fronts at the outer edges of the 
shoulders, which provide becoming ful¬ 
ness and the sailor collar that finishes 
the neck edge can be cut as illustrated 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
or with round corners at the front as 
liked. The shield is separate and at¬ 
tached by means of buttons and but¬ 
tonholes beneath the collar. Whether 
the sleeves are made in full or three- 
quarter length they are gathered and 
joined to cuffs or bands. The quantity 
of material required for the medium 
size is 3J4 yards 21 or 24, 3)4 yards 32 
or 2J4 yards 44 inches wide, 54 yard 
18 inches wide for chemisette. The 
pattern 6266 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 
36, 38 and 40 inch bust measure; price 
10 gents. 
One Woman’s Garden. 
I have always wanted a paying gar¬ 
den, but never expected to attain to 
it after we bought our little suburban 
home, that was really nothing but 
flower plots and grass. But Bayard 
had a way of divining my wishes, and 
he had his eye upon half an acre of 
land just behind the house, and was 
very much pleased when our neighbor 
moved the stable away up the hill 
slope, and gave him the chance of pur¬ 
chasing. It was funny to see it going, 
for the men clapped rollers under it, 
harnessed six horses to a contrivance 
for pulling, and it was moved in a 
few hours. As the horses came back 
Bayard said, “You will have your gar¬ 
den by to-morrow, for we are to get 
the deeds and you are to have all the 
profits for pocket money.” Then we 
talked it over and decided to grow 
things that could be turned into money 
without too long waiting. There was 
a stone fence on. the line that could 
not be removed and then we decided 
to plant out raspberry canes in October, 
which was done; two rows of Cuth- 
bert for red and one row of Brinkle’s 
Orange for white, and we judged the 
fence would gather snow for protection. 
It took some time and work, but they _ 
looked so trim and tidy when finished 
that I had great hopes of success. But, 
alas, the old stone wall nurtured more 
than raspberries, for the next Spring 
field mice had gnawed then close to 
the ground. But the roots were alive 
and new growth at once started, though 
it took two years for any returns in 
the way of fruit. An eminent Eng¬ 
lish clergyman, whose hobby was gar¬ 
dening, hearing some one express a 
wish that every man in England had a 
garden of his own exclaimed, “Heaven 
forbid,” ' and then added that three- 
fourths of the recipients would abuse 
the gift. Then he modified his remark 
with the better wish, which was that 
every man who loves a garden had a 
garden to love. 
It was very fascinating to study the 
catalogues and to sow the seed had a 
charm of its own. Our family con¬ 
sists of one child, a boy of ten, who 
is a devoted gardener, and an old 
serving woman who has been in the 
family for nearly two generations and 
thinks we are lacking in common sense 
to add to our daily burdens by the 
care of a garden. But Hannah does 
not realize the delight of new crea¬ 
tions, the joy of watching “first the 
blade and then the ear.” She only sees 
the digging, the hoeing and the weed¬ 
ing. 
Bayard marked off the ground after 
the plowing; he said that would save 
me having a landscape gardener, and 
we found that there was plenty of 
room for the things we wanted to 
grow. Parsley and thyme made bor¬ 
ders along the straight rows of other 
vegetables, and were always salable to 
good housewives through the season. 
For our own use we planted a little 
of each variety of vegetables, but I 
wanted some strawberries to sell for 
that alluring pocket money, and they 
must have the ground where the re¬ 
moved stable had stood, for it was 
made up of richness and strength. In 
our plan we made a center walk all 
through the new land, and planted a 
few apple trees 26 feet apart—Early 
Transparent, Fameuse, Baldwin and 
Russet, so as to have a variety. Our 
neighbor who owned the land before 
us, came over and cultivated the ground 
twice during the season at the rate of 
50 cents an hour, and that made the 
hoeing easier. Along by his fence we 
set out currant bushes (Victoria) of 
both red and black and a couple of 
bushes of White Grape, that are not 
half appreciated as a table fruit. But 
it was the strawberries that brought 
the first real good value for our money, 
giving a fair crop the first year after 
planting. The rows were only three 
feet apart, and the plants set a foot 
apart in the row, which is rather close, 
but in this first attempt we wanted to 
make all the profit possible, and made 
the mistake in crowding a little too 
much. The trouble with strawberry 
growing seems to be that the weeds 
grow and thrive better there than any¬ 
where else, and I often thought of 
an old saying that the earth is mother 
to the weeds but only step-mother to 
the flowers. I found, however, that if 
success was expected we must wage 
a constant warfare against the weeds. 
One important item in fruit growing 
is the fact that selected fruits will always 
command the highest prices, and that the 
consumers will not look at an inferior 
article. I have not yet discovered that 
a strawberry or a pumpkin possessed 
any superior flavor or finer grain for 
being of mammoth size, but the public 
demand it, and so growers must cater 
to the demand. This article is not 
written to go into details of the pocket 
money made from this special half acre, 
but to show that many of the waste 
places can become profitable and add 
to the pleasure of life by giving a 
worthy object and healthful occupa¬ 
tion to the women who mope indoors 
instead of getting out into God’s sun¬ 
shine, and who chafe at the limit of 
their resources, when, with a little ef¬ 
fort, they might add to their pocket 
money in an independent way. Years 
have passed since that stable was moved 
and my half acre planned. The straw¬ 
berry bed is a permanent asparagus 
plantation that gives better returns with 
less labor; the trees bear a little fruit, 
and there is always a demand for let¬ 
tuce and green peas early in the season. 
The birds delight me with their sing¬ 
ing as I wield the hoe; they are not 
afraid in our garden of delights for 
them, and well repay for the berries 
they pick, as they search for insects 
that would otherwise prove harmful. 
The home does not suffer for the gar¬ 
den, for both are blended in one happy 
unity, and to others who have even 
less land I would say, Go thou and 
do likewise. mrs. annie l. jack. 
Bag Pudding.—This is a very old- 
fashioned recipe, and very nice when 
served hot. From the raised dough 
for bread cut a loaf, knead into it 
two teaspoonfuls of melted butter and 
three cupfuls of raisins. Place it in 
a greased pudding bag and drop into 
a tightly covered kettle of boiling water. 
Keep a quick fire, never allowing the 
water to stop boiling. The mouth of 
the bag needs to be securely tied. 
(It may be steamed, but takes longer.) 
Serve with favorite sauce. 
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FARMS. 
Why not I ocate i n Manatee 
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acres net as much as a hun¬ 
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Delightful climate, abundan 
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VEGETABLES NET 
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Outdoor work the year 
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Lands reasonable. Write 
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