1908. 
811 
The Woman Farmer’s Dress. 
The ever recurring feminine demand 
for suitable clothing for new conditions 
of business or pleasure, brings us to the 
consideration of the proper outfitting of 
our “farm” women. Not at all like 
Millet’s heavy, sombre “Women of the 
Field,” are the alert, wideawake busi¬ 
ness women farmers of America, and 
the question of what they shall wear be¬ 
comes an important one. How dress 
the difficult part they play, so that utility 
and beauty shall be united in a costume 
that combines the maximum amount of 
comfort and freedom and the minimum 
degree of weight and warmth? It must 
be hygienic, useful, durable and above all 
becoming, for no woman wants to look 
a fright when she is killing squash bugs. 
She can certainly wear a neat costume 
to drive her horses to cultivate, and 
when raking hay need not look less 
charming than Maud Muller, who must 
have made an attractive picture, or why 
did the Judge take a second look at her? 
The dress described by the “Michigan 
Farm Woman” seems to be practical 
and comfortable, and certainly any cos¬ 
tume in which a woman could pick and 
market an acre of strawberries, preserve 
115 quarts for her own use and keep her 
finger on the household pulse of a fam¬ 
ily of that size, must have intrinsic merit 
to allow of the celerity and nimbleness 
of movement required. So we would 
better study this costume, and we may 
be able by adopting it to do some 
creditable work ourselves. 
The skirt described “buttoned on to 
a waist under a sacque.” Who couldn’t 
work in a skirt buttoned on? The very 
thought of emancipation from the 10 or 
12 pins that keep the average shirt waist 
in position, would of itself impart 
energy. Why not have the skirt but¬ 
toned directly to a blouse or shirt waist? 
The buttons concealed by a belt, and for 
the waist a regular sailor blouse, or the 
one-seam kimono blouse with sailor col¬ 
lar, the wide armholes affording ease 
and airy roominess so grateful in a hot 
day. The sailor collar gives opportun¬ 
ity for a tie, the one soft becoming touch 
of color which can be changed each day 
as occasion requires, and provides a 
place for a bit of decoration in the shape 
of a flat band of some color, or white, 
which adds immensely to the style of 
the garment. The skirt, made by any 
of the excellent short patterns offered, 
can be worn without underskirt at all 
times, by adopting bloomers or knicker¬ 
bockers made of sateen, which comes 
in dark shades of brown and blue as 
well as black. Bloomers are not liked 
as a rule to wear beneath a skirt, be¬ 
cause of their fullness, but the knicker¬ 
bockers are much to be preferred for 
their close fit. They are not difficult to 
make, as patterns can be obtained in 
graded sizes. This dress could be worn 
without corsets if necessary, over a 
union suit of light underwear, and with 
high leather boots or khaki leggings, a 
big sun hat, you are comfortably and 
suitably clothed for a day in the field. 
The pockets mentioned are not to be 
forgotten, and one added in the blouse 
for a watch. The sailor collar finish is 
a time-saving way of dressing the neck, 
but if it seems too youthful for some 
needs, a shaped collar that comes with 
the pattern will make a proper finish. 
The blouse need not be of the skirt ma¬ 
terial always; for hot days in clean 
work, all sorts of waists could be worn, 
linen, pongee, batiste, a half-dozen to 
one skirt of homespun, denim, or drill¬ 
ing, and for wet and rainy-day wear, the 
waterproof cloth or English cravenette. 
The best of it all is that you can wear 
all these things and be in the prevailing 
mode. It seems that Dame Fashion has 
been planning all along for the needs of 
our busy women folk. Patterns are 
cheap and materials also, and it is worth 
while to make considerable effort rather 
than wear shabby house dresses in out¬ 
door business. F. K. seavey. 
THE RURAt NEW-YORKER 
The Rural Patterns. 
The attractive little coat shown is 
made witli tucked fronts and back which 
arc joined to a plain yoke. When used 
the fancy yoke with panel is arranged 
over it, and the neck can 5c finished as 
illustrated or with the rolled-over col- 
6116 Child’s Tucked Coat, 
2, 4 and G years. 
lar. The sleeves are gathered into bands 
and the cuffs, which are optional, are 
joined to their lower edges. The quan- 
shaped collar finishes the neck. The 
sleeves are of moderate width and can 
be gathered into bands and finished with 
rolled-over cuffs or left loose and fin¬ 
ished with banding as liked. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size is 7J4 yards 27, 4y 2 yards 44 or 4% 
yards 52 inches wide with 4 yards of 
wide braid, soutache according to de¬ 
sign. The pattern 6120 is cut in sizes 
54, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust 
measure; price 10 cents. 
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tity of material required for the medium 
size (4 years) is 3)4 yards 27, 2 yards 
44 or V/ & yards 52 inches wide. The 
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A long loose coat is always useful, 
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