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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 21, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
THANKSGIVING 
Now gracious ■plenty rules the board. 
And in the purse is gold. 
By multitudes, in glad accord. 
Thy giving is extolled. 
All. suffer mo to thank Thee, Lord, 
For what Thou dost withhold ! 
I thank Thee that, howe’er we climb 
There yet is something higner. 
That though through all our reach of time 
We to the stars aspire. 
Still, still, beyond us burns sublime 
The pure sidereal tire ! 
I thank Thee for the unexplained. 
The hope that lies before. 
The victory that is not gained— 
O Father, more and more. 
I thank Thee for the unattained— 
The good we hunger for! 
I thank thee for the voice that sings 
To inner depths of being. 
For all the upward spread of wings, 
From earthly bondage freeing; 
For mystery—the dream of things 
Beyond our power of seeing. 
—Florence Earle Coates. 
* 
A nice sauce is made by combining 
cranberries and dried apples. Soak 
one-half pound dried apples in water 
over night. Stew gently for a few 
minutes. Add one quart cranberries,, 
2)4 teacups sugar and water enough to 
make a good sauce. Stew 15 or 20 
minutes. 
* 
We were looking for jacket linings 
recently, and found a very wide va¬ 
riety, suited to every purse. Where 
an inexpensive lining is desired, there 
are fine mercerized sateens at 30 cents 
a yard, one yard wide, and others 
woven with a diagonal effect at 45 
cents; they are very pretty in light col¬ 
ors. Silk serge at 59 cents a yard 
makes a handsome lining, but it is only 
24 inches wide. An especially durable 
and handsome lining is “two-seasons” 
satin, which costs 84 cents a yard, and 
is a full yard wide. It is firm in weave, 
glossy and rich-looking, and is war¬ 
ranted for two seasons’ wear. We 
would never buy a cheap taffeta for 
jacket lining; there is too much risk 
of .poor wearing qualities. 
* 
Some of the new petticoats have elas¬ 
tic gussets, like those in old-time pru¬ 
nella gaiters, over the hips, for the 
purpose of giving an absolutely smooth 
fit. Jersey-top petticoats are another 
very snug-fitting model; the upper part 
is closely woven stockinet, with a 
flounce of silk or mohair below. In 
buying an inexpensive petticoat it is 
wise to remember that many of the stiff 
rustling mercerized fabrics that attract 
us by their resemblance to taffeta are 
emphatically fair weath materials. 
After one drenching in a hard rain the 
flounces acquire wrinkles that no sub¬ 
sequent ironing entirely removes, and 
soon begin to wear along these lines. 
If the skirt is being selected for hard 
general wear, we would prefer a ma¬ 
terial with less of the stiff dressing. 
* 
We often read instructions for beau¬ 
tifying a girl’s bedroom inexpensively, 
in which free use of pretty but cheap 
hangings is advised. The dressing 
table may be a large box, masked 
by a flowered cotton flounce, or a fluffy 
draping of white muslin over a color; 
the mirror frame is draped, and in ex¬ 
treme cases the wash stand (another 
box in disguise) is expected to wear 
a similar petticoat. All this sounds 
very pretty; unfortunately it does not 
stay clean. Anyone driven by economy 
to packing-box dressing-tables cannot 
afford the frequent washing of flimsy 
hangings. Furthermore, such draperies 
are most pernicious dust catchers, and 
therefore unsanitary for a bedroom. 
Air, light and freedom from dust are 
the three great necessities for the bed¬ 
room. If we were desirous of manu¬ 
facturing a homemade washstand we 
would have a small table with a shelf 
beneath, straight and square, like the 
mission furniture, painted with good 
white paint, or enameled if we could 
afford it. It could be stained instead of 
painted if preferred, but we like the 
white paint in a bedroom. We have seen 
very attractive pieces of this kind made 
by home carpenters, and the illustrated 
(6146 Empire House Jacket, 
34 to 42 bust. 
advertisements in many periodicals give 
excellent ideas for the work. It is 
possible 'to make a serviceable and' 
pretty dressing table after the same 
model with a mirror in a swinging 
frame, but of course this does not take 
the place of a bureau with drawers. 
However, personal experience shows 
that it is possible to make a very 
shabby and battered-looking bureau 
quite presentable by a proper applica¬ 
tion of white paint and new brass 
handles, and we recommend this plan 
tc the owners of dark old painted bed¬ 
room furniture, which gives a very 
gloomy look to the room. We would 
confine draperies to the windows alone. 
* 
Lemon sponge is a very dainty des¬ 
sert. which can be made the day before 
using, often a convenience when one 
6148 Princesse Apron, Small 32 or 34 
Medium 36 or 38, Large 40 or 42 bust. 
has more cooking on hand than usual. 
Strain the juice of four lemons on 
one cupful sugar. Soak half a box 
geiatine in half pint water. Beat yolks 
of three eggs and mix with half pint 
water. To the yolks and water add 
the lemon juice and sugar; cook it 
until it begins to thicken, then add 
gelatine. Strain the whole into a big 
bowl, which you will place in a pan of 
water to cool. Beat with a whisk un¬ 
til it has cooled, but not hardened; now 
add the white of the eggs, and when 
it begins to thicken turn into a mould 
and set in a cool place to harden. Re¬ 
member, the sponge hardens very rap¬ 
idly when it begins to cool, so have 
mould all ready. If desired, a thin cus¬ 
tard may be served with this, but we 
would not use whipped cream with any 
lemon dessert because so many people 
find the combination indigestible. 
The Rural Patterns. 
A pretty house jacket cut on Empire 
lines is shown in No. 6146. The jacket 
consists of the front and back portions 
of the yoke, which are cut in one with 
the sleeves and the full skirt, which is 
joined thereto. There is a shaped neck¬ 
band which finishes the back edge and 
straight bands are joined to the lower 
edges of the sleeves. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
is 4)4 yards 24, 3)4 32 or 2 y 2 yards 44 
inches wide with J4 yard of silk for 
the trimming bands and 4 yards of rib¬ 
bon for sash. The pattern 6146 is cut 
in sizes for a 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42-inch 
bust measure; price, 10 cents. 
The princess apron shown in No. 
6148 is easily made and very pretty. 
The apron figured is white lawn 
trimmed with embroidery, but the pat¬ 
tern is equally good for plain gingham. 
The apron is made with the full skirt 
and the panel, which is cut in one with 
the shoulder straps. The skirt portion 
is gathered and joined to the belt and 
the ends of the shoulder straps are at¬ 
tached to position while sash ends are 
joined to the belt by means of which 
the closing is made. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
i§ 6)4 yards 24, 4)4 yards 36 or 44 
inches wide with 5)4 yards of inser¬ 
tion. The pattern 6148 is cut in three 
sizes, small 32 or 34, medium 36 or 38, 
large 40 or 42 inches bust measure. 
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