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Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
LIFE’S ANSWER. 
I know not if the dark or bright 
Shall he ray lot; 
If that wherein ray hopes delight 
Be best or not. 
It may be mine to drag for years 
Toil's heavy chain; 
Or day and night my meat be tears 
On bed of pain. 
Dear faces may surround my hearth 
With smiles and glee; 
Or I may dwell alone and mirth 
Be strange to me. 
My bark is wafted to the strand 
By breath Divine, 
And on the helm there rests a hand 
Other than mine. 
One who was known in storms to sail 
I have on board; 
Above the raging of the gale 
I hear my Lord. 
He holds me when the billows smite, 
I shall not fall ; 
If sharp, Mis short; if long, ’tis light; 
lie tempers all. 
Safe to the land—safe to the land, 
The end is this; 
And then with Him go hand and hand 
Far into bliss. 
—Dean Henry M. Alford. 
♦ 
Try quince float as a change in Au¬ 
tumn desserts. Wipe six quinces tlior-, 
oughly; cut into small pieces and stew 
soft in a little water. Rub through a 
coarse sieve or colander and sweeten to 
taste with powdered sugar. Then when 
cold stir in gently the whites of four 
eggs whipped to a stiff froth. Heap up 
in a glass dish and serve very cold. 
* 
Black and white stocks to wear with 
thin waists are made of fine mull in tiny 
thread tucks, edged at top and bottom 
with a narrow border of black silk mus¬ 
lin. A line of this finishes the ends 
also, and it is fastened with tiny but¬ 
tons and silk loops. A little bow of 
pleated white mull in front is edged 
with black and finished with a butter¬ 
fly of Irish lace in the center. This 
stock lobks well with an all-white suit. 
* 
Peach relish is an excellent accom¬ 
paniment for cold roast meat, and is a 
good way to use clingstone peaches. 
Take one peck of peaches and cut them 
from the stones in small, thin pieces. 
Allow one-half cupful of vinegar and 
one-half pound of sugar to each pound 
of fruit after it is prepared. Put on 
to boil, adding a tablespoonful of all¬ 
spice, two of cloves and three ounces of 
mustard seed. Boil down until the mix¬ 
ture is thick and then seal. 
* 
A very smart idea in millinery is to 
use lingerie frills in combination with 
ribbon on a straw hat. An example 
of this is a high-crowned wide-brimmed 
hat of black chip with a wide band of 
black satin swathed around the crown 
and tied in a big bow at the right side 
—for these hats now have the trim¬ 
ming on the drooping, not the rolled- 
up side. Around the top of this scarf is 
an upstanding pleated frill of white 
lawn, and a similar frill edges the rib¬ 
bon used in the bow. 
We feel rather sorry for that Geor¬ 
gia legislator who, in this year of 1908, 
introduced a bill intended to hamper or 
destroy woman’s inherent right to adorn 
herself. The measure provided that if 
any woman, whether maid or widow, 
shall betray into matrimony an unsus¬ 
pecting male subject of Georgia by 
scents, paints, powder or perfumes, cos¬ 
metics, waters, artificial teetb, false hair, 
Spanish wool or any other kind of wool, 
iron staves, corsets, pads or padding, 
hoops or high heel shoes, low cut waists, 
lingerie, lace, variegated stitches or rain¬ 
bow hosiery or by any other deceitful 
means or artful practices, the marriage 
upon conviction shall be null and void. 
If our memory is right, a law of like 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
import was enforced in the Massachu¬ 
setts colonies more than two centuries 
ago. We think it would be wiser to 
pass a law for the higher education of 
the “lords of creation,” which would 
enable them to understand the attrac¬ 
tions of character, intellect and moral 
worth, rather than the fleeting external 
charms which may result from the de¬ 
ceptive adornments enumerated by the 
Georgia Solon. So long as external at¬ 
tractions are the first to receive mascu¬ 
line approval, as observation quickly 
shows us, is it surprising that so many 
women help out natural deficiencies by 
artificial means? The Georgia legisla¬ 
tor would better read “Sartor Resartus.” 
* 
A despatch from Burlington, Pa., to 
the Philadelphia Ledger recently stated 
that more than a score of farmers’ 
wives in that vicinity, who paid out 
$1.50 each in advance for tools of a 
stamping outfit with which they were 
to earn a “lucrative income by doing 
easy work at home,” have asked the 
police to help find the slick stranger 
who, they allege, swindled them. If 
any such opportunity for “home work” 
is offered, it is always wise to think it 
over first and then let investigation pre¬ 
cede investment. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The attractive blouse shown in No. 
6081 is suitable for wear with separate 
skirts, or as part of a suit. The blouse 
is made with a lining and itself con¬ 
sists of fronts, backs and plastron. The 
lining is faced to form the yoke at the 
back but the tucked fronts are arranged 
over the plastron and the whole blouse 
is arranged over the lining, the closing 
being made invisibly at the back. The 
sleeves also are made over fitted lin¬ 
ings that are faced at their lower por¬ 
tions with lace. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size is 
3 ] /2 yards 24, 2)4 yards 32 or 1 54 yards 
44 inches wide with 1 % yards 18 inches 
wide for the plastron and under sleeves, 
4) 4 yards of banding to make as illus¬ 
trated, 1^4 yards of all-over lace if 
sleeves are extended to the wrists. The 
6081 Fancy Tucked Blouse, 
32 to 42 bust. 
cated lines. The plaits at the front and 
side seams provide graceful flare with¬ 
out undue fullness. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
is 1124 yards 27, 6 yards 44 or 454 yards 
52 inches wide when material has figure 
or nap; 8 yards 27, 454 yards 44 or 4 
yards 52 inches wide when material has 
neither figure or nap with )4 yard 50 
inches wide if straps are made of cloth. 
If made from the material there will 
be found, ample in the quantities 
allowed. The pattern 6079 is cut in 
pattern 6081 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 
36, 38, 40 and 42 inch bust measure; 
price 10 cents. 
A very pretty trimmed skirt is shown 
in No. 6079. The skirt is made in nine 
gores. The front and side gores are 
laid in underlying plaits to the depth 
of the bands and those at the sides 
and back are plain. The fullness at the 
back is laid in inverted plaits and the 
trimming straps are arranged on indi¬ 
6079 Nine Gored Skirt, 22 to 32 waist. 
sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32 inch 
waist measure; price 10 cents. 
The semi-princess gown shown is a 
very graceful model, suitable for any 
soft material. The gown is made over a 
fitted waist lining and the sleeves of 
this lining are faced with lace. If a 
transparent effect is desired the sleeve 
lining would properly be cut from 
mousseline or similar material. The 
gown itself consists of the draped por¬ 
tions of the blouse, the plain backs, 
the sleeves, the panel and the skirt. 
September 12, 
When you write advertisers mention The 
It. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” .. See guarantee? page 10. 
6090 Princesse Gown, 32 to 42 bust. 
These are all joined and arranged over 
a foundation and the closing is made 
invisibly at the back. The quantity of 
material required for the medium size 
is 1054 yards 27, 9 yards 32 or 5)4 
yards 44 inches wide with 1 )4 yards of 
all-over lace for chemisette and under 
sleeves, % yard of heavier lace for 
trimming of chemisette, 2 yards 21 
inches wide fq,r folds. The pattern 6090 
is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 
and 42 inch bust measure; price 10 
cents. 
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