1911. 
THS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
327 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
The first group includes 6925, fancy- 
coat for misses ^and small women, 14, 
16 and 18 years, 4 yards of material 27 
inches wide, 254 yards 44 or 2*4 yards 52 
for 16 year size. 6938, fancy blouse, 
with three-quarter, full or long plain 
under sleeves 34 to 42 bust, 2/z yards of 
material 27 inches wide, 1§4 yards 36, 
1/4 yards 44, J4 yard 18 for collar and 
cuffs 1 yard 18 for yoke and full under 
sleeves, for medium size. 6922, work 
apron, small 34 or 36, medium 38 or 40, 
large 42 or 44, 5 yards of material 27 
inches wide, 354 yards 36, 354 yards of 
banding for mediuiy size. 6918, boys’ 
Russian blouse, 6 to 12 years, 3 yards of 
material 27 inches wide, 2 yards 36- or 
44 for 10 year size. 6916, square or 
round sweeping caps with half sleeves, 
one size; ij4 yards of material 27 inches 
wide, 1% yard 36, for round cap with 
half sleeves, 54 yard 27, 54 yard 36 for 
half sleeves, 1 handkerchief 18 inches 
square, 3 yards of ribbon for square cap. 
The second group shows 6912, single 
breasted coat, 34 to 42 bust, 454 yards of 
material 27 inches wide, 254 yards 44, 2 
yards 52, 54 yard velvet for medium size. 
6911, plain shirt waist, 34 to 46 bust, 3*4 
yards of material 27 inches wide, 2 yards 
36, 154 yard 44, for medium size. 6518, 
misses’ shirred dress, 14 and 16 years, 
1054 yards of material 21 inches wide, 
654 yards 32 or 454 yards 44 inch wide 
with 6 yards of banding, 54 yard of all- 
over lace, for the 16 year size. 6827, 
straight gathered skirt for misses and 
small women, 14, 16 and 18 years, 354 
yards of material 27 or 36 inches wide, 
254 yards 44, with 1 yard of contrasting 
material 27 inches wide, for 16 year size. 
6909, one-piece blouse for misses and 
small women, 14, 16 and 18 years, 1§4 
yards of material 27 inches wide, 1*4 
yards 36 or 44 inch, 54 yard 20 inch 
wide for trimming, for 16 year size. 
Price of each pattern 10 cents. 
Lenten Dishes. 
Spaghetti Croquettes.—Break a quarter 
of a pound of spaghetti into inch lengths, 
cook in boiling salt water, drain, lay in 
cold water until chilled, then drain again 
in a colander. Cook together two table¬ 
spoonfuls of butter and flour, and when 
they are blended add a cupful of milk. 
When you have a smooth sauce stir into 
it the cold spaghetti, a pinch of salt, 
two tablespoonfuls of American cheese 
(grated) and a beaten egg. Remove 
at once from the fire, set the mixture 
to cool and harden. With floured hands 
form the paste into round balls, roll in 
beaten egg, then in fine bread crumbs, 
and set in a cool place for two hours 
before frying. 
Mock Duck.—Soak a pint of hominy 
grits in a quart of cold water over 
night in the top of double boiler; the 
next morning place over water and cook 
till tender and of the consistency of 
rather thick mush. Arrange some of 
this on a buttered baking pan in the 
form of a duck and about an inch thick; 
take three cups of mixed nuts, put 
through chopper and mix into a dressing 
with chopped hard boiled egg, minced 
parsley and a little butter; arrange in 
an oval mound on the hominy; baste over 
with melted butter and beaten egg and 
bake in moderate oven for an hour, 
basting with butter and a little water. 
Transfer to a hot dish and make a cream 
sauce with the drippings in pan. 
Custard Potatoes.—Boil one quart of 
sliced potatoes in salted water with a 
large sprig of parsley. The water should 
be nearly evaporated when the potatoes 
are done. Do not cook so long that 
the slices lose their shape. Add about 
one pint of milk to cover. When hot, 
add one beaten egg mixed with a little 
cold milk. Let boil up once, then add 
pepper and butter, remove the parsley 
and serve. 
Sweet Cream Cookies.—Five cups of 
flour, one heaping teaspoonful of soda, 
two heaping teaspoonfuls of cream of 
tartar, one teaspoonful of salt. Sift all 
together-and stir thoroughly. Into the 
mixing bowl put two cups of sugar and 
two cups of thick sweet cream, stir to¬ 
gether and add half of the prepared flour. 
Then add the yolks of three eggs and 
the white of one, well beaten; flavor 
with vanilla, and add enough more of 
the prepared flour to roll softly; hake 
in a quick oven. MRS. c. E. w. 
Painting a Rogers Group. 
A coat of gray paint of whatever 
shade one desires will nicely renovate 
the “Rogers group,” the information for 
which Mrs. D. A. P. asks. I painted one 
over about 10 years ago, and it still looks 
fine, as the dust can be removed with a 
damp cloth. e. k. h. 
There is a lot of money spent in every family in 
“dribs and drabs” which amounts to a very tidy sum at 
the end of the year, but for which there is usually very 
little to show. 
Take your own “butter and egg” money for instance. 
You spend it for little comforts and necessities, but it 
is usually not enough to buy really big things. It 
seems so small we call it “chicken-feed.” 
Take the pin money of the city woman. She, too, 
spends it for just little things —it goes for this and that, 
leaving behind scarcely a trace of what it bought— 
that’s why we call it “chicken-feed.” 
Our purpose in this advertisement is to tell you 
how the trifling pin money and the despised “chicken- 
feed” can be made to buy really big things. 
Now, by spending it right, it will purchase many a 
useful and longed-for article that you have wanted for 
years. We will show you how to turn your spare pen¬ 
nies into home comforts—how to make the “chicken- 
feed” furnish your home. 
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Our whole business is to buy and sell bargains in Housefurnishings. We go to manufacturers when they must unload and take 
surplus stock off their bands._ We buy goods only when we are able to buy away below the regular cost. 
We have a combined capital of $7,000,000, and we never have less than a million dollars ready for makers who must have money. 
We are everywhere known as the largest concern in our line—every maker of housefurnishings who must sacrifice any first duality 
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There are hundreds of makers of housefurnishings who turn to us when they must unload some stock quickly and quietly 
} cnarticles shown in our Big Bargain Boob were purchased from over 180 makers. We absolutely guarantee to save vou from 15 
to 50% on every article shown in our Bargain Book. J 
A Harvest of Bargains 
for You 
We not only pick up unusual bargains for you, 
but we sell them direct without any middleman’s 
profit, without any expense save our Bargain 
Book. 
When these lines are sold regularly, the maker 
pays salesmen to sell to the jobber, the jobber 
pays salesmen to sell to the dealers, and the 
dealers pay salesmen to sell them to you. Each 
middleman adds his expense and profit and the 
buyer has to foot the whole bill. 
We not only buy at an under price but we sell 
at minimum cost. There is only our one small 
profit between the maker and you. 
If some of our prices seem unbelievingly low, 
please remember these facts: We bought the 
goods low, sometimes away below cost—be¬ 
cause the makers had to unload—we save the 
jobbers’ 15% selling expense and the dealers’ 
50% selling expense. We are selling you in the 
cheapest possible way at the lowest possible 
profits. 
Cash or Credit— 
One Price to All 
But in addition to all the things we have told 
you and here is where you can make the chicken 
money furnish your home— if at any time you do 
not have the ready cash to send in for an article 
or a bill of goods you can have the amount 
charged instead of paying the whole amount at 
once. Merely send with your order a small first 
payment of about 15% of the total amount and at 
the end of 30 days, if you are perfectly satisfied 
with the goods and intend to keep them, you be¬ 
gin paying for them in small monthly payments. 
Now, you might think that by doing this, you 
are not entitled to all the advantages of a cash 
customer. But that’s not true. That’s just where 
the beauty of the plan lies. It don’t make a bit 
of difference to the Spiegel. May, Stern Co. 
whether you paycash or pay as convenient. You 
get exactly the samelowbargain prices on every¬ 
thing. You are extended the same generous 
terms: you are allowed to buy on approval. You 
have the privilege of returning the goods if you 
don’t want to keep them. You are treated ex¬ 
actly the same whether you pay cash or pay as 
convenient. 
Mn fact, we would prefer to have you open an ac¬ 
count. About 6U% of our customers run such 
charge accounts with us, and about 40% of them 
pay cash. We are much closer to the people 
who have accounts with us and we are more like¬ 
ly to keep on selling them, because the Spiegel, 
May, Stern Co. stands out strongly in their 
minds. 
All Goods Sent on 
30 Days* Approval 
Whatever you order from our Bargain Book 
will be sent to you on approval. You may use 
it for a month before deciding to buy it. If it 
isn’t such a bargain as you expected—if it isn't 
in every way satisfactory—you may return it at 
our expense, we will pay the freight both ways. 
If you have paid cash for it, the whole sum 
will be returned to you; if you paid part down, 
what you paid will be sent back. If anything you 
buy is not satisfactory, the trial will cost you not 
a penny. r 
This plan is for your protection. We realize that 
our prices will often seem ridiculously low for 
goods_ of first quality. You might hesitate to 
order if you had to buy them unseeing. So we 
send the goods to you to test and examine—to 
compare with similar goods in your own stores. 
We do not consider that the goods are bought 
until you have a chance to do this. If you want 
to return them you are welcome to do so with¬ 
out any cost or obligation. 
You may be sure that the goods which we send 
out in that way are the bargains which we 
SPIEGEL, MAY, STERN CO., 1479 35th st., Chicago, Ill. 
represent them. If they prove disappointing 
they would cost us the sale, your good will 
and cost us the freight both ways. We can¬ 
not afford to run such risks as that. 
Our Vast Responsibilities 
We publish in our Big Bargain Book let¬ 
ters from some of the biggest banks in the 
country who certify to our responsibility. 
We refer in addition to any bank orbusiness 
bouse in Chicago. We refer you by special 
permission to the following banks: 
The National Bank of the Republic, Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. 
Atlas National Bank of Cincinnati, O. 
Bank of Commerce, St. Louis, Mo. 
First National Bank of Kansas City, Mo. 
Any bank in your own city will tell you wo 
are amply responsible, so will any express 
company or railroad agent. 
Cut out this coupon and send 
it to us, and the big Spring Bargain 
Book—or Stove Book—or both— 
will come by next mail. Please do 
this before you forget it. • dom 
Cut Out This Coupon 
SPIEGEL, MAY, STERN CO. 
_ 1479 35th Street, Chicago, Ill. 
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