March 18, 
360 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
“IT IS NOT YOURS, O MOTHER.” 
It is not yours, O mother, to complain, 
Not, mother, yours to weep, 
Though nevermore your son again 
Shall to your bosom creep, 
Though nevermore again you watch your 
baby sleep. 
Though in the greener paths of earth, 
Mother and child, no more 
We wander; and no more the birth 
Of me whom once you bore, 
Seems still the brave reward that once it 
seemed of yore; 
Though as all passes, day and night, 
The seasons and the years, 
From you, O mother, this delight, 
This also disappears— 
Some profit yet survives of all your pangs 
and tears. 
The child, the seed, the grain of corn, 
The acorn on the hill, 
Each for some separate end is born 
In season fit, and still 
Each must in strength arise to work the 
almighty will. 
So from the hearth the children flee, 
By that almighty hand 
Austerely led; so one by sea 
Goes forth, and one by land; 
Nor aught of all man’s sons escape from 
that command. 
So from the sally each obeys 
The unseen almighty nod, 
So till the ending all their ways 
Blindfolded loth have trod; 
Nor knew their task at all, but were the 
tools of God. 
And as the fervent smith of yore 
Beat out the glowing blade, 
Nor wielded in the front of war 
The weapons that he made, 
But in the tower at home still plied hi* 
ringing trade; 
So like a sword the son shall roam 
On nobler missions sent; 
And as the smith remained at home 
In peaceful turret pent, 
So sits the while at home the mother well 
content. 
—Robert Louis Stevenson. 
♦ 
Japanese bamboo baskets are among 
the fashionable flower holders. They 
are stained dark brown, shading ,to 
ivory white where the bamboo has been 
polished, and woven in all sorts of 
quaint and irregular shapes. They are 
lined with metal, so that they will hold 
water, and cost from $1 up to about $25. 
* 
Deep collars and simple little fichus 
are among the Spring dress trimmings. 
The collars are often of the fichu shape, 
opening in a V at the neck. Very fine 
mull or batiste, edged with lace, is liked 
for both, and there should be turn-back 
cuffs to match. The fine muslin fichu 
will make a pretty trimming on wash 
dresses. 
* 
Among materials shown for wedding 
gowns the most fashionable is white 
crepe meteor, which is soft, lustrous, and 
yet with sufficient body to flow into 
graceful lines. It is 40 to 42 inches wide, 
and costs $2 to $4 a yard. Satin char- 
meuse has a crepe weave, and this 44 
inches wide, costs $3.50 a yard. Plain 
white satins, 36 inches wide, cost $1.25 
to $2 a yard. 
A novel idea in apple pie is thus re¬ 
ported by the New York Sun: ; 
“I had a piece of apple pie at an up- 
State country hotel last week,” said a 
down-town lawyer, “that was good 
enough to justify me in asking for 
more and then getting the recipe, and 
this is it: At the point where in ordi¬ 
nary pie making the lid would be glued 
on spread over the apples thin slices of 
bacon fried very crisp and brown, then 
put on the cover and bake. Good? Well, 
tf y it.” * 
The Melbourne Australasian recently 
figured pictures of a colony of wild cats 
near Broken Hill, New South Wales. 
They appear to be descendants of house 
cats which had been thrown on their 
own resources and which had taken up 
their abode in rabbit holes. These cats 
are increasing fast, and it is said that 
THE rural NEW-YORKER 
they are already diminishing the rabbits 
in places. As the rabbit is the greatest 
plague of Australian agriculture, these 
cats are really helpful, though one can 
realize that they, too, may become a 
nuisance in turn, like the mongoose in 
the West Indies. 
* 
We often use peroxide of hydrogen 
diluted -as a tooth wash, and also un¬ 
portions. The waist is cut in one \\ ith 
the sleeves that are of three-quarter 
length. The skirt is cut in four gores 
and the two are joined by means of a 
belt. The right front of the gown laps 
well over the left and the closing is 
made invisibly. For the 16 year size will 
be required 554 yards of material 24 or 
27 inches wide, 4j4 yards 36 or 3J4 yards 
44 inches wide with 54 yard of satin for 
trimming. The pattern No. 6882 is cut 
in sizes for misses and small woman of 
14, 16 and 18 years of age; price 10 
cents. 
The smaller pictures show 6934, blouse 
or shirt waist, 34 to 42 bust. 3 T /s yards 
of material 27 inches wide, 2J4 yards 
36, V/& yard 44, J4 yard of all-over em¬ 
broidery, 1 yard of ruffling for medium 
size. 6937, girl’s dress, with body and 
sleeves in one, and straight plaited 
skirt, 8, 10 and 12 years. 4J4 yards of 
material 27 inches wide, 3 yards 36, 2y$ 
yards 44, V/z yard of banding for 10 
year size. 6900, waist with yoke and 
sleeves in one for misses and ^ small 
women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 1/4 yard 
of material 21 inches wide, ?4 yard 27, 
54 yard 44, for full portion of blouse, 
1J4 yard 20, 1J4 yard 27, 54 yard 44, for 
yoke with sleeves, J4 yard 18 inches 
wide, 254 yards of banding for 16 year 
size. 6871, five-gored skirt for misses 
and small women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 
554 yards of material 27 inches wide, 
314 yards 36, or 44, when material has 
figure or nap, 454 yards 27 inches wide, 
254 yards 36 or 44 when material has 
neither figure nor nap, for 16 year size. 
6936.three or two-piece skirt with simu¬ 
lated tunic, 22 to 32 waist. 5-)4 yards of 
material 27 inches wide, 254 yards 44 or 
52 for two-piece skirt, 4J4 yards 27, 4 
yards 44 or 52 for three-piece width of 
skirt at lower edge 2yards, for me¬ 
dium size. 6920, coat with sailor or 
round collar, with or without revers, 34 
to 44 bust. 5 yards of material 27 inches 
wide, 2 Yz yards 44 or 52, 354 yards of 
banding, for medium size; price of each 
30 cents. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
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Every housewife must have an AUTOMATIC 
Vacuum Cleaner. It saves taking up the 
carpets and it keeps the carpets, rugs, uphols- 
tered furniture, mattresses, pillows, etc., 
clean and sanitary every day in the year. It 
brings out the colors bright and fresh, raises 
the nap, making the carpets wear longer and 
soft to walk upon. 
Three 
Quarts 
of 
Solid Dirt 
Pumped 
From One 
“Clean” 
Rug’ 
6882 House Gown for Misses and 
Small Women, 14, 16 and 18 years, 
diluted around the base of the nails to 
loosen and remove hangnails. A friend 
tells us that another use for it is to 
remove scorch from clothes. W et a 
cloth in peroxide, wring tight, lay over 
the scorched place and iron with a hot 
iron; the discoloration will entirely dis¬ 
appear. No doubt this is due to the 
bleaching effect of peroxide, which is 
one of the materials used to produce 
artificially blond hair. It is a poweiful 
disinfectant, being used to cleanse ab¬ 
scesses and indolent sores. V e have 
found it comforting and healing to 
broken chilblains. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns ahvays give 
number of pattern and ineasui ement de¬ 
sired. 
The pretty bouse dress shown is an 
excellent model for misses or small 
women. It is finished with the big col¬ 
lar that marks the season and it is closed 
at the left side. It can be utilized for 
wool materials and for washable ones 
with equal propriety. The skirt _ is 
slightly high waisted, and that line is a 
smart and very generally becoming one. 
The gown is made with waist and skirt 
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