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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
The first group shows 7167, fancy 
tucked blouse, 34 to 40 bust, with or 
without collar, with elbow sleeves and 
undersleeves or three->quarter sleeves 
gathered into bands. 7180, girl’s coat, 
8 to 12 years, with open neck and 
fancy collar or high neck and round 
collar, with or without cuffs. 7150, 
fancy peasant blouse, 34 to 42 bust. 
7153, skirt with deep tunic effect, 22 to 
30 waist. 6888, four-piece skirt for 
misses and small women, 14, 16 and 18 
years. 7181, child’s bonnet, for 2 and 
4 years. Normandy bonnet to be made 
with or without revers. Price of each 
pattern, 10 cents. 
The second group includes: 7186, 
fancy blouse in peasant style, for misses 
and small women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 
7164, men’s outing or negligee shirt, 34 
to 46 breast. 7169, semi-princess dress 
for misses and small women, 14, 16 and 
18 years. 7182, three-piece skirt, 22 to 
30 waist, with straight band at the lower 
edge, with high or natural waistline. 
7175, child’s rompers, 1 and 2 years, 
with square or high neck, with short 
sleeves, gathered into bands or loose or 
with long sleeves, with or without belt. 
Price of each pattern, 10 cents. 
Care of the Child’s Mouth. 
A coated tongue indicates digestive 
derangement of the stomach or bowels. 
A little questioning will determine if 
the bowels are at fault. If the poison¬ 
ous matter is left overtime inside, much 
of it will be absorbed and cause a feel¬ 
ing of lassitude. Sick headaches are 
usually started this way. When the 
trouble is in the stomach, it is apt to be 
caused by improper food, either too 
rich or hard to digest; yet the tongue 
may be much coated from too many 
sweets and the person not feel ill. A 
growing child should eat plain, nutri¬ 
tious food. Indigestion will cause the 
secretions of the mouth to be abnormal 
and aid the decay of the teeth. 
Children under two years of age 
should have the teeth cleaned daily with 
a cloth dipped in saline solution. Make 
this with a quarter teaspoonful of salt 
to a quarter teacupful of warm water. 
At two years of age the toothbrush 
habit may be commenced. Use a soft, 
narrow brush, and cleanse the teeth of 
every particle of food after each meal; 
salt solution or any mild dental prepara- 
tion«may be used once a day. 
When the tongue is habitually coated, 
a few drops of listerine in the water is 
good to clean the teeth; and the brush 
can be dipped in this preparation after¬ 
ward, to give the tongue a good but 
gentle scrubbing. It leaves such a clean, 
fresh sensation in the mouth that the 
child will not be likely to demur after 
the first trial. This listerine used, about 
a teaspoonful to a glass of boiled water, 
is excellent to wash the mouth and teeth 
of a sick child or even that of an adult. 
If the teeth decay, have them filled with 
an inexpensive filling, if they are the 
first or milk teeth. The roots of these 
are absorbed to build the second set, 
and should be kept in as excellent a 
condition as possible. Food which gets 
in the cavities decays, or ferments, and 
breeds germs which cause indigestion 
and disease. Investigation has proved 
that children study and behave better 
after the teeth are cleaned and repaired. 
EDYTXIE STODDARD SEYMOUR. 
A Day on a Wyoming Hay Ranch. 
Imagine a low ranch house, built 
partly of logs and some frame. The 
kitchen dark and dreary; the big din¬ 
ing-room with bare floor, stairs going 
to the loft above from one corner of 
the room; a 10-foot table covered with 
oilcloth and dishes of various colors 
and weight. What is called regular 
ranch dishes are very heavy; a teacup 
and saucer weighing 2 x / 2 to three 
pounds, but in this case they were 
lighter. A slender little woman with 
three girls, ages three, seven and nine, 
did the work, and cooked for 11 men, 
15 in all with themselves. Five o'clock 
in the morning found the little woman 
astir. A fire started in the cook stove, 
biscuits made, potatoes fried, also eggs 
and steak; table set; both coffee and tea 
a- made, as some prefer tea to coffee. 
The syrup cup is always found on the 
ranch table as well as the large plate 
of butter. In this case the butter is 
bought at a creamery and a half-pound 
is on each butter plate; no butter knives 
are seen, for their use would be ig¬ 
nored, each taking his own knife for 
butter. The men soon make short work 
o* eating breakfast. In the meantime 
the three little girls are up and dress 
themselves, each helping the other. They 
eat breakfast with mother, and then 
the work begins. One clears the table 
while the oldest picks over beans, 
washes them in two waters, and puts^ 
them on to cook. The mother mean¬ 
time is getting the beds out of the way 
and keeping things moving. The seven- 
year-old stands on a box and washes 
dishes, while the nine-year-old wipes 
them. Steel knives and forks are used, 
and all arc scoured every morning. If 
the little girls get to playing or dally¬ 
ing at their work the mother’s voice of 
“Hurry up, no time for fooling,” puts 
quicker time into the work. 
A quick yeast is used for baking, 
some being saved from one baking to 
the next, and I was told she made no 
new yeast in over a year. A big pan 
of sponge is soon made and the bread 
baked in the afternoon, eight and 10 
loaves each day. After the dishes are 
done (the mother usually washed ket¬ 
tles, skillets, etc., of which there were 
many), the little girls sweep. Then 
there are dried berries to look over 
and cook for pies, rice to be picked 
over and washed, which is put in a 
large pan with lots of milk and plenty 
of raisins and sugar, put in the oven 
and baked until the rice has taken up 
nearly all the milk. The girls have a 
short time to rest now and play. In be¬ 
tween all these jobs of work they must 
look after the little three-year-old sis¬ 
ter, who is here, there and everywhere, 
busy as a bee at something. At 11 
o’clock one girl is set to peeling onions 
to be sliced up with a dressing of vine¬ 
gar, salt and pepper; the other peels 
potatoes, while the mother looks after 
the berry pies in the oven, prepares 
meat, cabbage, etc. The girls set the 
table while mother looks after the cook¬ 
ing and dishing up. 
At 12:15 the men are at the table eat¬ 
ing the good dinner prepared for them: 
beans, potatoes, beefsteak, cabbage, 
onions, rice, bread and butter, syrup, 
berry pie, etc. There is a lull of a 
short time as the little girls and their 
mother eat their dinner, then the same 
thing over; table to be cleared, which is 
no small job, piles of dirty dishes to 
wash, but the mother washes while the 
girls wipe and put away. Then mother 
makes the bread into loaves, prepares a 
rich cake, and when done it is frosted. 
About three o’clock the bread is ready 
for the oven, and while caring for its 
baking the mother knits woolen socks 
for her husband, who wears them the 
whole year. The weather being so cold 
in Winter, he 17.es them long, to go to 
the knees. The girls run about among 
the rocks, hunt wild flowers and come 
in with great stories of seeing a wild¬ 
cat run into one of the caves not far 
from the house. Wildcats, mountain I 
lions, coyotes and wolves are not 
scarce. Eagles are often seen, and the 
beautiful but very naughty magpie 
keeps one busy looking after young 
chickens. While bread and cake were 
baking a kettle of beef has been boil¬ 
ing, which with potatoes, gravy, onions, 
canned corn, cooked raisins, syrup, 
bread and butter and cake constitutes 
the supper at 6 p. m. No tea or coffee 
at this meal, but milk and water. Cows 
are milked for the cream and milk 
used, no butter made. It is long after 
lamplight before the dishes are done, 
potatoes prepared for the morning, beds 
prepared for the night in the dining¬ 
room, which serves for bedroom also. 
The men sleep at the barns on hay 
with robes and blankets. The father 
undresses the little girl, talks a little 
with the wife, and soon lights are out 
and sleep comes to the tired ones. 
MRS. F. C. JOHNSON. j 
One trouble with the people who aim ' 
to do right, is that so many of them : 
are such poor shots.—Ram’s Horn. 
If some of us would spend half the 
time in hustling that we do in worry¬ 
ing, we would have more butter on our 
bread.—Ram’s Horn. 
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