1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
The first group shows 7132, peasant 
yoke blouse for misses and small 
women, 14, 16 and 18 years, with high 
or low neck, with or without under 
sleeves. 7140, breakfast jacket, small 
34 or 36, medium 38 or 40, large 42 or 
44 bust, with sleeves that can be left 
loose or gathered into bands. 7106, 
tucked blouse, 34 to 42 bust. 6982, sik- 
gored skirt, 22 to 32 waist. 7143, child’s 
apron, 2 to 8 years, with high, round or 
square neck, with long or short sleeves, 
to be closed in back or front. 6772, 
boy’s shirt waist, 6 to 12 years. Price 
of each pattern, 10 cents. 
The second group includes 7183, 
tucked blouse or shirt waist, 34 to 42 
bust. 7168, girl’s dress with straight 
plaited skirt, 8, 10 and 12 years. 7160, 
middy blouse for misses and small 
women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 7154, six- 
Care of the Child’s Eyes. 
The baby's eyes should be washed 
with boracic solution the first few weeks 
of its life, and after that daily with 
clean water. If the eyes get red and 
inflamed or have a secretion of pus, 
the boracic solution should be used 
again until they are entirely normal. 
Buy five cents' worth of powdered bo¬ 
racic acid; measure as much of it as 
would go on a five-cent piece and dis¬ 
solve this in a cupful of boiled water 
that is partly cooled. Add an equal 
amount of cooled boiled water to this 
and it is ready to use. When the eyes 
are very bad, use this every hour or 
two. If the eyes are not benefited 
after two days’ treatment, another dif¬ 
ferent prescription should be gotten 
from the doctor. Pour a little of the 
boracic solution in a clean glass; use 
w Ji a medicine dropper or a wad of 
clean absorbent cotton or muslin. Place 
the forefinger on the upper lid and the 
thumb on the lower. Press the lid 
gently open, so the inner surface of the 
lids show, and allow the solution to 
run over the open eye and lids from 
the outer corner toward the nose, but 
not into the other eye. If cotton or 
the cloth wad is used, do not use the 
same piece for both eyes nor twice for 
the same one. 
Many school children would study 
more and behave better if they wore 
proper fitting spectacles or had their 
eyes more carefully looked after. When 
the child has frequent headaches, which 
are worse during school hours and are 
around the eyes or following the nerve 
of sight, and is severe at the base of 
the skull, there is every indication of 
eye strain. Sometimes this causes sick 
stomach and vomiting. The eyes should 
be examined and tested by an oculist, 
not by a person who “makes or sells 
optical glasses and instruments,” who is 
but an optician. 
EDYTHE STODDARD SEYMOUR. 
Pop Corn Pleasures. 
For the children there is nothing more 
amusing than a pop corn party. The 
small folks invited are requested to wear 
their play dresses, as there is apt to be 
more or less “muss” before the enter¬ 
tainment is over. The kitchen supplied 
with an open fireplace makes an ideal 
place. Lacking that the stove can be 
used. The poppers should be heated be¬ 
fore the corn is added, and then the corn 
slightly sprinkled with water and heated 
gradually until the kernels swell, then 
the heat increased until the grains are 
all burst. When a quantity is prepared 
for immediate use, some of the older 
ones can make some balls and crisp 
cakes, which are very delicious if pre¬ 
pared just right. To make the balls 
place one pound of granulated sugar in 
a saucepan, add half a cup of water, half 
a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and 
half cup of butter; cook until the syrup 
will spin a thread, stirring constantly to 
prevent graining. Place some of the 
popped corn in a deep dish, pour the 
candied syrup over the corn slowly, stir¬ 
ring the corn so that every grain will 
be coated. While still warm, press into 
medium-sized balls and roll in colored or 
white sugar, then set aside to cool. 
The molasses corn cakes are made by 
boiling two cups of molasses and half 
cup of butter until‘a lump will harden 
when dropped in cold water. Have 
ready one quart of the popped corn 
crushed fine, stir into the boiling taffy, 
remove from the fire and pour or rake 
into a flat buttered pan. Press down 
smooth, mark in squares, when cold cut 
through squares. 
Buttered pop corn is delicious and eas¬ 
ily prepared. Set a panful Of the popped 
corn in the oven several minutes, then 
pour over some melted butter, stir corn 
thoroughly, add salt and serve. 
MRS. D. B. P. 
Christmas 
Catalog is Ready 
Wonderful Christmas mer¬ 
chandise , and 1000 toys and 
games. Let the Kiddies see 
the pictures and you’ll 
know instantly what will 
please them most. 
Over 50 pages of our Gen¬ 
eral Winter Catalog are do- 
voted to Christmas sugges¬ 
tions. Ask for that, too. 
Both are free onrequest. 
Write us today: "Send 
Christmas Catalog No .202. ,r 
JOHN WANAMAKER, New York 
TOWER’S?' 
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t REFLEX TOWER’S j 
Before purchasing 
A Wet Weather 
Garment look at 
the construction 
of the 
Fish Brand 
KEFLEX SUCKER 
O 
t- i The concealed edge of the 
coat is REFLEX. The 
-rtVVEB'o inside storm lap also has 
■ ,f a REFLEX edgeassur- 
double protection, 
making it absolutely 
Impossible 
For Rain To Get In. 
When buttoned. looks like an ordinary over¬ 
coat. Light, Durable, Comfortable. Ask 
your dealer to show you the 
Fish Brand Rcjlex Slicker (Pat'd) 
$3.00 Everywhere 
A. J. Tower Co.. Boston 
Tower-Canadian, Ltd, Toronto. GUI 
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gored skirt for misses and small women, 
14, 16 and 18 years, with high or natural 
waist line. With inverted plaits at the 
sides, front and back gores to be stitched 
to any depth. 7046, three-piece tucked 
skirt, 22 to 30 waist, with high or 
natural waistline. 7165, child’s bishop 
dress, 6 months, 1 and 2 years, with 
short or long sleeves. Price of each, 
10 cents. 
Potato Mayonnaise.—Make a good 
mayonnaise in the usual way, and to a 
cupful add two large potatoes prepared 
thus: Boil in their jackets, peel whole 
hot and rub through a fine colander or 
vegetable press. Whip, when cold, into 
the mayonnaise gradually, stirring until 
the cream mixture in smooth. Season 
with salt, pepper and a dash of onion 
juice, and just before serving stir into 
the mayonnaise the white of an egg 
whipped stiff. This is an excellent 
dressing for a macedoine salad, one of 
tomatoes, or of fish. It is best’ suited 
for a side dish at luncheon or supper. 
Eat with brown bread and cheese. 
Victor-Victrola IV 
$15 
Victor-Victrola VI 
$25 
Victor-Victrola VIII 
$40 
These three new popular-priced Victor-Victrolas 
are of the same hi fe h quality and standard of excel¬ 
lence that is recognized by music-lovers throughout 
the world in all products of the Victor Company. 
All the important patented Victor-Victrola feat¬ 
ures, including Exhibition sound box, tapering 
arm, “goose-neck” sound-box tube, and concealed 
sounding-boards, are incorporated in them. 
There isn’t a home anywhere that wouldn’t be the better for having 
a Victor. 
Good music brightens every home, and with a Victor or Victor- 
Victrola you can readily satisfy your every musical taste—hear whatever 
music you wish, whenever you wish. 
These three new popular-priced instruments make it easy for every 
one to own a genuine Victor-Victrola. 
And if you will go to any music store or any Victor dealer’s and 
hear your favorite selection on the Victor or Victor-Victrola, you will 
wonder how you have managed to satisfy your love of music without it. 
Ask the dealer for copies of the handsome Victor catalogs showing the different instru¬ 
ments and containing pictures of the world’s greatest artists who make records for the Victor. 
Or you can write to us for them. 
Other styles 
of the Victor-Victrola 
$50, $75. $100, $150, $200, $250 
Victors $10 to $100 
Victor Talking Machine Co., 20th and Cooper Sts., Camden, N. J. 
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal, Canadian Distributors 
Always use Victor Records played with Victor Needles 
—there is no other way to get the unequaled Victor tone. 
Victor Needles 
6 cents per 100 
60 cents per 1000 
Victor-Victrola 
v His Masters Voice, 
