1912. 
687 
The Rural Patterns. 
The first group shows 7351, surplice 
blouse, 34 to 40 bust. For the medium 
size will be required 1% yard of material 
36 inches wide, with 4 yards of embroid¬ 
ery 12 inches wide, 34 yard of tucking, 
34 yard of 18 inches wide for puffs and 
one yard of lace for sleeve frills. 7295, 
surplice blouse with revers. 34 to 42 
bust. For the medium size will be re¬ 
quired 2*4 yards of material 36 inches 
wide with $4 yard of all-over lace 18 
inches wide for revers and cuffs, §4 
yard of banding, 3 yards of fringe, 34 
yard 18 inches wide for shield and 34 
yard 27 inches wide for frills. 7354, 
blouse with vestee, 34 to 42 bust. For 
the medium size will be required 154 
yards of material 36 inches wide, with 
yard 18 inches wide for yoke and col¬ 
lar, 34 yard 21 inches wide for vestee 
and 9 yards of banding. 7358, three- 
piece skirt, with tunic effect. 22 to 32 
waist. For the medium size will be re¬ 
quired 234 yards of material 36 inches 
wide, with 134 yard 27 inches wide for 
foundation. 7205, six-gored skirt, 22 to 
32 waist. For the medium size will be 
required 5*4 yards of material 27 inches 
wide. 7384, child’s tucked French dress. 
2 to 6 years. For the 4 year size will 
be required 2% yards of material 36 
inches wide, with 734 yards of insertion, 
4J4 yards, of edging and 2y 2 yards of 
ribbon 5 inches wide for sash. 
The second group includes 7382, cuta¬ 
way coat for misses and small women, 
14, 16 and 18 years, with long or three- 
quarter sleeves, with or without collar. 
For the 16-year size will be required 
2J4 yards of material 36 inches wide, 
with l /2 yard of satin for collar and 
cuffs. 7368, straight fitted coat, 34 to 
40 bust, with cutaway or straight fronts, 
plain or simulated empire back. For the 
medium size will be required 234 yards 
of material 36 inches wide, with lj/j yard 
of velvet and 34 yard of silk for collar 
and cuffs. 7385, belted semi-princess 
dress for misses and small women, 14, 
16 and 18 years. For the 16 year size 
will be required 4 yards of material 36 
inches wide, with 34 yard of 27 inches 
wide for the trimming. 7372, two-piece 
skirt with tunic effect, 22 to 30 waist. 
For the medium size will be required 
234 yards of material 36 inches wide, 
with 1*4 yard 21 or 27 inches wide for 
foundation. 7367, two-piece skirt with 
tunic effect. 22 to 30 waist. For the 
THE RURAL 
medium size will be required 2J4 yards 
of material 36 inches wide, with 2 yards 
36 inches wide for foundation. Price of 
each pattern 10 cents. 
Canning Asparagus. 
I have a nice asparagus bed and would 
like to can some for Winter use. If you 
have a good recipe will you publish it? 
F. B. G. 
Straight-sided quart glass jars, such as 
the “Royal,'’ should be used for aspar¬ 
agus, so as to avoid breaking the stalks. 
Wash carefully, cut the right length to 
stand the whole stalk upright in the jar 
and pack in snugly, heads up; then pour 
in cold water slowly, until the jar is 
full to overflowing, and lay on the tops. 
Place straw or boards in the bottom of 
the wash-boiler, stand the jars on this, 
and pour in enough cold water to come 
half way up the jars; put the boiler 
over the fire, and when the water comes 
to a boil, boil steadily for three hours. 
Take up the jars, see that they are full 
to overflowing (if not fill up with boil¬ 
ing water) put on rubbers and screw or 
otherwise fasten the covers tight. Keep 
in a cool, dark place. Another recipe 
recommends boiling the asparagus for 
15 minutes, then putting in the jar, and 
boiling in the wash-boiler for 1*4 hour; 
but we think some of the stalk* are 
very likely to be broken by this method. 
Another method is to boil three succes¬ 
sive mornings, instead of doing all the 
boiling at once. Boil one hour, then 
take out, cool over night, boil again 
the next day, cool as before, and boil 
a third morning, after which the tops, 
which have been screwed, but not tight¬ 
ly, are tightened, and the jars set away. 
As the Hair Grows Thin. 
1 
Few women reach middle age without 
coming to the time when nature’s fail¬ 
ing supply sets them wondering what 
can be done to help out the wisps of 
hair that now grows where was once a 
handsome braid and plenty for a good 
parting. The man of her choice will 
say, if consulted: “Wear what you have; 
I hate a pinned-on mess.” Yet he will, 
in the rare times when he really looks 
at her, wonder why “mother” should be 
“getting that old look,” and he will re¬ 
mark that Cousin Jane holds her age 
remarkably well, never suspecting that 
the soft coronet braid and modest pom¬ 
padour which frame her face have any 
part in the youthful look. 
In these days when no girl old enough 
to “do up her hair” hesitates about 
using any possible helps she can have, 
many an aging woman would do well to 
follow her example, not in the wearing 
of those “pinned on” puffs which resem¬ 
ble a cluster of sausages and are an 
abomination, but in the use of such judi¬ 
cious reinforcements as .are needed. 
Some matrons need only to arrange the 
front locks more loosely—without friz¬ 
zing but made to lie lightly—and then 
add a coil or braid around the top of 
the head. Others who look well with 
the hair rolled back from the forehead 
need, not a false roll to comb it over, 
but an eight or 10-inch strip of woven 
hair to pin a few inches back from the 
front, letting its fullness add itself to 
the hair combed back from the face. 
The Psyche knot is again in use, and 
if the hair is becoming worn low or 
well at the back, one puff to coil the 
natural hair around may be needed. 
Or again one’s own hair may make the 
central puff and an added switch be 
twisted lightly around it. 
A certain glossy look is the desirable 
thing for a matron’s hair, instead of the 
frizziness many rural women affect 
when aiming to look their best. Of 
course this does not apply as much to 
gray hair, since the tendency to a wiry 
lightness increases as the locks whiten. 
This species of fluffiness is a gain in that 
it helps the hair to make the most of 
itself, but it should not be increased by 
crimping. A parting at the center gives 
to some faces a sweet dignity beside 
which the pompadour seems common¬ 
place, but to women short and stout the 
hair combed high above the face is often 
the more becoming style. 
To a few of us it seems as if the 
majority of our friends, particularly 
those in villages or cities, had gone daft 
over the necessity for frequent sham¬ 
poos. Much washing does remove the 
hair’s natural oil and cause it to lie up 
more lightly, but is it not possible to 
injure the hair by this very habit of 
taking out its oil? As to removing dust 
and soil, good brushing will go a long 
way toward cleaning both the scalp and 
hair. It is not probable that the present 
fad for the gay Martha Washington 
caps will be taken up by many country 
women, but it has various advantages 
NEW -Y OtiFChCti 
apart from its prettiness. The more 
prosaic sweeping cap should be uni¬ 
versally owned and used on the principle 
that an ounce of prevention is worth 
more than a pound of cure. 
If combings are saved more can be 
done with them than many suspect. 
They have the advantage of being a 
perfect match, if made up promptly, 
and if taken directly to the woman who 
straightens and weaves them the expense 
is slight compared to the buying of 
good hair. The hair dresser will tell 
you that being dead hair such pieces do 
not wear long. Never mind, even the 
most expensive “new” hair fades in a 
few year’s wear and your combings are 
always accumulating to furnish fresh 
supplies. Take them from the comb and 
slip into an envelope or small paper 
bag without any rolling up if you would 
have them in good condition. One of the 
flat paper bags in which gloves come 
from the shops is a good receptacle, and 
one can teach the left hand upon the 
outside of the bag to hold fast what the 
right hand has placed inside it so that 
no stray hairs trail out. Fold the re¬ 
ceptacle once across and keep in a 
handy drawer with the brush and comb. 
When the bag begins to seem bulky put 
it away in a larger paper bag folded and 
tied snug to keep out moths. Write 
upon the outside what is within and add 
fresh envelopes of hair as they accum¬ 
ulate. The savings of a year or so will 
probably give a woven piece several 
inches in length, and sure to be useful 
either to reinforce the pompadour or to 
add to the back coil. 
And now let no hard working farmer’s 
wife turn from the subject with a sigh 
which means, “But I am only an old 
woman now, and it does not matter how 
I look.” For it does matter, if not to 
any child or niece or nephew still there 
is the honor of the farming population 
to be preserved and seeing how house¬ 
mothers can age upon the farm may be 
one item in woman’s reluctance to set¬ 
tle in country homes. augusta rose. 
U hen you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
THE OLD PLEA 
He “Didn’t Know It Was Loaded.” 
The coffee drinker seldom realizes 
that coffee contains the drug, caffeine, 
a serious poison to the heart and nerves, 
causing many forms of disease, notice¬ 
ably dyspepsia. 
“I was a lover of coffee and used it 
for many years and did not realize the 
bad effects I was suffering from its use. 
(Tea is just as injurious as coffee be¬ 
cause it, too, contains caffeine, the same 
drug found in coffee.) 
“At first I was troubled with indiges¬ 
tion. I did not attribute the trouble to 
the use of coffee, but thought it arose 
from other causes. With these attacks 
I had sick headache, nausea and vomit¬ 
ing. Finally my stomach was in such a 
condition I could scarcely retain any 
food. 
“I consulted a physician; was told all 
my troubles came from indigestion, but 
was not informed what caused the indi¬ 
gestion. I kept on with the coffee and ' 
kept on with the troubles, too, and my 
case continued to grow worse from year 
to year until it developed into chronic- 
diarrhea, nausea and severe attacks of 
vomiting. I could keep nothing on my 
stomach and became a mere shadow, re¬ 
duced from 159 to 128 pounds. 
“A specialist informed me I had a 
very severe case of catarrh of the stom¬ 
ach, which had got so bad he could do 
nothing for me, and I became con¬ 
vinced my days were numbered. 
, “Then I chanced to see an article set¬ 
ting forth the good qualities of Postum 
and explaining how coffee injures people 
so I concluded to give Postum a trial. I 
soon saw the good effects—my head¬ 
aches were less frequent, nausea and 
vomiting only came on at long intervals, 
and I was soon a changed man, feeling 
much better. 
Then I thought I could stand coffee 
again, but as soon as I tried it my old 
troubles returned and I again turned to 
Postum. Would you believe it, I did 
this three times before I had sense 
enough to quit coffee for good and 
keep on with the Postum. I am now 
a well man with no more headaches, 
sick stomach or vomiting and have al¬ 
ready gained back to 147 pounds.” 
Name given by Postum Co., Battle 
Creek, Mich. 
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On Waterproof Clothing 
ASK YOUR DEALER TO SHOW YOU THE 
FISH BRAND REFLEX SLICKER 
THE COAT THAT KEEPS OUT ALL THE RAIN 
* 3 .- Everywhere. 
A. J. TOYVER CO. BOSTON 
TOWER CANADIAN LIMITED. TORONTO - 
Original and unequalled. 
Wood or tin rollers. "Improved 
requires no tacks. Inventor’s 
signature on genuine: 
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Raising Fruits and Vegetables. 
Frcm the Peanut Fields of VIRGINIA 
To the Orange Groves of FLORIDA 
The 6 Sou. States traversed by S. A. L. Ry. 
offers special inducements. Land cheap. Ideal 
climate, v/ater plentiful. Quick transporta¬ 
tion to big markets. In Land of Manatee on 
West Coast of Florida, raise 2 to 3 cropi a 
year—net $500 to $1000 per acre. 
J. A. PRIDE, Gen. Ind. Agt., 
Sea'.oard Air Line Railway. 
Suite 606 Norfolk, Va. 
a Farm 
be compelled to pay to your landlord most of 
your hard-earned profits! Own your own 
farm. Secure a Free Homestead In 
Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Al¬ 
berta, or purchase land In one 
of these districts and bank a 
profit from!? 10.00 to $ 12.00 
an acre every year. 
Land purchased three years 
ago at 810.00 an acre has recently 
changed hands at 825.00 an acre. 
The crops grown on these lands 
warrant the advance. You can 
Become Rich 
by cattle raising, dairying, mixed farm¬ 
ing and grain growing In the Provinces 
of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and 
Alberta In Western Canada. 
Free homestead and pre-emption 
areas, as well as land held by railway 
and land companies, will provide 
homes for millions. 
Adaptable soi 1,healthful climate, 
splendid schools and churches and 
good railways. 
For settlers’ rates, descriptive litera¬ 
ture "Last Best West.” bow to reach the 
country and other particulars, write to 
Bup’t of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, 
or to the Canadian Gov’t Agent, 
J. S. CRAWFORD 
301 E. GENESEE STREET 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
