THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
July 13, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
THE SONG OF THE THRUSH. 
Ah, the May was grand this mornin'! 
Sure, how could I feel forlorn in 
Such a land, when tree and flowers tossed 
their kisses to the breeze? 
Could an Irish heart be quiet 
While the Spring was runnin’ riot, 
An’ the birds of free America were singin’ 
in the trees? 
In the songs that they were singin’ 
No familiar note was ringin’, 
But I strove to imitate them an’ I whistled 
like a lad. 
Oh my heart was warm to love them 
For the very newness of them— 
For the ould songs that they helped me to 
forget— 
And I was glad. 
So I mocked the feathered choir 
To my hungry heart’s desire, 
An’ I gloried in the comradeship that made 
their joy my own, 
Till a new note sounded, stillin’ 
All the rest. A thrush was trillin' ! 
Ah! the thrush I left behind me in the 
fields about Athlone! 
Where, upon the whiteborn swayin'! 
He was minstrel of the Mayin’, 
In my days of love and laughter that the 
years have laid at rest; 
Here again the notes were ringin’! 
But I’d lost the heart for singin’— 
Ah! the song I could not answer was the 
one I knew the best. 
—From “Canzoni,” by T. A. Daly. 
* 
A tested recipe for blackberry jam 
calls for three-quarters 'of a pound of 
sugar to each pound of fruit. Mix the 
sugar with the fruit, and keep it on the 
back of the stove until th e juice be¬ 
gins to flow. Occasionally rub the fruit 
with a spoon to hasten the process. Then 
bring the mixture forward and boil for 
one hour, stirring frequently. When well 
thickened pour into small jars or glasses 
and let it cool for 24 hours before seal¬ 
ing. It is very rich in flavor. 
* 
There was once a passage at arms be¬ 
tween Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the emi¬ 
nent woman suffragist, and Horace 
Greeley on the occasion of a discourse 
by the former on the right of women 
to the ballot, says the Boston Common. 
In the midst of her talk Greeley inter¬ 
posed in his high pitched, falsetto voice: 
“What would you do in time of war if 
you had the suffrage?” This seemed 
like a poser, but the lady had been be¬ 
fore the pifblic too long to be discon¬ 
certed by an unexpected question and 
she promptly replied: “Just what you 
have done, Mr. Greeley—stay at home 
and urge others to go and fight.” 
* 
Every Summer we see some prevalent 
fad in fancy work whenever women are 
gathered together at leisure. This year 
it is a sensible fancy, for it takes the 
form of embroidered linen, doilies, scarfs 
or pillow slips, some with nothing more 
than a scalloped edge, others with sprigs 
or eyelets above the scallops, and initial 
letters above them. Linen bought by the 
yard may be utilized for many of these 
things, and in place of stamping, if de¬ 
sired, it is very easy to draw scallops 
with lead pencil, using a spool as a guide. 
The scalloped edge is much more durable 
than hemstitching. The linen pillow slips 
are often very handsomely embroidered 
in eyelet work, though a plain scallop 
with a large initial is always attractive. 
A recent visitor from Great Britain, 
Sir William Treloar, expressed the 
opinion rather apologetically, that people 
in this country seemed to him to waste 
a good deal of time on elections. Sir 
William is a wealthy business man, who 
has been Lord Mayor of London, and 
who has now retired from moneymak¬ 
ing, while still in full vigor, that he may 
devote himself more completely to bet¬ 
tering the condition of crippled children. 
It is not surprising that our manner of 
preparing for an election should thus 
impress him when we consider the 
frenzied noise and tumult of the great 
conventions. But while the politicians 
are thus substituting noise for argument, 
just as the savage medicine man beats 
his tom-tom and prances in his gro¬ 
tesque paint and feather to impress his 
patients, sober-minded men and women 
all over the country, are continuing 
their daily toil, doing the duty that lies 
nearest them, and meanwhile forming 
the decision that will bear fruit next 
November. After the whirlwind came 
the still small voice, and after 
“The shouting and the tumult dies,” 
it is the good sense of the plain people 
that must, in the end, commit these 
United States to its line of action for 
the next four years. 
* 
Ground wa f vecently broken for the 
Johnson Female Trade School in the 
Borough of Queens, New York City. 
This is the first school of its kind in the 
country, and is being built by the Master 
Builders’ Association at a cost of $50,- 
000. At this school women are to be 
taught all lines of building, including 
bricklaying, steam-fitting, etc. It is 
said that 60 students are already en¬ 
rolled. A similar school in Berlin has 
more than 300 pupils. The officers of 
the Building Association say that women 
are now entering this field, and should 
receive technical instruction. One well- 
known New York builder is Miss Alice 
Durkin, who has erected many large 
buildings, and has recently received 
the contract for a public school in the 
Bronx, to cost $340,000. 
* 
The early rising customary on the 
farm is often a source of comment to 
those whose occupation does not require 
it. The palm for early rising, however, 
must be given to a Kansas farmer, as 
described by the Grove County Advo¬ 
cate : 
“I reckon,” said the first farmer, “that 
I get up earlier than anybody in this 
neighborhood. I am always up before 
three o’clock in the morning.” 
The second farmer said he was al¬ 
ways up before that and had part of 
the chores done. The first farmer 
thought he was untruthful and decided 
to find out. A few mornings later he 
got up at two o’clock and went to the 
neighbor’s house. He rapped on the 
back door and the woman of the house 
opened it. “Where is your husband?” 
asked the farmer, expecting to find the 
neighbor in bed. “He was around here 
early in the morning,” answered the wife, 
“but I don’t know where he is now.” 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurement 
desired. 
The first group shows 7463, tucked 
kimono blouse, 34 to 40 bust, with or 
without lining. For the medium size 
will be required 1 34 yard of material 36 
inches wide, with 1 yard 18 inches wide 
for collar, 34 yard 18 for yoke and 
undersleeves. 7438, fancy shirred blouse, 
34 to 40 bust, with fitted lining, square 
or high neck, sleeves finished with frills 
or gathered into bands, trimming por¬ 
tion with scalloped or plain upper edge. 
For the medium size will be required 
2 y 2 yards of material 36 inches wide. 
7383, fancy blouse, 34 to 42 bust, witli 
or without chemisette and undersleeves. 
To be made over a fitted lining. For 
the medium size will be required 234 
yards of material 36 inches wide, with 
l l / 2 yard of all-over lace 18 inches wide 
for chemisette and undersleeves, 1 yard 
of fringe and 34 yard 36 inches wide 
for girdle. 7434, panier skirt, 22 to 30 
waist; with two-piece foundation and 
two-piece over skirt, with high or na¬ 
tural waist line, in walking or round 
length. For the medium size will be 
required 234 yards of material 36 inches 
wide for under skirt, 2 l / A yards 36 inches 
wide for panier, 3J4 yards of lace, Ys 
yard 21 inches wide for band. 7430, 
girl’s empire dress, 4 to 8 years, with 
square or high neck, short or long 
sleeves. For the 6 year size will be re¬ 
quired 2 yards of material 36 inches 
wide, with 334 yards of edging, 334 
yards of insertion, or 2 yards of flounc¬ 
ing 17 inches wide, with 1 yard of em¬ 
broidery 4 inches wide and J4 yard of 
plain material 36 inches wide. 7420, 
child’s coat, 2 to 6 years, with round or 
straight fronts, with or without shield. 
For the 4 year size will be required 2’4 
3 'ards of material 36 inches wide, with 
8 yards of braid, J4 yard 27 inches wide 
for collar as shown in front view. 
The second group includes 7456, morn¬ 
ing jacket, 34 to 44 bust, with three- 
quarter or elbow sleeves. For the 
medium size will be required 234 yards 
of material 36 inches wide, with 234 
yards of banding. 7435, combination 
bust confiner and corset cover, 36 to 46 
bust. For the medium size will be re¬ 
quired 1§4 yard of material 36 inches 
wide, with 3j4 yards of edging, 2*4 
yards of beading and 114 yard of inser¬ 
tion. 7088, work apron, 34 to 44 bust, 
with square, round or high neck, with 
or without sleeves in full or three-quar¬ 
ter length. For the medium size will be 
required 4 l /> yards of material 36 inches 
wide. 7433, princess combination for 
misses and small women, 14, 16 and 18 
years, with square or round neck, to be 
closed at front or back. For the 16 
year size will be required 2j4 yards of 
material 36 inches wide, with J4 yard 36 
inches wide for ruffle, 6 yards of inser¬ 
tion and 5 yards of edging. 7451, girl's 
cooking outfit, 10 or 12, 14 or 16 years. 
For the smaller size will be required 
2§4 yards of material 36 inches wide. 
Price of each pattern, 10 cents. 
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Was not on India's strand, 
Nor in the valley of the Nile, 
Nor on Arabia’s sand; 
From time’s beginning it has taught 
And still it teaches free 
Its learning mild to every child— 
The school of Mother’s Knee. 
—Priscilla Leonard. 
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