1912. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
1145 
“If You Can’t Smile.” 
In the anteroom of a certain hospital 
was once seen a notice posted in a con¬ 
spicuous place for the benefit of visitors, 
and it read something like this: “Don't 
speak a discouraging word here; keep 
your sad looks for other places, and if 
you can’t smile, don’t go in!” What 
excellent advice for hospital visitors, 
and why should it not be applied to 
other than those who visit such places? 
It is a part of a nurse’s duty to appear 
bright and cheerful before her patients, 
and doctors usually cultivate the same 
spirit, for they have learned the great 
value of cheerfulness in the sick room, 
and we know how, in the home or on 
the street, the bright smile and cheery 
words of a friend or neighbor have 
often helped us. When next we go to 
call upon a neighbor who is sick or in 
trouble let us remember this—“If you 
can’t smile, don’t do in”—and I am 
sure we shall be kept from saying any 
discouraging thing, for with the corners 
of the mouth turned up it is almost im¬ 
possible to be gloomy or pessimistic. 
There is more difference to the patient 
than you may imagine between the 
greetings: “You are feeling better to¬ 
day, aren’t you?” and “You are not 
looking so well as you did a few days 
ago.” Unless there is real improvement 
and you can speak of it with truth, it 
is much better to avoid personal re¬ 
marks and take the patient’s mind from 
himself by bright, animated talk of 
things outside. 
I have sometimes thought that if we 
had more ready smiles, more hearty 
laughs and everyday cheeriness in our 
homes there might be less need of hos¬ 
pital visitors. Give the little ones the 
bright smiles, fathers and mothers, 
though you may not always feel like it; 
they turn to you as flowers to the sun, 
and we are failing sadly as parents if 
we allow them to grow up in a gloomy, 
fault-finding atmosphere. A naughty 
child, when expecting punishment of 
some kind, is often completely con¬ 
quered by seeing a sweet, forgiving 
smile on his mother’s face, when a 
scolding or whipping would have only 
hardened him. 
Suppose a phonographic record could, 
without our knowledge, be made of the 
exact words and tones we used dur¬ 
ing just one day to those in the home; 
then, in the stillness of the night we 
could hear that record reproduced? 
The old people need the sunny smile 
and the cheery greeting; they have got¬ 
ten where they feel, it may be, in the 
way, not of much use, and the future 
has not the brightness for them that it 
used to have, but a little attention paid 
them by someone younger, a little 
thoughtful kindness and the hopeful 
thought instilled into them that the best 
is yet to be, and that they are still 
needed in the world, then the dark 
despondency vanishes and life seems 
once more worth the living. 
About the children once more. Let 
us always try to send them off to school 
with a cheery “goodby;” the teacher 
will find them better pupils because of 
this, and they and we will have a hap¬ 
pier day for it. Let us help to store 
their minds with only pleasant memo¬ 
ries of their home life, so far as pos¬ 
sible, and in after years these recol¬ 
lections may be to them a source of 
the greatest pleasure and comfort. 
Some people are born with the happy, 
hopeful temperament, and fortunate are 
they who possess such, but they who 
are naturally despondent may cultivate 
the opposite spirit by a cheerful habit 
of thought; we surely may be what we 
will in this respect. I believe that it 
is the sunny, happy-hearted people who 
are loved the best, who most influence 
us for good. The short and simple 
obituary “She was always so pleasant” 
seems to me a beautiful one, and she 
who merited it lived a life which we 
might well emulate. mrs. c. s. h. 
Dried Beef; Dried and Corned Liver. 
Can anyone give me a tested recipe for 
preparing dried beef on the farm, also 
dried or smoked beef liver? I wish to dry 
some of our home-killed beef. Some of 
my neighbors who have tried to dry beef 
say the results were not at all satisfactory. 
Who can. give experience in this line? 
n. w. D. 
We asked a farm housekeeper in 
Ohio, who has had a gootf deal of ex¬ 
perience, for an answer to this question, 
but she says none of her neighbors have 
ever succeeded in preparing dried beef 
equal to that sold commercially. We 
should like to hear from someone who 
knows how and who can give us prac¬ 
tical instruction in thus preparing beef. 
Mrs. Rorer advises corning a beef 
liver for one week in a strong pickle, 
then hanging up to dry in a cool place, 
but our friend who tried this says it did 
not keep properly, and was very unde¬ 
sirable. Who can give us advice on 
this point also? 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of patterns and measurements 
desired. 
The first group shows 7464 semi-prin¬ 
cess dress for misses and small women, 
16 and 18 years. 4j4 yds. 36 in. wide, 
with 1J4 yds. of lace to finish as shown 
in front view, for 16 year size. 7601 
semi-princess dress in tunic effect, for 
misses and small women, 16 and 18 
years. 3y 2 yds. 36 in. wide, with 124 
yds. 27 in. wide for panels and lower 
portion of skirt, lj4yds. of lace for 
sleeve frills, for 16 year size. 7354 
blouse with vestee, 34 to 42 bust, 1^4 
yds. 36 in. wide, with l / 2 yd. 18 in. wide 
for yoke and collar, 24 yd. 21 for 
vestee and 9 yds. of banding, for med¬ 
ium size. 7553 two-piece skirt with 
side panels and V-shape, 22 to 
30 waist, 2% yds. 36 in. wide, 
with lyl yds. any width for 
panels, for medium size. 7342 girl’s 
dress, 4 to 8 years. 583 and 417 embroid¬ 
ery patterns. 224 yds. 36 in. wide, with 
yd. 27 for the trimming, for 6 year 
size. 7595 child’s pointed yoke dress, 
1, 2 and 4 years. 2 yds of material 36 
in. wide, with 3% yds. of insertion, 1 
yd. of edging to make as shown, for 2 
year size. 
The second group includes 7529 girl’s 
sacque nightgown, 10 to 16 years. 4 yds. 
36 in. wide, for 12 year size. 7080 
square yoke nightgown for misses and 
small women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 5 l / 2 
yds. of material 36 in. wide, 1*4 yds. of 
edging to trim as shown, in 16 year size. 
7511 square yoke nightgown, 34 to 46 
bust; 5 yds. 36 in. wide, 2 yds. of band¬ 
ing, 3 yds. of edging, for medium size. 
7233 child’s pajamas, 2 to 6 years. 2% 
yds. 36 in. wide, for 4 year size. 6323 
boy’s pajamas, 6 to 14 years, 4*4 yds. 
36 in. wide, for 10 year size. Price of 
each pattern 10 cents. 
Describes 200 Good Things to 
Eat at Close to One-Half 
Usual Prices 
A million families will each now save $50 
to $150 per year on what they eat. And they 
will live as well or better than before! All because 
of a wonderful book, now ready for mailing:, which 
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groceries of best Quality at lower than wholesale 
prices, and over 500 other household supplies at 
actual factory prices. 
Our groceries are sold to you at the prices your 
grocer pays his wholesaler. Many of them aro sold 
to you for less—because wo handle them in lnrger 
quantities than most wholesalers and consequently 
can buy closer nnd offer them at smaller margin of 
profit. Our other household supplies (there are fully 
600 of them) are sold to you at the actual factory prices, 
which ore just about half the usual store prices. 
No wife or husband who cares to save will lose a 
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family that asks for it. 
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The prices quoted in this daring book speak for them¬ 
selves. They revenl at a moment’s glance a sheer fall 
of 15 to 60 per cent below usual prices. 
To prove that there’s no lessening of quality, we per¬ 
mit one-half of any package to be used as a test, wholly 
atonr risk. If you think the goods are not A1 quality, 
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freight cost and everything. 
We further guarantee prompt, safe delivery and a 
plan which makes freight-charges amount to practi¬ 
cally nothing, no matter where you live. 
Remember, this guarantee is given by Larkin Go., 
manufacturers of established national reputation. In 
business 37 years. Over 2,000,000 customers. 
Why Can We Cut Prices 
Why can we? Because we sell direct to you. the con¬ 
sumer. and save you the retni lers’ profits and expenses. 
Because we, oursolvcs, manufacture most of the arti¬ 
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ties that their cost is reduced to rock-bottom. Because 
we are dependent for our profit ou the number of 
orders we receive, not on the size of each, and there¬ 
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With our tremendous buying power—created by onr 
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Name. 
Address. 
LARKIN COMPANY 
Dept. 17, Buffalo, N. Y. 
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We quote fancy, imported tea at 36c: 36c coffee nt 26c: 
canned fruits and vegetables, 35 percent below retail; 
highest grade flour—well, what’s the use—there are, 
in all, 700 articles you can get. And when you order$10 
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Dept. 17 
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BUFFALO, N.Y. 
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