1912. 
THE HU RAb NEW-IORKER 
1253 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurements 
desired. 
The first group shows 7638, four 
gored petticoat, 22 to 32 waist. With 
or without plaited frill. 7630, surplice 
blouse, 34 to 40 bust. With long or 
three-quarter sleeves. 7616, semi- prin¬ 
cess gown, 34 to 46 bust. 7629, girl’s 
naval blouse dress, 6 to 12 years. 7412, 
boy’s Russian suit, 2 to 6 years. With 
round or standing collar. 
The second group includes 7617, fancy 
blouse with vestee, 34 to 40 bust. 7633, 
cutaway or straight coat for misses and 
small women, 16 and 18 years. With 
cutaway or straight fronts, with single 
or double collar. 7613, girl’s panier 
dress, 10 to 16 years. 7611, girl’s dress, 
2 to 6 years. 7603, five gored skirt, 24 
to 34 waist. Price of each pattern, 10 
cents. 
Two Cabbage Recipes 
Cabbage Salad.—One solid head of 
cabbage, four hard boiled eggs, chop¬ 
ped fine. Season with salt, black pep¬ 
per, celery seed, whole whitq mustard 
and a pinch of cayenne, according to 
taste; also two or three tablespoonfuls 
of sugar and one teaspoonful ground 
mustard. Heat the required amount of 
vinegar with a tablespoonful of butter, 
stir into the beaten yolks of six eggs 
and pour over the cabbage. 
Hot Slaw.—Butter the size of an egg, 
Vi cup of sweet milk, yolks of two eggs, 
one teaspoonful of salt, one-quarter tea¬ 
spoonful of pepper, small level tea¬ 
spoonful of ground mustard, one-half 
cup vinegar. Put the butter into the 
skillet with the finely chopped cabbage, 
and other ingredients, and stir constant¬ 
ly until the cabbage heats well through. 
MRS. w. b. p. 
Neighborhood Joys. 
In a farming community where hired 
help was very hard to get and the farm¬ 
ers had little time for social joys in 
Summer, the young folks planned and 
carried out annually four large neigh¬ 
borhood affairs that were voted by all 
better than a number of small ones. 
These four events were all-day affairs 
on account of the little children and 
elderly people, and they were held in a 
large home or the public hall, according 
as the people desired. 
The first of these was the annual 
Thanksgiving dinner, which came one 
week before the great day set apart for 
that purpose, and consequently did not 
interfere with family gatherings. It was 
a Harvest Home festival and Thanks¬ 
giving dinner combined, and the hall in 
which it was held was beautifully deco¬ 
rated for the purpose. There was a 
short programme of music and speaking, 
but the great event of the day was the 
dinner, to which all sat down at once. 
The young people were forced to get up 
occasionally to replenish platters and 
dishes, but there were no waiters and the 
meal lasted two or more hours. If the 
children grew restless they were excused, 
but usually everyone sat still until the 
close of the dinner. The women met 
and arranged for the food some weeks 
before—the meats, bread and vegetables 
—but all brought fruits and extra things 
to give the tables a crowded look and 
Winter Puddings.' 
Monday Pudding.—Cut bits of entire 
wheat bread into dice. Use a half cup 
of any fruit that may have been left 
over, prunes, raisins, chopped dates or 
canned fruit. Grease an ordinary melon 
mold; put a layer of bread in the bottom, 
then a layer of fruit, etc., until you 
have the mold filled. Beat three eggs, 
without separating, with four table¬ 
spoons sugar; add a pint milk; pour over 
the bread; let stand fi 10 minutes, then 
put the lid on mold an steam or boil 
continuously for one hour. Serve with 
lemon or orange sauce. 
Fig Tapioca.—Cook three tablespoons 
of minute tapioca till transparent in two 
cups of water to which you have added 
a small lump of butter. Chop in small 
pieces one-half pound of figs and cook 
till smooth and thick in one cup of sugar 
and one cup of water. Stir the tapioca 
into this mixture, add one-half a tea¬ 
spoon of vanilla and set the tapioca in a 
cold place until served. Cream may be 
used with it. 
Ginger Pudding.—Mix two pounds of 
bread crumbs with three-quarters of a 
pound of finely chopped suet, half an 
ounce of ground ginger, quarter of a 
pound of coarse sugar, three eggs well 
beaten, one pound of New Orleans mo¬ 
lasses and two teaspoons of baking pow¬ 
der. If the mixture seems a little stiff 
add a very little milk. Pour into but¬ 
tered mold, giving plenty of room for it 
to swell; cover and steam one hour and 
a quarter. Fruit may be added if a 
richer pudding is desired. 
W hen you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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when it costs but 5c 
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Pneumatic 
Water System 
The Pfau pump goes direct into well 
and supplies constant never-failing 
pressure. Just like drawing water from 
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No better farm fire protection known 
Rigidly guaranteed. Write for catalog. 
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817 Third St. Milwaukee, Wi». 
p* PF/JU PUMP 
Goes Direct into the .Well. 
Here’s a Gif! for Father and the Boys 
One that is both appropriate and useful. A 
present that will afford constant satisfaction 
for years. A real man’s gift. 
THE HANDY WORKING KIT No. 16 
There is nothing a man ora boy likes better than 
a kit of real tools—high quality, true edge, 
dependable tools that will enable him to do a 
good job when lie wants to. 
carry out the old-fashioned idea of a 
Thanksgiving dinner. 
The next great occasion was the 
Christmas tree, which was enjoyed be¬ 
fore or after December 25, usually early 
in January. The gifts were limited to 
10-cent articles, and the “women folks’’ 
had a friendly rivalry as to bargains 
and homemade articles that cost only 
10 cents each. The bountiful Christmas 
dinner was the great feature of the oc¬ 
casion, and it was second only to the 
Thanksgiving dinner. By this time many 
of the fruits, flowers and vegetables bad 
disappeared and evergreen and holly 
formed the decorations. The programme 
was longer, and usually included a little 
cantata by the children or young folks 
from the holiday selections. 
Washington’s Birthday furnished the 
basis of the next gathering’ and cherries 
were always served in many ways, while 
little hatchets, American flags and pic¬ 
tures of the first President decorated the 
walls. Of course the dinner was boun¬ 
tiful and delicious, but on this occasion 
more was made of the programme than 
at any other time. It was a patriotic 
day, and the children instinctively felt 
that while it was a day of feasting it was 
also a reverent day, as they listened to 
the stories of the great man and the 
struggles of the patriots in those stirring 
days when liberty was upon every lip 
and men were laying down their lives 
for its sake. Sometimes. a noted man 
delivered a short address, but in the 
main the people furnished their own 
programme. 
Then before the busy work of Spring 
opened the neighborhood celebrated 
Easter, and this was the last of the big 
social affairs until the next FalL It was 
a semi-religious festival held some time 
after the holiday and the decorations 
were Spring flowers, greenery of all 
kinds and Easter emblems. There were 
colored eggs and fancy eggs for the 
little ones, and these helped lighten the 
decorations. The dinner was not so 
elaborate as the others had been, owing 
to the warmer weather, and eggs used 
freely gave the housekeepers freedom 
from excessive preparations. The pro¬ 
gramme was in accord with the sea¬ 
son, and everyone went home feeling 
strengthened and uplifted for the hard 
season before them. The memory of the 
good times and the anticipation of other 
good times lightened labor the year 
round, and made that community one 
of the most harmonious, helpful and re¬ 
fined of any to be found anywhere. 
HILDA RICHMOND. 
Model 
Breakfast 
—has charming flavour and 
wholesome nourishment— 
Post 
Toasties 
and Cream. 
This delightful food, made 
of Indian Corn, is really fas¬ 
cinating. 
Corn, says Dr. Hutchison, 
a noted English authority, is 
one of the ideal foods. 
As made into Post Toast¬ 
ies, it is most attractive to the 
palate. 
“ The Memory Lingers ** 
Sold by grocers— 
Packages 10 and f 5 cts. 
Postum Cereal Company, Ltd. 
Battle Creek, Mich. 
'I lie toots to Kit So. 16 Imre b.en rnrotnllj n I cttod for tiio 
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24 inch Crass Cut Hand Saw 
8-inch Sweep Brace Bit 
1 pound Adz Eye Claw Ham¬ 
mer 
2 E-inch cut Tinner’s Shears 
No. 4 Gimlet Bit 
5-inch Side Cuttinp Pliers 
Screw Driver for Brace 
Allioator Thread Cuttinu 
Wrench 
12 inch by 8-inch Polished 
Steel Square 
16-inch by 2-inch Cutter 
Jack Plane 
T-in., 3 i-in., -ha-in., ^-in. and L-in. Auqer Bits 
Tools packed in neat wood ease with hinges. hasps and 
screws. When put together, makes a handy tool box. 
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She stands half a yard high. Fully dressed. Long 
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RALPH A. YOUNG, 542 Dean St, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
A Water Supply 
solves many farm troubles. 
Have plenty of water with¬ 
out pumping expense or 
bother—just install an auto¬ 
matic Rife Ram. Raises water 
30 ft. for each foot of fall—no 
trouble or pumping expense. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Booklet, plans, estimate,Free. 
Rife Engine Co, 2429 Trinity Bdg., N.Y. 
makes and burns its own gas. Costs 
2c. a week to operate. No dirt, 
grease nor odor. A pure white 
light, more brilliant than electricity 
or acetylene. None other so cheap 
or effective. Agents wanted. Write 
for catalogue and prices. 
THE BEST LIGHT CO. 
401E. 5th Street, Canton, O, 
Southern Farm Facts 
Land at $10 an acre up 
Alfalfa makes 4 to 6 tons per acre; Corn GO to 
100 bu. All hay crops yield heavily. Beef 
and Pork produced at 3 to 4 cents per lb.— 
Apples pay $100 to $500 an acre; Truck crops 
$100 to $400; other yields in proportion. 
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l&rwfo-Hm Mobile to Ohio E E or Ga. So. & Fla- Ry 
will help you find a home in this 
land of opportunity. Book¬ 
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A. V. RICHARDS. Land and Industrial Agent 
Room g7 Washington, D. c. 
Flexible Flyer!? 
The ideal Christmas gift for boy^and girls 
Gives an added zest to coasting because it can be 
steered at full speed around all obstacles. Light 
enough to easily pull up hill—yet so strong it 
outlasts 3 ordinary sleds 
The grooved runners insure greater speed, and 
absolutely prevent “skidding.” The famous steering-bar 
does away entirely with dragging feet. 
wear and tear on boots and shoes, wet - 
feet, colds, etc. Noother steering sled 
has the exclusive features of the Flex- 
lble Myer. Be sure to look for the 
grooved runners and this trade-mark. thadk-mah!: 
Cardboard working model ol the 
Flexible Flyer and handsome booklet 
Just say "send model and booklet” and we’ll gladly send them FREE. Write today! 
ALLEN & CO., Box H02E. Philadelphia 
Wins 
Every 
Race! 
The 
only 
sled 
with 
grooved 
runners! 
