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The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of patterns and measurements 
desired. 
The first group shows 7754, cutaway 
coat with vest, 34 to 40 bust, with or 
without cuffs. 7758, cutaway coat, 34 to 
42 bust, with or without vestee and tabs 
on back. 7761, semi-princesse dress for 
misses and small women, 16 and 18 
years. 7746, two-piece skirt with over¬ 
lapped draped portion, 22 to 30 waist. 
7777, skirt with tunic effect, 22 to 30 
waist. 
The second group includes 7747, coat 
for misses and small women, 16 and 18 
years. 7760, empire coat for misses and 
small women, 16 and 18 years. 7750, 
girl’s coat, 10 to 14 years, with straight 
or cutaway fronts, collar that can be 
made round or square at the back. 
/770, two or four-piece skirt, 22 to 30 
waist. 7780, four-piece draped skirt, 22 
to 30 waist. Price of each pattern, 10 
cents. 
A Window Garden. 
Being fond of early vegetables, I tried 
an experiment last Spring which might 
interest some one with like tastes. There 
being but one man to do general farm¬ 
ing on a 70-acre farm, the garden has 
JP wa h till the last thing, as a rule, 
the children, too, being anxious to see 
something green growing, I resolved to 
plant a few seeds in the house. I had 
a few sample packets of seed, namely, 
tomatoes, cabbage, cucumber and let¬ 
tuce. I had heard a cousin of mine 
who gardens on a large scale, say, if 
a tomato seed wete' planted where the 
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plant was to grow and not have to be 
transplanted, it would fruit as early as 
his earliest cold-frame plants. It was 
very late when I received the seed. 
April 10. I saved some empty egg 
shells and in each half shell I planted 
a single seed, having first filled the 
shells with good garden soil and broken 
a small piece from the bottom of each 
for drainage. I kept them in the 
kitchen window. April 15 I had to 
transplant them to paper boxes. I used 
empty coffee cartons, cutting them in 
two in the center, thus making two 
boxes about two and one-half inches 
high, four inches wide and four inches 
long. I carefully picked the shell from 
the earth without disturbing the roots. 
On May 6, as all danger from frost 
seemed to be over, I transplanted my 
little plants to the garden, which had 
already been prepared and partly planted. 
Their growth was never checked at any 
time until the heavy frost we had June 
8. The lettuce I had sown in a basin, 
and as only two of us cared for that 
particular dish, it made a very nice 
salad when that sown in the garden was 
just coming through the ground. My 
cucumbers were ready for the table 
when the earliest in the neighborhood 
were beginning to bloom. The cabbage 
being an early variety was well headed 
early in June. My tomatoes grew so 
luxuriantly the sun could not get to the 
tomatoes for foliage, and the earlier 
ones rotted before ripening, yet I had 
them for the table much earlier than 
from the plants we had bought. I 
gathered the first ones about the middle 
of July. I am going to start tomatoes 
and cabbages earlier this year, and plant 
from the first in the paper boxes. 
These dates do not mean early vege¬ 
tables to those who have access to city 
markets where they are shipped from 
warmer climates, but the most luscious 
fruits and vegetables are the home¬ 
grown ones, wherever that location may 
be. ' MRS. M. D. D. 
A Practical Fly-trap. 
Spring is here again and with it comes 
that dreaded pest, the house fly. We 
all know that this little insect carries 
many diseases into the homes of un¬ 
suspecting families, and since I have 
thoroughly studied the habits of the fly 
and viewed it through a powerful mi¬ 
croscope, I am convinced that it is far 
more dangerous than even medical men 
believe! Do you wish to be able to 
free your rooms of this filthy and dan¬ 
gerous pest? I have tried almost all 
the traps upon the market with indiffer¬ 
ent success, but not one of them came 
up to their claims. Two years ago I 
constructed a simple inexpensive trap 
that for actual results beat anything I 
have ever tried. 
Here is the way to construct it: 
Take a cheese hoop, or if you cannot 
get a cheese hoop any kind of a small 
box will do, after you have taken the 
bottom out. Tack a piece of mosquito 
netting over the top. Smear the inside 
of the hoop, for about three inches up, 
with a thin paste made of sugar and 
flour (honey is better than sugar). Now 
spread a bit of canvas or some kind of 
cloth upon the table, place the cheese 
hoop upon this, and insert three 
blocks about one inch thick under the 
edge of the hoop, so as to raise it one 
inch above the cloth. Every fly about 
the room will be attracted by the paste 
and they will crawl inside to feed upon 
it. As each fly gets its fill it will fly 
upward, and it finds itself imprisoned by 
the top covering. When all the flies are 
in the trap give the hoop a gentle push 
sidewise, which will throw it off the 
blocks and upon the cloth; gather up 
the corners of this cloth about the trap 
and carry the contents to the nearest 
water, where you can easily drown the 
insects by sinking the trap. The above 
trap is so simple in construction that 
even a child 10 years old can make and 
operate one, and those who use one will 
find it has solved a most vexing prob¬ 
lem, namely, how to get rid of the 
dreaded typhoid fly. 
Another way to get rid of the fly is 
to shut up the room tightly after you 
have set on tire a tablespoonful of sul¬ 
phur. The sulphur must be placed in a 
metal pan, care being taken that nothing 
is near it that would likely be set on 
fire. Leave the room for two hours 
then before entering, throw the doors 
and windows open, and allow the fumes 
to escape before entering. If the sul¬ 
phur has burned out you will find every 
fly lying upon the floor dead. 
MRS. w. R. 
R. N.-Y.—Remember that sulphur is 
a bleaching agent, taking the color from 
many fabrics; also that it will tarnish 
silverware. 
This book Will 
help you with 
your spring 
shoppings 
This bervutifutly iTlustratsrl Spring Style 
book shows Women’s and Girls’ Suits, 
Dresses, Millinery, Waists, Shoes, Cor¬ 
sets, Infants’ Garments, Hoys’ Clothing, 
Art Needlework, Dress Fabrics, Linens, 
Sewing Machines. Rugs and other mer¬ 
chandise. Sent free to any adjtress if 
you, mention this paper. Write for 
it today. 
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L-200 
13-pleca 
Luncheon Set 
$2.00 
Use It to make your selections for spring and summer with tha 
same confident assurance as you would buy across the coun¬ 
ter. It is issued by Strawbridge & Clothier, one of the 
world’s great stores, famous for half a century for exclu¬ 
sive styles, choice merchandise, splendid values. courteous 
service, and with a nation-wide reputation as a satisfactory 
store in which to buy. There you can shop by mail and 
secure the same careful attention you would were you 
making purchases in person. 
Our Buying-by-Mail Book 
of Spring Styles 
SPECIAL 
Woman’s 
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Is not the regulation mail-order catalogue, but a 
handsomely illustrated book, showing goods bought 
for our regular Philadelphia trade and sold to you at 
Philadelphia prices. This book brings this great store to 
your home, where you can select at your leisure, order 
what you want and have It delivered free. No maiLor 
express charges to pay. All prices are for goods deliv¬ 
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can, at our expense, return, exchange or secure refund. 
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER 
Philadelphia 
Special 
$15 
Sewing Machine 
UC-I186 $1.00 
Children’! Special 
Dollar Shoe 
D-1110 
12^c 
Seamless 
Black 
Cotton 
Regular 
and 
Extra Wide 
Legs 
RANGER” BICYCLES 
ana **h A/iv/e.-Z _ r. • . * . ■ 
Have imported roller chains, sprockets aiH 
\pedals: New Departure Coaster-Brakes and 
“is: Puncture Proof Tires: highest grad\ 
A equipment and many advanced features pos¬ 
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B »- ■ «’»''»'» d ircc t to yol . 
i - - - —■ - ■—■■■■ ■ ■■■ w ni J are less than 
others ask for cheap wheels. Other reliable 
models from 812 up. A few good second¬ 
hand machines $3 to $8. 
10 DA YS’FREE TRIALTl'iS 
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f price until you get our big new catalog and 
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ostal brings everything. Write it now. 
\ Coaster Brake Bear Wheels, lamps, 
. ■ parts, and sundries half usual prices, 
itlder Agents everywhere are coining money selling our bl- 
tycles. tires and sumfries. Write today* 
MEAD CYCLE CO., Dept A 80, CHICAGO 
FREE 
For a limited tinted 
we will give abso¬ 
lutely free a can of 
Riemer’s Shoe Life 
with every pair of 
Riemer’s Wood Sole Shoes or Boots 
It’s a perfect dressing for Riemer’s or any 
other work shoes, boots or harness. 
Riemer’s Wood Sole Shoes should be worn 
every farmer. They are light, durable, sanitary, 
1 and far superior to leather or metal soled 
shoes. A trial will convince you. IS not 
at dealer’s send us his name and $2.Z0 
for Shoes or J3.7S lor Boots. We pay ex- 
press charges. Money back il not satis¬ 
fied. Illustrated booklet free. 
A. H. Riemer Shoe Co. 
2911 Vliet Street 
Milwaukee, Wis. 
patented 
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Old Dutch Cleanser does the work in half 
the time. Does it far better too than soap 
and water. For the fine particles penetrate 
every little seam, removing milk stains and 
grease from the hard-to-get-at places. 
Cleans everything around the dairy quickly, 
thoroughly and hygienicaliy. Saves work, 
worry, time and money. 
Many Other Uses and Full Direction* 
on Large 5i/fer Con— 10c. 
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Old Dutch 
Cleanser 
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