1913. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
661 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of pattern and measurements 
desired. 
The first group shows 7799, fancy 
waist, 34 to 42 bust. 7786, box plaited 
blouse, 34 to 40 bust; with or without 
chemisette and under sleeves. 7789, girl’s 
costume, 10 to 14 years. 7800, two or 
four piece skirt for misses and small 
women, 14, 16 and 18 years. 7788, child’s 
box plaited dress, 2 to 6 years. 
The second group includes 7794, Em¬ 
pire coat, 34 to 40 bust. 7686, boy’s 
knickerbocker suit, 2 to 6 years. 7707, 
blouse with front closing, 34 to 42 bust. 
7708, four-piece skirt, 22 to 32 waist. 
7791, guimpe with yokes, 34 to 42 bust. 
Perforated for yokes and facings of 
various depths, with or without sleeves 
that can be made in elbow or full length. 
7811, middy blouse in Balkan style, for 
misses and small women, 14, 16 and 18 
years. Price of each pattern, 10 cents. 
Marking Wedding Gifts. 
Will you give the proper initial to be 
placed on wedding gifts? Should it be the 
bride’s maiden name or her “Mrs.” name? 
1£ an announcement is received and a pres¬ 
ent is sent then which initial is proper ? 
C. L. F. 
Custom decrees that wedding gifts 
should always be marked with the ini¬ 
tials of the bride’s maiden name, like 
her linen and trousseau. Even if the 
gift is not sent until the announcement 
is received it should be marked in this 
"hv, as the present is, according to con¬ 
tention, sent to the bride-to-be, rather 
than to the married woman. 
It digs right down into 
the tiniest cracks and re¬ 
moves every particle of 
grease. Cuts butter-rims 
as nothing else can. 
Cleans the churn thor¬ 
oughly, hygienically and 
keeps it sweet. 
Many Uses and Full 
Directions on Large 
Sifter Can — 10c . 
Easter Rabbits and Eggs. 
Will you tell me why the rabbit is asso¬ 
ciated with the Easter season, and what 
connection it has with the Easter egg? 
w. M. D. 
Many of the emblems and observances 
of the Feast of the Resurrection are 
remnants of the Spring festival of a 
pagan period. Eastre or Oestre was the 
Spring goddess of northern Europe, and 
the rabbit was associated with her. The 
egg was an emblem of the resurrection 
in pagan times. With the spread of 
Christianity the customs and emblems of 
heathen festivals were often continued 
where a Christian feast was coincident 
with them, as where the gaiety and 
license of the Roman Saturnalia were 
grafted upon the Christian Christmas. 
The rabbit and the egg being thus as¬ 
sociated with the Spring feast of the 
Resurrection, Teutonic folklore com¬ 
bined them by asserting that the Easter 
rabbit brought the Easter eggs, just as 
the stork brought the babies. Many a 
child’s first recollection of the brightly 
colored eggs is of finding them in a 
nest of moss out in the garden, with the 
understanding that the rabbit had 
brought them. So we give Br,er Rabbit 
the same standing towards Easter that 
Santa Claus has towards Christmas—a 
jolly little myth that adds to our pleas¬ 
ures and gaiety, without being permitted 
to obscure the greater and more impor¬ 
tant observances of a Christian feast. 
Wild Plants and Birds as Neighbors. 
Usually at this time of the year (April 
17), my wild garden, in the shady angle 
of the house, is still covered with snow, 
but this last Winter, even Vermont had 
but a thin mantle of white, and the gar¬ 
den was freed from it weeks ago. Yes¬ 
terday. after supper, I raked out the 
dead leaves from among the tall canes 
of flowering raspberry, and between 
them and the house, where the blood- 
root, first of my garden’s flowers, will 
soon be pricking through the soil. I re¬ 
placed the spruce boughs which I keep 
on the garden at present, for my neigh¬ 
bor’s hens are socially inclined, and I 
do not want the roots of my delicate 
woods plants torn up. Two song spar¬ 
rows run about among the boughs, find¬ 
ing seeds that are scattered for them, 
and a pair of bluebirds are spending days 
and days in deciding which house in th-* 
old Porter tree they will rent for the 
season. Sir Blue prefers the lower 
house, made of weathered shingles, and 
coaxes his plain little lady until at times 
she will enter it. Then he stands on 
the nearest overhanging branch and lifts 
his wings and shivers with the delighted 
hope that she will decide upon that spa¬ 
cious dwelling. But she is steadfast in 
her preference for the rusty tomato can 
on a little board, higher up. She is not 
wholly wise, for that can is unfortu¬ 
nately placed, so that there is a perch 
from which English sparrows can enter 
it, while the shingle box has no standing 
room in front of its door. It was care¬ 
fully so placed, because the English 
sparrows cannot fly from a distance di¬ 
rectly to the door of the house, while 
the bluebirds can, easily. Perhaps she 
thinks cats would reach the lower box, 
but blackberry canes with strong, sharp 
thorns are tied about the tree trunk to 
guard against that danger. 
Twice the brave and devoted Sir Blue 
lias hustled a meddlesome English spar¬ 
row away from that tin house. He can 
ably defend his castle while he is there, 
but I fear that some time in his absence 
these sparrows will enter and throw out 
the eggs as they did with our last blue¬ 
birds. 
The man of the house is not blood¬ 
thirsty, but this year we decided that if 
we wanted bluebirds, vve couldn’t have 
English sparrows, so when they began 
as usual to swarm about our yard, he 
got out his gun. Seven heads of fam¬ 
ilies and two females fell before it, at 
different times, and then for two days it 
was quiet about the house. The relief 
from the constant yipping, so trying to 
the nerves, was a blessing. But on the 
third day .over came the eighth gentleman 
sparrow, from the house opposite, bring¬ 
ing his family. *as usual, to raise in our 
yard. Very soon, as I said, they began 
to interfere with the bluebirds. The 
noise of these sparrows is bad enough, 
but their meanness-! 
The rockery in the garden began to 
show through the snow early in the 
year, and has been very pleasant to see. 
Nearly all of the larger rocks are cov¬ 
ered with moss, which made a spot of 
bright green amid the surrounding 
whiteness. Courageous little polypody 
stands as erect and green as in i 
weather, while evergreen woods fern, 
though it keeps its bright color, spreads 
its large fronds upon the moss in a cir¬ 
cle about its shining brown cushion of 
starting croziers, and its neighbor, the 
Christmas fern, follows its example. The 
first plant to show a new tender green 
growing in the moss is a wild columbine, 
while near the corner of the house the 
herb Robert is pushing up lengthening 
stems for its five-sided, much-divided 
leaves, that were green even amid the 
snow. 
Under the windows on the sunny side 
of the house, I. to-day, discovered little 
new leaves of tall meadow rue, sweet 
cicely, interrupted fern and false spike¬ 
nard. All of these little growing things, 
together with the nesting birds, lend an 
enchantment to house-cleaning davs, 
even if one feels rather like a thief in 
taking time to love and tend them. 
e. v. M. 
Grape Pulp.— Grapes are relished by 
nearly everyone, either fresh from the 
vines, or stewed out of season as can¬ 
ned grapes. Many persons object to the 
seeds, though it is still a disputed point 
whether grape seeds really cause any 
physical injury. However, they may, 
be quite easily and very deliciously pre¬ 
pared without the seeds by the following 
method: Pick the grapes when fully ripe, 
stew in porcelain vessel till soft, which 
will take only a few minutes, then press 
through colander while hot. This re¬ 
moves the skins and practically all the 
seeds, and leaves a thick mixture of 
grape juice and pulp. Place on stove, 
add one-half cup sugar to each quart of 
pulp. Heat to boiling point and can as 
other fruit. The pulp is served cold 
and is greatly relished by all. 
MRS. D. p. 
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on First Cost- 
Then 
7= MORE HEAT =T 
WITH LESS FUEL 
Are yon willing to pay S25 to 8T5 more for a fur¬ 
nace not nearly as good, as the Kalamazoo' 
Certainly not, especially -when the Kalamazoo 
gives greater beat and cuts down fuel bills. 
Furnace and complete fittings shipped direct at 
factory price. 
30 Days Free Trial—Cash or Credit 
You don’t keep tbs Kalamazoo unless it proves 
In service that it can heat your honse perfectly 
at minimum expense. Convenient payments. 
We pay freight charges. 
Furnace Book Free 
Gives you farts that will save you money in 
buying. Installing and operating your furnace. 
We’re glad to mall It free—write a request on 
a postal,— ask for catalog No. 910. 
Kalamazoo Stove Co., Mfrt., Kalamazoo, Midi. 
We have two other catalogs, one describing 
Heating and Cooking Stoves, the other describ¬ 
ing Gas .Ranges. Which one do you wish? 
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