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The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns ahrays give 
umber of pattern and measurements de¬ 
rived. 
The patterns for toys and play suits 
may be made useful at this season. 5834 
Pattern for a “Buster Brown” bull dog, 
one size.. 5S41 Pattern for a cat, one 
size. 6341 Pattern for a “Billy” pos¬ 
sum, one size. 6464 Pattern for a “Ted¬ 
dy” bear, 12, 16 and 20 inches high. 7124 
Dog’s blanket. S, 12 and 16 inches at cen¬ 
ter back. 6511 Pattern for a “Teddy” 
lion, one size. (Ten inches exclusive of 
tail.) 6424 Boy's soldier or Rough- 
Rider suit, 6 to 12 years. 6347 Pattern 
for a jack rabbit, one size. 6400 Boy’s 
Indian suit, 4 to 12 years. 
S039 coatee with vest 34 to 42 bust. 
With long or three-quarter sleeves, with 
or without peplum and chemisette. 7040 
plain blouse, 34 to 42 bust. With three- 
quarter or long sleeves. S033 semi-priu- 
■esse gown, 34 to 42 bust 7784 four 
gored skirt, 22 to 34 waist. With high 
t natural waist line. 7757 six-piece 
kirt, 22 to 30 waist. With simulated 
unic, high or natural waist line. Price 
of each pattern, 10 cents. 
The Child’s Viewpoint. 
I am convinced that many of the pun- 
diments and faultfindings that children 
'eeive are due to a misunderstanding of 
ikeir child natures, or an over-anxiety to 
and well in some older person’s regard. 
Vnd, very often, it happens that the older 
erson is irritable, selfish or undisi'ern- 
- n S; and children should not be made to 
ufler for their shortcomings. It is an 
dd fact that, in our minds, we associate 
he word “discipline” with “children”; 
while I am sure that there is very fre¬ 
quently at least one grown person in a 
household who needs discipline. 
A woman of my acquaintance once 
drove her only daughter away from home, 
because of a sad mistake the girl had 
made. There is no doubt in my mind 
that the girl’s misfortune was due to a 
lack of such information as only her 
mother should have given her; but the 
mother thought that her daughter should, 
by instinct, be honorable. Then, when 
the girl needed her mother’s love and 
protection more than she had ever needed 
them in her life, she was driven from 
home and died of a broken heart. Her 
mother was not thinking of reforming 
her child so much as she was the pride 
she must maintain before the eyes of her 
little world. We think so much of re¬ 
spectability that we often crush the ideals 
of the little ones in order to keep up a 
certain standard of life 
I know that we need to look at things 
—some things—from the child’s level. 
Did you ever notice that when you were 
stooping or sitting and looking directly 
on a level with your child’s eyes while 
he or she was talking to you that the 
appeal was stronger? Words took on a 
new meaning, and you understood child¬ 
ish language and childish ideals much 
better. It helps to stoop often; it is 
hard for little ones to “talk up” to peo¬ 
ple all of the time 
I am not at all tolerant of the child 
who argues against every injunction and 
reasons away every correction ; but some¬ 
times the language strikes home and, in 
fairness and honesty, we must acknowl¬ 
edge it. A friend from town was onci 
coming to spend the afternoon with me 
and had told me that she wished to stroll 
through the woods. I told the Little One 
that we should be glad to have her go, 
but that she must uot talk so much as 
she had done on a former occasion and 
must not interrupt conversation between 
my friend and myself. We had our walk 
and when we were alone that evening the 
child asked me how she had behaved. I 
was obliged to tell her that she had not 
done well at all. She had often inter¬ 
rupted. I told her, although in my heart 
T knew that the delights and surprises 
of the wood had made her forget. But 1 
was “disciplining.” She looked into my 
face seriously and respectfully. “It was 
just this way,” she said, “Miss TV 
would say something to you; then you 
answered her; then she would say some¬ 
thing else. Now when was I to talk, if 
I did not interrupt?” 
Now that was illuminating, wasn’t it? 
I should not have permitted the child to 
accompany us, or should have allowed 
her decently a share in the conversation. 
So we planned how we would try to do 
the next time; and I was only too thank¬ 
ful that she was so ready to forgive my 
thoughtlessness. l. s. 
Dried Citron. 
Will someone tell through The R. N.-Y. 
how to preserve or dry citron so that 
it is dry and sugary, same as when 
bought by the pouud? g. e. m. 
This question has been answered a 
number of times. The citron of the stores 
is not the citron melon, a form of Oitrul- 
lus vulgaris, and a member of the Gourd 
family ; it is Citrus Mediea, belonging to 
the Orange family. Commercial citron 
is the peel of this fruit, which possesses a 
pleasant flavor due to the presence of 
certain essential oils. Citron melon may 
be candied, and many people use it in 
this way. but it has little flavor, and 
cannot be compared with true citron peel. 
The melon is candied as follows: Cut the 
fruit in slices and remove all seeds. 
Put a piece of alum the size of a hickory- 
nut to two quarts of water; put in as 
much sliced citrou as the water will 
cover, and bail until tender. Drain, then 
cover with syrup, using a pint of sugar 
to a pint of fruit. Beil for half an hour; 
then spread on pie plates and keep in 
a cool oven or other drying place until 
perfectly dry. 
I believe that any society which de¬ 
sires to found itself ou a high standard 
of integrity of character iu its units 
should organize itself in such a fashion 
as to make it possible too for all men 
and all women to maintain themselves in 
reasonable comfort by their industry with¬ 
out selling their affections and their con¬ 
victions.—George Bernard Shaw. 
The Personal Advice 
of the Greatest Pianist 
in the World 
is Free to Every Student 
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conceded by the foremost musical 
critics to be the greatest pianist in 
the world. Eight years ago this 
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Journal to answer personally the 
questions of piano students. Dur¬ 
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thousands of questions. So excel¬ 
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attracted the instant attention of 
piano-teachers who use them to¬ 
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This is not a case of a famous man having 
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Musical critics concede that it is the first 
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