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The Rural Patterns. 
The sailor collar is always becoming 
to girlish figures and this blouse shows 
one used in a novel way. In the il¬ 
lustration the material is shepherd’s 
check with trimming of black soutache 
and black and white piping, but all the 
materials that are suitable for girls’ 
blouses or girls’ dresses can be used. The 
waist is made with fronts and back. 
The box plaits are stitched and laid flat 
and the closing is made invisibly be¬ 
neath the one at the left of the front. 
6523 M isses’ Box Plaited Waist, 
14 and 16 years. 
The sailor collar is quite separate, but 
tacked to position at the back and is 
laced into place at the front edges. The 
sleeves are laid in one box plait each to 
the depth of a generous cuff and are 
finished with pretty pointed rolled-over 
cuffs at their lower edges. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the 16- 
year size is 4J4 yards 21, 3 yards 32, 
or 2 l /l yards 44 inches wide, with 9*4 
yards of piping, 19 yards of banding, 
}/ 2 yard 21 for piping to trim as illus¬ 
trated. The pattern 6523 is cut in sizes 
for girls of 14 and 16 years of age; 
price, 10 cents. 
The blouse with a frill at the left of 
the opening is one of the new models. 
The waist consists of the fitted lining 
6521 Fancy Blqusc, 32 to 40 bust, 
which can be used or omitted as liked, 
fronts and backs. The fronts are tucked 
to yoke depth, the back for its entire 
length. The front edge is finished' after 
a novel manner, too, with a hem and 
tuck in place of the usual box plait and 
beneath this hem the frill is attached. 
The sleeves are made in -sections and- 
the full portions are tucked at their up¬ 
per edges, gathered at the lower. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size is 4)4 yards 21 or 24, 3-54 
yards 32, or 2%. yards 44 inches, with 
1 y 2 yards of ribbon 3J4 inches wide for 
frills. The pattern 6521 is cut in sizes 
for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust 
measure; price, 10 cents. 
WINDOWS OF PROMISE. 
In the northern parts of the country, 
when snow covers the ground and re¬ 
mains for a long time in evidence, we 
are glad when the “turn o’ the year” 
gives the house-plants a cheerful influ¬ 
ence as they stretch out towards the 
light. If geraniums have been potted in 
September there will perhaps be some 
buds of promise showing a faint line of 
color, and if any of us are sc fortunate 
as to have an Azalea it must be kept 
from dry heat, and well sprayed, else 
the leaves will drop off in provoking 
showers. The Chinese primroses in the 
north window were put there for cool¬ 
ness, but some one who didn’t know any 
better watered them over the leaves, and 
quite a number, have resented it by grow¬ 
ing soft, if not actually wilting. Prim¬ 
roses must be watered straight on the 
soil, and should be in good bloom by 
this time if raised early from seed. 
There is a pleasant satisfaction in grow¬ 
ing the dowering Begonias, for they are 
not so liable to disease, or to be infested 
with insects, remaining in bloom months 
at a time with ordinary care. Rubra is 
the only one requiring sunshine, for oth¬ 
ers do well in the shade, and Metallica 
is a fine variety even without its downy 
flowers of delicate pink. Ferns and Rex 
Begonias group well together in one 
window, and are always attractive, while 
in this month a pot or two of Paper 
White Narcissus gives tone to the floral 
picture. Mealy bugs and green aphides 
are the only insects that are very trou¬ 
blesome, and they are kept at bay by the 
use of tobacco dust on the pots and a 
little sal soda and snuff in the water that 
drenches the foliage with a fine spray. 
When potting the Browallias in Sep¬ 
tember a few seeds of mignonette were 
scattered over the pots and covered with 
a little sandy soil, where they took root 
and have had to be thinned out, with 
the result that there is hope of flowers, 
and their delicious fragrance early in 
the year. We all love roses, but it is 
quite an achievement to bring them 
into bloom by Christmas, and as Clo- 
thilde Soupert in one of the south win¬ 
dows is showing a mass of buds, it 
seems only natural to think that they 
have been properly coaxed. Plenty of 
good soil and fresh air, with enough 
moisture to keep the air in proper con¬ 
dition, and an occasional spray with 
warm water, will give us these favorites 
without fail, but the plants must be 
started and growing early enough in the 
season to be ready to form buds now. 
Cyclamens bloom well in a north win¬ 
dow, and are able to endure some neg¬ 
lect. The flowers remind one of little 
rabbits with their ears buttoned back, 
but one has to look out for snails, as 
they like to feed on the top of Cyclamen 
roots, where the young leaf and bud 
stems spring up. If they are not watched 
and removed the plants will soon become 
disfigured. We must go over our treas¬ 
ures regularly, and take off all yellow 
leaves, for they are a sign that the plant 
is suffering, unless naturally ripened, 
and have been called plant “moans.” 
They are caused by bad drainage, or the 
air is too dry and hot, or else we have 
failed to sprinkle the leaves, or wash 
dust from them. If free from insects 
it may be that the soil is baked and hard 
about the roots, and the plant is starved. 
As they are indication of a diseased 
condition such yellow leaves must be 
picked off, and burned. Cleanliness and 
good drainage are the secrets of success 
with palms, and when washing the leaves 
of plants it is very necessary that they 
are wiped dry for otherwise there may 
he a spot of water left in one place that 
will form blisters if there comes a strong 
sunshine. 
The Roman hyacinths and Paper 
White Narcissus are now in bloom; 
they grow quickly after becoming well 
rooted, and if kept in a cool north win¬ 
dow will continue in flower for a long 
while. They must have plenty of water, 
else the flowers will not develop well. 
When a plant in full vigor perfects its 
flowers they must be cut off as soon as 
they begin to fade, for it takes more 
strength to form seed than to grow a 
dozen buds. And the road to success 
with flowers is by giving them the 
three essentials, light and water and air. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
Bronchitis 
exhausts the vitality more 
quickly than any ordinary 
food or medicine can re¬ 
store it. 
For over thirty-five years 
Scott’s Emulsion 
has relieved bronchitis in all 
stages; it is the tonic lung- 
remedy used the world over in 
this disease; nothing equals 
it in keeping up and restoring 
flesh and strength. 
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