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THE RUR-A.L* NEW-YORKER 
March 5, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
HEPATICA. 
One frosty day in March I strayed 
Along a woodland path I knew, 
And there I met a little maid 
With shyest, starry eyes of blue. 
Her ample cloak was lined with fur, 
Iler grey-green tippet furry, too; 
“The wind is cold," I said to her; 
Said she, “It may he, sir, for you.'* 
—Sarah .T. Day, in “From Mayflowers to 
Mistletoe.” 
* 
A savory variation in French toast is 
made as follows: Beat up two eggs, mix 
with one cupful of milk, season with 
salt and pepper and a little onion juice. 
Dip slices of bread into the mixture and 
fry in hot fat. 
* 
A new touch in the Spring jacket 
■suits is a coat lining of figured foulard, 
instead of the plain silk ordinarily used. 
The figured foulards are also used for 
lining expensive linen suits. Printed 
foulards 40 and 42 inches'wide cost from 
$1.25 a yard up. 
* 
The little poem at the head of this 
column reminds us that the HepaticS is 
a very attractive plant to bring into the 
home flower garden, as it blooms so 
early in any sheltered location. Mark 
the places where it grows wild, and dig 
and reset the plants in early Fall, to be 
sure of best results, though we have 
lifted a good many as soon as blooming 
was over, taking up a good clod of 
earth, so as not to injure the roots. 
There are many beautiful wild flowers 
that merit a place in our home garden. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The simple little tucked coat shown in 
No. 6560 is very suitable for Spring 
wear, or for an extra wrap in Summer. 
The coat is made with fronts and back 
that are tucked at the shoulders. These 
tucks are stitched to yoke depth and 
pressed into position below. The sleeves 
are gathered into bands and to these 
bands the cuffs are attached. A rolled- 
over collar finishes the neck. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size (four years) is 3 Y 2 yards 24 or 27, 
The cotton crapes that were used so 
much for waists last year are to be 
fashionable again this season, and some 
beautiful weaves are offered, plain, 
striped and some almost as filmy as net. 
They are made up in a variety of ways, 
some plainly tailored, others trimmed 
with hand-made lace or embroidery, and 
crochet buttons. Cotton voiles and mar¬ 
quisettes are also made into handsome 
waists. In the plain linen shirt waists 
there is often a touch of color in a nar¬ 
row binding down each side of the front 
hem. and along the cuffs, the color har¬ 
monizing with the suit worn. There are 
also a good many white waists with a 
fine stripe of color. A nice striped per¬ 
cale, costing 15 to 18 cents a yard, makes 
a very prettv waist, and the percale 
launders excellently, and wears well. 
* 
Every year about this time we remind 
our friends of the wisdom of studying 
the seed catalogues before it is time to 
plant. This does not apply to farm seeds 
only, but also to the home garden of 
flowers and vegetables. There is time 
now to plan just what we want, and to 
order the seeds in time, so that there 
shall be no delay. There is pleasure in 
trying some novelties, too, and if they 
do not always come up to our expecta¬ 
tions we have at least the pleasure of 
learning ■something about them. We no¬ 
tice in several catalogues this year a 
showy flowering plant with in ooncler- 
ous name or Dimorphotheca aurantiaca, 
which, while not unknown previously to 
botanists, is a novelty in our gardens. 
It is an extremely showy daisy-like 
plant from South Africa having vivid 
orange flowers vvith a darker disk. It is 
a close relative £c the Calendulas or pot 
marigolds, and will probably be known 
popularly as Cape marigold or African 
daisy. It will want a warm sunny situa¬ 
tion, and in such a place should give 
plenty of flowers all Summer, requiring 
6560 Child’s Tucked Coat, 
2 , 4 and 6 years. 
two yards 44 or 52 inches wide. The 
pattern 6560 is cut in sizes for children 
of two, four and six years of age; price 
10 cents. 
The apron drapery on skirts is a lead¬ 
ing model. The skirt is made with a 
gored foundation that tits perfectly over 
the hips and to this foundation the 
straight plaited portion is attached. The 
tucked drapery is circular and it and the 
box plait are arranged over the founda¬ 
tion. Either the high or natural waist 
line can be used as preferred. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size is 7)4 yards 24 or 27, 4% yards 44 
6564 Plaited Walking Skirt with 
Tucked Over Drapery, 
22 to 30 waist. 
or 52 inches wide; width of skirt at 
lower edge 4/ 2 yards. The pattern 6564 
is cut. in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 
30 inch waist measure; price 10 cents. 
about the same treatment as Petunias. 
We think this will be a very attractive 
plant. Another pretty South African 
plant, the Transvaal daisy (Gerbera 
Jamesonii), disappointed us as a window 
plant, sulking all Winter, but planted 
out in a sunny spot for the Summer it 
gave a fair supply of conspicuous orange- 
scarlet daisy-like flowers remarkable for 
their lasting qualities—a single bloom 
would last for a month without fading^ 
Potato and Corn Muffins.—Two cups 
of mashed potatoes, two cups of milk, 
two eggs well beaten, two cups of corn- 
meal mush. Soften the potatoes with 
the milk heated, working out all the 
lumps; then stir in the mush, which 
should be thin. The batter should drop 
readily from the spoon. Use more milk 
if it does not. Lastly add the beaten 
eggs and tablespoonful lard. Bake about 
thirty minutes in moderately hot oven. 
A WATER SYSTEM 
WITHOUT a WATER TANK 
| Equipment may be placed at any distance 
Don’t use an immense tank, either 
elevated or buried, for storing 
water. Stored water is unhealthful 
for your family and your stock. 
Pump the water direct, with com¬ 
pressed air, as you use it. Supply 
the home with water fresh from the 
well by using the 
PERRY PNEUMATIC WATER SYSTEM 
The only water system that stores no water. 
W7TTH the Perry System, the water stays in the well until it is needed. Continuous 
VV pressure in the pipes at all times, same as city supply. The Perry System forces 
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matic pump. This stored air is reserve power, making it necessary to operate 
the compressor only occasionally; therefore the motor, engine, or whatever power 
employed may, in the meantime, be used for other purposes. 
One air-compressing outfit will supply both hard and soft water, if desired. 
Easy to install and operate. 
The Perry System is adapted for open or driven wells, lakes, rivers or springs. 
Economical in operation. Endorsed by architects and engineers. Fully guaranteed. 
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r What Makes Water Rise In a Pump? 
The bright school-boy will tell you it is atmosphericpresiure. But do 
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The clothes, laces, etc. are not pulled or hauled 
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