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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD. 
The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat 
The soldier's last tattoo ; 
No more on Life’s parade shall meet 
That brave and fallen few. 
On Fame’s eternal camping-ground 
Their silent tents are spread, 
And Glory guards, with solemn round, 
The bivouac of the dead. 
No rumor of the foe's advance 
Now swells upon the wind ; 
No troubled thought at midnight haunts 
Of loved ones left behind ; 
No vision of the morrow's strife 
The warrior's dream alarms; 
No braying horn nor screaming life 
At dawn shall call to arms. 
Their shivered swords are red with rust, 
Their plumed heads are bowed: 
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, 
Is now their martial shroud. 
And plenteous funeral tears have washed 
The red stains from each brow, 
And the proud forms, by battle gashed, 
Are free from anguish now. 
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead ! 
Dear as the blood ye gave; 
No impious footstep here shall tread 
The herbage of your grave; 
Nor shall your glory be forgot 
While Fame her record keeps. 
Or Honor points the hallowed spot 
Where Valor proudly sleeps. 
—Theodore O'Hara. 
* 
With the centralized school, rural 
scholars are sent to town. An idea direct¬ 
ly opposite to this was proposed by 
Henry Kelley at a recent meeting of the 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association, 
who pointed out the advantages of estab¬ 
lishing city schools in the country, lie is 
thus quoted by the Florists’ Exchange: 
If good judgment were to prevail in 
our cities when a new school building is 
necessary, instead of looking around for 
the most expensive lot to be found that is 
to benefit some one with a pull, and then 
building a building out of all proportions 
to what it should cost, it would be better 
to go out some distance into the rural 
district, on the line of a good trolley, 
then buy ten acres for, say one-half what 
we would pay in the city, and build a 
comfortable, sanitary, sensible school 
house with every improvement that can 
be devised; have your swimming pool, 
athletic field, kitchen and work shop; 
have the grounds laid out with a variety 
of trees and shrubs; have space for gar¬ 
dens of vegetables, plants and flowers. 
♦ 
Twenty years ago a correspondent 
wrote to this department of The It. N.- 
Y., telling of her experiments in wearing 
one-piece undergarments and one-piece 
dresses, and urging other women to try 
her plan, which she found comfortable 
and convenient. It must be 40 years 
since some courageous reformers invented 
one-piece combinations, which they called 
“ehomiloons,” and which most women re¬ 
garded as very daring and radical experi¬ 
ments. Now we have all adopted these 
changes in costume, and have an oppor¬ 
tunity to realize .that the radicalism of 
one generation is very often the conser¬ 
vative progress of the next. Nothing will 
prevent silly women from wearing silly 
clothes, but whenever disposed to quar¬ 
rel with fashion, remember that sensible 
women now dress far more comfortably 
and hygienieally than they did a genera¬ 
tion ago, and this without looking “back- 
woodsy” or unfashionable. 
* 
Each year, when our daffodils are all- 
in bloom, we wonder how any garden 
lover can be content without a generous 
display of these lovely flowers. We care 
very little for the double ones, though a 
few of the old-fashioned double forms of 
Pseudo-Narcissus give variety, but our 
taste is all for the single sorts, and one 
has a noble array at moderate cost. The 
trumpet sorts we grow in quantity are 
Emporer, Empress and Ilorsfieldii, which 
are beautiful, hardy and inexpensive, 
while the Welsh daffodil, Sir Watkin, is 
equally satisfactory. The Poet’s Nar¬ 
cissus in its two forms, Poeticus and 
Poeticus Ornatus, is freely naturalized 
in the lawn. The double Poet’s Narcis¬ 
sus dies out with us, apparently not 
hardy, and the same is true of some very 
fine trumpets, such as Glory of Leyden, 
but a number of the Barrii section do 
well, and are very showy. Spring bulbs 
are the most fascinating ornaments of 
the garden, and there is no limit to their 
possibilities. 
Seek not to be rich, but happy. The 
one lies in bags, the other in content, 
which wealth can never give.—William 
Penn. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
unmher of patterns and measurements 
desired. Price of each pattern 10 cents. 
S240. fancy tucked blouse, 34 to 42 
bust; 8241, semi-princess dress, 34 to 
42 bust. 8258, semi-princess dress for 
No. 8258. 
No. 8239. 
misses and small women, 1G and 18 
years; 8239, one-piece skirt, 22 to 32 
waist. 
No. 754. A design for embroidering a 
pillow or cushion cover in cross-stitch 
style. In the pattern all the stitches are 
shown as simple crosses but in the illus- 
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tration, some are lighter, some heavier. 
The lighter stitches represent the bor¬ 
der and the leaves. The heavier crosses 
represent flowers. Stamped on art tick¬ 
ing 22x22 inches, with green back and 
mercerized floss to work, 40 cents. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
A pretty hat seen in a Fifth Avenue 
shop was a close shape of blue straw, 
the crown covered with blue ribbon. At 
the right side the ribbon was brought 
over to make a perky tall bow, and the 
edge of the curved brim was outlined 
with a double row of small daisies. There 
was nothing startling about tie 1 hat but 
the price, which was $28; however, it 
suggests a smart style for making an in¬ 
expensive hat. 
A new idea in fastening a fancy blouse 
is to use links made of two-inch strands 
of small beads, having a larger bead at 
either end. These pass through eyelets, 
and all sorts of combinations may be 
used. 
A trimming seen on a chiffon blouse 
consisted of floral figures cut out of a 
handsome ribbon and applied on the plain 
material with fine buttonhole stitch. The 
ribbon itself was used as a girdle. 
Most large shops now display a wide 
choice in ready-made mourning garments 
—hats, wraps and dresses. As a rule 
styles are much more sensible than they 
used to be. It is now considered that 
pure white in a plain material may be 
worn in the house, or during warm 
weather, for the deepest mourning. Ma¬ 
terials should be plain, never embroid¬ 
ered, figured or cross-barred, and there 
should be no trimming except tucks, hem¬ 
stitched ruffles and open hemming. Voile, 
China silk, crepe de chine, plain batiste 
and plain cotton crape are all suitable. 
When in deep mourning black girdles or 
trimmings are not allowable with these 
white dresses, but they may be worn with 
what is called second mourning. A new 
fashion permits white hats and veils for 
young girls’ mourning, the veils being of 
white Brussels net edged with dull white 
ribbon, and these white hats are worn 
by older women also. Collars and cuffs 
of white organdie, which follow the fash¬ 
ionable flaring outline, are very becom¬ 
ing for mourning dresses and blouses, 
costing, made up, from 50 cents to $1.50 
for the set. White crape cuffs and col¬ 
lars, which are also worn with the deep¬ 
est mourning, are rather newer, and cost 
$3.50 the set. Many widows nowadays 
do not wear the small bonnet formerly in¬ 
variable, but replace it with a small 
round hat with a veil of crape or net 
edged with crape folds hanging at the 
back. This is entirely correct if the brim 
is faced with white crape, but it is a 
mistake for a widow to omit the white 
facing from her first mourning, though 
this is often done. Of course a face veil 
of'net with crape or dull ribbon edge is 
worn also. 
Flower blocks are articles in china, 
glass or metal, more or less ornamental, 
containing holes into which the stems of 
heavy flowers may be inserted. The 
block is pu-t into the bottom of the vase 
or bowl, which is filled with water as 
usual; then the flowers are arranged, 
some of the stems being inserted in the 
block, so that the flowers stand up in 
any desired position. This is a Japanese 
idea, and many quaint models are 
shown, frogs, turtles and crabs of bronze 
being very popular; there are also 
squirming fishes of white Japanese 
porcelain, all being heavy enough to hold 
the flowers; they cost from around 50 
cents up to $1.50 or 
flower blocks of clear 
in shape, costing from 
two-inch size, and up 
May 2.3, 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial uage. 
WELL 
DRILLING 
MACHINES 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or l-ock. Mounted on 
wheels or on sills. With engines or horse powers. Strong, 
simple and durable. Any mechanic can operate them 
easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, N. Y. 
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99 KILLS Prairie 
Dogs, Woodchucks, 
Gophers, and Grain 
Insects. Stop their 
depredations by using 
.Also mfrs. 
of Solution 
Sulphur for ‘spraying purposes. 
TAVLOK CHEMICAL CO.. Penn Van, N. Y 
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more. English 
glass are plain 
15 cents for a 
to $2.50 for the 
should interest every 
woman reader of 
The R ural Nero-Y or^er 
Our new supplementary 
Reward List tells how 
to obtain complete out¬ 
fits with very little effort. 
Write 
Department “M” 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 West 30th Street 
New York City 
eight-inch block; these larger ones are 
complete vases in themselves, as the 
cavities for the flowers are little wells 
that hold water. 
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A COOL KITCHEN 
A cool kitchen on ironing day is possible 
with a 
. New l*ei7eetio n 
Oil Cook-stove 
The heat is all in the burner—none in the 
room. 
The New Perfection is cheaper than coal—and 
cooks better. Broils, bakes, roasts, toasts. 
In 1, 2, 3 and. 4 burner sizes. Ask to see the 
1914 model 4 burner, cabinet range with fireless 
cooking oven. At all hardware and general stores. 
Standard Oil Company 
of New York 
New York 
Albany 
Builalo 
Boston 
