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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 11, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
Too Late. 
What silences we keep year after year 
With those who are most near to us, and 
dear! 
We live beside each other, day by day, 
And speak of myriad things, but seldom 
say 
The full sweet word that lies just in our 
reach, 
Beneath the commonplace of common 
speech. 
Then out of sight and out of reach they 
go, 
Those close, familiar friends, that loved 
us so; 
And sitting in the shadow they have left, 
Alone with loneliness and sore bereft. 
We think with fond regret of some fond 
word 
That once we might have said and they 
have heard. 
For weak and poor the love that we ex¬ 
pressed 
Now seems beside the vast, sweet, unex¬ 
pressed, 
And slight the deeds we did, to those un¬ 
done, 
And small the service spent to treasure 
won. 
And undeserved the praise for word and 
deed 
That should have overflowed the simple 
need. 
This is the cruel cross of life—to be 
Full-visioned when the ministry 
Of death has been fulfilled, and in the 
place 
Of some dear presence is but empty 
space. 
What recollected services can then 
Give consolation for the “might have 
been”? —Nora Perry. 
* 
J APANNED trays which become dull 
with use should be washed with luke¬ 
warm water and white soap, then rinsed 
and dried with a soft towel. A little 
sweet oil on a soft cloth polishes them. 
* 
S EVERAL of our readers have told us 
of local clubs or societies that have 
brightened the social life of their dis¬ 
trict. Many of the old-time pleasures of 
the country have passed away, because 
they were associated with the industrial 
conditions of their period. In too many 
cases it seems as though few new pleas¬ 
ures have taken their place. There are 
many agencies now employed in better¬ 
ing the conditions of rural life, but we 
think that the real impetus must come 
from the farm family itself, and this de¬ 
pends, first of all, on improved economic 
conditions. We should like to hear of 
any rural clubs or associations that are 
enlivening the social life, or otherwise 
increasing the pleasures of the country. 
The experience of one locality is often 
very interesting to another. 
* 
T HE Federal Bureau of Education is 
now searching for American ver¬ 
sions of old English and Scotch ballads, 
which were brought to this country by 
the early settlers. Prof. C. Alphonso 
Smith of the University of Virginia is 
to conduct the search. Modern conditions 
of life, and the vogue of popular songs, 
often trivial in character, have displaced 
these old ballads, which are often re¬ 
markable for simplicity, vigor of narra¬ 
tive, and intensity of feeling. Among the 
songs of this class which are being looked 
for are Barbara Allen, The Wife of Ush¬ 
er’s Well, The Beggar Laddie, Johnny 
Armstrong, etc. It is most likely that 
early American forms of these ballads 
will be found among Southern mountain¬ 
eers, in districts where there has been 
little or no foreign immigration for many 
generations. 
* 
R IBS of beef in Spanish style is a sav¬ 
ory method of cooking the ends of 
a rib roast, which are usually over¬ 
cooked and still not tender, when roast¬ 
ed with the rest of the joint. Fry some 
of the beef fat in the bottom of a large 
cooking kettle, then slowly cook in this 
one large onion sliced and half a green 
pepper free from seeds. Draw the on¬ 
ion and pepper to one side of the pan 
when slightly colored, and brown the top 
and cut edges of the meat in the fat, 
until browned all over. Before this 
browning the meat should be wiped, 
sprinkled with pepper and salt, and 
dredged with flour. Then, leave the meat 
in the kettle, with the onion and pepper, 
add one cup of water and one cup of 
sliced tomato. Cover closely and cook 
slowly until the meat is very tender, 
adding more water if needed. When 
ready to serve, take out the. meat, skim 
off the fat, and thicken with a little 
flour, letting the gravy boil up for five 
minutes to thicken. The same method of 
cooking is good for any of the cheaper 
cuts of meat, such as chuck or neck of 
mutton; the long slow cooking in the 
closed vessel makes it tender and develops 
excellence of flavor. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of patterns and measurement, de¬ 
sired. Price of each pattern JO cents. 
82S0A, Boy’s Norfolk suit. Cut in 
sizes 4 to 10 years. Size S years requires 
three yards of 36 material. 8270A, 
Girl’s loose cost. Cut in sizes S to 14 
years. Size 12 years requires three yards 
of 36 inch material. 8272, Misses’ loose 
coat. Cut in sizes 16 and 18 years. Size 
16 years requires 3% yards of 36 inch 
material with one-half yard 27 inches for 
collar and cuffs. 8233, Girls’ one-piece 
dress. Cut in sizes 6 to 10 years. Size 
8 years requires 2Vi yards of 36 inch 
material, with five-eighths yard of 27 
inches for trimming. S274A, Girl’s dress. 
Cut in sizes 6 to 10 years. Size S years 
requires 2% yards of 36 inch material. 
No. 817. Designs for embroidering two 
nine-inch doylies. The scalloped edges 
are designed to be padded and button¬ 
holed ; the sprays of leaves to be worked 
either in solid embroidery or as eyelets; 
the stems are to be outlined, and the 
dots made as eyelets or in solid work. 
Stamped on best Scotch linen with mer¬ 
cerized floss to work, for the two 30 
cents. 
Set of six of each design $1.70. 
No. 800. Design for embroidering a 
fancy collar. The scalloped edge is de¬ 
signed to be padded and buttonholed, the 
dots can be worked solidly, in satin 
stitch, or as eyelets. The figure at the 
back is designed for solid work. 
Stamped on pure Irish linen with floss 
to work, 25 cents. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
A PRETTY hat for a litle girl was 
made of white dotted swiss; it had 
a large puffed crown and drooping brim 
which was lined with pink silk. Around 
the crown was a twist of white taffeta 
ribbon with a pink picot edge, the spread¬ 
ing bow at one side extending down on 
to the brim. This is a pretty style for 
a child when trimmed with pink, blue or 
pale yellow. 
Smocking makes a desirable trimming 
for children's dresses, and is often used 
on those of a better class. A plain little 
dress of Alice blue chambray was almost 
as simple in cut as the old-time farmers’ 
smock, and had in back and front, 
a narrow yoks of smocking with a 
double row of white crochet but¬ 
tons down the center. Round collar 
and turn-back cuffs of white linen 
were finished with a picot edge of Irish 
crochet, and this was the only trimming. 
Velvet hats were naturally scheduled 
to appear with the warm sticky days of 
mid-June. Among the first were some 
with black velvet crowns and white 
straw brims, but these were quickly fol¬ 
lowed by shapes entirely covered with 
velvet, both black and white. White vel¬ 
vet hats were especially displayed for the 
international polo match. One black 
velvet hat noted was a small sailor shape, 
trimmed with six white Gardenias, put 
around the crown half way up, and a 
fold of white satin at the base of the 
crown. It was $7.50. Another was 
trimmed with four small white wings, set 
irregularly at front, back and sides. 
Bathing caps begin at 25 cents and go 
up to many dollars. There are really 
pretty caps at 50 cents, made of soft 
rubber cloth in a variety of colors, red, 
blue, green, etc.; they are mob-cap shape. 
A little higher are smart turbans, con¬ 
sisting of a close cap underneath, with 
a fold of the material that is twisted 
around the head and fastened with a 
snap fastener. The more expensive ones 
are made of rubberized satin to match 
the bathing suit. The cheaper bathing 
shoes are made of a sort of drilling, but 
better ones are of black satin, “tango” 
style, with cross laces that pass through 
eyelets in the high back; they cost $1.50. 
Some of the new bathing suits have plain 
drawers coming to the knee or just be¬ 
low, with a little skirt short enough 
to show about six inches of the drawers. 
Tight-fitting basques buttoned all down 
the front are promised us with the Fall 
styles. Some already seen are what used 
to be called French or Gabrielle basques, 
fitted in the front by a long curving seam 
from the shoulder, instead of darts; they 
look just like the basques worn when 
Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes presided over 
the White House; some are even edged 
with side-pleatings, the sleeves being 
finished in the same way. It is said that 
we shall see separate basques worn with 
odd skirts, a fashion that will bo very 
helpful to women of small incomes. Why 
not? We have been wearing separate 
shirt waists ever since basques “went 
out.” 
“Shadow-proof” petticoats, offered for 
wearing under thin Summer dresses, are 
made of white pique or cotton poplin. 
They follow the narrow lines of the dress 
skirt, and, have no trimming except a 
frill of four-inch embroidery set on the 
lower edge. The waist line is faced, 
having no band, and it is closed with 
snap fasteners, there being no fullness at 
the top. Some very pretty ones are bro- 
caded pique. After seeing the radiograph 
effect produced by one thin muslin pet- ! 
ticoat under a scant Summer gown one 
realizes the value of these opaque ma¬ 
terials. More expensive ones are of white 
French percale of opaque quality, edged 
with hand-worked scallops. 
Of course children are wearing capes, 
like tL#* elders, and a favorite model is 
a circular shape with a hood, the regular 
Little Red Riding-hood type. A very 
pretty one was rose-colored corduroy 
lined with white china silk. Cotton cor¬ 
duroy, which comes in many colors and 
under many names, is suitable for these 
capes, also basket cloth, which is often 
quite inexpensive. 
The law condemns the man or woman 
Who steals the goose from off the common ; 
But lets the greater felon loose 
Who steals the common from the goose. 
—London Opinion. 
Mrs. Gay —“Anty Drudge, I’m just 
delighted with Fcls-Naptha Soap. 
My washing is all done without 
a bit of steam or smell, and it’s 
such a comfort to know I’ve got¬ 
ten rid of the sickening odor of 
boiling clothes. I use it for 
John’s flannels, too. It leaves 
them so soft and white.” 
Anty Drudge —“My dear, you are 
the third who has said that to me 
this morning. I’m certainly glad 
I told you about Fels-Naptha 
Soap.” 
You used to 
have to boil your 
clothes to get 
them clean, but 
nowadays pro- 
gressive w omen 
all over the coun- 
t r y tx s e Fels- 
Naptha Soap. 
Their clothes are 
clean and their 
work is done in 
half the time it 
used to take. 
Fels-Naptha 
works best in cool 
or lukewarm 
water, without 
hard rubbing or 
boiling. It is 
especially . good 
for woolens be¬ 
cause hard rub¬ 
bing ruins them, 
and Fels-Naptha 
does away with 
all hard rubbing. 
Buy it by the carton or box and 
follow directions on the Red and 
Green Wrapper. 
Fels & Co., l’iiilxulelpliia. 
