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THE RURAL X 
Novc:iil><*r 7, 
Woman and ute lionie 
From Day to Day 
BATTLE BUNNY. 
Bunny lying in tbe grass, 
Saw the shining column pass; 
Saw the starry banner fly, 
Saw the chargers fret and fume, 
Saw the flapping hat and plume— 
Saw them with his moist and shy 
Most unspeeulative eye, 
Thinking only in the dew, 
That it was a fine review— 
Till a flash not all of steel, 
Where the rolling caisson’s wheel 
Brought a rumble and a roar 
Rolling down that velvet floor, 
And like blows of Autumn flail 
Sharply thrashed the iron hail. 
Bunny, thrilled by unknown fears, 
Raised his soft and pointed cars, 
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As the sharp vindictive yell 
Rose above the screaming shell; 
Thought the world and all its men 
All the charging squadrons meant 
All were rabbit hunters then 
All to capture him intent. 
Bunny was not much to blame; 
Wiser folk have thought the same. 
Wildly panting here and there, 
Bunny sought the freer air, 
Till he hopped below the hill, 
And saw, lying close and still, 
Men with muskets in their hands. 
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One—a grave and quiet man, 
Thinking of his wife and child 
Far beyond the Rapidan, 
Where the Androscoggin smiled— 
Felt the little rabbit creep. 
Nestling by his arm and side, 
Wakened from strategic sleep, 
To that soft appeal replied, 
Drew him to his blackened breast, 
And— 
But you have guessed the rest, 
Softly o’er the chosen pair 
Omnipresent Love and Care 
Drew a mightier hand and arm, 
Shielding them from every harm; 
Right and left the bullets waved, 
Saved the saviour for the saved. 
Who believes that equal grace 
God extends in every place, 
Little difference He scans 
Twixt a rabbit’s God and man s. 
—Bret Harte. 
* 
Boston brown hash is a savory way 
of using left-over meat. Chop any re¬ 
mains of steaks, roasts or stews very 
fine. Grease a deep pie dish. Put a 
layer of mashed potatoes (cold ones, left 
over, will answer) in the bottom of the 
dish, then a layer of meat, then a layer 
of bread crumbs; sprinkle with salt and 
pepper, a few bits of butter; moisten 
with a half cup of beef gravy, then put 
another layer of potatoes. Dip a knife 
into milk and smooth the top. Bake in a 
moderate oven until brown. Serve hot. 
* 
A peach Betty, according to an up¬ 
state recipe, is made by putting a thick 
layer of peeled and sliced peaches in the 
bottom of a baking dish, and there cov¬ 
ering with a rich biscuit dough. Serve 
hot, turning the slices fruit side up as 
they are served, with hard sauce or 
sugar and cream. The dough used is 
not sweetened; the usual recipe is one 
quart flour, with two teaspoonfuls of 
baking powder well sifted in half teaspoon 
of salt, a tablespoonful of shortening 
and milk enough to make a rather soft 
dough that may be rolled or spread. 
Canned peaches may be used in the same 
way. 
* 
The Farm Women’s Press Associa¬ 
tion is much interested in the passage of 
the Smith-Lever bill which makes pos¬ 
sible appropriations, in each State, for 
demonstrations in home economics. The 
Association makes the following state¬ 
ment of things a State farm woman ex¬ 
pert can do: 
She can tell us: How to save steps in 
our kitchen work. How to get running 
water either from springs or by wind¬ 
mill power. How and where to get sim¬ 
ple labor-saving devices to lighten our 
work. How to form afternoon get-to¬ 
gether meetings where we can study 
these things; where we can work for bet¬ 
ter schools and better roads; where we 
can talk up cooperation in selling eggs 
and butter and in buying supplies. How 
to improve our lighting, heating and sew¬ 
age systems. 
We have commented, more than once, 
on the advantages offered to poor women 
in the cities, through free lectures and 
demonstrations in hygiene, home econo¬ 
mics. the care of children, etc. They 
have many possibilities denied even to 
; •: w - v > v. v 
women in comfortable circumstances in 
the country. An appropriation for ex¬ 
tension teaching will bring some of this 
instruction within reach of rural women 
too. 
let us 
Sister! 
small, 
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Workaday Dollies for Holiday Time. 
M OST girls love dolls, even after they 
grow too large to care to play with 
them openly. Why, then, should they 
not enjoy making and dressing them, es¬ 
pecially at holiday time, when fingers 
that have scarcely learned to sew, feel 
the itch for a needle with which to make 
something as a gift for a friend? Since 
it is an open secret that many really 
grown-up girls love them, and possibly 
some boys as well, could tlie"e be any¬ 
thing nicer, either to make or to receive 
at Christmas time, than dolls? These 
may be something more than the well- 
known playtime dolls, beloved of the lit¬ 
tle ones, each one having a place and 
purpose in the workaday world. There 
are many such dolls, and every member 
of the family may have one, from the 
oldest to the youngest. Should you de¬ 
cide to confine your gifts this year to 
dolls, permit me to introduce you to sev¬ 
eral members of the workaday doll fam¬ 
ily : 
To begin with the simplest, 
make a pincushion doll for Big 
For this you will require a 
unjoin ted doll four or five 
long, which you can get for 10 cents, and 
half a yard or more of ribbon in Sis¬ 
ter’s favorite color. Both the width and 
length of ribbon will depend on the size 
of the doll. It should be just wide 
enough to go around the doll’s body, half 
way down her arms, and long enough to 
come well down over her feet. Fold the 
length of ribbon in half, and cut a hole 
in the centre large enough to slip over 
Dollie’s head. If it comes rather low 
on the shoulders no matter, for low necks 
are fashionable. Fold the ribbon in un¬ 
derneath the arms to form sleeves, and 
fasten it there. Tie a narrow ribbon 
about her waist for a sash, and edge the 
neck with narrow lace to conceal the raw 
edge. Dollie’s petticoats, of which there 
are two both front and back, are strips 
of thin white flannel or flannelette, cut a 
little narrower than the ribbon and but¬ 
tonholed around. Fill these with assort¬ 
ed pins and sew a loop of narrow ribbon 
to her waist at the back from which to 
hang her beside the dressing table. 
For Mother or Auntie you may make a 
broom Dinah, the foundation of which 
is a child’s toy broom. Dinah comes 
“riding on a broomstick,” and she will 
prove most useful in cleaning behind pic¬ 
tures or under radiators where a big 
broom will not go. The easiest way to 
dress Dinah is to use one of the stamped 
cloth doll forms. Cut the body in two 
just below the waist line, discarding the 
legs. Slip the upper portion over the 
broomstick down to where it joins the 
straw, and stuff all around the stick to 
properly fill out the doll body, fastening 
the top of the head very carefully and 
neatly around the stick. Now make a 
dress for her from some bright material, 
the skirts reaching to the bottom of the 
straw. Add a big apron of gay color, and 
a bit of plaid about the head for a hand¬ 
kerchief. Or if you have not the stamped 
form you may use a piece of black 
stocking, drawing it well down onto the 
straw, and stuffing just above where the 
stick joins it to form a waist: tying 
close to the stick to indicate a neck, then 
stuffing a smaller round above that for a 
head. Sew on white buttons for eyes, 
and indicate mouth and nose with a bit 
of red yarn ; add hair or wool of raveled- 
out stocking, and roll up pieces of stock¬ 
ing to form arms, which sew in place. 
Dress as suggested for the other Dinah. 
For Tattle Sister nothing could be 
nicer than the milkmaid doll, especially 
since her attractive personality may 
prove an incentive to a closer acquaint¬ 
ance with sewing materials. This is 
merely a small, unjointed doll with feet 
firmly glued to a small board so that she 
will stand upright. Her dress is that of 
the Holland milkmaid, with wide, short 
skirts, apron, and pointed waist. Her 
white, tall-crowned cap is left open at 
the top to provide for hiding a thimble. 
Her skirt conceals a pincushion, her 
apron is a needlebook; while across her 
shoulders is an equivalent for the neck- 
yoke of the peasant woman, the water 
buckets in this case being spools of 
thread suspended ly cords to a croc!'. : 
hook which is fastened in place across 
the shoulders. 
Papa or Big Brother will be glad of 
the pen-wiper doll, which will prove use¬ 
ful for the purpose suggested by its name. 
Also the year-old baby may be safely 
trusted to find a use for it; the yarn 
dolly being too soft to hit back, is just 
right for chewing, and will endure hard 
usage. To make her take a hall of heavy 
darning cottou in any preferred shade. 
Wind the yarn around a thin book about 
eight inches long. Slip a stout thread 
under the strands at one end and tie 
tightly; then clip the strands at the op¬ 
posite ends quite through. Remove from 
book, and from the tied end separate sev¬ 
eral threads and plait into braids to 
simulate Dolly’s hair. About an inch 
and a half below the first tying tie again, 
the threads above this tying forming the 
head. From each side below head separ¬ 
ate sufficient threads to form arms, cut¬ 
ting off about one-third of their length 
and tying near the ends to form hands. 
Tie a piece of colored ribbon a little 
above the middle, this being the sash 
about her waist, and all Dolly lacks is 
features. These may be simulated with 
colored threads, when she is ready to 
take up the duties of a busy life. 
Grandmother will he sure to like the 
door-tender dollie, she being substantial 
enough to hold doors open at any angle, 
whatever the weather. For this procure 
a bottle with a heavy base and long, 
gradually sloping neck. A quart size 
milk bottle will do very well. Fill the 
bottle with coarse sand to give it weight, 
then fasten firmly in the mouth of the 
bottle a doll’s head and shoulders. Dress 
the doll in housemaid style with black 
dress, white apron, cuffs and cap; the 
flowing skirts concealing tbe sand bot¬ 
tle. If preferred you might make this a 
Dinah doll also. 
The Brownie Doll is usually the hard¬ 
est worked member of the working doll 
family and cannot fail to please Little 
Brother, and possibly other members of 
the family at the same time. To make 
him roll up one of Father’s discarded 
cuffs to about two inches in diameter, 
and fasten firmly. Glue or sew a piece 
of cloth over the opening at one end, to 
which sew slender rolls of brown cloth 
four inches long, to form legs. Make 
long, slim arms in the same manner, and 
fasten in the appropriate place. Near 
the top of the open end draw features 
with ink on the white ground, giving him 
as jolly a cast of countenance as possible. 
Now drop inside Mr. Brownie’s body a 
large glass marble, and close the end 
securely. This end, which is the head, 
should be surmounted by a red cap, while 
a brown swallow-tail coat and shoes and 
gloves, (cut from old kid gloves) may 
complete the toilet. To induce Brownie 
to show off, you have only to set him at 
one end of an inclined board, (Mother’s 
ironing board set one end on a chair, the 
other on the floor) give him a little push, 
and he will do the rest. The series of de¬ 
lightful somersaults and jerky contor¬ 
tions which follow will delight his audi¬ 
ence, both old and young. Tiny bells 
sewed to each hand will add to the gro¬ 
tesque appearance of this clown doll. 
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