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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 26, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
THE NEW YEAR COMETH. 
This is the time of sadness and farewell. 
The time of welcome and of new 
delight, 
The old year drifts upon the wind 
to-night 
Into that limbo where the dead years 
dwell. 
From some strange, distant bourne no 
tongue can tell, 
O’er moonlit ways and paved with 
shining white, 
The new, swift-footed year—a 
vision bright— 
Comes at the clamor of the old year’s 
knell! 
Time turns his glass! The sands full 
slowly run, 
Freighted, in each dropped grain, with 
memory— 
The failures wrought, the few successes 
won! 
I cry. “O Time, what brings the new 
for men?” 
The brave-tongued bells peal answer back 
to me. 
“A chance to fail; a chance to try 
again !” 
—Charles C. Jones in Lippincott’s Mag¬ 
azine. 
* 
G LASS measuring cups, marked with 
little ridges to show the quantity, 
are especially convenient because it is 
so easy to see just how much one has 
poured in, especially Avheu one is meas¬ 
uring liquids. Other convenient meas¬ 
uring cups are of tin and agateware. 
* 
H ERE is a simple but well-recom¬ 
mended recipe for maple fudge: One 
pound maple sugar and one cup milk. 
Bring to a boil and add a tablespoon of 
butter. Cook until it becomes brittle 
when tested in cold water. Remove from 
the fire, stir vigorously until it begins to 
granulate around the edge of the kettle 
and then pour into a buttered pan. 
* 
A N odd way of cooking eggs entirely 
new to us, was recently given in the 
New York Tribune; it was called eggs 
in ball shape. Heat lard very hot in a 
small kettle, as for crullers, and then stir 
the fat round and round with a spoon, 
till it whirls. Drop the eggs in, as if 
for poaching, one at a time; the whirl¬ 
ing motion of the hot fat forms them into 
balls, and they are quickly browned to a 
delicate color. 
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T HE most practical laundry bag is one 
made of two yards of cretonne, 
gathered at the top on to an oval em¬ 
broidery hoop, a wooden one 10 or 12 
inches long. With this oval top one may 
always throw things in, without trouble, 
when it is hung up in a convenient closet. 
Nursery laundry bags sold in the art 
needlework departments for children’s 
use, are of plain colored linen, ornament- 
(d with Mother Goose figures embroider¬ 
ed in outline or cross-stitch. A child is 
more likely to pick up and put away 
f oiled clothing when provided with a bag 
for the purpose, thus forming habits of 
tidiness that mean much in later life. 
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4 4/1 ANNING clubs in New York 
V7 State,” Parts I. II and III, are 
issued in the Cornell Reading Course, 
and will be found valuable not only to 
those who wish to work into the busi¬ 
ness commercially, but also to the house¬ 
keeper whose canning is only for family 
use. Part II gives “Principles and Meth¬ 
ods of Canning,” while Part III is devoted 
to “Canning Equipment.” Part III an¬ 
swers many questions asked by those 
who wish to begin commercial canning in 
a small way, while Part II, in addition 
to the information it gives as to the basic 
principles of canning, includes many can¬ 
ning recipes. Better study these bulle¬ 
tins during the Winter, and then file 
them away carefully for the working sea¬ 
son next Summer. This brings to mind 
the utility of filing cases; we wonder how 
many of our readers make use of this 
convenience for bulletins and similar re¬ 
minders. The ordinary letter file, 12x 
1 f%x4 inches, is convenient for bulle¬ 
tins; they are then stored alphabetically, 
and the file placed on a shelf or in a 
bookcase, where the information so often 
needed is always accessible, and rarely 
mislaid. 
The Rural Patterns. 
In ordering, always give number of 
pattern and sice desired. Price of each 
pattern 10 cents. 
S469A shows an attractive redingote 
gown of serge and satin. It may be 
made of one material only if desired. 
For the medium size the gown will re¬ 
quire 4 y-z yards of material 27 inches 
wade, 3% yards 36, or 3 yards 44 for 
the redingote, with 4% yards 27, or 3*4 
yards 36 or 44 for skirt, sleeves and 
vest, or 8% yaxxls 27, or 6% yards 36 or 
44 with ^4 yard of any width for vest 
to make as shown in back view 7 . The 
pattern 8469A is cut in sizes from 34 
to 42 inches bust measui’e. 
7971, Infant’s Bishop Dress. One size. 
7571, Gixi’s Guimpe with set-in sleeves 
Perforated for yoke facing in round or 
square outline or for round or square 
neck, with long, three-quarter or short 
sleeves. Sizes, 4 to 12 years. 8371, 
Gathered Blouse. With long or three- 
quarter sleeves. Sizes, 34 to 44 bust. 
7164, Men’s Outing or Negligee Shirt 
with Coat Closing. With attached turn¬ 
over cuffs and soft collar or neck-band. 
Sizes, 34 to 46 breast. 7396, Boy’s Out¬ 
ing Shirt. With soft collar or neck-band 
and separate high collar, with straight or 
rolled-over cuffs or wristbands, with or 
without coat opening. Sizes, 12 to 1G 
years. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
TOCKINGS having tape-bound but¬ 
ton-holes in the top, for the stocking 
supporter, are a novelty that seems very 
practical as it will prevent any risk of 
the ordinary tearing. 
Among unusual supplies for florists’ 
use are natural butterflies, moths, beetles 
and other insects, preserved and mount¬ 
ed upon pins. They are to be used on 
baskets and other decorative arrange¬ 
ments of flowers. 
Women’s “anklet leggins” are like a 
long stocking without a foot. They are 
meant for wear when driving, motoring, 
golfing, etc. Knitted in dark wool they 
cost 9S cents a pair. Any one who can 
knit the leg of a stocking could make 
them, and they would be a great comfort 
on a cold country drive. 
A new sort of fuel for chafing dishes 
is called “solid alcohol;” it is sold in 
tins that fit into a special lamp. It is 
said to be safe from risks of accident. 
Loose flowing veils of filet or octagon 
mesh, with borders of velvet or chenille 
dots, are among new 7 fashions, and are 
quite becoming. They are worn both 
with little close toques, and with wider 
brims. One of the popular toques, usually 
called the Tipperary, is a small, close, 
military shape with a narrow line of fur 
around the top of the crown. A new 7 veil 
for wear with this is edged with fur to 
match the hat, the fur edge of the veil 
being drawn close around the throat. 
The hat is made of corduroy or velvet 
in all fashionable new colors. One color 
much used in millinery is a vivid cerise, 
i-ather brighter than American Beauty 
or Nell rose. 
Many of the little girls’ styles seem 
more grown-up than they have been for 
some years, for they actually have shirt 
waists and separate skirts. However, 
there is a great difference between grown- 
up blouses and the little “Oliver Twist” 
waists for small gixis. Now the shops 
are selling sepai’ate pleated skirts for 
giiis as young as five years, in blue sei'ge 
and plaid. They are pretty and useful 
with a middy blouse. 
So many fur sets consist of a muff 
made up with satin or velvet, and a 
small, close scarf or collarette, that it 
gives a good opportunity for making over 
worn furs. One style of muff desirable 
for making over is a moderate-sized pil¬ 
low shape with a puff of velvet at each 
end narrowing into a small band of fur. 
The neckpiece is a close band with a 
standing ruche of velvet at the back. 
Caps and scarfs to match the sweater 
are offered in great variety for grown- 
ups as well as children. The scarfs or 
mufflers are very useful when driving or 
motoring and are knitted and w r oven in 
silk or wool, and also made in fleecy an¬ 
gora. Some of the sweaters in angora 
or brushed wool have a fringed sash belt 
to match the scarf. What are called mo¬ 
tor or skating sets consist of the sweater, 
cap and scarf. 
“Dorothy” Shaker cloaks of broad¬ 
cloth, with silk-lined hoods, are sold for 
motoring, driving and traveling, also for 
evening wear. 
“Door porters” are the weights or door 
stops used for holding a door open. They 
are in vogue again now 7 , and are offei’ed 
in a great variety of styles, made of 
brass or iron, as w T ell as decorated fig- 
ures wth a weighted base. A handsome 
brass door porter is a dolphin 14 inches 
high, costing $9. 
A plain but very fashionable blouse of 
putty-colored Georgette crepe has a 
slight fullness falling from hemstitched 
shoulders, and long, set-in sleeves gath¬ 
ered into cuffs with pleated ruffles that 
fall over the hands. A high stock close¬ 
ly buttoned at the front has a turn-over 
pleating slightly wired at the back. On 
the front was a trimming of black beads, 
put on like three military frogs. 
The new high neckwear takes many 
forms, and much of it is very plain. The 
high stock is finished with all sorts of 
turnover collars. Some turn down flat 
at the sides and then flare suddenly up¬ 
wards at the back. Others have a deep 
roll section at the back, or a turn-up 
pleating; some have merely a flaring 
point at each side. Oxxe pretty model of 
w 7 hite organdie had deep turn-down 
points at each side, tw 7 o deeper points at 
the back, and a narrow black moire cra¬ 
vat running round it at the base, tied in 
a little bow betw r een the tw r o deep points 
at the back. A favorite model is a 
chemisette with a high rolling collar at 
the back, while in front tw 7 o points turn 
back to show 7 the throat. Tiny buttons, 
crocheted, satin, pearl, glass and metal, 
are freely used to trim stocks and chem¬ 
isettes. 
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light is best for 
young eyes and old 
eyes alike. The 
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New York Albany Buffalo 
lamp gives you 
kerosene light at 
its best—a steady, 
generous glow that 
reaches every cor¬ 
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The RAYO does 
not smoke or 
smell. It is made 
of solid brass, 
nickel - plated. It 
is easy to light, 
easy to clean, easy 
to rewick. At 
dealers every¬ 
where. 
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