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are cleaned and pressed, more service with 
less expenditure of energy, and better re¬ 
sults will be obtained than any other 
way. For the woman who cannot af¬ 
ford a silk dress, yet wishes some kind 
of a Spring dress that will be suitable to 
wear to church or socials, etc., when the 
weather is mild in the Spring, there are 
all sorts of mercerized fabrics from 25 
cents a yard up to one dollar a yard. 
There is mercerized crepe de chine which 
is particularly pretty I think in the dark 
blues and browns and greens with a lit¬ 
tle figure in of some other color. Now 
that w T e have parcel post there is no rea¬ 
son why farm women should not get some 
of their dress materials at some of the 
large town or city stores, if the store at 
which they usually trade does not carry 
a sufficient variety. 
New Fashion Ideas. —Stripes are 
going to be very popular in all kinds 
of materials, silks, cotton and wool, and 
this will certainly be a boon to the short, 
stout person. However, tall thin people 
can wear stripes, provided they do some¬ 
thing to counterbalance the heightening 
effect of the stripes. This can be done in 
several ways. Yokes on the waist made 
with the stripes crosswise, and the cuff 
or sleeves made crosswise of the material; 
yokes or skirts made either crosswise or 
cut on the bias with a seam in middle 
back and front (as well as on the sides) 
with the stripes matched forming a V ; or 
bias bands to simulate large tucks on the 
skirt—anything in fact to break the 
straight up-and-down effect of the stripes. 
Whore the material is thin and soft, ruf¬ 
fles on the skirt can be used, and the 
effect is very pretty indeed where the ma¬ 
terial lias one quite wide stripe combined 
with narrower ones, or one dark-colored 
stripe combined with lighter ones, to 
have three graduated ruffles, with the 
wide stripe or the stripe of dark color 
like a hem on the bottom of the ruffles. 
Or the ruffles could be of plain material, 
and the yoke (or simulated yoke) bound 
with the plain material, the waist being 
trimmed to match. 
AYaist Lines. —Another new note is 
the comparative absence of girdles, the 
waists being finished sometimes with just 
a cord, or two or three corded shirrings, 
or with a ruffle or peplum; or again the 
waist is made in bolero effect with the 
skirt made higli-waisted so that the top 
does not show below. A 7 ery popular too 
when the bolero effect is used is the skirt 
with several shirrings at the top, the shir¬ 
rings beginning at the natural waistline 
and continuing upward for about four 
inches. In one or two models which I 
have seen the “bolero” was open a little 
way showing a soft full vest of chiffon 
of same color as the dress, and one model 
bad the top of the skirt finished with a 
frill an inch wide. For an extremely 
slight person, a yoke effect of solid shir¬ 
ring is very pretty and unusual. 
Circular Skirts.—I n making the new 
circular skirts cut the front and backs 
on the straight of the goods and the side 
seams, of course, on the bias; but when 
making, stitch a piece of soft straight 
tape on these side seams and it will 
prevent them sagging on the seams, al¬ 
though they will sag more or less on the 
circular part of the skirt. However, do 
not ever make a wash dress with a one- 
piece circular skirt or you will regret 
it from the minute you begin to sew on it 
until the thing is worn out, for no mat¬ 
ter how carefully ironed, you can never 
get it even. Styles for little girls and for 
misses follow the general outline of her 
mother’s clothes, only being adapted, of 
course, to the childish figure and require¬ 
ments in the one case, and being simpler 
in trimming and daintier in color and 
materials in the other. 
MRS. BELLE BEARDSLEY. 
Kitchen Equipment and Home Life. 
T HE equipment of the farm kitchen 
is a serious problem, and one which 
affects every phase of rural life. The 
home is the center of all activities, be 
they urban, suburban or rural. No 
home is so readily influenced by the 
nature of its kitchen as the farm home. 
The kitchen of many such homes is not 
only the place where the meals are pre¬ 
pared. but also the dining-room and gen¬ 
eral living-room. The deadly effect of 
monotonous associations and close con¬ 
finement have long been recognized. 
Therefore the kitchen on the farm should 
bear the same relation to the other de¬ 
partments of the home as our city sis¬ 
ters’ kitchen does, which is used almost 
exclusively for the preparation of the 
meals. 
Many times the doctor is called to a 
country home where an unbalanced life 
needs a change of routine and shorter 
hours. Generations of women have wasted 
steps enough in many of our poorly ar¬ 
ranged farm kitchens to have equaled a 
trip to town many times per month. AVe 
cry constantly against the great migra¬ 
tion of our best boys and girls to the 
city. We devise many plans to attract 
them to the farm, but in the first place, 
have we ever seriously searched for the 
cause of'their lack of interest? Does not 
the mother, as she holds the baby in 
her arms, lay plans to teach it the deeper 
significance of life? Does she not long 
to fill its life with a full appreciation 
of the deeper and purer thoughts that 
lie dormant in every human heart? Sel¬ 
dom do we find this desire of the mother 
realized. AA'hen we do, we find it results 
in a nature-loving young man or woman 
who is detached from the old associa¬ 
tions with difficulty. If this is true, why 
do so many mothers fail to give their 
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I WOULD warn all who do not want to 
be subscribers to The R. N.-Y. never 
to marry the daughter of an old Rural 
subscriber, for they will certainly be 
drawn into Tiie R. N.-Y. family. 
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That is from a man who confesses that 
he is a very willing victim. Ever since 
The R. N.-Y. started some 05 years ago 
the wives and daughters of farmers have 
been among its best friends. “Father 
used to take it.” How often we hear 
middle-aged men and women say that. 
The paper was a regular part of their 
•childhood and young life, and one of the 
most beautiful things to us today is the 
fact that these women and their daughters 
feel the same way about the paper. 
Your paper has meant more to me 
than any other publication that comes 
into our home. It rings true and it. 
has been my pleasure to recommend it 
to three of my friends who have become 
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Pennsylvania. 
I had decided to drop the paper for 
the present at least, since I am living in 
the city, and have no special use just now 
for it, but the last issue, Jan. .‘50, 1915, 
was so full of interest, especially the 
electric light and water power articles, 
that I decided to renew again. The ar¬ 
ticle entitled “Two Back-to-the-Landers” 
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eliildren this great advantage? You need 
not ask a second time when you see the 
tired eyes and over-burdened shoulders, 
the dragging steps and work-worn hands 
of the one who is supposed to be the in¬ 
spiration of the family. 
The average farm kitchen is no better 
equipped than that in the log-walled 
farmhouse of a century or two ago, ex¬ 
cept for the cook stove. This condition 
is not entirely the fault of the farmer. 
He cannot be expected to realize the in¬ 
conveniences his good wife puts up with 
from one year’s end to the’ other, since 
his work seldom brings him in contact 
with them. AYith a few exceptions the 
wife is her own worst enemy, since she 
permits her God-given and noble spirit 
of self-sacrifice to deprive her of those 
very things which would save her time, 
strength and enthusiasm for the purpose 
of training her children to live thought¬ 
ful and useful lives. These conditions 
cannot all be corrected in a day. Neither 
can it be hoped that we shall be able to 
convince every farmer of the necessity 
for changes in the kitchen equipment. 
It is for us rather to develop the lives of 
the children, so that they will be fitted 
to cope with these problems. Mothers 
should have more time for the instruction 
and development of their children. They 
cannot give their strength and enthusi¬ 
asm to this work if they waste their 
energy in useless steps; if they dwarf 
their own lives by close confinement in 
the depressing atmosphere of the so- 
called kitchens found on so many of our 
farms to-day. It is a great problem. Can 
you solve it? Think. r. b. gilman. 
The crowning of the May Queen and 
the Maypole and festivities will find re¬ 
vival in community life in Kansas, ac¬ 
cording to plans of the Agricultural Col¬ 
lege. Community song festivals for peo¬ 
ple in every part of the State on May 1 
of each year have been for some time the 
hope of the board. Songs of the nation, 
of Kansas and of college days and “songs 
that live” will be sung at special con¬ 
vocations in May in the eight institutions 
under the supervision of and in communi¬ 
ties throughout the State. Similar inter¬ 
est is being stimulated in South Dakota. 
in January 30 issue answers almost pre¬ 
cisely my position. I was brought up on 
the farm but got away from it 2s years 
ago in order to make my mark in tli" 
world, but I find it more and more diffi- 
eult to keep up with the procession, and 
have learned some years ago that there 
is a larger freedom of action and exercise 
of individuality to work for yourself in 
the country, than in the city, and have 
an intense desire to return closer to na¬ 
ture again. T am hoping the time will 
soon come when I can get the balance of 
the family to agree with me. d. j. h. 
Pennsylvania. 
I had thought of writing you not to 
send The R. N.-Y. as I take so many 
papers I did not feel I could do it jus¬ 
tice, but every copy seems to be better 
and I am afraid I would miss it too 
much. a. J. v. 
New York. 
If a person has taken The R. N.-Y. 
and feels that he can do without, we 
know the reason. As for any reward, 
were I able to send new subscribers I 
should not accept, nor would I subscribe 
through any club where you would get 
less than the full amount for the paper. 
AVhenever I know of anyone who needs a 
good farm paper and does not take The 
R. N.-Y. you may be sure I shall send 
the name. j. f. w. 
Rhode Island. 
AVe like your paper very much, and 
get much valuable information from it; 
look for its coming the end of the week 
as we do for the bluebird in Spring. 
Pennsylvania. c. ii. m. 
For myself, your paper is so readable 
that I would no more think of doing 
without it than I would of deserting my 
most intimate friend and I take pride in 
recommending it to my friends. How¬ 
ever, I do not want anything for such 
service as I feel that we farmers are 
really looking after our own interest 
when we say a good word for The R. 
N.-Y. W. D. G. 
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the idea that a farmer’s sole duty is to 
produce two blades of grass where but 
one grew before, and as many more as 
possible, letting the middlemen and the 
grafters take care of the profits. 
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