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April 7, 1917 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Easter 
Do saints keep holy daj' in heavenly 
placesV 
Does the old joy shine new in heaveidy 
faces ? 
Are hymns still sung the night that Christ 
was born, 
And anthems on the Resurrection morn? 
What is their Easter? for they have no 
graves; 
No shadow. There the holy sunshine 
craves 
Deep in the heart of noontide marvelous. 
Whose breaking glory j-eaches down to 
us. 
How did the Lord keep Easter? With 
His own ! 
Back to meet Mary, where she grieved 
alone 
With face and mien all tenderly the same, 
Unto the very sepulchre He came. 
May we not think (as He came back to 
her) 
The many mansions may be all astir 
With tender .steps that hasten in the way 
Keeking their own upon this Easter Day? 
Parting the veil that hideth them about, 
Perhaps they do come, softly, wistful, 
out 
From homes of Heaven that only seem so 
far. 
And walk in gardens where the new tombs 
are! 
—Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. 
* 
Ol.D pasteboard boxes, box lids, cartons, 
pasteboard wrappings,, etc., are now sal¬ 
able at the same rate as old newspapers, 
so such waste should not he burned, but 
saved for sale to the junkman. The gen¬ 
eral shortage of paper stock has added to 
the value of all such materials. 
* 
We ai‘e asked to repeat the recipe for 
“stickemtight” library paste, given last 
year. It is made as follows: One cup 
flour, one teaspoon powdereil alum, one- 
half cup cold water, two cups boiling 
water, two tablespoons lime water, a few 
drops oil of cloves or wiutergreen. Mix 
the alum, flour and cold water, and beat 
till perfectly smooth; add the boiling 
water slowly, stirring all the while. Place 
on stove and stir till it boils, then put 
in double boiler and cook about half an 
hour, stirring often. Keep in covered 
jars. 
♦ 
The extension service of the Wisconsin 
t'ollege of Agriculture has issued Circular 
r>r> on “Sewing for Girls,” which gives 
much practical advice in condensed form. 
Dne sensible suggestion is to make a sew¬ 
ing cushion, to which the material is 
pinned, instead of to the workei’’s cloth¬ 
ing, when basting or sewing long seams 
by hand. This weighted cushion, which 
is put in a convenient position on the 
sewing table, is described as follows: 
Secure an ordinary brick and a piece of 
wood, cut 2x4x8 inches to fit the length 
of the brick. Make a bag of heavy musr 
lin, 5x9 inches, stuff it with sand or s.aw- 
dust. 
Fit a piece of muslin over one face of 
the wood block and tack it near the top 
edge. Place covered side of the block 
down, put the brick on top of it and the 
stuffed bag on top of the brick. Fasten 
the bag securely by connecting it to the 
cloth-covered block at each corner with 
heavy thread. 
Stretch tightly over the whole a i)iece 
of muslin and tack first along the two 
sides of wooden block with brass headed 
tacks. Turn in raw edges before tack¬ 
ing. Then tack the ends in the same way. 
P'it the corners smoothly, cut away all 
surplus material, fold in the raw edges, 
and overhand each corner. Finish tack¬ 
ing at the bottom. When sewing, pin the 
article which is being made to the sewing 
cu.shion rather than to the worker's own 
clothing. 
Many of the elder housekeepers will re¬ 
member the old-fashioned “sewing bird,” 
which was clamped on the edge of the 
table, and held the seam in its beak. This 
was quite common in the old days when 
long seams were sewn “over and over,” 
and these sewing birds, often very decor¬ 
ative, are now sold in some of the gift 
shops. 
Seen in New York Shops 
A new dress form is made of a fiber ma- 
teri.al that is molded upon the person 
whose figure it is to reproduce. It thus 
gives exact lines and measurement, neck, 
waist, bust and hips, and is serviceable 
enough to last a lifetime, or as long as 
the owner does not outgrow it. 
Women’s overalls, drawn in at the au- 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
kle with eia.st'ic, cost $1.2.o. and meet a 
re.ul ne<Hl for active women. 
'I'ie-dyed silks are introduced in one of 
the large shops .at what they describe as 
the moderate price of ^^^.50 a yard. 
These silks are dyed by a veiy old pro¬ 
cess used in the Orient for both silks and 
cottons. The silk is dyed in the piece 
with one color, then it is tied in bunches 
with tapes or strings and dyed again. 
This gives a new color to the main body 
of the silk, while the parts i)rotectcd by 
the strings remain the original c-oloe. 
Sometinu-s a third color is applied in the 
same way. Koine of the silks are tied ui 
as many bunches as 42 to the yard, and 
.stripes, rings, star-shaped patches and 
odd sjdashy figures result. It is quite 
interesting for one to make exjieriments 
in tie dying at home. 
Kports suitings at 24 cents a yard have 
a texture rather like linen crash, and 
show bright-colored designs on an ecru 
or twine-colored ground. They are at¬ 
tractive for separate skirts. 
Linens of every class are growing more 
and more costly. Huck toweling. 20-inch, 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering give number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each pattern 15 cents. 
8378—Corset Cover, 
34 or 3(!, 38 or 40. 
42 or 44 bust ineas- 
nre. 
9361—P e 11 i c o a t 
■with yoke 2(! to 3(! 
Indies waist meas¬ 
ure. 
9365—Child’s Coat. 
Cut in sizes 2 to (! 
years. 
9350—Apron dress’ 
sizes 34 or 30. 38 or 
40, 42 or 44 bust 
measure. 
9328—Girl’s Dress, 
sizes 8 to 14 years. 
was recently noted ;it 90 iind 95 cents a 
yard, the 9()-cent quality having a dam¬ 
ask figure, the other plain. Twilled dish 
toweling, all linen, was .‘!2 cents a yard; 
cra.sh toweling 22 cents. Those coarser 
linens are largely made from Russian 
flax. Housekeepers who want to buy 
linen are wondering why we can’t grow 
the fiber and manufacture the finished 
prtKluct in this country. 
Panne cloth petticoats at ,$2 look like 
silk, and are recommended for hard wear. 
Bloomers as a Garden Dress 
Being the woman who hist year asked 
your advice about Turkish trousers, I 
thought it might be of .some use to my 
sister-gardeners to learn my experience 
with the bkxuners, I used your given 
pattern. No. 9099, but changed it a little 
bit. I didn’t put elastic in it, because 
they were just as convenient and more 
skirt-like when I l<‘t them hang down 
free as a .skii-t, cutting the pattern ?o 
that they will reach half way down below 
the knees. 
The Itussian blouse didn’t please me so 
much. It is too full around the hips, and 
in gardening everything that is surplus is 
troublesome and soils quickly. I tried a 
middy, but as I am short and rather 
pluini) a middy with bUxuuers gives too 
much resemblance to a “barrel.” Then I 
tried the upper part of a ready-made 
house dress, with broad belt, cutting the ' 
skirt off below the hips. This blouse I 
like up till now the best. 
The color is another difficult problem. 
Here in the warm Virginia sun you need 
something that is not too heavy, but that 
will not fade too soon. I tried khaki, but 
crawling on your knees in chocolate soil, 
gives after the first day a mark on each 
knee that you never get ont again. I 
tried dark blue, brown and white striped, 
but it all fades so quickly after washing. 
Now this year I am going to try plaid 
gingham, brown, black and white if I can 
get it. 
When you are, as I. gardener and 
housewife in the same time. I can I’ec- 
oinmend the one piece apron. No. 8904. 
Every time I have to do some work in the 
house or the kitchen I take off my blouse, 
sHp over my “apron,” and become from 
the often dirty gardener a cleanly-dressed 
housewife. 
MRS. WIl.LY G. SCIIEPP-CORXELISSEN. 
Maple Sugar Roll 
This is handy to serve on Sunday even¬ 
ing, for supper, when you do not wish to 
get a heavy meal. It seiwes for cake and 
bread both, and can be made and ready 
in 20 or 25 minutes. Four cups sifted 
pastry flour, two • I’ounding teaspoons 
baking powder, one level teaspoon salt, 
two large tablespoons butter. 11-.2 cup 
milk. Sift flour once, then measure, add 
baking powder, and sift again, chop but¬ 
ter into flour, mix with the milk; turn 
out on board ; roll out one-quarter inch 
thick, spread thick with shaved maple 
sugar, press with rolling pin, then roll up 
like jelly roll .and cut in one-inch pieces. 
Itake like biscuits, in quick oven. Eat 
hot with butter. MRS. F. 
SHOE CATALOG 
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quick time. New catalog—Spring and Sum¬ 
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stylish footwear for Young Women, Misses, 
Growing Girls and Children; Boys, Youths 
and Little Gents, Your order is shipped same 
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it lUs around 
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since we send it straight to 
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money I'efunded and post¬ 
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Sizes 2’c to 7. Widths 
D and E. 
Price Postpaid 
$2.75 for Young 
Women and 
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The Simmons & Heaton Shoe Co. 
381 Main Street, Athol, Mass. 
106 Fly Poison Cases 
Reported in 3 Years 
A Large Percentage Fatal 
Appalling as this record seems, it 
is only a fraction of the real number. 
The symptoms of cholera infantum 
and arsenical poisoning are almost 
identical. Diagnosis is extremely dif¬ 
ficult. Many actual fly poison cases 
are unrecognized and unreported. 
TheGovemmentrecognizes thisdanger 
to childhood and issues this warning, in 
supplement No. 29 to the Public HeMth 
Report: 
“Of other fly poisons mentioned, mention 
should be mnde. merely for the purpose of 
condemnation, of those composed of arsenic. 
Fatal cases of poisoning of children through 
the use of such compounds are far too fro- 
quent. and owing to the resemblance of arsen¬ 
ical iioisoningtoBummerdiarrheaand cholera 
infantum, it is believed that thecoses rei>orted 
do not, 1^ any means, comprise the total. Ar- 
= senical fly-destroying devices must be rated 
as extremely dangerous, and should never be 
used, even if other measures are not at band." 
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= catches flies and embalms their dlsease- 
= bearine bodies with a disinfecting var- 
= nish. It Is safe, efficient, non-poisonous, 
S and your protector from both fly and 
= fly poisons. (104) 
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