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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 27, 191!* 
She’s a Housewife 
Now—No Longer a Drudge 
Four hours firing that kitchen range to get two 
hours ironing done—that won t do for the modern 
housewife. She knows it's not necessary. 
The dirt-making, hack-breaking old kitchen stove 
is a thing of the past in more than a quarter million 
country homes; they are all served with carbide gas 
from plants like the 
Carbide Lighting 
The Home Dressmaker 
and Cooking Plant 
They do far more than tlie ironing; they cook the meals 
with this quick, clean, economical gas—the same plant 
gives them also an abundance of bright, beautiful light for 
every room in the house and tor the barns. 
Thousands of Colt Lighting and Cooking Plants have 
been giving satisfactory service tor 25 years. More ot them 
are used today than ever before—many by people in your 
own neighborhood. Write us for their names and ad¬ 
dresses. 
J. B. COLTCOMPANY, 288 Fourth Avenue, N. Y.City 
18 
5%0N BUNT 
We Sell Direct 
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Our Ready-mixed House ana Barn Paint is 
made of finest ingredients, scientifically 
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evenly, covers one-third more surface per 
gallon, lasts longer than paints retailed 
at higher prices. 
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Our plan of selling direct from our factory 
to you assures you freshly mixed paints of 
highest quality, at a saving of 26 % or more. 
We pay freight on 
orders for 10 gallons or 
more, to any part of U.S. 
paaaiBi Write at 
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I ■■■■ Card, il¬ 
lustrated catalog and 
money saving price list. 
CENTURY MFC. CO. 
302 Kalhorlno Bldg. 
E. St. Louis, III. 
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and therefore no harm 
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Two Excellent Vegetable Books I REM0VES THE soreness-strengthens muscles 
By R. L Watts 
Vegetable Gardening.$1^ 
Vegetable Forcing ....... 2.00 
For sale by 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 W. 30th St., New York 
Cornhtll, Tex.—“Olio bottlo C.u.tlc Balsam did 
jot rheum»tl»m more food tb.n 1130.00 paid la 
doetnr’e bills. M OTTO A. Hh\ Kit. 
Price SI.75 per bottlo. Sold by druggUU, or sent 
by us express prepaid. Write for Booklet R. 
The LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY, Clcvaland.O. 
-Put Your Farm On a Cash Basis—| 
Whether you rent or own, it’s good business to take advantage of cash 
discounts and other money-saving opportunities. Let us help you. 
WE LOAN MONEY 
for productive farm purposes to New York State farmers only. We will 
finance you for an entire season at a reasonable rate. We simply desire 
to make expenses and a fair return upon investment—nothing more. 
Write for full particulars. 
Farmers Fund, Inc.. Alliance Bank Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
A Chiffon* Shock.—T in- smock is no 
longer a garment of pure utility; very 
smart slip-on blouses in a variety of 
fabrics now follow this style. The figure 
in the first picture at the left shows a 
smock of printed chiffon. It is simply a 
loose slip-on of bronze chiffon printed in 
green and fawn, having flaring cuffs and 
hand outlining the square neck of solid 
fawn color. The neck trimming and cuffs 
are joined on with hemstitching, and there 
is a narrow girdle of fawn color. This 
blouse is worn with au accordion-pleated 
skirt of bronze taffeta. A blouse of this 
sort is quite dressy hut economical, and 
enables one to utilize a skirt of which the 
original waist is shabby, or to give greater 
variety in’ separate 
skirts. These 
smocks are, at this 
season, made of 
transparent mater¬ 
ials. but during the 
Winter we may see 
similar blouses in 
soft silk, velveteen 
or woolen. 
M O R E B L U E 
Serge. —The little 
dress at the right 
is another blue 
serge, trimmed with 
braid and beads, ft 
is very plaiu, mere¬ 
ly having three 
bands of trimmings 
extending across 
both front and back 
of the waist. This 
trimming consisted 
of parallel rows of 
black braid, having 
between a simple 
pattern in red and 
black beads. Au 
apron-like peplum, 
extending deeper at 
front and back 
than on the sides, 
was also trimmed 
with three bands of 
the braid and beads. 
B lack crocheted 
buttons extended 
all down the sides 
of the skirt; there 
were long tight sleeves finished with the 
trimming, and a line of soutache braid 
around the narrow square neck opening. 
The hat worn with it is one of the fash¬ 
ionable tam-o’-shanter turbans of panne 
velvet, trimmed with silk braid, and fin¬ 
ished with a flat braid ornament and 
drooping tassel. 
Juvenile Styles. — The two little 
frocks shown in the second picture are 
made of striped challie. which seems to 
be very popular. The one at tin* left^ is 
striped in nile gieen, white and rose. The 
trimming is white woolen cord, about the 
thickness of a lead pencil, wound spirally 
Oierblom>e. Chiffon and simple Sc rye 
This cord went 
tieek. and down 
THE BEST LINIMENT 
Gombault’s 
Caustic Balsam) 
IT HAS NO EQUAL_ 
- A - 
w it!i green, 
armholes and 
seams. It also 
went along the 
join where the 
skirt was seamed 
on to the yoke. 
Three ornaments 
formed of cord 
in trefoil shape 
rise from this 
waist line. On 
the skirt, both 
back and front, 
are three orna¬ 
ments like tive- 
petaled flowers 
formed of the 
cord, these flow¬ 
ers having cen¬ 
ters formed of 
yellow French 
knots. This trim- 
miug is very 
simple, but ef¬ 
fective, and will 
be found desir¬ 
able on chil¬ 
dren’s dresses 
generally. T li e 
little dress at 
the center is 
dark green, rose 
and black 
stripes. It is a 
perfectly plain 
slip, but has 
deep pockets put 
oij with the 
stripes running 
h o r i z o n tally. 
These pockets 
extend from the sides toward 
and back, and have two 
the top held in place 
bows. Neck and short 
around the 
the shoulder 
both front 
little pleats at 
by black ribbon 
__ _ sleeves were fin¬ 
ished with pleatings of emerald green taf¬ 
feta with a black edge. 
Gray Silk Jersey.— The simple, model 
at the right was plain enough for the 
most conservative taste, but was very at¬ 
tractive. The material was smoke gray 
silk jersey, and the plain two-piece skirt 
bad no trimming except live bias folds, 
each about two inches wide, around the 
top. The plain waist bloused over the 
belt, and bad in front three long, slender 
tassels of blaek silk, attached at the neck 
opening, which was round, and finished 
with an organdie ruche. Similar niehes 
finished the elbow sleeves. This dress was 
olosed down the back, and had a row of 
self-covered buttons from neck to hem. 
The folded toque was dull mahogany red 
duvetyn. 
The Fall Gown. —Street dresses of 
tricotine and serge appear in redingote 
style, Russian blouse, and chemise style. 
Madrid brown, henna, taupe, bronze and 
pheasant are popular colors. Pheasant or 
faisau is perhaps the most popular of all 
new shades—a warm reddish brown. A 
new soft woolen material called peach- 
bloom is used both for suits and dresses. 
Tricotine and .serge still hold favor for 
the walking dresses: some attractive red- 
ingote models are heavily braided with rat- 
tail braid. Some show a satin foundation 
with a cloth redingote, the sleeves being 
of the satin. Others show a Russian 
blouse, the wide 
hip-line effect being 
given by bands of 
braid. Ilip pockets, 
cord girdles and 
fancy motifs of 
braid are included 
in the trimming. 
Tinsel - embroidered 
Georgette is often 
combined with sat¬ 
in, au example be¬ 
ing a very narrow 
skirt with pleated 
tunic draped at the 
sides, all of the 
satin, the bodice 
Jand sleeves of em¬ 
broidered G e o r - 
gette, with large 
satin cuffs. A new 
style of trimming 
seen on plain dress¬ 
es of the chemise 
type is the aero¬ 
plane ruffle. It is 
a ruffle that ex¬ 
tends the length of 
the hip line, straight 
up and do w n. 
rather suggestive of 
a fish’s flu. The 
dresses trimmed in 
this way are very 
simple, the trim¬ 
ming giving the 
wider hip line now 
fashionable. 
Separate Skirts. 
—Plaids are very popular fur this use, 
full side pleated and belted. Another 
popular style is accordion pleating: the”? 
are very attractive models in blue serge 
with separate sash of bluck satin. Some 
unusual new skirts are of a knit glove 
fabric that looks like suede. They are 
finished on the seams with glove stitch¬ 
ing. and fasten with glove fasteners with 
self-covered snajis. Colors were gray, tan, 
fawn, white and midnight blue. These 
skirts were priced at $15. For wear with 
such skirts are plaiu tailored waists of 
wash silk. Satin skirts worn with a 
Georgette blouse of the smock style shown 
in the first picture are much featured. 
Skirts of heavy lustrous moon-glo satin 
with a 10-inch 
hem, in dark 
colors, were seen 
for $15. Vel¬ 
veteen skirts at 
$18.75 were full 
gathered style, 
with wide belt 
and slit pockets 
trimmed w i t li 
covered buttons. 
A u T u M N 
Suits. —Shorter 
skirts and snug 
waist lines ap¬ 
pear in the early 
suits, and ail 
the variations of 
brown, tan and 
leather shades 
lead. Some suits 
fit in at the 
w a i s t. Haring 
out at the sides, 
while remaining 
flat at back and 
front. w bile 
others hang 
straight with a 
loose narrow 
belt. Brown iu 
all its shades 
]) redo minates. 
Many suits 
have high folded 
collars. Fur is 
used on the more 
expensive suits, 
raccoon, beaver, 
squirrel. opos¬ 
sum and mole being combined with 
pheasant color. The suits now shown 
seem very expensive. The w<.>ol-grower’s 
contribution is but a small part of the 
finished article; silk linings and trim¬ 
mings are costly, and the whole is as¬ 
sembled by high-priced skilled labor. 
Favored materials for suits are peach- 
bloom. tinseltone. homespun, velours 
checks, wool oxfords and tricotiue. Faisau, 
Pompeian red, henna, taupe, the ever- 
populur blues, some odd shades of green 
and various checks are seen iu the early 
suits. 
Fall Millinery. —Rather large and 
eccentric* shapes of panne velvet are seen 
in new hats, some turning back from the 
face, some flaring out abruptly at the 
side. The trimmings are largely glycer- 
ined ostrich, which lias a smooth, “slick” 
appearance very different from our former 
Juvenile Challie Frocks, and Silk Jersey 
