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Vht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
January 10, 1020 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Three Lovers 
There were three lovers sought a maid, 
Sweet maid she was in truth, 
They asked her hand, her love and life, 
The' jewels of her youth. 
And one came wooing from the sea, 
And one from out the air, 
And one from fields that he had plowed. 
They came true love to swear, 
They asked her hand, her life and love. 
While love and life were fair. 
But one was wet with the salty wind, 
And she turned her face away; 
For oh, ’tis lonely on the shore 
To ever watch and pray, 
And should God send a little one, 
She guessed the pain that grips. 
When the Old Sea claims it for her own, 
To cradle in her ships. 
And so she could not turn her face. 
To meet the sailor’s lips. 
And one had starlight in his eyes. 
But she drew away her hand ; 
For dearly as he loved the skies. 
She loved the safe green land, 
And should he breed an eagle brood, 
Oh. ’twere a cruel thing. 
To stand afraid upon the^earth, 
And see her babes take wing. 
And so she would not give her hand 
To wear the air man’s ring. 
But he who tilled the fruitful soil 
Drew nearer to her heart; 
’Tis better far to love and toil 
Together than apart, 
And oh, what matters weariness 
With dear ones near at re*t. 
For fledglings under roof of thatch, 
Stay longer in the nest. 
And so she laid her love and life 
Upon the farmer’s breast. 
Josephine hemsley, in New York Even¬ 
ing Sun. 
One of our correspondents at Halcott- 
ville, N. Y., reminds us that we printed 
an excellent rule for corn flake macaroons 
among the war-time recipes recommended 
during the wheat shortage. It is as fol¬ 
lows : Beat two eggs very light, add one 
cup sugar, one cup of stiredded cocoanut, 
one teaspoon of vanilla, and three cups 
of corn flakes. Drop ip spoonfuls on but¬ 
tered pans. 
A light-colored silk lining in a heavy 
coat often becomes soiled by wearing over 
dark dresses. Much ot tliis soil may be 
removed with French chalk. Lay the 
coat flat on a large tanle, and sift the 
chalk over the soiled surface. Let it re¬ 
main for several hours, then shake off. A 
second or even third application may be 
needed, but the results are quite surpris¬ 
ing. After the last application brush care¬ 
fully with a hat brush to remove all of the 
powder. The French chalk is excellent 
for cleansing a waist lining that is at¬ 
tached to a dress. 
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We have referred from time to time to 
the Travelers’ Aid Society, whose repre¬ 
sentatives at the large railway and 
steamer terminals in This city are pre¬ 
pared to give help and advice to girls 
traveling alone. This society announced 
recently that scores of young women were 
coining to New York from rural communi¬ 
ties with the purpose of marrying men 
whom they know omy through matri¬ 
monial advertisements or “correspondence 
clubs.” In half a dozen or more instances 
investigation by the Travelers’ Aid So¬ 
ciety showed that the man whose adver¬ 
tisement a white woman had answered 
was a negro. One woman of ill, who 
never before had been away from her 
home in North Carolina, was found be¬ 
wildered in the Pennsylvania station. All 
her belongings were in a blue bandanna 
which she carried. She was prevailed 
upon to give the address of the man she 
had come to meet. It was in the Bronx 
and the street was one frequented by ne¬ 
groes. No one answered the summons of 
a Travelers’ Aid representatives at the 
door when she called there with the young 
woman. That evening, however, a man 
telephoned to the headquarters of the so¬ 
ciety and said that he was the one who 
was expecting the girl from North Caro¬ 
lina. He proved to be colored, and the 
young woman returned to her Southern 
home. Sometimes girls answer so-called 
“matrimonial” advertisements as a joke. 
It is a sorry joke at best, and is ofteu 
merely the prelude to blackmail or some 
degrading entanglement. Nor should any 
girl come to this city, or to any other 
city, without some clearly defined idea of 
the helpful influences that will shield her 
against the dangers of her own inexper¬ 
ience. The Travelers’ Aid Society, the 
Y. W. C. A. and the Girls’ Friendly So¬ 
ciety all stand ready to offer assistance 
and advice; they will recommend respect¬ 
able boarding houses, and investigate op¬ 
portunities of employment. We should 
always advise a country girl, who wishes 
to find employment in the city, to com¬ 
municate first with the Y. W. C. A., 
whose officers are in a position to give 
concrete advice regarding her opportuni¬ 
ties. 
Old Dyes of New England 
The following dyeing recipes come from 
the papers of an old New England family, 
the women of which were especially 
skilled in the use of dyes and were au¬ 
thorities on the subject, in their neighbor¬ 
hood. We have a breadth of an old rag 
carpet which was made nearly 50 years 
ago. in which samples of results of these 
recipes testify to their value. 
Rule for Dyeing Blue.—One pound of 
logwood. Boil it in water. Take half a 
gallon of liquor and dissolve one ounce of 
verdigris and half an ounce of alum in it. 
Boil the yarn in the logwood one hour, 
stirring it and keeping it loose, take out 
your yarn, mix the half gallon that con¬ 
tains verdigris and alum, then put the 
yarn into the mixture and boil it four 
hours, stirring and keeping it loose all the 
time, and taking it out every hour to give 
it air. After which dry it. then put it in 
soap and water and it is done. It will 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
0801. Girls’ Cape, 
8 to 14 years. The 
medium size will re¬ 
quire 3«i yds. of 
material 30 in. wide, 
3 yds. 44 or 54 in. 
Price 15 cents. 
0802. Raglan Top 
Goat, 30 to 44 bust. 
The medium size 
will require 5 :l s yds. 
of material 30 in. 
wide, 4% yds. 44 
in., 3^a yds. 54. 
Price 15 cents. 
0005. Blouse with 
lucked or gathered 
front, 36 to 40 bust. 
0007. Two - piece 
skirt, 24 to 34 waist. 
The medium size 
will require 3’i yds. 
of material 27 in. 
wide, 2% yds. 30, 
1% yds. 44. The 
medium size skirt 
will require 2% yds. 
of material 36 in. 
wide. 2Vi yds. 44 or 
54. Width of skirt, 
1 yd. 23 in. Price 
of each 15 cents. 
0904. Girls’ Coat 
with Cape, 0 to 14 
years. The medium 
size will require 2% 
yds. of material 44 
in. wide, 2% yds. 
54. with lVt yds. 44, 
114 yds. 54, extra 
for cape. Price 15 
cents. 
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dye six pounds of cotton yarn tt deep blue. 
Put in as much more yarn in the same dye 
and you will have a pale blue, or boil 
hickory bark and you will have a green. 
To Dye Black (woolen).—Half pound 
extract of logwood, one-fourth pound soda 
ash. Dissolve in water, and bring to a 
boil. Wring the goods out of strong soap¬ 
suds and put them iu dye. Boil smartly 
about an hour. Take them out and let 
them drain over the kettle. Put two 
ounces of blue vitriol, a little at a time, iu 
the dye. Then put iu the goods aud let 
them boil a half hour. Riuse iu clear 
water. 
To Dye Brown (cotton).—Two pounds 
of cuteh; oue-half of blue vitriol; 10 
pounds of cloth. Boil hard two hours 
and let it stand on the stove four hours 
more. Then dissolve one-half pound bi¬ 
chromate of potash iu three pails of warm 
water. Dip the cloth iu this, stirring 
two or three times, then rinse well in cold 
water. 
To Dve Madder Bed (cotton).— To 
each pound of goods, alum, five ounces, 
cream of tartar, one ounce. Put in the 
goods and bring the kettle to a boil for 
one-half hour, theu air them and boil a 
half hour longer. Empty the kettle aud 
fill with clean water. Tut iu oue peck of 
Cuticura Stops 
Itching and 
Saves the Hair 
All druggists; Soap 25, Ointment 25 AGO, Tnlcnm 25. 
Sample each free of "Cutlcurs, Dept. P,Boston." 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard work by Henry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to .$2.75, at 
which price we can supply it. 
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333 West 30th Street New York 
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