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February 7, 1920 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Call 
I walked with one whose child had lately 
died. 
We passed the little folk i* the street 
at play. _ 
When suddenly a clear voice “Father, 
cried; 
The man turned quick and glad ; sighed ; 
moved away. 
I spoke not, but ’twas given me to dis- 
' corn , , , 
The love that watches through th 
eternal years; , 
God surelv so must start and quickly turn 
Where’er the cry of “Father!" strikes 
His ears. —william canton. 
<* 
The Children’s Bureau of the TJ. S. 
Department of Labor has issued a little 
leaflet entitled “What Do Growing Chil¬ 
dren Need?” Under the heading of “Edu¬ 
cation and Work” the following require¬ 
ments are listed: 
Schooling for at least nine months a 
year from seven to 16 years of age. 
Not more than two hours of chores 
outside school hours. . . . 
Not enough work either in school or 
out to cause fatigue. 
Vacation work, if any, must allow 
ample opportunity for the proper amount 
of rest and recreation. ___ 
The leaflet observes that “wise parents 
are a child’s best assets,” and that “every 
child has the right to be -well born, well 
nourished and well cared for.” 
* 
A common method of thawing out 
water pipes is to use a torch of rolled 
newspapers, moved back and forth be¬ 
neath the pipe. A little thought shows 
the danger of this method, for the toich 
often comes in contact with dry floor 
beams, and may char in such a way as 
to leave a smoldering .spot to break out 
into flame later. A disastrous fire in a 
nearby town was recently caused iu this 
way, the result being the destruction of 
several dwellings in a community already 
short of housing facilities. An absolutely 
safe way to thaw out frozen pipes is to 
apply cloths dipped in boiling water, 
where possible .setting the steaming pail 
of hot water directly underneath the 
frozen place. The gradual thawing pio- 
duced in this way is safer for the pipes, 
and the method is very satisfactory. 
* 
Fashion has decreed that this is to be 
a lace season, and black lace is more in 
vogue than it has been for several years. 
There are many very pretty machine 
laces that are extensively used. Shadow 
lace, which was exceedingly fashionable 
some years ago, is again in vogue, in 
black, white and cream. Black silk net, 
which makes very handsome gowns, is 
36 inches wide, $1.25 a yard. Black all- 
over shadow lace, 33 inches wide, was 
seen for 95 cents a yard. Net with 
Chantilly edge, 10 inches wide, was 35 
cents a yard; this is used for side ruffles 
and similar trimmings. Cream shadow 
lace, IS to 20 inches wide, is 50 cents a 
yard. The costly “real” laces are much 
used in expensive garments, and the 
skilled lace-makers of Belgium, who have 
suffered greatly during the past five years, 
are again sending their beautiful handi¬ 
work to this country. 
Notes from Tennessee 
Well, the New Year came in with a 
spell of cold weather, and if those who 
doubt the story of zero weather here in 
Tennessee were here, I think the most 
doubting Thomases could be convinced. 
Perhaps one day all the doors are wide 
open, scarcely any fire, and by the next 
nightfall we are all huddled around a roar¬ 
ing fire, looking around now and then to 
see if some one has left a door open some¬ 
where. Days like this the talking ma¬ 
chine leads a very busy life. With only 
a limited number of records one would 
think the family would soon tire of them, 
but they play them over and over until 
the surface of the little ■wonders is 
smooth. We usually have company of a 
night. After they tire of the records, 
they call on Charlie, the eldest lad. to 
come on w r ith his violin. He has a very 
good ear for music, and can catch a tune, 
although he never studied music. Then 
some of them .nay call for a game of 
Took, authors or dominoes, and between 
times or after the callers are gone, there 
are lessons to learn for the next (lay. I 
keep my Tug or crocheting, patching, or 
quilt-piecing moving along, unless I take 
a hand in the games, which I assure you 
I thoroughly enjoy. 
After all are tired out and gone to bed, 
I set the chairs back, straighten out the 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
shoes, brush up the floor, and if I have 
a paper not yet perused I look over that, 
maybe write a letter or two, and then 
hike to bed. Unless too tired, or sick, I 
know nothing more until five o’clock; 
then it’s breakfast for seven, milk, pre¬ 
pare school lunch, wash the dishes, sweep, 
make the beds, put on beans to cook for 
dinner, bake some pies or cookies, find 
iron, sew, etc., make a few 
those who come in, hunt a 
handkerchief, gloves, rhoes. 
button, tie up a cut 
time to wash 
calls, talk to 
cap or coat, 
sew on a missing 
finger, feed and water a pack of sluggard 
hens, churn every other day, and be, oh. 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
0S89. Boy’s Three 
piece Suit, consisting 
of Blouse, Trousers 
and Over Waist, 2. 4 
and 6 years. The 
medium size will re¬ 
quire 1% yards of 
material SO inches 
wide. 1 Vs yards 44 or 
54 for the trousers 
and over blouse, with 
1% yards 30, 1 yard 
44 or 54 for the under 
blouse. Price 15 
•ents. 
0S40. ITnderwaist 
and Drawers, 2 to 8 
years. The medium 
size will require 1 Vi 
yards of material 30 
to 44 Inches wide. 
Price 15 cents. 
so thankful, for the golden pats of butter 
to sell at 45 cents per pound, and buy 
some black, dirty, wet stuff they call 
sugar, at 25 cents per pound. 
MRS. D. B. P. 
Big Bargain 
Shoe Sale 
Grasp your chance to 
get amazing shoe 
values at this Big Bar¬ 
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problem solved. Get the 
Bond Shoe Catalog and save 
61.00 to $3.00a pair. Allkinds 
of leather—all the latest de¬ 
signs and beat styles. Profits 
smashed! Unequalled shoe 
bargains guaranteed to wear 
at least six months. Don't 
waste your shoe money. 
Let the Bond Shoe 
Makers show you how to 
buy direct and get the 
utmost for every 
penny. We are 
manufacturers 
and know how 
to give you ab¬ 
solute shoe 
protection. 
TotJDl the family 
Remember* the Bond Shoe 
Makers supply perfect fittingri 
solid comfort shoes to all at a jf 
saving. Father, mother, boys 
and girls all get in on this big 
shoe bargain sale—we want 
the family trade and we de- . 
pend on our profit-smash¬ 
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guarantee to hold^ 
that trade “for^ 
keeps.” 
SHOES Guaranteed 
To Wear Six Months 
Does a 6-months’ positive guarantee on shoes interest 
you? Then send tor the Bond Shoo Makers Bargain 
Book and see how they can afford 
to save you $1 to $3 on shoes. 
It’S surely worth a 
postal to find 
out. MiililNOW! 
The Farmer’s Mittens 
For the woman who knits the most 
economical mitten for her men folks is 
that knitted “double,” or with two 
threads, one in each band. Knit the 
wrist single, two plain and one seam 
stitch. 2% inches deep. When starting 
the hand discontinue the seam stitch, and 
narrow one stitcli at each end of every 
needle, or there will be an unsymmetrical, 
bulging fullness right there. 
Attach the second thread and put it 
over the forefinger of the left hand, under 
the next two fingers and over the little 
finger, or coming out between that and 
the next one. Knit a stitch into the 
right baud and the right thread,, then one 
with the left, and so alternating every 
time. Shape as you would a single mit¬ 
ten. 
The double mitten is more satisfactory 
if knit a bit larger than the single one, 
as it stretches less. Cast on a stitcli or 
two more with every needle, and hold 
the yarn a trifle looser in each hand, eo 
the knitted product will “give” more and 
be less stiff. Yarns of contrasting colors 
will produce a striped mitten, and if the 
colors are changed from hand to hand, 
every time around, a spotted effect, or 
“blocks,” will be achieved. If larger 
blocks are desired two stitches of the 
Embroidery Designs 
7-23 
ft 
. .-eenh,!?** 1 , . ' h :i;!51?!^ y 
■>., 4JC >*#-' 6 a 
723. Design for a Border in Cross-stitch 
style. Two transfers 12 inches long are 
given. Blue or yellow. Price of transfer 
15 cents. 
same color must be taken, and the same 
thread carried for two rows deep before 
bringing the blue block where the white 
has been, and vice versa. If one wants 
the most possible wear from a pair of 
mittens or socks knit them from the white 
sheep’s wool, undyed. 
For long trips the plain mitten, knitted 
rather large, whether double or single, 
ind lined with all-wool flannel, is a warm 
?uvelope for the hand. Turn the mitten 
wrong side out, cut the lining by it, and 
baste in place, then turn the mitten right 
side out. The man owning a pair of fur 
or leather mittens will appreciate au ex- 
tr. lining of flannel. A worn-out fur 
joat will yield enough surface for mit¬ 
tens to supply the family. Use au awl 
to pierce holes for the needle, and wax 
the coarse, doubled linen thread. A fur- 
lined coat will even pay for buying at a 
low figure, the fur lining is so much fiuer 
than that usually on the outside of the 
average fur coat. A young woman of 
noted taste lias made a set of furs for 
herself—muff and neckpiece—of frag¬ 
ments from such a lining that was prac¬ 
tically in tatters. 
Scraps of velvet make pretty mittens 
for very small children, with linings from 
au old sweater, which “hug” around the 
wrist more closely than mere flannel. A 
“really, truly” wool sweater furnishes the 
outside for many pairs of small mittens, 
even after it has resigned service from the 
Costs you but a moment 
but paves the way to a ‘ 
selection for men, women, 
superb quality— guaranteed lo please er mane, keck! 
c l Postcard request brings this wonderful 
oena money-saving Bond Shoe Bargain Sale Book 
MflUI —FREE! Don’t buy any shoes until you com¬ 
ic Vi if pare our profit-smashing prices with others. 
BOND SHOE MAKERS, Dept.285 Cincinnati 
“I’ve 
Taken a 
Fall Out 
Prices 
Says 
“The Old Stove Mm ter** 
I'm right at it again. Friend, 
hammering down the cqst 
of stoves and furnaces with 
my wholosalo direct-to-you from 
my factory prices. 
Write—Get My Book 
Bee wl ”, you con eave. 
Satisfied customers ev¬ 
erywhere. Quick ehip- 
mont. Cash or easy pay- 
menti. Unconditional 
Guarantee—also cet py 
offer on Phonograph*. 
Cream Separator*. PainU. 
Roofin*. ate. 
Ask for Catalog No. 11* 
“Th® Old Store Matter**' 
KALAMAZOO STOVE CO. 
Mfra.<. Kalimtioo, Mich. 
“A K&ieowazoQ 
Trade Marie 
Registered 
Direct to You 
SAVE YOUR MONEY 
$ 3,98 
For this stunning, bright, 
soft, genuine leather shoe. 
Buy your shoes direct from 
our factory mid save ninny 
dollars. Tins is only one of 
tile many big values we are 
showing in onr catalog It. 
We are selling shoes for all 
the family direct from our 
factory to you at prices 
that w ill surprise you. 
Try a pair of these. You 
will surely be glad you did. 
We guarantee that the. 
Shoes Most Please or ice 
refund Money. 
We pay 
delivery charges 
QUICKSTEP 
SHOE CO. 
BOSTON 
No. 22536 
QUICKSTEPPERS 
ALWAYS SAVE MONEY 
Send for Big Catalog R 
Musterole — 
for Colds and 
Congestions 
Remember the time when 
you had that dreadful con¬ 
gestion of the lungs—and 
Grandma slapped a stinging, 
messy mustard plaster on 
your chest? How you writhed 
and tossed and begged Grandma 
to “take it off”? 
That was many years ago. Now, 
Grandma gets the jar of Musterole, 
for now she knows Musterole is 
better than a mustard plaster. 
She knows it brings quicker 
relief—and does not blister. 
For coughs, colds and conges¬ 
tions, this clean, white ointment 
made with oil of mustard and a 
few home simples is uncommonly 
effective* 
You just rub it on your throat 
or chest. It penetrates way down 
under the skin and generates its 
own peculiar heat which soon 
loosens up the coughand disperses 
congestion. 
Strangely enough, it does not 
feel warm after the first momen¬ 
tary glow and tingle, but is de¬ 
lightfully cool and soothing. 
Try it for croup, bronchitis, 
coughs, colds (it often prevents 
pneumonia), headache, neuralgia, 
stiff neck, rheumatism or lum¬ 
bago. 
Many doctors and nurses use 
Musterole themselves and recom¬ 
mend it to their patients. 
Keep a jar handy on the medi¬ 
cine shelf. 
30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50. 
The Musterole Co., Cleveland, Ohio 
BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER 
Provided prac¬ 
tical. sensible and sanitary ac¬ 
commodations indoors protected 
from cold, stormy weather. 
Makes Homes Modern 
Easily installed—Easily clpanod-Plomb- 
Ing unnecessary. Made of nigh grrnde ma¬ 
terials, heavily enameled—white or gray. 
Absolutely Odorless 
Scientifically vontilated. Chemicals dia- 
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by IT. S. Health Bureau and Boards of 
Health. 30 DAYS FREE TRIAL, 
ales Agents Wantsd-Splendldopportuolty. Exclustva ter- 
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CR0CHETERS and KNITTERS 
experienced on bootees, sacques, An¬ 
gora hoods, vests, shawls, etc. Steady 
homework. Send small pieces show¬ 
ing stitches. 
Simon Ascher & Co., Inc. 
134th St. & 3rd Ave.. New York City 
Cuticura Soap 
Best for Baby 
Soap 25c.. Ointment 25 it 50c.. Talcum 25c. Sample 
each mailed free by '’Cuticura. Dept. F, Boston.” 
.... i i - . 
Cap Shape HAIR NETS 
white 
and colors. Adjustable Veils. 22c. Each. Black 
and Brown. Mrs. W. F. KEENEY, R. No. 1, Quakertown, P*. 
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