The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Seen in New York Shops 
Cardigan capes for small children are 
knitted plain or accordion pleated, with 
surplice collars of angora. The idea is 
practical as well as fashionable, ‘but these 
capes are expensive. Some attractive 
syles iu turquoise, camel, coral, white or 
contrasting colors, sizes two to six years, 
were priced at $29.50. 
Hat handings of figured grosgrain for 
use on sailor, sports and large beach hats 
were 2% iu. wide, 85c a yard ; made up 
ready to slip on the hat they run about 
$1 .25 up. A heavy satin finish ribbon 
with grosgrain back is also used for hat 
bands, costing about $1.25 a yard, $1.75 
or more made up. We have noted some 
pretty hat ribbons for trimming children’s 
wide hats, all ready to put on. The cen¬ 
ter of the length of ribbon had little roses 
or other flowers fastened in place in gar¬ 
lands or detached sprays, and all the 
work required was for the trimmer to put 
the ribbon around the crown and tie in 
the back, leaving hanging ends. 
White satinette wash skirts. $6.50 and 
$7.50, were made with plain front, shirred 
back, and slit pockets fastened with small 
pearl buttons. This is one of the lustrous 
cotton materials that launders so well, 
and is a favorite in separate skirts. 
There is one famous shop on Fifth Ave¬ 
nue. dealing in china, glass and all sorts 
of bric-a-brac, that has always been re¬ 
garded as a sort of headquarters for wed¬ 
ding presents. It caters to small purses 
as well as large ones, and it is surprising 
to see how many different things suitable 
for gifts are listed at $5. Very attractive 
are fruit bowls and compotes of clear 
glass in graceful shape, decorated with 
narrow bands of gilt or color. One hand¬ 
some style was an octagon bowl of clear 
glass banded at the angles with gold, giv¬ 
ing a panel effect. This style is newer 
than cut glass, and less heavy looking. 
Women’s suits of khaki cotton, con¬ 
sisting of coat and skirt, are offered for 
$12.50. The material is the regular mili¬ 
tary khaki cotton, and the coat a standard 
sports style, with patch pockets. Such a 
suit is very serviceable for camping and 
country wear. 
Rug Cushion Covers 
T found the other day that a woven 
rag rug that had a large hole in the cen¬ 
ter could be made into very pretty and 
serviceable cushion covers for hammocks. 
It was white with stripes of light blue 
in it. I cut off the ends of the rug. 
sewed the sides up over and over, leav¬ 
ing the fringe across one end (one could 
make fringe for the other end of the 
cushion if one cared to). These can be 
slipped off and laundered easily. 
I am sorry to see so many farmers and 
farmers’ sons leaving the farms. Why, 
we live like kings with our cars, good 
roads, reading, talking machines, fresh 
air and better off than kings, for there is 
always something interesting to do. 
ROSINA. 
Waste of Woman Power a Menace to 
Rural Life 
The waste of woman power is one of 
the greatest menaces to the rural life of 
the nation, according to deductions that 
specialists of the United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture draw from a farm- 
home survey conducted in the 83 North¬ 
ern and Western States. The survey was 
made under the direction of Miss Flor¬ 
ence E. Ward, in charge of extension 
work with women. Office of Extension 
Work, North and West, States Relations 
Service. The records cover 10.105 farm 
homes, averaged by taking typical com¬ 
munities of the counties in which the sur¬ 
vey was made. Much of the information 
was gathered personally by home demon¬ 
stration agents, who are the field repre¬ 
sentatives of the United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, and the State agri¬ 
cultural colleges. 
Miefe Ward points out, from the facts 
shown by the survey, that a reasonable 
amount of planning and well-directed in¬ 
vestment in modern equipment for farm 
homes would prevent a large part of this 
wastage of the energy of the nation’s 
rural home makers. 
The survey discloses a number of the 
reasons why many women do not find 
farm life attractive. The working day of 
the average farm woman, as shown by 
the survey, is 11.3 hours, the year round. 
In Summer it is 13.12 hours, and 87 out 
of each 100 women have no regular vaca¬ 
tion during the year. On the average, the 
farm woman can find only 1.6 hours of 
leisure during the Summer and only 2.4 
hours in Winter. Half of the farm wom¬ 
en are up and at work at 5 o’clock in the 
morning. 
Sixty-five per cent have water in the 
kitchen only, but the other per cent must 
go to the spring or the pump to bring the 
water. Only 82 per cent had running 
waiter through the house. Thirty-six per 
cent help with the milking. On the aver¬ 
age. the farm woman has a seven-room 
house to keep in order. Seventy-nine per 
cent have kerosene lamps to trim and fill. 
Ninety-six per cent do the family wash¬ 
ing about half of them having washing 
machines, and the other half doing the 
work with tub, washboard and boiler, 
iwenty-six per cent have gas or electric 
irone: to make more comfortable the task 
ot ironing. Ninety-two per cent do Some 
or all of the family sewing. Garden work 
is clone by 56 per cent; 94 per cent make 
all or part of the family bread, and 60 
per cent have churning to do. Eiglity-oue 
per cent of all poultry flocks are cared for 
\ women. One-fourth of the farm worn- 
111 *' b t° feed and bed the live stock, and 
24 per cent of them spend six weeks in 
the year assisting with some part of the 
field work. All of this is in addition to 
cooking the family meals and caring for 
the children. 
This, of course is the dark side of the 
shield. It does not take into considera¬ 
tion the many compensations that come 
with the woman’s daily round of work for 
the comfort of her family, and anyone 
who has experienced the satisfaction of 
living in the open country knows that the 
average farm woman is more fortunately 
placed than her average city sister. 
What is to be done about it? The de¬ 
partment suggests some very definite 
things. “The interest of the Department 
of Agriculture in the returns from these 
studies as to labor, working equipment, 
and compensations of the farm women are 
as practical,” says Miss Ward, “as its 
interest in farm studies regarding labor, 
machinery and crop returns, and for the 
same general reason.” The farm wom¬ 
an’s working hours might be shortened 
she continues, if the principles of modern 
business were applied to the farm home. 
Running water for the 61 per cent wiiu 
now must carry water, and bathrooms for 
the 80 per cent who now have none, are 
other things that would lighten the wom¬ 
an’s labor and add to her comfort and 
contentment. Labor could be lessened it 
the farmhouse were as well equipped as 
the up-to-date barn, which the farmer 
looks upon as so much currency with 
which to buy efficiency. The installation 
of modern lighting systems would release 
some of the time of the women in the 79 
per cent of homes where kerosene lamps 
are used. The initial cost would be small 
when weighed against convenience and 
comfort. The installation of heating sys- 
tems_ would release some of the* time of 
the 54 per cent of women who care for 
two c-oal or wood stoves. 
Forty-eight per cent of farms covered 
Embroidery Designs 
1053. Design for border three inches 
wide. Two and one-half yards are given. 
Price of transfer. 20 cents. 
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1040. Design for border in daisy motif. 
Three and one-half yards are given. Price 
of transfer, 20 cents. 
by the survey reported power for operat¬ 
ing farm machinery, but only 22 per cent 
have this advantage for the home. "That.” 
says Miss Ward, “is a singular fact when 
we consider that frequently it is a simple 
matter to connect the engine used at the 
barn with the household equipment.” The 
washing machine is another labor saver. 
Selling the cream to a creamery wherever 
possible instead of churning it at home is 
still another. In short, the same sort of 
intelligence and a fraction of the money 
applied to making field and barn work 
convenient would, if applied to the home, 
save untold drudgery to the women of the 
farms and would add both to the profit 
and the comfort of farm life. 
More About Greens 
1 read with interest the articles about 
greens. We have a few more varieties 
that we enjoy very much. First on the 
list, for us, is bracken, also called oak 
brake, umbrella fern, eagle fern, erne 
fern, upland fern, and last, but not least, 
its true name, Pteris aquilina. Plants 
have so many different local names that 
the only sure way is to give the botanical 
name, if one is lucky enough to find it. 
The umbrella fern is picked when the tips 
are tender and simply boiled for 20 min¬ 
utes in clear water, seasoned afterwards, 
as salt toughens it. Heart-leafed Aster, 
or tongue, is found beneath oak and maple 
trees, and is better if mixed with dande¬ 
lion and dock ; its true name is Aster cor- 
difolins. Another delicious green is hedge 
nettle, or woundwort. Staehys palustris. 
English friends have many ways of cook¬ 
ing this plant. Cannot someone supply 
them? Commou milkweed, cooked after 
the manner of asparagus, is liked by 
many. Marsh rosemary, sea lavender 
(Limonium or Statice), as the name indi¬ 
cates. is a seashore plant. Common mus- 
stard, Brassica nigra, is one of our fa¬ 
vorite greens. There is marsh marigold, 
cowslip, meadow gowan, Caltha palustris. 
A Rhode Island friend introduced me to 
lady’s thumb, heartsease or black heart, 
Polygonum persiearia, and evening prim¬ 
rose. Oenothera biennis. Another friend 
spoke of wild indigo. Raptisia tinctoria. 
cooking the young shoots like asparagus. 
The young beech tree leaves are good, 
also charlock that grows in the grain 
fields, goose-tongue, that grows on the sea¬ 
shore where the salt water covers it at 
high tide, has long, narrow fleshed leaves, 
growing in bunches. The flower spike is 
similar to plantain. I cannot give the bo¬ 
tanical name, but it is well worth trying. 
Another seashore plant that tastes good 
is water salad ; it grows in the shape of a 
tree, 6 or S in. high, has fleshy, juicy, 
rounded branches. Cut up and dressed 
with salt, sugar and vinegar, is as good 
as cucumber. jennie LIND. 
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