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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 19, 192M 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
Our Own 
If I had known in the morning 
How wearily all the day 
The words unkind 
Would trouble my mind 
I said when you went away. 
If I had been more careful, darling, 
Nor given you needless pain; 
But we vex “our own’’ 
With look and tone 
We may never take back again. 
For though in tie quiet evening 
You may give us the kiss of peace, 
Yet it might be 
That never 'for me 
The pain of the heart should cease. 
How many go forth in the morning 
That never come home at night! 
And hearts have broken 
For harsh words spoken 
That sorrow can ne’er set right. 
We have careful thoughts for the 
stranger, 
And smiles for the sometime guest; 
But oft for “our own” 
The bitter tone, 
Though we love “our own” the best. 
Ah ! lips with the curve impatient! 
Ah 1 brow with that look of scorn : 
’Twas a cruel fate 
Were the night too late 
To undo the work of morn. 
—Margaret Sangster. 
Day by Day in a Busy Home 
Winter, the holiday season, and the 
keeping of four practically grown-up chil¬ 
dren in high school keeps the mother very 
busy all the day long; then when the care 
of four grandchildren, ranging in age 
from two to eight years, is added, the 
work of caring for their clothing, sewing, 
darning and mending is more than 
doubled, since the older girls, and the 
one boy, now 19, are able to look after 
their own clothing, with the exception of 
making their dresses, which I mostly do 
myself. The mothers of the little folks 
are away teaching, helping to earn a live¬ 
lihood. as so many thousands of our 
young, and old, too, wives and mothers 
are doing now. Much as the pay envel¬ 
ope increases with the added help of the 
wife, I. for one, will always doubt the 
wisdom of young mothers leaving their 
children with others and going out to 
work. If the children are grown up and 
in school, or at work themselves, it might 
be different, but undoubtedly the hrst 
duty of the mother is to be with her little 
ones, to train them day by day in the 
right way. The husband who cannot give 
his family a comfortable support should 
postpone his marriage until he has ac¬ 
cumulated enough capital that he may be 
able to earn a livelihood. However, it is 
not always the husband’s fault that ms 
wife works away from home, for our 
present-day women insist on earning then- 
own money, and this often at the expense 
of neglecting the sacred duties of home 
and motherhood. 
Thanksgiving has come and gone. 
There was little tumult in our small 
school town. Many of our college stu¬ 
dents went away to their homes tor the 
holiday, and with a slow rain falling all 
dav it was a rather quiet time. The ram 
took away the three inches of snow which 
fell the night before. This was one 
Thanksgiving when even the poorest fam¬ 
ily could serve ice cream, or rather snow 
cream, at the Thanksgiving dinner. A 
dish of fluffy snow with plenty of sugar, a 
teaspoon of lemon or vanilla extract and 
a pint of rich milk or cream makes a 
most excellent substitute for the conimei- 
cial article, and never fails to delight the 
children. . ., . A11 „ 
During our 30 years’ residence in Okla¬ 
homa this has been our first deep snow to 
fall before Christmas. Everyone is pre¬ 
dicting an early, cold Winter, although 
the weather has been very pleasant so 
- far and turnip tops, wheat, and the few 
patches of clover are yet unhurt by freez¬ 
ing or cold. The turnip crop has been 
good this year, and almost everyone has a 
supplv of this fine Winter vegetable ready 
to pull and store for Winter use. The 
few rye pastures are fine and are helping 
out tiie dairymen in keeping up a heavy 
flow of milk. , . ^ , 
We look forward to the wintry days 
when one must remain indoors as a time 
for mending wearing apparel, reinforcing 
the bed covers and sometimes making one 
or more woolen comfort tops from dis¬ 
carded woolen clothing. Material is 
washed, pressed and sorted carefully as 
to weight, fabric and worn condition, 
flood woolen cloth lasts almost indefinfle- 
lv and carries with it the greatest 
amount of warmth with minimum weight, 
and for this reason all good woolen gar¬ 
ments should be carefully saved and used 
in quilt-making. With several members 
in the family very little tune is required 
to collect enough material for two or 
three quilts. By arranging the different 
colors in an attractive way and brier- 
stitching the flat seams with bright-col¬ 
ored yarns, or silkateen, a very pietty 
quilt is made. Sew together on machine 
and press seams before working. Parts 
worn too badly for top use may be flat- 
seamed together and used between top 
and lining, made of used outing flannel, 
gingham or other material, tacked four 
inches apart and hemmed on sides. It 
makes an excellent cover for wintry 
nights. 
Another task is repairing the Winter 
underwear. Three pairs for the little boy 
which, though still good, but too short in 
the crotch, only need cutting apart at the 
waist and a two-inch piece of knit goods, 
cut from the good part of other worn 
underwear, flat-seamed in. This makes 
them good for another season. Most of 
the little girl’s everyday clothing is made 
from the best part of discarded garments. I 
make bloomers, petticoat waists, short 
curtains, etc., from flour sacks. It cuts 
the expense and stretches out the possibil¬ 
ities of a meager purse. Four of the 
large sacks sewed together and brier- 
stitched with turkey red, or delft blue 
floss make a good everyday tablecloth. 
The thinner sacks make tea towels, and 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
2003. Coat dress, 
■with drop-shoulders, 
fitted or bell sleeves, 
and with or without 
circular flounce; for 
ladies and misses. 
Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 
and 42 in. bust. Size 
38 requires 3% yds. 
of 54-in. material. 
20 cents. 
2000 1 . 
2000. Dress with 
slip - on over-blouse, 
long fitted or bell 
sleeves, and straight 
bodice skirt; for 
ladies and misses. 
Sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40 
and 42 in. bust. Size 
38 requires 4% yds. 
of 36-in. material 
and % yd. for the 
bodice. 20 cents 
2006. Girls’ dress, 
consisting of tiered 
skirt on lining, and 
coat having Peter closing blouse with 
2007. Boys' suit, 
consisting of front- 
Pan collar and short Peter 
kimono sleeves, with 
or without exten¬ 
sions. Sizes 8, 10. 
12 and 14 years. 
Size 10 years re¬ 
quires ~~1 
30-in. material, 1% 
yds. for lining, and 
Vs yd. for contrast- ... . , 
ing collar, cuffs and either blouse or 
Pan collar, 
long or short sleeves, 
and straight trous¬ 
ers. Sizes 2, 4 and 
vds Mi G years. Size 4 years 
requires % yd. of 
36-in. material for 
vestee. 20 cents. 
trousers. 20 cents. 
Catalog of Fashions and Embroidery 
Transfers, 15 cents. 
the small, fine ones make handkerchiefs 
for the children to take to school. Dip 
the lettering in kerosene, wet and boil in 
a good suds, and a few washings bleaches 
them nicely. 
Turning the bed sheets is another task 
for some bright Winter day. When sheets 
are about half worn, I cut them down 
the center, sew outside edges together and 
hem edges; this may not exactly double 
their usefulness, but it does lengthen out 
their time of service considerably. 
Then there are the overalls to be 
mended. Sometimes a half dozen pairs 
are mended in one day, or half a day if 
not too badly worn. Experience teaches 
me that proper mending, with good ma¬ 
terial, enables the man of the house to 
get twice as much wear from these gar¬ 
ments as would be done if they were dis¬ 
carded without mending, as so many 
workingmen do. It takes every possible 
economy to keep the household machinery 
moving where a large family must be fed. 
clothed and kept in high school, and that 
with such a scant earning capacity. How¬ 
ever. I. for one. have no cause for regret 
for time and effort spent on educating my 
seven children, and feel sure I will be 
well repaid in the future. 
MRS. I.ILLIE YORK. 
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Against Coffee or 
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T HE reason is simple. Coffee and tea contain 
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The Federal Bureau of Education includes 
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Why confine the warning to children? 
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