The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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A Modern Bathroom, $60 
The 
“Pride” 
Send for 
Catalog 80 
Just one of our wonderful bargains. Set com¬ 
prises a 4 , 4>£ or 5 foot iron enamelled roll rim 
bath tub, one 19 inch roll rim enamelled flat- 
back lavatory, and a syphon action, wash-down 
water closet with porcelain tank and oat post, 
hinge seat; all china index faucets, nickel-plated 
traps, and all nickel-plated heavy fittings. 
’ J. M. SEIDENBERG CO.. Inc. 
254 W. 34 Si. Bet. 7th and 8th Aves. N. Y. C. 
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It is the food-tonic well 
adapted to help over¬ 
come imperfect nutrition. 
Try SCOTT’S! 
Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. 23-54 
We Tan the Hides 
Horse, cow, deer—every kind of 
hide tanned by specialists and gr g 
made into Auto Robes, Rugs, 'w&i’ 
Coats, Vests, etc. 
Big Catalog FREE 
Shows beautiful furs on living 
models. Tells how to skin animals 
and prepare hides for shipment. 
We make bed blankets from your virgin 
wool—better blankets for less money. 
Rochester Fur Dressing Co. 
525 West Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 
You Wear the Furs 
Aspirin 
Beware of Imitations! 
Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on 
package or on tablets you are not get¬ 
ting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved 
safe by millions and prescribed by 
physicians over twenty-three years for 
Colds Headache 
Toothache Lumbago 
Neuritis Rheumatism 
Neuralgia Pain, Paiu 
Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” 
only. Each unbroken package contains 
proven directions. Handy boxes of 
twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug¬ 
gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. 
Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer 
Manufacture of Monoaceticaeidester of 
Salicylicacid. 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get 
a quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. : 
Growing Old 
When living on the farm before autos 
were so common, I jumped on an electric 
car one day for a few hours’ ride that 
might give a little relaxation from work 
and other cares. When in another town 
an acquaintance, a Civil War veteran in 
his eightieth year, boarded the car, and 
after chatting a little insisted I must call 
at his village home and see his fruit and 
garden. When there, with the enthusi¬ 
asm of a boy, he pointed to a few pear 
trees set soon after he left the army, then 
other trees set a few at a time, until we 
came to some Japan plums set the pre¬ 
vious year, which he hoped to see fruiting 
before he died. With a nice garden and 
a line collection of fruits (for nearly all 
the trees were bearing) he was. looking 
forward to their enjoyment, for life still 
had something in store for him. And not 
backward and living in the past, as some 
elderly people do, ever looking forward, 
lie had found a way to keep young, both 
in body and spirit. I once asked an 
elderly man how he managed to keep his 
health and mental faculties so well. “I 
live in a city Winters and have quite a 
lot of this kind of work to do (institute 
speaking) which I enjoy very much, and 
in the Summer I have a cottage with a 
garden near a lake up in the country, 
and I spend much of my time in the gar¬ 
den looking after things we all enjoy 
having very much.” 
Yes, lie was looking forward, not back¬ 
ward. I once met a former schoolmate 
and inquired about his father. “It seems 
too bad,” he said, “but father has always 
worked so hard; he has now lost the fac¬ 
ulty to take things easy and enjoy life, 
but still keeps working to accumulate 
money he will never need.” He was the 
slave of a bad habit. 
AVhen the old Ford goes a little shaky 
and knocks harder than it should, its 
owner realizes it is time to call in an ex¬ 
pert repairer and have it put into condi¬ 
tion to do better work, and not keep it 
going until past repair, or a breakdown 
comes that, may spoil its future useful¬ 
ness. I have often felt what a pity we 
have not experts to help and advise some 
people witli a tired and discouraged look 
upon their faces because the old farm has 
become their master and persists in go¬ 
ing backward and not forward, that the 
old cannot keep up a too rapid pace with¬ 
out following tlie uncared-for Ford. 
Massachusetts. it. o. mead. 
Always Christmas 
Used to think that Christmas was nothin’ 
but a day 
To get a lot of presents and to give a lot 
away; 
Shouted “Merry Christmas” and helped 
to trim the tree; 
Just a day of Christmas was all that l 
could see, 
Since I found that Christmas is more 
than any day, 
Christmas came to our house—an’ never 
went away. 
Struck of a sudden that Friendliness and 
Cheer 
Was meant to be on duty more than one 
day in the year; 
If we’re happy Christmas, why not the 
day before? 
An’ the day that follows, and so on, ever¬ 
more ? 
Got to thinkin’ of it—an’ that is why 1 
say 
Christmas came to our house—an’ never 
went away. 
Lots of us go ploddin’ along the road of 
life, 
An’ think one day of gladness will make 
up for all the strife; 
But the Christmas spirit can show you 
how you need 
To make each day a Christmas in thought 
an’ word and deed. 
Used to pack the kindness in camphor 
balls next day, 
Till Christmas came to our house—an’ 
never went away. 
We just keep on givin’ to strangers and 
to kin, 
An’ find that what is going out is always 
cornin’ in ; 
Makes the sunshine brighter where we've 
got to live, 
To learn that givin’s keepin’; what you 
have you give. 
Holly in December and violets in May— 
And Christmas came to our house—an’ 
never went away. 
Used to think that Christmas was nothin’ 
but a date, 
Till I learned that truly you would never 
have to wait; 
But that it’s the spirit that never stays 
apart 
If you let it find you and keep it in your 
heart, 
Since 1 found that Christmas is more 
than just a day, 
Christmas came to our house—an’ never 
went away. 
—William D. Nesbit. 
The Pastoral Parson’s favorite Christ¬ 
mas poem. Who will cut it out and speak 
it next year? 
Goeiy woman 
loves to bake 
CT/jyAAT a wealth of good things come 
out of the Nesco Oven! Roasts, 
pie, bread, muffins, baked beans, cust¬ 
ard, cookies, cake — each one different, 
yet in common requiring a hot oven 
temperature, easily regulated. 
It is a pleasure to bake with a Nesco 
Perfect Oil Cook Stove, because the 
Nesco Burner with the famous Rock- 
weave Wick gives a high column of 
clean, clear, blue gas flame. 
Thus, quick or slow baking, frying, 
boiling or roasting; also preserving, 
broiling and toasting, are all in the 
day’s work of the Nesco Perfect Oil 
Cook Stove. Then there is its beauty 
of design and color, its economy (25 
hours per burner per gallon) and its 
simplicity of operation. It is truly 
“The Perfect Servant in Your Home.” 
See it demonstrated at your dealer. 
The price is easily within the reach of 
all. Send for illustrated 16-page book. 
Refrigerator Bowl 
A handy, covered utensil of 
clean, durable Nesco Royal 
Granite Enameled Ware, for 
storing foods and other uses, 
will be sent you, if you will 
send your dealer’s name and 
15 cents in coin. 
This Is the Nesco Perfect 
Water Heater. The Nesco Pre¬ 
heater Head (patented) elimin¬ 
ates condensation troubles. Hot 
water is now available every¬ 
where. Approved by the Good 
Housekeeping Institute. Write 
for descriptive circular. 
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