Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-08-05

lined with thin foulard, besides which
the suit Is trimmed only with machine
stitching In several straight rows. Such
fannels cost twenty-five cents per yard.
ana ten yards are great plenty for the
suit. They are soft and fine looking and
the dress is n pleasant one to wear on
damp cool days.
:" If could have but one dress, !" once
said practical economist, who went
out a great deal. it should be a black
silk, with a calico wrapper for morn
ing" A long, half-Gtting sack, with
a round skirt trimmed with Spanish
nounce, calls for about two yards more
material ana Is much more serviceable
dress Than the wrapper, since it can be
| worn In the country all day long, while
White and black calico-that is To saS
white ground, with n tiny black
| figure is excellent for such dresses. II
washes better even than white cloth
and always looks neat. After the dress
mas seen its best DAYS the body will do
Tor n dressing sack, and an apron or
TWO may be made from the skirt.
feople who are clever with their fin
gers may do much with small capital.
len yards OF white sewing silk feather
fringe, such as is sold in the shops for a
dollar yard, was once made at home
Tor 81 90, the only expense being the silk
OF which it was composed, and being
made on the garment, was accordingly
handsomer than If bought and sewed
on.
Ginghams and pongee sunshades are
fashionable, and these, too, may be made
ut home ut small cost if one has an old
frame TO cover, as most people have Rip
the old cover of carefully and cut out
the new exactly by it, taking care that
the threads run straight. Join the cores
with French fell, taking great pains to
have your tensions just right, and fasten
on strongly to the frame through the
holes made for the purpose. Silk UNI
brellas may be covered in the same man.
ner; it is only question of great pains
taking not to stretch the cover.
Lovely gants &c Snede have been
made at home from chamois skin, using
an old glove ripped apart for pattern,
and numberless such economies may be
and are prac.iced by ladies who have
leisure and ingenuity.
The white ties SO universally worn
cost next to nothing when made Mt
home. A yard of nainsook or Victoria
lawn will maze eight or nine, and they
may be all different-tucked, hem
stitched or embroidered, and more or
less elaborately.
Lace mitts are excellent gloves for
poor people, costing no more than kid
and outlasting them two or three times.
Lisle thread should be bought a size
larger than kid, as they cling closely
and adapt themselves TO the size of the
hand, while If tight they soon wear
out,
AS question of economy poor girls
cannot afford to wear cheap laces, or
even crepe lisse ruffles. A few real laces
are far cheaper in the end, since they
last indefinitely, and are always nice
looking if clean. Linen collars must be
worn tor morning, and luckily, are styl-
ish with any dress. But after all ittis
the way in which clothes are cared for
which tells most in the long run. Rib
bons, ETC., tossed pell- into draw
er, and T. rooted through" when one is
needed, cannot long retain their fresh
ness. Therefore ribbons should be
rolled up smoothly after wearing; ties
should be smoothed out and wound over
pasteboard, and ruflles and flowers ten
derly picked out when they are crushed,
and laid carefully away in box; while
a dress should never, when taken of,
be tossed down on n chair, but brushed
or at least shaken, and hung up wrong
side out.