The National tribune., 1889-06-20
HINTS TO DREssMAKERs.
Fourth Paper.l

DEAR Girls: In basting your waist use the
Rrestest and nicely about the fit the bust
Have il just comfortably loose. A waist that con-
tracts the bust spos the effect of what might other
wise be gO0d-fittiHg bodice AT the wais-liae and
oEer the hips have il rather snug; that VIII improve
size taper OF your waist.
Ia Blasting the laps curve them a trihe; this
necessities clipping these 81 the waist-line In
basling IN YOUR darts be careful about getting the
large part q the dart down the aist-line allow
ing il 10 extend trihe below. Do not get your
undeF-arm dart too far back, but directly under
When both fronts are basied lay them together
70 If they perfectly II you fail TO do
this. you liable 10 have crooked and twisting
basque Il one nip Is trife larger than the other.
do not think i VIII not be noticed. Il may never
way tEat vii tell what the arouhle II but any
with aftislie eye viii soon discover the i'm
perfection. Aou must take padding and basic on
the front lining below the waist-line from the front
darts back 10 the seam that joins tie front TO The
back. j one thickness II not enough, add another.
THIS Is perfect help. and remedies the fault COM
pleteiy.
Now we are ready for the back. To haste the
back Together. trst basic the center seam COM
Neuce from The top and basic down, using extreme
tist you DO stretch either part. To basic
the curved seaalas e precaution IS necessary,
Inaktug your seam and bastiBg very uniform all
the way. A crooked seam tells the story Of care
lesS w0rk, and that you must avoid.
Nov basic Tie back and front together; try on,
and triin lie neck and armlIole If needed, using
tie greatest caution not TO trim much. III i
seems a trfe loose open the siioulder-seaul. draw
up amd pin. Do this NATL YOU get a perfectly
Enaoatl ht around the neck and arinhoIe.
have tired 10 make these directions very plain
EnG simple, but II any Of you do not understand,
AND ibe questions you may ask Will benefit Others
they Viii be answered through these talks. But
The questions must be written directly 10 the writer
whose address is-Lu ii. Wagner, Box 60, Monroe,
Mich.
Our next talk win be waist trimming, sleeves,
cotton and sleels
CROCHET RUCHEs-No. 9
Make chain the length required; ch 5; turn
lst row in 9Th s. Of foundation chain; ca 2
pass 2 ciH nezt 81; repeat from to to end of
Oh Ga 5 turn.
ID row. / c in the arstto from the end; chg;
&c in next space = repeat from 10 10 end OF
row ca 5; tnrn.
81 rov-I.ike I'd row.
SIN rous-hNork [ under first two chain ( C
downward. around FIRST treble; etc under next
two chain upward around next c .: repeat
from 10 - 10 end--Nelia d. Hampton, La Rue, o.
The Happy Household.
MARX THE CORRECTION.
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD: In THE TRIBUNE OF May q
theTe was mistake in the proportions OF the very
valuable recipe contributed by me- Housewives
viii mud u useful and invaluable by combining
the quantities. as follows: One pound concentrated
I'VE one ounce borax one ounce salts Of tartar one
ounce lump Ammonia, one gallon rain wafer
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