The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-12

How and When the Darning and
Patching Should Be Done.

Qay-lJS duties SnOulQ De as religious
ly performed as her daily devotions.
Which day it shall be depends upon
the usual time of getting the clothes
in from the wash. If that dis
agreeable work is done at home it
should be as early in the week as
practicable; the flannels should be
washed out and dried quickly, so as
to shrink as little as possible and to
allow plenty of time TO air them, for
nothing is more ruinous to the health
than damp hannels.
If the clothes are all in by Thurs
day evening. the Friday would be a
nice opportunity to lay out every gar
ment and put it through a rigorous
examination. 1t is well to have a
special stocking basket, in which all
the socks and stockings are placed
ready for inspection. 1t should be
furnished with suitable needles, darn
ing cotton Of all colors to suit the
sors, etc, SO that it may be
picked up at any of those odd
moments which so often come to a
housekeeper when she is not ready to
settle down to work which needs cut
ting out or planning. After the holes
are mended, thin places should be
neatly darned, for then they present
a strong, even surface, which is more
comfortable than the hole when darn
ed together later.
The garments which need mending
should be placed in another basket.
Every button should be examined,
and if they are pulling out by the
roots, as children's buttons always do,
a double bit of cotton, or material like
the garment, can be hemmed on the
wrong side, the edges of the hole
hemmed down on it, and the button
replaced, c~oncealing the hole entirely.
1t looks much better than setting the
button higher or lower to gain a fresh
foundation.
Strings have a way Of wearing half
off just where they are sewed on.
They should be cut, the old place
ripped off and a new sewing taken up
or else new strings. Little Sits in
underclothing should have a strong
piece of material laid under, much
larger than the slit, when that is
darned down with a few neat stitches
it will hold much longer than if it is
'just run up.n
Boys clothing should be furnished
with good strong pockets, for the Joy
of a little chaps first pantaloons pales
before .lots of pockets to hold just
everything"
Little girls enjoy pockets, too: a
moderate-sized one in the seam of a
calico or bingham dress holds her
handkerchief, thimble and other
necessary things which would other
wise be left lying around or lost.
/ find that a child's habit of neat
ness largely depends upon the condi-
ton of the clothingpu upon her from
infancy. Ii she is accustomed to
whole clean clothes she will enjoy
them, then find them a necessity, and
finally learn to love and keepthem so.
The poor little children who dive
into bureau drawers, pulling out but
tonless bodies, torn aprons and rag
ged dresses, which they strew about
until they find some wearable gar
ments, are greatly to be pitied; MOI
are they to be blamed if they grow up
into careless and untidy men and wo-
men. 1t is never wise to buy just
enough material for a child's dress,
with nothing left for mending. The
there is enough to make q new under
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last much longer.
If there is a wide sash like the dress
it can be utilized later on for new
sleeves, and it will be all washed
alike for nearly all colored goods
will fade in time.-Good Housekeep-
ING.
The Dear Girls at the Races.
isn't it lovely?n said Maude, as the
horses sped over the course.
Perfectly divine, " replied Mamie,
in an ecstatic tone. isn't that little
fellow on the black horse cute?"
Eyes; but | don't think his clothes
are nearly as pretty as the one on the
other side of him.
We'll, / don't care; I'LL bet on the
other one.n
"Oh, let's.n
Lets what?D
ssBet.n
"All right. I've got two car tickets,
and I'll bet them.n
I'm bet my glove buttoner.n
1.-THE one with the pearl handler
Eyes, l don't rare much if | do lose
it; it isn't very pretty"
Then | won't bet.n
Il wonder who measures the
horsesg'
Nobody. / guess.n
s'Oh, I'm sure somebody does, Q
cause Charley said he made lots OF
money betting on short horses"
well, let's bet.n
All right; | bel"
$50 do 10
why, they don't act As if they
were trying to rum
"Of purse not; they're through
running"
sWho WOMB
Il don't know. You can have the
car tickets. It's all over. There
comes Win Hastings with the car
rage"
well, I've had a lovely time.n
$50 have /; | wouldn't think of
going to the races now without bet
ting. It's awfully exciting, isn't it?n-
Washington Post.
Wedding Rings.
The latest thing in wedding rings
comes from England, and is a narrow
but thick circlet of 22-carat fine gold.
This has come in fashion in America
iii the course ofthe last year, replacing
the old style ring. which is both heavy
and wide, being sometimes half an inch
broad. These latter have been in use
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