Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16

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REPAIRING DRESSES.
1t is rarely that dress which is fre
quentiy worn can be used throughout the
| season without requiring certain amount
of repairing. A new braid, facing, buttons
| collar, and possibly new sleeves may be
required. The dress should be thoroughly
busted and the old braid ripped off care
fully not to cut or tear the goods. If there
must be new facing remove the old, and
brush the goods and Innings inside and out
If there are ruchings or plaitiugs, baste
them carefully in their folds or creases,
then rip off and put them away where
they will not be handled.
There is a right and wrong way to do
everything, and putting on dress braid is
no exception. The outside, lining and
facing should be basted very closely and
evenly together, and any irregr ,rities
must be trimmed eff. If properl. made
IN the first instance the outside fabric is
the proper one to cut by. Baste the raid
upon the outside of the skirt, the edge of
the braid just trife back from the edge
of the skirt. Stitch the braid close to the
edge, turn it over and hem down on the
wrong side.
If the plaitings or ruchings need re-
heming or have frayed edges, repair them
and put them on as before. The marks of
the stitches will be an excellent guide. If
the buttons are worn, replace them. Moth
ing gives garment more shabby appear
thar roorral
tons may be easily repaired by sewing on
the covers and taking button-hole stitches
where they are broken More than one
ingenious needle-woman has made odd
buttons when none could be found to match.
A spool of coarse buttor-hole twist. and
the ball of wood which forms the founda-
tion of the button, is all that is required.
Sew few fine threads through and through
around the button, which generally has a
hole through the middle, and with the
twist make a single stitch through these
threads at one end of the ball, and fasten
the silk securely. Sew in another stitch.
leaving very small loop at the side, then
another, and SO on until there is row of
loops all around the stitch in the middle.
Put the needle through the loops and draw
up the threads, making row after row, un-
til a sufficient number are made to cover
up the button. Draw a strong thread
through all of the loops and gathem them
up, fastening them securely, and sewing
the twist in by taking several stitches in
the gathered-up portion. This will give
sort of eye by which the button may be
sewed upon the garment.
Sleeves, if it is ecessary to remove
them entirely, may Se made to advantage
by cutting new under parts from the up
pers, which are, in ordinary styles, much
larger. Press out the lining or outside if
the sleeves fit well, and use it for pat
tern. Note Just how it was sewed in to
the waist, and make marks at the seams
that the new one may fit in the same way.
The collar may be replaced by new one
of the same style, or the neck may be
furnished with narrow binding and
fancy collar with plastron added.
Many ladies have new dresses made
without such fancy finish, preferring to
use the various accessories upon cos
TUNES that are a trihe out of style, or that
need other than their own charms to
set them off. If the material is some
what heavy, collar may be made
with canvas interlining and sewed to the
dress, the silk lining to be put on after
ward and hemmed down. A moments ex-
animation of any of the fashionable jack
cts, especially those without Innings, will
illustrate this fashion of putting on
collar better than any written description
of mine could do.
BENEFITS OF A CHANGE.
Do we realize the benefit We might re-
ceive from more frequent changes in the
routine Of daily life? Not the change
from one round of household duties to an
another round of tasks, but a regular de-
parture from the household routine. a
turning of ones back upon the house and
and its contents, and going to see some
one who lives in different STYLE The
steps taken hour after hour, the same tasks
performed day after day, the same objects
accomplished week after week, the same
furniture in the same place month after
month-all these make us creatures of rou-
tine, and wear out our mental energies
Tor, rather, they rust or rub OUT, de-
crease our physical forces and destroy our
power of creating happiness, both for our
selves and others. We cannot always get
away from the home routine long enough to
visit or make lengthy stay in other towns
than our own; where we can enjoy the
advantages of lectures, music, social enter
tainments or contact with new friends, but
it lies not without the power of anyone to
make some change in ones manner of liv-
ing. Even slight change is often produc-
tive of some good, if it be frequently made.
A social chat is a change from the home
quiet, or if the children are "noisy" at
home, why then, the call upon the neis h.
Dor may bring quiet and rest.
Running out into the fresh air freshens
not only the lungs but the whole system.
A daily exercise in the open air, if only
to walk around ones own yard, or to sweep
OH the door steps, is a preventive of "blue-
ness" and better ''home remedy" than
silver pills or doses of any kind. If it
be so stormy that one cannot go out for
the daily walk, one can yentiate the
house thoroughly, and take longer walk
when it is clear again.
1t is essential to the housekeeper's sue
cess that she should 60 away from home
occasionally. She not only more highly
appreciates her home work when she
comes back to it, but finds that the entire
family appreciates her after her absence
from them.
Now, if you are "tlred and sick" of
housework, go away from it on a visit if
you can do so, but if you cannot accom-
plish this without previously doing double
wonder what will transpire while you are
away, then don't go, but make the most of
the little opportunities for change and
rest which may come, and get into the
fresh air every day.
Ewes GREAT-GREAT-
GRANDDAUGHTER.