Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-01-31
WOODBURY., N. J, THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1895.

VI CUHlp lpdHy, MHbU IL WOulO DC q great
convenience to be able to give an order
for cake or salad, baked beans Or a
meat pie with the assurance that it
would be good.
Many leading grocers in our large
cities, too. keep on hand supply Of
homemade cakes, all baked by one wom-
an upon whom they can rely.
Two things are requisite-neatnes
and the use Of first class goods only.
The woman who is skillful with her
needle can nowadays deveIop a few
specialties, and advertising these can
attract notice which an ordinary adver-
tisement for sewing would rot attract.
For making infants outfits some care
full preparation is necessary, but it may
be easily acquired and without expense.
The foundation for this preparation
must be the ability to do fine hand work,
such as dainty hemming and hemstitch-
ing, fancy applied stitching and at least
plain embroidery. For the special prep
aration visit the mothers you know
hest for the latest and best suggestions
they can give you, and then visit the
stores and examine the baby outfits there
shown.
Hand work is now given the rightful
preference over machine made embroid-
cries and laces in the wardrobes Of the
little folks, and the greater your pro
ficiency in this line the more highly will
your work be prized.
A dressmaker might add to her adver
tisement for sewing, Making over Of
dresses a speciality" That we have to
make over our dresses, we all acknowl-
edge, with sigh-nearly all of us at
least-and the sewing girl who would
courageously volunteer for such work
would be duly rewarded with the work
There are methods and methods in every
occupation, and this applies even in the
making over of dresses. You may not
be able to reach the extreme of economy
gained by the individual who advertised,
Large sleeves made from small ones
without the expense of new material, /"
but you will gain many economical and
useful ideas when you turn your atten-
ton to making over Another equally
profitable branch Of this work is the
making Of suits for little boys from the
partially worn and discarded suits Of
the older members Of the family. This
with a good pattern, is an easy matter
to do well, despite the prevailing belief
to the contrary. The very homeliness Of
the work commends it to practical wom-
en- of all classes.
An advertisement to this effect would
serve as good beginning: Wanted
Sewing. The planning and making over
Of clothes for women and children a spe-
cialty."
Many persons send their curtains
away to be cleaned or laundered, and
when ready to hang them are in despair
because of the undreamed of rents in
their surface. These they repair with
what skill they may, but the mended
spots are always conspieuous-to them
selves at least.
As the cleaning or laundering of cur
tains brings a good price, a woman at
home could afford to wash and mend
them at the usual rate for cleaning un-
less the curtains were so old as to re-
curtains should BE- mensied before wash
ing and looked over again after washing
for additional rents They should be
dried by stretching and not ironed
Holes should be mended by replacing
the place gone with net or whatever
material is nearest like the body Of the
curtain, and upon this darn, embroider
or braid the missing pattern with as ex-
act reproduction of the original as pos
sible. Practice will make perfect
To be able to do one thing and to do
it well is becoming more and more the
test for obtaining work in our modern
civilization. Let that one thing be what
it may, if it is useful and well done it
is sure to meet with success.
JENNIE d. CowLEs.