The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-06-01
MEMDiho BOYS. CLOTHES.
a AGethoA which Helps 4. This Prosajc
Work.

MENDlNG BOYS CLOTHES.
a A1ethoa which Helps 4. This Prosaso
Work.
This is the time of year when moth.
ers are wondering which will Ego
first the boys winter clothes or the
winter, and requires a skill born of ex-
perience to manage without an expen-
diture which, reckoned by valve re-
ceived, is extravaganza.
1t pays to mend and to mend neatly,
even in these days of cheap suits; and,
though it may seem q waste of time
and energy to patch and'darn garments
which cost but little, still the aggre-
gate of these small savings, especially
in a large family, forms an item of inn
portance.
With trousers eternal vigilance saves
many stitches and many clothes. If
one can only forestall a break. q patch
may be put inside SO that it will hardly
show. With knicleerbcckers, which
are apt to split like the sleeves of the
jacket at the hem, it is easy to take a
neat seam if the break has not left
ragged edges. Careful pressing re-
quired for all cloth darning.
With jackets the points of wear are
the elbows, the edge of the sleeves. and
the front. The elbows may be mended
like the trousers, by slipping a piece
of cloth inside, between the lining and
the cloth, and darning neatly. The
edges may be turned in just far enough
to hold and then sewn together by
blind stitching. On dark cloth it is Of
ten possible, especially for the worn
place on the front, to buttonhole stitch
with coarse twist. Should any white
still show, it may be linked OCCASION
ally.
Nearly all laundries takes orders for
new bands for shirts, and the work is
done so reasonable that it is hardly
- a
home. But sometimes only one but
tonhole of a shirt is broken. 1t is then
practicable to set piece into the band
and make a new buttonhole without
taking off the entire strip. The only
caution necessary is that in cutting out
the worn part in front it must be taken
far enough back so that the joint will
not show at the opening of the collar.
The piece cut out should be ripped Off
the bosom and the new muslin scanned
and turned over level with the band,
SO that no stitching will show.
Few mothers know how much may
be done with tape. For the opening at
the back of a shirt, for the shoulder
straps of a little girls guimpe, for n
placquet hole, tape is Invaluable. For
a shirt, cut a piece not quite two inches
long and sew it across the lower part
of the opening at the back. This re-
lieves the strain of a sudden jerk, such
as all boys are apt to give.
II despair of ever getting really fast
black darning cotton" says one wo,n-
an, $50 have taken to using cashmere
mending wool for all hosiery. 1t does
not make neat a darn, but it is
softer for the feet and it never loses
COLOR The same authority declares
in favor of darning fanne1s and fan
nelette garments in preference to
patching them.
The comic papers are not far wrong
when they ridicule the average woman
for not knowing how to sew on but
tons. It is often the simplest things
of which we remain longest ignorant.
because no one thinks it worth his
while to tell us just how they should
be done.
For buttons which are sown through
and through, and on which there is
dren's waists, No. 16, or Mt least not
finer than No. 20, cotton is needed.
Linen thread is not availa BILE, because
it requires coarse needle, and that
will not pass readily through the but
ton. Double the cotton, place a pin
across the top of the button and sew
over it and through the holes, winding
the cotton around the button UNDER
meath after each stitch. Thus you
make an artificial shank, and when the
pin is withdrawn there is enough
thread to prevent it swapping when
strained.
For coat buttons, whether lasting,
bone or ivory, the best thing to use ia
coarse twist. If you can get tailor's
twist, SO much the better. Linen
thread turns gray, and becomes brittle
after a short time. Twist is the best
for shoe buttons, and should always
be used double.-N. Y. Times.
Toilet Accessories.
There are many things necessary
nowadays for the up-to-date toilet ia
BILE. One of the requisites, which for
tunately can be procured without ex-
pense or trouble is jar of salt-com-
mon table salt, and it is a Panacea fos
many ills. A little of it dissolved in
warm water is sure to remove the
slight Inflammation from eyelids red.
dened by long drive in the wind. If
used as gargle it will allay any slight
irritation in the throat; a little should
o occasionally be put in the water in
hardens the gums. Tincture of cam
phor or tincture of myrrh, dropped
into the water is an excelle n
| wash for the mouth and throat
when the breath is not sweet. When
| the latter is used the proper proper
tions are ten drops of myrrh to a glass
of water. Powdered alum is another
important adjunct; a little should be
thrown into the water in which you
battle your hands before putting on
gloves for a crowded reception or ball
| when there might be tendency tr
perspire too freely. 1t is said that q
few drops of sulphuric acid in the bath