Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22

There is a general impression that it
is an easy enough matter to rip up a
garment. Almost anybody can do il,
and it is an undertaking that requires
no special skill or care. Acting OH this
idea, clothing is pulled, torn, cut with
knives, shipped with scissors and finally
taken to pieces after this improbable
fashion, and the operator comes and de-
clares that everything is ready A dyer
who handles a large quantity OF black
goods says that he long ago gave up
expecting anybody to rip a garment UP
as it should be done. If the seams are
ripped they are full or threads; some
times there are buttons on; hooks and
eyes are not uncommon; the fronts of
them are stuck full of pins of various
sorts and Innings, facings, braids and
the like remain, in whole or in pieces,
just as the individual who had charge
of the disintegrating process happens to
leave them.
To rip up a garment properly there
should be no pulling, tearing or dragging
apart If one cannot take the end of
the thread and pull it out, the stitches
should be cut with sharp knife. Very
few persons can rip a garment with SciS-
sors without doing it great harm; indeed,
many ind il impossible to cut stitches
with anything without making holes that
render the goods absolutely worthless for
the one who originally wore it. When
it is done the edges are so ragged that a
much smaller pattern must be used. In
preparing goods for the dyer, or to be
made over, every stitch should be taken
ont. 1t seems scarcely necessary to say
that facings, braid and hooks and eyes
must be removed, but this is impera-
tive, in view of the condition in which
garments come to the dressmaker and
the. dyer. Many. dresses, capes and
Jackets are perfectly Wearable, after be-
ing carefully ripped, brushed, sponged
and pressed. 1t is a wonder that some
one does not set up an establishment for
ripping clothes and putting them in Or
der for the dreSSmaker. The owner of
them frequently has not time to do them
properly. Or is too careless and under
stands too little the requirements of
them to do it. had she all the time in
the world. Some semi-invalid in every
community might get tolerable living
or at least add to a limited income, By
preparing garments for remodeling.
Dent Drift Into the Critical Habit.
Do not drift into the critical habit
Have an opinion, and a sensible one,
about everything, but when vow come to
Judge people remember that you see very
little Of what they really are, unless you
winter and summer with them. Find the
kindly, lOvable nature of the man who
knows little of books Look for the
some woman who knows nothing about
pictures. and teach yourself day in and
day out to look for the best in every
thing 1t is the everyday joys and sor-
rows, my dear girl, that go to make up
life. II is not the one great sorrow, nor
the one intense JOY, it is the accumula
ton of the little ones that constitute
living, so do not be critical of the little
faults, and do be quick to find the little
virtues and to praise them. So much
that is good in people dies for want Of
encourag cement AS l said before, have
an opinion, and a well-thought-o one,
about everything that comes into your
life. but do not have too many opinions
about people. Their hearts are not open
looks, ana as you must be judged yourself
some day, give them the kiIIdest judg-
ment now-Ruth Ashmore in Ladies
Home Journal.
To Make Good Coffee.
An appeal for directions as to how to
make good coffee goes straight to the
heart of those who love the fragrant bev
erage, and as each devotee has her spe-
cial method, one can take choice of sew
eral which claim to be perfect.
Old-fashioned housekeepers still insist
that no coffee is equal to that which has
had a good boil" 70 make it by any
plan be sure that all your vessels are
perfectly clean and that all the water