The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-05
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
Hsw to Make The, Beautiful American
Flag Easily.

For the first time i'm 80 years the
American flag Is the most popular en-
blem that can float the breezes. wheth-
er you wear 1t IN the lapel of your sum-
mer jacket or flaunt il from your brown
stone front. The flag industry has
picked up to such an extent since the
declaration of war that the factories
have stopped taking orders. Flag
makers freely say hat they cannot
working night and day. hope to supply
the demand for one-half me flags that
are demanded of them.
The government has chartered all the
bunting manufactures, and the navy
has a mortgage on the flag shops. If
you want tn get a flag now you must
trust to luck. Since this is the case.
il is best TO learn how to make an
American flag for yourself. lest you
lack one when you need it the most.
To make an American flag you must
first take you choice of materials. This
is like buying a dress. You must
know what you are going to use your
flag for before you begin it.. If YOU
want il for a parlor flag, one that you
can drape owe the portraits of your
ancestors, you will need satin ribbon. If
you desire a flag to drape over a large
arch. you will need silk by the yard 10
serve as the separate stripes in the flag.
II you merely want a flag to wear in
your ~buttonhole. baby ribbon will 10.
in red and white. But If you need a
flag to fly from your flagstaff, then
you will want coarse Turkey red and
common white muslin.
To make a silk parlor flag. buy six
yards of red satin ribbon four inches
wide and five yards of white satin rib
bon the same width. Cut the ribbon in
strips two feet long and overland them
neatly together so that the flag Is Dor
dered from top 10 bottom with a red
stripe. In sewing the stripes togeth-
er. place a red stripe. then a white one,
then a red one and then a white one.
and so on until you finish with a red
one. There should be IL stripes In your
flag.
When you have completed the banner
part of the flag. you still have to make
the field" This consists of a square
Of blue. with white stars upon 1t. and
IL is somewhat more difficult than the
stripes. Purchase n yard OF navy
blue ~taffeta. Cut two pieces OF silk
eight inches square and fell neatly
upon the upper right-hand corner OF the
flag. Now lay upon some fiat surface
and press with a hot iron until II lies
perfectly fiat. You may need to cover
il with a wet cloth, and to press IL sew
eral times before IT is perfectly smooth.
The new flags are showing AZ stars,
but the government flags have only A..
There have been three new states added
since Utah become a state, but they
have not passed both houses. and there
fore not yet recognized by the govern
ment. You will find IL more convenient
to use the As stars IN account OF the
easy way i'm which they are arranged.
Take seven stars for the top row and
fasten them in place with pins until
you nave obtained the effect of the
whole upon the blu field. Underneath
place seven more stars. These stars
you must fssten on the flag so that they
shall alternate with the first row. Pin
the first star between the two stars
above it. and so on until you have
pinned seven upon the flag. The next
row requires eight stars. so you must
begin nearer the border Of the field In
his third row. Continue with your
work of the stars until you
have covered the field nicely with the
white constellation. II you do II taste
fully your field will be very nicely COW
cred. yet will In no way look over
crowded.
To make the stars is the most difficult
part about the flag. Very few people
are equal to cutting out a star. A star
has five points.
II Is much more convenient to buy
your stars. Any fancy goods store
will sell you stars OF silver ape
which you can easily paste upon your
blue field. If YOU want to spend a lit
tie more money YOU can get metal
stars of silver or white metal. which
will be very handsome. or you can go
to a nag dealer and get the white stars
I'm patches OF 81. each all ready to be
pasted upon your flag. If you sew the
stars on. do IL with small. neat stitches.
the number of stitches n be
sure that no star has more than the
other In You glue them on the nag.
pay special attention to the points and
use the paste employed by taiiors In
making mems trousers. They are usu-
ally glued around the hem and this
same Will answer nicely for FOUR nag.
For a b~uttonhole flag get baby rib
bon OF red and white. Overland the
stripes together. press well, and for the
stars emoroider lit;le white figures
upon a tiny square Of blue silk.
There are a few special rules To he