Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
At THE LAST MOMENT
A Bunch of Eleventh Hour
Remembrahcss.
SENSIBLE THINGS, TOO
MADE FROM SCRAPS AND PRETTY
LEFTOVHRs. q
These included Bags and Handy Articles
as Well as Stocks and
Neck Pieces.
SENSIBLE THINGS, TOO

| Even the girl who has spent her spar
| moments since midsummer manufacturing
| Christmas gifts find at this, the eleventh
| hour, one or perhaps more names which
| she has unintentionally left off her Christ
mas list. She turns to the shops to FIND
the best of the little trinkets picked out
and the remainder high-priced to catch thu
eager and tardy buyer. There is no time
| for her to set many elaborate stitches, ant
yet her work basket and piece bag nee(
| only hints and suggestions to yield some
| fetching little gifts
Travelling has become so common in the
! average American home that little con.
veniences for the trunk or grip are always
welcome. A tray cover will help the girl
ish traveller to keep her waists fresh, and
it is easily made. A strip of linen, denim
or crash is cut the exact size of a trunk
tray, and bound all the way around with
braid of a contrasting color. The center
is embroidered with the initials of it's
| owner in mercerized floss to match the
braid, and pieces of tape are fastened near
the corners of the cover, in length sufficient
to- tie under the tray. Such a cover, OF
course, is not needed with the old-fash-
Toned trunk whose single tray has a lid at
tached but the new trunks are made up
here the washable cover is most useful.
For the Men.
For a man. traveller, and particularly for
college boy, a clean collar bag is most
handy little remembrance. Heavy linen
canvas, or lightweight denim should be
used for this purpose. Two disks Of card
board four inches in diameter are covered
with the linen to form the bottom of the
or no pnfxr tIcca tc ty,Cn a
strip of cloth nineteen or twenty inches
long and eight or nine inches deep. This is
gathered on to one of the disks and the
other is sewed over it firmly, so that there
is no raw edge on either the inside or the
outside of the bag.
The upper part of this is run with a
double hem and strong tape or braid is
inserted to draw it up, exactly like to-
clean collars and Is less bulky than a
leather box. In making it for man, do
not employ delicate colors, or use ribbons
for drawstrings. Make it plain and strong
ana 1t will satisfy the masculine heart.
Another convenience for the gfrlish trav-
eler is pin sheet To be quite up-to-date
select half yard Of ribbon six inches
wide in the deeper shade OF COO de Roche,
for the outside of the sheet. and lighter
shade OF the same width and length for
the lining, with yard of number one rib
bon, in both tints.
What is Needed.
If the ribbon cannot be picked up at a
bargain, surah silk or liberty taffetas cut
on the straight will do just as well, and
three-eighths of yard of each color will
be sufficient Use ordinary sheet wadding
for the interlining. and If you have a bit OF
sachet powder scatter this between the
wadding. Sew the two pieces of silk or rib
bon together. put in the sheet wadding, be-
ing caretul TO tack It at the four corners,
or II you use silk, instead of ribbon, sew
the Wadding right into the seam. Spread
the sheet on table, with the light side up.
Stick into It, in regular order, pins of ali
sorts and conditions-three sizes of safety
pins, at least two sizes of black headed pins
and as many white, using half paper OF
the latter, and half a dozen veil pins, either
in black or colors. If the gift is for a young
girl, pearl-headed pins of various lengths,
and at least one card of the fancy pins,
showing heads in various colors to match
the jewels used in passementerie, such as
emeralds, garnets, sapphires, etc. These
are extremely useful in catching down COL
lars, stocks and vests, where fancy trim
ming is employed. When the sheet Is fully
equipped with pins, roll 1t up as you would
an old-fashioned housewife and tie it with
two shades of narrow ribbon, which have
been fastened to the center of one end OF
the sheet.
New Stock Models.
The new stocks present such singular
should throw away a single scrap of lace,
ribbon or trimming of any sort. They are
just the things needed to evolve a little
Christmas gift.
A very dressy stock shown at a neckwear
counter could be made from left-overs, The
most striking feature of this dainty aces
sorry was a bow ef white chiffon, laid in
pleats for all the world like half an open
fan, the pleats growing shorter and shorter
on the right side The end of each pleat
was finished with a small lace medallion
and on the left side the edge of the longest
pleat was outlined by strand of baby vel
vet ribbon in coral pink, caught at intervals
with single bow, in the heart of which
was single pearl bead.
This bow was attached to a stock of me-
dunn height built on a white chiffon FORM
The lower two-thirds of the collar was
velvet, showing double fold of coral pink
panne velvet. The upper third, overlap
ping the lower part of the stock was built
of medallions matching those on the tie
Pale colors enter largely into dressy
neckwear, and both pale pink and blue are
popular. A stock built of white chiffon is
set off with straps of baby blue velvet, and
falling from smart-looking bow of white
chiffon is a shower of small buds made
from pale blue chiffon.
Chiffon Flowers.
The ribbon flowers which were so popu-
lar last year have been replaced by the
more delicate chiffon flowers which are
equally easy to make and much softer at
the neck. An easily gotten up and very
pretty stock is one that would be particu-
larly acceptable to an elderly woman.
An ordinary chiffon form, which can be
bought at any notion counter for 10 cents,
is used as the foundation 1t is then COW
cred with shirring of pale gray chiffon or
mousseline. The vertical lines of shirring
are outlined by black velvet baby ribbon
ctr cd NIT out cfa L., frn,. he
ends of which hang threerstranded tassels
Of the velvet ribbon, each strand tipped
with steel bead. The longest tassel de-
ponds from the point of the collar in the
front, each tassel growing shorter toward
the back
Kitchen Wrinkles
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