The San Francisco call., 1904-07-24

are sent to the regulation laundry. The
dainty edges seem intent on making
the acquaintance of the sharpest point
of the iron and if they are sent home
without a frayed end and number of
broken stitches one may consider it
bit Of good luck
a far better scheme is to take a
stout thread and as fine a needle as
viii carry it and make small, round
stitches all the way about the linen.
taking care not to miss a space large
enough 20 hold the thread. Forty
thread is not too coarse and it is strong
enough TO withstand the ravages Of the
tub for many a long day.
Sheetins requires a letter that comes
especially for il, and the size depends
entirely unon the state Of the eX-
cheQuer The ordinary one is about
two and half inches long and is rath-
er plainly finished. but the more elab-
crate one is a trimming in itself. In
the first place it is some five inches
long. too large for anything else. The
linen is eXquisitely embroidered and is
made of very fine linen, so that
the finished sheet is most attractive
And sheets, by the way, are being
more trimmed every day. The thrifty
housewife who Drided herself on her
supplies used TO consider herself in
clover if all her sheets and pillow cases
were hemstitched. That was about the
incest way TO finish bedding and she
found time to provide herself with a
few for the guests chamber at any
rate. But these days she needs some
thing even more elaborate and more
betrimmed. The finest sheets display a
heavy border of flowers, heavy spray
of leaves or even some conventional de-
sign, but the simpler ones are content
with a pretty piece of embroidered in
sertion, and, of course, the cases are
made to match. All widths and all
patterns are used. even TO the finest
quality, but when particularly dainty
f1owery design is utilized, the sheeting
is not cut out underneath, unless one
has absolutely no regard for ones
pocketbook.
Breakfast napkins are the only ones
that may be marked with these ap-
pliqued initials, and then, they by the
way, must be of an entirely different
variety. Unfortunately they come in
but one size and always in a plain let
ter that is not surrounded by linen
that shows decidedly and distinctly
that it is appliqued rather than en-
broidered. They have but one fault
and that is if they are not beautifully
put on they look infinitely worse than
none at all, so IL behooves one to make
the neatest of stitches.
Even in so small thing as marking
linen there are always some changes
that one should pay attention to. For
instance, towels are not marked in the
corners any longer. Instead, the letter
is placed in the center of an end and
then it depends entirely upon the finish
of the towel itself. The hemstitched
ones usually have the letter about two
inches above the hem, but the damask
effects have them farther away than
that
Tea cloths and the like for kitchen
wear may be marked in a variety of
ways, but the newest and most salts
factory method is to order the entire
name worked in red in small pieces Of
tape. This, of course, is machine work,
but it IS neat and very serviceable and
plenty good enough. These little let
ters come in a variety of sizes and
shapes and there certainly is no gain
saying the fact that it is a splendid
scheme to have these smaller articles
labeled plainly and with the full name,
for Jane Smith does not run many
chances Of losing them in the laundry,
and in this way generous supply will
last for years and years.
Again, one may order a simple red
initial or red monogram, but they are
absolutely plain and never come larger
than what is known as the Inch size"
That is, of course, unless one is willing
to pay fancy price for such an order,
and then all is plain sailing.