Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-02
Recin to Get Ready.

Begin to Get Ready
What are you all doing?" said an
astonished neighbOr as she entered the
north chamber and found the Brainerd
Girls and their mother seated around the
long. narrow sewing table, which was
covered with litter of articles, plainly
dumped from piece bags and sewing ma
chine drawers.
"Oh. it was such nice, cool morning,
we thought we would get ready for the
dressmaker's next visit" replied Mrs.
Brainerd, making room for her caller on
the sufa by the window.
why. l thought your summer sewing
was ali done in June?'
so it was" replied Mrs. Brainerd.
Now we are getting ready for fall
work"
I'm August?'
In August" was the laughing reply.
Don't you know that is the sale month
Of the year for home dressmakers? The
time par excellence for picking IN no.
tinus, Innings, scraps of embroidery. lace
buttons. trimmings of all sorts? You
see. we pay Miss Green two and a half
a day-and she is worth it-but we plan
10 have everything ready when she
comes. 50 tIdl we ulI Cdu 40 our snare
toward helping her There is no time
then to run out for hooks and eyes. a
hit Of featherbone, a spool of silk etc
SO we are sorting over our findings and
making a list of what we need in the
way of notions. Then we will take cool
mornings to shop, and before she comes
| will have the machine overhauled, fill
bobbins lay in plenty of needles and
have the scissors sharpened.
''Of course, some notions cannot be
purchased until the fall fabrics come in,
yet there are certain staples which are
worth hunting at the August sales. Net
tie has decided on a white evening gown.
so we are watching for a bargain in
white taffetas for the lining, which will
be needed whether the gown is of net or
chiffon or lace. Fifteen yards of white
silk is what we want. | shall have Il
navy blue broadcloth, but for lining that
| will use one of the new near-silkS.
which bear hard usage better than cheap
lining silks, and put dust ruffle of silk
on the bottom. And we will save on the
sales of such notions as thread, binding
ribbon, collar and girdle forms, etc"
Here are some of the things which the
Brainerd dressmaker will find at hand
when she arrives on the scene:
Blasting cotton in black and white. on
large spools which do not hide behind
rolls of cloth; hooks and eyes of various
sizes, both black and white. and round
eyelets of brass, buttonhoe stitches in
silk to match the gown to be made: bind
ing ribbons fiat silk betting to finish the
tops of old skirts: featherbone by the
box; collar and girdle forms already
fitted to the neck and waist black and
white cotton tape; black and white elias
tie, ribbon threaders with a hooked end
for carrying ribbon through beading, Il
big Improvement over the old-fashioned
JACKIE collars. cuffs. belts, lapels, etc;
collar canvas of a lighter weight crino-
line; crochet silk in blacks, white and
colors of gown, to be made for fagoting,
French knots. etc; skirt hraids or vel
Yejeen bindings and pins galore.
Many dressmakers prefer to fit both
collars and girdles. building them from
featherbone and some transparent mate
rial. but if this preference is not eX-
pressed the shopper is entirely safe in
buying girdle form in the shape she
approves, made from crinOline and feath-
er9oning. The collar forms are made of
cAltton. stretched over foundation of
te4therbone. which is ribbon bound.
1t makes a formidable list to be pur-
chased ut once. but it is true economy,
Tor every minute dressmaker waits for
Il forgotten item on the notion list her
time is being actually wasted and her
patience worn to a frazzle.-Selected
\ gracious hospitality is a desirable
ana charming quality in hostess. but
commendable as it may be, it must be
tempered with discretion, lest the eager
ness Of the desire to express ones cor
dIahty lead to the overlooking of the
guests point Of view. A young under
graduate came in late one evening. and
after pacing the floor in thoughtful 81
renee for a while, he burst forth: I've
n'en to see the BIS, and you've talked
10 me lot about the good breeding of
those girls. Now, I'll bet that some of
'helr doings aren't good manners. For
one thing you ought not to screw a man
Gown too hard when he wants to get
away. | tried three separate times.
wanted to 90 somewhere else, and I'd
stayed there long enough, anyway. Then
iou ought not to make him take an UNI
9reila when he'd rather not have it. 1t
ulah rain much, and if | could have got
Ya[ when | wanted to | shouldn't have
nad to take the thing. | tried hard not
10: but now I've got to make an extra
lrip to take it back and thank 'em for
%Aat | didn't want. I'd rather take
"Feek examination!'