Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29
5W SUMMER COSTUMES WORN IN PARIS.

| Of kid or of Isle thread, but silk glove
| mender set comes for silk gloves. Either will
| cost S1-69, but there sufficient threads
| to last lifetime Needles are not included
/ but they may be bought separately. For re-
pairing isle thread or silk gloves any ordi-
| nary sewing needle may be used, but kid
ones will be mended much neater If spe-
cial needle that comes for the purpose Is
used.
From the eye halfway downward the
needle differs in no way from other sewing
, needles. but the point half has three sides
instead of being round. This makes a
smaller hole than the round needle. and as
the thread employed is so very fine 1t does
not fill up the hoe formed by the round
| needle passing through So it is best to use
| the glove or fur needle. They are about the
same thing
Rips in the seams of gloves are always
repaired on the right side, with an over
handed stitch that is perfectly simple. Sup
posing one does not possess a darner, then
| II Is better to insert a finger than to hold
the glove to be mended in the hand. The
seam will be fatter and more flexible, while
repaired without such aid the result Is apt
to be a botch. In beginning make a small
knot on the thread and pass the needle
through from the wrong side of the glove.
To fasten off take the needle to the wrong
side again, secure neatly and cut the thread.
II the thread can be exactly matched the re-
paired part will be imperceptibe. In the
case Of a bad break will sometimes hap
pen at the thumb then lace stitch Is used
to fill the hole. Any simple stitch will an
swer, but the buttonho'e somewhat resem-
bling loops, Is the accepted one If there Is
likely to be any strain at the wrists a mar
row strip Of tape should reinforce the but
tons. This will be neatly hemmed down at
the back. Large and ragged buttonholes may
be easily prevented by the stitch-in-t time
rule. The sewing used in facing these invari-
ably becomes ripped and so the buttonholes
lose their frmness first, then stretch, and
finally tear. Half dozen stitches taken in
time will save all this, and the glove will
last much longer for the attention given.
Isle thread varieties are subject to much
the same rules as those given for kid
gloves except that a fine buttonhole stitch
used for repairing rips will be stronger than
the overhangtng, and the sewing is done on
the wrong side. Silk gloves require closer
attention than either kid or Isle thread for
the reason that the ravage will so quickly
spread and become larger whether rip or
hole. while caught stitch will grow into a
Jacobs ladder In no time.
The adage, prevention Is better than
cure" applies especially to silk gloves and
despite double finger tips holes will make
finger tips and made to adhere will save
such wear and tear, and can be used on the
new gloves or when they are just showing
thin places. There is no trouble attached to
the proceeding whatever. Simply turn the
glove inside out, mo!sten and apply.
Another plan Is to cut pieces from old
gloves make tiny caps and sew on inside
ess: far more so than darning the hole
once 1t has appeared. However, supposing
the darning is necessary, then the glove
must be turned on the wrong side, the
Garner inserted and the edges of the hole
drawn together with the ST k Go around the
hole three times, then darn as one would a
stocking. Rips are mended the wrong
side, stitching, not overha nded sewing, be-
Ing correct A couple of stitches will arrest
Jacobs ladder. but If it is already in evil
dence then it should be darned up and down
In the usual way. $,