The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-30


 machine foot and by guiding with the one-third the width of braid. Then sew on skirt in the usual way with hemmed side next to skirt. Easy to do and will wear three times as long. 
 A good Kitchen or work apron can be made from a 25 or 50-cent pair of oyeraiis. Rip inside seams Of the legs and the back steam and cut out the gores between and sew up the front in straight seam Hem the back. Leave the bib and suspenders as they are; also the pockts, if desired. Not every woman can afford to buy for herself one of the ready made dummy figures on which waists may be so successfully fitted at home, yet every amateur dressmaker who is the fortunate owner of such an assistant willStell you that the "dear dummy" Is the joy and comfort of her life. How ever. one woman. whose practical in- senuity is greater than her financial abilities. has discovered a method Of producing such dummy with but lit- tie trouble and expense First of all. she had all expert dressmaker cut and 1t her a plain lining extending we'll below the hips. This lining was made of twill cotton, with long. light fitting sleeves anu 0 1fiHYits sIdn1ln8 cOilAr- After the dressmaker had finished, the lining the woman took 1t home and promptly stitened every seam agalr. with very strong thread so that the garment would have great staying powers. Then she fitted an oval DOT tion of twill cotton at the top and the bottom of the lining and finally she ripped open and under arm seam and carefully stuffed the form with excelsior. After the filling was suc- cessfuily over and the opening had been tightly sewed up. the dummy was fastened to small board. a broom stick WAS inserted into hole in the board and at the bottom was stuck into another and larger board so the figure would stand erect. tho whole thing of course. being made just tall enough to equal the woman's own height. With this homemade dummy, the ingenious woman now fits easily and quickly all her waists, collars and even her skirts as we'll
 SOME INTERESTING FACTS.
 There are few cows in Labrador--- and no wonder. The natives lay aside enough milk for the winter and when the freezing days come they kill their cews. TaA nssik is stored in barrels and in the extreme cold of that cli- mate 1t freezes solid and never sours throughout the winter season, and when the housewives of Labrador need milk they simply go to the barrel cut out slice and melt it.
 By simple rule the length Of the day and night at any time of the year may be ascertained. By doubling the time Of the suns rising, the length Of night is obtained, and by doubling the time of setting the length of the day is given.
 Luther Burbank, the famous wizard horticultnrist of Caiifornia not long since presented to Stanford University q box of seventy-three different yarie- ties of apples. all grown on one tree.
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 A connittee of prominent educators has been in vestigating the school children of this country and it has been found that over million chill dren are il1-nourished. more than s, GOO. 900 have enlarged glands, and over s,oo0.00o suffer from defective breath ing.
 Tn Java women and young girls do all the work of porters, skilfully caf- rying great loads upon their heads ifi- deed, as soon as a Javanese girl can walk she IS tausht to carry things in this way.
 in England alone 2s.ooo letters with, out any addresse are posted every year.