The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-02-11

line q am assuming that this shirt
waist rescue work has appealed to
you) the material is a little too wide it
can be gathered into belt. I finished
my apron with ruf1e Of about three
inches. Of course cut on the straight
from new piece Of handkerchief lin
en-. BY the way, did say that the
waist was Of this linen? The rufle
was hemmed on one side and Joined to
a narrow strip Of beading by French
fell. and the opposite edge l Joined to
the apron in the same manner. I
used a wide piece of beading for the
belt and wide, soft satin ribbon for the
ties.
Now. / do hope this formula for
apron making is explicit. 1t should be
easier to follow than the best of cook
cry recipes, which often leave much
to the imagination as to exact quanti-
ties and everything to taste in the
flavoring line. The basic law, at least,
have laid down for you.
Just for practice I'm going to de-
scribe cap | evolved from another
discarded blouse as a gift for the Van
s. baby. In this instance l combined
real valenciennes lace with the hand
embroidery. A frill of chiffon edged
the front of the cap, and rosettes Of
chiffon with centers of tiny pink rose
buds l placed on each side of the
front just above the ears. 1t was too
cute for anything but the blessed in
FAINT who wears it. The ties were of
chiffon, very wide and gathered at the
ends into tiny rosettes composed of
rosebuds. Yes, the kid probably did
put the pity" flowers in her mouth.
but she's thriving on the diet.
And that reminds me of funny
story / heard about Polly KS chill
dren. Polly went to Honolulu recent
ly on business trip with her husband
and left the two children-Polly junior.
nine. and Rachel. fve-with their
aunts. One Of these relatives is @
young and charming widow, and the
other is an old mean, she's a bach
elor maid. who will be able to vote
when women get the franchise. She
could go to the polls now If Mrs. Pank-
hurst's dearest hopes are speedily real
lied. Well. to get back to my story,
the aunts had theories of how little
girls should eat how they should
walk. talk and almost breathe. Indeed,
they did put the poor children through
a course of deep inhalations and ex-
halations. But the weakest point in
the armor of their nieces' characters
was their lack of affection. my dear
Mary" said Aunt Helen to her sister,
"these children have never once Of
fered to kiss me of their own accord,
and they don't seem to miss being
away from their parents in the least.
Pm going to teach them how to be
demonstrative and to appear glad to
see their father and mother when they
come back"
So, sure enough, next day there was
a dress rehearsal of welcoming mother
home.
Did you ever hear Of such per-
formance? Aunt Helen personated
mother and in most effusive fashion
ran to meet the children as they enter
ed the room, embracing her little girls
and telling them how good it was to
see them again and Of how mother had
longed to give them a good big hug,
suiting the action to the words.
The first trial was a dismal failure,
''That won't do, children; 60 out and
try it once more" being the verdict.
But after several more rehearsals they
warmed up to their parts.
The seed planted by their affection
ate aunts must have fallen on fertile
! soil. for Mrs. X. wrote soon after her
| arrival at length upon Polly's and
| Rachers very evident delight at her
| homecoming
The lesson I'm taking now is coach
| ing up for the "wiggle walk" You'll
know about it the next time you hear
| from yours in the faith,
New York. MABEL.
p. 81 don't know just what this
last sentence means. but found it in
an autograph copy Of popular story
| presented by the author to quill driv-
ing friend of his. The new wing bow
is the latest stunt in millinery.