The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-18
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WOMEN SHOULD
DECORATE THEIR
OWN LACE Wells
Those Skilled in Needlework Can
Save Money by Taking This
Trouble.

Now that the handsome lace and
embroidery wells are worn so much,
women who are sufficiently skilled in
needle work should do the decorative
part themselves and thus save money.
The foundation Is plain Brussels
net. the thread employed fine en-
( brodery silk. The pattern is placed
under the net and traced with the
! needle and thread The transfer pa
pcrs that are sold for the ordinary
embroidery will answer, but the hot
irons Is not necessary. Just haste net
and pattern together and when com
plete snip the hasting threads
A new idea in collars Is the turn
over in white linen, striped with a
color and decorated with a simple
embroidery worked in cotton the
shade Of the strip. The edge is but
tonhole scaloped and above ii the
design may be simple, eyelets or a
scroll.
Another Improvement seen in linen
collars that are to be closed with
brooch is tiny eyelet worked on the
ends through which the pin is passed.
This saves forcing il Through the
stiffly starrhed linen. and, of course,
the collar will last much longer for
not being pierced in a number of
places.
The summer frock of null and
lingerie in dainty coloring Is certainly
most attractive, but only so long as
| II Is fresh. To keep gowns in this
| condition when away from home is
problem that a girl | know has
| solved. She has frocks in pink. blue
! and mauve. All are made with some
/ thing white about the neck and lower
/ part of the sleeves, which are separ-
I ate and can be quickly Numbered.
| AS the bottom or the skirt is apt
I to gather dust and CRIME, she pro-
vfcies hens OF white, but OF the same
! material as the dress, which she re-
! news as required The result is the
| girl is always attractively gowned, and
the bit of white about the feet gives
a kind of Frenchy touch to the toilet.
! The new hem can be applied In less
than half an hour by hand. which any
/ girl will be willing to give to bring
| about such happy results.
A pretty trimming for a large Leg
horn hat is an immense bow of hand
some Persian ribbon, each loop yelled
! with black malines. 1t Is practical,
too. and not easily soiling The edges
| Of the loops should be wired with the
finest milliner's wire in black silk.
An authority on the, removal OF
| stains informs me that when coffee
containing cream has been spilled on
| even a most delicate silk or linen
fabric the stain can be removed by
| brushing the spots with p ure glyce-
rine in its full strength, The stain
should then be sponged, with luke
warm water and the material, while
still damp. pressed on the wrong side
with warm, not hot. iron,
A novel finish to a gown seen re-
| Gently consisted of fine white lawn
| fril taken down the left side of a
waist in delicate mauve and from
shoulder to wrist through the upper
| part of the sleeves. The edges were
first cut in large shallow scaliops only
| little more than a ripple and piped
| with darker shade of mauVe. Then
| the frills were set on and held down
| al intervals with mauve cord loops
passing over buttons M the same col
or covered with crochet. The skirt
was of the same shade as the waist
and the finish black satin belt and
| cravat to match.
1t Is said that an expert laundress
never sprinkles her table linen. She
dries Ii thoroughly In the fresh-alr.
| then dips 1t into boiling water and
puts It through the wringer. Each
| article liz then folded in dry cloth
| as smoothly as possible and allowed
to remain there for couple or hours
or SO. Irons must he hot but not
| scorchng. because the linen must be
| ironed perfectly dry. Herein lies the
| secret of the gloss upon table linen
that Is guiltless of starch.
Now that SO little fulness Is seen
| at the armhoie. the task Of fitting the
sleeve at that point is diffieat for the
amateur dressmaker. For this reason
II will he better to cut sleeve and
| waist in one in peasant style, when
! plain shoulder effect is desired.
! only skilled dressmaker or tailor
! can give the correct finish to the
/ sleeve without fulness at the top. u
win be a failure in the hands of an
! amateur
! pretty apron for porch wear Is n
small affair OF white dotted swiss:
rounded on the lower edge and trimmed
/ with a self-hemstitched ruftie. and q
small hemstitched pocket Is added at
( the right side The price Is only TWEEN
I ty-five cents. Another at nifty cents is
! smaller. except that 1T has broad
! shoulder straps of the goods white
/ lawn trimmed with dainty embroidery
edging. large work apron in gfng
| ham, fitted with large pocket and
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