The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-03

I than the opening in the casing. sewing
/ il on after the tape has been inserted.
I BurrOnhole over the ring in the color
of the tape. Use tins method and your
drawstring viii never slip.
Whin together the cuffs from worn
out shirts for shareholders. These are
already thick. and when whipped to
gether and brass ring served into
one corner they make excellent holders
that are easily washed
Before heming heavy label linen rub
the hem with dry white soap and the
needle viii 90 through more readily.
When YOU are tired of making EN-
hruiderv corset covers with embroidery
beading straps over the shoulders, and
having them wear OUT every few ks,
try this scheme: Take a wide ric rae
and sew the points together and draw
ribbon through. Or take narrow EN-
hruiderv ar linen lace ami stitch the
ric.rac on each edge. This makes a far
stronger shoulder strap Just as pretty
and less expensive.
Often one win tear hole in Il good
garment where needlew0rk viii show,
III il ia small and VIII meet. place a
piece OF court plaster on wrong side,
dampen, and place a GOOD warm IRON on
it. II large, place a piece Of goods the
same as garment first, and then the |
court plaster.
If your rug has torn fringe. do not /
put il in the attic, but mend the fringe. |
Cut off all the fringe, get Il piece of |
pasteboard four inches square and /
wind around it yarn of color 10
match the rug. Wind the warn one |
way around the pasreboard five or six 1
times and slip it off. Then put one end /
OF the yarn through the end of the {
rug and put the other end through and /
clinch it. Keep this up until you get +
all the way across the end of the rug
If only Il little il torn, and you can +
match the fringe exactly, you DO not |
need to cut off all that is there. This I
method, OF course, is equally good for
any fabric fringe.
1t is not generally known that slice
of lemon put into the copper boiler /
when boiling clothes will make them H
beautifully white, and take all the
stains out of pocket handkerchiefs and I
children $ dresses. Cut the lemon with \
the rlnd into slices and let it remain in
the boiler till the clothes are ready TO
come out.
White silk should never be hung in .
the sun, and when it has been rendered 4
yellow by this means it should be
washed again and hung in a shady
place, and in the water should be
placed little turpentine.
Paint stains may be removed from
WOODEN fabrics by rubbing with tur-
pentlne. IT the stains are old and do
not respond to this treatment, add am =
monia to the turpentine.
The Irish peasant girl has a most
thorough method of skin whitening.
She spends no money for lotions. brt
she takes handful of oatmeal and
powders it to dust. This she puts in
warm water and let's it come to boil:
when partly cool she uses it as face
WASH. Potato water il sometimes sub
stltuted, but the oatmeal lotion is the
best whitener. Fer chin is newer the
rough chm of the woman of more pam
pered habits, who neglects her chin I,
and wonders why it breaks out.
Ever so many old fashions have been
revived. The Black velvet neekband.
with or without ieweled slides, will be
worn. A lso the bracelet of black vel
vet, the clever woman of TODAY having
discovered how much it enhances her
white skin.
Black combined with royaI or nat
Tier blne is to be very popular this sea
SON The great advantage of this mix.
tQre OF colors is that il is becoulinp
ankle TO fair and dark women. whether
Young OF of advancing years. and it is
always more or less in favor. Models
or the great houses are often simpI,a in
design, the reason of their artistic eff
feet resulting from the disposition of
trimming, so that woman of mnder4fe
income, but unerring taste, can WORT
wonders by planning out her own
rocks. For afternoon wear. a bit Of
gold IN addition wonderfully enlivens a
iress, and is generally becoming ~ the l
Gold embroidery and lace
Ire immensely in vogue. If a black S
louse dress be chosen, soften il with \
lne OF blue at top of the collar or
several rows of chain stitch in yiIt .
thread. A gold dangling collar al She
base of the throat or a turguoise or
iquamarlne pendant makes all black
ess trying, and removes the sroras+I,ln