New-York tribune., 1912-03-12
81 News Of |ntgrgSt e.
" to ,W9men ~ "
Things Kept Long Enough
May Come TO Use Again

Save the pieces, the sntppets. the odds
and ends. Not things outworn ana tar
nished, hopelessly past reuse II they are
merely faded, but sound in fabric. saving
them may be worth while. Ia this day OF
easy dyeng a little trouble may transform
them marveliously. Also. occasionally, the
fading is an advantage-witness this record
OF friends expsdient: She was making
spring frock, which had 10 be finished BY
time near at hand, and discovered at ths
last minute che lacked tho ornamental silk
her design required. Fate had so ordered
things she was forced TO stay at home
there was nobody she could send 10 get II.
as she was not quite sure Of what she
wanted She turned TO her ragbag. In It's
deeps she found a discarded satin cushion
top. beautifully hand wrought. but faded
from It's original pink to a sort Of salmon
closely approaching cloth OF gold. Laid
against the new stuff It harmonized beau
tifully. There was enough by careful cut
ting for every need. As a result she saved
several dollars-the price OF new brocads
less handsome than the embroidery-snd
had garniturs for her spring gown abso-
lutely unique. Yet she had been shifted af
nightly when. five years earlier. she had
washed and pressed the cushion top and
rolled II up smoothly inside old white Linen
Another woman went TO her bag. got out
a piece of brocatelle, once the outside OF q
chair back-a chair she had herself re-
covered 1t was faded and rusty looking.
but of wonderfully graceful design She
worked the pattern over with shaded en-
broidery silks, splotched the ground q biz
pA had ha az nj
knowing that her new broadcloth was
everywhere taken to have come from Paris.
because only Paris gave such adorable
touches as the yoke and cuffs. hand en-
broidered clever girl got new lingerie
frock mostly from the ragbag by Ingenious
ly combining scraps OF lace, fancy braid
and embroidery she found there. and
mounting them upon less than dollars
worth OF sheer white lawn.
Genuine French embroidery is almost an
immortelle-I mean the thick raised sort
no matter how fine. Save 10 when tbs
original ground goes to pieces, putting all
sorts of II carefully together. Some leisure
time, cut out all the embroidered figures.
using very sharp scissors. and put them
away I'm a box against the time OF need.
Then. when you want a handsome blouse
yolk. or trimming for corset cover, or
collar. or lace set get your cut-outs, ar
range the figures gracefully upon new Lace
or lawn sew them down all around very
carefully with short. small stitches, USING a
fine needle and No. 100 thread. and they
will look quite as II they grew there.
Corners, initials and rnonograms can thus
be transferred on handkerchief, table and
bed l!nen-anything indeed. Silk embroi-
derry does not transfer anything like so well
as cotton or linen, but It can be done by
using a fine cord OF gold or silver or con-
trasting color, laying It along the edge and
sewing over and over IL with thread OF It's
own color. Spanish lace can be thus trans
ferred to new grounding and renew its
lease Of life. II Il is rusty. wash 1t quickly
In weak soapsuds, rinse very clean, and
blue In water as deep colored as you can
make It. then dry In the shade and press
while still damp. II the blueing doesn't
freshen the black Of It try stale eeer or
cold coffee. dipping, pressing without
wringing, half drying and ironing. After
ironing cut out and apply to the new
ground. 1t will be handsomer, or, rather.
Shower, ir sewn down with floss silk In
buttonhols stitch, the stitches set an eighth
Of an inch apart.