The Washington herald., 1914-10-20
I House.
wives
Daily
Economy
Calendar
FAMILY STOCKING BAG.

How much time do you spend a week
sorting and mating stockings? However
much time II is, IL is considerably too
much, because there is an easy way Of
reducing this process to great simplicity.
Every pair Of stockings should be marked
with corresponding numbers These
marks can be sewed at the hem so that
at a glance they can be arranged in pairs.
For "a cents for six dozen you can buy
woven numbers from one to fifty. and
this is enough for all the stockings in
the family, surely.
Further, to simplify matters, each
member of the family might be given a
certain set of numbers-that is, one MEM
Der could have from one to ten, another
from ten to twenty, and so on. In that
way all question in mismating and mis-
appropriating Of stockings could be OBJ
Waited. II the price of these woven tape
numbers seems too great, it would not
be difficult to make numbers with indeli-
BILE ink on pieces of white tape that could
be sewed on the stockings in just the
same manner.
There Is always some member Of the
family whose wear and tear on stockings
is much worse than the other members;
one member who is the vexation Of the
housewife whose duty It is to do the fam
lily darning. In such a case there is
Usually EOlAAC very sOO4 AGaSOn NAlC
thoughtful housewife will look into. II
stockings repeatedly tear at the knees,
the trouble usually is that the stockings
are not long enough To get around this
difficulty there are opera length stock
ings," which, though a little more ex-
pensive, are twice as durable in case the
usual stockings are too short. Sometimes
persistent wearing at the heel is due to
the fact that shoes are worn and ragged
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fact that the heels Of the shoes are too
large. In this case little extra lining
in the heel will relieve the wear. One OF
the usual causes Of stocking wear comes
from the attempt to wear stockings too
long. A fresh pair or stockings every
day may make a larger wash. but is Is
sure to cut down the weekly darning by
about 70 per cent.
Remember that white stockings wear
much better than black stockings. This
is worth remebering In buying little
children's stockings. For old people
white wool stockings are the best as
white wool is easier to wash than col
ored wool, and old people really should
have the softeSt of wool stockings, even
in warm weather.
In very cold weather, or in taking a
long tramp. there is great wisdom in
wearing two pairs of stockings or socks
This suggestion comes from an Alpine
Mountain guide, who always advises the
tourists he guides to try this plan. The
first pair Of stockings should. II possible.
be silk. II not. It should be Isle, and 1t
should be white, IL possible. The second
pair should be moderately stout The
two pairs do not seem to take up any
more room in the shoe than one would
DO But there is a great difference in the
Nay they wear. Instead Of having a e1n-
tinual rub on the foot or the shoe, the
rub all comes between the two stockinSs
This prevents foot blistering in case Of
long walking and greatly decreases the
wear on the stockings. Though not
noticeably warm in warm weather, this
double arrangement keeps the feet dry
and comfortable in the severest cold
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