Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-31

let the women of this great country become aroused and the evil can be l stamped out.
 A vote is nothing to us unlesszin- : telliEently used. We need to study,
 and then happily the remedy directly to the sore spot. thus effecting a per : manent cure.
 This is a hard. scornful world for the working girl without home or friends.
 I wonder if any of the sisters do their own dresSmahng. I have done mine for years and would like to of fer few suggestions that peTha ps may be Of use to someone. use the cut paper patterns and can. recon mend The New Idea as the. most re- liable, but especially do urge every woman who has the home sewing and fitting to do to subscribe for Needle craft. She will never be sorry. First cut and stitch your skirt carefully according to pattern which should be exactly followed: don't try to improve or think a little variation won't make any difference, because it will When ready to hang, pin the skirt around
 the hips to the underclothin- in sucn a manner that it will hang straight 10 the floor and the seams will not slant Then arrange the top. fitting 1t to thc
 form and pinning 1t securely to the belt. Now remove the first pins and II llio tAdiIS 1S RSi4Skl CtC4l L4G bCttOAl in the following manner:Fs 7
 Place one end of a yard stick on the floor, holding it in a perfectly yer tical position against the dress. ln- Sert 8 pin in the dress at top of sticN and continue this process every two or three inches until you have a row of pins around your skirt, Now slip off the skirt carefully and finish the bottom one yard from each pin if you want the skirt to touch the f1oor,s 34 inches from the pin if you want the skirt two inches from the foor,, and so on. With care and the aid of a good mirror you can do all this fectly from the belt to hem
 Asa guide to inserting a sleeve measure an inch back from the shout q seam, fold the armhole together and place the inner seam of sleeve at front fold of armhole The stoutel the person the farther towards the back the elbow seam should be put. Always do the trcking for a waisi before cutting it out. When you wa 7t l machine tucker with unthreade6 needle and sew in the holes thus
 made; this will be of great assistance I in getting the stitches perfectly even l which it will be impossible to d. l otherwise. When gathering a ruffif I stitch across and draw up the straigh 1 thread to the fullness deired. 1 Before cutting buttonholles in ma 1 terial that frays, stitch with the ma. chine close around the button1olt 1 mark. This stitching will make a firm edge to work upon. When sewing z heavy button to your own or child.
 ren's clothing place a thin fiat buttor underneath the goods and sew the twt buttons on together with the goodi | between This prevents Sagging rant
 lessens the danger of tearing out tn,
 goods to which they are sewed. 1 When covering a medium or largs button mold, place a fiat shank but l ton against the Abottonl of mold ant l draw the thread tightly over. both 1 leaving the shank outside to sew. ol l by. I glue the two buttons togethe and let dry before covering. whenr tn 1 gluepot is at hand.
 If the sisters win follow theses di rections for laundering lace curtains
 am sure they will have no more trou bic: Take two strips of board, on inch thick, four inches wide and tn length of the average. curtain, wit l two more of the same size and abou five feet long. Tack a strip of stron cloth along one edge of each just a you would do with quilting frame: Having washed And starched you
 curtains as usual, proceed to pin ther to the frames you have made, usin small pins and being careful to pi every notch or scallop securely. Wha, l you have finished pinning to the lon strips (and be sure to have thes placed evenly) stretch the curtains b l tacking the shorter pieces across tn ends and Dinning to them. It seems 1 good deal of work, but it isn't. x ironing is s-required. Two to four pair
 can be pinned in at the same time an
 by standing the frames in the sun the will dry nicely.
 l Another good method when the wea
 ther is bad is to stretch sheet on tn
 carpet of a room you do not need t
 use for time and pin the curtains ou
 on the sheet or sheets to remain un I til quite dry
 I l think I know who Aunt Juie is,
 Trusting that some of these hint
 Will be new and helpful, will con, again-if I may.
 I I also want to thank the editor fo the yellow slip received.
 HOUSEHOLD .MODISTE.