Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-09
"Boots and shoes mended for Cash"
ATTRACTIVE AND SALEABLE
 ARTICLES.

Dear Social Corner People:-While visiting Sunbornet Sue, l became in terested in the Social Corner and the enthuiasm and good will shown in your letters is most contagious and I should like to belong to the Social Corner family, so am sending a letter upon attractive and saleable articles for fairs, also birthday and Christmas gifts for the person who plans ahead.
 For the girl friend, an attractive gift is a pair of ribbon slippers made by gathering loosely 1-2 inch ribbon to the soles. Satin ribbon of her favorite color is used. Elastic is run through a hem in the top, and a baby ribbon rosette, each lCop knotted once in cen ter. is caught to the front of slipper.
 A chaflng dish apron is easily made from yards of Russia crash, 21 cents per yard. Allow enough distance to extend from belt in back to shoulders Cut a hole large enough to slip easily over the head. Make a 2 inch hem at bottom, and finish neck with binding, feather stitch hem or crochet edge. Make 9 two inch wide belt. Fasten to left side back, and extend across front to right side back. A large pocket Is often added to right side. A cross stitched design is then carried out on front and in the corners. If not too elaborate, part may be applied to belt. Cross stitched blue tea-sets, blue birds or flowers make the most appropriate effects.
 A dresser tray for pins, etc, is most attractive made from an oval enbroid- cry hoop, a lit5le baby ribbon and a small piece of silk. Wind both hoops with narrow ribbon to match room. Sew tightly across the bottom of small hoop, a large enough piece of approprf- ate ribbon or silk to hold in place. Snap outer hoop on and faSten a tailor bow to each end. Stand on four small glass push pins, stuck between the hoops.
 With shoes at the new prevalent high prices, a pair of shoe trees finds 8 most welcome reception, as they pre- serve the shape of the shoes wonder fully: A dainty pair may be made by winding with a button -hole edge finish
 Add 1-2 inch ribbon bows at each end.
 All sorts Of crooheted articles are es- pecially called for now, and a useful present for the housewife is a bunch of
 6 Turkish bath mitts with top edges crocheted with colored Electric" silk. caught in same place, followed by six of same placed 1-2 inch or less beyond, make the edge. Then cross stitch a small design on each nitt. Tie the
 bunch once around with inch wide
 satin ribbon to match color scheme.
 A Turkish guest towel and face
 cloth are also made by using same
 stitch as above entirely around each (it takes very little time if one uses a
 fine steel crochet needle), and cross- stitching 8 small design in one corner of each, the same design on each piece. Two towels and two face cloths all
 made to match tied with inch wide rib bon make an extraordinary gift.
 When there is a small baby in the En1J flaaH- Icfr hn f11 lowing baby set. A double faced
 Turkish set consisting of a. lap blanket, about one and one-half yard square. two face cloths and two bath towels can be purchased for one dollar; pink
 for girl, blue for boy, latest ar engagement of colors is carried out in @ crocheted edge on each piece and
 dainty cross stitch design, one in each corner of the lap blanket and one on each other article. Designs are not necessarily alike. At present it is hard to get the embroidery canvas with the blue guide lines as it Is of foreign i make, but a cheaper home manufac- tured scrin is being used with as fine results and 1t pulls out more easily. An inexpensive and most attractive breakfast set is made from 6 yards of 1 Japanese toweling at cents per yard, l2 inches wide. Either blue stork or i flower designs on white background I11eaS ''S oSSe'1 VI eeN e~A4y Cur two runners yards each and hem stitch ends Cut four squares and hemstitch narrow 11enns. These squares may be used for doilies between crossed runners, or if but or 4 are to
 be served may be used as napkins. In
 bridal trosseau was recently seen a luncheon set Of fine white linen cut wit. scalloped edges and picot edge
 crocheting in mercerized cotton, n1ak ing most dainty finish. A picot edge is simply $ single stitches taken in the material over a narrow rolled hem then three chain stitches caught in same part of material and repeated
 This set had A inch center piece, plate doilies, 6 bread and butter doilies and six tumbIers and doilies only, as a more elaborate set would be required for a more elaborate luncheon. A sug- gestion for a larger set would be to make finger bowl doilies in addition | to above: either crochet a fancy edge or sew on inch wide Cluny lace around each piece.
 l. For the kitchen most unique dish cloth is made by fielding 12 thicknesses of white mosquito netting into 12 inch l squares and stitching around edges