Evening star., 1919-12-26
Food, Health and Thrift
Matters of Interest to
| Daughters of Household

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threads. Burn a thread of each: the
wool boils in the heat and gives out
a smell like burned feathers or hair.
Cotton burns with fame and with
little Odor. To tell cotton from linen,
the microscope test is the best. Under
this the cotton fiber has the appear
ance of flattish strip twisted. while
max fiber is round. like a fine worm.
The presence of vegetable or animal
| nber in silk may he detected by soak
ing sample of the fabric in concen-
trated hydrochloric acid. which at
once dissolves the silk, leaving the
other hbers untouched.
Every girl wants to have becoming
evening frocks. For this reason a
very important part of her personal
shopping will be the choice of ma
terials and colors best suited for even
ing wear. She must remember that
many colors that are attractive and
becoming in daylight present quite a
diferent appearance at night 1t is
just as important that you select an
evening dress in room lighted by
gas or electricity as that you exam
Inc goods for wear In the daytime by
natural light.
The effect depends upon the amount
or yellow light produced by electric
arc light the incandescent electric
lamp, and the gas and the oil light.
hlectrlc light and gas light contain a
preponderance of yellow rays so that
they give decided yellow tone to
the colors that they illumine. In such
light pale blue often becomes green
or assumes a yellowish or reddish
appearance. and is far less attractive
than in daylight.
yellow becomes lighter under cleo
trlc light and gas light, a fact to
remember ii you wish a bright yell
low effect.
Pale rose frequently becomes dull
under artificial light, but a bright
rose under the influence of yellow
rays is lowered in tone and takes on
a charming and delicate appearance.
Bright red, owing to the amount
OF yellow in it's composition. becomes
oppressive. Purple and lilac undergo
complete Transformation at night.
White has the effect of Frightening
every color with which it is combined;
black has the contrary effect.
How to Make IA Pretty CnmixOIe.
Two handkerchiefs, either plain
hemstitched or embroidered. will
make beautiful corset cover with
the addition of lace insertion. edging
and ribbon. Take one handkerchief
and cut it in two pieces from corner
to corner. then take the other hand
kerchief and cut that in two pieces
the same way. Take one of these
pieces and cut in halves again. There
are now three large triangles and two
smaller ones. Take two of the large
pieces to form the bottom of the cor
set cover. with the other large piece
fitting at the center of the top. Place
small piece at each side. Cut
paper pattern first and put together
and you will instantly see how 1t goes.
These pieces of handkerchief are fas-
tened together by a double row of IN
sertion. the whole forming a straight
oblong piece when finished; Edge the
top and bottom with beading to run
ribbon through, using wider ribbon
at the bottom than at the top. Put
double row of insertion down each
side at the front, the side which but
tons over having also rufIle Of lace.
Edge the neck with q ruff1e of lace
also. The straps for the arms are
made from bands of beading or en-
broidery edged with lace. This cor
set cover may be increased in size
sertion and beading. 1t is very simple
to make, but handsome in appearance.
To Make Handkerchief.
1t is good sewing experience for
girl to make her own handkerchiefs.
All young girls love pretty handker-
chiefs and it is possible to have twice
as many if they are made at home.
Making handkerchiefs is good pickup
work for any girl and is interesting.
Neat patterns are of very sheer ma
teriai delicately turned on the edges
and plain hemstitched or trimmed
with very narrow lace. ColorS either
in polka dots or as narrow DorderS,
are used on most of the new handker-
chiefs Some have colored centers
with white polka dots and others have
colored dots on the white centers with
a very narrow border in color. some
others have tiny scallops, edged IN
blue, pink, lavender or green and stu
others have a sprig of flowers en-
broidered in one corner as well as the
scalIoped edge. Handkerchief linen Is
obtainable in a variety or pretty
shades. which are very attractive
when set off by a finishing touch in
darker shade.
Fine sheer handkerchiefs are easily
made. Instead of hemming the edges,
they should be rolled French fashion:
TO do this, dampen the thumb and
first finger of the left hand and roll
as finely as possible as you continue
to sew. The lace edging or insertion
that YOU trim with may be sewed on
with the same stitch that sews the
roll. In other words. the roll ana
edring are sewed at the same time.
This makes a prettier. more delicate
finish. than a hem. as 1T is almost IN
visible. Such handkerchiefs may pc
trimmed as simply or as elaborateiy
as YOU wish. These handkerchiefs.
With the rolled edges may be whipped
around and back again with colored
thread to form tiny crosses lot a Dor
der and further ornamented by hem
stitching worked in deeper color,
inserted parallel to the edge. Two
lines. or double hemstitching, may be
inserted parallel if you wish TO give
more color and character to the ue.
sign. A simple initiating in color at
one corner may finish the handker-
chief. .,,.
b.ndkerchiefs requires three yards
nf linen. one spool of thread and
two skeins of embroidery silk Hems
stitch them by hand and work an
initial in one corner of each.
chiefs, especially if they are turning
yellow. put couple Of drops OF
ueroxide of hydrogen in the rinsing
water. This is the method that is
used by cotton manufacturers to
bleach cotton cloth to a pure wnlte
harmless Another method is to ,let
them soak overnight in water in
which a little cream of tartar has
been dissolved. Instead of dampen-
ing handkerchiefs in the usual way
before ironing. try this method: In
two quarts Of tepid water put five
drops of bluing and small piece of
lump starch. Pour in basin. In
this mixture dip each handkerchief
separately. thoroughly wetting it and
then squeezing it as dry as possible.
When all the handk erchiefs have been
treated in this way spread them out
smoothly on a clean cloth or towel
until they can be irOned.
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