Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-13
CLEVER CAMOUFLAGE
OF OLD FOOTWEAR
FOR PRACTICAL WEAR

Since high rates are still being
charged for all of life's necessities and
unheard of prices appearing on every
article of wearing apparel, the woman
whose income is limited must. if she
hopes to make ends meet and wonder
of wonders) lap little. learn to cam
outage and to economic on every pos
sible occasion.
After the autumn season most wom-
en- find an accumulation of pumps, OK
fords and other low footwear on hand
shoes which seem to have lost their
lease on life and which appear to be
out of the question for cold weather
wear. However, right here is where a
pair of smart spats will help matters
wonderfully, as they can be worn with
any kind of a low shoe and will COM
pletely transform a wornout high boot.
Many a practical person is at the
present moment camoufiaging her old
footwear by the addition of new soles,
rubber heels and dressing the color of
the shoe The woman who must econ
omize will assuredly find it to her ad-
vantage to go over her perhaps shabby
oxfords and pumps, and, instead o.
paying out a record figure for a pair
of new high boots, invest in pair or
two of good looking spats. For smart
effect and warmth those delightful ac-
cessories stand out prominently, and
the woman who affects them once will
never, as long as they are worn, be
without them.
There are other ways too in which
the small income may, in the hands of
an executive matron, be heightened.
Everyone knows that the prices on bed
and table linen are this year almost
prohibitive. However, good service
napkins may be developed from the
whole sections of table cloth, while
the darned. unredeemable parts will
make excellent wash cloths or dish
towels. Pillow cases that give consid-
cradle promise may be fashioned from
the outer portions of worn bed sheets,
yet if one wishes to take the time and
trouble to do so, the worn parts of the
sheets may be discarded, new sections
put in, and the result will be bed linen
that wears remarkably we'll.
The average closet or dresser seems
to be the repository for sundry cast off
out of date garments, yet most of those
same articles may by a little careful
planning, plus the addition of new, or
contrasting material, be transformed
into smart and good looking blouses or
skirts. Many an old serge suit could
be made over, faded or IifeIess silk
-frocks ripped apart, dyed, and given a
new lease of life. But the woman who
attempts this renovating venture must
have an exact idea of the possibilities
of each garment before she commences
her task.
In these days of lovely colonial hand
crochet rag rugs let the matron who
would give discarded stockings and
other articles to the junkman, cut the
same into inch wide strips, join them
together, and with the aid of a huge
bone needle make a set of gay rag
rugs. 1t requires absolutely no skill
to turn out some wonderfully service
able floor coverings from those cast off
pieces of clothing Indeed, all one
needs to know about the work is to be
able to fashion the simple chain stitch
which even the tiniest youngster can
execute
The woman who practices economy
along those suggested lines should not
fear the criticism of her more prosper
Gus neighbors. On the contrary, she
may rest assured that she is doing a
most cornmendable work The truth
of the matter is that the matron who
is slipshod or careless in the handling
of her finances not only leaves a
mighty poor impression in the minds
of people who know her, but runs the
risk of counting bankruptcy, no matter
how generous her income may be.
In foodstuffs certain articles that
heretofore were deemed as necessi-
ties. are now barred from the working
mans table. Eggs at a dollar a dozen
Tin many places) are out of the ques-
ton to the woman who must make one
pay envelope and,perhaps slim one at
that, meet the requirements of her
household: but if she has learned to
prepare appetizing. nourishing eggless
dishes, she can forget all about those
shelled luxuries. Pies. cake, puddings.
and various desserts are now being
served minus eggs, and no one seems
to feel the least bit concerned about
it.
.GYPSIES AT PAROLE