Evening star., 1923-10-12
\ HE first rule for successful
buying is to understand fully
the quality of the goods or
articles that you are interest

buying is to understand fully
the quality of the goods or
articles that you are interest
ed In. A genuine bargain, of course,
does not depend upon mere cheapness,
as the thing you do not need or
really want Is expensive at any price.
When buying remnants Of various
materials usually sold by the yard
there Is much to consider. For in
stance, can you get out of the rem
nant what you wish without having
a useless leftover? If there Is just
too little or a good piece too much.
you had better not buy it. Often
goods are consigned to the bargain
table on account of slight damage,
but you may be able to cut out the
damaged part and still have all the
material you need.
At all times a woman should know
how to distinguish good qualities in
the textiles of the family clothing or
household supplies. This knowledge
Will help to keep her family and her
self well dressed and her home well
furnished without the waste OF
money and lost effort in making up
poor materials.
Many woman whose trim and
tasteful appearance, is the envy OF
other women less skilled in shopping
problems maintains her standard of
dress by help of bargain days. This
shopper is careful never to select the
extremes In styles. She searches un-
til she finds something appropriate,
becoming, of durable quality and OF
conservative style.
How to Buy Furs.
Many women are now buying furs,
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furrier may be useful. According 10
this expert, 1t Is far wiser to BUY the
less expensive furs, such as squirrel
and mole, than to purchase furs DYED
TO initiate such furs, as SKUNK ana
sable.
These furs often change color after
being worn for a short time, and be
come greenish brown in tone, Whicn
IS the result Of bad dyeing.
When choosing black or brown iurs
look for the blush tinge seen on a
ravens wing and on some black hair,
rather than a dead black or brown
tone. When looking for white furs.
choose pure white skins that 90 not
show any trace of yellow. A yellow
tinge In ermine or white fox Will soon
tone to a pronounced yellow, which is
very unbecoming to most complex
ions, besides giving the furs an lnte-
rior appearance. Ermine skins for q
tie or stole should match we'll II
low in tone, the effect will be very
patchy.
When selecting unmade skins. ex-
anime the under side and avoid those
having too many Jennings. The edges
of all joinings are sure to rub in GER
tain places, even with careful use.
Do not forget that handsome. we'll
padded Innings will add to the cost
but they are we'll worth the money
as they give a rich effect to inexpen-
sive furs.
Selecting Household Fabrics.
There are simple tests which every
buyer of textiles should know. An
experienced buyer can usually tell
good wooden fabric by the appearance
and feel Of 1t. The softest and finest
of woods go into the making OF
French serges. velours and other fine
cloths. Soft woods and worsteds are
all made by different handling Of the
same kind of wool. The softer fab-
RIGS are kept soft by less handling,
by mating and irregularity, but the
object to be attained in the making
of worsteds is the production Of a
strong, smooth cloth with a natural
wool luster, SO the threads are twist
ed and made straight and the short
fbers are stripped off. This makes a
strong, serviceable cloth which is
more wiry than soft.
II you are looking for wolfe you
will find some respectable looking
pieces for low price per yard. To
q casual observer these look almost
as pretty as those for which a much
higher price is charged. Lift up the
piece Of cheap voile and you will find
that 1t is very light in weight. Look
through 1t toward the window or open
door. The fabric will not be perfectly
smooth, for the joining of the short
flbers will make it rough all over. Now
lift up the higher-priced voile and
you will notice that the fabric Is
heavy. An examination in the light
will reveal a clear weave Of the tex
ture. Such voile has peculiar, al
most woollike richness in appearance
and feeling.
When a manufacturer buys raw silk
there is still large amount Of gum
adhering to the fibers. When boiling
this gum Off, the weight Is likely to
be greatly reduced. so. to make up
for this loss, the process of weighing
silk with chemicals has been devised.
but excessive Weighing cuts and