Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19

very attractive for the purpose. Some
Of these new materials come In old
fashioned designs and resemble glazed
chintz and can be cleaned with damp
cloth. Others with only a slight glaze
are in gay stripes of various widths
and colors. Stripes are well liked.
Slip covers for upholstered furniture
must harmonize with the color scheme
of the room in which they are to be
used in order to have the room appear
in good taste, especially with the dra-
peries used in the ROOM If ruffie Is
used, it may be made of plain con-
traSting color, Powered material con-
shutting the body part of the cover,
or plain body part may be relieved
by lowered ruff1e, or the seams of
a plain slip cover may be bound with
contrasting color, or the cover for
large chair may be edged in large
scallops with ruffle of contrasting
shade showing beneath:
Bed Furnishings.
The slightest hint that sheet is
getting thin in the middle is the house,
wife's cue for tearing it in halves
lengthwise and hemming the raw edges,
then sewing the Selvage edges together
to form a fiat seam. This brings the
weakest parts of the sheet under the
mattress and puts the strongest por-
ton where 1t will get the most wear
Provide yourself with several strips of
muslin or linen about eighteen inches
wide and almost as long as the width
of new sheet, embroider neatly, hem
stitch or finish with narrow linen lace.
Attach one of these by means of a
fiat seam to the top of a remodsled
sheet, not only to make the sheet more
presentable in appearance when the
| strip is folded down after the bed is
made but also better to distribute the
wear A new hem at the bottom would
further hide the fact that the sheet
did not always have a seam down the
middle. This addition of a fancy strip
at the top is also an excellent means
of lengthening sheets that after wash
| ing have proved to be too short for
comfort
Initials give touch of individuality
| to sheets, pollowcases, towels and table
| linens. Satin, outline and seed stitches
may be used. sometimes in two colors,
or in all white. On colored linens,
work initials in white and tint. as
white and rose on pink, or white and
apricot on buff color The size of the
initials should be 31s by 21a inches,
which is correct for bed linens, towels
and dresser scarfs.
| Wooden blankets may need cutting in
| the center, either crosswise or length
wise, and reversing just as sheets do, in
| order to move the friction from the
worn spot A couple of wooden blan-
kets that have become thin and unat-
| tractive in appearance may be tackled
| loosely together and covered with thin
material like silk, chintz or silkoline to
make a quilt that can be used in any
bedroom in the house.
Bedroom Closet.
The nests of hat and suit boxes which
are indispensable in closet may be
bought already decorated, or they gay
be bought plain and. covered at Zone
with fancy paper. If the closet has
been made without compartments for
| shoes, shoe boxes are wise investment,
especially for dress shoes.
! The smaller accessories necessary for
| the care of dainty dresses may be easily
| made at home at a price far below
that charged in the stores. The best
covering for dress hangers, shoe trees
and hat stands is velvet, since this
material prevents a dress from slipping
and does not fray as silk and satin do.
Velvet ribbon hangers are made by
| padding an average sized wooden
hanger with cotton batting and cover
ing that with shirred ribbon. Buy one
and one-half yards of ribbon one and
one-half inches wide. Without cutting
it, place the hanger on its length so
that one side of the hanger will have
the ribbon shirred across its length
without seam Bring the two other
sides together so that they meet at the
wire hoop of the hanger. Start in the
middle of the ribbon, not far down
| from the top. and shir it. DO. the same
/ to the bottom and the other side so
that there will be one tiny seam at
| the back of the completed hanger. To
finish the hook, fine gold braid may
be used to cover it as well as to run
along the edge of the shirring.
Sachet bags are an aid to daintinesS.
The best size for these is a square of
| two inches Cut the ribbon the de-
sired size, fill it with sachet and cotton
. batting and finish it by lacking tiny
rosebud in one corner. Pin the sachets
to hangers or lay them among clothes
and as soon as they lose their fragrance
| refill them.
The best dress covers for sheer chif-
| fons and georgettes are those made of
organdy, since the material is too light
| itself to drag down heavily on the
| dresses. These slips are simply lengths