Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 8, 1913, Page 14

EVERY WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY. The Bulletin wants good home letters, good business letters; good help- ful letters of any kind the mind may suggest. They should be in hand by Wednesday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNER, EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Norwich, Conn. THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: $250 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to third. Award made the last Saturday in each month. DRESSMAKING CONTEST PRIZES The its thanks to every the Dressmaking prize contest which closes today. Bulletin expresses contributor and helper in It has been made a suc- cess because of the interest taken in it as for the hope of prizes, and with only four prizes to award, the editor does not find his position enviable even with the aid of competent advisers. The prizes are awarded as follows: first Prize $4. To Theoda for best letter upon the subject. . Second Prize $3. To Married and Happy for second best. Third Prize $2. To Aunty for third best. Fourth Prize $1. To Beth for the fourth best. The Editor is aware that there will be differences.of opinion as to the merits ‘of all these good letters, and tkat the thought will might have been more justly distributed, for s ul contests for prizes. arise that they ch is usually the outcome of The discovery of the fourth prize, which is sufficient to cover the en- fre field—the individual benefits reaped by all concerned—was and ever will be soothing to those who hoped and did not realize. The Hditor himself.” SOCIAL CORNER POEM. I have heard a lot of people say That life is not werth living But none the less I go my way Without the least misgiving. K don't sit up night after night To worry o'er the nation, ©Or run end yelp around all day To work its reformation. B realize that things ma; In sev'ral diffTent way Jut don’t propose on that To worry all my days. et those who think the wrong Anc can’t sleep till it's righted. it on the spot, I'm sure Go & I s»all be most delighted But as for me, I am content To take things as I find It they are not to my sweet t them. Sent in by 1 simply do not mind THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Dear Editor of think we, may say & lamb, as if the old it will go out 2 a lion ters who are afraid of Social weant to forget to put on they go_ou Ma: Received your card tern. Thanks very much iry them. Lue: Here is a good judge: One cup sweet milk gar, piece butter size twenty minutes until when dropped from the glass of water. When the stove stir it quickl minutes wi to make the syrup v a little cool. Here are a few ing: To Remove Panes of Glass soap over the putty which and in a few hours they ily removed. If ise cream stic! fuses to slip out readily, wrung out of hot water moment to loosen. Then side seems soff. set in the moment to harden. Grass stains may easily stain in spirits of camphor. Next in a bowl of cold wate of salt in the saucepan 2 stir and you will find taste has almost entirely South Canterbury. ANSWERS AND PAPA’S malied as you BOY-—Cards indicated. SILVER SIXPENCE—Card releived and mailed to Ready. RURAL DELIVERY—Cards at hand and mailed as you directed. LUE of Canterbury ‘would mail me one. all a postal. ALBERTA corrects 4-:- recipe for and a half coffee A sugar, two eggs, two-thirds Cream Cake—One cup cream, one cup raisins. is sour, one teaspoon sod: one of soda and two of cream tartar, dissolved in a little milk. taste. I use lemon flavor, in loaf. Dear Members of the Social Corner- first attempt at writing, though let me say I have always been 2 most interested reader of the letters. interesting. I have tried successful, When one gets tired of the regular daily course it seems nice For that reason This is my 1 think every letter recipes are very gopd. several and beerd quite something new. congratulates winners and helped so generously in a good caus It should be remembered of this life, that no one can sincerely t rch came in like | saying spoon remov h an egg Whip or spoon so nooth. 1 into a weil greased pan and m: things wo may to mould and re- put around be removed | from any white goods by W me you burn any milk take | the pan off thé fire and stand it at once put hat isappeared. MUGGINS. INQUIR!ES. received writes: I am | Zetting a shower of postal wish all of the Social Corner members I will send you | If makes good layer cake. DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING CHETED NECKTIE WANTED. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S also those who tried and “It is one of the most beautiful compensations to help another without helping I some new re 1 like good thing ' Cquld someone give me the tions r making a crocheted necktie? It was in once, but I lost the paper Perhaps I may give you some patterns in crocheting in my next letter. HYACINTH. Preston. A GOOD LETTER FROM O. H. O.| | INQUIRIES AND SUGGES:iuN3 FROM PATIL..CE. Dear Social Corner Mer --——- How helpful our Corner is getting to be. T enjoy reading the letters so much and the Soclal Corner storfes. I am thanlk- ful I don’t have to be on the commit- tee. I certainly should not know what to do one seems so good, then along comes another better in some respects, and so_em. But I do think Etta Barber geserves a special prize. Now I can plan and make second to none, whether making new or old, or cooking, carpentering, upholstering or anything else; but when it comes to writing about it T jumble things up so one can hardly understand anything. Some time since a Sister asked for a shower of cards on her birthday. Now I just got a glance at that paper when Hubby burned it up, so I was not able to send one. x Also a Sister said she was going to | plant more flowers to send to hospitals this summer and that got burned be- fore I could find who it was. If she will send me her address perhaps : might help in sending her seeds and bulbs. Some time since a Sister wrote the meaning of tea and coffee grounds in a teacup. WIll she send it to me. and I will return the favor if possible. Someone wrote burdock seeds were good for rheumatics. Would he tell in the paper how to use them, etc.? My hu!buxfl is home Saturdays and the paper is genertlly destroyed before I have half a glance at it. If you are going to raise chickens and you want to set pullet eggs be and for old hens a young rooster. I always set from 13 to 50 and scarcely ever have an egg not hatched. I find April first plenty eariy to set hens, and get stronger chicks, which grow faster and lay just as early as those hatched earlier. - If I want to raise birds for market I always pick out the eggs to produce males and seldom make a mistake; but if T want pullets T set eggs to produce them, for I prefer hens to eat, thev are so much sweeter. We_have had a Christmas contest: now dressmaking, and T think the next might be flowers. I know that would interest the Kditor, as he_is such a flower lover. Descriptions how to lay out beds, treatment of house plants, how to get the best results with smallest space, etc. PATIENCE. GOOD THEORIES DO NOT ALWAYS GIVE RESULTS. Dear Social Corner Friends: It has been so long since I have visited the Corner I suspect I am almost for- gotten by some. I seem to have been at one or two of those delightful social gatherings of the Corner: but at the quilting par- | [ | | | | seen that there was no need or room | for “Sympathy.” But they did:seem | to enjoy themselves so much, that I got my enjoyment in reading about | their good time. 2 | Billle: I liked vour opinfon in re- | sard to the care of children “to bring | | out quality,” but unfortunatrely most of us have “theorles” which put into practice do not bring expected re- |a lantern Z0c. obstacles arise, and we can only pray for strength to do the | hest we can. Your toast to “those of |us who have a few” to “those who sults. Variou i have none” was all right. Now may I add, to those of us who | have some dear little ones in the hap- ! py unknown (anq some here) that the comfort comes (to me) in knowing Heaven Is just a bit dearer and zives me new desires to keep my life Dear Social Corne The Sieters | such>that there is a hope of meeting ve all been talking about - cake- | those ‘“‘gone nnfure.s'v‘ e ing and dressmakin~ et | ours w I wonder what kind of veast they | SYMPATHY. | for bread? | I have tried compr | yeast, but I never had { I am using potato yeast ag | | whic woul but t one taadon i hey may r an save a some s time T have ars old v n Fathers it ther do missi wa n to mission shall hay ns and s send all some g sk more | les b, after the recer i00d by, O. H. O | HEPATICA. 1 [ Tere are | ttle hoiled nseed oil | Ringworm { scraping off the { turpentine. Or be quickly and by cured a few will be nece ! An excellent iiniment is made of *qual parts laudanum, zaicohol and oil { o wormwood. For ins, heat a little, wet a piece of absorbent cotton in it and app! over the spr Cover with dry cloth. \Keep the cotton wet | with the liniment all the time. { | For a very painful corn, try a poul- | | tice of warm antiphlogistine or 2 pla ter made of stick salve. Any corn will disappear in time if the pressure which caused it is removed. There- | fore, if you have corns, try removing | the cause before you do the corn. | Nedra: You ask us to guess. I | guess that you are Mrs. J. Your two | daughters’ names are G, and J. Am I right? Samantha: If T mistake not, Aunty is going to need all the help she can get ‘in her hunt for Hepatica this| spring. Why don’t you join her? When 1 ger time to make some cards, will | send_you one, and it won't have to go to_Norwich first, either. Hermipa: What a funny name' Where did you get it? You have me guessing. Our house is not all done yet, but we have been very comfort- able, thank you. Ma: I enjoyed your description of Cynthy Ann’s matrimonial ventures | very m@ich. Your reference to Colum . bia. Green makes me wonder if you re acquainted he If you are your | observations must have been only cas- | ual, for while evervthing may seem pedceful and quiet enough, “Things are not always what they seem,” and there’s enoush of us here to keep things lively most of the time. HEPATICA. | STUDYING THE BIRDS. T won- Dear al Corner Friends: der if ing the return of the birds. 1 am So far T have seen two bluebirds and one ione robin. | Knowing birds is a real pleasuse once one gets wakened to the fact. ' If people realized what a treat It is to ecognize a bird by Its sohg. or its| lumage, they would make an effort toward that end. March and April are good months in | which to begin looking about as then | every sizn of spring life seems to, call | to the ont-of-doors. At this time| there is little or no foliage to screen , and their notes are eas- | sure and have a rooster two years old, | ty at Sunshine’s it was plain to be | ny of you are anxiously await- | Jack Carron was a good hearted, honest fellow, who had spent his life since boyhood working on, farms in summer and in the woods in winter; and although be was sober and Indus- trious his only capital when he mar- ried pretty ’Sessie Lester was his health, a first class outfit of wood- man’s tools, a good sStock of warm Woilt'kln: clothes and a neat “dress up suit” : Bessie's only home since her early teens had been a' boarding house, and her health had never been robust, but she ‘was a sensible little girl and her trunk held good warm plain ciothing, and a few comforts for her room, in- stead of showy things. 3 They plannéd to both work ‘the first winter and save for a little home in the spring, But Bessie took a severe cold that developed into pneumonia and took all of their little savings besides leaving her a frail little shadow of herseif and just as she got up Jack was “laid oft.” So he found himself one cold Saturday afternoon with two weeks' pay ($18.00 with $7.00 to come out for board) ang out of work. On his way home he met Mr. Dar- ling, a farmer and lumberman, for to chop in the woods, saying he had a {new shanty on the lot, snugly built | of rough lumber, with a good floor and | door, one, good large window, a cup- | board for’ supplies, a rough bench, a strongly built square table; a cot bed for two, with a new straw tick, and a small cook stove with -a tea kettle; a small kettle, a prying pan and a griddle; where he could board him- self, and that if he could be ready in the’morning the milk team would take him to the lot so he could begin work Monday morning. Bessie wags delighted, but insisted on going with him; and he at last consented to let her try it. She had a_thick pad of cotton to spread over the hard boarding house mattress ang two good pillows, a pair | of sheets and some pillow cases, a pair of white blankets and a cheap bed- spread; besides towels and toilet ar- ticles, ‘a few fancy articles, pictures and books, and a little oil stove; with a teapot, a little tea kettle and a lit- tle stew pan; a few pretty dishes, a half dozen cheap spoons and a small bread knife, and an oil can. Jack had a large dinner pail and Besale a small one and she had a small comfortable rocking chair and one rug. Most of the things were presents, or had been bought in the 10 cent store, or_made evenings at home. That night they went shopping with thefr $11. First came a quilt, $1.50, and a pair of gray blankets for extra cold nights, 75c; a curtain 25c, a we- ter pail and dipper 50c, a basin 25c, dish pan 25c, soap dish 5¢, a broom 30c, dust pan 10c, coffee pot 25c, two bak- ing pans 10c, a biscuit cutter 5c, bread board 25c, rolling pin 10c, flour seive 25c, mixing pan and spoon 15c, a deep dish 25c, a_small dish for meat 10c, six plates 60c, a pitcher 15¢, and six knives and forks 60c, a lamp 50c and This came to $7.80. Meal Next came a week’s supplies: 20c, sugar 25c, coffee 3Gc, tea 25c, salt 10c, soap 25c, 5 Ibs. pork 60c, 5 Ibs. beef 50c, 2 Ibs. sausage 32c, mustard 10c, 2 qts beans 24c. unday morning Mr. Darling loaded the box of supplies ané the two trunks 7 A Winter in the Woods whom he had worked, who engaced him | o |in_one corner; | for his wooed. and rocker into his milk wagon and took them to the wood lot. He was a little surprised, but said Bessie was a sensible little woman, and he thought they would be comfortable. en the bed was made, with the rug In front, the table covered with a plece of white cloth, the curtain hung at the window with short cur- tains that had served in the boarding house bedroom, and the few dishes placed on the newly papered cupboard shelves the room looked cosy and com- fortable. There was plenty of wood and the big box set on its side hid the oil can and other household things, and the top covered with paper made a stand. Mr. Darling let them have a half bushel of potatoes and a quart of vin- egar on credit and also gave them some apples: another neighbor sold them a quart of milk (every day);: a pound of butter: a dozen eggs and three loaves of fresh home made bread. The first week was good weather and Jack worked hard. but took time to make the little cabin snug. He built a rough entry over the door and put on a storm door and a rough shutter over the window, put up a shelf on one side of the room and three shelves and also built a shed The first week he earned $11. after paying his bills ($1.98) rode to the village to use the $9.28 Bessie First came flour 35c, baking powder !25¢, soda and cream tartar 1Sc, sugar | i 50c, meal 50c, ginger 10c, a 2 qt. jug of molasses 55¢, soap powder 10c, salt pork 60c, beans 2ic, 2 cans corn codfish 15¢, beef 50c, corned beef sausage 32c, cabbage 8¢, lard 28 loaves of bread 25c, 3 pies 25c, a loaf of graham bread and 2 doz douzh- nuts 25c; total $6.70. Then she bought 4 rolls of pretty house paper 32c, a roll of fancy paper for the slelves 10c, and a brush 2sc. Mrs. Brayton gave her a few beets, carrots and parsnips and after pay- ing for a daily and weekly paper to be sent by Mr. Darling the next week, {15, and buying a woman’s paper 10c, | | l she went home with $1.66. The dollar was put away. The room was now both comfortable and pretty. One flat topped trunk was cushioned with the extra blankets and the other with an old shawl and bunches of evergreen and scarlel ber- ries gave cheer: and Mrs. Darling had ent over a gray kitty and two old wooden chairs. The next week was stormy, but the work was near and Jack earned $7.5 and as the bills were not so large they added $2.00 to the savings fund. Bessie's sister was scandalized at Bessie’s having to live in a “hut in the woods,” but Jack and Bessie passed a happy, independent winter with their books and games, exchanging calls with their neighbors and accept- ing offers of frequent rides to differ- ent villages. Bessie took long walks In the woods on pleasant days, and there was money for all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life, and a bill to put away each week. No one worth knowing thought less of her for her winter In the woods. ETTA BARBER. Dear Editor and Sisters: I would iike to pass on a few helps in home dressmakng. 1 choose materfals In wash g00ds with colors and of a make least liable to fade; and those which have no up and down, or right and left, as this makes cutiinggmore eco- nomical. Before making up, soak fifteen min- utes in salt water, which sets the color and also shrinks the goods. In cutting a skirt or wrapper, where the pieces of pattern are too wide to lay on material folded lengthwise, fold the two ends of material together and the songster: ily distinpuished. owing to the varl-| efies coming gradually. Among the first birds to come are| bluebirds. Of these Burroughs rites: “\When Nature made the blue- she wished to propitiate both | earth and sky, so she gave him the col- | or of one on his back and the hue ofgho the other on his breast. “ollowine the bluebird corses the Fir a music r him ally dro; liefore the fir: - may list W, song red winged he sings most freely at| e afternoon, but when mild enough he begins ¢ dawn, and it is a delight | (unless perhaps one is| sy). i t of April a careful ob- | Dblucbird, robin, fox sparrow, flicker, nut- | blackbird, and| blackbirds, especially they of irleepauléttes, recognized not | only by their red-tipped wings, but also by their song, “o ka lee, o ka lee.” They are found in numbers at the tops of swamp maple trees. sonz sparrow, once known, is| recognized by his gray throat with its | brown daub in the center, and brown | ss all about it extending to the! Lreast. His music is enchanting at any time, but coming on a bleak morn- | ing in March, it surely maglkes one glad | noor be the s to be alive. The song sparrow’s most common song begins with three short | notes and ends in a_ pretty trill i After the birds already mentioned | flock of finches. swallows, thrushes, and warblers. t does take long to become familiar with the goldfinch, in his yellow robes and its Llack-tip- ped winzs and head: nor the purple| finch, with the beautiful magenta col- ored head and pinksh breast. A wood concert in May is delight- ful. Catbirds. chewinks and brown ! hers sing loudly and seem willing | o watched and admired. The war- . both vellow and chestnut sided, are more shy and call from the hidden bowers, and all one's pathway Is bordered with song as he tries to fol- low a grosbeak or an oven bird with | the hope of examining it more closely. There is a deal of patience neces- | sary in order to learn to identify the | “Little Brothers of the Air,” but with the power to identify comes the pow- | er or recognizing, and we become more familiar with them from year to vear, | I would much like to know if any of the Corner friends"are studying the birds. If vou are, will you speak of it on “our page” soon. Best wishes for all. POLLY PEPPERMINT. WHAT BLANCHE MAY DO. Editor Social Corner: The window garden problem is not always an easy one, and it is not surprising Blanche is puzzled. One thing that will help plants in pots Is old tea grounds. They do for a mulch on top of the earth in the: pot, conserve the moisture in a warm room and contribute a light stimulant. Cactuses do better In a soil con- taining a portion of sand and ground charcoal than in ordinary garden soll. All plants need a season of rest, so the suggestion to place the lobster cac- tus out of doors this summer in the shade to rest and dry off is a good one. A few drops of ammonla in a quart of water will tend to keep the follage green. HOPE. Norwica . . | outsrown Sl S ] Mmm e ——— cut. If the quantity of materfal is limited and all of the pleces of pattern cannot ! be laid on at once. turn goods on Wronsg side and mark around pattern lightly with white chalk; then you can turn it anyway you choose and know just much vou have for other parts. I tried this when cutting plaid on the bias for trimming a child’s dress. There was only a half yard for length ening skirt, lower part of sleeves, voke and collar, and there were only a few tiny pieces left. In cutting bias strips get a good bias, then mark the width desired at each end and with a yardstick draw a line, with chalk if ‘on black goods, pencil if light; several strips may be marked off before cutting. I seldom choose a pattern that can be uesd but once; prefer ome for a child’s dress or shirt waist that has plaits that can be folded away in the pattern if desired. For a growing girl a pattern with Gibson plait at the out later. In making perforations on light =Zoods, use a large needle to prick through which marks both sides at once and leaves no unsightly marks on the finished garment. It has always bothered me to hang a skirt on myself with no one to help me, until I tried laying a pile of books, or a thick book, on the floor that would be just hizh enough so the bottom of skirt would touch them: fhen turn slowly in tront of a glass to see that it is alike al] the way around. A boy's outgrown blouses make good linings for little girls® dresses. I once made a very pretty sailor suit for my little girl from her brother's galatea suit. There was enough material left when new to make a skirt; and 1 _bought a half yard of contrasting material for sailor collar and cuffs, putting these on the Dblouse that her brother had worn. By doing a little piecing and using a five-gored_skirt pattern of my own as a guide, I cut a petticoat for an 11 vear old girl fom left over pieces of blue flannel. If there are no vounger children to pass a child’s first short dresses down to, some of them will mmke good pet- ticoats later. 1 always find some way of making over or lengethening a child’s garment to make them last as long as possible; and when buying new material the remnant counter furnishes many choice pleces at small cost. Best wishes to all the Corner mem- bers. BETH. FLORILLA MADE TWO HOUSE DRESSES. Dear Editor to Social Corner Sis- ters: I must try and tell you all how HOwW I made two house dresses out of eight | vards of gray percale. First, I got me a_walst pattern and my skirt pattern. Of course, toth were quite plain, The waist was cut out with two plaits in the tront, the back being altogether plain, with a round collar and turn back cuffs waist, and just a plain cuff trimmed with featherstitch braid, as was one of the collars. The waists belng cut, I then cut my two skirts, having four gores and but-~ toned on the left side front, When I got both walsts and skirts sewed, I By e on one ' | | {B.? Am I right? houlder gives width that can be let | Dressmaking Hints and Helps es out of just eight yards of percale. The lower edge of skirts were 2 1-2 vards. Had little pearl buttons to but- ton up with. Celinda: 1 wonder if your initials are not L. B. 1 think I know you. Your idea of making clothes for children are very nice. Frank: idope you grip this winte Rural Delivery: Where ars you with vour jokes this week Hope vou will come again with some more'of them. have not got the Beef Tea for Invalids.—Thc bLest way to make it is to cut lean beef fine, add- ing a little salt. Placein a bottle and add tablespoon of water. Cork and place in a stewpan containing water. Let it bofl until sufficiently done. Bride’s Cake—One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, three-quarters of 2 pound of butter, the whites of fifteen eggs. Season with nutmeg and lemon. Alberta: What a nice grandson you have Wonder if your initials are A. Hope you can get some knitting patterns, and also hope 1 call again, as I see you are a new sister. Balsam Fir: Glad to see your name again. Etta Baber: You must have erjoved vourself at the Longfellow evening. Glad vou remember the Soclal Corner every week. Call again Will lay aside my pen and say good- bye for now. ¢ FLORILLA. Moosup. MADE OVER A PLUSH VELVET CAPE. Dear Sisters of the Social Corner: I wonder if any of vou are the happy possessors of one of those plush velvet capes so fashionable some twenty years ago. I had one handed down to me from my mother, and this winter I ripped it up, soaked it for an hour in warm water and soap, rinsed it thoroughly, and twisted it lengthwise of the goods with a tight rope, wrung it as dry as possible. Then I shook it out and | dried it thoroughly and rubbed it be- tween the hands until quite soft. I chose for my boy's overcoat a dou- ble breasted pattern, and from little pieces that were left I made a round cap with ear muffs. This made a sty- lish little outfit and excellent imita- tion of the caracul fur worn so much this season. A MOTHER. THE WAY TO MAKE OVER AND GET GOOD FITS. Dear Social Corner Members: a great help our Corner is getting to be, especially the-dressmaking depart- ment. I have been going to write, but so many have written what I should have written I have withheld. In fitting a tight garment or coat pin garment in the center, back and front, to your undergarment, then take pins ‘and pin the shoulder and under arm seams; take off and If stiff goods, you can crease them where the pins are; If soft goods mark with tatlor's chalk, then cut seams off alike; then cut a notch top and bottom where the seam comes and in that way you will be sure of a gooq fit. If your garment i3 a jacket or cor- set vover, commence at walst line and stitch downward, and from walst line upward to each seam, and you Be- cure a much better fit, .. In putting in sleeves always meas- ure arm, then If pattern is too long at elbow lay a pleat crosswise In pat- tern; put on sleeve, pin under arm seam so it sets good, then at shoulder seam, and pin from front to back from the ‘underarm seam to sleeve, until you get retnd; and If there s to be fullness even it up en top; then baste and stitch and trim even to a tiny seam, on the right ride, then turn ahd take geam on wreng side end in that way the garment always hangs right. 5 and ; | | | already received In making waists, I always decide lupon a design I like, then tuck or pleat, gather or embroider, according | to the chosen design, and cut by a | plain pattern. In this way [ make BETH’S ECONOMICAL METHODS. | a belt, ang had two pretty house dress-“ | i | goods and white for dar shoulder. And for a tight fitting gar- meni always sew just outside the bast- ing_thread. gwhen making a skirt, if Jawns, sliks or percales (in fact anything you can crease), stitch from the bottom. - In this way the skirt is sure o hang good. Trim the top even; always have the side back seam turned in some, and In this way If you flesh up any, you may taken off the band and let out your seam to fit you. Now take the skirt, pin in center of front, _also back to a band, In the middle of eide, so it hangs nice; then take tiny darts to take up any fullness that will not go into seam and fits into band; then take a skirt that is just the right length and measure from band in center of front and pul a pin in the skirt; then measure the back the same way; then the middle on the side, then take skirt doubled and lay on bed or table, and turn over for hem to where the pins come and crease with the finger nail; then pin in sev- eral places and try on and nine times out of ten you wiil find it just right; crease the edges that are to be turned in the same way. You will neced no basting and secure an elegant hem and edges even and perfect. If your garment is soft goods or woolens, mark with tallor's chalk where It is to be turned (you.can get the chalk at any tailor’s, blue for Jight k, for a few cents). Always have an always press each thing on scam. woolens pres: g and basting is bhalf, you can’t do too much of either. If your garment is one that’s made over baste a piece of goods on linings at under arms; also sleeves and stitch across it several times to secure it in fron heating, and left for their next week's supplies. i place, and in that way you will have Mrs. Bravion, her mext meighbor,| N0 rags under arms and when the having asked her company, | cloth gives way, just turn edges under and it is all patched. DRESSMAKER. ew Haven. JILL’S WAY OF MAKING UP, OR Dear Editor and ers: T too am Interested in the dressmaking contest and would add a few ideas to the many one pattern do for many waists which are all different because of different trimmings or different arrangements of tucks. I especially like this way for stripes and plaids because one can then plan the tucks so that either the light or dark stripes are under the tucks and a prettier cffect obtained than by tuck- ing regardiess of stripes. Remnants or mill ends are of just as good quality, less expensive and many of them large enough for waists, or children’s clothes. Sometimes more than one plece of the same goods may be bought for considerably less than the same amount cut from a large piece. Where piecing is necessary it may be concealed under a box plait or group of tucks. The present styles favor making over and using up odds and ends, as dress- es of two colors, either contrasting or harmonizing, are very popular. Insertion is useful in making over children’s clothes. If a dress is too short it may be lengthened by putting in a belt. A strip of hamburg Inser- tion stitched to each side of a belt will | lengthen a_ dress with a belt. The hamburg should also be used as a trimming for the dress. If the yoke is too marrow, it may _be stitched ! around the outer edge of the yoke to enlarge it. It may also be set in just above the elbow, and at the line whers a long cuff would come below the el- bow to lengthen the sleeve. The same may be used for collar and cuffs. A ddess too small around neck and armholes may be used by cutting out neck and armholes, trimmng with bias plzid and worn with a guimpe. Hand embroidery, featherstitch, cross-stitch and featherstitch braid are inexpensive trimmings. A pretty and inexpengive girdle may be -made of the spooicord of bright col- ored worsted made on a spool and usually made into children’s reins. A family record, in which the meas- urements (necks, walists, skirts, etc.) of the different members of the family are written, is a great convenience. Then when children are at school there is no delay in the dressmaking. JILL. THEODA'S DRESSMAKING METH- OoDS. Dear Editor and Sisters making contest has features that I feel reluctant to let it pass without adding my mite. One of my greatest Lelps In accom- plishing much in sewin~ s in not be- ing obliged to baste : vork. 1 feat can be accompl persisten trials, first firmly 1sing all hems and perhaps pinnin being careful not to pull the there is & little fullness on the de lay a tiny pleat. It s time and thread, and moved are unsightly The dress . so many helpful 1ed by evenly cr the na under re: bastin and | abpearance to the garment, | | seam to keep it fr What | { | | One of the ways I quickl seams to underwear is to T seams again on the right side of th garment an eighth of an inch from the seam, having creased the seamn an turned the goods on the side to be stitched. I also trim off one of thu raw edges and turn the other making a neat finish with no this on the overcasting. edges; but stitch side. ' This saves For shirtwai. children”. dr etc, I sew a tiny seam on the side of the garment, turn and where perforations indicate. If is much allowance for seams they will need trimming to begin wi A good fitting pattern i sential, and those with h. the first es- am allowance are preferable. Be sure the pattern is Jaid on the thread of the goods as indicated, as a twisted seam or sieeve caused by the pattern not bein placed acurately on the thread of the goods, and it cannot be remedied: also he careful not to stretch a bias edge Where two bias edges come tozether a tape should also be stitched in the rom stretching. In cutting plaids, cut one side first remove the pattern, and place the pleces right sides toeether or both wrong sides to prevent having tw) | pieces for the same side, and match | the plaids both crossways and length- ways, and then cut. The prevailing mode of wa anl skirts are so plain it seems but an easy matter for most anyone to try to make their house dresse: Having cut a plain shirtwaist by the pattern, and marking seam allowance and notches with a colored pencil, baste the garment and try it on right side out: if the neck is too large, take up the shoulder seams, and if too small, let them out. If the waist is too large or too small, take it in or let it out at the under arm seams. If the armhole is too tight, snip the ma- terial in a few places and it will spread and show how much needs to be cut away. In marking the cuff, baste the un- der lining to the wrong side, then baste the outside portion to the correspond- ing one, right eides together, stitch the ends and one side and turn, neatly turning the corners; sew the under part with interlining to the sleeve right side out, turn under edge qf out- side part and carefullv baste down ani stitch all around to give a neat taflor. ed appearance. Always hold all gath- ers or tullness toward you. en finishing a sleeve with a bani sew the band on the sleove before you sew up the sleeve seam and sew both Up at the same time, turn’'down and hem by hand. To sew the eollar band on, hold the | goods right side toward vou and baste n k re Always turn shoulder seam toward | then joined the waist to the skirt withfthe front to fill the hollow in the ' to the under side of the band, sew, and then turn under eodge of right side, In | Sarsaparilla By virtue of its unequaled blood-purifying, nerve-stength- ening, stomach-toning, appe- tite-restoring properties, is the one Great Spring Medicine. Get It today’in usual liguid form tablets called Sarsatabs. 100 Doses $L. - fold down to cover the stitch, I sew apron belts, merous things toward the right of the garment, and stitch /close to the edge, seam. and facings and nu- entirely ' covering the seam beneath. Where the seam of the sleeve and body join as i a shirt or child’s dress or some shirtwaists, sew the sleeve in first and stitch the seam on the right side before sewing the sleeve or body part up. The plain skirt with four gores iu easily made and joined to the waist, or not, as one wishes. Fini§n with a three inch hem for cotton goods and two_ for woolen. All seams whould be thoroughly | dampened and pressed on the wrong #ide to woolen goods; and _seams bound with cotton or silk binding which comes for the purpose. A plain waist pattern with front closing_will be quite different if you allow four inches on the right side; from the cefiter of the neck cut to tt outer edge slantingly about five down finish the edge from the neck to the waist with inserting or fancy braid Motl are often in despair over t prett s as good as new, but only “outsTown” on her last qaughter. Taks cotrage. for here is a remedy that wil eive her another season's wear: If too narrow and too small around the waist, cut it open the entire lengtl from neck to hem and insert a band. of trimming wide enough to make it right The band of trimming on the sieevc might remedy defects there, whether & was lengthwise or breadth wa When putting trimming on the edg | of garmente turn the edge over towar( the right side of the goods and stitcl the trimming down over it. It does n make a bulky edge and looks on the wrong side. If waist is short- | waisted, cut the walst in twn t sleeve and belt and 2dd a ba dre sering; also lengthen skirt by manner. A small dress also may be lengtl from the shoulder seams by openin and dropping the dress two or thre inches, covering the gap by trimmi applled as a band extending over th shoulder or from the neck down on t the sleeve; also add a broader bel can gulmp or finished be worn with a with a yoke. THEODA ‘Willimantic. HOW TO TRIM GARMENTS. Dear Editor and Sisters: To e on to tea apronms without ming the apron, hold the lace tow you, with the edge of the apron eighth of an inch above the lace over-handed and at the same time keep the raw edge of the upron rolled as you sew, and if sewed In etitches it looks neat and will Jjust well as though it was herr Where dresses are trimmed band of the same, or any contras color, they should be cut on & tr bias; and it is a good plan to turn the edges over even and press. If wooler or wiry goods, they must be basted, | and such goods will look better and sew on better if before basting the edge down, line with crinoline, then baste on to the ~arment close to botk | edges, where they are to be stitched If only the upper edge is to be stitch ed on to the garment, stitch the lowel | edge before putting on to the good course, this last only refers to th tom of the skirt). When basting on such pleces, or bastine hems, to be stitched, small baste stitches are mos{ satisfactory, and then the presser-fool ! won’t be so apt to push the goods sway from the gulde: and in basting hems where the edge won't sta créased, baste the edge down first always use different colored thread than the goods for basting, and when possible never stitch directly into the b ting thread; then they can be re- ved easily When stitc ing any thin goods liable to draw up, stitch with brown papet underneath; after the stitching 1 done the paper can be pulled out find in gathering anything with a good | i | a i deal of fuliness to be put Into a sma space, gather with quite a coars( itch, but have them all alike, an{ baste on with fine stitches, and If i | is the reverse, very scant, gather ix fine stitches. To mark where to sew on button after the buttonholes are made, laj the two edges together and with a lea( pencil mark through the buttonholei just a dart. When sewing on snaps. always sew the hump side on to ti right side of the goods, then bring u the other of the garment where you want to sew on the press the goods against the hump side (Continued on Page Fifteen.) UGH! HOW CHILDREN HATE CASTOR OIL. | To Clean the Little One’s Stomact Liver and Waste-Clogged Bowelt Give Gentle “Syrup of Figs.” Loook back at your childhood days Remember the physic that mother in- sisted _on—castor ofl, calomel, cathar- tic How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. | With our children It's different. Tha day of harsh physic is ovér. We don't force the liver and 30 feet of bowels now; we coax them. We have no dreaded after effects. Mothers whe sling to the old form of physic simply don’t realize wha they do. The chil dren’s revolt is well-founded. Their ichs and tender bowels are injured by them. | little stom | | If your child is fretful, peevish, haif sick, stomach sour, breath feverish and its little system full of cold; has diar- rhoea, sore throat, stomach-ach doesn’t eat or rest well—remember. look at the tongue, if coated, give a spooriful of Syrup of Figs, then worry, because you surely will don’t have a well, smiling ‘child in a few bours. Syrup of Figs being composed en- tirely of luscious figs, senna and aro- matics simply cannot be harmful. It sweetens the stomach, makes the liver active and thoroughly cleanses the lit- tle one's waste-clogged bowels. In a few hours all sour bile, undigested fermenting food and constipated waste matter gently moves on and out of the system without griping or nausea. Directions for children of all ages, also for grown-ups, plainly preated on the package. By all means ge< the genuhee. Ask your druggist for the full name “Byre: of Figs and Elixir of Senna” prepare by the California Fig Syrup Co. Ac- cept nothing else. Why Use I. & M. Semi-Mixed Real Paintr Because It's economical. Becaus is pure White Lead, Zino and Llnl.ofl’; Oifl. ~Because Ii's the highest grade quality paint that ean be made. Be- canse when the user adds 3 quarts of Oil to each 1 gallon of the L. & ) Semi-Mixed Reual Paint, it makes 1 gn“unl of pare paint at cost of about 1.40 per gallon, This saves the user about 60 cents.a gallon on ail the paint used, The L, & M. is and has always been the highest grade and il by T. W Carrotl e b old by L. W. Carro on; Walter Kingsley & Son., Plainfield,