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Cap and Bib for the Baby HIS or her royal highness needs your attention just now, and what can be daintier than a handmade gift of a cap and bib embroidered in this babyish design of dainty bowknots, daisies and forget me-no-ts? For your own little one, or fur your friend's baby, this page sug gests an idea for Christmas, or for a christening gift, or just because you love it. You should work this on fin© linen or nainsook. I think that with very fine work no padding Is required, the design being sufficiently close to give a Jovely effect. If you wish, you can Elightly pad the < bowknots on th© turned-back flap of the bonnet. The forget-me-nots you will work across the petals, using fine mercer ized cotton. Do the leaves also in solid stitch and the stems in the finest kind of stem stitches. Pad the scallops and work as usual with fine buttonhole etitch. >i'^ "When doing the daisy forms you can give variety by working them in eyelet stitch, but the solid work is equally effective. When working the attractive flap for the bonnet you will find that you can introduce eyelet work here with greater freedom, for there is practi cally, no strain and the design is solid erouph to allow the relief of open work. Do the tiny forget-me-nots as di rected for the bib, and the stems and leaves in a similar way. Suppose that you do not wish to work the bowknots solid. A delight ful variation is outlining the rib bon with outline stitch. Whip this a pec^nd time, placing the needle in at the overlapped parts of the stitch, end then fill in the space with tiny eeed-stitcbes, which really are small A Picture Apron A FRACTIOUS child can often be amused for a long while if mother or nurse reserves for this restless mood a play apron cov ered with pictures or odd figures. An easy model for such an apron is to gather straight folds of red muslin to a band that buttons around the child's chest, just under the arms. This is held in place by straps over the shoulder. On each side of the front are set-on pockets. Cut pictures from linen books, or £raw figures and animals on different colored muslins. These may be either eppliqued to the apron in borders and panels or they can be pasted with a flour paste so that they can be washed off when U?<? apron is soiled, and a new supply put on. Annoyances EVERY woman knows how annoy ing it is to use a new spool of glace thread on the spindle of the sewing machine. To avoid the usual tangling and breaking of the thread, use a small bag. with a wire around the top fo hold it open. Suspend it from a tiny screweye fastened under the back edge of the machine table. Drop the spool in this bag; then thread the machine as usual, and you will find that the cot ton will run freely, without tangling or slipping. FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS NEEDLE WOMAN back stitches in parallel lines. --.; The round form is for the back, and the tie-end speaks for itself in its pretty completeness. . Baby caps and bibs are among the Children <s Clothing CHILDREN'S clothes are always a problem for the mother who makes them at home. But even the baby may profit by the suggestions here given. For his or. her imperial majesty a creeping frock may be", made by stitching an extra piece o£ material, 10x6 inches, to the center back of any plain dress or slip. Attach by means of buttons and buttonholes.. This hand is adjusted after putting on the dress, which it keeps down over the under clothes and stockings while the baby is enjoying himself on the floor. In sewing the vent 3of children's dress es, which usually receive the hardest of wear, the continuous placket is the best to use. This is a straight strip of ma terial, cut on a lengthwise thread and sewed to the edges of the placket in a straight seam. The seam is folded -.in the middle and the other edge Is then hemmed in position. The band is turned back- on the side of the plackc: overlapping the outside, so as to forma facing; on the under ; side it forms a small extension flap. Mitten time is coming; look up your 6craps of velvet, plush or cloth to keep the children's hands warm in the winter. To secure a pattern,.have,the child placa his hand on a piece of paper, fingers together and thumb , out, etfd draw around it Round, out the upper, edge, so as.to allow plenty of room. Cut two sections for each hand, and bind the wrist openings with silk tape. ADELAIDE BYRD most appreciated articles in the littlo »vafdrobe. There can- never be too many of them, arid today I think that you are 4 especially fortunate in hav ing this page from which to work. For Embroiderers ONE reason why embroidered ar ticles are not competed is- that ;a woman gets a stamped piece *and a lot of embroidery silk, takes them home., works oh the piece . for a time and then puts it aside for several days. Then when sfie is ready to take up Jj the work again she has probably for gotten air about the scheme. or arrange ment of the colors. She may make a trip back to the store for^the purpose of inspecting. a sample finished piece, but \u25a0only to find that the latter has been sold. One very simple, inexpensive and practical way. to overcome circum stances of this '.kind .'is for her, as soon as she buys the stamped article and the silk, to take crayons of corresponding colors. and mark the different portions of the stamped pattern to correspond with the finished, piece. Then is there no danger ', of forgetting the colors of the design she wishes to. copy. Sewing Machine/Hint IT, IS often, difficult to .sew any thin fabric, such as any of ; the- .modish veiling materials, or silk or muslin, on the machine without puckering It.' This can 'be avoided 'by. '• placing - a elieet :Of tl6sue 3 paper, under the mate rial and. stitching through the material and the paper. -.When .finished, 'the paper can easily. b& torn <away,' and you will .find .that, your work is quite flat and smooth.' . For the Economical MOST of us who have none too full, pocketbooka look with dread upon the making of new clothes with'each fresh season. Here are a few I ways of reducing the necessary cost: ' fey cuttjng out the neck of a worn lingerie ; shirtwaist in round,, square or . ; V-shape, you have a fine corset cover. Cut off the sleeves of- the { waist for a peplum, and trim the cut edges with beading for wash-ribbon,: and: a^ Valenciennes edge. mlf * the waist closes in the back/ place \u25a0* a strip.of insertion to conceal this, and make a new. closing in front, by sewing-, , on a facing cut from: the. skirt section 1 ;of the shirtwaist. i; This last, should be.: cut off at the waist line before the pep •lum-is added. \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'• \u25a0 \u25a0:'\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ;*\u25a0,\u25a0•' ; '.To trim, an inexpensive' -house dress, \ cut^; out: fancy pattern outlines of solid- \u25a0' colored chambray . and apply these pat terns as edges and bandings on checked. - plaid or striped ginghams. .Patterns -for B • these trimmings, cut from' paper, should ?be:basted byjhand to the dress and: > then imachlne-stltched. . ; ;>: Sometimes; you -will -pick up remnants \u25a0of lace and embroidery cut' in odd sizes. "To i piece - these, cover \u25a0\u25a0 with - knots and --, loops- of -soutache or coronation braid ' to hide the joined part. - ; - Surely, \ one of tthese three hints will : oeln ; to solve •' your problem. Velvet Quills ON MANY of the new hats this fall, § instead of feather quills, quills are appearing* formed simply of -vel vet, cut:and stitched to the proper size and .shape and fastened by a row of stitching down, the middio to give the effect cf the. central vein. The quill Is, of course,^ wired. The sarno idea can.be worked out in satin-also, and thejwhole can easily -be . duplicated by a: clever woman ,"\u25a0 with a turn ; for , needlework. Strangely enough. -many of the new feather toques, completely/ formed of feathers. ', are trimmed with these velvet quills. Surely, a reversal of the usual conditions! .;\u25a0 : . • , '~ 'y~ : - Shirtwaist Sleeves T~-v BESSES and shirtwaists always be iyl •{ come /soiled^ and worn out on the •*—^< sleeves .'faster than anywhere else; ; moreover, : separate, black sleeves soil \u25a0;-. almost " immediately - . any . . white waist they are worn : with.' ; A good • idea, is to make v with each blouse a "pair of « extra sleeves, ; reaching ; a little \u25a0 above the = elbows iand \u25a0 fashioned of ' the ' game fabric and -cut-as: the, sleeves .under neath. \. Fasten* -these with a band' of hat rubber under a h pm "" ' n 'il fiWU'lf WWH A Trio of ' Useful Hints THE home dressmaker should, above all. keep up to date in her tools. I There are so many flme . savers that she can have at little cost! One of these i 3 a pair of scissors which \is fastened to a bias gauge. This Is so constructed that, after cutting the cloth on the bia3 and adjusting the cause to the number of inches the width of tfce pieces is » to be, the bias edge of the cloth. may be slipped into the gauge. and, as the scissors cut ahead, a piece \u25a0uniform in width is cut oft the material. For. cutting trimming bands, which it is absolutely necessary to have perfectly true, these scissors. have no equal. And they cost less than $1 all told! ' A black silk waist which must stand hard service should have two linings of .white lawn or batiste. < These should be loosely tacked inside the waiat and worn on alternate days.' To make a perfectly fitting extra belt on a one-piece dreas cut a. strip of bias silk aaout 4& Inches 'wide and a trifle ; smaller than the-, waist measure. Turn in a narrow hem. all the way around -and carefully slip-stitch this. Fold th/s -silk in half and shirr this fold. Along it tack a piece of., whalebone three inches long. Make a row of shirring each side of this row, each- of these rows being -1% inches away from- it. Then along these tack pieces of.whale bone 2% inches long, sew to the front edges' crochet-covered rings and small pieces of two-inch wide ribbon; late the ribbon through the loops and tie in a' : bow in front. A safety pin * may be sewed on; the inside across the lower edereof the back.' so that the waist and ekiii may be pinned together. The. San Francisco -Sunday Gall EMBROIDERED CORSET ACCESSORIES NOT all embroidered, strictly speak ing, but all bics of delicate fancy work that the butterflies among your acquaintances will be delighted to receive as Christmas gifts if you will start to make them now. When milady dons her expensive pair of satin lace trimmed corsets, she likes to feel that every littlo accessory pertaining to them is equally dainty. And there are many of these accessories which, as I have said, may be made at horne 1 . There are the satin stocking support ers, for instance. To make these, buy plain garter elastic, or a pair of ordinary white elastic garters, and re-, move the metal attachments. Measured the elastic and purchase thin satin messalln© ribbon, in white or in a light shade to match the corset, using on© and a half times the length of the rub ber. On two pieces of the ribbon em broider a tiny spray of flowers. Thes© embroidered pieces are the upper halves of the garter. Now Join th© edges with a double row of shirring and sew an edging of valenclennes lac© on either side. Insert the elastic, finish neatly at the top, sew in a strong bar safety pin and then add the hook-and-button at tachment at the bottom. Thk 'last should be taken from an ordinary pair of rubber garters. Finally, a rosette of baby ribbon at the bottom of tha shirred satin is a pretty finish. Many figures requirs a rufS© sewed . over the top of th» corset cover to mak© the waist set well. To maks this, us© coarse mallne, pleated like a Pierrot ruff and run with baby ribbon that ends In a rosette. A combined pad and jacket can b« mad©/ of dotted swiss. trimmed with Valenciennes edging and caught to gether in the middle with a rosette of baby ribbon. Stuff with absorbent cot ton well sprinkled with «achet powder. Even the # woman who does not wish a pad likes a cachet In her corset, so for her make th» ribbon sachet. This consists of strips of satin ribbon one-half to three-quarters of an inch wide. Work these in and out over at Apiece of cardboard. In the "darning" weave used in paper mats In the kinder gartens. When finished to th© size de sired, take cut the cardboard and in sert a thin, folded piece of tls3u© paper filled with cachet powder. Sew th© end. paint or embroider a spray of flowers on one side and finish with a small bow of narrow ribbom A pretty jewel pocket, which can b© fastened to the corset at the wal3t, is of white suede, the edges closely over seamed with white saddler's thread and the flap fastened with a glove clasp. On the back of this sew a bow of stiff satin ribbon wide enough to hl<3e v th© pocket. At top and bottom strong safety pins are sawed. *"* Finally there la the corset roll, which should hold the corset when not in ns«. Get from a shademaker an odd length of wood roller, as thick as possible. Sew muslin on. this; do not paste or glue. "Cover again with a thin sheet of absorb ent cotton, then with another layer sprinkled with sachet powder. Last* cover with thick white silk or shirred satin. Do rot roll corsets upon It until they have been thoroughly aired and • dried. Sewing Helps IN SEWING very sheer lawns or lightweight silks, if they gather under the machine foot, slip a piece of newspaper under th© goods and sew through it, too, and the gathering will cease. The paper is easily removed, and leaves no trace. Mothers know what trouble* it la to have buttons pulling off and tearing a hole in the garment, and to have but tonholes tear out, for they ar© hard to repair. If two or four extra thick nesses of the goods b© put Into bands or hems where the strain comes on but tons or buttonholes, and a littl© coarser thread used in sewing on buttons and working buttonholes, it will usually pre vent the tearing out and say© much work and annoyance. If hems of muslin, calico, lawn or gingham be turned and pressed with an iron. It saves tho work of •baatln" and Is just as satisfactory. Two Made-Overs DID you know that you could maks over yqur old tailored shirtwaists for house wear In tho morning? Cut out th© neck at the collarband and the sleeves at the cuffs. Supply Instead plain percala loiw collars and turn-back cuffs of some contrasting color. Cut off also th« \u25a0skirt sections, which are usu ally torn by pinning, and supply a belt of the percale. Thia belt will fasten over the skirt; thua. all you will need to complete your toilet when dressing hur riedly in the morning will b© a pia to hold your collar closed. Another made-over is the apron which was originally a lingerie blouse. Use the front, cutting a bib of on© sle»v« and tie-ends of the othur. The bac» will make the belt and face the lowa/ €dge. With a little ribbon-run beading and a lace ruffle, here is an apron you \u25a0will not be ashamed to pour tea or do embroidery In. Sewing Harsh Goods IT IS very hard to sew such harsh goods as calico and heavy muslin. Bine© the needles break very easily. This difficulty may be overcome by rub bing the hem or seam with a dry'piece of soap, when the needle will, penetrate without difficulty. This plan is equally good for both machine and hand work. To Clean Embroidery DIP a camel's-halr brush in. spirits of wine and brush all over ta» embroidery until it is Quite clean. The brush should be frequently ringed in some spare spirits, in another sla33. to remove the dirt. \ The embroidery need not be taken off the garment or piece.'