Show I If FANCY NECK ORNAMENTS little neck ornaments DAINTY D that take lake the the- place of ot a a. brooch for tor pinning on tho taco loco jabot Rr a a finishing touch at the throat Fn n be made at homo home by any girl who R 1 fond of embroidery and can handle needle deftly l E These e pretty retty trifles are o In n all ort orts of or fanciful shapes of ot heavy Embroidery silk sUk or mercerized cot- cot tons ons Some Somo of them are studded with Crystal f tal beads In varying colors that ok Uko tiny jewels and give glue an touch of ot beauty to the little Ornament One tilte Olne method which gives elvee good refs reto re- re Is to uso USia the point needle-point he bUtChes 8 pattern making the ornament upon ly used in point-lace point work vork i hoe using T M wire for the tho foundation faults Instead of braid Ver Very pretty ate are obtained vv when only one two o 1 ran elementary stitches aro aro used t tots ban outlining or of the If It you are aro able ablo to work well with metal threD threads 9 you can use uso gold or sliver thread and colored beads or tho the flat nail naU heads of ot crystal Intermingled Inter- Inter mingled with the and make a really beautiful ornament The work Is done on a 8 lining of 01 stiff sUa glazed chintz where the pattern pattern pat pat- tern la 19 marked or stamped Fine cot cot- ton covered wire is lIS then basted allaround all allaround allaround around the outline of or tho the pattern nn and andIn andin In the center If It It bo a flower or a n. design with a n. central figure figure- Tho The wire la Is s tacked firmly to the tho chintz using a long stitch on the under side eldo so that It can cnn easily be removed when tho the work is finished then till In tho llie spaces between tho the outlining wire with any lace Inco stitch that you desire a ond nd tho the edge wire with a coverIng covering cov cov- ering oring of or tho the buttonhole stitch Perhaps you will find Ond It easier to buttonhole around the wire then do the filling In but In either cither caso case tho wire must u t bo be completely covered so that none nono of it will show through No knots arc are made In the thread It ItIs ItIs itIs Is caught under tho the lining then the ends are arc cut oft off short when the tho work Is 18 completed A v very r pretty ornament resembles s the outspread wings of ot a bird with witha a a. cabochon center Tho The wire outlines the edges and the oval center and each tach wing h has the separate feathers outlined with email small crystal costal beada sewed on after tho the filling in has been beon done A fringe consisting of or five fi separate separate sepa sepa- rate strings of small email beads ending with witha a is t fastened to the tho lower edGo of or tho the design a n. largo large crystal nail nan head Is placed directly In In the th center and a a. safety pin Is sowed cowed row d on theof the back backof of oC tho the ornament after It has been been removed re removed re re- moved from tho the limn linin lining This serves erves to fasten It to the collar of 01 tho gown A t star and dent design n is pretty prett also pansies daisies a a. wild wild rose poppy or any flower that ha has flat petals You Youcan can ran choose hoose any small email design you jou wish W h and aud ud work it In the same samo manner Tho The work Is not difficult to do and any ony girl Irl who attempts It will soon find that It Il goes rapidly and is Ja exceedingly fascinating Besides that these little neck fixings mal make malce delightful birthday and ChrIst Christi nn elf gifts Is You can reproduce the thc floral flora emblem of ot the birth month of ot your jour our friends friend studded with beads bends that re resemble JC the tho birth stone For example Decembers December's flower Is 19 the the snowdrop and ana d its ILI stone tho the turquoise Make Mako o the no flower of or white silk and and stud It In the c cents center r With the tIlo pale blue stone Then from tho lower petals suspend a a. short fringe or of eta beads well well worth reproducing 1 If ts IS The a eke you vou to ma mako an nn unusual gift with with a touch In it it and one that Is really very Inex inexpensive c t l. l J J I. I L WHEN MAKING A SKIRT I WOMAN IAN asked me the tho other day dayto A to please give her directions for tor making a skirt She said Bald she could mana manage o her cr blouses all right but never yet et had been ablo lo to make mok a skirt that hung huns properly It Is a problem for an Inexperienced hand to make a skirt that will set and aDd hang liang well and yet ct If It you know how togo to togo go so about It It you will find It ft to be Quito quite e e. simple matter Before buying the pattern have your hips and waist measured Take the hip measurement six Inches below the normal normal normal nor nor- mal waist line and compare comparo the tho measurements measurements measurements meas meas- with tho the waist and hip measurements measurements measurements meas meas- on the pattern Purchase the pattern by the hip measurement If It possible possible pos pos- sible for If It your our hips are aro largo large in proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion to your our waist tho the pattern will wm willbe willbe be too largo for you ou hi in the waist but that Is easier to alter than enlarging tho the pattern over tho the hips If It on lie other hand your waist It Is larger In proportion to your hips get the pattern to lit fit the waist measure and make the necessary alterations over the kips hips This can be bo done by folding the pattern In a little at nt each bias seamon seam seamon seamon on each gore and by fitting mUng It ft snugly when hen you try tn It on Cut tho material by the pattern according ac- ac according according ac ac- cording to directions printed on the outside outside outside out out- side of or It It taking particular care to Ill lay each ench gore goro of ot the pattern so that the center of It will be on the STRAIGHT of ot the goods As a n. rule rulo patterns do not allow for a hem at the bottom of ot tho the skirt but this you can allow for tor If It you find h by holding tho the pattern up to you ou that It Is 19 too short or tho the skirt can cnn be faced around the bottom according to your wishes Basto Baste the tho skirt with mth a n bias edge to a straight edge of the gores taking care core to baste with small stitches to a a. line Une below the hips but from there the bastIngs bast- bast logs Ings can b be larger for tor there Ii is little strain on that portion of ot the skirt when fitting It If the skirt has a a. raised rallied waist line and most of or them have now pin an Inside belt of stiff canvas belting that can be bought b by the yard around your waist first then hang the skirt from that pinning pinning pin pin- ning It to the belt bet on the outside If It there Is Js any nY alteration to make In Inthe tho the waist line It ft Is best beet to do It at nt the side seams scams and this also Is true of ot alterations around tho the hips take hips take them In 01 or lot let them out as the case may demand de de- de mand Narrow skirts have a distressing tendency tendency tend tend- ency of ot binding In below the hips at atthe atthe atthe the back This fault tault can bo ho overcome b by letting It out a Q little below tho the hips at tho the back seam scam or If It the skirt has haa apanel a apanel apanel orl panel back at each side elde of ot the panel The front and sides should hang perc per straight from tho the hips to hem curving In only over the hips to th the tho waist line ne When the tho skirt h has hag s been fitted anc and adjusted to the Insi inside e belt take tako It oft the belt and slip sUp it oft orr off then stitch up the seams on the tho wrong side press then them open with witha a hot Iron over a a. dampened cloth and try on a again If It all AU Is well it to the inside belt w which hleb hu has h had the top e edge ge bound with a IL narrow DArro piece of the material of the skirt akin art the skirt to th the belt belt turning In tat a quarter of ot an Inch at nt the top Fasten the belt with three h ht e el a an peat pent eyes eye and the placket of ot the skirt with a aa as many more aa as la is required t to keep It Jt together firmly Put th the th on again and have o some BOine on one mark marls It ft t evenly enly around the bottom so 0 p you ca car caD D place the hem iem correctly If It the skirt touches th the floor thin thU marking can be done with a piece ol ot chalk or a pencil running a line around t the tha le material Just at tho point where the skirt touches the floor noor then thon you can car turn It Jt up as man many aa as you wish from that line lino Two Inches from th the tha floor noor Is a good length for tor a A. walking skirt four tour Inches for tor an outing akin skiM for tor golf soU or tennis If H tho the material does floes not touch the floor noor make malto a a. gauge by taking a small email piece of cardboard and making a notch In It the dl distance tance from one straight ht edge the tha number of ot Inches you want the thi skirt to clear the floor noor Place lace this thU on the floor and mark the skirt at t the thi point of ot the notch If It the skirt is of ot wash material baste up the hem laying the alight fullness at the top In tiny Uny pleat turn tuna In all th the pleats in each half halt to point toward the back and be sure aura each Pleat forms torms a straight line Una from tram th the bottom of at the skirt to the top of ot the hem Turn In the toP or of the hem a half inch baste It in n place and stitch ii l' l t On ou the right aide Ide r the basting thread as a a. guide It If a facia facing la 1 s ui need 3 tho the skirt must be cut evenly evenly around tho the bottom and the facing cut to t dt the bottom of or the skirt or a plain biAS blae strip can be used if tr It Is 15 stretched c a a. little on one edgo edge Lay the facing on or the right side elde and stitch the bottom edge edse of ot It Jt and the skirt together then thet turn the facing up on the wrong wrone aide baste bulte It In place and press then It as you jou ou would a hem It n Is 15 w well ll to press the skirt thoroughlY thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- on the wrong side aide after atter all aU th the stitching Is finished using a 8 damp cloth over the Iron There you are aref Th The skirt la t. ready ready- 1 to tG wear and I am sure SWe that If It you fo folio tollow w these directions you will have havo no tic trou trouble Ie in the making |