Show HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY I MIROIR OLD VELVET I Miroir velvet is as popular as ever remarked a fashionable milliner who is as noted for her amiabilltr as for the style of her hats and bonnets And it is nOt always easy to get a good assortment of colors evcp in large shop It Is ai well hen fcr Me to know how to make it themsdv The velvet Is laid on a smooth pres lag board which is not too thickly padded A large hot Iron should then be passed quickly over it The Iron must be slid rather than pressed but using full weight all the time Never remove the iron until it has passed from edge to edge of the velvet and always start at the edge even if it causes you to go over the same part twice and always press the right way of the velvet Every woman understands under-stands the up anl down of cloth and velvet and you must press down the direction of the pile and always follow the straight thread of the velvet When pre slng a bias piece the Iron must always go slanting from edge to edge whereas If it is straight you press in a strajrt1t line In the factories where mirolr velvet Is made they use large rollers the wIdth of the velvet which prevents I iron marks Vhen doing It at home you have the disadvantage of the small iron to guard against but by pactlc Ing on scraps you will Won become expert ex-pert and find it a great addition to your possibilities of using old materials mater-ials and shade that are too glaring Take a sample of velvet that Is ap paren1tiv not a match or seems too 1 t harsh in color it wilt be com > let IY transformed by mlrcrlng It wl1 chlange a faded color and It gives beautiful white bloom to even the I I cheapest quality Every woman should know how to curl feathers It Is not ot al difficult A little yams and patience arc exercised exer-cised To raise the hue of a leatner that has been worn In the damp air or laid away some time hold It over the hot top of a stove or near a STate fire gently shaking all the whIle Of course there are timet > when feathers need steaming and thOugh one may be able to dOo that part successfully the drying dry-ing is more difficult so It is best to send them to the dryer There Is a knife made expressly for curling feath ers which Is satisfactory Its blade is curved so that the pressure of the thumb on the feather may be perfectly even |