Springville Herald | 1950-04-20 | Page 7 | "Easy does it "

If" Bgvc BY HELEN Hlt , TTSE COTTON THREAD In plac of silk for mending leather gloves since it is less likely to cut the leather. Use the same stitch in mending gloves as was used when they were sewed originally, usually a running or whip stitch. Coat buttons are best when sewed on with small buttons underneath the outside button. The small button but-ton helps distribute the strain on the coat fabric and covers the irregular ir-regular stitches used in button sewing. Adhesive tape is excellent for mending rubber and oiled silk garments gar-ments such as raincoats and galoshes. Purchase soft collars at notions counters to replace threadbare RJCCIPE OF THE WEEK Fig Muffins (Makes 15 Medium) 1 cup dried figs 3 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar i 4 teaspoons baking powder 5 tablespoons shortening 1 Vi cups milk 1 egg Pour enough boiling water over figs to cover; let stand 10 minutes. Drain, clip stems and cut Into small pieces. Sift together to-gether flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Work shortening shorten-ing Into flour mixture. Combine milk and beaten egg and mix with flour. Add figs and stir to blend. Fill greased muffin pans about full. Bake in hot (450F.) oven about 20 minutes. ones on mens' shirts to get more wear from the garments. Remove raw threads from the Inside of a sweater to use for reinforcing rein-forcing weak spots that appear on sleeves, elbows or collars. The use of a darning technique will make these almost Invisible. Slips which have worn underneath under-neath the arms are easily mended to give additional wear, simply by reinforcing with similar materia) underneath the spots which are ragged. Wool and silk garments usually dye easily to give the owner extra months of wear. Avoid dyeing sun-streaked sun-streaked garments unless the color is removed first, or unless they are tj be dyed black or a very dark color.