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Show Fine Darning. In darning a shlrt-waUt or other garment gar-ment whore it Is Important that tho place shall not bo soon, do tho work without putting a plcco under tho hole and uso tho very fine thread. If tho darning Is dono well tho spot will bo-as bo-as strong as tho fabric around It and .when It Is Ironed wlll.be .carcolynoi tlcenblo. Tho edges of tho material, of courso, must bo drawn together In. their original, position, In mending any fabric, tho direction of tho threads should follow, as much as possible, the lines ot tho warp and woof. It Is advisable, ad-visable, sometimes, to ravel a thread from tho fabric Itself and uso It In darning. At other times, when silk Is to bo usod. It Is woll to split silk In ordor to havo a flat thread Instead ot a round ono. It Is an old-fashlonod Idea worth romembering to use a hair In darning flno wool. Chicago American. |