Show teaching the girls how to hew A suitable piece of work to commence on is a pair of pillow cases for in making this article the child learus learns to overhand to hem and to make button holes boles commence when she is fresh soon after breakfast having previously cut out two pairs of pillow cases one pair for yourself and another pair for tile the little daughter see that she is supplied with a little work box or basket thimble thread and needles begin by basting up a pair for her then commence together first starting hers she will take great pride in try trying 1 g to have her work look as well as houi yours r a but unless she is an unusually apt pupil her stitches will be long and d uneven if not neatly done adai advise ane b her e r gently to pull out her work and bepin begin again or better still tell her you will take them out for her letting clr go and have a race with her dog or a ride on her tricycle she will come in with a fresher clearer head and a stead steadier ter band than if scolded and made to take out the inis misplaced placed stitches when she ha has S fluis finished hed the overhanging over handing on both pillow cases baste the hems tor for her and start her at the hemming caution her to have her stitches even but not too short as with beginners very short ches are apt to be crooked keep your work along with hers above all things try to keep up her interest and when she comes to the button holes boles cut them for her neatly the edges impress it 16 upon her that she must be calef careful at and take up very little of the goods as it makes a much neater button note bole then haye have her fasten fasteau the ends strongly and evenly now let her sew on the buttons and when she has finished fold and put away and it if she has done them well she will be a very happy little girl and you a very proud mother she sh may be several days in making them do not hurry hex he and above all things do not become impatient with her and tell her she shall finish the them in by a given time next teach her to darn let her take a pair of her own stockings the pair with the smallest holes for large holes are so discouraging to a beginner tell her that in order to make a neat darn she must use a long slender needle and dotton cotton not too coarse it is best to darn over a china egg going back and forth till the hole is covered then cross toe tire stitches weaving in and out until the darn is SS as solid as the original material unless the girl learns the intricacies of darning when she is young she is apt when she is brown grown up to depend on mamma or worse still go with stockings either of which Is inexcusable for a worn or a torn place in a dress of course you would not darn as yon u would the heel of a stocking ru but t baste a piece of the goo goods ds underneath then darn back and forth with dainty tiny stitches till the rent is repaired then with a damp cloth laid over the darn press with a warm flat iron annie gurd curd in m good food housekeeping |