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Show GARMENTS EASILY MADE OVER. Hints for Thrifty Girl Who Is Handy with the Needle. Have you nn old petticoat tnnt is too dlsrcputablo to wear yet too good to throw away? Why not turn It Intc a dainty corset cover? If there Is an embroidered flounce cut tho best parts of it for tho lo-half lo-half of tho waist, putting it into a -mid nt thn wnlnt linn This may bo fastened on tho shoulders should-ers with a bow of ribbon, ns Is tho usual way, but it Is far prettier to mako tho upper part of soveral rows of laco Insertion headed by beading and a row of lace. This, Is sowed under tho embroidered edgo of tho flounco and, gives a smart and dainty effect. If tho petticoat Is worn on tho edgo and tho uppor part good, trim it off nejitlv.tp tho depth of tho scallop and rolf It to beading, above which Is a row- of Valenciennes iuco nbout a halt Inch wldo. This makes a showy cor-sot cor-sot cover with Uttlo work or expense. |