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Show BLACK 8HOE THREAD IS BEST. Excellent for Fastening Millinery Ornaments Or-naments In Place. When trimming a hat tho great problem is how to fasten tho ornaments orna-ments in place. Fine thread and needles do not seem to be adequate for tho purpose, and, in fact, they nro not. Tho best thread to uso is black .shoo thread and tho best needlo Is a so-called "glove needlo" one with a three-sided point that may bo run easily through almost any substance. With theso two allies nt hand it Is not so vory difficult to sew whatever Is required, but It 'Is worth while to mention tho different sorts of trimmings trim-mings and how' to sow each to tho hat, says a writer who would encour-ago encour-ago homo millinery. Velvet bows should always bo mado "with shoe thread, and It should bo wrapped around the loop of tho bow so It will bo qulto firm. It should then bo sawn to tho hat with tho samo thread and tho needlo Just described. de-scribed. Quills nnd feathers may bo attached to tho hat In tho samo way, but when tho tips of ostrich plumes must bo caught and hold nt a required anglo, It Is bettor to uso a vory flno black thread and n No, 10 needle. Tho stltcho aro then practically invisible, and tho result will bo very satlsfac tory. |