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Show WHEN 8EWING ON BUTTONS. Little Hints That Will Add Greatly to Their Life. While laco. buttons aro pretty, they never should be sowed on nny but tho sheerest frocks and wnlsts, such as pcrlino lawn, mercerized batiste or mulls nnd organdies. They do not wear well and soon glvo out despite tho most enreful laundering and thoy nro too cxpcnr.lvo for tho ordinary purse. Thero Is only ono way to mako theso danty but perlshablo things last nnd this Is by sowing up and down through them. Few people know that this can be done, but this Is posstblo for theso llttlo laco buttons aro in ado on a bone foundation which has a hole In the middle. Thoro is a great deal moro art In sowing on buttons than ono would Imagine, and thero nro sovernl little tricks which con bo employed thnt few people hnvo discovered. Ono of theso llttlo tricks Is to placo the knot on tho right sldo of the goods so that It will como underneath tho button and thus bo protected. Tho reason Bomo pcoplo And It hard to mako buttons stay fust Is becauso thoy placo tho knot on tho wrong sldo whero It Is broken off by tho Iron tho first tlmo It Is laundered, thus allowing allow-ing tho threads to becomo loosened. Another way Is to run n pin undor tho button so that It docs not Ho closo to the material. When tho button but-ton hns been sowed on run tho nccdlo out between tho button and tho material ma-terial and holding tho thread firmly between tho thumb nnd first finger wind It around and around tho threads which servo to hold tho button to tho mntorlal. This method Is tho strongest strong-est ono nnd Is particularly good for sowing buttons on children's waists and trousers whero they havo a good deal of strain. Four holo buttons such ns aro used for sowing on tho bands of pottlcoats and other undcrgarmcntB should bo sown first through tho two holes on ono sldo nnd then through tho oppo-alto oppo-alto two and never by any menns diagonally. diag-onally. When buttons aro sewn on diagonally diagonal-ly they almost Invariably break, taking out tho cntlro center portion. |