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Show Btnlwibnniw iBfiiWuuu,y ' iMmmaffiii III W&MVm M. "Wd& Turn. -i llllilkQriYer Etullesp Ingenuity and small pieces or bits and scraps of silk or ribbons appear to w the most valuable ussets of those- who love to do fancy work and almost every woman delights In making pretty thing. The uses thnt the Ingenious llpd for the odds and ends of rilk and velvet that accumulate accumu-late In the scrap bng, make n scrap bag it regular treasure. Tlierc Is a long list of fascinating trinkets and belongings tjiat spring from this unpretentious un-pretentious source, most of them personal per-sonal things dear to dainty women. fJold Ince, gold net, lingerie lace, made silk flntvcrs and fruits are the elegancies thnt Join forces with silken stuffs to fashion all these trinkets and perfumed powders scent many of them. Starting out with the simplest and sinnllest, there nro little sachet bags, two or three Inches square, mndo of bright colored ribbon and filled with cotton scented with sachet powder. A hnlf dozen of thcho little bags, each having n tiny gilt wfety pin In Its edge, are tied together In a jtackngo with n nnrrow ribbon. They may be pinned in the dress or placed In glove, handkerchief or veil boxes or with stationery, pervading everything with n delicate odor. Or Hie bags may be cut heart shaped, pinned In a row to the edge of n nnrrow ribbon and placed In n little box to lie used as desired. Very small powder puff bags nro Hindi! by sewing two plaques six Inches In diameter together, running a easing In them near the edge and threading narrow ribbon through It. Place a - 'e of compact powder the size of n silver half dollar and u little powder puff In the bag also to nuiKe it complete ' Little ribbon or Mlk roses, (lowers and fruit are used on so many of the things made of silk thnt ono must learn how to make them among the llrst things. They are used la finish Ing touches in all sorts of boxes and toilet belongings glove, handkerchief and powder boxes, talcum powder nnd toilet water bottles, pin cushions, comb casv and all the requisites of the toilet table. These are covered with silk bound with gold braid or lace often having little frills of lingerie lin-gerie lnre and the llttlo flowers dually added. Candle shades and candle shields, small screens for telephones nnd other ' things, Innumerable pin cushions nnd, pin trny?, bon-bon boxes and picture franicf, nil ure covered with silk nnd decked out with lnces und braids. Then there ure the needle nnd scissor cases and all the company of work bngs thnt prove a Joy forever to their owners, together with Jewel and pow-j dor bngs crocheted of mercerized cot-' ton or of silk floss, nnd lined with silk. ' The coat hunger finishes the list of per-1 sonnl belongings, but it does not I cover all the uses for pieces of silk, which Include mnny furnishings for, the home. i |