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Show NEAT AND DURABLE SERVING APRON IS NOT HARD TO MAKE A SERVING npron must bo mado to stand weekly tubbing at least, and substantial materials aro tho only kind worth making up. A good and not ory sheer India linen 1b used in tho apron which appears in tho Illustration, Illustra-tion, nnd the laco la a strong cotton weavo with squaro mesh and figure.,,.. Tho bib and apron, jo, ti Tn"bno piece, with tho shoujrder pieces cut long enough to reacliilto tho belt in tho back. Tho tloo afro long enough to make a bow witli short ends. After tho apro has been cut out tho hujertlon Ib bastlod to tho right uldo, Then tho fabric lundorneath It la split ind turned back! Over tho raw edgeb bias tapo is bastlfod and then macMnif. Hitched down. iThln covers tU rn3y odgoB and BtronjL'thena tho apron. ThA tapo, showing Ithrough tho matorlali ind the e.ven rfcwa of machine stlfcoh-) Ing hlch foaton It to placo mako ai additional ornamentation to tho apron Hems at tho bottom and at tho ondi of the tloB look best when sewed bj hand, but fow pooplo feol llko giving so much tlmo to a detail that Is nor Important. Careful, oven machini stitching Is docorntlvo nnd qulto goo! onough. A wide binding of tho fabric h placed on tho apron at each sido ant starts at tho towb of Insertion. The ties, which nro mado separately, are sowed to thlB binding. All theso details of construction aro planned to add strength to tho apron, becauso iti freshnoss is its best foaturo and thai meana soap and water and rubbing and ironing many a time beforo the apron bogiua to go to ploces. Thoro aro qulto a numbor of do signs for sorvlng nprons. It Is bost tc soloct ono and stick to It Tho oxam-plo oxam-plo hero is largo onough for any maid, and Is as oaay to laundor ns a handkerchief. hand-kerchief. Four such aprons ought to lnsuro freshness In the maid's appear-anco appear-anco at all times. For ladleB who servo tholr guests, smallor, more lacy and much more olaborato aprons, ribbon-trimmed, In fact much fussed up with bowa and furbolows, aro mado. Frionda make them for one another, and thoy are dainty bits of finery. Such aprona nro usually mndo by hand. Croes-barrod muslins and other Bheor materials nro used for thorn, with val or cluny lacoa In trimming. Llttlo pockets aro Intro duced and many sprightly bows and rosettes of gay ribbon. Pretty figured voiles, whlto ground, covered with scattored flowers, and figured lawns, aro fine for auch aprons. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. |