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Show MAKING USE OF RIBBONS About the First Thing Is for One to Become an Adept In Tying a Bow. This Is n ribbon season, ns wo nil know, nnd the shops, nnturnlly, have put forth n big nnd goodly supply of attractive ribbons lu response to the demnnd fashion has made for them. Do you know how to tie n bow? Probably not. In this day of specialisation special-isation few women do know how to tlo moro thnn n llngerlo or hair ribbon. rib-bon. Wo leave It for the saleswoman ut tho ribbon counters, for our dress-mnkers dress-mnkers nnd our milliners to tie bows of every other sort. To begin with, If you would tlo bows successfully, buy a reel of line covered wire nnd use It to tlo the loops in position. This, for Instance, Is tho wny n professional ties n sash rosetto for n child's frock. She takes one end of two or three ynrds of ribbon rib-bon und measures off about thirty Inches to go nround the waist. Then she mnkes ns mnny loops ns she wishes, gathering tho ribbon for ench through her fingers. Next she meusures off with her right hnnd, holding tho loops In her left, enough ribbon for the two ends, nnd, nt the end of this ribbon makes one moro loop. This leaves n long loop of ribbon, later to bo tho two ends, nnd with ono of them ties nround the rosetto .loops, so making one end shorter than the other. Molro ribbon Is perhaps prettiest for children's snshes, although u stiff quality of taffeta answers tho snmo purpose well. Tho soft satin ribbons nro not so pretty on children us nro tho stlffer ribbons. For women, velvet vel-vet ribbon of three-inch width forms a good girdle. It can be finished nt the hack with an upstanding loop nnd n down-hanging end to cover the secure se-cure closing mnde by menns of snaps or hooks nnd eyes. ITtitlmntl ribbons nre especially Interesting In-teresting tills summer, n tailored bow, flat but not pressed down, finishes the left side of the hat when these ribbons rib-bons nre used, and In most shops lengths of ribbon with bows attnehed nre sold for varying prices. Brocaded ribbons, with raised velvet vel-vet figures on thick sntln ribbon foun-datlons, foun-datlons, nre nlso smnrt. Ono such ribbon rib-bon shows pnnsles of black, blue und purple velvet on n cerise ribbon. An-other An-other shows overlapping pellets or big pollen dots of three colors peacock blue, old gold nnd plum on n bluck background. |