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Show CRETONNE AS FURNITURE COVER A cheap cretonne is not always a Harlon i'eyton who will meet Hilly Hamp at Richmond to night, In a JO round boxing contest. Tickets on sale at Havana Cigar store. good Investment, as It often becomes thin after n few weeks wear and looks more like a coarse muslin than I a good cretonne, so before invest!- j gutlng In a low priced material It j should bo tested. To do this take i a small piece and rub it thoroughly as if wnshlng. If the tluoads separ- ate and It becomes thin, It will wear i badly and Is not really economical, no matter bow cheap )'.o price, but if It passes this ordeal It will probably prob-ably last ns long nnd wear us well as a much higher priced one. A cretonne with a dark background back-ground is far more serviceable than one of lighter coloring, and need not make tho room appear dark if some cheerful tones nro introduced into tho floral design. To cover furniture is not really such n difficult task as many would imngine, provided a reliable pattern can bo obtained and It Is first carefully care-fully pinned to the sofa or chair ar fitted so that any parts which aro too large or too small can bo altered and arranged. Cretonne Is generally thirty inches wide, nnd a 'full slzci'. sofa requires sl yards. When cutting the cover for the sofa so-fa tho pieces for covering tho arms must be laid, before cutlng, with their right sides together, or when cut It may be found that they aro both for the right or left and this would Involve an enormous waste of material. Also the pattern should bo planned Jn such a way that tho design will run up the seat and back of the sofa, and ovor !i0 sides, or nrms, and tho pattern must he care-fully care-fully matched in the center, where tho material will bo Joined. |