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Show SHOPPING HINT. H THE) girl whose skilled fidget add the M dainty touches to her wardrobe, in- Btead of paying for them teidy mjide, H mdy flna the expcrlena! of a sister needle- H .wdidan valuable in preventing d bad mis- take. An ambitious little maiden bad just H pufchnsed some handsome plain cream: silk H net for n guhnpo with sleeves and was furtiin? away to sdek the counter wiera M chiffon for lining it could be purchased M whe'n a friend at her elbow remnrked: M ""hy doh't you just use plain crenn m Colored cotton net of a fine quality for the HH lining? My dressmaker advised It, and It Kl gives a much more lacy effect." H No sooner said than done. The cotton H net was purchased and carried home, and Wm was cut out exactly tho same as was the Bl silk et. The .7uinipe was an entire sue- Hj cess, so far as dppedrance1 went. It H, fitted well, and had a very good effect E with the costume of cream colored cloth. H But if had not been -worn three times Bi when its owner saw, with dismay, that the Hi edges of the silk net, at arm's eye, at Hi elbow, and where it joined the collar, BI were fraying out, inch lengths of the B hoary silk thread standing out from the R goods in every direction, thougli she had H nllowcd ample at tho seams to prevent H any such thing. H On examining it, she discovered that H while' the silk net is firmly woveu, and H will not stretch percertibly, net of cot- Hi ton is quite the opposite in weave, and HI stretched decidedly. It had stretched, HI in this case, putting all the strain on the IHI silk net, which had yielded "all along the M line." It had to be darned down on the m cotton net, with sewing silk, and littlo M tucks had to be taken in the cotton net H to keep even that darning from giving H HI |