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Show For the Needlewoman nBVER forget to thread a needle with the opposite end of tho thread from where It was broken off. a needle can be more quickly threaded if the eye Is held over a white surface and tho needle itself Is steadied by pressing the thumbs back while the thread Is being pusrted through. Be careful In the choice of needles, as the cheap ones never pay. They rust and break quickly, and the least Inequality of the ee breaks the thread. an envelope of thin oiled silk should be used for extra packs of needles, otherwise they will be rusty when needed, Such an em elope can be Included In-cluded In every work basket Needles are of three kinds sharps, between and ground-downs. "Sharps'" are moat generallj usod, but the woman who grows accustomed to ' betweens" will never use anything else. They are less likely to break and, being shorter, they permit quicker 6ewing. Dispose at once of a broken needle. Half of the disparagement of needles Is due to using those unsuited In number num-ber to the silk or cotton. Try to draw a coarse thread through a tlna eye and the thread splits and knots, and It does not sew smoothly. L'se crewel needles which come In all sizes and lengths for embroidering. The nervous woman should never use too coarse a needle, as it pushes badly and constantly becomes unthreaded. |