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Show How to Make the New Dog Collars first be marked with white hasting thread in order that the lines may be kepi absolutely abso-lutely straight, and if there is a definite pattern in the centre of the collar this should be dclrned In Ihe same way after being first drawn in with white crayon. The collar is fastened in back with tiny hooks and silk loops, the velvet being kepi from creasing by regular collar liones. As the boning will not show through the ve lvet, l-vet, any number of these bones may be used us near together as necessary. TIhto should be one directly in the centre, twu 111 the back und at least two nt each side. All Ihesv bones should be put iu straight up and down, not slanted, as in a higher collar. The thin celluloid bouing is best for the purpose. Ulaik velvet is generally employed for this stylo of collar, but white and all ilif-frienl ilif-frienl colors lire also to be seen with gowns of corresponding shade. IMack Is, of course, most widely becoming nnd also shows off to bchl advantage the brilliancy of the stones. j SN attractive wedding gift for an intimate in-timate girl friend is one of the new ihiuestom- studded velvet dog collar. As these collars are made with the stones sunk 111 the velvet they me most expensive, expen-sive, but fortunately can be copied at astonishingly as-tonishingly small cost nnd no great dilli-1 dilli-1 idly, ami they are quite the latest thing from Tans. The wider dog collars are always smartest, smart-est, but if a two and a half or two inch band of velvet is unbecoming, then the uarrower widths are permissible. A band of velvet the correct length for the neck is first cut, and then to this piece the rhincs-tones uro sewed, cither in even row s of i-qual dislunee apart or 111 some conventional- pattern, which must hrst be stamped on Ihe velvet. As one becomes more expert the pattern can be made more elaborate, stones of eliflcre-nt size being! Used to make the design more effective. The design may be copied from some piece) of jewelry or from some artist's book of designs, or perhups a girl may be sulli-ciently sulli-ciently clever to work out a pretty pattern of her own. Large rhim-xioncs should never be employed, since they suvr too much of imitation jewelry, nnd by far the most attractive of these necklaces are made entirely with the tiniest stones, ilbotll Ihe size of brilliants. To tew ou Ihe bloues the, velvet bhouM |