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Show The Chemise Shirtwaist or Blouse pearl or crochet wash buttons, nnd thi transformation is complete. A French blouse, If you dcase, rnadauje, for u nierl nothing! . W ork that is half done when you buy il has a ccrtaiu fascination, nud ns thesa blouses are quickly made they would make excellent Christmas or birthdaj gifts with no doubt attached to them u to whether or not they will be appreciutc-d by the recipient. They will be. WE have heard, aud probably put the suggestion into practice, of turning I our old embroidered shirt tvuists mto chemises or corset covers Hut have we ever thought of reversing this nb a--of 'making chemises into pretty blouses? j These (heuilms, however, must be new, and preferably the I'reiK h hand embroidered embroid-ered ones, for riot only is the embroidery daintier, but the m iterlal is finer and tho shape and general workmanship bettor. Iticnu.se they arc labelled "I reach" docs not necessarily make the price foiuiidable, as I have picked up simple ones at sales, for one dollar, nnd with a few flowers !U conventional English eyelet work, done iui half an hour by my own na.'ids, liavej made the garments worth three or too r i limes tho original price. I lint how is this magic change nccom-l plished? I'urcliase a chemise a tew sizes' too large for you; the aruihob-s will iu- crease in size accordingly, thus you will be able to take the shoulder ftnps in, .which, in turn, will make the opening nt the neck more shallow. Allover embroidery, embroid-ery, Valeiicienin s or C'luuy iaoe, Irish crochet, all ujuke charming yokes. Narrow Nar-row V'.ih Lciciiucs edging and insertion may be gathered by drawing u thre.id near the edg..- tiiisteud of gathering it ivvith a needle uud thread I, and w hen shirred miher loosely e.au be sh.ipe-d row! liter row to make the yvkc and collar. Edging is really prettier th iu ;nsertion, us the edge of eath row should overlap the'1 shining of the row beneath. The eollui-' less or Dutch neck is so much in Noguc at present that much time and patience can be saved in doing away with the collar en-tiiely. en-tiiely. the- filling of which is often rather tricky. To oue who knows the rudiments of dressmaking cr has some reliable j-at-lerus the making e( it sieevu is very simple. sim-ple. Tiie-tv will piobubly be- c-uougu ma-, lerial lei I from tlm skirt of the chemise lo torm the up to dale suiull sleeves, aud if not it is un easy and inexpensive mutter mut-ter to match lu a lace enu und two of lace inserted in ihe lower or upper part of i ho sleeve make an attractive finish. Cut tho waist (for it has now ceased to be ach.-i nisei up U. I. -irk, ,llrn ;,, Nicltv ami f there is not sulli. lent material maU it false hem on both sides; u half a dozen i buttonholes nud a like number of small i |