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Show Odds and Ends of Interest for the Girl Who Sews GIRLS WHO TALK AND SEW ONK of the most graceful arts that u girl can acquire is to lenrn to converse con-verse and keep her fingers busy at the 'same time. There are girls who can talk jwell nod girls who do needlework well. ; hut they rarely combine the two accoiu-I accoiu-I jilisljnu-n ts skilfully. J One of the secrets of the art is to avoid .doing in public any piece of work which requires close attention. lie clever Ht accomplishing a good deal by always hav-iiig hav-iiig on hand certain kinds of work, or j work at certain stages, which admits of its being done more or less automatically, and (let this occupy your fingers which will I busily do n lot for you, w hile you make yourself ogreeahle conversationally to one jor more companions. I Remember that courtesy requires you jto give the person to w hom you are talking,! lor who is talking to you, your first in I 'tirest Dd attention and that your work must be the secondary consideration, lfl you reverse the order you will be thought' very stupid, will be avoided as an uniu-; leresting young person nnd had much U t-i ter confine your work to hours especially set apart for it. match the decorations of her room. Hny satin ribbon a little wider than the strip-of strip-of steel and sew together both edges of two pieces, making a cover for both sides of the spring. Slip the case over the spring nnd when it is In place pull the threads of sewing silk tight so that the ribbon be gathered quite full mi the -steel. The sewing, by the way, must l In running stitch, with no hack stitches ;so that it will pull. When the covering has been firmly fast- 1 cued in place and Ihe fulness evenly distributed dis-tributed make a full lnv of the same ribbon or a wider ribbon that matches it and sew it on the top of the curc. If one wants It a little more elaborate she can put another Ixjw at the frout a little above where the slipper touches tho spring; this gives a Huffy and pretty effect. ef-fect. A shoe shelf holding a row of slippers supplied with these decorated j lasts is a incut attractive sight. j PETTICOAT LORE. U' M.l'SS the petticoat is correctly cut,: lits smoothly and is of the proper I length, the frock put over it will not hang well, and (he girl who wears it will not look smart. 10 very fashion, I HANDKERCHIEF MAKING. H' ANIK1;KCIIIEF making is fascinating fas-cinating work, and any girl who 1 sews neatly may easily provide ber- I'xdf with a supply which will be a matter mat-ter of pride to herself and of envy to Im i 1 less industrious associates. French or Irish linen of Ihe finest quality should be used for any handkerchiefs handker-chiefs destined to carry elaborate embroideries, em-broideries, and the greatest care should be exercised in the cutting of the squares. To draw a thread in the four directions is the only safe way, as otherwise the delicnto material is apt to twi.st and become be-come unmanageable. N hen Armenian or any other very line lace edging is used the handkerchief need not be hemstitched, although infinite cue must be devoted to the hand hemming, hem-ming, as irregularly set stitches spoil the entire effect of the work. Exceedingly narrow hemstitched lir-ders lir-ders are more than eor popular, und nearly always handkerchiefs so treated1 have corners embroidered delicately with wreaths, clusters or semi-detached but-! lerlly and tlowcr deigns. Sometimes only one corner Is decorated with a; rather large and elal-.rnte spray pattern,1 or a medallion will enclose a small initial. Only when there is no other decoration! should a monogram be employed. Fancy lace stitches are blende.) withj the embroidery patterns, as in Ihe cuse of the lily pads, which show petals of fine netting, and the butterflies, with trans-parent trans-parent wings. Sometimes a girl who embroiders em-broiders indifferently but sews with extraordinary ex-traordinary neatness appliques laco motifs mo-tifs upon the corner of 11 handkerchief and then cuts away the material from Ihe under side, but this Is dirilcult to accomplish, ac-complish, and a slip of the scissors means ruin to the entire piece of work. Scallop tiordcrs are exceedingly dainty, but that sort of work takes an immense I I CHIFFON PARASOLS. CHIFFON psrasots are much in vogue in Paris this summer. Chiffon laid I over a silk foundation makes the mrst sensible chiffon sunshade, but often the , hiffon ig Inid in two or three thicknesses without any heavier foundation. An old parasol that Is marked or faded so as to I be no longer possible in its present con-Idition con-Idition can often be covered snd made to look ns good 11 new. I White cnu bi covered with any shade idesired, but a color hns generally to have the same or n somewhat deeper tone laid over it. Combination of artistic contrasts are also seen--muve over pale greeu, for example; pink and blue, yellow nud lilac. There ore innumerable combinations that sre attractive njid which make it possible however eccentric, hns its compensations, and it may be said in favor of the present pres-ent vogue of narrow- skirls that the petticoats petti-coats worn beneath them demand h wonderfully won-derfully small amount of material nnd that very little lahor need be eiK-nded upon their making. In lieu of the he-frilled and bo-flounced taffeta petticoat of yesteryear is un almost tubo-shaied affair of uie.vsnljne, flaring ever so slightly below the knees nud finished with a deep hem or a narrow, scant ruffle. To make an almost per-! fectly fitting petticoat of this sort cut the materinl by 11 five-gored skirt pattern ofj the correct belt ele, take up geuerou seams below tho kuees- nnd turn back-as back-as many Inches as possible for the hem iu order to give weight to the garmcDt. to carry ouo sunshado with many different gowns. There are many curious effects in the frames of the parasols this summer. Some have all the sticks that are used in a Japanese sun umbrella. Others, again, have the sticks turned down flat at the edges, giving a curious square effect. It is alway possible to get a pretty parasol for an estretDcty low price, but tho handle la of course perfectly pluiu. The average girl uses a parasol so seldom 'that it Js reilly worth w hile for her to I I try to have given her one really expensive I (narnsol with a handle so good that it willl amount of time nnd is so heavy in proportion pro-portion to tho fabric that it Is cosily torn. The bttter way Is to buy a machine scalloped handkerchief of fine qualily aud embroider it daintily, than to devolo hours of toil to a border which may be reduced to a ragged fringe the Jirxt time it is laundered. SLIPPER LASTS. TUB girl who like everything about her belongings dainty Bm iu good order will probably have several of the little toe lasts with steel springs for her slippers. It makes a marvellous difference dif-ference in the shape of a slipper if it is never put away without ono of these lasts. Hut, useful as they are. they ore not iu any way pretty in ti,ejr Ulllur(l state, and the girl who keeps her closet lookiug dainty and attractive can make her slipper hist ornamental too. Th; way to do it is to cover the steel spriug with ribbon to match her closet fittings, which iu their turu should Kelfr lhau any of the twilled silks for summer service r petticoats of stnied, all white or all black China silk, made similarly to those of heavier material, but trimmed with embroidered or accordion plaited narrow rufiW With all manner of white wash frocks are worn unstarched petticoats of cross barred muslin, batiste or lawn trimmed with scant flounce of self material or cui-broidereJ cui-broidereJ Swiss headed with a beading run with ribbon, bow knotted nt the front. For lin"'.rie gowns there are special petticoats petti-coats and princess slips of hnnd embroidered embroid-ered fmo liuen bordered with hemstitching. hemstitch-ing. I'ettieonts oC striped seersucker, cham-bray, cham-bray, grass liuen or menvrir.ed dark colored I cotton, br c rowa of tucks above a two' 'inch h'em and are intended for uso with igolhng, caooiog ""'I tramping costume Ityor mountain scrvie fancy flannels are! made into short scant "divided" petti-' coats, faced with four iuch wide lafftta. j ribbon. J be worth while having the stick recovered It will cost just about as much to have 'n frame covered as It would to buy a new 'parasol, but it is infinitely nicer to feel that the haodlo is of some value. If li be necessary to have a parasol for some ouo gown of peculiar shade then it is of Course worth while, but for a white or some ueutral color that enn be carried wiili almost any dress the liaudbi should be as good us her purse will allow. 1 |