Home millinery course; a thorough, practical and complete series of lessons . ery practical way of using one of last seasons straw or felt hats, that is not too badly out of shape, is to bend the front and back brims directly up, providing this can be done without breaking, and thus fastening together at the sides near the crown, afterwards covering the stitchesI with a bow on either side. Should the crown be out of shape, it maybe stiffened with a piece of buck-ram (see previous lesson), and aband the same as used on the top,stretched around and tied in asmall bow at the left. Mothers often m
Home millinery course; a thorough, practical and complete series of lessons . ery practical way of using one of last seasons straw or felt hats, that is not too badly out of shape, is to bend the front and back brims directly up, providing this can be done without breaking, and thus fastening together at the sides near the crown, afterwards covering the stitchesI with a bow on either side. Should the crown be out of shape, it maybe stiffened with a piece of buck-ram (see previous lesson), and aband the same as used on the top,stretched around and tied in asmall bow at the left. Mothers often make a grave mis-take in allowing their children touse their own judgment as to thekind of hat to be worn and theproper time for wearing, as thechild is by no means qualified to judge what is and is not appro-priate for various occasions. If given her choice she will invari-ably choose her best hat regardless of the kind of dress or oc-casion of wearing. The mothers superior judgment should beexercised and the child made always to conform to the conven-tional laws of Veils. Veils are worn by very young children and babies to protectthe face but are not necessary and are quite out of place on olderchildren and the young miss. White only should be used and thematerial should be of the fine, sheer order without mesh. -53- Renovating Much has already been said concerning economy and thefalse idea often conceived regarding it. We would not for amoment discourage the woman in her efforts to economize, aslavish expenditure is unnecessary and shows an incompetence inbusiness management which often brings much misery; , however, discourage the useless efforts of the woman tosave today at the expense of tomorrow. The cheapest materialis by no means the most economical and is far from being themost satisfactory in other respects. We would advise thewoman when buying an article to buy at least good, if not thebest of its kind, and to avoid by all means cheap and trashy ma-te
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