Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . and becoming fabricsof batiste and sateen. They come in in-numerable colors, tints, and designs; so thatevery style and complexion can have made-up suitable and becoming toilets, at com-paratively small expense. The very quaint and picturesque Watteaustyle is most appropriate for making-upthe figured cotton fabrics of this lady with a taste for home dress-making, can easily arrange the draping andthe ornamentation in a most effective andbeconimg manner. Natural flowers are worn in profu-sion in the country during the seasonwhen they can be had fo
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . and becoming fabricsof batiste and sateen. They come in in-numerable colors, tints, and designs; so thatevery style and complexion can have made-up suitable and becoming toilets, at com-paratively small expense. The very quaint and picturesque Watteaustyle is most appropriate for making-upthe figured cotton fabrics of this lady with a taste for home dress-making, can easily arrange the draping andthe ornamentation in a most effective andbeconimg manner. Natural flowers are worn in profu-sion in the country during the seasonwhen they can be had for the cut-ting; and, when possible, those aregathered that match with those de-signed upon the costume. There never was a season whenso many lovely fabrics were shownfor summer wear, and in such avariety of delicate shades, only re-quiring artistic taste in the combina-tion and trimming to render them,ivhen made up into costumes, per-fectly irresistible. F. E, Benedict, 124 STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS QUARTERLY. THE ART OF part in As long dren in will lECING and patching,and twisting and turn-ing, play an importantdomestic economy,as there are chil-the family, clothesbe torn and stock-ings will be broken into holes; aslong as the small boy exists, pan-taloons, however stout, will beworn out at the knees; as long asthere are men, shirt bosoms willbreak apart and buttons be missingwith provoking regularity. Elder-ly women declare that mending isone of the lost arts, and tell howgirls were taught to sew when theywere young. Nevertheless, themending must be done; and if the girlsdo not learn how to do it, the womenmust. Putting on a patch is not as simple athing as it appears to be to the set properly, a patch must be put onjust so; with every thread straight to theline. Measure the size of the hole whichthe patch is to cover, and allow a marginof about two inches all around the holewhere the cloth is worn thin, or else thepatch will soon break away, and your l
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