Home millinery course; a thorough, practical and complete series of lessons . a combination of smallpieces. A cheap can berecognized from the thin,tapering top and the nar-row, thin fiber. Thisplume is also curled high so as todeceive the buyer as to theweight. It is much more eco-nomical to have one good fullplume than three small ones, asa good one will last a numbe- ofseasons with careful wear andstill look well while the cheaperones are apt to lose their cirlafter the first few times plumes may at the time of buying seem a trifle ex-pensive, they may on the other hand
Home millinery course; a thorough, practical and complete series of lessons . a combination of smallpieces. A cheap can berecognized from the thin,tapering top and the nar-row, thin fiber. Thisplume is also curled high so as todeceive the buyer as to theweight. It is much more eco-nomical to have one good fullplume than three small ones, asa good one will last a numbe- ofseasons with careful wear andstill look well while the cheaperones are apt to lose their cirlafter the first few times plumes may at the time of buying seem a trifle ex-pensive, they may on the other hand be looked upon as perhapsthe most economical trinmiing in which to invest, as there isnothing that recjuires so little accompanying trimming, that staysm style or that has the wearing quality, as does the good Wiring the Plume. When a plume is to be used on a hat for high or standingtrimming, it should be wired that it may stand the force of thewind without breaking. To do this, a piece of fine, silk ribbonwire is fastened to the wire at the base of the plume, after whichit is allowed to follow the quill on the under side to within twoor three inches of the tip. This wiring is done by passing thethread around rather than through the quill so as to avoid break-ing it, then bending it to the exact sweep of the plume. Thewire at the base should be well secured before sewing to the is best to wrap the wire around the finger and in this shapesew to the hat thus preventing it from turning after being sewed. Other Feathers. There is a vast difiference in the buying of what is known asthe coque feathers and the wing. A good feather has a wire atthe base and also one running to each small group of feathersthroughout the entire bunch, thus securing them against the cheap one is wired at
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