. The new century home book; a mentor for home life in all its phases; a chronicle of the progress of America and the world; a compendium of the nation's greatest city; and a guide for the great army of . st friv-olous of the devotees of the tyrant Fashion. The advantages of knowing how to sew hard-ly need to be mentioned. They are , trouble, and money are saved by the per- BUNNING. son who can use thread and needle. Petty an-noyances like rips and tears and loss of buttonshave little place in such a persons life, whichis made easier and more pleasant in a host ofway
. The new century home book; a mentor for home life in all its phases; a chronicle of the progress of America and the world; a compendium of the nation's greatest city; and a guide for the great army of . st friv-olous of the devotees of the tyrant Fashion. The advantages of knowing how to sew hard-ly need to be mentioned. They are , trouble, and money are saved by the per- BUNNING. son who can use thread and needle. Petty an-noyances like rips and tears and loss of buttonshave little place in such a persons life, whichis made easier and more pleasant in a host ofways by the ability to sew. Teach, therefore, your children to sew. Letyour boys be included in the instruction, atleast up to a certain point. In every boys ex-perience there are times when to be able to sewon a button, darn a stocking, or mend a torn garment will save him a deal of inconvenience 126 The New Century Home Book or annoying embarrassment. Teach your boyto do these things. If his knowledge extendsto sewing on a patch, it will not harm man whose mother taught him how to sewever regretted his knowledge or failed to bethankful for his mothers Emma M. Hooper, in an article copy-. OVERCASTINO A SEAM. righted by the Curtis Publishing Company,and reproduced, with the accompanying illus-trations, by courtesy of the Ladies Home Jour-nal, says: The dainty finish of hand sewing on a gar-ment marks its owner as a person of cannot learn to sew equally well; all maylearn if they have the will to do so. Have aworkbasket, no matter how plain it may be,as a receptacle for spools of thread and silk, thimble, large cutting scissors, and a small, 127 The New Century Home Book pointed pair for ripping; a measuring tape,piece of beeswax, needles of various sizes, alittle muslin bag for buttons, and a second onefor hooks and eyes off of the cards. Linen, cot-ton, and silk threads all have their use; so dotwist and the cheap basting cotton, which ne
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