With or Without Sleeves, Crochet Yokes Are Always in. Vogue
Random
Thoughts
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OK "DOffK AND NOT OUT."
EVER lie flat on your back and
think It over? It is good for
you, whether you lie under
your automobile or out on a grassy
hill-top under the skies.
It gets the blood out of your head;
It distributes the lymph more even
ly; It gives you enlarged vision; it
takes the conceit out of you, especial
ly if It be under the automobile re
ferred to. And If Borne thing happens
to put you flat on your back oh I
the good It does you! It teaches you
what your weaknesses are; develop
Just where the crick In your anatomy
Is located; teaches you to bo humble.
And you Jump up ready to make a
new start and a better one than ever
before.
Down! But not out! That's the
position I am talking about. You have
been going along pretty well up
right on your foot. Something floors
you. Pride goeth down with you,
as safth the Scripture. You are "flat
on your back and taking the count
In that brief time you have leisure,
untold, for thinking over when, how
and where you received the punch
that put you to the mat, You can,
recumbently, size up the individual
whose feet you percoive to bo finally
on a level with his head. What a
chance to look tho 'thing that floored
you fair In the face. If It bo extrav
agance, you Bee its foolish features.
If It be dissipation, you feel its hot
breath, dlHgustlngly. If h be lust,
you hear Jta ribald laughter. If It bo
negligence, you see its slothful habit.
If It be Bin, you turn away from its
loathsome face. Never before did
you see Just what you were fighting.
Now, at last, you see It as it really
Is. Help mo up! Give mo a band. I
know tho chap that gavo mo the
punch. Ho Is weaker than I am. I
know, now, whoro to strike him and
strike to win. I'm none tho worse
for having been flat on my back, but
rather am I bettor having been far
from perfect, hitherto.
Sol Get upl .Go to It! You are
not licked. Fact Is you are a lot
stronger than before you went to
earth. Nobody can whip you. excent . ' ' . 7.1 , . ' . .. V Tl" T, , V 1"",mMU 1UW wu t, tr , iiunuw hiouvo, khu very pretty yoko.
yourself The world o full of folks wltnout no wUh rbbon 8trap8 and February, primrose: March, violet; About ono-half rt the pattern la tho sleevo Is tho correct width. Tho unique pattern shown hero
wno wouiu uoip you, lr you nocded It. ,,, ,,, i,h. th -.n ...... k.-h. i.,.. a ..,...- i . mav bo made un with sleeves or with- ... .......
but you don't. If you were an .........-.. ... ii, uwnJ, mnj, .."., ....... iVU ........... . fvu n ia WUx- - - - - eis wnicu my prove useiui wncu yuu
' e ' y man latoBt fad is to crochet a yoke with honeysuckle; July, water illy; Au- should bo extended tho desired length plicated -pattern, omit the sleevoB. out. Use fine cotton for theso yokes, aro making various pieces of house-
e ore you wen 0WI. you aro a your birthday Cower In It. Some In- gust, poppy; Septomber, morning bofore the back Is orocheted (tho Take a pencil and darken the two and If tho opening at tho neck is too hold linen,
bettor man now. Hero Is your mot- .
to: "Look up, not down; look for
ward, not back ; lend a hand." When
you are standing up again with tho
aawn or we now aay m your faco. , mu uunius lureuua uuo mo orawer. To transfer a dross embroidery
pass on tho word. . .. t .. , ... When you And a largo tear In the with tho eraser dipped In kerosene, When you are done sewing It will not . . ,
And perhaps. In the newer life you
VERY satisfactory support for family Indulges la tho better will be of wet and you will bo pleased with the re- be necessary for you to sweep the ' .
will like to go out on tho hills and lis . . .uiu it naraiy necessary to re- floor.
flat on your back Just for fun and c n D0 maa Dy crow,n G soverai embroidery noopa - - mind any housokeeper that thee A time-saver when
for the sake of the analogies. Von ". ,0 tn0 mcttea wa"' " caD different slzes-and
will see a lot birds in the
HOCHET yokes are always In gonlous porson has worked this Idea glory; October, cosmos; November, back la a duplicate of the front.) rows that are dotted and cut off the largo add an lnsortion and edging. A
vogue and one can not have out and has named thorn birthday chrysanthemum;. December, holly. The sections marked B form the aides of the pattern and you will have cotton that will crochet about nine
too many of them. These yokes. Tho flowers for each month Quite a fascinating Idea, don't you under part of tho narrow sleeve, and . Vfirv vntn , or ten blocks will make a yoke of an
avcrag'o size.
The remaining two designs aro pan-
Hints to Help the Housewife
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tho last rinsing. Tho clothes will Keep a felt blackboard eraser to er out a few Inches and as you sew and you have tho clean sheet under
Iron easier and will bo stiff, without polish your gaa stove. After the drop all seam trimmings, scraps and ncath. '
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..dug viuuuoj, luo Uoa uwjii v.bucu, ruu ii wuu Darning mreaas into me drawer, -p
one end of the ironing board tho plants. ' auit it la hardly necessary to re- floor. tcrn onto material, puncturo liny pin
can bo mado by acrowing a Get soverai embroidery hoops ra p0 mea over ,0m6 a mind any housokeeper that thee A time-saver when renewing the h'es along tho lines of tho design
shelf to tho kitchen wall. This, can dI(,oront ,,eBttnd stretch- white """ace wnor 11 wm r' Quickly. ,houd ba no flr8 , tte Btov -helves, lav soverai and rub over with .nft nr
. . 1)8 hinged, to keep it out of the way ottlnir lhom. Th.y will be lino Pull the fabrlo together while still Empty the right-hand drawer of thick nease,. then when nniled the dor. nfimnv -,- t.
clouds In the skies, sun In the hoav- ' fr covering dishes containing food trying 10 oring u onci. lu . your 80Wing machine, pull tho draw- upper sheet can readily be removod a soft chalk pencil.
ens, hopo In tho futuro And all you falIlng comfort to 010 housekeeper. (hat mu8l b cooloa De.oro puttlng original shapo. You will bo surprised ,
will ask for I, someone to brush off Shelves across the bathroom win- ,wtty. , ... to find the hole much smaller than at " ;
your back with tho promlso to your make an tdoal place for plants. Noxt time you waBh thin materials "'""" .""" - l-flOOSltlOj I J 13 npC fOl lh I OliPOff I C rCrtriTVl
u- .wu uu i o - m. KJiiM.
To keep your crochet hooks from
making holes in your workbag, fit a 1VI 'ng ago, wen, it mignt nave oraer, out I am sure that tho follow- The design Is done over "four
cork Into a colored celluloid thimble J ""en last an, I hoard some ing articles will pass muster: squares" of material. Be suro
and stick the ends of the hooks Into w.eo girm fining aoou. A material aucb as a heavy smart- o lay all tho top threads in
soul that hencoforth it shall over he The warmth and iteam
kept clean. miracles, and the more
will work try using one tablespoonful of pow-
baths the dered borax to one gallon of water In'
Tl r . -vi ini. in t If " ni
111C VJUdlllL UIU-1 dMUUUCU OdlllUlCl liaO VU1UC UOV-n. the cork. The thimble can be chosen '"'"""""s. mr uieir rouuis. uu , monk's cloth should bo "'rccuoa as you work.
to match tho bag In color. 'M- "Nothing fussy, but something used for a plec03 A ot neutl.al threads of tho material you can make
SPLENDID tho day of samplers wondor how far apart the dates of changed to record facts. As for do- Spiral bedsprlngs aro not car.y to awfully good-looking. Class, you tan ,n coor and wlu frng8 Invisible hems and tho hem will bo
Is again with usl Old ladles the averago modorn sampler will hel signs, well, there are any number of cloan, but they will be easier if you know, but with some pep to It. Some- boautlfully. It also offers an Ideal , ? P by "OS3 5tltcs taken
are making them for tho sleor Very likely not so long as a pessimist BUitably aualnt cross-stitch deslims oa, a dl8h m0D ln 0,1 twlst lt tn,nS that won,t fado. Btr;ng out or background for cross-stitch in em- "J !. squar0 f llle material, wiien
Joy of repeating childhood work; the might prophesy for, let me toll you, , . ,. ,,,, Inside of each spiral. show the dirt; somelhlng that will broidery wool of warm Dleasant col- .. . . 603 ror frlnS saT0
ono
By using
present goncrallon Is working upon making a sumplor Is fascinating
If your flower bowl "sweats" un- stand tho strain of being borrowed orlngs, red and
date upon which the saniplor Is be
gun and the date when finished 1
quaint for the purpose. She was not
near enough to a library or a mu
seum where she could directly copy
it samplor. I think that If such
Vacnrooo. . sampler can be copied that Is more
One eup Almond pasta, one eup Interesting than creating one of one's
powdered sugar, throe egg whites, own. Of course one's own name, or
one-fourth teaspoon almond extract the name of the child whom one Is
Mix almond paate and sugar until teaching to make the sampler, should
like meal. Add one egg white at a be substituted for that of the quaint
time and mix thoroughly. When well little lady who made the original
blended, shape on buttered paper tm- long ago, and the dates of beginning
mediately, and finishing the work should be
t v -ft
the quaint things for tho decorative work, and this now voguo for the old ...... dornoalh becauno lt Is too porous tor Btago props anu a hundred and inatlng, with touches of green
effect thoy will give a Colonial room, sampler is ono which thoso who know "' umpiuyeu aio oquany pant lt witn t,v0 ooats 0I wnte Bnel. one other purposes.'
and mothers aro taking great prldo art needlowork, and at .the same tlmo quaint lao.
and plcasuro In Instructing small folk a bit of human psychology, think,
so that they may kocp tho sampler will last a good time. This duration
and ln turn shows it to thclichlldron of tho fad for fad we must admit
and hand It down to their children's that lt Is is, of courso, due to tho
children. It Is a good thing for a enduring dccoratlvo quality of tho
child to be taught alt klnda of sew- work.
Ing. True, tho most decorative Endeavor to do any additional work
samplors aro usually fashioned of asi,i0 from tho numbers and alphabet
eross-stltch, but soverai kinds of aiui Ul0 , of tho workor and tho
stitches can really bo Introduced and dnt0 ot beginning and ending of the
look fetching. worlti )n qt patterns nnd as
In tho vory center of a samplor old-fashioned oolor combination as
there mlKht bo a gay little flowor ln you cnn flnil t WOultl advice putting
olid etltch. I would suggost that a a Quaint little cvoss-stltch or basted
medium-sized mesh erenm scrim border of wool about tho scrim. This
should bo used for the sampler, and border should come Just about a
that the samplor entlro Bbould bo of qrtor-tnch away from tho frame,
a good size for framing, say 12 by 14 When complctod. whether by a child
Inches. Tho frame should bo a half- or Just by somo oldstor who likes tho
Inch Colonial mahogany molding. qUantnes of samplers, tho framed
Wools will be much more elToctlvo crentlon should bo a very definite ad
than silk or cotton for the embrold- dulon t0 lh0 attractiveness of a
ery, although either of tho latter can r0om
be used very nicely. - Qnn(
Letters and Kuniber. ,n MUng of rovlynl of oM
Of course, even tho sampler mado flunloncd ,, , m 0n9
by moderns must have tho alphabet ,ntnllsla8llo woman ked me wha,
upon it, and a further requisite are dostD5 j though(
wero lufflclently
uuiuutjia uy mi au. iucu, mom 10 itm
the threads.
I WOLlld Sflvtsn vr.ii in
0 ' stitch along all tho raw edges by ma-
yellow. Tho deslcn Is rather a lariro , i,lusl"B or aomming,
No doubt this rounded like a larco nn,l ta m.inkiv dr,n uOD, U) )OU n0 aoubt know,
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DITES TI1AT THRILLED DURING THE PAST SEAS05.
Underwood ft Underwood.
Hjra trlcne Is shown doing Jncl-knKc, and Mi's Wlcno and Charlotte Trovlal are exploiting the latest dlie, He combination.
this
material ravols very easily. Tho
: stitching keeps It firm and shapely.
Paper pattern designs may bo pur
chased at any of the storos.
Tho set for the room consists of a
couch cover, dress cover, screen
panel, tea-table cover, cushion for
tho couch and hangings for tho win
dow. As tho material is only 50 Inches
wide, an extra half-breadth must bo
added, which will mako a cover
which will hang to the Door on each
side. If you aro going to placo your
couch against tho wall a slnglo
breadth of material will answer.
Fringe lt on the three sides and put
the selvedge on the wall edge.
Cross-stitch bonds should bo work
ed so as to form a frama on tho top
of tho couch and extend to tho edgo
of tho cover aftor crossing at tho cor
ners, In this way concealing the Join
Ing of tho extra wldlh for tho largo
cover.
As1 the wall or selvedge will be cov
ered with an assortment of cushions,
lt Is not necessary to embroider It
The dressor scarf should be
fringed, and hem the square tea
cloth before cross-sUtchlng the bor
ders. The placing of the borders on the
screen panels will be determined by
their height and separate motifs can
be arranged to suit your fancy or
omitted entirely.
A solid block ot gay wool motif
fills the centor and makes a stunning
plilow for any room.