To Renovate a Tape Measnre.—If your tape measure is still good and the figures have become dim, you can trace them over with a fine-pointed brush and India ink.
Bust Form.—It does not always hap pen that there is another woman in the house on whom to fit a new gar ment or a lining with which to reno vate an old waist. If the woman who does her own sewing once becomes possessor of a bust form, she will wonder how it was possible to have done without it. These articles cov ered with black jersey and very light in weight can be had in all sizes at any department store or mail-order establishment for about 50 cents. It is not only possible with a bust form to fit your own waist but, owing to the fact that it extends about 12 inches below the waist, to have the added advantage of well-shaped hips over which to drape skirts.
Clothes Hints.—If it were possible to equip the sewing room with such conveniences as we have suggested, and many other little devices, mend ing day would be less dreaded. And the labor would be further lightened if every member of the family would heed the following cautions about their clothing: Give your clothes an occasional vacation.
Don't carry heavy articles in coat or trousers pockets; or, if they must be carried thus, empty the pockets before the garments are laid away.
Don't wear your street jacket dur ing business hours.
Don't be passimonious in the qual ity or quantity of your clothes.
Don't spoil the shape of your trousers by suspending them by the buckle; fold them and hang them over a rod, or lay them flat on a shelf or in a bureau drawer.
Don't wear the same shoes every day if you can avoid it.
Don't neglect to brush every article of outside clothing before laying it aside.
Don't wear the nap off soft cloth by using a whisk broom; use a brush.
Don't forget to elude moths by wrapping in newspapers freshly print ed the garments you lay away.
Don't let a stain remain with the hope that it will disappear; the older the stain the harder it is to remove.
Don't plunge your foot into a sock; turn the upper part of the sock down before inserting the foot, then draw it on easily and gently.
Don't suspend your jacket by a loop; drape it over a hanger.
Don't spoil the shape of your pock ets by thrusting your hands into them constantly.