Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1910 — Novel Hemming Party. [ARTICLE]

Novel Hemming Party.

A girl who was going to be married varied the usual sewing party by inviting her girl friends to Join her in a hemming bee. Towels, napkins, dish towels and tablecloths' were hummed during the afternoon, made pleasant by fruit lemonade and biscuit on the *ride porch; and eacn guest put her own Initials in the corner of each articffc hemmed b*y her—a charming reminder in days to come. The silver thimble given to each girl on her arrival was kept as a souvenir. Meanwhile the hostess found her linen chest much fuller than at the beginning of her uenpcolng party.