Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — Notes and Comment [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Notes and Comment

Of Interest to Women Readers

AID FOR BEAMBTRESSES. Device for B«wing a Straight Line on a Machine. One* of the most difficult feats to perform on a sewing machine is to sew a straight line. Ordinarily any little deviation is not noticeable, but in the case of a hem or tuck the slightest irregularity is apparent At this point a Philadelphia man comes to. the rescue with a device for

gauging the width of a hem or tuck to a nicety and assuring two perfectly straight lines. This device consists of a scale attachment which projects across the bed plate for a sewing machine and in the line of feed. This attachment, which is in the form of a thin bar divided into inches and fractions thereof, has openings along it for screws, by which it is fastened to the plate. When a half-inch hem is needed the bar is set to that distance from the needle and by keeping the edge of the material to the mark on the scale, the width of the hem can be kept consistent with the accuracy which only a mechanical device secures.—Boston Post.