Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1915 — WOVEN TABLE MATS POPULAR [ARTICLE]

WOVEN TABLE MATS POPULAR

For Use Under Hot Dishes Nothing More Satisfactory Has Ever Been Put on Market. Nothing has ever been found , more satisfactory to put under hot dishes than the old-fashioned woven table mats, and of late there has been quite a revival in their favor, especially as it does not require any great-amount of ingenuity to learn how to manipulate the frames upon which they are woven. These frames come in a box containing several sizes, so that a set for meat dishes and several sizes in vegetable dishes may be made. After being woven on the frame crosswise, the points where the crossed threads pass each other are caught and knotted with either white or light-colored twist. In cutting the finished mat off from the frame, a fringed edge is formed and the mat not only launders well, but literally lasts forever. The writer has a set of these mats made quite ten years ago by a deft old lady. These have been in constant use, some of them washed each week and they have scarcely yet begun to show signs of wear. —Exchange.