Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1915 — ECONOMY IN USE OF LINEN [ARTICLE]

ECONOMY IN USE OF LINEN

Sensible Method Employed by One Woman Is Worth Copying by Every Housewife. Before buying a new supply of linens and bedding it is a good idea to go over the supply already on hand and see just what is needed. Sometimes worn linens may be cut down and old sheets may be turned and made to last a little while longer. One economical woman remarked: “Before taking advantage of these linen sales I go thoroughly over my own linen closet. Worn tablecloths are cut into small lunch cloths, and the ends, when hemmed, make attractive tray cloths. Square napkins, which have become ragged at the edges, can be cut into circular doilies and buttonholed or neatly hemmed around the edges to serve as luncheon doilies. The sheets that are worn in the middle I tear in two and put together the reverse way, thus bringing a new surface to stand the heaviest wear, or l cut down a large sheet for a crib sheet and use the left-over portion for a pillow case. Bath towels that have become worn I cut up and sew neatly Into new faee cloths. By looking my linen over carefully in this way I know more accurately what I need, and am better prepared to lay in a new supply.”