Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1917 — Hems in Damask. [ARTICLE]

Hems in Damask.

Every woman, who has ever attempted to issF hems on napkins or table cloths or to hem them after they are laid knows the impossibility of doing them quickly or well if the stiffening is not first removed. One way to get them in proper condition is to rub the liner, between the fingers and thumbs along the entire length of the he This gets out the stiffness and prevents needles from breaking. Another and better method is before the linen, napkins particularly* is out apart, wet it along the line of division and for about an inch on each side with a small toothbrush dipped in soapsuds. Not only will the thread draw with few, if any, hreaks, but the hem can be laid with much greater ease. Never attempt to cut linen by the eye. It takes little more time to draw a thread, and that is easily made up fey the qufeknesß ' arid accuracy with which the hem is