Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1919 — FINDINGS ADD TO EXPENSE [ARTICLE]

FINDINGS ADD TO EXPENSE

Home Dressmaker Knows That It Pays to Save Accessories From Discarded Garments. Findings, these days,, may well mount up into several dollars for even a very simple frock, as we soon discover if we attempt a little home dressmaking, either with or without the aid of a seamstress. Belting by the yard, hooks and eyes, snaps, sewing silk, have all advanced enormously, and apparently have no Immediate intention of coming down in price. And so it really is worth while to conserve these accessories of dressmaking in a manner that has not been thought of by American women for many years. But why should we not save them? It hardly ever happens that hooks and eyes and buttons are worn out when p. garment is worn out. Of course if we give the garments away, then it is decidedly inconsiderate and a piece of false thrift to rob them of buttons or other fasteners, but if we wear the garment out ourselves —and most of us do nowadays—then we should take care that all findings are taken out before the garment goes into the rag bag. And so the gentle art of ripping may be revived. We may find it expedient to rip apart wornout silk frocks In search of the pieces of good silk that can be used to make the top of a silk petticoat, or parts of a white summer frock; for pieces of sheer material that .can be washed and freshened to use in making linings to frocks later on. / .