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each month — -be it much or little — from 

 which the good manager can always start 

 a nice savings account, besides taking her 

 yearly rest and recreation to better fit her 

 for her duties. She can add many a cosy 

 corner to her home, books, music, and flow- 

 ers to her library, and even little dress ac- 

 cessories which this liberty of a purse of 

 her own makes her feel free to purchase. 



"I would say to the hard-working mothers, 

 try to get in days of recreation for yourself 

 and children, if nothing more than to go into 

 the woods and lots and study nature. You 

 will be surprised at the number of pretty 

 vines and shrubs you can collect, and by 

 taking them up carefully and putting them 

 in some neglected spot around the home, 

 you will soon have a true culture spot." 



Utilize the Old Stockings. — (Mary Tay- 

 lor Ross,, Brooklyn, N. Y.) "In many homes 

 are countless pairs of stockings which are 

 still quite good as to the legs, but the feet 

 are hopeless. If on account of tender feet 

 one doesn't like to wear 'footed' hose, or 

 the time is too valuable for other purposes 

 to be used in footing them, it is always a 

 problem to know just how to proceed in 

 order not to be wasteful. A pair of them 

 can be drawn over the arms when washing 

 dishes or baking; over-sleeves of some kind 

 are a necessity with the present fashion of 

 sleeves. Fancy hose are so stylish at pres- 

 ent that one woman is preparing to wear the 

 legs of some very pretty ones over the usual 

 winter hose, or to wear two pairs of cotton 

 legs rather than woolen hose, which wear 

 out so quickly. The under hose have feet 

 as usual, the upper fancy ones end at the 

 ankle — the shoe being laced up tightly over 

 it. Pretty fancy hose are apt to give out 

 in the feet very quickly, so one should be 

 careful to get them very large. One can 

 slip the hand into the leg of an old stocking 

 when wiping off the stove after dinner, or 

 to carry out a pan ot ashes. Several very 

 old ones, cut open, folded and quilted and 

 buttonholed around the edge, make excel- 

 lent stove and iron holders. A pad for ap- 

 plying stove blacking, if one blacks the 

 stoves, or for polishing and removing grease 

 spots, can be made from old woolen hose. 

 A lamb's-wool mitten used for this purpose 

 was reinforced when it wore out by sewing 

 several thicknesses of woolen stocking leg 

 to the mitten, and cutting off the edges to 

 shape it. This was renewed from time to 

 time, making a good stove mitten and saving 

 the ten cents which a mitten costs each 

 time. From a pair of ladies' hose one can. 



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after marking out the shape of a child's 

 hose v.'ith chalk, both leg and foot, by one 

 stitching up the back with the machine, 

 turning back and pressing the edges of the 

 seam and hemming the top of the leg, make 

 a new pair of hose for a child. A friend of 

 mine has silk hose for baby and little girl 

 by cutting over the silk party hose of the 

 children's aunt's and her own black ones, 

 as they are handed over to her or become 

 worn out in the feet. When stockings are 

 too worn for any other use a rug which is 

 equal to a fur rug for the bare feet of little 

 children is made by cutting into strips an 

 inch wide, going round and round the hose 

 in spiral fashion, then cutting the striT)s 

 into pieces two or three inches in length. 

 These are sewn to the blue stripes of a 

 ticking foundation, doing the sewing by 

 machine, and sewing through the middle 

 of the little pieces of hose. The two ends, 

 an inch long, stand up straight when many 

 rows are applied, and a handsome, artistic 

 rug is quickly made by first cutting the 

 pieces and sewing them to the foundation 

 some rainy afternoon. Uneven ends should 

 be clipped as the work progresses, but the 

 bits of stockings curl up and do not look at 

 all uneven if left alone. This rug is hand- 

 some if made all black, but a colored center 

 with black border is very artistic. Any 

 kind of cloth can be used, but stockings and 

 sweaters have the best effect, and feel best 

 to the feet. Last of all, from the legs of 

 wornout hose one can make leggins for the 

 children to wear in cold or rainy weather. 

 The wet snow or rain does not sink through 

 cotton or fleece-lined material so quickly 

 as it does through wool, and for this reason 

 cotton hose make excellent leggins for wet 

 or snowy weather. The wool hose is better 

 for cold weather. Cut off the foot and 

 shape the bottom of the leggin so it can be 

 pinned together three times beneath the 

 shoe; over this the rubber goes, and the 

 leggin cannot slip up, letting in the cold air 

 and wet snow, as real leggins often do. 

 Slip a pair of legs over a child's sleeves if 

 the coat sleeves are loose." 



"I am teaching my children to do house- 

 work. They wash part of my dishes, sweep 

 their own room, help prepare the meals, and 

 get vegetables, fruits, etc. The knit under- 

 wear is all put away without ironing." 



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