ing. With excellent patterns which may be easily
handled there is no reason why the woman who can sew should not make her
own clothes, and have smart clothes at a reasonable price--that is,
provided she has the time to give to sewing.

Before starting a dress--even before buying--make a tour of the shops
and see for yourself what is being worn with a keen eye for the little
details which lift a gown from the home made to the professional class.
If you live far from town and can not go to the shops look through the
magazines which make a feature of dress and study what is best suited to
your particular style and requirements. Study materials and buy
economically, which means paying a little more if necessary rather than
have shoddy goods.

Good patterns are essential and these usually have full directions as to
the manner of using. It is a very good plan to have a pattern drafted to
your own measure but if you have not this take some finished garment
which is satisfactory (unless there is someone at hand to take the
measures that a person cannot very well take for herself) and measure
the lengths in different places such as front, back and under lengths on
a blouse and the width across both back and front where it is broadest.
Write these down and proceed to take the same measures on the pattern to
be used. In taking measures be sure to take a correct position or it
will be impossible to get correct measures and you cannot hope for
success if this--the initial step--is taken wrongly. For instance, stand
erect with the chest raised and the abdomen held in and you will find in
taking the width measures across to where the arms and body join the
armhole will be straight and even looking instead of pointing in and out
in places.

Make sure of your measures before starting to apply your pattern to the
cloth. A careful study of this will save many irreparable mistakes
later.

Halloween

The date of this oldtime celebration is always October 31st, the crucial
moment 12 o'clock. To be sure, the original observance of All Hallows
Eve has been considerably distorted during the course of years but the
fun it affords the young folks in its present manner of keeping cannot
be gainsaid and needs no changing. Halloween is the night when a magic
spell enthrals the earth. Witches, bogies, brownies and elves are all
abroad to use their power. Superstition proves true, witchery is
recognized and the future may be read in a hu