WHAT TO MAKE FOR HIM.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 248, 13 July 1908, Page 5

WHAT TO MAKE FOR HIM.

Many ,a . woman', -with- def to artistic fingers jas^racked,her :7 brains; to; think' of something ? ."l 3 " 0 ' f° r a ' husband •or brother that 6halll}e.,'a£;.oncb i .usefurahdartistic;.'.,Men don t .want ail of.-delicately-coloured, dainty ..'things, hung-j : about -in ..their,' special sanctiims, .an'd 'Jorig ■experience. has. taught every., wife, that' if, slj'e'buys '.'some" ingenious devico of. faricywork':at;a' b'azaar, .thinking that ■ at.'last .shci ihas. found!something her .husband'will like, .he. will turn it round and' round' jhqu'isitivo' rfingets, 'and ; ask- in absbluto.\bowilderii}ont; ;',"But .what-'am'l-to; do with; it?'v>.'-And -when' is .'explained he- always'fails ;'.t'o' 'be : :iin*pre.ssed'.":|witE'''the utility: of the ..invention.'.' - ' The;fashionable,fancy waistcoat; however, affords ' a woman. just. - what; sho'.' wants,' anopportunity,:to- do some 'pretty needlework, and at the same ./time mako a . desirable present for-.the man. Tho other day "Dominica" was shown a large, assortment of waistcoat stuffs,, withpatterns showing how .they should .'be; worked. v' ;Thero. are waistcoats stamped ''on" the' ordinary old-fa3hioned ■plar canvas'.';, 'These care to be worked, in' Berlin wools, with' simple but"very effective' stitches, in designs mostly-striped, but sometimes spotted aud bediamonded. Theii there are silk huckabacks, in deep rich shades, which lend themselves to a variety of ornamentation" in the very simplest'stitches, arid cotton huckabacks to bo worked in tho same way. With each,stamped pattern there is sold • a pieco already worked,' showingexactly hijw .it should the . done, so that tile country " needlewoman would have no difficulty whatever'in copying it. The woollen waistcoats are meant to be liiiod.with flannel,' and are, of course; only fitted for winter wear; but the huckabacks are sufficiently thin, for cool weather. ■ :