A SPLENDID PRIZE LIST

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7851, 13 July 1911, Page 11

A SPLENDID PRIZE LIST

An outstanding feature of the forth(coming session of the Wellington (Competitions Society is a splendid (prize-list. Wellington, of course, ias entering the arena rather late in tho day, scores, considerably in reaping the benefit of experience gained by the older branches, and th© probability therefore [is that the affair will be marked by bril[liant success. The special prize-list is absolutely th© (richest yet secured by any of the Australasian Competitions Societies, and a very keen interest is shown in the syllabus. Mr James Dykes, tho optimistic secretary, reports a constant demand for in|fonnation from all parts of tho Do{minion. Tho privilege of becoming a member—jfor those who have the competitive craze ■—is quit© a substantial benefit evidently, ■as the sum of £1 Is entitles a member to: tickets for every entertainment given during the session, os well as to tho com'petitions themselves. As these said competitions will occupy ten days and ten pvenings» the advantage of becoming a hi ember is readily worked out, and Mr Dykes is now ready to receive applications to that effect. TE ABO HOUSE DANCE The annual dance given in St. Peter's [Hall last evening by the employees of Te jAro House was a most enjoyable and ’successful function. Excellent music was supplied by AlcCormish's orchestra. Great credit is due to tho secretary, Air X. Ford, and committee—Misses Heberly, TTarbroe, Skill, Lind and Brough, and Messrs Westaway and Jackson. The hall was most tastefully decorated with bunting and evergreens, whilst the sup[per provided by tho ''Vienna" caterers ’was everything that could be desired. The Al.C.'s, Messrs Nutter and Westaway, ’kept the dancing merrily in hand from 8 p.m. until an hour after midnight, everybody (including the'many outside Iguests invited) retiring with tho best [praise for all concerned. HOW TO DYE The fact that amateurs usually dye every material with one kind of dye' accounts for practically all their failures, remarked the head of a large dyeing establishment recently. By using standard dyes which arc correct in principle and specially adapted ’to tho fabric ito bo dyed, the novices kiay oven rival the work of professionals. , A fact apt to be overlooked by the impulsive and optimistic amateur dyer is that dyes do not remove spots and, ,on the contrary, arc liable to 'set rthem." Therefore every article to be Jdyed at home should first be carefully ideanod. Gasoline applied to the spot , and gently rubbed in will almost xnjvariably remove the grease spots. White, very light cream, pink, blue, or (green can bo died any colour. Light rfed may be dyed a darker red, purple, plum or.brown. ’ Brown will become a darker brown or Icatawba by tho uso of crimson or garnet.

A dark green may he dyed a deeper shade of green, brown or black. Cardinal red dyo will .change Nile ■green to crimson or garnet. , Two kinds of dyes are absolutelv nekossary—one kind for cotton or linen, •and another for wool or silk. The former being vegetable fibres and the latter animal, each class requires a dif .feremt formula.

Special care is required in dyeing ‘striped and plaid fabrics—particularly •these in which various colours arc comstuffs in a darker shade of the original 'pit-dominating colour. Silk always requires judicious treatment for satisfactory results. Tho dye bath . must bo stirred with extra care in order that the fluid may be evenly distributed. Cropo de chine and other light wash silks are simple to dye. Woollen goods and-fine cottons, such as Swiss, muslin, batiste, etc., as well as linen, always

turn out well if instructions are followed. Feathers may be dyed with little difficulty. For mixed materials which contain a high percentage of cotton, cotton dyes should be used.