BATH MATS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 3

BATH MATS.

Pretty " littlebath ma6'- : ' can- bemade from ;'old blankets/. The : .best'-' parts should bo out. iuto squares two feet. each .way." - .Two- pieceV .should . bo; fastened together with blanket stitch, and-' tho whole. worked;, over. -jritk feather-stitching of a large ■'size parallel "to tho edges;, gradually, working inwards to the oentre. A guide line ' should . be tacked to work ■by, roughly' : ahout :an-' inch space being allowed, and tie line- made continuous right on'without a break towards, the middle.' This Mat may : be'useful-.to housekeepers,'"who: will probably, be -going' through their. house linen during the quiet, of- the-.summer 'season,''and. .will provide fancy, work for ' the holidays in the country.

Says an English-paper: By the way, if seoms: strange that our • novel writers and playwrights - still cling to 'the , two accepted types—the woman'.who is-bad. and clever or bad and '/beautiful; and her opposite, the plain, dull/woman, who is a model of all the virtues. But .this •theory by. no .means stands the' tost of experience. For most of us. know people who; aro good'and beautiful; others who are pretty, ,Tout dull and 'stupid; some ■ ugly folk- who are sharp and talented j and a few,, just as plain, who, one fears, ■are rather wicked. , ... , i