Darning Stockings

This very nfecessary art seems to be göing iatq dtèuse, and if one fröm necessity scompelled to mend her stockLngs, or else wear fchem with holes in heels andtoes. the plaeesdarned pueker up. eitlier in an over and over seam, or draw up in a bnnch, whioh is eertainly in bad taste, notto menticmthe diseomtort to the Eoot, by Uavinga hard wad of plóth pressedagainst thefobt. Where a lióle is drawii up in thls way it invariably tears out, and soon the whole stoekin'g is quite past redewption. If yoimg ladics W(!i-c obliged to kuit their i)n iiosc, as tin-v iisimI to do in years gone by, the; wonld realize the wortï of the article, and try to make theni wear as lcmr as possible. Still, if hose do aot cast ïmich, they are worth saving as long as possjble; and theve are many gills WhÖ have to, or at least ought to, economizo, and to such a penny saved is as good as a penny eavnéd. Wlien a stitch is dropped in a stockjng, it isiinly a monient's work to takc a thread, aa near tlie ooloi as possible, and rnn it neatly to and lm, catching ap the loops, and using care not to pueker it. ]ïy so doing, a large rent niay be avoided, and ïnuili time saved. 'A stiteli in time saves nine," is a fcrue proverb, esppcially in mending stoekings. Tlie most convenient way of mendrig is lo have an India rubber ball to pul inlo the stokin;,' to darn over. It s ïiiui-li lietier than a wooden ball, as il slightei lo liold, and being clastie vielcls a ltttle. Hlip jt into the lieel or toe, gather the Eoot into the left hand to as to keep thework smooth over thé ball; th en have the darning needie threaded with yarnas near the color of the stocklng as possible, run the oeedle lengthwlse, passing thö threads into the knitting, so as to keep it firni; tais is like the warpof clotli; then ffOacTOSS taking ap altérnate Umadsof tjie warp, put up bne and leave one; when you rel urn piek up those left, and skip the othersi and so on till the placo is glled, tliis inakes a nice flat darn, and will last as long as new cloth. Darning stoekings Is one of the best opportunities to exhibit nice needie work and liandieraft with a needie, and what is worth doing at all is worth doing welL It pays to line stoeking heels with fine soit cloth, as they wear much longer; but never patch stoekings,