Clothing: budget, 230-236. color for, 256-259. expense of for a year, 230. for body at night, 89-92. helps save body heat, 91. important things about wearing, 242. night, aired during day, 90. points about buying, 229. ready-made, 271-272. relation to health, 240-248. selecting healthful, 244. several layers of, warmer than one thick layer, 92. things to think about in choosing, 242. what to do with, at night, 89. what to remember, in purchasing wool, 224-229. why air at night, 89. why changed at night, 90-92. why we wear, 241. Clothing budget, 230-236. Cluny lace, 93. Cocoons, grown for silk, 109-114. Colored silks, 133. Colors: choice of, 256-260. for clothing, 256. for a hat, 266. "grayed," 256-257. intensity of, 257. learning to combine, 259-260. to bring out one's characteristics, 256-258. Commercial pattern, how to use, 46-53. Consumer's League, 275. Corsets, 245. Corset cover: how to make, 106. material for, 106. nainsook for, 105. Corticelli cocoons, 113. Costume: a background, 253. a work of art, 252. artistic, 254-255. studying lines of, 261. Cotton: baled and shipped, 16. carding, 72, 74. fibers, 7, 14. how grown, 12. how spun, 74, 75. loom for weaving, 66. picking, 13. seeds taken from fiber, 1. spinning, 72-77. use of, 65. use of seeds, 15. varieties of, 17. weaving, 66-71. where grown, 11-12. Cotton cloth, how woven, 66-71. Cotton crêpe, 60. Cotton fibers, magnified, 14. Cotton flannel, varieties of, 8. Cotton ginning, 15. Cotton materials, 7-10, 59-62, 101. Cotton plant, 12. Cousin Ann: her clothes budget, 230-236. how she cares for her clothes, 156-163, 249. what she learned about dress, 251-256. what she told about silk, 133-137. Covert cloth, 211. Crêpe de Chine, 123. Cretonne, use of, 9. Crinoline, use of, 9. Cross-stitch: design for, 144. gifts made from, 146. how to make, 144, 145. use of, 143-146. Damask, 183. Darning, straight tears, 163-166. Darning stitch: for stockings, 167-169. for straight tears, 163, 166. how made, 152-153. where to use, 166. Decorating, stitches used for, 118-121. (_See also_ Embroidery stitches.) Denims, 8, 10. Dimity, 60. Dress: artistic appreciation in, 254-255. colors for, 258. personal characteristics in relation to, 256-257. spacing and arrangement of lines, 255. use of colors, 255. Dress Skirt: laying and cutting pattern, 238. making, 238-239. pattern for, 236-238. Duck, 61. Dyeing silk, 134-135.