Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-29

Concerning the fashion of clothing ant
the various fabrics of which IL IL made in
formation is full and frequent. Very little
however, is said about the care of cloth
| ing, and the ways in which it may be pre-
served for the longest time and in the beS
possible condition. To those who changt
their garments with every change of style
| this is matter of slight Importance, bu
TO those who purchase a silk dress or 9
| broadcloth suit only once in a series OF
years il is matter of interest and value.
Silks, cashmeres, cloths of standa:d style
and quality, are very little affected by the
various currents of fashion. They hold
| their own through all the years and art
always good, always ''stylish, always suit
| able. While new fabrics are for the hour
of their popularity high priced, these stan-
dard q Jods sell at the standard price and
| know little of rise or fall in standard value.
| Neglect and carelessness deteriorate cloth
| ing great deal faster than steady wear
does. The housekeeper who instead of
changing her nice dress when she passes
from the street or the church to her kitchen,
keeps it on and takes it with her through
the various processes Of dlshwashing,
sweeping and cooking will soon rob it of
all its nicely while she who wears her fine
clothes only in places where fine clothes
are suitable may keep them in good condi-
ton for an indefinite time. To dress ac-
cording TO one g work is good taste, go d
sense and economy. The careful person
will take pains TO preserve new calico no
less than a new silk. We knew young
lady once who put on nice new calico
which she had taken great pains to make,
and wore it through the morning dew to
milk the COWS. To keep her arms from
being soiled or tanned by the sun, she de-
clined 10 turn up tie sleeves, of the dress.
In TWO days the rice new calico looked
like all the rest of her dresses, dowdy,
slatternly, unclean. We knew another
young lady who had six silk dresses, and
not one of them was fit to wear, though
none of them had been made above q year.
They were spotted, draggled, tumbled,
mussed, abused. We knew another young
lady who was the fortunate possesSOr OF
one nice black alpaca dress which she wore
on all occasions the season thro gh, and
always appeared faulilessly dressed. She
had no work 10 do that would specially
soil her clothes. If a stray drop of any
thing that could make spot fell upon her
Dire il was at once removed. All dust
was brushed off, a sponge dipped in am
mona water frightened faded places, and
snowy collars and cuffs suggested dainty
habits Of cleanliness. The care of cloth
ing 70 be easy must be habitual. The
hardest part is in forming the habit, and
this cannot too early in life be formed.
Most children love TO make mud pies and
play in the dirt generally and give little
heed 10 keeping themselves clean. This
is all well enough at times, and they
should be INDUCED in their mud pies pro-
vided they are dressed for the work. But
it is 'poor-folksy" in the last degree TO
allow a child TO play in the dirt with nice
clothes on, or TO permit young person TO
dress inappropriately while a. work. 1t is
vastly easier 10 change a good coat for a
poor one than it is TO restore 1t TO its
pristine condition a soiled coat. 1t is
vastly easier TO put on a pair of overalls
than it is 10 sponge thoroughly pair of
pantaloons. But the worst of it is that
those who neglect to change the coat and
to put on the overalls neglect also the
sponging and cleansing processes, and let
dust gather aud spots remain. A clothes
brush, a wisp broom, bottle of ammonia,
d spor ge, a hand brush, a cake of erasive
soap, a vial of alcohol, should form part
of the furnishings of every toilet. After
al dust has been removed from clothing
spots may be taken out of black cloth with
Tue hand brusn dipped in mixture of
equal paris of ammonia, alcohol and water.
Ia 1,t all
is useful in removing grease spots. Spots of
grease may be removed from colored silks
Oy putting ON them raw starch made into
a paste with water. Dust is best removed
from silk by a soft flannel, from velvet
with brush made specially for the pur-
pose. If hats and bonnets when taken
from the head are brushed and put away
in boxes and covered up, instead of being
laid down anywhere, they will last fresh
long time. Shawls and all articles that
may be folded, should be folded when
taken from the person in their original
creases and laid away. Cloaks should be
hung up In place, gloves pulled out length
wise, wrapped in tissue paper and lald
away. laces smoothed out nicely and
folded, if requisite, so that they will come
| out Ot the DOX new anu IFeSn WHICH nSeucu
again. A strip of old black broadcloth
! tour or five inches wide, rolled up tightly
and sewed to keep the roll in place, is bet
| ter than a sponge or cloth for cleansing
black and dark -colored clothes. Wha ever
lint comes from it in rubbing is black and
does not show. When black clothes are
washed. as they may often be previous to
making over, fresh clean water should be
used, AMI they should be pressed on the
wrong side before being qIite dry. Ii
washed in water previously used for white
clothing they will be covered with lint. In
securing clothing against moths, ii linen is
used for wrappings no moth will modest.
Paper bags are equally good if they are
perfectly tight, and SO are trunks and
boxes closed so tightly that no crevice is
left open for the entrance of the moth fly.
AS the moth loves darkness, it will not
molest even furs hung up in light rooms
open to air and sunshine.
Corduroy Jim.''
Some time in the wear 1888 number OF