Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-12
THE CASE or CLOTHES.
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Clothes which are we'll cared for Will
last twice as long as those carelessly
treated, and with liberal expenditure
of ti..s and little diswlay of taste can
be remodelled and made to do duty for
long time. Eternal vigilance is the
price of success for the poor in dressing
/ we'll, and it should he exercised, as
nothing pays better. Garments can be
injured as much by careless handling
when not worn as when in use. Dresses
thrown across chair or hung i'll
crowded wardrobe under other heavy
articles will be creased and Injured.
Iaces, gloves, and ribbons tossed into a
drawer with other articles will not APP
pear fresh and neat when worn.
1t is an excellent rule to carefully
put away every article of apparel as
soon as taken off. Dresses should be
shaken and we'll brushed, and, if hand
somclv and claborately trimmed, should
he folded, every fold and plat in place,
carefully pinned up i'll large towel.
and laid in drawer, this is Very inn
portant in order to keep the dresses in
shape, or, if preferred to hang them up,
loops should be sewed on the back of
the shoulder, by which they may hang.
Cloaks, after being brushed, may be
laid in long drawer or hung up by q
loop in the back of the neck. Shawls
should be carefully folded in the orig
inal creases, wrapped in paper OF a
square cloth, before laying away in a
drawer. Gloves should be pulled out
lengthwisc, folded in thin paper, and
laid i'll a small box kept for the purpose
laces should be smoothed out and placed
where they will keep clean and fresh.
Wells, ribbons, sashes, silk handker-
chiefs, and silk stockings will keep in
good condition much longer if folded in
proper shape and laid under weight.
Shoes, if thrown around in the dust,
will not last as long or look as we'll as
when stretched out of the wrinkles,
we'll brushed, and put carefully away.
Bonnets and hats are more easily spoiled
by want of care than almost any article
of dress. They should not, therefore,
be allowed to lie about on tables Or in
dusty places unprotected. but as soon as
taken from the head should be brushed,
the trimmings and feathers Strengthened,
and laid in boxes.
Every ladies' room should be fur
nished with a clothes-brush, wisp
broom. a hand-brush, a sponge, a bottle
of ammonia, a vial each of alcohol and
benzine, also some cleaning fluid or
erasive SOAP to aid her in keeping her
wardrobe in order. Another very nee
essary item in the care of clothes is
mending and repairing every article as
it may need it; the time spent in so do
ing is we'll bestowed, for, besides the
pleasure it gives to always appear in
whole, respectable garments, the clothes
will last twice as long. Every rip and
rent in dresses, skirts, OF underclothes
should receive attention as soon as it
occurs. The old-time adage, GA stitch
in time saves nine," is we'll to remem-
Der. Gloves should be mended as soon
as rip appears in the fingers, and, il
thin and worn in the hand, may be
neatly darned OF mended with piece
from an old glove of the same color.