Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-31

Every housewife should SGT apart one day
in each week for mending day-its duties
should he as reigioasly performed as her
daily devotions, saws writer in Good House
keeping Which day it shall be depends upon
the usual time of getting the clothes in from
the wash If that disagreeable work is done
at home, it should be as early in the week rs
practicable: the flannelS should be washed
out and dried quickly, so as to shrink rs little
as possible, and to allow plenty of time to air
them, for nothing is more ruinouS 70 the
health than damp llnnnels
If the clothes are all in by Thursday even
ing, then Friday would be a nice opportunity
to lay out every garment and put it through
n rigorous examination. 1t is well to have
special stocking basket, in which all the socks
and stocking, are placed ready for Inspection
II should be furnished with suitable needles,
Carning cotton Of all coors TO suit the fancy
hosiery n pair Of scissors etc, so tilat IL may
be picked up at any of those odd moments
which so often come to "A hou>ckcepcr when
size is not ready to settle down to work which
needs cutting out or planning. After the
holes are mended. thin places should be
neatly darned, for then they present a
strong. even surface which is more com
Portable than the hole when darned together
later.
The garments which need mending should
be placed in another basket Every button
should he examined and if they are pulling
out by the roots as children's buttons always
do, q double bit of cotton, or material like
the garment can be hemmed on the wrong
side, the edges of the hole hemned down on
it. and the button replaced. concealing the
hole entirely. 1t looks much better than set
ting the button higher or lower to gain
fresh foundation
Strings have way of wearing half off
Just where they are sewed ON. They should
he cut, the old place ripped off and a new
sewing taken up, or else new strings. Little
Sits i'll understanding should have u strong
piece of material laid under, much larger
than the slit when that is darncd down with
a few neat stitches it will hold much longer
than if tits Just run up
Boys clothing should be furnished with
good strong pockets, for the JOY of a little
chaps first pantaloons pales before "lots of
pockets, to hold just everything"
Little girls enjoy pockets, too; moderate
sized one in the seam of a calico or Bingham
dress, holds her handkerchief, thimble and
other necessary things which would other
wise be left lying around and lost.
find that a childs habit of neatness large
" depends upon the condition of the clothing
put upon her from infancy. If she is accus-
toned to whole clean clothes. she will enjoy
them, then find them a necessity, and finally
learn to love and keep them So
The poor little children who dive into bu-
reau drawers, pulling out buttonless bodies
torn aprons and ragged dresses, which they
strew about until they find some wearahle
garments, are greatly to be pitiel; nor are
they to be blamed if they grow up into care
less and untidy men and women. 1t is never
wise to buy just enough material for child's
dress, with nothing left for nending The
elbows always rub out first, and if there is
enough TO make a new undarside to the
sleeves, it helps the dress to last much longer.
If there is wide sash like the dress, it can
be utilized later on for new sleeves, and 1t
will be all "washed alike, for nearly all col
ored goods will fade in time.