River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-27
70 BE DAINTY, THOUGH POOR.
Rules for the Girl of Fastidious Taste and
Slender Purse.


Slender Purse.
1t does not need a Crusus for a father
and and maid to win Tor a woman the
title OF "elegante' in this day. Fine,
DAINTY tastes and dainty fingers viii
suElee. She who knows enough to
keep bottle of ammonia on her dress
Ing table and use it generously has
learned secret. BY its use her dainty
white corsets may be kept white and
dainty to the end without the expendi-
ture of a fortune upon professional
cleaners The way to manage them is
to give ones corsets a SIM bath not less
than three times n week, and about
once IN seven days go over the entire
surface with a stout nail brush dipped
in soapy mixture of ammonia and wa
ter. With such care ones stays remain
sweet-smelling and Immediately clean
until the bones are worn and twisted
past use. When it is impossible TO af-
ford more than one pair he alternates
should be kept neatly and firmly rolled
ard laid away in a sheet Of tissue pa
per.
Pretty much the same treatment APP
piled TO dress shields will enable ore
20 wear a pair indefinitely. But in
warm weather they should be washed,
very regularly in hartshorn and tepid
water and then bleaehed dry in the hot
sun. In this way every trace of stain
and odor is obliterated.
Another thing about which women
are apt to be careless is the proper sun
ming and airing of their wool gar
ments. Men of refinement are most
particular 10 see that each woollen suit
is hung out-of-doors after single
wearing. as they realize that colored
worsteds never quite lose the smell of
dye. and also contract an unpleasant
animal ordor even when the person is
kept scrupulously clean.
In this matter il is wise to give both
skirts and coats an occasional sun
ming, and winter as well as summer
waist Innings will become somewhat
unpleasant after continual use. An
easy and efiicacious way of frcshening
them is TO use the water dashed with
ammonia, and lightly applied with
small. stiff brush. Its not necessary
TO let the moisture penetrate the
goods, but if deity done only the lin
ing is allowed TO get wet.
Precisely the same measures viii
prevent the ugly smell of perspiration
that so often renders ones high shoes
a bit disagreeable. BY brushing the
lining as described above and allowing
ones boots TO remain several hours in
-hc strong sunshine, they can be read
ily kept in good condition. Indeed,
for everything except delicately tinted
fabrics that fade readily a frequent
sun bath is heartily recommended.
Among people of limited means there
is popular superstition that frequent
changes of Undertaking is gross ex-
travagance. On the contrary, if prop
erly managed, nothing is more econom-
zeal in hot weather that to wear a
fresh suit Of linen every day. When
one walks much il is a matter of sheer
necessity to have clean stockings every
morning. Nor is anything easier than
TO rub out pair of hose in a basin
kept for the purpose. With CASTLE soap
and two changes of water the job is
completed in five minutes, and pinned
where they catch a breeze. the stock
ings dry Immediately. With half a
dozen pair Of hose and deterElina ton
to be tidy the poorest woman can be as
charmingly dainty as bloated bond
holders wife.
These selfsame rules also apply to
care of the person. One who rinses
her mouth with listerine once day.
who uses a clean, stiff brush freely ON
her scalp every morning. who never
fails to do her exercises before a big
plunge bath. is sure To have smaller
bills with the doctors and dentists than
the woman who neglects such details.
None of them are costly or difficult
and all mean increased beauty. ele-
gance and physical robustness.-N. Y.
World