The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
TO BE DAINTY. THOUGH POOR,

Rules for tho Girl of Fastidious Taste end
Slender Purse.
II does not need q Croesus for a father
and and q maid to win for a woman the
title of ''elegante'' in this day. Fine,
dainty tastes and dainty fingers will
| suffice. She who knows enough to
! keep a bottle of ammonia op her dress
ing table and use it generously has
learned a secret. BY its use her dainty
white corsets may be kept white and
dainty to the end without the expendi-
| ture of fortune upon professional
cleaners. The way to manage them is
to give ones corsets a sun bath not less
than three times a week, and about
once IN seven days go over the entire
| surface with a stout nail brush dipped
in a 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 10 impossible to at
should be kept neatly and firmly rolled
and laid away in a sheet of tissue pa
per.
Pretty much the same treatment ap-
piled to dress shields will enable one
to wear q pair indefinitely. But in
warm weather they should be washed
very regularly in hartshorn and tepid
water and then bleached 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 to see that each voollen suit
is hung out-of-doors after a single
wearing, as they realize that colorcd
Hvorsteds 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 it is wise Give both
skirts and coats an occasional sun
nlng. and winter as we'll as summer
waist Innings will become somewhat
after continual use. An
easy and efficacious way of freshening
them is to use the>xvater dashed with |
and lightly applied with a |
small, stiff brush. It's 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 will |
prevent the ugly smell of perspiration
hat SO often renders ones high shoes
. bit disagreeable. BY brushing the
lining as described above and allowing
'ne's boots to remain several hours in
he strong sunshine, they can be read
ly kept in good condition. Indeed
or everything except delicately tinted |
abrics that fade readily frequent
un bath is heartily recommended.
Among people of limited means there |
$ a popular superstition that frequent
hanges of underclothing is gross ex-
On the contrary, if prop
rly managed. nothing is more econom-
cal in hot weather that to wear a
resh suit of linen every day. When
ne walks much it is a matter of sheer
ecessity to have clean stock ngs every
corning. Nor is anything easier than
D rub out pair of hose in a basin |
ept for the purpose With CASTLE soap
nd two changes of water the job is
ompleted in five minutes, and pinned
here they catch a breeze, the stock
lgs dry Immediately. With half
Oxen pair of hose and a determination
} be tidy the poorest woman can be as
dainty bloated bond
older's wife. q
These selfsame rules also apply to I
ire of the person. One who rinses l
er mouth with listerine once a day. S
no uses a clean. stiff brush freely on n
er scalp every morning, who never Il
ills to do her exercises before a big
unge bath, is sure to have smaller u
lis with the doctors and dentists than s
&c woman who neglects such details.
one of them are costly or difficult
Id all mean increased beauty. ele-
lnce and physical robustness.-NY
Or1d