The morning times., 1895-07-04
Some Timely Hinfs 10
Summer HOUSokeeperS
Suggestions Which Will Make Many Woman's
Work Pleasanter and Save Her From
Many Annoyances.


terday when ii was first given utterance.
The present is so eminently time of
the practical and also unfortunately one
in which the purse-strings are not called
upon to be tied about supcrabundance
of small change, when indeed the mighty
dollar" is decidedly in the vocative far
oftener than is at all pleasant or convenient,
that the appended suggestions embracing
numberless small economies applicable
for practice during the present summer
season will by no means come amiss.
AS they aim to cover no especial field or
to advocate no particular theories they may
perhaps be most happily classed under
] the head of mental garret-cleaning in
! which an overhauling of the many useful
hints and ideas stored away from time to
time may now be profitably brought out
and aired for the benefit OF others beside the
| owner. Some of these will be decidedly
in the nature OF rainy-day suggestions.
Suggestions upon the matter OF house fur
niShing have been so done to death il is q
| hardy soul indeed at the present time who
would have the temerity TO rush into
! print with impracticable and wearisome
! suggestions upon that topic. The truth
/ is people are tired OF trying TO convert
! store boxes ipto dainty and exquisite dress
! ing tables with the aid OF unreliable tacks
! and still more unreliable pink cambric and
dotted muslin. Happily for the coming
generation, the days OF pink cambria and
| dotted muslin are over.
The utter weariuess of spirit attendant
! upon the effort OF fashioning luxurious
diyans and lounges from the unpropitious
/ elements Of those same store boxes of a
! larger growth and Il shuck mattress covered
/ with RlHny material triplyaH pItf Nuit tha.
! further deiuson of hard hair pillows COW
! cred with stylish looking baHdana handker-
! chiefs, has been experienced by whoever
! has ever undertaken the thankless Job
| That, fortunately, is now quite as much
! thing of the past, quite as much deluson
| and snare as the epidemic of painting old
| furniture white, and then in later anguish
! OF spirit, watching IL turn to the sere and
/ yellow condition that is 10 the last degree
unloyely.
LAUNDERING HANDKERCHIEFS.
| One of the most perplexing questions apt
! TO present itself for solution alike to rich
and poor during the summer at fashionable
as Well as Questionable resorts is that OF
| having fine handkerchiefs properly done
up, and especially at short notice For
one who is inclined TO take just the least
| possible amount of trouble in the matter,
the most gratifying results may be at
tanned without recourse to laundries or
incompetent washerwomen. Those who
are skeptics on the subject may try the
eXpedient herein suggested without fear of
spelling the most delicate, cobwcbby hand
kerchicf
After washing out in the basin those de-
sired for immediate use, they should be
squeezed in the slightest manner, then In
this thoroughly wet state spread out Oh
handicapped table or bureau, If such
is IN the room: If not, the articles can be
put on the mirror or window pane. taking
care with the the aid of another very wet
cloth to spread them faulty, smoothing
out any wrinkles with the wet cloth. Should
the handkerchiefs he embroidered they must
be spread with the wrong side against
the marble or glass.
1t is important to take the preCaution of
wiping off the marble or glass first in order
that no dirt may in that way spoil the
ultimate effect OF this novel but most eff
ficacious mode of ironing The articles
SO treated must be allowed to remain upon
the glass until thoroughly dry when they
either drop off of their own accord or can
! be pealed off and folded as desired They
! Will then be found to have n smooth, per
feet finish as though fresh from the hands
! of the most accomplished laundTess The
! best plan is TO do the washing the last thing
| before retiring for the night as in that
way the handkerChiefS will be thoroughly
/ dry by morning
Where Doubling Thomas " exist and
! holdingfa fast to the time honored traditionso of
/ the past refuse absolutely to be converted
/ to the newer, quicker and far more ef
! ficacious methods of to-day, it is as we'll
/ TO give few pertinent suggestions whereby
/ in doing up handkerchiefS by the regular
! process of the laundry they can to the very
/ last retain the appearance of new. If
/ there is a grass plat in the yard it is
! as well every three or four weeks TO give
1yttl I,l1
/ ing them thereon and wetting from time to
time. If this is not practicable an excel
lent substitute can be found in spreading
out an old white cloth on a roof or sunny
! porch and then pinning the handkerchiefs by
! the two top corners so that they can be
moved by the wind.
AS rapidly as dry, they should be
thoroughly wet again for a couple of hours
either with plain water or with clean
soapsuds. After the process of bleaching
has been completed, instead of sprinkling,
the handkerchiefs should be dipped separ
ately into bowl in which to two quarts of
water have been added five or six drops
! squeezed from a bluing bag and bit of
! raw starch, about the size of pigeons
egg, then smoothed out and laid between
towels ready for ironing. Upon placing
each handkerchief upon the ironing board it
should be smoothed on both sides and ironed
quickly.
MAKING WHALEBONES NEW.
Bent, twisted, and dilapidated looking
whalebones in almost every stage of in
validism can be Strengthened and given a
further career of usefulness by the simplest
process. This is to place them in a big
bowl or any convenient receptacle that
is large enough to admit OF their lying out
fiat. They should then be covered With
water either hot or cold and allowed to
remain in this bath for several hours. At
the close of that time the whaleboneS will
have abs orbed the water and Strengthened
out They should then be laid on a hard
surface with a slight board upon the top
weighted down with flatirons, or anything
of sufficient weight to prevent danger of
twisting during the drying process, which
Will take two or three hours, after which
they will be found to be as good as new.
The science of changing ones headgeaT
when it happens to be in the line of O straw
structure to conform to the exigencies of
the present moment and the fashions of
the hour, need by no menas be confined to
the professional bleacher and blocker.
Who that has ever read Little Women
has not laughed over and heartily enjoyed
Joe's exploit of going for call upon the
stylish contingent of newcomers in the
neighborhood, decked out in the brave
finery of her old sun-burned straw hat
remodelled and made to appear new by
treating it to coat OF gray paint.
The plan is one that has more than once
been resorted TO in times past by some OF
the very women in fashionable life who,
to-day, never think of wearing a hat or
bonnet that does not bear the mark of a
European milliner Paint, however, may
have been all well enough for the past
when other expedients were unknown. For
| the present, however, it is not to be ad
vocated for various reasons, not the least
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