Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-19
TAKING CARE OF CLOTHES.
Want of Care More Exacttng Than
Ordinary Wear.

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1t is not half as hard to care fol
ones clothes as it is to get them in
the first instance. Yet, strangely
enough, those who have the fewest
garments take least pains to preserve
their freshness.
1t is not wear that makes rabbled
mass of your best gown in a couple of
months. 1t is lack of care when it ia
off your back. If you fold it up or
hang it, ten to one you do it badly.
Hang all your dress waists and
skirts, but suspend them on "coat
hangers" not OH hooks or nails. The
way shopkeepers care for ready-made
garments is an excellent object lesson.
A large supply of coat-hangers can be
bought for 81, or if you are out Of
reach of the ready-made article, man
ufacture them. Half barrel-hoor,
with loop of string in the middle,
make satisfactory substitute, Hang
ing only serves for stuff or heavy
fabrics, not when they are of thin
goods. In that case garments are apt
to become stringy. Light materials
must be folded, sleeves and bows
stuffed out with tissue paper, and all
given plenty of room.
Skirt bags are a luxury, even a ne
cessity for handsome garments. They
are great square sacks OF white cotton,
longer than the skirts, and into which
the skirt can be slipped without crush
ing. A sachet suspended in the GEN.
ter imparts to the skirt a fragrance
which makes it as sweet and fresh as
flower.
Skirts should not only be brushed
when taken off, but the silk lining
ought to be we'll wiped with a dry
cloth. This should be done at once,
and the skirt then put away properly.
1t is tumbling about on chairs, wait
ing to be disposed Of, that ruins guam
titles of clothes.
A few pairs Of boot trees are invalu-
able. The cost OF them is more than
compensated for in an actual saving OF
money. They not only preserve the
shape, but they crack and break far
less. 1t is a measure of economy to
keep several pairs OF shoes in use.
When worn steadily they do lot have
time to dry out thoroughly while off
the feet, and the constant dampness
rots them. Water should never be
put on shoes, and any soil should be
removed with oil. Slippers can be
kept stuffed with paper.
Gloves must be pulled in shape as
soon as they are taken of, and not put
away till they are dried. They should
always be removed from the hand by
turning them wrong side out from the
wrist up, not by tugging at the fingers.
In the shops they always turn them,
as the other method ruins the shape
and is likely to tear the kid.
The best way to preserve the crisp
ness OF wells is by rolling them up in
long, narrow sachets made for the pur-
pose; the tulle is Strengthened out,
folded, laid on the sachet and rolled
up with it, and the whole tied with a
ribbon fastened to the outside of the
veil case.
All closets and clothes presses need
frequent sunnings and airings. Cloth.
ing, too; should be exposed now and
again. just as you sun your bedding.
That is one of the most sweetening
measures in the world. Dress waist
Innings can be kept wonderfully nice
if, in addition, you occasionally wipe
them off with cloth dampened with
very weak ammonia water. OF course
the shields should be frequently
changed.