St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-09-28
BUTTONS IN THE. LAUNDRY. 1

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Just why a large number OF women
continue to sew buttons on garments
| that have to go through the laundry is
a question that a great many members
of the sisterhood would like to see an
Bwered.
/ A good many years ago number OF
| far-seeing ones made up their minds
! that there must be a deadly enlnlty
somewhere between the fatirons and.
| buttons; therefore they have been dis
| pensed with wherever it is possible
| Shirt-waists, night-dresses, corset-coy-
ers, and corset waists have been pro-
| videdE with two sets Of buttonholes and
studs, and on corset waists especially,
with buttons attached to little tapes
that allow of ironing without tearing
loft these necessary appendages. One.
! woman has one row of bnttonholes on
I night-dress, and on the other edge eye
llets, through which ribbons are drawn,
| thence being put through the button
holes and tied in little bows. This is
a nice idea, especially for invalids'
wear, or the many days when one is
| too ill or too weary to be about. the
house, but must receive servants and
members of the familysin order toigive
INSTRUCTIONS that keep the domestic
wheels going.
! Children's clothes are furnished with
stout studs and these are sewed to a
| bit of braid or tape. The back OF the
stud is placed exactly in the middle of
the tape, which is wide enough to fold
over and meet around the post. The
4 edges are then sewed over and over
4 with a strong thread; with a. little care
the casing will be SO tight that the
| post will break before the stud will
tear ont. A space of about an inch
longer than that required from button
hole to button-hole is left, then anoth-
! er stud is fastened in the same way.
The tops Of the studs are then put
Il through the belt of the little ones
i shirt waist or blouse. Upon these the
4 skirt or trousers may be buttoned.
| trhereis no tearing offto losing of butt
tons, and it is very rare indeed that
the garments become detached unless
the button-holes are too large. These
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If the garments are bought ready
made. itiis well worth while to make
4 the holes over, putting at the back q
strip of fine thick cloth, working this
in with the button-hole, which can be
q made little smaller, as it naturally
would be. by the second sewing, Sew
eral threads should be put around be
fore the button-holing proper begins.
A stitch in time is said to save niue,
but the stitches put into the button.
holes of children's clothes when they
come from the store will save ninety
if not many times that, and the studs
sewed into the tape will save not only
the work of sewing on buttons, but
will prevent that tearing out that de
Il stroys many purchased garment
making itunft for use before it is hal
y worn out.
No one likes to put belts or bands O.
some other material on a child's
clothing, but this must be done al
soon as the careless laundress ha.
ironed out the buttons by the roots, o.
else the things must be thrown away
In shirt waists the tspe arrangement
is of equal value, and that, too, in more
ways than one In soft materials stud
frequently slip ont, and valuable one
are lost. The collar button and tht
several smaller ones down the from
can all be attacked to the same strip
OF course, sleeve buttons have thei
own attachment, but it is not q bat
J plan to have a bit of ribbon knottet
around the post and tied to th
under side Of the cuff by a loop provid
ed for that purpose.
In word, ordinary buttons on al
washable goods are not only unneces
sarv, but a waste of time. It takes bu
a little while to malesthe extra set o
! buttonholes, and then a great deal 0
trouble is at an end. q
4 White studs resem bling linen may b
!, bought, and there are in market an,
/ number of Inexpensive plated buttons
as well as those of pearl and aga te. an
. of which will answer the purpose, and
,, if properly secured as deseri bed,S vii
: last for a long time.-N. Y. Ledger.
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