The Washington times., 1895-04-02
TAKING. CARE OF CLOTHES.

| 1t is not half as hard to care for ones
/ clothes as IL is to get them in the fi1ss
instance. Yet strangely enough thoss
who have the fewest garments taxa
least pains to preserve their freshness.
Rich women having French maids havs
their gowns and bonnets looked after with
a Jealous skill that women who need such
| service scarcely dreamof
II is not wear that makes a drabbled
mass of your best gown in couple OF
months. 1t is lack of care when it is of
your back. II you fold it up or hang il
ten to one you do it badly.
Hang all your dress waists and skirts
but suspend them on ''eoat hangers, I"
not on hooks or nails. The way shop
keepers care for ready made garments
is an excellent Obiect-lesson. large
| supply of coat-hangers can be bought for
a dollar, or If you are out OF reach OF
the ready made article, manu- facture
them. Half q barrel hoop with loop
of string in the middle makes satisfac-
tory substitute. Hanging only serves for
stuff or heavy fabrics, not when they are
of thin goods. In that case garments
are apt to become stringy. Light mate
rials must b. folded, sleeves and bows
stuffed out with tissue paper, and all
gwen pitDly OLIDJiu
Skirt bags are a luxury, even a 6eces-
sity for handsome garments They are
great square sacks or white cotton, longer
than the skirts, and into which the skirt
| can be slipped without crushing A
saehet suspended in the center imparts to
the skirt fragrance which makes il as
sweet and fresh as a flower.
Skirts should not only be brushed when
taken off, hut the SILK lining ought to be
well wiped with dry cloth. This should
be done at once, and the skirt then put
away properly. 1t is tumbling about on
chairs, waiting to be disposed OF, that ruins
quantities OF clothes
A pair OF loot trees are Invaluable. The
cost OF them is more than compensated for
in an actual saving or money They do not
only preserve the shape, but they crack and
break far less 1t is a measure OF
economy to keep several pairs orshoes muse.
When worn steadily they do not have time
todry out thoroughly while off the feet. and
the constant dampness rots them Water
should never Re 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 off aud not put away tin
they are dried. They should always be re-
moved from thehand By turning them wrong
side outfrom 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 erispness
OF wells by rolling them up in long. narrow
sachets made for the purpose; the tulle is
Strengthened out. folded, laid on the sacheb
and roIledup withit, and thewhOle tied with
a ribbon fastened to the outside Of the veil
case.
All closets and clothes presses need fire.
quent summing and airiBgs. Clothing, too.
should be exposed now aud again, Just al
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 wips
them off with a cloth dampened with very
weak ammonia water OF course, ths
shields should be frequently changed
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