The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-06-01

Hints ON How to Care FOR Dresses, Gloves
It is not half as hard to care for 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 fresh.
ness.
Rich women having French maids
have their gowns and bonnets looked
after with a Jealous skill that women
of.
1t is not wear that make a drabbled
mass of your best gown IN couple OF
months. 1t is lack of care when it is of
your back. If you fold it up or hang
1T, ten to one you do it badly.
Hang all your dress waists and
skirts, but suspend them on "coat
hangers" not on 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 dollar. or, if you are out
or reach of the ready-made article,
manufacture them. Half q barrel hoop.
with a loop or string in the middle.
makes a satisfactory substitute. Hang
ing only serves for stuff or heavy
IA brics, not when they are of thin
goods. In that case garments are like
ly to become stringy. Light materials
must be folded, sleeves and bows
plenty of room.
Skirt bags are a luxury, even a neces-
sity 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. sachet suspended in the center
imparts to the skirt a fragrance which
makes it as sweet and fresh as a flower
Skirts should not only be brushed
when taken off, but the silk lining
ought to be we'll wiped with a drv
cloth. This should be done at once,
and the skirt then put away properly.
t is tum bling about on chairs, waiting
to be sdfsp osed of, that ruins Quantities
Of clothes. i
few pairs of boot trees are invalu.
able. The cost OF them is more than
for in an actual saving of
money. They not only preserve the
shape. but they crack and break far
less 1t is measure of economy to
keep several pairs of shoes in use.
When worn steadily they do not have
Time to dry out thoroughly while off
the feet, and the constant dampness
rots them. Water should ne yer be put
IN shoes, and any soil should be re-
Slippers can be kept stuffed
with paper.
Gloves must be pulled in shape as
soon as they are taken off, and not put |
should always be removed from the
aand by turning them wrong side out |
rom the wrist up. not by Juggling at |
he fingers. In the shops they always |
urn them, as the other method ruins |
he shape. and it is likely to tear the |
Kid.
The best way to preserve the crisp.
less of wells is by rolling them up in |
ong. narrow sachets made for the pur.
ose; the tuue is Strengthened out,
o1ded, laid on the saclet and rolled |
p with it, and the whole tied with a
ibbon fastened to the outside of tho
eil-case.
All closets and clothes presses need
requent sunnings and airings. Cloth
ag, too, should be exposed now and
gain, just as you sun your bedding.
hat Is one of the most sweeteninp |
in the world. Dress waist |
nings can be kept wonderfully nice
:. in addition, you occasionally wipe |
hem off with a cloth dampened with
cry weak ammonia water. OF course.
ne shields should be frequently
hanged, Detroit Free Press.