Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-10-18
BUTTONS IN THE LAUNDRY.
They are a Nuisance aud Should he Dis.
carded.

BUTTONS IN THE LAUNDRY.
They are Nuisance aud Should be Dis.
carded.
Just why large number of women
continue to sew buttons on garments
that have to go through the laundry is
. question that n great many members
OF the sisterhood would like to see an.
swered.
A good many years ago number OF
far-seeing ones made up their minds
that there must be deadly enmity
somewhere between the fatirons and
buttons; therefore they have been dis.
pensed with wherever it is possible.
Shirt-waists, night-drssses, corset.cov.
ers, and corset waists have been pro.
vided with two sets of buttonholes and
studs, and on corset waists especially,
with buttons attached to little tapes
that allow of ironing without tearing
on these necessary appendages. One
woman has one row of buttonholes on
night-dress, and on the other edge eye.
let's, through W hich ribbons are drawn,
thence being pat through the button
holes and tied in little bows. This is
nice idea, especially for invalids'
wear or the many days when one is
too III or too weary to be a0out the
house, but must receive servants and
members of the family in order to give
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
edges are. Their. sewed over and over
with a strong thread; with little care
the casing will ba so. tight that the
post will break before the stud will
tear out. 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 wav.
The tops of the studs are then put
through the belt OF the little ones
shirt waist or blouse. Upon these the
skirt or trousers may be buttoned
There is no tearing off or losing of but.
tons, and it is very rare indeed that
the garments become detached unless
the button-holes are too large. These
should be made with very great care.
1t the garments are bought ready
made, it is well worth while to make
the holes over, putting at the back a
strip of fine thick cloth, working this
in with the button-hole, which can be
made little smaller, as it naturally
would be by the second sewing Sey-
eral threads should be put around be-
fore the button-holing proper begius.
A stitch in time is said to save nine,
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-
stroys many purchased garment,
making it unfit for use before it is half
worn out
No one likes to put belts or bands of
some other material on a childs
clothing, but this must be done as
soon as the careless laundress has
.ironed out the buttons by the roots, or
else the things must be thrown away.
In shirt waists the tape arrangement
is of equal value, and that, too, in more
ways than one. In soft materials studs
frequently slip ont, and valuable ones
are lost The collar button and the
several smaller ones down the front
can all be attacked to the same strip.
OF course, sleeve buttons have their
own attachment, but it is not bad
plan to have a bit of ribbon knotted
around the post and tied to the
under side of the cuff by loop provid-
ed for that purpose.
In word, ordinary buttons on all
washable goods are not only unneces-
sary, but waste of time. 1t takes but
a little while to make the extra set of
buttonholes and then great deal of
trouble is at an end.
White studs esembling linen may be
bought, and there are in market any
number of inexpensive plated buttons,
as well as those of pearl and agate, any
of which will answer the purpose, and,
If properly secured as described, will
last for long time.-N. Y. Ledger.