Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
BUTTONS IN THE LAUNDRY.

BUTTONS IN THE LAUNDRY.
They are Nuisance a.d Should bs\ Dls.
cardod.
Just why large number OF women
continue 70 sew buttons ON garments
that have to 60 through the laundry 10
. question that . great many members
Of the sisterhood would like to see an.
swered.
A good many years ago number Of
far-sceing ones made up their minds
that there must be deadly enmity
somewhere between the Aatirons and
buttons; therefore they have been dis.
pensed with wherever it IN possible
Shirt-waists, night-dresses, 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
OF these necessary appendagea One
woman has one row of buttonholes ON
night-dress, and ON the other edge eye
lets, through which ribbons are drawn.
thence being put 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 ill or too weary to be about 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
uto,,f studs and <hoso arA sewod IN n
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 then sewed over and over
with strong thread; with little care
the casing will be so tight that the
post will b,eak 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.
Or stud Is fastened in the Same way.
The tops of the studs are then put
through tho belt Of the little ones
shirt waist or blouse. Upon these the
skirt or trousers may be buttoned.
There is no tearing of or losing of but
tons, and it 10 very rare indeed that
the garments become detached unless
the button-holes are too large. These
should be made with very great care.
If the garments are bought ready
made. it 10 we'll worth while to make
the holes over, putting At the back .
strip of 4ine thick cloth, working this
in with the button-hole, which can be
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 nine,
but the stitches put into the button
holes of children's clothes when they
come from the store will save ninety,
II 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 q purchased garment,
making it unfit for use before it IL halt
worn out.
No one likes to put belts or bands OF
some other material on . child's
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 out, 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 bit of ribbon knotted
around the post and tied to the
under side Of the cuff by loop provid
ed for that purpose.
In q word, ordinary buttons on ali
washable goods are not only unneces
sary, but a waste of time. 1t takes bu,
little while to make the extra set OF
buttonholes. and then a great deal o.
trouble is at an end.
White studs milling linen may b<
bought. and there are in market any
number of inexpensive plated buttons
as we'll as those of pearl and agate, amy
of which will answer the purpose, and
if properly secured as described, will
last for a long time.-N. Y. Ledger.
He Was Not Frisky.
Mrs. Frisk-You should treat young
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