The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-23

meal or four for "a hours. then shaken,
and, If not spick and clean. repeat the
process Soak genuine W~halebOne in
warm water for 50 minutes. and then
IRON out ana use again with perfect
confidence.
II IS a wise roma who keeps posted
REGARDING the little economies of a
household, as the large ones take care
or themselves Wash corsets. after re-
moving the steels. which may rust.
with a nail or small. clean s%crubbing
brush, we'll soaped. using il on both
sides; rinse. iron and put in the steels.
II done without any twisting or pulling.
it viii not lose its shape.
Velvet, when crushed. a be made to
rise again, as truth is reported to do,
with the help of an open tin pan steam
ing away fun of boiling water. Hold
the wrong side over the steam. stretch
ing it taut, and have another Interested
party 10 brush up the right side at the
same time with a stiff whisk, brushing
against the grain, as we often do, less
harmleSSly, as We go through life. This
process IS warranted to remove wrin-
kleS ton velvet only, stiffen the
crushed pile and cleanse the velvet,
black or eolored, ditto velveteen and
plush.
Delicate silk embroidery may be
cleaned with a camel's hair brush
dipped in spirits of wine. Gold. silver
or steel passementerie on dress should
have tissue paper pinned over it when
the gown is not in use. and this pre-
caution should always be taken with
buckles II ornaments of steel.
White cashmere, serge, etc, are
cleaned at home by rubbing them with
hot, dry flour; brush. and if not clean,
repeat the process, which is one of the
French dry cleaning methods. If will
ing to a a little trouble. owners Of
furs can freshen them without the ex-
penSe of a furrier. Dark furs, seal.
mink. Alaska sable. electric seal, etc,
are cleaned with mahogany or fine ce-
dar sawdust, which can be purchased at
any manufacturing furrier's. Place the
fur on a table, hairy side up. and rub
in the sawdust by the handful, do not
be ungenerOuS with either the sawdust
or the rubbing, and then shake over the
table, Saving the sawdust that thus
falls. Then lay the hair side of the fur
down on two or more pillows, accord
ing to h size of the garment, and beat
well with a switch. Shake pillows oc-
~caSiOnally and continue beating until
all of the sawdust has been removed.
White furs are cleaned in a similar
name with white corn meal.
Grease is removed from fur with gas
oline applied OF a piece of batting; con-
slant rubbing n several renewals OF
the gasoline are often necessary. If this
fails, do not become discouraged, for
there remains spirits of ether, oil of tur-
pentine and benzine TO be tried, and all
are sometimes successful.
Crepe is lovely to wear If it keeps
crisp and a fresh black. but when a veil
or bit of trimming gets limp and rusty
looking it needs a steaming. Rip out
all hens and wind the crepe around a
clean broom handle, after brushing each
piece with an old piece of silk. Keep
the wash boiler half full of boiling
water, resting the broom on the edges
and turn the latter so that every part
may be steamed during the four hours
of boiling. Then put the handle away
for a night and the morning Will show
you when the crepe is unpinned and
unwound a crisp freshness about each
piece that makes it indeed as good as
new. This process may be repeated an
indefinite number of times, and always
results satisfactorily.
EMMA NJ. HOOPER.