The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-14
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
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StyilSnly fashioned a EarihSAt i'ns ~
its entire good effect is ruined II II IS NOT
carefully n correctly pressed.
Few amateurs realize the importance
of this. the finishing touch Of tailor
made perfection: or, if they do appre-
ciate its importance. they are unable to
cope with it's requirements.
The irons should be neither too hot
nor too heavy, and both sides Of each
seam. from the sewing line TO the edge
finish. should be well pressed down be-
fore any attempt is made to open the
seams fiat. This presses the finishing
and saves the risk OF it showing through.
If TIE dress Is Of very thick or very
spingv cloth or serge, a damp cloth
should be laid over the closed seam and
the pressing dom through it, leaving it
slightly damp for the last pressing
After both sides of the closed seams have
teen pressed, each one may be laid open
and pressed fat with a cooler iron, care
being taken not to stretch the length OF
the seam; and the bust Of the dress
leach side of the top Of the darts ana
a little above then) should be opened
and great pains taken to press the ex-
treme tops of the darts quite fiat out;
hut the same pains must be taken net
to stretch the dress at that part, either
down or across. The very end only OF
the iron should be used there.
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The sleeve seams should be pressed,
first closed and then open, and a sleeve
hoard is certainly an advantage. Differ
ent c-ontrivances frequently take its
"a ~ 49, "a roo ham
die or a rollingpin being the favorite;
but care should be taken that neither
bat nor broomstick has been painted,
and that the rolling pin has never been
used, or the heat will produce bad re-
suits.
Pressing should always be done on
four ~thicknesses of WOODEN stuff, soft
cloth or a blanket covered with a strong
muslin cloth. The iron should be well
cleaned and not too large or heavy.
Tailors use a narrow iron. which runs
along the seams, and women who make
their own dresses would. be wise in hav-
ing so helpful a commodity
All fabric may be ironed in the same
way os woolens unless they have a pile,
when every care should be taken not
to fatten III; crepons come under the
same head as pile fabrics. and should
be pressed in the same way. silk glazes
and scorehes very quickly, and shonid,
therefore, be pressed in the same way
and with an iron that is light in weight
and rather cool, and, indeed, 1t is a mis-
take to use hot irons in pressing.
Fugitive colors which change to brown
Nhen heat is applied to them are very ter
rifving. as it appears that the garment
has been spoiled. but, If the lining has
not been scorched, it will generally be
found that the color comes back when the
dress is quite cold. Nearly all light blue
grays. stone color, lilac, pale heliotrope
and the like are fugitive; 1t takes three
or four hours before the color comes back
to them. A safe test is to try a piece OF
the goods under the iron the day before
and you can then judge how much heat
1t will stand.
It is not advisable for home dress-mak-
ers to use the damp cloth too largely in
pressing. With tailors whose work is
largely upon serges, tweeds and firm
wooden cloths. wet treatment is best
adapted to the requirements of the ma
terial. and is made one of the special fea-
lures of their work, both in the exquisite
finish of all seams and edges, and IN the
skillful manipulation by which rhey I'M
part form to the garment; while the large
majority Of dress materials are 50 com
paratively light and thin that wet treat
ment would iniure color, finish and tex
ture, causing them to draw up and look
rough and c~ockled, and entirely destroy
ing the delicate appearance of the fabric.
The skirt seams are pressed and the
band put on and hooked securely before
the lower edge is examined and the exact
length in all places IS determined. This
done, the best means OF finishing it is TO
haste a narrow hem all around and press
it firmly all around. The binding braid
or velvet if put on then entirely by hand
and then finally pressed once more will
be much more easily removed after 1t has
become worn out than If stitched on and
sewed in a hem You will be surprised
at the smart tailor effect Of a skirt so
finished when compared with one done by
the usual time-saving dressmaker method, |
and the work of repairing is lessened by
more than half.
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THE first thing to be considered in
washing blankets is SOAP said the man
ager of a large laundry. "it should be a
good white soap and free from rosin.' .
says the Evening Wisconsin Slice the
soap in a kettle Of hot water and put it