The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-03
TO KEEP SWEET AND DAINTY,
The Care Of Sumner Clothes Requires
Thought and Diligence.

How many women know how % pre-
serve sweet and clean their SUNNI
dresses. shoes. cCrsets, and So onF Not
many, I fancy.
AS soon as the corset is taken Off 1t
should Doe sprinklod with peroxide OF hy-
drogcn and allowed 90 .ie in the sun ANA
air for several hours Ribbed corse.s are
more difficult % manage, but az no ume
should they De rolled mp, nor huns ID
heap into some tight shut drawer
There should be am alienation OF cor
SETS to do away with the putting on Of
the same one each day. and two or three
inexpensive ones treated this way viii
help TO make the summer endurable IN
spite of the sun.
Shoes. # they are high, should, when
taken off. be placed, inners out, on me
window sin or i'm some breezy place 90
get the sun and air The tops should be
turned back. sand the air allowed 90 cir-
culate I'm the crevices and into the solos
as far as 1t possibly can. This Will NOT
only prcserve the shape and contour OF
the Shoe but it VII help TO keep from get
ting "leathery" Shoes are porus skin
themselves and wonderfully susceptible
TO influences Of climate and heat
Blouse waists should have The shields
ripped out AT once after removing from
the body and they should De sponged
with alcohol and water and hung I'm the
air 10 dry. The sleeves Of the waist
should be turned wrong side out and al
lowed 10 air at some screen near
draught and not put on again for some
days.
4 system OF rotation will be found con-
v.nient for such fabrics as are liable %
ie hurt by the absorption OF PRECIPITATION
and should be sparingiy treated on par
tcularly hot days
A sprinkle of orris root IN the lining Of
a dress. 20 be shaken out before the dress
is wora again, will be found an excellent
thing.
Ribbons should be rolled up Immediately
when taken off the neck and waist and
IL treated this way will last a great deal
longer and look great deal dainter.
care OF the skirt is most Important.
Skirts should have small loops sewed IN
urGer the ruiios. where the heels Oh the
boots or slippers will not catch. and they
should be hung upside down every might,
or as soon as they are taken on III tney
ale trimmed with long farthngale
Aolnces the hounces will have to be care
fully pinned 10 the foundation and they
will. by hanging twelve hours In the oppo-
site direction from which they are worn.
REGAIN some Of their original freshness
and charm.
Hats will retain their spruceness and
elegance II carefully placed in their own
box. after blowing the chiffon and laying
the feathers several times over The fingers
In the direction they sge supposed 10 lean.
The ribbons shafts can also be straight
ened and the hat viii be ready for use az
once.
Hose should be filed with crumpled
tissue paper and hung in pairs in the most
excluded window - let the air blow
through them.
Gloves must be blown 10 by Athe
breath Immediately after stripping from
the hands. then hlled with q light shake
Of glove powder and laid away, unfolded,
ard not ptlm to palm, but separately. in
tissue paper.
l'ndcrclothes should be changed every
day, and in warm weather oftener, but
they need not DO washed. They should
be aired on n Inc. II convenient or over
chair backs and I'm places whore they VIII
not be IN the way.-EXchange.