The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
SUMNER CLOTHES.
SIMPLE WAYS OF KEEPING GARMENTS
SWEET AND CLEAN.

The Great Secret Is to Change Ere.
quently and Air Thoroughly-Adopt
System of Rotation For Fabrics
! lnjurable BY Pcrspiration.
How many women know how to pre-
serve sweet and clean their summer
dresses, shoes corSetS. and so on Not
many, | fancy?
AS soon as the corset Is taken off 1t
Should be sprinliled with peroxide Of
hydrogen and allowed to lie in the sun
and air for several hours Ribbed
corsets are more difficult to manage,
but at no time should they he rolled
up, nor flung in leap into some tight
Shut drawer.
There should he an alienation Of
corsetS, to do away with the putting
ON OF the same one each day, and two
or three inexpensive ones treated this
way will help to make the summer
endurable in spite of the sun.
Shoes. if they are high. should. when
taken off, be placed. inncrS out, on
the window sill CT in some breezy
place to get the sun and air. The
. tops should be tm ned back, and the
air allowed to circulate in the crevices
and into the Soles as far as it possibly
can, This will not only preserve the
shape and contour of the shoe, but it
will help to keep it from getting
"leatherY.' Shoes are porous skin
themselves and wonderfully Susccpti.
bic to influences of climate and heat.
+ Blouse waists should have TIE shirlds
ripped out at once. after removing
from the body. and they should be
Sponged with alcohol and water and
hung in the mir to dry. The sleeves of
the waist should he turned wrong side
out and allowed to air II some screen
near a draught AMI not put on again
for some days.
\ system of rotation will he found
convenient for such fabrics as are Ii
able to he hurt by the absorption Of
perSpilatiOn and SHOULD he Sparingly
treated on particularly hot days.
! A sprinkle of orr root in the lining
of dress. to be shaken out before the
dress is worn again, will he found an
excellent thing
/ Ribbons should be- rolled up immedi.
ately when taken off the neck and
waist, and if treated this way will last
a great deal lunget and look Il great
deal dainticr.
Care Of the skirt is most important.
Skirts should have small loops sewed
in under the ruliles, where the heels
of the boots or slippers will not catch,
and they should he hung up upside
down every night, or as soon rs they
are taken off. If trimmed with long
farthngalc flounceS. the founces will
have to he carefully pinned to the
foundation and they will, by hanging
twelve hours in tho opposite direction
from which they are worn. regain
some of their original freshness and
charm
Hats will retain their SprIccness and
elegance if carefully placed in their
own box, after blowing the chiffon anG
laying the feathers several times over
the fingers in the direction they arc
disposed to lean. The ribbons shafts
can also he Strengthened and the hat
will he ready for use mt once.
Hose should be illcd with crumplct
tissue paper and hung in pairs in the
most excluded win low to let the ali
blow through them.
Gloves must he blown up ny the
breath Immediately after stripping
from the hand, then filled With n ligh
shake of glove powder and laid away
unfolded. and not palm to palm, bu
separately, in tissue paper.