Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-05
SUMNER CLOTHES.
SIMPLE WAYS OF KEEPING GARMENTS
SWEET AND CLEAN.

The Great Secret Is TO Change Ere
Guen:Iy and A'r Thoroughly
a system of Rotation For Fabrics
Injurabie by Precipitation
How many women know how to pre-
serve sweet aud clean their summer
dresses, shoes. corsets, and so onE Not
many l fancy
As soon as the corset is taken off it
should he Sprinkled 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 be rolled
up. nor flung in a heap into some tight
shut drawer.
There should be 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
endurahle in spite of the sun.
Shoes. if they are high. should. when
taken off, be placed. inners out. on
the window sill or in some breezy
place to get the sun and air. The
tops should Ice turned 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 ard contour of the shoe. but 1t
/ will help to keep it from getting
I"leathery." Shoes are porous skin
themselves and wonderfully suscepu-
BILE to influences of climate and heat.
Blouse waists should have the shields
ripDed out at once. after removing
from the body, and they should be
lsponged with alcohol and water and
lhung in the air to dry. The sleeves OF
the waist should be turned wrong side
out and allowed TO air at some screen
near draught and not put on again
for some days
A system of rotation will he found
convenient for such fabrics as are Ii
liable 20 be hurt by the absorption OF
lperspiration and should be sparingly
Itreated on particularly hot days.
4 sprinkle of orris root in the lining
lof q dress. to be shaken out before the
dress is worn again, viii be found an
Iexcellent thing
| Ribbons should be rolled up immedi-
lately when taken Off the neck and
waist. and If treated this way will last
n great deal longer and look great
deal daintier.
| Care of the skirt is most important
Skirts should have small loops sewed
in under the rufies, where the heels
OF the boots or slippers will not catch
and they should be hung up upside
down every night, or as soon as they
are taken on II trimmed with lOns
farthingale fiounces. the aounces will
have TO he carefully pinned TO the
foundation and they viii. by hanging
twelve hours in the opposite direction
from which they are worn, regain
; isome OF their original freshness anC
= charm.
Hats will retain their spruceness anS
elegance IL carefully placed in thei
own box. after blowing the chiffon anS
\ laying the feathers several times owe
I, 1.-THE fingers in the direction they ar
= disposed to lean. The ribbons shaft
J. can also be Strengthened and the ha
: lwlll be ready for use at once.
: Hose should be filed with crumple'
tissue paper and hung In pairs in tn
lmost excluded window to let the al
: blow through them.
Gloves must he blown up by tn
!. Ibreath Immediately after strippin
! lfrom the hand, then filed with a ligh
lshake OF glove-powder and laid ava
: lunfolded. and not palm to palm, bu
\ separately, in tissue paper.