Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02

took charge of the wardrobes, and the mis-
tress Of the mansion herself did not scorl
to darn beautifully every rent or thread
bare spot in a manner of which we have
quite lost the art. We, 1t seems to me
spend many precious hours in thinking
what we shall get to wear, more in pur-
chasing it and having it put together, OF
putting it together with our own fingers
and then we carelessly let its freshness de
part and wrinkles come ere it is yet a
yearling, let alone near the age of genera
ton. which in those older times was still
the heydey of youth with a beautiful gar
ment.
Putting Away Carefully.
The art of taking care of the clothes We
possess is long one AMI so arduous that
unless one is wealthy enough to have others
do it, the temptation is great to neglect it.
For 1t means taking longer to undress than
to dress, to exercise more care in putting
away garments than in putting them on,
and 1t means a deal of fussing, which is
apt to seem very hard when done, as II
always must be. when the interest and
pleasure of the occasions for which we
donned these garments is passed. Yet II
does seem inconsistent that a woman who
will have her house busted every day and
everything swept and garnished at least
once a week should be content to take
dresses off. put them away. take them out
and put them again, time after time,
with oaly an occasional busting or airing.
and no thought at all to hanging or folding
them in the best possible manner In order
that they may look fresh to the very last
wearing.
If however. you want to look as we'll as
your neighbor on perhaps half her income
there is nothing for it but endless patience
and care with that important part of
WOman's makeup-her wardrobe. Learn
from observation all the little ways that
well-looking women have. When gown
comes home from good modiste's unfold
it most carefully and see how it came to
you and always put 1t away in that man
ner when packing 1t for a journey. Of
course, she has the advantage of a box.
while you will have trunk in which many
things go. but tissue paper will work Won
Gers. Then, too, If you are very anxious to
have good-looking clothes you will have
fewer of them and pay more for them than
the average woman. You may tire of
well-made gown from the hands of tailor,
and envy for a time or two your sister in
fripperies. but If you both meet at the end
of the season you will see which dress has
hest survived the ordeal of a season. This
clothes. which, to a certain extent, Is most
necessary, but is plea for two well-made
and more or less expensive frocks rather
than four or five Of a less price.
Hardy and Cheap.
A very good place to begin to take care
Of clothes is when taking them off If you
mean to reform in this particular go and
purchase as many coat hooks as you have
frocks and a half dozen or so more for
waists. coats and separate skirts Then take
everything you have, coats. skirts waists
silk or linen, and hang them on these hooks
When you have skirt and bodice belong
ing to each other hang the skirt over the
hook first and put the waist over that. The
top of ordinary skirt is not trimmed in
such manner as to muss by contact with
the shoulders and sleeves of waist 1t Is
supposed, of course, that everything has
first been aired and brushed. These coat
hooks are not expensive, those costing or
5 cents apiece will answer the purpose
beautifully. OF course, If You wish to take
one and cover 1T with scented cotton bat
ting and cover that with silk or some other
slippery, Observation-Disclosures material
the effect will be so much better.
By hanging everything in a closet on
these hooks ever much room can be
saved and dress will press against an
other, thus avoiding that budding together
and mussing which is always inevitable in
the ordinary wardrobe or closet. If you
take these clothes hooks or coat hooks
away with You and also a few hooks to
screw in the bottom of a shelf in the closet
you may get. the ordinary pine shelf
with sheet tackled up in front. which many
seaside hotels boast, You will save much