Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-14
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How the Amateur DressMakee Caa
Handle Cloth. Fine lanne Ets.
One OF the wors, stumbling blocks In
the path OF the amateur d~ressmaker
or. indeed. hat of the professional Of
ten is the difficulty OF properly shrink
ing certain materials before they are
suitable to be fashioned into wearing
apparel-In regard 90 this bu9bear .
Good Housekeeping correspondent
gives some sensible suggestions, from
which the following Is learned:
This operation Of shrinking. or spone.
ing. as IL is termed by ~tailors. IL essen
tial whenever broadcloths. ladies' cloths
or fine nannels are employed In order
to prevent future spotting. cockling or
shrinking from rain or dampness. In
the finer grade of cloths kept In stock
by leading houses In large cities these
goods are often sold warranted a.
steam sponged. Unless so guaranteed,
however. the extra work should not BE-
passed by. To many women the home
management seems too risky to be I'M
dertaken, for the reason that much OF
the rich appearance of fine, handsome
cloth could be easily injured by care
less handling.
Surprising. however. that ans
teur does not care TO pay the tailor 81
Or S3 or. what Ii far more BILE,
suppose that she II out Of the reach OF
q knight OF the shears" Some friend
will tell her that a damp cloth must b
laid upon the goods I'M that then 10
should be pressed upon the wrong side.
She views the bIllowy heap Of six o.
eight yards (which she has unrolled to
estimate the task with sma ,. for
how can she ever dampen and press
evenly all OF that huge pile of cloth
for huge II ook to her anxious eyes1
Surely part will dry long before
the rest and the marks where the iron
stopped VIII be unmisfakable. She IL
satisfied that TO undertake the work in
80 numbering n awkward a way
would be worse than letting the fabric
go ~unsponged.
The the next time she asks for ad-
vice IL is from some one who knowa
for the first instructor was merely
tbeorist and had never puf into practice
that which she preached This time
our amateur goes to work with 4 bet
ter heart o first carefully dampem \
large sheet and neatly folds the cloth
therein. wrapping the bundle smoothly
~ Atcp the
even This better perha "a.
but why not U brains to work and
try to improve upon even this make
shift way?
Have you never thought. when you
have seen Bridget taking the half dried
wash from the clofhesline on .'blue
Monday" that perhaps you might Dor
fow a suggestion from her work.
Inen- again are not clothes left out
the line overnight thoroughly and
evenly dampened by morning? What,
pray. Is there to prevent taking your
run length OF new cloth out to this
ciothesline some night after dark
hess sets when the air Is damp. but no
rain threatens. and allowing ii to re-
main hanging therefrom. securely fas-
tened with clofhespins. until the fol-
lowing morning?
The following morning the sun WIN
At an early hour place the cloth In ex-
actiy the proper state for easy press
ing. for the material may be brought
INTO the house when at any desired
state OF dampness or dryness. Then.
Dy Keeping the impressed port1on
smoothly folded. SO that II will rem.,n
as damp as liz required. the cloth NAV
Dc ironed quickly and easily and With
,ut hurry or nervous strain. Try II
md avoid the taIlor's bill.
Sarcastic.
The capitalization you hsven't The
'uiture o refinement required In
modern husta