The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-10
METHODS FOR CLEANING LACE.

A Professional in Chicago Record-Herald. This is so thoroughly q lace year that every new wrinkle in caring for and cleaning this expensive trimming is need ed for active service. Sometimes al that Is necessary to clean c piece of lace is to lay 1t between two sheets of white or blue paper. first sprinkling it well with powdered magnesia. Then place it be- tween the leaves of a book and allow 1t to remain for several days. When the magnesia is shaken out, the lace will be found to be very greatly improved. Lace placed between sheets of blue paper will keep white longer than when placed be- tween white paper, or laid away in box. When washing is necessary, take giass bottle whose body is cylindrical. Half i'll this with sand or water. to pre- vent the water when boiling from tossing the bottle about too violently in the ket- tie. Very carefully wind the lace abound this bottle and cover it with a layer Of cheesecloth.
 A still better way Is to baste the lace smoothly and exactly on q piece of cheesecloth and rinse thoroughly. Allow the lace to remain on the bottle until 1t Is dry. then remove it and separate from the cheesecloth. When real lace has become stained or | greasy from year. place it in a bath of pure olive oil and allow it to remain for several hours, or even a day or two. This gives to the lace the softness of tex | ture 1t possessed when new. After this is accomplished, wind the lace on the bottle and proceed with the boiling as already described.
 When the lace is too large to wind | around a bottle, haste it evenly and se- curely to & piece of cheesecloth with | small stitches in parallel lines across | the surface of the lace. Baste another piece of cheesecfoth over 1t and boil in series of waters After the rinsing, which must be accomplished by pressing and squeezing, but never by wringing, pin 1 the cloth upon which the lace is pasted smoothly to a sheet stretched on curtain frames. Allow the lace to dry. and then remove from the sheet and from the two layers of cheesecloth.
 l If you wish the lace starched, dissolve a sufficient amount of starch in cold water Boil half of it, and when partly cool stir in the uncooked half and add cold water until the mass Is like cream. Into this dip the lace and gently squeeze out the extra amount. Lay the lace in a flat mass in the left hand and spat 1t thoroughly with the right until the starch is well worked l roll the lace in a towel and leave for some hours. To color lace a cream shade add a few drops of black coffee to the starch.
 Machine laces may be ironed directly upon their surfaces. First carefully and smoothly pull all their picots into place and see that the lace is exactly in It's original shape; iron until dry. Then pull the lace along its entire length between the fingers from the footing to the oppo- site edge, Pass the iron again over its length. The pulling relieves the lace of it's stiff, starched effect and makes 1t pliabIe. To iron unstarched lace place 1t right side down upon a padded ironing board covered with several thicknesses of white flannel. Over this spread care fully a damp cloth and press with a hot iron until the cloth Is thoroughly dry. This is also the way to press newly made lace, and should be done as soon as the lace is removed from the pattern.
 4 Iittle white sugar added to the water in which the over-cloth Is dampened will stiffen the lace and Is in some cases much better than starch. Another excellent method is to dampen a piece of new mus lin or other white goods containing starch or dressing. Place this over the lace and iron till dry. This gives a crisp, new ap- pearance to the lace without making it at all suggestive of starch.
 Lace must. of course. be damp. when pinned. and then the pins will not tear the threads of the picots. Only portion of the length should be removed from the damp cloth within which 1t is rolled. Should tho lace. being pinned, become dry, damped 1t with a wet cloth or sponge.
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