The Washington times., 1903-08-23
Dome millinery Suggestions

saturate with water and whisk out
smooth with a broom brush. Leave on
the slab until dry Net or black lace
may be renovated by winding smoothly
around bottle or tin baking can from
which the paper label has been removed.
then steaming over the tea kettle. To
renovate old black thread or French
laces. dip into an infusion of weak green
tea. then spread out upon several
thicknesIes OF newspapers laid upon the
ironing board or other fiat surface.
Pick out each little point or scaIlop
with pin, cover the lace with sheets
Of newspaper, and put a fat weight on,
allowing it to remain twenty-four hours.
Fine white laces. ribbons. and silks may
be freshened and cleaned with pow
dered magnesia. or. IL not too badly
soiled. with hot -four. taking care that
it IS not Drowned in the heating
Sprinkle the magnesia or -four upon q
smooth sheet of wrapping paper, lay the
silk or lace on IT and sprinkle more
magnesia over II. Cover with another
sheet of paper. place book or some
light weight on top. and let 1t remain
several days Scorch on silk can be
removed in the same way. Take. up.
shake well, and brush with a soft brush.
For laces that require stiffening, rinse
in a pint Of water in which gum arabic
the size OF a pea is dissolved. roll about
bottle and pull or pat with a soft
towel until dry.
II straw il TO be reserved. unpick. roll
up In damp towel until soft, then sew
and shape.
II you want to cut net or chiffon in
stripes or get straight lines for shirring.
take a large sheet OF smooth manila or
white paper, and with a ruler draw
parallel lines across the sheet as far
apart as you want the strips OF lace or
muslin. Lay the fabric over the paper.
basting or pinning evenly. and cut in
strips, or use colored cotton to mark
the lines for shirring.
Steel ornaments may be made as good
as new by good scrubhing in hot soap
fnterstices. Then polish with chamols
or dry in sawdust.
For "livening up" ostrich plumes
shake vigorously through the escaping
steam OF a boiling tea kettle, taking
care that they do not get too damp.
This restores the brilliancy of the
feather If If has become dull and rusty.
Next take a silver fruit knife. and be-
| ginning with the fues nearest the quill.
take a small bunch three-quarteTs of an
/ inch on the feather between thumb and
/ forefnger and draw very gently over
/ the blade Of the knife until you get
near the end. They give a decided curl
Follow this process up each side OF the
tip. Then take 8 very coarse comb and
comb out carefully. II is a great mis-
take to curl only two or three hues at
a time. as is sometimes advised. as IL
Injuries them and makes the curl too
tight In selecting an ostrich plume
look at them carefully and see that the
fues are long. silky, and perfect II
there are rough. scfaggy looking places
II IS when the ostrich has picked him
self in the preening. and it never comes
out
II you have Old silk velvet that you
wish to turn into the fashionable panns
or satin antique, use a good steel-faced
iron perfectly clean and smooth on both
sides and face. Heat the iron but mod
erately. Spread the velvet face upward
on clean ironing board and smooth 10
with the iron, taking great pains to
press the right way of the nap, as it
must be ironed the way the file faces
best Keep the iron moving all the
time If allowed 20 stand at all. IL
!. leaves an ineffaceable mark
After going over the entire surface OF
the dry velvet. ironing always in the
same direction steam thoroughly. then
go over it the second time. You cannot
press too much provided YOU always keep
the iron moving with a heavy, even
stroke This treatment transforms old
) velvet into the fashionable, shimmerinz
? panne.