The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-04

like a ghost of a departed sin.
The cleaner has changed all that.
The woman's ball gown with a cata-
ract of ice cream down the front, the
mans covert coat with a spot of axle
grease in the middle of the back, car
be sent to the cleaners and, for a con-
sideration, be returned spotless and as
good as before the fall.
Modern Cleaning Methods Prevent
doors.
The offense has departed from
cleaned articles. There was a time
when 1t was patent to every one with
olfactories when the wearer of cleaned
clothing was anywhere in the neigh
borhood. A woman with cleaned
gloves had to keep from between the
wind and every one if she did not
wish to become a stencil in the nos
trils of the community. But the day
of odorless cleaning is here. The gar
ments or gloves come home scentless,
and may be worn with no fear of Of
Tense.
There are one or two fabrics that
are more difficult to clean than, others.
Chiffon is very hard to mango, so much
so that there are even good cleaners
who refuse to attempt it. 1t will not
stand any moisture in the cleansing
agent. and sometimes dry cleaning
will not make it take anything but
grayish tinge. Velvet will not
cleanse well If it is crushed or stained
or faded. But these are about the
only fi6rics concerning which the
cleaner has to warn of possible dis
appointment. Most articles, as
have said. come out looking like new
Lace, of course, can be cleaned per-
fectly. There are three methods of
he al he haI
and the ordinary. The last simply
does up the lace as any Frenchwoman
would launder it. The second, after
cleansing the. lace, fastens it down to
dry, pinning one in three of the little
picots or points that make the edge
The "all new" process pins down each
of the tiny picots, and naturally costs
much more than either of the other
methods.
why the Cost of Cleaning is High.
1t is not only the light garments
that it is worth while to clense. Ev-
cry one who has worn black con-
stantly knows how dirty it becomes;
this, too, not in the simple spots that
even the most careful will sometimes
get upon a garment. But black grows
grimy. The dirt that would show
upon color is ground into the very
texture of the black goods, until it
seems to have a gritty feel and the
hands are soiled, the finger nails
stained, from coming into contact
with it. Then is the time to send it
to the cleaner and have it come out
rid of its dirt and clean to the touch
as well as to the eye.
The cost of cleaning is high in this
country, and yet it is an expense that
Is we'll worth while. To those who
have known the cheapness of nettoage-
a-sec on the other side of the water,
the charges here seem exorbitant. But
labor here is high, and that which
does cleaning must be skilled.
1t is no light matter to clean a deli
cate fabric. One application is by no
means all that is required. The gar
ment is cleansed and then left to dry
or to air for several hours. Then it
is inspected. If a spot remains the
cleansing must be repeated. Some
times this is done in one way, some
times in another. For certain mate
rails the gases only from chemicals
are used; for some the chemicals
themselves are applied, but it must
all be done by those who have been
trained to understand the effects of
the powerful agents they handle It
Is not a single cleansing that makes
the time demanded for the work from
"a week to ten days" formula with
which we are all familiar. 1t is the
careful scrutiny of the garment under
treatment and the renewed applica-
ton when this is demanded
The process for cleansing household
goods is practically the same as That
for wearing apparel The curtains,
the coverings, the carpets, have each
their own special mode of treatment.