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

The cleaner and dyer of to-day
might lay claim, with justice, to the
title of the up-to-date fairy godmother.
There was a time when that which
was dirty in the way of clothing or
carpets or curtains had to bear the con-
sequences of its own or of others mis-
deeds, and when it lost its first purity
remain unclean, unless it was of a
character that would submit to a good
old-fashioned scrubbing with soap and
water. Then the doctrine of the conse-
quences of evil could be illustrated from
examples on every side.
Now all that is done away with.
There is almost nothing that cannot
be made to look as clean as it was in
it's first estate. One. does not despair of
the persevering cleanser discovering a
chemical process for restoring stained
regulations and despatched consci-
ences to a condition that would deceive
every one into believing them entirely
fresh articles, SO long as the stitch
mark of the cleanser was kept con-
cealed.
Not very long ago a soiled party gown
was something to be thrown away as
useless. Occasionally a thrifty sould
would take out the least disfigured
parts and make them into something
for a smaller member of the family
or, perhaps, fashion them into waist,
or wash pieces that could be used as
Innings or faeings. But the gown as a
gown had its day and ceased to be, and
the day was brief.
Even Evening Gowns Can Be
Cleaned.
Nowadays the woman who orders
herself an evening frock of delicate
tints knows that when it begins to
show signs of soil she can pack it off to
the cleaners and have it come back to
her looking as fresh as when IL first
left the hands of the dressmaker. The
material is of no consequence. Silk,
velvet, wooden, lace, anything, every
thing, can be renovated Ask a COM
petent cleaner if there is anything
which cannot be cleaned and he will
reply with conviction, Nothing"
In those former times the woman who
attempted to clean a gown did it by
ripping it apart and sponging each
breadth, or perhaps even washing
them. Then the garment was labori-
ously put together again and the clever
one congratulated herself upon having
a fresh gown with no trouble except
that of taking it apart. cleaning it and
remaking it. To-day she does not even
rip the tulle or chiffon from the throat
and wrists, but sends the costume as
it is to her chosen cleaner, in the calm
confidence that it will come back ready
to be put on and worn.
Perhaps the evening gowns seem the
most marvellous in their power of being
restored to newness, because of their
frills and furbelows. their business and
fluffiness. But they are only the be-
ginning. My lady's opera cloak or cor
tie du bal, her lace-flounced silk petit
coats, her feather boas, her neck and
belt ribbons and stocks and gloves and
laces, and even her tailor made clothes
can all be cleansed. Everything is grist
that comes to the mill of the cleaner.
Mans Dress Suit Can BE Renovated.
The blessings of this public bene-
factor are not reserved for women
alone. Mems clothes, too, are a part of
his art. The ordinary everyday
tailor may sponge and press a mans
coat and trousers, but there are times
when these are the better for a good
thorough cleaning that they can get
from the same magician who cleanses
madam's evening toilets. The mans
dress clothes. his fancy waistcoats,
costly scarfs and neckerchefs, even
his riding toys and his hunting pink,
may be cleansed of almost any stain.
To some persons the cleansing of an
entire garment seems less remarka BILE
than the removal of a single spot in
such a mode that it will leave no
trace Every one has known the havoc
that can be wrought upon new gown