The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

ter save a trif1e on the trimming and
buy a bag or cover of cheap muslin TO
protect it, If the closets are not dust
proof. Do not allow skirts to drag on
the floor of the closet.
The summer girl who goes in for
athletics, and yet desires to be immac-
ulate in the matter of skirts and shirt
waists, has her own troubles, for mud
stained garments are particularly hard
to clean. The mud may come off, but
it leaves faint stain, particularly on
the new, light clothes popular for this
seasons outing gowns.
II when the actual mud has been
cleaned away there remains the fatal
ring of stain, let the summer girl ask
her landlady for a raw potato, and
use her grandmother's method of re-
moving mud stain. Wash pare and
again wash the potato, then cut it
through the center, and rub the dress
with the smooth surface. When this
becomes soiled, cut off a thin slice of
the tuber, and rub with the fresh sur
face. Continue this until the dirt has
been completely absorbed by the pota-
to.
The lace, chiffon and ribbon ac-
cessories of the summer girls toilet
require exquisite care. They should
never be crowded carelessly into
boxes, but carefully separated by
crumpled tissue paper. If the loops
of ribbon in bows or choux ARE large,
they should be stuffed with tissue pa
per. Wells should be rolled and not
folded. A long. slender piece OF wood
or an oblong piece of heavy card
board is excellent for rolling wells.
White feathers, most extravaganza of
all the summer girls appointments,
can be washed thus: Make warm suds
from a pure white soap, dip the feath-
ers in and shake them about lightly.
Directly the water becomes dirty,
make a second lot Of suds, repeat the
washing and rinse several times IN
clear. tepid water. Then lay them
| between soft old cloths and put then
in a very cool oven, shaking them
/ out occasionally. When perfectly dry
| curl them on the blunt side of knife
blade. The operation will be quicker
| if the knife is slightly warmed.
All the new cotton, Isle ana sllN
| gloves will wash, white best of all.
| In the case of delicate grays and tans,
where the summer girl wishes to pre-
serve the tint to match her gown
cleaning with patent cleansing nulas
is preferable. If the summer glrl IN
gists upon using chloroform, benzlne
Of gasoline, she should take her work
into the yard. or from a hre OF any
sort. There is no reason why suen
cleaning SnOulu HOl NC -,
omen air in warm weather, not only
for safety. but because the unpleasant
odor will disappear more quickly In
the sunlight.
The careful summer girl does not
trust her water-soaked shoes TO inc
obliging porter. Instead. she Slips
them from her feet directly upon
pair of trees, and there they stay, dry
Inc into shape. When perfectly dry,
she rubs them with a bit of vaseline,
using a soft cloth. Rendered soft
and pIabie by this treatment, she
slips them on her feet, and the hotel
shoe polisher does the rest
III the water-soaked shoes happen
to be patent feathers, she can 40
nothing better than to sponge them
lightly with milk and vigorously rub
them with a strip Of old, soft black
silk. MIX softens the hard finish and
prevents II cracking.