Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-25
CARE OF LITTLE THINGS.

feminine clothing as it has never
ruled before, and it behooves every
girl and matron to take mighty good
care of her wardrobe. A stitch in
time not only saves nine stitches but
is frequently the means of saving an
entire gown
BY taking care of ones gloves, by
carefully folding ones wells, by keep
ing ones hats in boxes rather than
thrown abeut ON closet shelves. much
can be done toward preserving the
freshness and crispness of these nee
essary things. A bandbox for every
hat should be provided. even if closet
space is at a premium and the boxes
must be poked under the bed CT lounge
to be out of the way.
The use Of poarasol in summer
will do much toward keeping hat
frcm fading. while q chif-
fon veil thrown over ones
"bunnit will always help. es-
pecially in bad. moist weather or
when dust is blowing A hat brush
should be well worked, and not allow
ed to lie idle upon ones dresser. Dust
is a high-handed tyrant, who spoils
many pretty fixing, and it is al
ways the wise thing to be ever after
him-especially if you happen to be a
woman of limited means.
When taking off your gloves. fold
them back over the hands and turn
wrong side out as the fingers are Slip
ped out. The very worst thing in the
world for glove is to pull it off by
the finger ends. The ends receive
hardest wear, and this pulling not on
ly breaks the stitches but draws the
gloves out of shape.
The very careful woman has in her
top dresser drawer little oblong
glove box. or else she has large
sheet of tissue paper or a bit of linen
in which her gloves are laid. White
gloves must, each single pair, be care
fully placed between tissue paper.
Careful laundering will keep white
gloves nice for long, long time. Some
women put on these gloves and scrub
them with soap and water and a nail
brush, but this treatment is rather Sc
we're and not as good as merely rub
bing the gloves between the hands and
applying soapsuds a-plenty. Kid
gloves are most absurd for warm
weather, except on mcst extreme
dress-up occasions Even then the
very thin. sheer. lovely white silk
gloves or embroidered mitts are to be
preferred.
Never leave your veil tied about
your hat, for it will become limpy
and unmanageable, and soon proves
useless.
Shake out your veil nicely. take il
at either corner of the end and fold
round and round crcsswise. Place
this in big sheet of tissue paper.
the same as your gloves.
Wells can be mended by raveling out
a thread of the mesh and using this
after the same matter of the pattern
employed. Many a veil can be made
to do service during bad weather ever
# it has suffered a few unhappy tears
and rips
White chiffon wells can be washe /
over and over again. Merely make
a live, hot suds with good soap. and
launder the veil as you would a bit
Ct lace or fine fabric. Rinse careful
~, dry and go over with moderately
warm fatron.
Little neck ribbons can often be
tTeshened by dipping in gasoline.
About the most desirable way of clean.
ing little knick-knacks of silk is 10
place them in glass jar which has
been filled with gasoline and allow
them to stand over night. In the morn
ing rinse in fresh gasoline, shake out
we'll, iron with the finger tips and then
with a flatiron.
SILK or satin bets can be renovated
in the same way, White kid belts
should be sent to the professional
cleaner, just as white gloves should
not be cleaned at home.