The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-02
new METHODS IN DYETNG,
AND DAINTY FABRICS REALLY
CLEANED IN HASTE.
No More Failures "at Your Own Risk"
Machinery Has supplanted Hand
NOrE-Results Improved and Prices
Cheapened by Mans inventions.

! No More Failures "at Your Own Risk "
Machinery Has suDplanted Hand
n Nork-Results Improved and Prices
Cheapened by n Mans Inventions.
| One Of the most remarkable OF the many
recent additions to twentieth century
comforts is the cleaning and dyeing estab-
lishment where work is done so quickly
that it IA almost while you wait 1t
used TO be really a question OF wait, but
now instead OF three weeks that we we're
| accustomed TO leave our garments at the
cleaners few hours only are required.
The method by which this miracle has
been wrought Is the result Of years OF
practical experience and hard study on the
part OF a man who has been one Of the
most successful in the business. He has
perfected machinery that will accomplish
the maximum amount Of work In a mini
mum time and with a certainty Of the out
come that is refreshing after the dubious
answers we are accustomed TO receive
TO our inqu ries as TO whether a thing will
clean or dye satisfactorily. The things in
trusted TO the shops where these methods
are employed are no longer at your own
risk; the house assumes the entire re-
sponsibity,
Prices also are 40 much more moderate
as to tempt one TO a general cleaning Of her
wardrobe, whether it is needed or not.
The cleaning of gloves at five cents a pair
Is no innovation in New York, for 1t Is
some five years or more since the cleaners
who are patronized by theatrical folk first
intro uced that price, and the others we're
not long in following suit
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else is done at proportionately reasonable
prices One Of the houses that are foremost
in the new regime has established rule
which will recommend itself to every Gus
tomer-namely, that during the time an
article is in its care II is thoroughly insured
against loss by fire. water OF burglary, and
the insurance Is 30 liberal that IL by any
possible chance anything Is lost or de-
stroyed while in the shop the full amount
Of It's value will be given 20 the customer.
Needless 10 say. this is a house we'll patron
lied, and among its best customers it num-
bers some Of the most fashionable dress
makers in town.
One Of the greatest sources Of trouble
these women have lies in the fact that 80
many Of their daintiest gowns are soiled
in the making, and for that reason are
thrown back on their hands. Now II is
only necessary when a gown or waist Of
light silk, lace OF any peTishable material
has lost its freshness by handling in
fittings and fllssing over II to pack 1t
carefully up and send II 10 this cleaner.
In half day it is returned looking as II it
had never known the necessity Of q visit
there.
The old time processes Of cleaning were
invariably detrimental to tahetas and all
silks with any quantity Of dressing in their
makeup, frequently causing even the best
qualities TO fall into holes or split at the
seams after one or two cleanings, but by
this new method all possibility Of such dis
astroUs results Is eliminated, and there u
no appreciate dminution In the wearing
possibilities Of any silk subjected TO IL.
A speciality Is made also Of eradioating
spots or stains from materials without
having the entire article go through the
cleansing process. II by chance the color
has been destroyed by a stain from acid
Of any sort it can be entirely restored
without showing the slightest sign Of hav-
ing been injured.
Perhaps one Of the most marvellous feats
which this house Accompanies Ia that OF
cleaning or dyelng hats OF felt, straw, lace
or chiffon without disturbing the trimming
In the slightest degree. One hat in par
ticular shown as a triumph Of skill in that
line was originally white felt, trimmed
with black velvet ribbon and white ostrich
tips. As seen after its metamorphosis it
was a dark blue felt, glossy and rich in
,coloring, trimmed with black velvet ribbon,
las In the first place, and tips that shaded
from dark TO light blue.
Another evidence Of skill is in the faded
hats and hat trimming which are restored
10 their original freshness; roses and
flowers Of all kinds and descriptions that the
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through a process from which they emerge
in all their pristine bloom. Shoes and
slippers Of satin, kid glaoe or su de, Of any
and every conceivable shade and color, are
cleaned or dyed TO match gowns and
neither shrink nor stretch, nor, what Is
best Of all, when they are dyed does the
color rub OF, as is the case 30 many times.