Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-15
GOSSIP FOR TIE LADIES.


breakable pieces, such as mirrors. in
drawers or chiffoniers. The moving men
cannot see what is underneath the sheet
not particularly careful as they would be
could they see what is concealed.
Fine pieces of cut glass and expensive
chinaware need special care, and cannot
be toe carefully padded and packed.
Each vase. cup and goblet should be
lined inside and out with tissue papar
to preserve the surface from possible
scratches. Then each one should be
filed with excelsior and pad of il
wound around the outside. Brown pa
per should in turn be folded over the
back OF the whole. aud tied securely IN
place with stout cord. Another laver of
excelsior placed over the piece before 1t
is put into the barrel will make it prac-
liCally safe from Injury.
In putting china aud glass in a harral
the heaviest pieces should 20 IN the bot
tom. OF course they are all to be placed
in layers with plenty of excelsior he
tween. Less delicate china need nor he
so carefully packed. The cups and yegn-
table dishes should be stuffed with az
celsior and put in the center of the bar.
rel, while the plates and saucerS and dat
pieces should be bound with excelsior,
Two or three of the former, with suf.
hclent padding between them, can he
bound together to economic space.
Cover small pictures carefully with
cheesecloth, bind in excelsior and pack
III box. The large ones with heavy
frames should be Grated, after protect
ing the canvas with tissue paper or soft
cloth But Grating does not mean inst
putting them into a box First, the,
frames must be fastened with cleats to
the boards, 50 that they will not only be
stationary, nut the decorative edges of
the gold frames will not touch the pro
tectlnE box and be married.
IN the same way the chairs, gold and
Sllt ones, should be carefully wrapped
IN tissue paper, bound with excelsior and
theh fastened with Il board to keep them
| from touching the sides of the crate
ne essential thing in packing them
after the padding is done. is "a make
sure that the feet are u sufficient dis
,aIice nom the bottom of the boards. SO
that they VIII not be Jared in moving.
heaVy sldeboards and drawers should
be boxed, and the same care should he
taken with them to protect the corners
or Ieet, II there are any, from possible
| breakage III moving the box about. As
with the smaller pieces, it is best To put
padding of excelsior wrapped about
WIN soft brown paper, so that it will
not scratch the wood between the edges
of the box.
10 economic on space. pillows. bed
qlng and nappery can be put into the
drawers of these big pieces of furniture
and help to hold them securely in place,
athough, of course, they. as well as the
doors, should be locked before the pack
is commenced.
Curtains, rugs and carpets should he
rolled, putting pads of paper between the
toIds to keep the materials from creas-
ing. Then they should be done up in
burlap for shipment.
In the moving from one part of the
city to the other, this same method
should be followed. except with the
heavy pieces. These. as a rule, can be
PUT INTO the van without any packing
after being covered with burlap.
IN packing goods to be stored it is the
general idea, says an exchange, that
bufiap IS the best material for wrapping
up the furniture AS a matter of fact,
! quite the reverse is true. Burlap has a
| coarse mesh and allows every bit of dust
ana DIRT hoating about the mesh to sift
/ through. The consequence is that this
/ furniture Is soiled wien it is uupacked
ana III the case of carved woods must
ne Systematically cleaned before using
Solt paper tied around the body of
heaYy pieces with Irvine is by far the
lhost satisfactory covering, and not only
protects the wood from scratches. but
| Keeps out the dust.-House Beautiful.