The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
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T HERE Is no season so hard as sum-
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T HERE ia no season so hard as sum-
 mer on cne's gowns, especially on tailored suits, which must DC
 ereaseless to appear we'll
 Dust and humidity are pad enough on all clothes; add to this constant packing and repacking in suitcase or trunk most of us Jaunt more or less durtng hot Weather-and the crowding of the aver age hotel closet.l and 1t ia not amazing that ones wardrobe becomes somewhat dilapidated at the end of the season.
 The well-Eroomed woman has many ways to counteract these conditions. If wealthy, her suits and coats are free quently sent to the tailor to be pressed Into shape, while her dresses and light gowns are stuffed with tissue paper, and laid away in drawers or kept carefully done up in bags if hanging in even a closely built closet.
 On this hanging-tIp process. by the way, largely depends the new, fresh look we all so ardently desire for our clothes, yet which so many fau to achieve. If shape. and skirt to have ugly little gouged places in the material or to sag ahominably, just hang 1t upon hook or nail without form.
 Fortunately, the usefulness of hangers has become so thoroughly recognized that most women (men knew their value long ago) have them now for their coats and waists. The use of slxlrt-hangers, however, is not so general, which is strange, since a, skirt loses it's shape even more quickly than does coat
 This may be due to the fact that un- SsDF t recently 6dd no really graeFSss Ss sTs SSrs clumsy affairs. which took up entirely too much room in the shallow modern closet. Now, however. they are made so light and simple In form and are so easily adjusted to every sized waistband or hip measure, that they are growing rapidly into favor.
 Most of these new skirt hangers are, self-adlusting. some by means of grad a screw to increase or diminish the size of the frame. The skirt is easily slipped on and Kept So stretched that 1t falls into its natural folds.
 - Occasionally the waist and skirt hang CTS are combined into one, to economize space. and many are made to fold. so they can be packed into trunk.
 Compact Sets of Hangers.
 This saYing of space is such a special ly important factor of comfort in sum- mer, when ones whole trousseau must be frequently crowded into one small closet. is well for every woman to invest in a closet set of some sort be- fore starting on her travels. If she has a husband or sons, it IS wise 10 indulge in mans set also.
 These sets come with either four or six skirt hangers; the same number of coat hangers; a bar and loops Tor each,
 
 easily adjusted to a closet or wardrobe by taking out all hooks and nails and fastening the bars beneath the shelf and the loops against the door or wall. The different hangers are then easily slipped on and off.
 In this way a dozen or more gowns are kept without mussing or crushing in the space usually devoted to haf that num-. Der.
 The saving in wear and tear on ones clothes of such an arrangement is no more marked than on one's temper. Who has not had her soul tried when going hurriedly to dress on hot summer even- ing by beInR compelled to rootsthrough a mass of clothes indiscriminately piled on one hook. only to come upon the de- sired costume at last so hopelessly wrinkled as t5 be urwearable?
 It is a disposition improyer also not to have to grub through the bottom of a closet for ones shoes or slippers, butF Instead, to behold them neatly suspended within reach and out of the way of dust and damages