The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
FREQUENT CLEANINGS
GOOD FOR CURTAINS
Good Curtains Well Treated Have Great Wearing Pow.
ers-l Does Not Pay to Do Home Cleaning and Starch
Should Be Avoided 4Rottins Effect Of Hot Sunlight

ter grade curtains will more than com
pensate for the added outlay at the
beginning.
Strong sunlight, dampness and too
much. handling naturally affect the life
Of curtain, and it is we'll to have the
heaviest and strongest nets where these
conditions are likely to exist, and to
windows for the more delicate laces.
Hung in a window with cold expos
| ure where little or no sunlight enters,
even the most delicate Brussels cur
tains will last Indefinitely, providing,
| of course, that the other treatment
they receive is proper, But if similar
curtains are hung where the direct
rays of the sun fall upon them, their
lives will be short, for the heat of the
| sun will simply burn and char them,
and afterward they will become ten
| derD and the cleaner cannot handle
| them:
/ A member of firm of well-knowvn
cleaners said, in discussing the sub,
| iect, that in the course of his business
! he handled as many as 600 pairs OF
| curtains a day, and invariably found
that the tender parts were those on the
inside where the curtains join, and also
the lower half. The outside and upper
portions, he said, were not exposed ano
rarely handled, and lasted as long as
the curtains hung together: =,
| > Where it is impossible to avoid the
! direct sunlight, a simple, inexpensive
i glass curtain should be used to protec
the more valuable lace hanging
>, directly behind it,
!" The d-fashioned way of using. pln'
to make the hem Of the curtain ls ..
far the better, but the pins must. b.
sharp and bright or they will tear. !h
method prevalent today, Of turning
down three or four layers at the tor, o
the curtain and sewing them togetne
by hand or on q machine 1requenll.
hole which is very much IN evldenc
when the hem is ripped. =
Lace curtains should be cleaned q
| least once year, and if they are hun
\ in a window where they are exposed t
constant handling they should 3
cleaned oftener. It is mistaken ide
that cleaning does the damage to tn
curtains. ; It does not. as any exper
enced and reliable cleaner will testif.,
On the contrary, dirt will and does re
! lace quicker than anything else, an
: nothing will SO shorten the life and d
tract from the value Of lace curtains
= constant use without frequents.cle ~ !
!, =, When curtains are taken down the
:: should be cleaned at once, and under 7
8 circumstances put away dirty; for thu
T. means their sure and speedy ruinatlo
=. Clean, them Immediately, and, if you
or it Yourself, avoid the use Of stare
,g Starch makes them brittle, and VIII
folded the threads break. When thu
u. are cleaned they should be folded loos
y, not pressed into sharp crsases: a a,
! starch on them, they can be put aw
3 for on ;ndoHnita {nario1 without Diet
81 ment or deterioration. With the q
s mirable service offered at the prese
g time you will secure much better resu
= from your curtains if you send them
al an experienced cleaner to be cared f
81 It is absolutely impossible for you
81 clean. as they should be cleaned,
valuable pair Of curtains. And If t