Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-04

r EGHORN HATS will dye any color
quite as successfully black, and
- the dyes may be bought at any
drug or department store. On these
colorings full directions for use are given.
| The process of applying them is extreme
| y simple.
PREPARED beaches Are also upon the
| market so that if you prefer to clean
| rather than dye the hats it can be done
easily.
| 4 coarse straw can be cleansed by
simply scrubbng with warm water and
soap and when dry brushed over with
the white of an egg. This method of
cleaning for hat of fine straw is not
recommended but for ordinary coarse
| sailor It is perfectly safe and certainly
| economical.
| Another way of cleaning is with lemon
dipped in sulphur or salt and rubbed over
| the hat This process is reSOrted to by
| many amateur cleaners. who finish the
| work by Wipng the straw with hot
wet rag.
This cleansing is however. only temper
! ary for after such bath the majority
| of straws seem to take up dust and soil
| more easily than before. The reason
! for this is that the salt becomes damp
and absorbs the dust Perhaps. if after
with the white of an egg the absorption
might be obViated
Prepared Beaches for White Hats.
For those wishing to renovate white
| hats there are the prepared beaches, the
| soap and water method and the lemon
| combined with salt or sulphur process,
either of which may be attempted with
safety.
For renovating black shiny straw hats
there is nothing better than pulverized
black sealing wax shaken up we'll in alco-
hOl. The proportions are about half. an
| ounce OF the wax to half d pint of the
spirit. The bottle should be put in a
warm place and frequently shaken. When
as thick cream it is ready to apply.
Colored Straws may be frightened by
| wipinS over with d cloth dipped in hot
water to which a little ammonia-two
teaspoonfuls to half pint of water-has
| been added. Wipe round and round the
way of the straw beginning in the middle
of the crown. Incidentally. this method
will apply when using dyes. bleaches or
any kind of renovator. 1t must also be
remembered that all dust must be brush
ed away before the renewing process is
started or the cleansing will not be sue
cess
Press Hats Into Shape With Irons.
Hats that have been treated with water
usually require pressing, and to do this
a good plan is to place hot damp rag
between the hat and iron. the iron only
to be moderately hot and the pressure
quite heavy. OF course. a hat very much
discolored or faded will not respond to
the ammonia and water. but should be
gone over with one of the prepared dyes
that comes for the purpose:
\ fire white chip may be freshened by
covering with paste made from mag
nfsia and water which when dry Is
brushed off. and a black chip will show
the same Improvement if rubbed with
cloth dipped in olive oil to which black
ink has been added.
White chiffon hats that have become
soiled may be cleaned by covering with a
mixture of two parts French chalk and
one part pulverized white soap. This is
left on for two days, and then when thor
oughly shaken off the soil will disappear.
The tan beaver hat can be dyed at home.
but it must he by the boiling process. and
this in the hands of an amateur is not
always successful IT, however one is
willing to risk it. then the dye should be
bought ready for Use. or one should he
made from logWood, using a little cop
peras The hat is boiled in this solution
for two hours at least. then allowed to
become cool in the water. when it Is hung
up to dry.
= Dye Ribbons at Home.
The ribbon could be successfully dyed
at home using the warm or cold water
mot dyes that require boiling) and follow
ing directions
Feather dying at home is very seldom
successful. The boiling process results in
the best color. but the stems of the feath-
ers usually soften. while the cold water
dyes do not seem to take. whether or not
on account of the oilness of the fiues.
Cleaning white feathers is really a very