Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-24
The Habit of NeatneSS

by the strap In the back? Is II really
any wonder that they get cut OF
shape?
In caring for clothes properly. be-
| fore all else Yu should H. up your
ClCslt with hangers. One of the Big
| Sost considerations of the modern
man Is IN" space problem. Unlike
| cur 2randfathrrse. We unfortunately
| do not live in houses that have large
airy closets. fact that frequently
makes the clothes storage question
hard nut to crack. The most recent
idcas. hywevor. have reduced the space!
| required for closets TO "a minimum. all
~, through the simple device OF putting
| each suit or garment on separate
| hanger and suSpcnding the hangers
| in y row on a wooden or metal rod
across the inside Ct the closet. usually
| below the shelves and extending form
wall to wall, though there are scmc
excellent variations from this Irin.
ciple.
One OF the most int, resting OF this
| latter type &C mprises a notched arm
extending at right angles from til"
| cr.es..t door or wall with !, nntCa
| fer each hanger so that each IN" can
take up only just so much s?ace ana
can nev,r encroach on that OF ITS
neighbor.
Having put up your har-and speclai
models being unavailable. a broom
stick or the roller OF a window shade
! may c!ten be successfully brought
| into service-you row have working
| basis on which to start the proper
l. care Of your clothes. Care should be
/ exercised. however. in the selecticAi
! Of the coat hangers. Those having
wide. faring ends. tending 70 keep
ter than the narrow. thin hangers.
the latter being especially ill-suted
| for supporting coats that are at all
| heavy. The weight Of the warment
| pressing down on them very oftsn
causes ugly creases In the clcth
AM Their point worth considering
when choosing all metal or I'll wood
hangers is that unless there is n crook
! or elbow in the wire hook. with which
! the device is to be suspended from
! the ba- in the closet. the coat when
| placed on Il, Is apt t. break In the
! back under the collar and this will
1 have tendency 10 eXaggerate any
| flaw in the fit of the garment, Goats
! are often a little too full under the
, collar and an inadequate hanger Will
sometimes add a BIZ TO this fullnc2s.
One should be careful to have a
| sc.arate hanger fer every coat. This
is very necessary. Hangers are Win
! in the reach OF all: in fact, they are
Sc metimes even given away with new
suits. so be sure and have enough.
Even one less hanger than the num-
her CT coats one makes for s!ovcnl!-
acss. 1T is a bit of carelc Ssness that
should be avoided. Provided with an
! extra hanger one will not have to
unnecessarily change coat from
| one hanger to another. Don't touch
| y.ur Gle hes more than yju have to.
| Rene m!,er. too. that the closet fur
nished with hangers saves temper
space. wear and tear. and what Is
better still. ,nitfgates the tendency
tina m It of us have-especially II
We are living alone in bachelor quar-
te-s-to leave our things lying .'aii
over the place" The hanger makes
for neatness. because with it there
Is place, for everything and every
thing in it's place.
II Is an unpaTdt lable mistake II
the shape Of the trousers Is valued
to hang them by the hack strap Or
bv the buttca! mole in the fly. They
: should be hung up creased. SINE
hangers hold the trousers right side
u. elder devices require the ga7-
men,s to be hung bottom up the
former is the newer way and prevents
articles falling cut 4 the pockets as
we'll as the necessity of removing
coin. etc. before hanging
q II is particularly imp rtant to he
careful OF ones trousers. and while
sherc are many devices fer hanging
,,p the trousers IN the closet yet many
men prefer to put them away m draw
ers. LAYING them carefully. folded and
creased. che upon another, " you
have several pairs Of trousers 70 ne
kept in this manner and drawer long
enough to hold them this Is au excel
len, pla1. Even the drawer Of the
ordinary chiHonier may be used t9r
! this purpose. IL the trousers arc fotf-
ed in half. and care is taken in put
ting them away The weight Of tn"
| trousers often proves e6ec;ua! IN
| kerpinc the crcascs in. so trat IL IS
advisable. II tha garments are n" IN
1requcrt use to change their Po'It:on
I, the drawer svery now and then.
By putting tho top ones underneath
tho pile every ono IN 80 often. th'E
can bc pressed very we'll and this Is