The National tribune., 1909-01-21
% wear plain, practical clothes to work
By SENoRA SARA.

to wear plain, practical clothes to work
in.
There should always be a binding
upon the skirt, for it protects the bot
tom, and the goods itself does not wear
out. This binding should be renewed
as soon as it shows any sign of wear,
for nothing so detracts from an appear
ance of neatness as ripped or torn
binding or frayed edge of the skirt. l
know women who look the pink Of
neatness, who take the braid off the
foot of the skirt as soon as it begins to
show any sign of fraying, and after
cleaning it they put 1t on bottom slde
up, thus making the one braid last
twice as long as it would otherwise. In
putting the braid on it should be lightly
sewed on by hand, and usually just one
line OF stitching. Never sew it on by
machine Keep the skirt free of all
spots. Clear, cold water and a bit OF
black stocking is about all that is
needed for the most of spots. If 1t is
grease, brush and clean the skirt well
before applying naphtha or gasoline.
After it is thoroly dried and aired wiring
the black cloth out Of clear, cold water,
very dry, and rub all around and over
the cleansed spot, then press it on the
wrong side.
The poor woman never tries to wear
silk petticoats to work in. They are
costly to the woman well endowed with
riches but they are prohibitive to the
woman whose wage is small. No silk
| that was ever made into petticoat will
wear well, no matter how much you
pay for it. The standby, satine, is the
very best substitute for silk. The mat
ter of waists is sad torment to the
woman who must save. If you can
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always look fresh and clean. and a
white waist will redeem all the rest of
the attire, if it is fresh; but remember,
a Soiled white waist is an abomination.
The cheap embroidery that is used on
white waists to-day ought not to be
purchased by the frugal woman, for 1t
soon drops into holes, rips and gets
| fiimsy Any woman can wear white
waists if she will learn how to launder
them herself, and that is not hard task
at all. / know women who make two
waists last them the whole week thru
and have fresh waist every morning.
They have learned to wash the waists
out in lukewarm water with soap, rinse
in clear cold water and iron. At the
end of the week the two waists are put
| in the laundry and get the proper boil
| ing to whiten and starch enough to last
| for the two launderings in the cold
water Very little starch can be taken
ou. n the cold water. This way of
] treating white waists saves at least SO
cents in a laundry bill, and that is as
good as a dollar earned, you know.
|
Gloves and shoes are expensive. A
cheap glove and cheap shoe you will
find to be poor economy. They will
neither of them hold their shape, both
rip the shoes run down at the heel, and
the gloves show white streaks along
the back stitching, and you are never
quite happy in wearing them. Better
to save on something else than on
gloves and shoes. OF course, a woman
who has to be careful in her expendi-
| lures will avoid white gloves as she
would the plague. except for very
high" purposes. In the first place, a
white kid glove is not pretty even in
an idealized way, unless it fits like the
skin on your hand, and all that you
wear with it must be immaculate or
the gloves look within five minutes as
tho you had been busting the furniture
in them. Soiled white gloves or light
gloves of any kind are simply awful.
Do not try to wear them.