The Alaska citizen., 1911-09-25
PROPER CARE OF CLOTHES

That il is possible for a wowan who has to practise economy to look just as well in point of elegance as her less economical sister in other counties the Frenchwoman has con yinccd us beyond doubt.
 Never put away clothes unbrush- ed or mfoldcd. nor forget to place the trees ill boots and shoes when taken off: to pull and straighten ont gloves: 10 roll yeilS carefully; never tp sit about in q walking dress in doors; to keep gowns and hats when not in Use, away from strong sunlight are only part Of he general schem of economy practised by the French woman in every walk of life. She k nothing if not feminine. and if her clothes should ever escape all that is trim and dainty. then her costume falls wide of her intention. Clothes are looked upon as investments, the interest of which will have to pay as long as possible and the principal 10 be literally turned over and over until there is absolutely nothing left
 II may be for that reason that the Frerchwoman has an entirely different set If clothes for the house and for the street. Her gowns are carefully folded, as soon as the dust is rem yed, and placed in shelves or boxes in which there are sachet bags. The latter are placed between the layers. the French idea being that the clothes of every woman should emit some delicate sweet odor There is never a mixture of sachets. one particular odor being adopted and used to the exclusion of all others.
 The French wgman has a place for every article of attire, and each item of dress is to be found there box for gloves, bags for shoes, and shelves for petticoats and gowns. Some Frenchwomen keep their best gowns in separate boxes where num- erous sachet bags are slowed.
 To take off wet cloth skirt or coat and drop it down or hang it carelessly is something French woman never would do, says Heloise | Merton in the Denver Times If pos sble il should not even be hung so that it touches anything, and in any case skirt should be put on a hanger. There are several different styles of these. but the mistake should not be made of using for a skirt one made for waist The supports to slip through sleeves are too lcng for a skirt and. if put inside. poke out the material in two points over the hips. One style of a skirt hanger is like two wooden clothespins fastening with spring. These are separated by short, heavy steel wire and the pins snip the belt, holding the skirt smooth and fiat Another hanger is precise ly like that for waists, with shorter arms, but the pins are better.
 A wet skirt should be shaken, which will take out some of the dampness, the hanger put in smooth ly. and then hung in room where it will dry more quickly by circulatioI, of air than in a closet. If the hem is muddy do not try to clean it until dry, and then stiff. short scrub brush will remove all dirt A wet coat should be carefully put over a hanger and treated as the skirt.
 Hats of any kind should be treated more or less alike when wet, turned upside down and shaken to get rid of the dampness and left in that
 position instead of resting on the
 brim, as is usually done. Then, in stead of wilting, all trimming will dry standing as it should in cor