South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-28
Doyou know how
To K e 20 White?
Here Are Some Hints For
Lady Who Wants to Keep
Immaculate Wardrobe


do you know how to keep immac-
ulately. perennially white?
First. you must keep everlastingly
at it. Then you must know the diff
ferent methods of cleaning, and with
experienced hand put your knowledge
into practice The lady in white is
an attractive personality, and the lady
herself can be continuously so II she
but observe the important rules about
the articles of her wardrobe. To be
white. delightfully."- white, will cost
money if you let the cleaner take
charge. You can take the whitening
of your wardrobe into your own
hands.
Do you own an umbrella that is
linen. and once was white linen? Is
| il hiding in dusty shame at its failure
TO remain clean, pOked away in cor
ner and suffering from disuse? Bring
il out into the sunlight. Sunlight Is
used adVisedly, because II Is 10 De
scrubbed and dried in the sun. With
a hand brush white soap and water
YOU will attack the dirt on the sur
face of the white linen umbrella.
, Open it out, and with the taut surface
as an excellent background let your
muscles and soap and water do the
work While in the sunshine, dip the
| brush into "a solution of i,eroXide OF
HYDROGEN and water and give an extra
! rub on spots, stains and other marks
| that will disappear under the action
of the bleach and the sun. Rinse thor
| Oughly in clear water and open up
| and place in the sun. If you have a
| lawn. put the umbrella or parasol on
the grass. This treatment can be re-
peated many times during the sum-
mer. 1t is not hard on the linen, and
the Wilderness is ample payment for
the trouble.
The white buckskin shoes must be
white, or they are marks of careless
ness Every day they should be
cleaned in the following manner:
First of all. dust and clay should be
removed with a hand-scrub dipped IN
water and a fine white soap. The suds
will remove the greater part of the
stains If you rub the cleaner of pipe
clay over the leather as it is, you Will
destroy the witness of il and never
be able to reclaim il. Indeed, the soap
and water treatment is sometimes Ell
fectual as a cleaner without any other
wash. Ii is much better to clean IN
this way than to plead the empty box
as an excuse for not having Weli-kept
at the druggists, and after the pre-
Iiminary cleansing it should be rub
| bed on the leather. 1t is excellent Tor
real buckskin, giving il a soft white
finish that resembles the finish when
you buy them in the shops. BY using
the pipe clay YOU viii look as II you
were constantly wearing new shoes.
Get the habit of having your shoes
white. Give them their daily cleans
ing as regularly as you take your
| daily bath. 1t will be in the day $
order and will give you a feeling OF
satisfaction at the wellgrOomed ap-
pearance of your footgear.
Is the straw hat dirty? Have you
| been caught in the rain and there col
| lected layer of dust that has made
] and still keep your self-respect2 Well,
do not give up hope. spots can be
removed with a sponge dipped into
I peroxide and water, and the sun Will
do the rest. This is good for white
straw only. Colored hats are best
! freshened by applying dyes TO the
surface. The outing hat of felt, so
popular with the fresh-air girl and
| the woman who recognizes the beauty
and comfort of white is best cleaned
| by applying French chalk, spreading
! il thickly over the surface and plac-
! ing the hat away for a couple of days.
| Then bring il out and brush it before
wearing. The spots and dirt Will be
removed by this simple process.
! There is no excuse for dirty felt hat.
! How about your gloves? Are they
white2 If you are wearing dirty
gloves and think that you are well
! dressed, YOU have another guess. A
! dirty pair Of gloves is worse than no
| gloves at all. Kid gloves are success
! fully cleaned with gasoline and a
white soap. Apply the liquid, which
! YOU will be careful 10 keep away from
! the fire, 10 the gloves on the hands.
| First rub the handbrush over a white
soap The result Will be surprising.
! The gloves can be dired over wooden
| forms that are not expensive. lasting
| for years and doing professional work
| for you. Fabric gloves are kept white
| by washing in water and white soap
suds. The well-gloved white-glOved
hand is within the reach OF every
woman Stretch out for il.
When washing neckwear. the addi-
/ ton of ammonia TO the water will
make the clothes white. BOraX is an
other friend. Bleaching on the grass
| in the sun viii sweeten and whiten
| fabrics and help you 10 live up TO
| the reputation of the white lady.
In this white season be white Don [
| be gray or dirty or undecided in eff
, feet. Be white. and by your own eff
| fort attain the clean white, and that