Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-24
Spring Sewing and Renovatingg
Suggestions for Housewives

with lemon juice and salt or oxaIic
| acid to half pint of cold water, and
. then rinse it several times in clear
; cold water. Wash leghorn hats with
| soap and water and bleach them by
. rubbing a paste of sulphur and water
| over them. When they are thor
oushly dry brush off the sulphur.
After yoH have cleaned or recolor-
| ed a hat. dry it thoroughly. and If
it is of chip. milan or any other
smooth straw, press it, Cover the
brim with 4 wet cloth and continue
the pressing with a small iron until
! the hat is dry. If the brim is rounded
! keep it in shape by pressing the hat
| over an inverted pan. The crown
can be pressed over Il bowl or
mold of ard-packed newspapers In
civil war times. when women had to
do many things for themselves, they
on three pint pals turned upside
down. When they wished to stifien
the material they rubbed parchment
s!Zo into white or light hats anh
glue size into black or dark hats.
When the hat was almost dry they
pressed it with a heavy iron over a
clean white cloth laid on the straw.
Panama and Porto Rico hats need
little besides scrubbing with a
handbrush and warm suds of CASTLE
soap or white soap. Add tea
spoon of fluid ammonia to the half
gallon Of water used In making the
suGs When the dust is out rinse the
hat in two clear waters. shake 1t
Wei and then dip ii in a wash conl-
posed Of g desseTtSpoon1ul OF glyc,-
rine and three parts OF clear water
That will keep the straw from grow
towel and wipe it we'll with soft
cloth. Then leave it on a towel to
dry in a current Of air. but not in the
sun.
Changing Hat shape.
Should the shape of hat be unde-
sirable. you can change it within GER
braid, rip 1t apart, clean the braid and
sew II to a new wire frame. which
should first be covered with milliners'
null or soft crinoline and bound
around the edge with velvet or braid.
II the crown of the hat is too low re-
move it and sew band Of buckram
round the lower edge Of the crown.
That will raise It to the desired
height. Replace the crown on the
brim and conceal the buckram with
trimming. You can give suggestion
of height to low crown by covering
crown by arranging the trimming ju-
diciously. 1t is still easier to make
changes in the brim.
To freshen ribbon. first brush it
with a piece of old velvet. then place
IL right side up Oh slab of marble
or other smooth surface. soak IT thor
oughly with water and rub it with
the hand or wet cloth until all the
creases are removed. Let the ribbon
stay on the marble until it is per-
fectly dry, then peel 1t off.
Artificial flowers that have become
faded and soiled can be renovated by
trimming the ragged edges of the
petals and touching them up with
water colors or oil paints mixed with
gasoline. The gasoline cleans and at
the same time serves az a thinning
medium for the paint. New and in
expensive flowers. well shaped but not
Of choice coloring. can also be treated
in that way. The petals of the flow
ers should be reshaped before they
are tinted. That can be done by heat
ing the round end of a hammer and
pressing the petals with it over a soft
pincushion. With some milliner's gum
and wax finish. renew and mend fine
flowers and wreaths and restore the
waXy gloss to leaves.
White or gray felt hats can be