Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-13


feed and needle, remove it with q
hairpin folded in bit of old linen
Then so over the whole machine
with cloth dipped in melted para
fin. Wipe clean with another piece
Of cloth and oil every part care
fully with n little of the best sewing
machine oil. Wipe again and the
machine will then he in good work
ing condition. II your sewing ma
chine band has stretched and you
have a good deal of sewing yet to
he done YOU will find that in TINS
emergency a fruit jar rubber slipped
in the grove with the band on the
little wheel will put an end to your
troubles at once by taking up the
slack.
When using silk on the machine,
take a small round piece of cloth,
cut a hole in the center. and slip II
on over the spool pin. Then put on
the spool and the piece of cloth VIII
prevent the thread slipping on the
spool and winding around the ma
chine. Who has not had the expert
ence of trying 10 thread a needle
with embroidery cotton or silk. or
6arning cotton or yarn. or even AT
times ordinary thread. and had the
tin frav out and spread every which
way SO that the threading was DIM
cult? This won't happen If the emo
To be threaded is moistened and
rubbed over a cake OF soap. When
YOU cut a pattern from one you have
bought, first cut the picture from the
maya zine. in which il appears, both
front and back view. and paste II
onto the pattern. Always fold the
picture on the outside and the pat
tern will be easily found. This Is
an easy way TO keep your patterns
from getting torn, and when you
want 70 use them, they will not have
TO be unfolded unnecessarily IN oruer
10 find out what pattern II is.
When a dainty, light-colored silk or
cotton dress is ready to be discarded
for use as a dress. rip it up. remove
the faded color with one of the color
rernovers. tint il in any desired shade
and press well. Then with the help OF
new lace and lingerie tape, make one
or two lovely undergarments. one
woman has made a goodlooking little
hat out Of one of her husbands old
gray felt hats. She removed the ban0,
turned the hat wrong side out. cut the
brim smaller, then made 1t ripple Ike
some of the hats. Then she put on
dark gray band and made feminine
looking bow. Her friends are sur
prised when she tells them how she
made it. Clear mucilage is better than
thread for mending torn places in
delicate hat Innings. Thread only
shows and tears out again. while muci-
lage successfully mends the torn lin
ing OF an otherwise good hat
In one family the two small daugh-
ters thought that the weekly mending
was nothing but drudgery, until one
day their brother surprised them by
delivering to them invitations to
sewing party to be held in mothers
room on Saturday afternoon at >
O'Clock. Their mother served simple
refreshments and read to them from
an interesting book while they sewed
on buttons. mended rips and darned
stockings. II was such a successful
party that now il is repeated every
week and a troublesome duty Is
changed into an interesting one.
I'm the Laundry.
TO obtain very white clothes. put
some liquid blueing in the soapy water
in which the clothes are TO be boiled.
a little more may be used than in Or
binary blueing water. Put in the
clothes and proceed 20 boil them as
usual, boiling for about 20 minutes or
until most OF the biuetng Is taken up,
and the clothes win come out beauti-
fully white After this do not use any
bluing in the rinse water. II il is nee
essary 10 dry the clothes where they
viii not get the sun, this method is
still more valuable. New sheets or
white lace curtains which have not
been washed before should be STEPPED
overnight In a bath Of cold water in
which has been dissolved two hand
fuls Of common salt. The salt brings
out every bit of the lime dressing.
and both soap and labor are saved
when the articles are washed the fol.
lowing day. II you wish TO give an
excellent glaze or gloss to gtarched
linen, mix the starch into paste with
milk instead Of water. Pour on boil
ing water in the usual way.
To remove the odor quickly from
clothing that has been cIea ned in
gasoline. mix about two tablespoon
fulg Of vinegar with a pint Of luke
warm water. Dampen a cloth in this,
place over the garment. then press
just an you would IL the clothes had
been washed In water. This leaves
the clothes free from al odor
To freshen d shabby collar, take
raw potato. peel IL. and CRATE it into
pan. Pour on half pint Of cold
water and let IL stand until settled.
Then take a piece Of clean fannl. dip
IL into the clear liquid. and rub the
collar well. You will find that the
cloth Immediately becomes quite
clean. To freshen UP clothes that
have become shiny. place over the
affected parts a damp cloth and move
slowly over this a hot iron, leaving
half an inch III space between the
iron and the cloth. The damp cloth
softsnS the nap and the steam caused
by the hot iron raises IL, thus remoy-
Ing the ghin!ness. To remove perspi.
ration marks from silk, steep the
stain fn q solution ~ equal parts OF
fnethylate6 spirit and ammonia. After
q few minutes, rinse in warm water.
then repeat IL necessary. When the
stain IL removed. wash well In the
manner that IN correct for the par
tsc1iar elk which you are cleaning.
When pressing silk or silk and
wocien material. place a dry cloth in
the material, then d damp cloth on
the dry one. There viii then he no
spots, an IL often the Gaze. In this
way no water reaches the nlaterial,
only steam.
Special Cleaning.
TO cream a. ELK lamp sflSOe, III u
receptacle with a hot Iather Ut soap
fakes. Hold the shade by the wire
hare and dip ii rapidly In and out of
the lather until IL II thoroughly clean,
then dab nn al superfiuous moisture
with IA soft t0ssei Replace the shade
kn It's lamp. arrange all friiis and
lieatinRs ia the correct foids. snd
IesYe ~ dry ia an airy room.
~ there IL "a soiied marx, not %
sticky oIe, on yelyeteen, II will usually
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