Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
Clothes and Furnishing
Fabrics and Their Care
Best Methods of Shopping for the Family
Selecting Cotton Goods-Proper Use
of Family Closets.

one end, where they will not come IN
contact with the soil on those in daily
use. Garments that are not used often
should be kept covered. There are vari-
Gus types of covers that you can buy
but they may be made at home out OF
muslin, sateen, cretonne, glngham, per-
Gale and many other materials. Bags
may be made with a buttonholed open
ing in the top to slip over the hanger
hook and arranged to close at the bot
tom with snapfasteners, or they may be
closed on the side or at the center
These covers should be large enough
in both width and length to give the
garments plenty of room. They should
be inches wider than the hanger and
to 10 inches longer than the garment
to be covered. If different kinds OF
materials are chosen for this purpose,
they will add attractiveness to the ap-
pearance of the closet and will fur
nish a means of finding garment
which has its particular cover.
A small closet can be made to accom-
modate a great deal of clothing If the
arrangement is good. Either place a
or two below the shelf, or else screw
several small nickel bars, similar to
towel bars, to the under part of the
shelf.
From these more garments can be
hung, side by side on hangers, than
can be cared for by the ordinary hook
ARRANGEMENT. The old-fashioned ward
robes and shallow closets that will not
permit the use of pole for hanging
garments thereon can be utilized by
using an iron shelf bracket. The
bracket can be secured to the wall in
such a way that there is plenty OF
hor m elm the
top.
Sewing and Repairing.
Does the coat of your husbands pa
jamaS always wear cut hrSt. II so,
these suits may be remodeled for Sum-
mer wear. Cut away the worn collar
and cuffs and sleeves and bind a low
neck and sleeveless coat with material
from the sleeves and from the bottom
cut of the coat A fold around the bot
tom of the coat where the material has
been removed will complete the gar
msnt AS the buttons and button
holes are already there, the remodel
ing will require only few minutes
time and you will have cool pair OF
pajamas at no extra cost.
In order to make little girls bloom
erS wear as long as the dress they
match, cut them the same length in
the back and front. then, to make the
front look smooth and hang nicely, run
a tuck across the front on the under
side just below the band, beginning ct
the side placket and widening grad
ually to a width of half an inch in
the center front. When the seat be-
gins to show that it is wearing thin
change the tuck to the other side and
use the worn seat in front.
WhoY Y,,olif,O rOr1nprS for cY1aa II
boy always cut the back seat sections
double, then when the first is worn
through there is a patch already in
place and the same color as the
rompers, as it has been washed just
as often.
If you will run in long stitches along
the seam of a crepe, wool or silk dress
several lengths of thread that was used
in making the dress the thread will be
ready for mending the dress when
needed. Also, it is good plan to run
a length of matching darning thread
in long stitches at the top of silk stock
ings, and the thread will be ready for
quick darning. Stockings should be
darned diagonally. not in the direction
of the weave. They will then stretch
more easily, and so wear longer. A
large hole in the leg of child's stock
ing should first be filled in with open
net, then patched diagonally before
earning through it.
To Hem Table Linen.
When preparing to hem table linen,
save all the threads that are pulled out
when Strengthening the edge: then,
when the linen comes to the mending
stage, use these threads that you have
saved to darn the table linen with. The
result will be that the mended place
is scarcely noticeable because of the
linen thread being used instead of cot
ton. Table linen and other articles of
linen should never be stored in cup
board or near any source of heat. In
a warm, dry atmosphere linen is liable
to become dry and brittle and to turn
yellow. Choose a cool place, free from
dampneSs, in order to preserve the
whiteness and silky sheen and prevent
n1ildew or discoloration. Linen to be
stored for any length OF time should
not be starched in the final laundering.
When lace -edged or hemstitched
sheets and pillowcases begin to look
frayed, take some soft material that
matches the color scheme of the bed
room and make 4-inch border. This
will give you new set of bed linen
which will be as large as 1t was before
cutting off the ragged part. If you do
rot care for border that wide, use any
width you like. One and one-fourth
yards Is enough to make a 4inch bind
ing for pillowcases and sheet for dou-
BILE bed if the material is yard wide.