Evening star., 1942-11-20


tie belt and collar augmented by
decorative plastic buttons.
Other designers participating in
this exhibit are Vera Maxwell, who
does a suit with drawstring belt.
and Adele Smithline Simpson, who
creates an afternoon dress with
laced closing.
1t will be really interesting, as
time goes on, to watch the designers
overcome shortages and continue to
produce beautiful, non-p priority
fashions. Necessity still is the
mother of invention.
Here in Washington the other
day we had very interesting chat
with Mildred Mason, fabric con-
servation expert for famous soap
Hakes" organization. Miss Mason,
who is in a local store the rest of
this week, has such sane and sensible
ideas about taking care of your
clothes that we persuaded her to
let us pass a few of them along to
you. "One of the most important
units in this war is the army of
houseWives-Women who are fight
ing the war on waste. Every dress
that's ruined by careless washing,
every slip that needs replacing too
soon. detracts from the war on
waste. BY caring properly for fab
RIGS to prolong their wear the
housewives army can actually help
production by releasing machines
for war use So says Miss Mason,
who goes on to give a few tested
tips.
When washing precious woolens,
squeeze the rich, lukeWarm suds
gently through the material and
rinse in water the same tempera-
ture as the suds. For knitted
things, pin them with rustproof
pins, please on an outline drawn
on a piece of paper before wash
ing. Give rayon slips the same care
in laundering that you once gave to
silk; don't use too-hot water or
strong soap, and be sure that your
iron is warm, never hot. Press bias
slips on the straight of the ma
terial, rather than up and down, to
help prevent pulled seams and sag
ging hemlines. Washable gloves in
plgskin or capeskin should be
laundered on the hands; tender ones
like doeskin and chamois are best
done off the hands-and give them
all a light after-rinse in fresh suds
to keep them soft and plable.
This idea of conservation is so
important today that Miss Mason
is offering an extremely valuable
chart telling just how to launder
everything from hosiery to blankets.
There are directions for washing,
rinsing and drying, plus conser-
vatIon hints for each type of gar
ment. The directions are done ON
cardboard, all ready to be hung
close by the wash basin for handy
reference, and if you whip down
today or tomorrow you can have a
chat with Miss Mason and get one |
of these valuable charts. Decide |
now to enlist in the housewives
army All you have to do is volun-
teer to take better care of your
nice things and make EN- last.
ADD VISITING FIREMEN".
A note just this minute received
from those mad and mighty millin-
ers John-FTederics, allows as how
they will be in town this week end
with a collection of chic chapeaux
Promising to really try and bring
bit of gayety and fashion in hats
to Washington" they will be in a
local hotel suite tomorrow and the
next day with wonderful collec-
ton of hats and things" It's al
ways fun to see the millinery de-
signed by these talented leaders in
the field and this years crop should
be better than ever, what with our
headgear growing gayer as our
clothes become simplihed You
might stop in and have look-see
any time after 10 am. tomorrow.