The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-11-28
HAVE YOU HEARD?


When non-soap compounds (call-
# ed detergents) may be used sue
III cessfully and when soap is neces-
u sary? During the present soap
u shortage how to wash clothes
n clean is the chief wash day prob
lem in many homes today. A series
of laundering tests made by the
Montana Experiment Station to
compare the cleansing ability of
soap and non-soap detergents
showed that they do an equally
good job in washing all-wool or
all-silk fabrics, but that soap is
superior for washing cotton, linen,
rayon or mixtures of cotton and
wool.
Silk and wool are protein from
animal sources and cotton, linen
and rayon are cellulose from plant
suorces.
Soap, perhaps because of its
aka Unity, cleans the plant fib
ers better. In washing all-wool
white blankets the detergents
proved better than soap. How
ever, blankets made of rs per cent
wool and 25 per cent cotton wash
ed cleaner with soap.
Silk hose, laundred more fire.
\ Aently than other silk garments,
washed successfully with either
soap or detergents.
Colors faded less when washed
with detergents than with soap,
but the detergents did not clean
the cotton prints, table linens and
rayons satisfactorily.
Detergents do not remove food
stains from baby clothes even tho
they are wool, as well as soap will.
GIAMoR
The careless use of on-perspir-
ants or deodorants may do as
much or more damage to garments
than perspiration. In using these
chemicals be careful to follow
directions on the label. Amy chem
ical strong enough to stop perspi-
ration may rot fabric or cause dye
to fade or change in color. Rayon
fabrics are likely to be rotted by
preparations that have an acid re-
action.
The safest time to use these
preparations is after undressing at
night. Apply powder over deodor-
ant at night to protect night
clothes and again in the morning
to help protect other clothing.
Any deodorant which causes
breaking out of the skin or an
itching should not be used. Some
non-perspirants are injurious to
some persons while being absolute
harmless to others. Use trial
and error system until you find
one which is satisfactory to your
type skin.
Two-way stretches are back!
Now you can let that old worn-out
girdle you've been pampering go
in the ashcan. The Corset and
Brassiere Association promise
atomic-age underthings.
There are many new innova-
tions. For the first time in a dec
ade all nylon garments are on the
market and full-length foundations
are here again, all reinforced with
lastex.
The new uplifts are strapless,
held up by stays which are remov-
able. Some of them boast of jewel
ed shoulder straps. Fancy colored
zippers are used to close the new
foundations and girdles.
The wartime ban on frills,
flounces and fripperies has been
removed by the Civilian Production
Administration, and the girls can
have their way to wear what they
please with one exception. That is
the length of regular daytime
dresses. Hemlines must stay up
around the knees for few more
months DEGREES CPA. Evening
dresses sweep the floor, of course
and may be voluminous and swishy
Is one desires. For the ladies the
ar is over.
Muted colors are stressed for
fall, but a new shade called "per-
simmon" is lovely, wearable
orange shade, that is a foil for
browns and blacks and wonderful |
with beige.