REST CURE FOR GOWNS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 177, 21 April 1908, Page 3

REST CURE FOR GOWNS.

The, fashionable "rest cure" is as much needed by modern dress as by modern nerves .. (says an Australian paper), and little by little the need for reposo applied to the ordinary items of tho wardrobe is forcing itself on the world .of dress. However limited the wardrobo, . rtet is essential. "Ono off and one on" is ,better • ii. n °TV ln ®' k ll t the woman who belioves in the French recipe for success; "peu et souvent (little and often), is obliged somewhat to improve upon this rulo nowadays. A dress brushed, sponged, smoothed, and laid away carefully will emerge after thrco days in a freshened condition, ready for a renewed battlo with the element's of workaday life. The samo rulo, varied to siiit each case, applies equally to boots and shoes, headgear, undergarments, and every item' of the toilet, gloves perhaps excepted A prolonged sitting position is apt to crease a garment to a damaging extent; holding up a long skirt has the samo teffect; and to eradicate-wrinkles ,and marks tho only courso to pursue is to hang up the dressafter brushing it. carefully—so tliat timo may efface the marks boforc they become permanent by . constant repetition. After a heavy, shower of rain, instead of hanging a damp garment over tho- back of a chair and leaving the-rain-spotted-bat . to dry at its own leisure, no time should be lost in counteracting every ill .effect.. tSilkJ' in part:"'Uar l deteriorates rapidly affauj'A.wiattinw .

however slight, and to prevent petticoats from stiffening they should always be rubbed at once with a dry towel and stretched out to dry in a warm room —not too close to the' fire —so that no creases or wrinkles may dovclop into , the commencement of a split.

Wot boots nover becomo hard or stiff when dry if they are well rubbed with vaseline beforo they are placed on the trees, outer air anc} sunlight being used to dry them rather than fire heat.

Although mudstains should never be removed until they are dry, brushing should not be unduly put off, and whenever the mud has caked sufficiently it should be removed, rubbing with a piece of rough serge or flannel being wiser in the case of fine materials than using a brush. To prolong the life of a cloth or tweed costume to the longest possible limit brushing -should bo scientific, the nap of the material being invariably followed. The back, front, and sleeves of a coat should bo treated in rotation, tho lapels or revers attendedto last of all; while as regards skirts due caro must be taken to follow tho warp, of tho fabric in front panels or side gores. .