STORING SUMMER CLOTHES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16234, 20 May 1916, Page 6 (Supplement)

STORING SUMMER CLOTHES.

Mast find this a troublesome business, not because it is difficult to put them away, but because one fears the result of the storing tfll next spring arrives. Unless one has cedar-lined cupboards or wardrobes to hang them in, there is always the possibility of the wily moth entering through unknown crevices and causing irreparable havoc among the •woollens, and the dust will penetrate and soil things ,«£ lighter character and colour. One way of storing coats, skirts, and complete dresses is to have so many bags made of unbleached calico. These should be the width of a coat-hanger and the length of the skirt. Stitch them Tip at one of the long sides, across the bottom, and | a few inches? on the other side, also half \ across the top. The other side and half the top can be fastened by, buttons and holes, or safety-pins answer equally well. THe skirt is slipped over the hanger, the bodice being turned over downwards, and the bag is passed over all and the opening secured by several pins. It can then be hung up in any cupboard without fear of moth or dust. <

If the cupboard is just an ordinary cupboard fitted into a recess of a room, and there are many things to store, a thin iron rod placed between two hooks screwed to the ends of the shelf or top will hold all the hangers quite easily without crushing any of the dresses.

An ottoman box is also a good storing i place. The things can be laid smoothly, their whole length, well padded with silver-white tissue paper. The only inconvenience caused by this method is that occasionally a certain frock may be wanted in a hurry. It is quite sure to be at the bottom: it always is. Then all the others must come out and be repacked. A friend who lives in a flat, and who has but little spare room for storing, has had the front of her box ottoman taken out and fixed to the bottom by hinges. A series of thin, light-weight trays rest on I narrow supports placed one above another so that the trays containing her dresses, etc., can be drawn in and out quite easily, and each removed and replaced without disturbing the others. Hats should be well brushed, covered all over with tissue paper, and stored in separate hat-boxes. These'should be each packed np tightly in newspaper do not love printer's ink—and every article of clothing should have one or mora little scent bags stored away with it, otherwise a subtle but most unpleasant odour is liable to permeate them when unpacked, and which will require days in the open air to evaporate.