BEST CURE FUR CLOTHES..

Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 320, 5 January 1907, Page 5

BEST CURE FUR CLOTHES..

Commenting upon a recent pronounce* 1 ment of the Lancet on the weighty question of clothes, the Tailor and Cutter . adds its testimony in support of the theorem : “ Clothes need a rest.” Mr Vincent, editor of the Tailor and ■ Cutter, said to a press representative “It is a well-known fact to us in the trade that two suits worn alternately will - last much longer than two suits worn out . one after the other. And they will look much better and feel much better, too. The reason is : In constantly-worn cloth- ' ing creases arise; these are the > which begins to wear and show signs of • shabbiness first. By the simple process ' of hanging the coat, and the waistcoat also, over the back of a chair or coathanger, and putting the trousers in a trousers-press, these creases and wrinkles soon disappear if the garments are allowed a few’ days’s rest. The garments when resumed have a new and fresh appearance. There can be no disputing the statement that rest for clothes has also a high hygienic value, in enabling the, garments to cost off the accumulated corporeal exhalations w'hich are unavoidable when garments are worn continuously. ; Even the fibres of the cloth seem to appreciate a rest. .It is the same, I believe, ‘ ;with boots and shoes; and it is said that razors used much, and so dulled, will, if put by for a time, renew their keenness of edge.

“ Gentlemen who wear suits alternately are well aware of the economy of it, and the added pleasantness of always looking neat and feeling comfortable.”