How to be Well Dressed.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVIII, Issue XI, 15 March 1902, Page 521

How to be Well Dressed.

Every woman wishes to be welldressed, but unless she possesses a very well tilled purse, she cannot attain her ambition without taking considerable trouble in the eare of her clothes. She must keep her gowns spotlessly clean and well mended, and after each wearing must carefully, put away her gloves, laces and ribbons. The “stitch in time,” and the intelligent use of cleaning agents, will save her many a shilling and secure her clothing an air of dainty freshness. To take stains out of silk or wool-

leu fabrics mix in a two ounce bottle one ounce of oil of turpentine, and half an ounce each of chloroform and alcohol. Shake well, and rub grease spots or other stains with the mixture. When clean rinse in pure water, and press with an iron. To clean black woollen dresses, add a tablespoonful each of powdered borax and ammonia to half a gallon of warm water. Dip a piece of black in this, and go over the dress carefully. Rinse and then fold evenly while still wet. and wrap it in a cloth. Press on the wrong side with a hot iron before the material dries.

To elean fine lace, spread it on a clean eloth sewn to a board, arrange

the lace carefully with every point as it should be, tacking- it to the cloth, and then go over the lace carefully with a clean linen rag dip|>ed in hot borax water. When the spots and soil are removed, go over the lace again with clean water to which there has been added a little thin starchPut it in the sun to dry on a board, and when dry undo the lace, fold it in blue paper, and lay it away in a box or drawer till required for use. Suede gloves may l»e cleaned with a mixture of tine oatmeal and fuller’s earth. Put this into a bowl, then draw on the gloves, and give them a dry wash on the hands. After you

have finished, brush off any of the powder that adheres with a clean clothes brush. Kid gloves nuiy be cleaned with milk and a little good white soap. Slightly moisten a piece of clean flannel with the milk, rub it on the soap, and then carefully go over even part of the glove, turning the flannel about so as never to use again a piece that is soiled. This method may be quite successful. but it seldom equals professionaJ cleaning, so it is better only to try it on gloves that have seen much service. Kid l>oots and shoes may be beautifully cleaned by dipping a little bit

of sponge in while of egg, to which has been added a little ink and a few drops of oil, and rubbing well. If a shoe be accidentally scorched, it can be restored by spreading the place at once with soft soap, and, when cool, wiping otf the soap and robbing the leather with a little sweet oil or vaseline.