Stockings.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue XI, 13 September 1902, Page 701

Stockings.

Stockings too small are soon worn into holes. Cheap black stockings are a delusion and a snare. Stockings too large make the feet tender. Try tacking a piece of net —old veiling or plain net will do—across a large hole; then take the threads in and out through this.

A good plan is to strengthen the kneesand heels of children’s stockings by darning' them for some distance on the wrong side when they are

bought. It saves stockings to wear them systematically, each pair in turn: As to washing stockings:

Don’t use soda; have the water moderately warm for both washing and rinsing; dissolve your soap in the water; don’t rub it on the stock-

ings. Rinse in hard water. Dry quickly in the breeze, and press with a warm iron. . Silk stockings should be washed in tepid water with mild soap. Rinse them in several waters. Shake them well, and roll them in a cloth to dry, after pulling them into shape.