TAKE CARE OF YOUR CLOTHES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 889, 5 February 1930, Page 4

TAKE CARE OF YOUR CLOTHES

Like everything else in this life, clothes are the better for an occasional rest, and garments that are worn alternately with others retain their smartness and shape far longer than those which are worn more or less continuously. This is specially true of stockinette. AVear a jumper suit for days on end and it will sag and bulge. But roll it lengthways, put it in a drawer for a few _ days in between times, and it will tend to recover its shape. Unfortunately this rest cure is not efficacious in the case of the more open-knitted woollens, which, when they drop, are shapeless for ever, Dust is the great enemy of cloth and felt. Do not rely alone upon your clothes brush, but wield a small cane upon the clothes at frequent intervals, and keep a piece" of fine sandpaper at hand to rub off smaii stains from felt hats as they appear. Be sure cupboards and wardrobes are absolutely free from damp. Silk inevitably rots in too moist an atmos phere, and both cotton and linen become mildewed. Place worn clothes on a hanger immediately after removal, but leave them hanging in the room and do not put them away in the wardrobe. Dresses that have been worn all day. and perhaps under a coat, are creased and affected by the warmth of the body. If they are given an hour or two in the air they freshen up and more: or less iron out their own creases. Otherwise those creases develop into permanent lines.