Making Her Things Last

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 200, 23 April 1887, Page 2

Making Her Things Last

Everi" ihouaekeeper knows how craeful treatment keeps itable linen and household furniture >Gir.ls do not always know or remember that great care of their own little possessions vwiU of ten enable them to dress on very ILfaeleananey. A lady says : " When I was a girl there was one of my young friends who was distinguished for ' making her things last.' Her dress, hats, gloves and ribbons ,wei % e a marvel of durability. I used to wonder how she managed to make them last so without their looking shabby, but I aeased to do so after I visited hor own home The reason why her clothes wore so long was that she took such good care of them. Herd '.esses were brushed.ana fol dedaway carefully, and the slightest spot on them was removed &8 soon as it was dis covered. Her hat w,»s wrapped in an old pocket handkerchief and put away in a ■box as soon as done with, the strings and laces being straightened and rolled out most symmetrically each time. Her gloves were never folded together, but were pulled out straight and laid flat in a box one upon the other, .each time they were used, the tiniest hole being mended almost before it had time to show itself But the thing that impressed me aao^t waa the care she bestowed on her ribbons. When making up bows she used to line the upper part of the ribbon with white paper, and this not only prevented the libbon from becomiug limp and creased bur kept it clean, so that when the bow waa soiled on one eide she could turn the ribbon, and the part that had been covered came out looking new and fresh. That girl married aud brought up a large family, Her husband had to fight his way and did so bravely, and was usually successful, for he became wealthy. But bis prosperity waa due quite as much to his wife's care and economy in saving money as it was to his in making it."