DRESS HINTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 221, 23 October 1909, Page 3

DRESS HINTS.

To restore faded artificial lloweis, paint them over the desired color with a brush dipped in water-color paintTo remove the shininess from dark serge, rub the all'ected parts with a clothes brush dipped in a strong solution of coffee. When a drop of water falls on a black crepe veil or collar it loaves a conspicuous white mark. To obliterate this, ink it carefully. It will dry almost immediately, ami all (races of the stain will have disappeared, A dark or navy skirt can be cleansed in warm sonpv water, and, alter rinsis* well, huiiL' up'bv the band to dry. When still damp, press well on both sides and hang up again. Thus treated, the skirl will look nearly new. When packing a hat for travelling, stuff (lie crown with tissue paper and rdaee the hat in a box, securing tin brim to the bottom by stitching with strong thread. The hat will remain perfectly" fresh even after the longest journey and the usual banging about,

Another good |ilun for packing a trunk ami when one has a few smart frocks to joiirni'v with Unit would lose then' freshness 'if packed in the usual way, Is to fasten rows of tape across the lns.de of the trunk from end to end. Pin the dresses securely to these layers, and, though many dresses will not be aWe to lie carried in one trunk, they will lose none of their freshness,

Spots of acid on clothing may lie removed and Hie color restored by nibbing with chloroform,

•Sponge tailed silk* wit!) warm walnr,! and I hen rub with a- dry cloth en a Jlatl hoard. Afterwards iron on the wrong' side with a smoothing-iron. I Do not wring a llannel skirt in tlie! laundry. Imt wrap it in a cloth and put' it through the mangle. ;ind when half' dry put the skirt into a fresh clnt),| carefully folded, and mangle till all, moisture is pressed out. ; (.'hill'on can he washed isiiccessfnlly in : warm water and a very little soap. H should afterwards he rinsed and dipped into some clear starch. Do not twist it,, in any way, hut lay it between two 1 towels and heat with the hands until dry.

All excellent recipe for cleansing anil lpiinviiling Mack and hlue doth, withj really results, is to procure a. pennyworth of logwood from an oilshop and soak it in a quart of bnilinf; water. Use n miil-lmish dipped in the lluicl hut lmisli over the article to lie cleaned. When dry, presa iu tin usual way,