Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-06 | Page 18 | How to Make over Dress of Silk and Serge

I How to Make Over Dress of Silk and Serge I By POLLY FOLLY BYE I Owing to Dame Fashions Fashion's recent lightning change from scant to full skirts many an economically i n dined woman was Er M obliged to put aside a dress which had hadas hada's as a's seen little service x 1 It is time to take these things from fix F their nails and study out ways of putting two dresses t 33 into one riA j. j y The dress illustrated illustrated illustrated illus illus- today is made of silk and V 7 serge both materials materials materials mate mate- rials having seen service The design FOLLY BYE r- r LT c i is is oo au U simple simpie any woman who can follow a pattern and run a sewing machine can put it to together to to- gether CLEANING SILK The silk was very much soiled To clean it was laid flat on a marble topped table and sponged with a mixture mixture mixture mix mix- ture of soap Suds and alcohol It was ironed under paper on the wrong side when almost dry A paste of ot benzine and magnesia will take a bad grease stain from silk CAUTION Benzine gasoline and ether must be handled cautiously and like alcohol they must be kept away from flame and fire CLEANING SERGE SERGE I Common blue serge if of good quality Quality quality ity and well dyed can DO oe washed and Ironed Soap bark makes the best cleansing solution for woolen goods Put five cents' cents worth of soap bark in three quarts of water After Atter it has stood two or three hours strain and add th i the water for tor washing the serge The of ot success in handling I I 0 1 I IP i P 1 I iI i I Simple combination of silk and wool suitable for a made made- over made over over- overdress dress I woolen is to use water of the same sane temperature both for washing and rinsing and to dry the material I in the I same degree deg of he heat t materia