| Show HOW TO CARE FOR A MANS CLOTHES I 1 it is boft no a very difficult task to take care of ones clothes said a man who though he has but moderate means appears well dressed and it pays to do it it is better to have a number of suits and to wear them off and on than to wear one suit continuously until you are ready to lay it aside for another if you have say four suits and change every day or two they will retain then their shape and freshness through a given period better than four suits each wom steadily during a quarter of that period when clothes are worn constantly the creases in the coat sleeves and the bunches at the knees of the trouser become pronounced and confirmed and they cannot be pressed out so that they will stay out if clothes are hung up properly after wearing their own weight and the elasticity of the cloth help to preserve their shape A man should never hang up his coat by the loop made for that purpose if he can avoid it if hung up in that way it will sooner or later sag out ot ol shape it is a almost impossible to fold a coat so smoothly and loosely that it will not crease it is certain to do so if it ii should be left for a few days aspeci ally in damp weather there to is just one proper thing to do with a coat when it is is not in use and that is to bang it up carefully careful lyon on a coat hanger my house is is small and I 1 have only one room to myself and that room haf has no closet I 1 keep most of my clothes in a wardrobe I 1 put a walking stick in the middle row of hooks screwed into the under side of the shelf and I 1 hang the hooks of the coat hangers on the walking stick when I 1 hang up a coat I 1 am of course careful that it and the coats on each side of it are left smooth the coats hang pretty close together b but ut they are in in an even row and some part of each i ic i i c visible I 1 dont have to pull them about to find the coat I 1 want and my coats are aie not so numerous but that I 1 can identify each one at a glance of course the best thin thing g to do with trousers is is to liang them on a hanger but the next best tiling thing is to fold them theil and lay them at full length they must be folded true and smooth so that the creases will come exactly right I 1 I 1 room for the proper care 0 of coats and trousers too so I 1 pile 1115 trousers on the bottom of the ward robe the edges of each pair are in view and selection is easy if I 1 take any pair below the top I 1 have to lift on those above and then put them back this is a slight inconvenience but it is far better to take that trouble than to hang your trousers up by the straps which should never be done new york sun |
