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Show WARDROBE NEEDS MUCH CARE Amply Repaid, However, on the Score of Economy, as Well as Having Proper Appearance. People are not all naturally neat and tidy, but often "a word to the wise is sufficient." If a dress is taken off and thrown to the floor, perhaps in a damp state, or even hung up undried, when next wanted for wear it will be found crushed and draggled; whereas, if care is taken to shape it well, place it on a hanger and hang it where the air has a chance to dry it, the garment will appear fresh and neat when wanted again. The Wardrobe of an untidy, careless girl or woman will cost her twice the amount of her more tidy neighbor, and she will never look so fresh and trim. Hats often suffer most. A hat comes bright and new from the milliner's, milli-ner's, is worn day after day, tossed on a bed or chair when taken off and left for all dust and dirt to adhere to it. After a month's wear it is hardly fit to be seen. The girl who keeps her new hat for clear days, brushes it carefully, careful-ly, arranges the bows or flowers, then puts it away in a box or covers it with paper, finds it a pretty hat as long as she requires it. "A stitch in time saves nine"- is a very true saying regarding re-garding all clothes. A garment is sent to the laundry with a small hole, returns re-turns with a far larger one, and at last is thrown aside only fit for the rag bag. If the same garment had been mended in time it . would have lasted months. ' Stockings should have special notice. no-tice. All thin places should be neatly darned before they become holes. A veil rolled each time it is taken off will keep neat much longer than when folded; gloves pulled out and smoothed will wear twice as long as if they were crushed and tossed into a drawer. Dresses should be folded right side out and covered with paper or an old sheet. Keep all drawers, chests and wardrobes neat and clean and all articles arti-cles carefully sorted, not all mixed up in a state of confusion. Be neat and you will be amply repaid for the little trouble it causes you. |
