Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1910 — TO FRESHEN UP RIBBONS [ARTICLE]

TO FRESHEN UP RIBBONS

Many Methods May Be Employed, and With Care They Will Appear Like New. Messaline ribbons and those of taffeta can be washed in gasoline and cornmeal mixed, if but slightly soiled. Velvet can be cleaned in the same way. Certain ribbons can stand washing In soap and water. Experiment first with a small end. Take a thick suds of white soap and rinse through several soapy waters and a final clear, cool water. Press out most of the moisture between cloths and dry on a crock or press between linen cloths while still damp. Where it is proved that ribbon will not wash without stiffening rinse through gasoline or benzine several times, then wipe dry with a piece of flannel and stretch until dry. Ribbon belting can be stretched tight on a board or the edge of a stationary waslistand and scrubbed with a clean nail brush and thick white suds. Keep stretched until dry. Ribbons with picot edges must be carefully pinned into place through each loop if it is .to look fresh when finished. Gauze ribbons rarely stand washing, but with care can be freshened by using a little gum arablo water.