Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1911 — Dye Hat Roses Artistically. [ARTICLE]

Dye Hat Roses Artistically.

Faded artificial flowers are well worth wearing If made to look like new by the following plan: Buy a packet of one of the many cheap dyes In the desired shade. Prepare it and teat It with white muslin to be sure it Is' tbe right shade, and then, after brushing and shaking the flowers free from duat. dip the beads Into the dye. lift out and rinse In cold water. Then, if they are flowers with centers of a deeper shade, such as rosea, mis a small quantity of the dye in a thicker consistency, so that It la a few shades darker, and paint the middle petals only very lightly with a paint brash dipped In this, after the first .coating has dried. 4 The stalks and leavss should be painted all over with gum.