Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1913 — TO FRESHEN COAT LINING [ARTICLE]

TO FRESHEN COAT LINING

Clever Girl Splves the Problem by Removing the Lining and Washing It. At this time of year most every woman has a white coat lining that has become so soiled that she hates to wear the suit, although it is almost always the lining to one's favorite coat that suffers in this manner. One girl who did not feel that she could spare the money to have the suit cleaned, or even afford to have just the lining cleaned, solved the problem very nicely by washing the llning. She first basted all the seams together carefully with white thread, marking the edge, too, where they were turned in, at the front, collar and tall of the coat. Then she carefully ripped out the lining and washed It by squeesing it out in lukewarm soap suds and rinsing several times In warm water. Next it was pressed with a Warm Iron on the wrong side, but pressed under a piece of cheesecloth or very thin white muslin so the iron would not touch the silk and make it stiff. Now, if the coat was marked before removing the lining, to show Just where the line of sewing goes, it will be a simple matter to put it back just where it was. The entire lining should be pinned in place before sewing at all, and If it has shrunken a little, which it will not do if it is all silk, each edge may be turned in a little less than before all the way around the coat. This is a task that requires great care, but if one takes the pains to do It neatly and carefully the result is eminently more satisfactory than the soiled lining, that gives such

an undainty touch to the otherwise most Immaculate costume.