Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1914 — Re-Making Window Shades. [ARTICLE]

Re-Making Window Shades.

Ordinarily the only part of a shade that becomes soiled and worn is the portion exposed to the light—that is, the part, drawn down half the length of the window; the other half of the shade is practically new. A simple method of doubling the life of a shade, half of which has become soiled, is to remove the shade from the top of the roller and hem the end thus removed. Then remove the stick from the hem at the bottom of the soiled portion of the shade and slip it into the new hem, Next cut ofi! the old hem at the bottom of the soiled portion of the shade and attach the rawedge to the roller. The bottom or soiled portion of the shade now becomes the top, and when the shade 1* drawn down half the length of the window a clean, new portion is exposed.