Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1916 — Household Odds and Ends [ARTICLE]

Household Odds and Ends

The question of stockings is always o,' great importance to women, fpr upon them devolves the task of buying, repairing and overseeing the cleaning of them. Some points then are worth considering. . Always insist upon fast black. It Is a matter of economy and health. Any stocking that parts with its black ai the first washing you may be sure has been carelessly ’yed and the “run uing’’ tendency endangers health. Besides, if you wish green stockings, why not buy them at first? Do not buy stockings too short. The e: ring on the other side is just as bad. If you have a limited purse, do not Indulge in silk stockings, unless of ▼cry superior quality. The little “rivers” caused by a break in the fabric have a wonderful ability to rush on to the end, if not stopped immediately Do not use soap when washing Olack thread stockings. Make a suds oi a teacupful of bran, inclosed in a muslin bag, stirred into a bowl of warm watea. After washing the stockings in this preparation, press out the water, roll in a towel and dry near a i3re. If you wish to restore color to hlack stockings, boil them in one quart of water into which a few chips of logwood have been thrown. When darning stockings, do not neglect to reinforce the worn places ny continuing the darning stitches quite a distance beyond the hole. A stitch in time is a labor saving de vice in hosiery.