Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1919 — Economy Corner [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Economy Corner

. Above ail things one’s millinery must he kept fresh looking nnd immaculately clean. There are many millinery materiatA that are always In style, as velvet and velvet ribbons, well-made flowers, * laces, ribbons, straw hats, crepe, and chiffons: They become soiled and mussed, hut can l)fi. cleaned and freshened up by simple processes available at home. Now that spring is near, a becoming straw hat may only need repolishing, or to have the trimmings freshened up, to serve during the early spring and as a change throughout the season. For colored straw hats there are dyes which are usually on sale in drug stores, ready to apply, which will restore the color of the straw or change it to another color. There are several reliable dyes’ that will change colored hats into black ones. Most of these dyes give the hat a fine luster and it looks praeticaby- new, after -dyeing.Often a faded hat can he successfully restored to color by applying the colors mixed with gasoline, as described in a former article. Some hats can be scoured with soapsuds, as'leghorn or Panama straws. In this case the suds is used, but with a view to keeping the straw from getting very wet. To restore a natural straw cofor, a hat may be cleaned with lemon juice and sulphur. A white straw may be washed with oxnlic acid diluted with water. After a leghorn hat has Been cleaned it may be bleached by suspending it over a burning sulphur candle. Burn the sulphur in the bottom of a barrel, suspending the hat at the top so that It will not scorch. A felt hut may be successfully scoured with the finest sandpaper. Ammonia will often restore color in colored straw hats. Wring a cloth out of half a pint of hot water to which a feaspoonful of ammonhi lias been added and cover the hat with this cloth. Allow it to re-

main a while. Ts the brim needs pressing, coyer it with the cloth and iron with a warm iron. If the color is not sufficiently restored by this process mix tube paint and gasoline and dip the hat in it, or brush it on. There are several reliable hat dyes that can be honght with directions for usjpg that will quickly renovate straw hats.

To Freshen Flowers. Mix tube paint and gasoline with the color desired and dip faded flowers into this dye. Petals may be shaded and veined with tube paints. Flowers that are crumpled should be held over dry steam and gently shaken. When they have been steamed and tinted take small, sharp scissors trim away any frayed edges. One can often make flowers look as good as new by these processes.