People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — VALUE OF RUBBER TISSUE. [ARTICLE]

VALUE OF RUBBER TISSUE.

The Overflowing Mending Baiket Can Be Easily Emptied by Using It. Do you know, asks the Milwaukee Journal, that rubber tissue is a godsend to overworked housewives whoso work baskets are overflowing with garments in need of repair? This rubber tissue is a very thin piece of transparent rubber. It is sold at fifteen cents an ounce, which means a piece perjjups six or eight inches wide, and twenty inches long. The tissue will not cover up holes—that is, not satisfactorily—but it will strengthen thin or weak places, mend tears or cuts; in fact, repair any goods which has not actually lost a piece of itself, and it is nice for hemming. We will suppose there is a three-cor-nered tear in a garment. First out away the frayed threads, draw the edges together either with invisible stitches on the wrong side or by holding it with the fingers. Place a piece of the tissue, the right size, over the tear and a piece of cambric or any other fabric desired over that and press with a warm iron—quite warm, but not hot Press firmly and then remove the iron, and the mending is done. There must always be a surface between the rubber and the iron or the former will molt and stick to the iron. For hemming woolen goods which will not ravel, turn up the edge once, slip 1n a piece of tissue, and press. If the goods must be turned twice, baste the narrow turn with long stitches on what will be the inner side, slip in the tissue as before, and press it*. This, of course, does not apply to wash goods, unless you wish to renew ,tbe patch. It is very useful in mending umbrellas, in repairing sleeves which are almost worn through, in strengthening broken places in made-over goods, and in applying patches to the seat of the small boy’s pants.