1. If the garment is silk, wool or cotton^ follow the general directions
for the laundering of gj^rmenta made of theee fabrics. A woven garment
should be squeezed with the hands and lifted up and down in the water
rather than rubbed on a board.
2» Measure the length and width of the different parts of the garment
before wettinR it. For example^ in thf* casc^ of a swohter, measure the
length of the front, the width of the front, the length of the back, and the
width of the back in several places, the length of the sleeve along the seam^
and the length of the shoulder.
3. Spread one or more clean sheets, folded several times, on a fiat surface
such as a table, and place it whore there is a gmicl draft. Outdoors in
the sunshine is a gooct plare, if the garment to be dried is not too delicate
in color. After the garment has !>ei*n rinsed, plac^ it with the back next
to the folded sht?et. Bring the fronta together, and place the sleeves in a
nearly outstretched position.
4. After the garment has been placed a-s suggested, test the measure-
ments with those taken hcforc it w^aa wet. Htreieh it until it gives the
correct measurements. If necessary^ pin it into place.
5. WTien the garment is practically dry on the aide exposed, turn it and
let it dry on the other aide. It may be uecossary to turn the aweaier eeveral
times.
This method is much better than hanging the garment on a coat^hanger
after washing, because the size may be kept the same as before washing.
Washing silk.
Silk should be washed in much the same way as wool. While
it is not so strongly affected by soaps and alkalis as is wool, its
gloss is destroyed by the use of strong cleansing agents. The
deUcacy of the fiber makes hard rubbing impossible, for it
breaks the fibers and destroys not only their durability but
also their silkiness. In wringing silk, it should lie placed be-
tween dry towels or hea\^ cloths and put through a loosely ad-
justed wringer. It slioidd be ironed on tlie wrong aide while
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still damp, witli a rnofJerately hot iron. Silk is very easUy
scorched and, if \hv iron is too hot, ilm silk will bo stiff. The
iron should l»e pushed baek anti forth wiili a wriggling niotion
to give softness and plial)ility to the silk. It is often l)est to iron
silk under a cloth; to do so gives le^ss body and a softer finish.
Ribbons, if of good quality, may be very Huccessfully washed.
To iron them they should be eovereil witii a dry cloth and the
iron moved frequently back aod forth over the surface of the
cloth above them.
Wdshing laces.
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1. If the garment is silk, wool or cotton^ follow the general directions
for the laundering of gj^rmenta made of theee fabrics. A woven garment
should be squeezed with the hands and lifted up and down in the water
rather than rubbed on a board.
2» Measure the length and width of the different parts of the garment
before wettinR it. For example^ in thf* casc^ of a swohter, measure the
length of the front, the width of the front, the length of the back, and the
width of the back in several places, the length of the sleeve along the seam^
and the length of the shoulder.
3. Spread one or more clean sheets, folded several times, on a fiat surface
such as a table, and place it whore there is a gmicl draft. Outdoors in
the sunshine is a gooct plare, if the garment to be dried is not too delicate
in color. After the garment has !>ei*n rinsed, plac^ it with the back next
to the folded sht?et. Bring the fronta together, and place the sleeves in a
nearly outstretched position.
4. After the garment has been placed a-s suggested, test the measure-
ments with those taken hcforc it w^aa wet. Htreieh it until it gives the
correct measurements. If necessary^ pin it into place.
5. WTien the garment is practically dry on the aide exposed, turn it and
let it dry on the other aide. It may be uecossary to turn the aweaier eeveral
times.
This method is much better than hanging the garment on a coat^hanger
after washing, because the size may be kept the same as before washing.
Washing silk.
Silk should be washed in much the same way as wool. While
it is not so strongly affected by soaps and alkalis as is wool, its
gloss is destroyed by the use of strong cleansing agents. The
deUcacy of the fiber makes hard rubbing impossible, for it
breaks the fibers and destroys not only their durability but
also their silkiness. In wringing silk, it should lie placed be-
tween dry towels or hea\^ cloths and put through a loosely ad-
justed wringer. It slioidd be ironed on tlie wrong aide while
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still damp, witli a rnofJerately hot iron. Silk is very easUy
scorched and, if \hv iron is too hot, ilm silk will bo stiff. The
iron should l»e pushed baek anti forth wiili a wriggling niotion
to give softness and plial)ility to the silk. It is often l)est to iron
silk under a cloth; to do so gives le^ss body and a softer finish.
Ribbons, if of good quality, may be very Huccessfully washed.
To iron them they should be eovereil witii a dry cloth and the
iron moved frequently back aod forth over the surface of the
cloth above them.
Wdshing laces.