TEE LADIES' FRIEND.

IMPORTANT TO LADIES.
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Hints as 10 tile mems Of preserving or rrsne,Ding


different articles Of Dress.


All dresses should have the front breadth
made quite as long as the hind ones, and
turned in (not cut out,) where slope is re-
quired. When the dress begins to look shah
by, let it be entirely taken to pieces, carefully
ironed, and one of the hind breadths put to
the front, putting the top part to the bottom.
BY this means the marks of the gathers will
come under the founces before, and the
soils of the front breadth will be concealed
in the gathers. A little new silk, OF an inte-
rior quality, or different colour may be
bought to make an edging to the trimming
and when it is made up again, you will have
new looking dress. which will last nearly
as long as it has done. There are many
kinds of silk which will turn to great ad-
vantage.-When a gown is taken to pie
ees for this purpose, it must be carefully
wiped with piece of soft linen, and it much
crumpled, may be damped with a sponge
dipped in cold water. Should It be purple
or lilac, the whole may be sponged to
great advantage, if done in water IN when
salts of Tarter are dissolved as that Will
completely restore the purple tints; but th!s
is to be oided there is the least mixture OF
green, as it would then ruin it. When IRON
ed, the maid must lay a sheet OF clean wri-


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