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you haVe stains to remove, use Javex type, but t r too strong- nm 13: C1gt7hy do nylon blouses go at the seams? A: Those of you who sew know that wlherci you cut and handle pieces of a slippery fa fr11 that trays readily, you have to be very care ué and finish your seams carefully. Nylon 15 ont of the smoothest fibres, and in the filargen’E form, where it is not cut up. or crimpe , if naturally makes a smooth, slippery yarn. ‘ that varn is woven into the type of fabric from -which it can ravel easily at the edges, the seams will have to be carefully looked after. Unfortunately, even on some high priced garments, the seams are very poor. Do not buy blouses 0r slips of this k1nd of fabric unless they are French, flat-felled .or overcast seams. Pinking, or machine edging put on only 1/16" from the stitching are not enough. Tricot knit fabrics will not run or tray, and an almost any kind of scam is fine on those. Q: I had trouble with a white blouse not long ago. I was ironing it when suddenly there was a hole, and it is just ruined, A: Do you know what kind of material it is? Is there a label on it? We all know that any fibrc will scorch or melt if we use too much heat, but there are only three which are really temperamental. Ironing is one place where fibre identification on the goods we buy would be a help. Nylon is generally identified through the good sense of the makers, du Pont or C-I»L. but in blends you may not know it‘s there, and it still needs ironing care. Dynel is very heat sensitive, but we haven‘t met it much yet, and I think it will be used mainly in socks and blankets anyway. The joker that we most often meet after the iron disappears through our blouse or slip is acetate. The reason you have a hazy memory that sometimes rayon gives you trouble this way and sometimes not. is that up until last summer, acetate and the regenerated cellulose fibres viscose and cuprammonium were all called "rayon". Now rayon refers only to vis- cose (or cupr. of which there is a little madeh Bembcrgl and cellulose acetate is identified as a separate entity. So IF there is a label you will be all right now. If it had been labelled acetate you would have known you should have just a warm iron. Q: A friend of mine had a diflerent ex- perience She bought a blouse with a label that said "nylon" in large letters. When she washed it, it did not seem like nylon, It had to be dampened and thor- oughly ironed before it looked right. She had thought she had something that could be ironed very quickly while dry and she was qu1te disappointed. When she took it back to the store the salesgirl showed her the same label on a similar blouse and there, below "nylon" but in A 'thcry small letters was “acetate”. : c more to that is “read ever the label . And I suspect from youyr gigging: tion that there is another moral for our con- sumer drives. If that blouse dried no faster I4 than an all-acetate one, there must have hm very little nylon in it. CAC is asking far 5m", content labels that tell what fibres are present as that one was supposed to do thus. but “I; want the fibre present in the largest puiponl‘é’; written first â€" your blouse would, unvlcr thit- system that we are pressing, have men ta: belled “A & N". Besides reading eve. word We need to analyze what the words m: .n‘ F0, example, a label might say “tested ad 3L: proved" but there is no indication Og mm, was tested for â€" or what about it is a cored Was it tested for fastness of color Hr 1h, strength of the threads or someth: est' Does it mean the belt is approved as t :1g d” cleanable? Or is it just the style that fmg, approved as attractive? The labe' mean a thing. Q: I’m wondering about wool â€" i \m: skirts. 1 press them often and ti Hugh” but they do not seem soft and tr loaf. ing like some of my friends’ 5! s that, have been in use just as long. A: Perhaps you press them too th One of the beauties of wool is its s}: and soft feel. When you press, you take advantage of that natural elast let the fibres help you restore the goo ance of your skirts or dresses. One ; precaution is not to use too hot an another is do not over press. Stop - wool is still steaming slightly. The: to it than that of course. A demo when you take ‘Know Your Fabrics’, . it more thoroughly. loesr'i Q: What are the rules for washii skirt or sweater? A: When you wash fabric made of you run the chance of shrinkag by the fabric relaxing in water ‘ strains put on it in spinning and w knitting, unless the cloth is .preshru- wool, there is the additional danger e or felting, getting progressively sm thicker until you have a hard felt. way to wash woollens is to avoid it tions which encourage felting. '1“? moisture, which you can't avoid ui; dry clean, alkali, and movement, esp and out of the water. An automativ with a tumbling action like a cot laundry’s wash wheel will do the be felting you ever saw! So wash your Watc- in a lukewarm bath with lots of mill up "i detergent, and as little rubbing and Willi in and out of the water as possibl‘ This. because wool is Weaker when wet. sol ‘6‘ “‘ excess water, and roll the garment in will" If you can dry flat, then the garment W: l l'~ §L1Dp0rting the weight of all the watei alll‘v‘l' 1t out of shape. Q: I would like to know somethi- ttlJf‘lr' 3. the neWer fibres. We heard ab‘l Owl and I saw a dress that was OI ii 3"“ cotton, Is it as good as nylon? . ,_ ». A: That’s like asking, “15 steel as ~*'“ 'i aluminum?”, or, “Is wool as good as » lilo“. Each fibre now in use has its 0WD is" “- “H t' loll if HOME AND mum“ l