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 USEFUL HINTS ON FASHION LENGTHS.

Lounges are now made half height of figure, less 3 or 4 inches.

Morning Coats, half height, plus 4 to 6 inches.

Frock and Dress Coats, half height, plus 6 inches.

Chesterfields, five-eighths total height.

Covert Coats, half total height, less 1 or 2 inches.

Vests, one-fourth total height, plus 8 inches.

Cassocks, height of figure* less 10 inches.

CLEANING HINTS AND RECIPES.

Liquified Sunlight Soap is one of the best agents for cleaning clothes.

So-called "Dry Cleaning" is done by rubbing the articles with naptha, benzine, spirits of turpentine, methylated spirits, or chloroform. This will remove almost any stain or mark, and, as it quickly evaporates, leaves the garment dry. When using these, keep away from a naked light.

An excellent cleaning concoction is made by dissolving half ounce each of ammonia* salts of sorrel* and common soda in a pint of water. It may be used cold, and will remove paint, tar or fruit stains.

Grease and oil may be removed by laying a piece of blotting or brown paper on the top, and passing a hot iron over it, and remove the last trace of it with ammonia or bezoline.

Oxalic acid dissolved in water will remove stains of rust, wine or fruit marks, iron mould, etc., but it must only be used on white.

A teaspoonful of chloride of lime will remove all stains from White Moleskin or Canton Breeches. They should be rinsed in water slightly blued afterwards.

To keep away moths use any of the following agents:—turpentine, camphor, napthaline, salts, bitter apple. It is also said that moths have an aversion to the ink on newspapers.

Hartshorn is very useful in restoring colours that have been affected by the use of acids.

A simple test for indigo cloth is salts of sorrel dissolved in water. It it turns an indistinct orange colour the dye is not good, but if it turns a greenish olive colour, it has been indigo dyed in the wool.