Cleansing Garments By Heat

A garment can be freed frora odors by exposing it to heat for a few hours. Thus Dody and bed-clothing, and indeed all vestures, may be rendered fresh and clean [t ia only the odors, and not what reniain after they are expelled, that uialie the foulness in a garment. Any 6ubstance deprived of thein cannot be considered ülthy or dirty in the true sense. Ground is nnt offensive, nor wood, nor the metáis nor any texture in its pure native state. It is decomposition that causes the mischief - a privy, a rotten carcass, decayed vegetation. It is the essence of these that we bearabout in ourfilthy garments in our rooms, our bed-clothing, eto. The exhalations and exerementitious matter of the body come under the same head, made worse by decomposition whichreadily takes place. Soap and water will romove these - more effectually when heated. Heat alone - dry heat - will remove the odor8, which are thus sent off in a volatile state. It requires only what the texture will bear to do the work satisfactorily. Thus bed-clothing may be used, and body garments worn longer, by ventilating with heated air. The skunk's odor may be removed efftctually by exposing for an hour or two to heat. Why, in view of this, may not a room be fittedexpressly forthis purpo3e orsome other room temporarily employed ? A :ew hours' exposure will in general be sufficient. Clothes thrown ofi at at nigrht may thus be treated ; bed-clothes "an ïour or two during the day. The sun in ts mid-summer fervor, when the air is dry, is a good renovator, but the heat is not sirong enough to do it entirely satis'actorily. Garments will bear a niuch