One Doubt may Lead to Disbelief.
2263. Velvet
When Velvet gets crushed from pressure, hold the parts over a basin of
hot
water, with the lining of the article next the water; the pile will soon rise, and assume its original beauty.
2264. Stockings
Worsted and Lambs'-Wool stockings should never be mended with worsted or lambs'-wool, because, the latter being new, it shrinks more than the stockings, and draws them up till the toes become short and narrow, and the heels have no shape left.