FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.
long suede and cotton gloves should ho put away with a littlo. piece of cotton wool-stuffed into the tip of each, finger ; Permanganate .of .potash dissolved in the requisite amount of water make's a' 'good floor-stain.' . The■ surface of. the boards should afterwards be given two /coats of varnish. 1 ' ■-. :'••'■ , v ,/ One method of,cleaning-ostrich feathers is as follows,:-Make a lather.in the proportion of one ounce to. a pint of warm water, and r,iib. the, feathers gently; be:twera the hands for some minutes until .all the dirt is eliminated. ; Then dip them in very .hot but not boiling water, rinse .well, and well shake before the fire until quite-dry. . ,;: ; To clean.a lace handkerchief first.place it to soak for ten "minutes in warm water, pouring away, this water, substituting tresh, and rubbing the lace well over ;mth' soap.; Roll into a" ball and again soak-for ten ;minutes in warm ivater: .then open out the handkerchief, squeeze resoap, and. squeeze again." Having rinsed it, the lace should be pinned on a clean towel - ; and the . edges pulled : out gently' When dry put away in blue tissue-paper
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 801, 26 April 1910, Page 3
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186FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 801, 26 April 1910, Page 3
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