CLEAN YOUR CURTAINS IN THIS MANNER
Sbalte lace curtains free from , dust and fold eacb one. to about • tkreequarters of a yard square. Keep tbem i'olded " wbile AA'asbing, and tbe weigbt of- tbo water Avill not break tbe fine stands wben tbey are lifted out. Muslin curtains will retain tbeir colour if .rinsed in alum Avater. If tbey are very soiled, rinse tbem f our or five times in plain water, finisbihg with tbe alum solution. Hang tbem out to dry in tbe'open air, lceeping tbem quite straight, after wbicli tbey may be replaced at tbe windows witbout being ironed. Two ounces of alum to a gallon of water is tbe .rigbt, strengtb. Articial silk curtains -will last longer, r.nd tbeir sheen will • be - improved, ■ if yoti- allow at least tbree" days to elapse between tbe 'completion- of -drying and tbe beginning of. ironMg.;. Tapestry . curtains bnghten consider- , ably under a salt and. water treatinent, Bruslrtbe fabric, Irv a damp. -dusting sbeet over it, 'and beat. witb; a . small eane. "Wring out:a dqster in cold: Avater in wbicb . a : bandful . of salt bas * been • dissolved, go i over tbe a material witb tbis, and'follow up. by rubbingjit liglitly and evenly witb a ; duster wrung out-in-warm sopay .water, •
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 191, 30 August 1937, Page 11
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207CLEAN YOUR CURTAINS IN THIS MANNER Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 191, 30 August 1937, Page 11
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