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If curtains are allowed to dry before being starched. they will last cJea!! i a :ill-. longer. To pre v: brooches or ornaments from t.c! ting rusty or dull, when I'o. w.-.i i;ihoop in a box in which there is a little powdered stare!). Co:" ."'.stable doorstep mats foi .■u,: v :;r evening seats are made of squares .of (..'hincse matting, red til the edges, showing uu interlayer ol a %oEVr til a I cria 1. ft awd in-1 evenly over the flucu before. ) .1 ~g down oilcloth wil iMiisu it to wear much better and deoden the soun ! <T walking. A suiistitiuv for cream may b« made by beating the white, of an eg!, with a traspoonfnl of sugar and e very lit IK- wafer. Put it into the cups ' ■ ■ *h« is enured m*o the i ... c an own ; vm use '"-'alt I- ;'S ::i ’ :|.-.vv;l ~. • ~ V d ' ■■ mrale !;■!«> a p ■ and rubber V r . i ir , v ;,-)i lakewann water a : n i .• r ■ f a pound of pearlash ir a. pint of hot water will remove grease spo s. 'they must be web scrubbed with the pearlash and wa ter. To keep out moths wash crevices ■with a half pound of alum dissolved in boiling water. Powdered alum should be .-prinkled about wherever it is su ••p-eted that the moths will make I! anpearance. The winter’s fitpewffitem- bed clothing, particularly the r.lar.kf ts. might to be wrapped in iicwspamTa and put. away in tight boxes or drawers in which borax and camphor have been sprinkled. Red nr black pepper, sandalwood —any odorous substance —is offensive to th< insects.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3577, 26 September 1905, Page 4
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