HANDLE WITH CARE.
Most synthetic and rubberised fabrics these days are on the best of terms I with suds and water. But the best ■ of threads will part if given unsympathetic treatment. Most of them need warm, not hot water, and good rich suds. Squeeze, never rub. Binsing is most important. Make it three to be sure. Close talons before washing. Hang the garment up to dry by its suspenders. Iron all silks, especially satins, with the pull of the fabric. Use a cool iron, omitting the elastic sections. Fabrics: Turn elastic fabrics inside out when wet and scrub with a soft nail-brush. Wrap in a towel and squeeze the water out. If boned, then stretch the bone casings, so that the bones won’t poke through when the garment dries. Dry slowly, not too | near heat. Don’t iron knitted elastics, I but plastic satins, and batistes, etc., i can be smoothed over with a cool iron. Iron brassieres when damp, shaping the uplift on a sleeve hoard and pulling into place. Lace will shrink most of all and so should be pulled into shape when damp.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 246, 14 September 1940, Page 9
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186HANDLE WITH CARE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 246, 14 September 1940, Page 9
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