LINEN.

Shannon News, 15 November 1927, Page 4

LINEN.

Old sheets can be cut up to make underslips for pillows, dusters, etc. or they may foe roughly' patched to do duty as dust sheets. Odd scraps of linen and cotton should be neatly folded or rolled into bandages, and put away in the medicine cupboard ready to do duty as podltiee cloths or bandages. ,

'Table linen should be neatly' darned »on the wrong side with fine fiour ishing thread. When past monding table-cloths can' be cut up to form hard-wearing napkins for folding round casserole or pudding basins or to make excellent glass and chin: cloths.

Table cloths always show fiTst signs of wear along their creases. These can be moved by cutting away two inches along one side of the cloth and refolding it. This makes the cloth slightly narrower, but defers the time when the creases will wear into holes.

When supplies of linen are put aside and not expected to be in use for some time they should be freed from starch before being stored away. The starch in the linen rots it, and encourages the appearance of mildew.

Before linen is put away on its return from the laundry it should be thoroughly,'Overhauled and mended. A neat darn or patch has been do scribed with truth as "an honorabh scar." It i s better still to mend before it is laundered.—'Home Chat.'