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CONCERNING PILLOWS

If pillows are to ,bc< kept wholly clean and fresh they must be cleaned at least twice a year. Many women, however,"who have sent their pillows to the cleaners have been discouraged by having thorn returned much,lighter in weight than when they went! That ■feather pillows may be cleaned at home almost as easily a 3 a dress is, therefore, an encouraging,fact. For this, purpose ,some women make bags from flour sacks, each bag being about twice as large as a pillow to cllow plenty of room for the feathers to fluff up .when drying. " About half of one end is left- open and this is basted to a similar rip in the pillow. When all the feathers have been shaken from one container

to the other, the opening in the bag is tied .securely, lae bag is then put in- - ,to the washing machine or.tub and 'washed just like anything else. There should be a rich soapsuds

tnroughout the process. If the wute* -is hard a tablespoonful of anfmonia or ' borax to each gallon" of water will so soften it as to make it easier to keep . a good lather. When the suds show soil put the bag through'the wringer, then into fresh suds. Some women prefer to squeeze the water out-instead of wringing the pillow, if the feathers are badly bunched. The feathers are ready for rinsing when a thorough sousing in fresh suds docs not make the . water dirty. Einse as many times aa -' - necessary until the rinsing water stays ctean, squeeze out what water one can - and hang the bag on the clothes line to 'dry. Place it in the away-front ■ the sun, until partly ilry, flTcn m sunshine for a day w two. Drying and Replacing. Lacking a washing machine, a small

hand vacuum pump such as one uses on a clogged waste pipe in the sink,-may be employed to'lighten the work Uy forcing the suds through ,tho fcathcTa. Or, the b.Vg may be for nhou-, ten' minutes, then soused up and down through the suds by, hand. When iirst put out, this is a, pretty dejected looking thing. The feathers are matted in bunches and the cloth .clings to them, but-it is all right. -The only secret about getting excellent results in this work is to turn and shake ,thc bag occasionally as the feathers dry and pull them apaf t, because they form lumps in drying ,and to '-'.plump them up "as often as possible. It may take two or three clear days to make the , mass light and fluffy again, but even- • tually the feathers will come out "do-- . lightfully soft, clean and sweet smeH™g- . This givosono plenty of time, in • which to wash and iron the ticking.if the feathers are not to,'go in a new case. - Starching a ticking before iron--v ing. it helps greatly in keeping the feathers in. Rubbing wax well over the inside of the case and ironing it to make the wax run enough'to fill tho meshes of the material, answers the , same-purpose. •: ' Steaming Feathers. Some excellent housewives ~.. wash feathers but once a year, and renovate the pillows by steaming thorn at other •times. This is not difficult to do if ono

places four tin cans in the boilor as a support for' two boards that will : hold the pillows out of the water. Put . into the. boiler a pailful of soft water, then the pillows pressed well down into thOTcceptacle. Put on the cover and lot- the water boil for an hour. If they seem to need-more steaming, re- j peat the process after putting fresh water into the boiler. Dry them as has been described. 4 Transformed Into Quilts. As children' leave home, mothers generally find that they have more pillows than they need. The pillows may then be made into a feather quilt that, for lightness and warmth, is second only to ' the famed eiderdown ' quilts of northern Europe. Make a tick of a firm quality of muslin and of the size of an ordinary comfortable. Sew up three'sides leaving the fourth open for putting in ~the feathers. Fasten the bag. on a "quilting.frame and then put the feathers in, a fe,w at a time, pushing them into place with a stick. Make this tick about two inches thick and as smooth as possible, then sew up the open end .and tack or tie tho tick as if it were a comfortable, about every six inches. .After this is done, romove it from the 'frame and pull out any quills of feathers that project. Put a silkaline cover on the frame, adjust the tick as one would a cotton or woollen filling for,a quilt, and tuft it like an ordinary com- • fortable. These tufts should come halfway between the ties in the tick so as to hold the.feathers most securely in their places.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Shannon News, 23 October 1928, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
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CONCERNING PILLOWS Shannon News, 23 October 1928, Page 4

CONCERNING PILLOWS Shannon News, 23 October 1928, Page 4

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