GIRL PARACHUTIST DROPS IN A TREE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 4

GIRL PARACHUTIST DROPS IN A TREE

LONDON TYPIST’S THRILL AT CRYSTAL PALACE Making a parachute descent at the Crystal Palace recently -Miss June," a. London typist, landed on a tree. Lushing to the tree, the spectators were astonished to see the parachutis" sitting on a bough unhurt and 3milim; happily. “When I found that I had alighted on a tree, she told a Press representative. "I Just unhitched the parachute and sat there. The tree acted as a kind of cushion. . have descended from the tree ithout help, she added, "but I had to be careful about the parachute.”

HOW TO WASH CRETONNES

Methods of washing all coloured tub* terials, whether they be chintz, erg* tonne, casement cloth or art linen, very much th€; same. The first thing to do is to shake the article! to B* rid of all surface dust, and to removi any pins, which might injure the hand! and cause rust marks on the fabric The next step is to soak them in eoM water for several hours, and to chanj*’ the water if necessary. Soaking lociens the dust and simplifies the of washing. Then wring each out of the soaking water and proceeu with the washing. Half fill a tub wita warm water and add melted soap or flakes until a good lather is obtain*** A little powdered borax may also added if the water is hard, but thetjo of soda, washing-powders and injWTous soaps must be avoided. Plunge to* material into this soapy prater and l **'Hl it up and down, squeezing and pulllnf through the hands. Particular awn* tion must be paid to the most parts, such as the tops and curtains, the seats and arms of cM ” covers, etc. A second soapy v* generally required to complete ® washing. When quite clean, rinse w material quickly, first in warm ana tn i in cold water, until no trace of ■*** remains, then extract the water J folding it evenly and putting it throng the wrir girig machine. £ It is always well to be careful wita materia.' the first time of washing, if the colour is inclined to run/* an®® be kept apart from other a good handful of coars€< salt aa<x**» the water in which it is soaked. * process of washing should then b* ried through as quickly as salt used again in the last rins®* water. . The amount of starch required w * “doing up” coloured cottons the nature of the material, an<J awo a certain extent on Individual The stiffness of new material »» ver, the ideal to be aimed at. . Take some hot-water starch * teacupful, put It into a basin, and a smooth, thick paste with cold w Then pour on fast boiling water# ring all the time until the stare** clear. This must then be dliuteocold water according to the pulpo** which it is required. . _ * t# After starching the material mnsi shaken out, pulled as straight r sible and hung up until nesry of Then fold smoothly; if it is h? 3 a fiat nature put it through the and roll up ready for ironing* _ . ot Casement cloth may be -'** jf either side, but coloured ai* generally ironed on the wrr< ? n ? unless a gloss s oecia.. *j. Chintz, on the other hand, wvo ways be ironed on the r ® it as much gloss as pc MIW B, When ironing a chair cow* intricate parts should be bj vuittf tb*' then the flounces, if any, larger surfaces. fl >ut. Suet is best kept covert*/** jj in It is even quite safe to a n? the flourbin; it will not odour or flavour. € It you wish to glaze using the white of aJI J a dessertspoon of brown of mgfcc * J