To Wash White Lamb's Wool Coat
Dear Aunt Daisy, I am writing to see if you could possibly help me with a small problem, I have a baby’s white lamb’s coat, which has become soiled, I was told that these coats wash very well, but I’m not sure just what method would be best. As it is a very good English coat, I would be very sorry to spoil it in any Wer "Airini’ (Herne Bay). Yes, "Airini,’ the coat should look like new if you just wash it like any other white "woolly" in lukewarm suds made with the well-known soap flakes, and then rinse in three or four clean waters of the same temperature as the soapy water, with a dash of blue in the last one. Do not leave the coat to "soak," but move and squeeze and lift it up and down gently and continuously for a few minutes until you can see that the dirt has all dissolved out. A teaspoonful of borax in the water, too, will help, unless you are using soft or rainwater, When every particle of soapiness is washed out-as you will see by the clearness of the rinsing water-squeeze the coat in a towel, but do not wring it. Then shake it very well, and dry quickly in a good breeze,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 122, 24 October 1941, Page 46
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221To Wash White Lamb's Wool Coat New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 122, 24 October 1941, Page 46
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