The Baby's Shawl
Dear Aunt Daisy, Would it be too much trouble fo: you to put in The Listener the instructions for bleaching a baby’s shawl? As my baby takes cod liver oil, both her shawls have yellow stains all over them, I have tried all kinds of things for removing the oil, but none has been successful, I thought perhaps the bleaching method would do. Many thanks, "Yorky," Dunedin. Well, Yorky, did you try _ these methods for the cod liver oil? Soak them
in eucalyptus, let it dry in, and then wash. Or soak in carbon tetra chloride, and then wash. Or this-boil loz. of borax with loz. of soap, in 1 quart of water. Soak the article for about 112 hours in this, then wash in the usual way. However, to whiten shawls and woollies, weigh them, and allow twice as much powdered chalk as wool. Mix this to a thin paste with cold water, and knead the garment in it for a few minutes. Leave a little while, then wash in the usual way, and dry-but do not hang them in the sun. Some people like to tack a tape round the edges of shawls to keep them in shape.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 371, 2 August 1946, Page 27
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203The Baby's Shawl New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 371, 2 August 1946, Page 27
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