Stiffening Summer Cotton
Dear Aunt Daisy, I am an avid listener to your morning session and I find many of your hints a great help. Widely used these days are stiffened nylon petticoats. Unfortunately, these lose their stiffness after about two months. I mentioned this to a friend who suggested that I stiffen mine with gelatine. So I dissolved a tablespoon of gelatine in a cup of cold water, poured it into a basin and added four cups of hot water. Then I soaked an old stiffened petticoat for a couple of minutes before hanging it out to dry. Result? A beautiful rustly | stiffened petticoat, even better than. when new. It makes a wonderful noise when I walk. This makes summer cottons much more attractive. I hope this may be of help to your many listeners.
H.
N.
Auckland.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 949, 18 October 1957, Page 33
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139Stiffening Summer Cotton New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 949, 18 October 1957, Page 33
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