Show TO CLEAN CURTAINS Certain Methods Must Be Adhered to If It Is to Be Successful Time Is needed to make home cur car cleaning tam a success Pins are also needed needed and and man many of ot them Clean the curtains in pure vuro soapsuds and then rinse them gently In clear lukewarm water Dry them Then starch them In starch colored to give them their original tone and then pin them out outto outto outto to dry If It the curtains were originally pure white blue the starch rather deeply This will give the curtains a blue- blue white look that they had when fresh If they are cream-colored cream use tea in Inthe inthe the starch to get the right tone and if they are ore deep ecru use coffee corree to give the desired color Dry the curtains on sheets stretched out on a carpet that is t tacked downif down down- if you possess such a thing If It not stretch th the sheets out on a heavy rug and pin them Into place Then pin the curtains with the innumerable pins to the sheets If It you ou have an nn unused mattress In a sunny room spread a sheet over it and pin the curtains to that Then be sure to air th 3 mattress thoroughly so that any dampness dampness from the curtains will dry thoroughly The b best st way to wash curtains is to shake them as nearly free from dust as possible and soak them In a tub half full tull of tepid water In which half a pound of pure soap has been dissolved In the morning squeeze them fairly dry and place them In a n tub full ot of very hot water to which a tablespoonful tablespoon- tablespoon ful of bol borax X and enough dissolved soap to make a strong suds are added When they seem clean after splashIng splashIng splash splash- Ing them about In this water rinse them thoroughly until there Is no trace of suds or dirt Then squeeze them gently dry Let them dry thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- on the grass or hang them over overa a line to dry Then starch them |