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Show CARE OF CHILDREN'S CLOTHES Little Things Most Mothers Know and ' ' That All Should Have Full Knowledge Of. Mothers should learn how to distinguish distin-guish materials which fade, shrink, spot or go to pieces. . Get samples and test the goods before be-fore buying. Try the threads with the match test; wool may be recognized by the bad odor, there being none from cot-tori cot-tori Boil the sample in a five per cent, solution of caustic potash for 15 minutes. min-utes. The caustic potash destroys the wool and leaves the cotton. All wool goods disappear entirely under this test. Samples put in sunlight show the value of the different colors. Brown in a woolen material -will fade, but will hold its color better in cotton. Green, unless in fine goods, is risky. Beware of lavender or light blue. Black in cotton shows the starch and often fades. Dark blue changes little in -woolen materials or ginghams. Red is good in wool. Deep pink is the best color, as It fades evenly. |