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Show Tliis Is the Way We Launder Fine . Linen, Remove Spots : Hearts Haven By BETTY BLAIR A bride wanta to know how to launder her lovely trousseau and -gift linens at home to they will remain In beautiful condition a long Mima. Another reader la beaet with the task of washing badly 'oiled glazed chintz bedroom draperies. How to remove colored -printing from flour and sugar sacks Is the query of a third. A 'fourth wants to know how to take off whita spots caused by hot "M. P. TO WASH (iLAZr.D CHINTZ First brush tha chlnta free of dust and soot, then lay It on a flat' surface, a table that wlh take the entire width la convenient. Make rich luke-warm lather from soap flakes or mild eoap. With a aoft cloth partly wrung out from the suds spongs the chlnts with up and down strokes, over a amall area at a time. With another cloth wrung from pure luke-warm water, rinse the area, then wipe with a clean dry cloth. In thla manner go over tha whole area, then hang the material In the ahsda to dry. Chlnts that appeara faded Is sometimes surprisingly sur-prisingly enlivened by this process. "C II. FAINT FROM rLOl'R BACKS Use turpentine to remove dyes from flour and sugar sacks. Make lather of soap flakee and tepid water. Add a cup of turpentine and ataep tha cotton material In the mixture. mix-ture. Allow to cool and leave stand-Ing stand-Ing In It all night. Then wash as usual and, after rinsing, hang dripping drip-ping wet In the aun to dry. SPOTS FROM TABLE Bprlnkle salt over the white epot on the table. Pour over It a little oliva oil and let It atand for half an hour. With a aoft flannel cloth rub tha white spot out of existence. Remove surplus salt? and oil and polish off with a aoft cloth and extra furniture polish If needed. KITTEN FOR GIFT Call Was. 47M-R for Information about a friendly, wall-mannered kitten kit-ten for gift. Good home required. -dishes on a dining room table. Every housewife takes Infinite -pride In her household linens. .She . knows that on ths right kind of care, correct washing and Ironing. depend their life-long beauty. That careless handling and harsh soap . solutions and bleaching mixtures are responsible for the loss of their ' lovely luster. .. First, and extremely Important, la the practice of sorting the linens I and removing all spots from those that are stained with tea. coffee, , egg, chocolate, fruit Juice, or anything any-thing else that requires special care, before putting them into the auda. -There are simple methods of removing remov-ing all these stains. Tea, coffse and fruit stains ara removed by pouring pour-ing boiling water through the fabric. Remove egg ataln by washing first In plain cold water followed by the hot auda Rinse chocolate beverage atalns first in tspid walar, then put ' in the hot suds. - Preserve Luster Next, the housewife Is careful to ehooee a pure mild soap and then to . wash hsr linen and cotton damaska la a heavy suds, squseslng ths Ceudsy watsr' through the fabric -rather than rubbing. Bha knows that rubbing roughens the fins fiber and shortens ths lifs of all linen. Linen nsturally washes easily, since It does not hold the dirt in the obstl-nats obstl-nats mannsr charactsrlstlc of cotton. cot-ton. The careful housewife also knows that linen absorbs blueing much more readily than do cotton fabrics, and that linen posseases a natural aheen and body that does not require ths addition of atarch. Right Way te Iron Finally, the meticulous housewife knows that ths beauty of damask lies In the care with which it la Ironed. Bhe starts to Iron the article while It la quit damp and continues contin-ues until it is perfectly dry, Ironing Iron-ing on the wrong sids first and then on the right and working from selvage. sel-vage. This method gains for her the highest lustsr and body. Many woman make the mistake of not having their linen damasks damp anougn whan thsy begin Ironing, Iron-ing, and not ironing them dry enough. Too hot an Iron ia another common fault It takee time, "New Bride," but the delight you will find ia the finished article will initiate you Into the company of all other bousswivss who prise their linens snough to see to It that they have the proper care In the laundry. |