Show to clean matting to clean matting it should ba first swept thoroughly with mith a stiff broom care being taken to follow the grain of the straw then brush brueh it across the tb grain with a soft broom which has haa ben been dipped in warm water it should then be thoroughly washed in warm water in which a handful of rait gait has been dissolved there la is nothing that will brighten matting as much as salt and nd it will do wonders in preventing the colors from fading light colo colored redi matting should be w ached in water la ia which borax bax ban been dissolved interior decoration |