Show tt elean matting matting it should ba farst swept thoroughly with a stiff broom care being taken to follow the grain of the straw then brush it bross the grain with a baft broom which has been dipped in ft arm water it should then be thoroughly washed ini warm water in which a handful of salt has been dissolved there Is nothing that cju brighten matting aa much as salt and it will da wonders in prevent lne the colors fading I 1 ight colored matting should be washed in water la which borax ha been dissolved interior decoration |