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Show THE CARE OF AWNINGS. Do Not Itoll Them Up When It Knlns or When tho Dew Is Falling. It is In tho line of tho small things llio home mistress has' on her mind to know how to caro for awnings. Thoy nre costly to begin with, and tho weather plays such havoc In destroying de-stroying tho brightness of coloring that It Is really worth while to know tho host way to preserve thorn. It Is not tlu thing to do to draw awnings up when rain Is falling. It In folds thoy hold much moro water wa-ter than If stretched out full longth, because they begin to dry almost Immediately Im-mediately when tho sun comes out, as It usually does ufter summer showers. show-ers. Sun shining on tho wet colors Is whnt fades them. If very wot when loworod It tnkea a long while to dry out tho heavy cloth. For tho sumo reason It Is not a good plnn to roll them up at night unless thoy keep out tho breeze, but lenvo thorn down that they may not collect heavy dow. Only when such a strong wind blows that thero Is danger of dam-ago dam-ago to them should awnlngB bo rolled up, says an expert on such matters; they last bettor. |