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Show HOW TO WASH SILK HOSE. A Few Hints for Careful Qlrlt Who Want to 8avo Them. Careful girls don't waste tbclr substance sub-stance on silk stockings, and thon send them to tho laundry to bo reduced re-duced to ravellngs. Desldcs, it's a plcasuro to wash tho daintier, pnle-tlntcd pnle-tlntcd ones. Tho vory latest way, which girls who havo cared for their own silk hoso all winter say Is best, Is to wash them first In whlto soap and luko-warm luko-warm water. Then thoy aro rolled In n cloth previously wrung out In hot water nnd left there to steam for an hour. At tho end of this tlmo they aro turned Insldo out and hung out to dry, nnd when nearly dry rubbed between be-tween tho palms of tho hands to mako them soft and pliable, as well as to glvo tho foot tho correct shapo. Ironing Iron-ing Is a great mlstako, as tho -Iron not only rots tho silk, but causes an unsightly un-sightly ridgo down tho center of tho leg. Another way," when tho stockings nro badly stained, Is to soak thorn first In warm water, to which a littlo borax has been nddod, and then wash them quickly in tepid soapsuds, after which thoy should bo squcozed be-twoon be-twoon tho fingorB to rid them of tho soapsuds, and finally rinsed In soft water and hung out to dry without bolng bo-lng wrung. In tho case of whlto hoso, most girls add bluing to tho wator. Laco hose should first bo soaked in wator in which salt or a lump of alum tho slzo of a walnut has bcon dissolved, dis-solved, and thon plunged Into a mixture mix-ture of a wineglass of vinegar stirred Into n soapy lather, pressing them woll botweon tho fingers until thoy nro clean. Before washing black or bronze silk stockings it is a good plan to soak them for an hour in wator to which a littlo black peppor has been added. |