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Show , LET LINEN "REST" WAY IDF PROLONGING UBEFUL- NES8 OF THE MATERIAL. j System Devised by One Housekeeper Is Probably the Best Schema 'That Has Been Devised for Economy.. Pew housekeepers roallzo that 'nil ; linen In constant use will kcop long. , or If it la allowed to "rest" at times. I This same prlriclplo holds good with garments and various toilet articles. Take, for 'example, tho plan followed by a woman whose house linen Is limited lim-ited and who likes to make It last. She has a family of threo and keeps out eight Bhoots each week. Ab soiled ones como in fresh from tho laundry sho places them always at tho bottom of tho pile, so in this way tho same sheet is not used two weeks in sue- S cession, but Is suro of a fortnight's, If not threo weeks' "rest." 'In a storo closot sho kocps two other plies of eight, and every two months tho sots of sheets that havo been In use nro put into tho store placo, another set I bolng put Into tho cupboard for weok- I Tr ly use. Tho arrangement takes very 1 llttlo time, and it is moro than worth whllo in tho saving to linen. Pillow caBes nnd towels sho manages In tho same way, only tho quantity of tho latter Is greater. Her tablo linen is used for six months nnd then put away for n year. Luxurious as it may sound to havo such a quantity of linen, tho gathering of it is inexpensive, for tho woman buys a sheet or tablo cover occasionally occasion-ally and puts it away, thus keeping her store In condition. At tho samo tlmo pieces wear out so slowly that thero Is never much loss to bo mado good at ono time, and tho pockctbook is saved accordingly. Linen sheets, Ilko others, wear first in tho center, and It repays to slit them down tho mlddlo to got tho edges in the placo. This is dono by tearing ' them In two lengthwlso.' Tho selvage's "H aro then overhanded together with very flno cotton, that a big seam shall not bo made, and then tho raw edges aro hemmed. Tho llfo of a sheet is greatly prolonged If this is dono in tlmo. Tooth and nail brushes should always al-ways bo had In sets of twos, if not 4 threes, for bristles fall usually becauso ( of having becomo sort from constant wotting. Thereforo if they nro thor- oughly dried fairly often their usefulness useful-ness Is prolonged. Tor example, a woman who keeps two tooth brushes In uso at tho same time, using ono every other day, will find that tho two will last longer than two others would if ono woro worn out beforo 'beginning on tho second. All tooth brushes should hang whon not In uso' to allow tho moisture to run off. |