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Show Take Your ( TAKE CARE OF YOUB SHEE1 Sheets are an expensive ite ... so get your money's won and take good care of them, ai vises Miss Lanice Moore, hon economics specialist at the Cc lege of Southern Utah. Have you ever had a sheet r down the center? Strange enough, this Is often casued t the rubbing action of shoulde on the area Just below the pi low. This place becomes th: through the years but yc probably won't even notice until the sheet tears in the mil die. You can help prevent we; In the shoulder area by puttir the narrow hem of the sheet ; the head of the bed once in while. If a few of your shee have already split in the centc sew the selveges together ar hem the edges. Your sheets wl have a center hem . . . but you' be able to use them longer. When you're ironing sheet fold them in a different way o caslonally ... so that you wor always iron in the same plac Strong bleaches in your was tub will definitely shorten tl life of your sheets. Instead, u; soft water, plenty of soap . . and give them a thorough rin ing. Irons that are too hot oftr weaken the cotton yarns i sheets. Even if you can't see scorch, it may be there. One more precaution . . . u spect the bed springs occasioi ally to make sure they don have any rough places that ca so quickly catch and tear yoi sheets. |