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Show M HOW TO VASH HJ CURTAINS PROPERLY HJ Laco curtains aro not hard to wash H if properly handled. Shako freo HJ from dust and look them over to seo H that they hold no needles or pins H to injure tho hands. Mend all torn HJ pieces. Do not put theirf into a wnsh- HJ Ing machino as tho dollcato fiber HJj will bo torn, and do not wash too HJ many at onco. If laces or nets havo HJ a grayish cast they should bo bleach- jH ed. A littlo lyo in tho boiling suds HJ will mako thorn a clean white. Add HJ enough to tho water to mako It slight H ly slippery to tho touch. Havo tho HJ first water rather wnrm. Soap tho HJ curtains woll and roll them and pack B them Into tho tub. For ono pair of HJ curtains uso three parts of soft wa- HJ tcr to ono part of good shaved soap. HE Keep them woll covered with wat- f or and add at least a tablespoonful Kfa H of korosono to tbo first wutor. This W? will loosen the dust. Soak over night H If convenient; thon wash them care- Hj fully and put In Uio boiling suds for Hi twenty minutes. WnBh a second tlmo J and rlnso. To mako n good starch Jj tako ono tablespoonful of pulverized HE starch, ono tcaspoonful of gum ara- H bio to threo pints of boiling water. HE Do not boll. It creun colored laco jB curtains aro rliiBed In weak tea tboy Hj will hold tholr color better than when HJ rinsed In water, & Ironing Curtains HH If curtains aro to bo Ironed they nW should be stretched boforo tboy aro Iprlaktcd. AH ruffles must bo pulled Into shape. Net curtains will hang stralghter 11 folded through tho center, cen-ter, edgo to edgo and Ironed dry from one end to tho other. Fold again through the center and hang over tho clothes rack. A No. 9 Iron Is not too large, as it retains tho heat and presses the curtains mora quickly. No molsturo should be felt in a curtain cur-tain after it leaves tho Ironing board. It you uso curtain stretchers, first measuro your curtains while dry and set tho stretchers to those measurements, measure-ments, and when adjusting them to the stretchers be sure And keep In the basket all but tho end that Is fastened, so that no part will drag on the floor. After the first curtain is placed tho work Is speedy. Keep pairs together and havo them oven. If you do not own a curtain stretched stretch-ed dry by pinning them on a clothes lino and fastening another lino ob far down as tho curtain hangs. Pin the curtains securely, to both lines so as to pull It tight. This Is almost as good as a stretcher and far less trouble. To Clean Cretonne To clean crotonno curtains first shako them freo from dust and havo ready In a tub a tepid suds In which there has been placed one-fourth ot a cup of kerosene. Allow tbo curtains cur-tains to soak half an hour, wash, placo them In a second tepid Buds and then rinse In bluing water. Do not rub soap on the curtains, and do not ubo alkali ot any kind. Dry, sprln kle, fold tho curtains, and Iron on tho wrong sldo. Tho following Is the very best way to wash blankets: Slice half a cake of any good laundry soap In two quarts of water. Set on the stove on1 at I until illannli'ml Wlmn A ta solved add to cold water In a tub. To this soap water add four table-spoonfuls table-spoonfuls of powdered borax. Soak the blankets in this over night or for several hours. Wash In this water. Rinse twice In cold water, wring and hang on tho lino. This recipe is for four blankets. Bo sure and uso only cold water. They will como out as soft and beautiful as when they wero now. Cotton blankets aro washed In a different way from tbos'o made of wool. Soap them well with laundry soap, fold and allow them to soak in tepid water. Wash them In an hour or so and then placo in a boiler ot hot suds to steam, not boll, lltnso In several waters. Uso a very littlo bluing and dry them double on tho lino. Press dry on tho wrong side. |