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Show ; WOMAN'S WORLD I Stain Removal Kit at Home Is Economical Slimming . Panels By Ertta Haley JUST HOW MUCH do you know about removing stains? Or, do you just ignore them and hope that : the cleaner will get them out of your favorite dress or that the stain on the linen napkin will come out In the ! wash? Many stains can be removed rather quickly and easily if you know just what to do when the material ma-terial is stained. A tragedy can be averted with prompt attention and j your favorite dress or linen can be saved. ; It's impossible to remember what ! you should do for all stains, but you can probably remember the com-; com-; mon ones and give them prompt attention. at-tention. Otherwise it's a good idea to clip out the tips I'm giving you, ; tack them on the kitchen or laundry j room wall, or better still. In your i stain removal kit, and then you'll know just what to do when the time comes. A stain removal kit is difficult to assemble, and it will save you many hours of worry over stains and probably prob-ably prevent some very real losses used until at least part of the stain has been removed as it may set it. For a non-washable fabric, use an absorbent first, then sponge with cold water. Candle wax stains: for all fabrics, fab-rics, scrape off excess wax, then place between blotters and press with hot iron. Sponge with carbon tetrachloride. Chocolate or Cocoa: For cotton or linen, dip fabric up and down in hot water; wash in hot suds. Bleach any remaining stain with hydrogen peroxide. For washable colored fabric, use lukewarm suds and carbon car-bon tetrachloride sponging. For non-washable material, use the solvent. sol-vent. Coffee or Tea: Pour boiling water from a height through the stain (stretch fabric over a bowl). Bleach with hydrogen peroxide. For fine, but washable fabrics, sponge with warm water, apply glycerine if stain remains, let stand Vi hour and rinse well, then wash in lukewarm water. For non-washable material, sponge with carbon tetrachloride, then apply glycerine (warm), then sponge with warm water. I - A ' J i In clothing and linens. Many ol tne j items given on the list can be pur chased from the druggist or even ! grocer. Others are household items j which you already have, but they should be placed in a handy kit j where you don't have to search ! for them. A large tin box that locks Is the ! Ideal kit. Or, use any other dur- Vera Stewart poses white against black Irish linen for a sharply etched effect in this dress that can be worn In town with dark accessories or to the country club with white bag, shoes and hat. Decidedly slimming slim-ming are the white panels that add height but not width to the figure. New, too, is the cut-out oat measure with linen top, used for the clever handbag. Follow These Directions For Stain Removal Blood stains: If the fabric is white cotton or linen, a washable colored or fine fabric, soak the fresh stain in cold water, then wash Select proper methods , . , able box which you may have. It should be large enough to hold all the items without their getting jumbled together. Use These Materials In Your Kit Here are the1 items to go in the kit which you probably have at home already: absorbent cloths, white blotting paper, medicine droppers and bowls. You also have ammonia, vinegar, baking soda, French chalk or talcum powder, and borax. Here are items which you'll probably have to buy for the kit: turpentine, benzene, glycerine, banana ba-nana oil, acetone or nail polish remover, re-mover, hydrogen peroxide, carbon tetrachloride or another non-inflammable solvent, and denatured alcohol. alco-hol. This alcohol should be labeled poison and placed out of the children's chil-dren's reach. Also, you will need oxalic acid crystals, which should be labeled poison and kept away from children. If you can find a good rust remover, re-mover, place that in the kit along with the other items. For removing stains. in lukewarm suds. For a stubborn stain on cotton or linen, soak in salt water (V cup salt to two cups water). Hot water should not be |