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Show LEAVES' from t.,iARgljrrMAY WILSON! Removal of Stains From Fabric Perhaps Dad's best shirt has been inadvertently scorched in ironing; perhaps sister's white tennis shorts are suffering from grass stains; perhaps per-haps Junior's white flannels annexed grease stains while their owner struggled with an automobile that wouldn't start. And Mother herself may have a stained-fabric problem. Here then are a few "first aids." FOR SCORCH If the scorched fabric is washable, and if the scorch is slight, soap and water will remove it. The spot may be wet with water, or soap and water, and exposed to the sun for a day, or longer if necessary. Sometimes Some-times scorch will disappear if the fabric is merely exposed to the sun, provided the scorch is not deep. If the emergency is great, and the article ar-ticle needed at once to wear, it may be rubbed lightly with a cloth dampened damp-ened in a bleaching agent or with hydrogen peroxide, though these will ! of course lighten the color if the garment is of a colored material. Safer to use them only on white goods. Sometimes hot water, or hot water and lemon juice, poured through the stain will remove it, but the water must be very hot. FOR GRASS STAINS If the material is washable, grass stains may be removed by hot water wa-ter and soap, rubbing the stain vigorously. vig-orously. If a trace of the stain remains, re-mains, use a bleach for which lemon juice will usually serve. FOR GREASE OR OILS Brush off any dust or dirt that may adhere to the fabric. After brushing, any one of three possible methods of removal may be used: (1) wash in soap and warm water to remove the grease; (2) absorb the grease by the application of dry substances; (3) use some sort of solvent. If soap and water ara used, soaps containing naphtha or kerosene will be found effective, and the spots must be rubbed thoroughly. Among the absorbents that may be used are corn mal, white talcum powder, powdered magnesia, fuller's earth, brown paper or blotting paper. In using blotting paper or brown paper, pa-per, place a thickness below the stain and one above it and iron with a hot iron, changing the paper as it becomes soiled. In,using magnesia, mag-nesia, corn meal or other dry absorbent, ab-sorbent, spread it thickly over the spot and leave until it is impregnated impreg-nated with the grease; repeat as many times as necessary. The use of solvents is difficult since it frequently fre-quently results in a "ring." Place a pad of clean cloth or a white blotter beneath the stain and sponge with a clean cloth preferably of the same material as the garment moistened with the solvent. Use small quantities quanti-ties of the solvent and work toward the center of the stain. It helps to surround the stain with some absorbent ab-sorbent material such as those mentioned men-tioned above, before beginning the use of the solvent. FOR TEA AND COFFEE STAINS Fresh coffee stains, and most old ones, can be removed by ordinary laundering, followed by drying in the sun, or by the' use of an ordinary ordi-nary bleach. For coffee stains on silk or wool, sponge with cokl or lukewarm water. If a grease spot remains, from cream in the coffee, remove with a solvent. Tea stains, when fresh, are easily removed by laundering. If they have persisted for some time, more drastic measures meas-ures are required, such as boiling in a strong soap-solution made in the proportion of a half-inch cube of soap to each cup of water. If the stains are kept wet with lemon juice and exposed to the sun for a day or two they will nearly or quite disappear. dis-appear. FOR FRUIT STAINS If the stain is on white or fast-color fast-color material, stretch it over a suitable suit-able container, fasten it with an elastic band, and pour boiling water upon it from a height of three or four feet so that the water strikes the stain with force. Whatever stain remains after this treatment will bleach out if the article is hung in the sun to dry. For an old stain, which does not respond readily to the hot water treatment, moisten with lemon juice and expose to hot sunlight. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES Attack any stain as soon as it is made. The longer it is left, the harder it will be to remove. For information concerning the removal of a very large number of stains, send five cents to Superintendent ot Documents. Washington, D. C, asking tor Farmers' Bulletin No. 1474. ROSE PLANTING Dig the plants carefully to prevent pre-vent mutilation of their root systems; sys-tems; keep the roots moist until the plants are reset; make the holes in which they are planted large enough to receive the roots, spread in a natural position; do not allow either manure or commercial fertilizer ferti-lizer to come into direct contact with the roots; spread the roots well, with rich, crumbly soil between them; see that the soil is not too wet, and that it is firmly compacted about the roots of the plants. |