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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 114, 13 May 1908, Page 8

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d 'DAINTILY LAUNDERED WAISTS." ?" When ironing lingerie and shirt waists I iron the sleeves first. When one sleeva d is ironed fill it with crushed tissna . s paper, the second one the same. _Taen 0 iron the -body part of the waist and the sleeves will dry in proper shape withont v wrinkles. _. •:■:■ i_ TO USE A TABLE CLOTH "A WEEK, v Ladies who are their own maid of.att >s work can make their tablecloth..do setII vice for a longer time. After numerous ie spots disfigure its snowy whiteness -rut) d a piece of chalk over the spots as the? a, appear. This has a magical effect $&■• a completely conceals them from ie the spots'are of grease the chalk absorbs id it. 't TO BLEACH COTTON CLOTS- : ;0 Thirty yards oi cotton cloth may J» c " bleached in 15 minutes by one larg* ;0 spoonful of sal soda and one pound.:<* 'y chloride of lime dissolved in soft water, c. After taking out the cloth rinse -at - r once in soft water so that it will not a* v compose. / ly BEAT 'BLANKETS UNTIL SOFT.-. Beat your blankets with a bambM 10 carpet beater when nearly dry on thfl l - y clothes line; it makes them light' a»* - ir soft, and they loos like new. ir PREVENT WAISTS BULGING. _ To prevent a waist from bulging rtf -c around the neck iron from the collar down to the bottom of the waist. Also j. good for shirt bosoms. '■; |y TO WASH CHAMOIS. 'P ■•■ ■ " i„f Every one does not know the secret on washing chamois skin so as to make: it a*: good as new. Wet in a weak solution ol washing soda and water, rubbing plen'J of white soap into it; let it lie for,tv* at hours; then rub between the hands until clean. Rinse in a weak solution of spj* w and water with a little soap .shall*, ra k If rinsed in pure water it becomes aar* >*■ It is the small particles of soap that jgive it silky Boftness. Wring to**2 ,t! towel, dry cruickly,.jpalling and hn»' ffl | [■well.