HASTY RENOVATIONS.
■, Nowadays*there 'afe'unanswerable rea-' ;i '. sons why no ,oni should ,wear r i tousled ■I ■ sinceythere' Eire so'many'practical /and simple. methbds .of honie renovation :■(to hand." The .magnesia block, tor ex- •. ample, .which can be purchased at any v .chomist'B -for, a;■:lew pence, is 'invaluable' :.for_. removing: spots ; 'or j rgTime. from any ; ' white:,or. cream woollen materials. ; .White ; :, i ,; gloves, i too,, can ■bo treated with it, and,, . V - though soiled neckbands and: fronts should , .k: ; have more strmgent cleaMif, : .,a:rub from .-.the block,. followed -;by , ; a :gor,d' brushing will often serve a turn, 'ihen, again, few- girls realise what, wonderful ; rovivVv uig!!Mwerß ssteam-..hns. for:a.T thing that. ■. has been crushed-bj.: wear or(cocklecl v damp, v Tulles chiffon,? artificial ilowers, ■ ■:•>: and ribbon Respondmarvellously -, to v the : 6team bath, which can bo'effectively ad- ! ; J:ministered:,by; the ; • - 'spout of a.' ; boiling, kettle; A muslin i : being .'soiled vwiiribbk- 1 like -new'i£ before-1 ■ .ironing, it is sponged with warm' water in which a little ordinary liquid gum or '•eecootine has-been dissolved."- : The pro;..iA-;.: portions are a small: teaspoonful 'of ,'giim! ■ ■ i\; to a pint ..ofwater,-. and, -as ■, seccotine -Is ' stronger, only a smaller quantity should be used.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 3
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193HASTY RENOVATIONS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 3
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