EVER ESSENTIAL
Though some things grow old-fash-ioned if kept by the engaged girl for many months, there are some essentials of the bottom drawer which never go out of date, states a writer in an exchange. These are really the foundations of the whole stock of house linen. Here they are:—
For each bed: Three pairs white sheets, three pairs pillow-cases, two bolster-cases, one bedspread, one un-der-blanket, two top-blankets, one eiderdown.
For the kitchen Two kitchen handtowels or roller-towels, six dusters, three glass-cloths, six tea-cloths.
For the house: Six bath-towels, six face towels, three breakfnst-cloths, three damask tablecloths and 12 napkins, a few afternoon tea cloths and traydoths. rJoyleys, and runners for dressing tables.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 18
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114EVER ESSENTIAL Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 18
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