MARKS AND STAINS
Prompt attention is necessary when treating marks and stains of ail kinds on clothes. Work from the edge of the stain towards its centre and no ring will be left after the mark is removed.
When cooked fruit marks a frock, first damp the affected part and rub borax well into it before rinsing with boiling water poured through the material. If stains caused by fresh fruit do not yield to this treatment, rub well with lemon juice and bleach in strong sunshine. A white fabric that is stained with perspiration marks should be soaked in warm water containing a little ammonia, but no soap must be used until the mark lias vanished.
Paint marks should be sponged as soon as possible with spirits of turpentine. Remember that turpentine is highly inflammable,
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 80, 16 March 1936, Page 10
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