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Frogskin. and pheasants’ feathers are two of the latest materials to be used in making smart shoes for women.
If silk stockings are given a final rinse in clean water to which a little vinegar has been added, this will remove all traces of soap and preserve the silk.
Before letting the 'baby use new shoes, sandpaper the soles and it will be saved many falls.
The odour of gasoline or benzine that remains on clothing after cleaning can be removed by sponging with water to which six or eight drops of •sassafras are added.
Big stores in the United States re cently sent women buyers to England to choose stocks of clothing for the coming season. Although they go to Paris to study the fashion it is on London’st taste they chiefly rely. The women are chosen for their years of experience in this particular line of. business and are very clever at their wo’-k.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 February 1932, Page 2
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