SUMMER LAUNDRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19513, 17 December 1926, Page 9

SUMMER LAUNDRY.

No one on holiday wants to miss the real enjoyment of it, but it in well to remember that intense sunshine and perspirAfcion are enemies to clothes. Hot, dry days take n considerable amount of the natural moisture out of cotton,, wool and silk, and thereby weaken the fibres. The dyes, too, in many rases suffer. Bright-coloured frocks made of wool or silk are preferable to those made ox cotton, as the bright dyes suitable for cotton dyeing aro not bo fast to direct sunlight. In many castes the damage clono cannot be remedied. Perspiration, 'however, is the greater enemy, for these stains aro of an acid nature, and are both destructive and unsightly. There are two good methods"by which they may be removed. In the case of white materials, you may sponge the stains with a mixture of one part of hydrogen peroxide and ten parts of water, containing ft few drops of household ammonia. As soon as th® stain is bleached, sponge again with clean water and hang up to dry. It is advisable to try the teffoct of the hydrogen perosido solution upon an inconspicuous . place before dealing: with coloured materials, for some dyes are not . fast to this agent. If thin is found to be so, reduce the amount of liyclrogen peroxide .in frho solution until it is "too weak to affect the colour. 4s, an alternative method use a solution "ofiSlauber salts (about one teaspponful to a "c&fLof cold water), allowHfelw material to drV out and then rittao in clean water. In case it i$ sponge coloured fabrill^f|^jj[SjMWilute solution of hoasehold amiSwlinieforo pro. cesding further.