A CARPET-CLEANING HINT.
An effective method of cleaning carpets or rugs, and also removing the cat and dog hairs which ordinary brushes cannot copo with, is to tear somo newspaper into tiny pieces—just as if one were going for a paper-chase—and soak them in water until thoroughly soft. Then sprinklo the paper all over tho carpet and sweep up with a stiff broom.
You will bo astonished a(, (ho amount of dirt and hair you get off. Tho colour of tho carpet will bo greatly improved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21165, 23 April 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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86A CARPET-CLEANING HINT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21165, 23 April 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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