SOAP BAGS AND SOAP JELLY
Do not throw away bits of toilet soap. Keep a jar to put them in. Make bags of Fill with bran, a few bits of the soap, and, if you have it, a pinch or two of orris. Tie the bag at the top. Do not fill them full, as the bran swells in the water. Oatmeal may be used as well as bran. These bags make the nicest kind of wash rags. Another use for the bits of soap is to put some of them in a jaland pour in alcohol or cologne, not quite enough to cover the soap. This will make a jelly which will be found useful in shampooing or in the bath, and it dissolves quickly in the water. Add a few drops of lavender or rose water to the alcohol and soap just before using.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1695, 24 August 1904, Page 25
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146SOAP BAGS AND SOAP JELLY New Zealand Mail, Issue 1695, 24 August 1904, Page 25
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