SOME WASHING HINTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22787, 24 January 1936, Page 14

SOME WASHING HINTS

Any flannel or silk mixture material should always be washed in cold water with plenty of good white soap. After the washing, rinse in more cold water, but the water should be slightly cloudy. "A certain amount of soap should be left in the article, as this helps it to retain its softness. Silk garments, such as fuji petticoats or bloomers, milanese, crepe de chine, georgette or rayon silks should always be washed in cold water. Silk stockings should be washed in cold water. If they are very stained, soak them in cold water with white soap and then carefully rinse out. They will be found to keep their shades far better than washing in warm water. Wool texture frocks, if embroidered with any kind of silk, can be treated in this way, and it will be found that neither material nor embroidery will suffer in any degree.* Warm water spells failure and will spoil the daintiest article. A little borax added to the water in which red bordered towels and cloths are washed will prevent the colour from running. To keep a coffee pot or percolator sweet and clear, boil it about once a week with a little borax in the water.