Domestic Hints
TINSEL laces are apt to become dingy- * Here is a method of freshening them without damaging even the palest tints. i shake the lace and brush off all dust with a soft brush. Lay it flat on blue tissue paper and rub powdered magnesia or cream ol tar Far into il witli a stiff nail or tooth brush, shake again, brush off all the powder with a dean brush, then polish with a soft silk duster. Try This Plan. Before you wear new silk stockings try this plan. Add a small tablcspoonful of salt to a pint of tepid water and allow it to dissolve. Place the stockings in the water, then squeeze out all superfluous water, and put them into a bowl containing soapsuds. Squeeze again and hang them up to dry by the toes. This treatment lengthens the life of silk stockings. The salt strengthens the fabric and “sets" the dye.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18249, 18 November 1933, Page 10
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155Domestic Hints Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18249, 18 November 1933, Page 10
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