TAKING OUT STAINS

Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1935, Page 15 (Supplement)

TAKING OUT STAINS

Try covering an ink stain on white linen with a paste of mustard, using water to mix it. Allow it to soak well into the material and then wash in warm soapy water, rubbing the stain well. Unless the ink is of a special make the marks should disappear completely. Rub white material which has been scorched by a too-hot iron with half a cut oarm Wash in the ordinary way, and, if any trace ’ of the brown mark remains, soak in lukewarm water and rub the stain with a cake of ordinary laundry soap. Hang out in the sup, and repeat the process until the scorch mark is removed.

Soak a doth stained by strong tea in lukewarm water to which two teaspponsful of borax have been added. Leave until the water is quite cold, wash with hot soapy water, boil, and hang in the open air.

If linen has become mildewed wash and boil it, and then rub the marks well with soap, using sufficient to make the material quite stiff with lather. Choose a sunny day and lay the' stained article out of doors, flat, in the sun. If it can lie on grass for several hours so much the better. Wash again and bcil, repeating ths process until the marks have been removed. Mildew stains are particularly stubborn and. a good deal of patience is needed to restore linen marked in this way to its former condition. ’ >.

Eat in moderation and include plenty of fruit in the diet. ; / . • Have at least eight hours of sleep in every twenty-four. And remember that early morning slumber is not nearly so good as that which comes before midnight. Take plenty of exercise but not too Walking is the best form of exercise, swimming is the second best.