TO SOFTEN WATER.
Bran, barley meal, and oatmeal are ail excellent “ softeners ” which improve hard watei, and their inclusion in the toilet water helps to benefit the skin. It is advisable to tie some of 1 the bran or meal in a muslin bag and yut it in the bath while the water is • unning. The soluble part will then be diffused through the water and there will be no danger of choking the waste pipe. The muslin bag should be moved about for a few moments before the water is used.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17218, 8 December 1923, Page 9 (Supplement)
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92TO SOFTEN WATER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17218, 8 December 1923, Page 9 (Supplement)
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