THE THRIFTY GIRL.
The thrifty girl usually prefers to wash her own blouses and jumpers Instead of trusting their delicate colours to the laundry. One teaspoonful of Epsom salts In a gallon of warm water, used for washing and rinsing, will guard against their fading, but if the colour is inclined to run stronger measures must be taken.
To guard against this the garment should be dipped in <ffie of the following solutions for two or three hours, and hung out to dry In a shady spot without being wrung, just allowed to drip.
Green can be fixed if the garment is immersed In a tub of water In which 4oz of alum have been dissolved.
One tablespoonful of ox gall to one gallon of water is suitable for red, but pink and brown can be fixed by soaking in a gallon of water in which one cupful of salt and one tablespoonful of alum have been dissolved.
When the garment is dry it must be washed in the usual way, but io not use very hot water, and hang in the shade till dry enough tor ironing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18404, 11 August 1931, Page 5
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