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Removal of Spots and Stains: Clear

TO REMOVE STAINS FROM ANIMAL FIBERS To Prepare Silks for Cleaning.- If silk garments are to be made over or if the silk is much soiled, rip them, remove all basting threads, and stretch out creases and wrinkles. Brush thoroughly all articles, including ribbons and small pieces, to remove dust and dirt, shake well, and stretch them to their original shape. Clear a wooden kitchen table or an ironing board, and on this stretch an old linen towel, tacking the corners down tightly.

Smooth the silk out flat on the towel, and sponge first on the wrong side, afterwards on the light, applying with a small toothbrush or nailbrush or flannel cloth any of the following recipes that may be most convenient.

After sponging on both sides rinse in clear cold water by dipping up and REMOVAL OF SPOTS AND STAINS down, but without wringing or squeezing, partly dry in the shade, and press between two pieces of cloth, ironing on the wrong side with a warm, not hot, iron.

Or while wet spread the silk smoothly on a wooden polished sur- GASOLINE WATER **Clear a Wooden Kitchen Table. face, as a varnished table top, and let it dry near the fire. It will then require no ironing.