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To Clean Hairbrushes

E. A. Forsyth.

Do not use soap, but put a tablespoonful of hartshorn into the water, having it only tepid, and dip up and down until clean; then dry with the brushes down, and they will be like new ones. If you do not have ammonia, use soda; a teaspoonful dissolved in the water will do very well.

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