Evening star., 1923-04-20

tory. or strips made from old bed
ticking. Sew the straps or handles
on firmly, two on each side.
After hanging out WOODEN blankets.
brush them very thoroughly with Il
new broom or brush. Repeat at in
tervals. This will make them soft
and fluffy. Change the position occa-
sionally while they are drying to pre-
vent a ridge forming from the pres
sure of the clothesline.
Each separate kind of hedstead re-
quires cleaning in a different way.
Oak bedsteads should be cleaned with
boiled lin$eed oil. The oil both feeds
and cleans the wood. and should be
rubbed on with a piece of soft clean
flannel. and then polished with a
grain of the wood. A final polish
should be given with chamois skin
or soft polishing cloth, and if the
oak is well rubbed up every week it
will only require the oil about once
a month soft pad covered with
velvet makes an excellent poliShe r
for oak
Brass bedsteads should first be
rubbed over with olive oil applied
on soft cloth. and then polished up
with duSter or chamois skin. If
the brass is marked with grease
spots, apply IA little well-crushed d
whiting on piece of flannel, and
they will all disappear
TO clean white enameled bedsteadS
whether plain. painted or otherwise
decorated. a few drops of paraffin on
u white cloth which has been wrune
through hot water and well squeezed
IS the best possible treatment. This
mixture should be gently but firmly
rubbed over the bcdstead and after
wards II should be carefully taken off
again with curd soaY and warm water.
Then IT will require a final rinsng with
tepid water. and then rubbed dry.
Mahogany bedsteds should be occa-
Sionally wiped over with cloth
which has been soaked in cold water
and tightly wrung out. Only a small
section of the bed should be done at
one time, dried quickly with a clean
cloth. then vigorously polished.
When cleaning a black enamelled
bedstead. cloth moistened with par
ATTN should be used. and plenty of
clean dry cloths should be in readi-
ness for drying purposes, so that no
trace of the paraffin will be left be-
hind. 1t should then be polished with
ordinary furniture polish.
W hen doing your spring cleaning,
be sure that all the rusty pieces on
bed springs are rubbed up with emery
paper and then cleaned with paraffin.
particularly the wooden parts The
mattress should then be rubbed over
with sweet oil and put out in the
air to dry. Hair and other mattresses
need good deal of brushing and
other attention from time to time
and should be frequently put outdoors
TO air. Treat all stains with a mix
ture of salt and lemon juice. Spread
this on the stains and leave until
dry, then brush we'll the affected
places.
Marking Bed Linen.
When marking linen sheets with
initials. the letters should be worked
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above the hem directly in the center,
so that they will be very much in
evidence when the bed is made UP
and the sheet hem is turned down at
the top. The letters should be about
three inches in height on the sheets
about half this size on pillow cases
On pillow cases the letters should be
placed one and one-half inches above
the hem. and in the center of the
pillow case. 1t is a good plan to
mark the bed linen for each room in
a different way, the bed linen in one
room having the initials of the per-
son occupying the room, q star being
used as mark for another room, a
circle for antoher. or a red mark NAV
be used for one room, a green mark
for another. and so on. This method
of marking is a great help when sort
ing bed linen for several rooms.
Dresser Decoration.
for the top of your dresser or chif-
fonier. and one which does away with
the necessity of constant laundering
of dresser scarfs, can be made as fol-
lows: Take a length of wall paper of
good floral design and paste 1t firm
ly along the dresser top, fitting the
corners neatly. When it is dry, give
it coat of sizing. which you can buy
at any paint store. The next day
hnlsh 1t off with a coat Of good var
nish, taking care that nothing is
placed on top of the dresser until the
varnish is thoroughly dry This
sized and vanished wall paper deco
ration will keep in good condition for
years if toilet articles are placed on
1t and removed from it carefully. and
not dragged over the surface Of the
treated paper This is an excellent
way to beautify an old dresser, the
top of which is badly scratched.