Home Notes.

Lemon juice and salt will remove rust stains from linen. Wet the stain with the juice and sprinkle with salt, then hold the cloth so that the stain is over the spout of a boiling kettle, and the stain will disappear.

Mildew stains can be removed by boiling the article in water to which a little chloride of lime has been added.

Ether is better than petrol for removing stains as it does not leave a ring on the material.

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