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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
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TO
RESTORE
VELVET.--When
velvet
gets
plushed
from
pressure,
holding
the
reverse
side
over
a
basin
of
boiling
water
will
raise
the
pile,
and
perhaps
it
may
also
succeed
in
the
case
of
wet
from
rain.
TO
IRON
VELVET.--Having
ripped
the
velvet
apart,
damp
each
piece
separately,
and
holding
it
tightly
in
both
hands,
stretch
it
before
the
fire,
the
wrong
side
of
the
velvet
being
towards
the
fire.
This
will
remove
the
creases,
and
give
the
surface
of
the
material
a
fresh
and
new
appearance.
Velvet
cannot
be
ironed
on
a
table,
for,
when
spread
out
on
a
hard
substance,
the
iron
will
not
go
smoothly
over
the
pile.
TO
CLEAN
ERMINE
AND
MINIVAR
FUR.--Take
a
piece
of
soft
flannel,
and
rub
the
fur
well
with
it
(but
remember
that
the
rubbing
must
be
always
against
the
grain);
then
rub
the
fur
with
common
flour
until
clean.
Shake
it
well,
and
rub
again
with
the
flannel
till
all
the
flour
is
out
of
it.
I
have
had
a
Minivar
boa
for
four
years.
It
has
never
been
cleaned
with
anything
but
flour,
and
is
not
in
the
least
injured
by
the
rubbing.
It
was
a
school
companion
who
told
me
that
her
aunt
(a
Russian
lady)
always
cleaned
her
white
furs
with
flour,
and
that
they
looked
quite
beautiful.
It
has
one
advantage--the
lining
does
not
require
to
be
taken
out,
and
it
only
requires
a
little
trouble.
Ermine
takes
longer
than
Minivar.
The
latter
is
very
easily
done.
TO
PERFUME
LINEN.--Rose-leaves
dried
in
the
shade,
or
at
about
four
feet
from
a
stove,
one
pound;
cloves,
carraway-seeds,
and
allspice,
of
each
one
ounce;
pound
in
a
mortar,
or
grind
in
a
mill;
dried
salt,
a
quarter
of
a
pound;
mix
all
these
together,
and
put
the
compound
into
little
bags.
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