To Clean Straw Matting.
Wash with a cloth dipped in clean salt and water; then wipe dry at once. This prevents it from turning yellow.
To Wash Lawn or Thin Muslin.
Boil two quarts of wheat-bran in six quarts, or more, of water, half an hour. Strain through a coarse towel and mix in the water in which the muslin is to be washed. Use no soap, if you can help it, and no starch. Rinse lightly in fair water. This preparation both cleanses and stiffens the lawn. If you can conveniently, take out all the gathers. The skirt should always be ripped from the waist.