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the materials, and putting them together would furnish your chambers with the
most healthy and pleasant beds; a large cotton sheet should be kept on a
matress, or a case made of unbleached muslin, this covering should be
occasionally washed and starched.
If you cannot get husks, straw will answer, or hay.
To Make a Rag Carpet.
Ten pounds of purple warp, ten of green, four of yellow, seven of red, will make
a pretty stripe, mingled and arranged according to your fancy; the above
quantity of warp, with fifty-eight pounds of rags will make forty-two yards,
yard wide. In most cities warp can be purchased ready colored. A very good
proportion is a pound and a quarter of rags, and three-quarters of a pound of
warp to the yard. Save all the scraps in cutting out work; have a bag for the
purpose hanging in a convenient place, and when you have leisure cut them. Old
muslin garments that are not worth giving away, may be torn in strips and
colored. In cutting out clothes for boys, from men's garments, there will always
be scraps and strips. By purchasing a little red flannel to mix in, the
appearance is improved. A carpet wears cleaner to be about one-third cotton, and
two-thirds woollen rags to mix the colors. Do not sew a strip that is longer
than three yards, and the cotton should be much shorter, as the warp is usually
of that material, there is more danger from fire.
To Keep Furs and Woollens.
Crack the grains of black pepper, and sprinkle in among your furs and woollen
clothes; after they have been shaken and aired, fold them smooth and put them in
linen bags or sheets; keep them in a large
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