Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1911 — FREEING BRUSHES FROM DUST [ARTICLE]

FREEING BRUSHES FROM DUST

Care That Is Necessary to Keep the Articles In a Hygienic Condition.

The hygienic condition in which both brushes and combs are kept so influence hair and scalp that if the former are not constantly freed from dnat that which they contain will be directly applied each time either article is used. Each timo after it is used a brush should have its bristles freed from dust Just as a dußtlng cloth Is cleaned after being used. A good housekeeper would not dream of putting away a dusting cloth without shaking It, but the same woman will put down her hair brush with no thought of its being unclean. To free the bristles from dust strike a flat surface, such as bureau top or table, with the tips of the bristles, the brush back being in normal position. Then rub across the table edge with the bristles, sawing across, as it were. If there is- doubt in her mind of the need of this treatment, one cleaning in this way will convince her. Once a week Is, as a rule, often enough to wash a brush. More than that Is apt to make the bristles Ilmp, and If they are to be kept stiff, never must they be placed In very hot water. There are specially prepared powders to cleaning brashes, but a few teaspoonfuls of borax In a basin of clear water is excellent To cleanse a brush to this preparation hold the bristles down and shake them under wa ter. To dry. the brush should be plkced on end. that the water may run out quickly.