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To Clean White Kid Boots

If a board, and rub the threadbare parts with a the kid boots are not very soiled they may be half-worn hatter's card, filled with flocks, or cleaned in the following manner: Put 1/2 ounce with a prickly thistle, until a nap is raised. of hartshorn into a saucer, dip a bit of clean Hang up to dry, and with a hard brush lay flannel in it and rub it on a piece of white curd soap; rub the boots with this, and as each piece of flannel becomes soiled, take a fres piece; the boots will look like new.

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