How To Clean And Curl Feathers

White or light colored feathers can be washed in benzoin without losiug their cnrl or color. They should be swung in the air until dry. Auother plan for white faathera is towash them in warm ■water and castile soap, rinse three times to remove fnlly all the soap, pass throngh a warm solution of oxalio acid and then ligb-tly starch. Dry in a warm room by lightly beatiug each feather against the hand or near the flre. To onrl os(rich feathers have a dull knife with the top hollowed out near the point if you are going to make a