Soak for some hours in cold water, to which two or three hand-
fuls of sal✪ To Wash New Blanketst have been added. Wring well, and you will then have no
difficulty in washing in the usual manner. If washed right off in hot
water the first time, that tends to set the sulphur in the blankets,
and turn them black. Select, if possible, a day with a good breeze
for washing.
To Wash Muslin Blouses.
Begin and finish right off, as muslin thickens if left long wet.
Swill well in cold water to get rid of dust, and squeeze dry. Don’t
wring, or you will stretch and break the muslin. Knead in warm,
soapy lather till clean. Then put in pan with cold water softened
with soap and borax, and, if white muslin, boil 10 minutes. Rinse in
warm water, then cold, then in light blue water, and while stiU wet,
starch in clean starch made as follows : — 1 tablespoonful starch mixed
smooth in 2 tablespoonfuls cold water. Pour over IJ pints boiling
water, stirring rapidly all the time. Starch when cooled a little,
squeeze dry as possible, place m clean cloth, roll well with rolling-
pinto absorb any superfluous starch, and iron. For blue and mauve
muslins, add 1 tablespoonful vinegar to 1 quart rinsing water. For
yellow muslins, add 1 teaspoonful methylat^ spirits to 1 quart rins-
ing water. For black and white muslins, green or red, use 1 table-
spoonful salt to each gallon of rinsing water✪ To Wash Muslin Blouses. Faded colours in mus-
lins are restored by steeping in alum auu water oz. to each quart)
for about 2 hours.
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TRIED FAVOURITES COOKERY BOOK.
To Wash Laces and Fine Muslins.
After soaking them all night in cold water, squeeze (do not wring)
out of water. Prepare a lather of soap mixture and tepid water, in
proportion of 1 pint of the mixture to 1 gallon of water✪ To Wash Laces and Fine Muslins. Shako
laces, &c., well in this, and let them soak for a few hours. Squeeze
out and rinse first in warm water, then in several cold waters, some
blue being in the last.
To Clean White Lace.
Roll it round an earthen jar, and stitch tlie ends together so that
it shall not come unfastened. When all the lace is rolled put the jar
on a plate, so that the lace will not burn when placed at the bottom
of a saucepan, and cover the jar entirely with soap and water✪ To Clean White Lace. Let
this boil for some time, adding water from time to time. When the
cleaning appears to be done, take out the jar and place it in a basin
full of clean tepid water, which change repeatedly. When the water
on rinsing is perfectly clear, take out the jar and allow the lace to
dry in some place secure against dust, without touching it. If it is
desired to give a yellow tint to the lace, plunge it, while still moist.
In a decoction of tea, saffron, lime leaves or camomile, according to
the shade of yellow required. If it requires to be stiffened it should
be put, while still moist, in a weak solution of gum arabic. Lace
should be ironed on the reverse side, on a board covered with some
soft substance, with a piece of fine linen over it. By this means,
when the designs are in relief, as in guipure, they are not crushed.
Excellent Sta.rch for Laces, &c.
Mix a small quantity of cornflour smoothly with cold water✪ Excellent Starch for Laces, &c. to
proper consistency.
To Wash Prints, &c. ✪ To Wash Prints, &c.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Soak for some hours in cold water, to which two or three handfuls of salt have been added. Wring well, and you will then have no difficulty in washing in the usual manner. If washed right off in hot water the first time, that tends to set the sulphur in the blankets, and turn them black. Select, if possible, a day with a good breeze for washing.
To Wash Muslin Blouses.
Begin and finish right off, as muslin thickens if left long wet. Swill well in cold water to get rid of dust, and squeeze dry. Don’t wring, or you will stretch and break the muslin. Knead in warm, soapy lather till clean. Then put in pan with cold water softened with soap and borax, and, if white muslin, boil 10 minutes. Rinse in warm water, then cold, then in light blue water, and while stiU wet, starch in clean starch made as follows : — 1 tablespoonful starch mixed smooth in 2 tablespoonfuls cold water. Pour over IJ pints boiling water, stirring rapidly all the time. Starch when cooled a little, squeeze dry as possible, place m clean cloth, roll well with rollingpinto absorb any superfluous starch, and iron. For blue and mauve muslins, add 1 tablespoonful vinegar to 1 quart rinsing water. For yellow muslins, add 1 teaspoonful methylated spirits to 1 quart rinsing water. For black and white muslins, green or red, use 1 tablespoonful salt to each gallon of rinsing water. Faded colours in muslins are restored by steeping in alum and water, oz. to each quart) for about 2 hours.
To Wash Laces and Fine Muslins.
After soaking them all night in cold water, squeeze (do not wring) out of water. Prepare a lather of soap mixture and tepid water, in proportion of 1 pint of the mixture to 1 gallon of water. Shako laces, &c., well in this, and let them soak for a few hours. Squeeze out and rinse first in warm water, then in several cold waters, some blue being in the last.
To Clean White Lace.
Roll it round an earthen jar, and stitch tlie ends together so that it shall not come unfastened. When all the lace is rolled put the jar on a plate, so that the lace will not burn when placed at the bottom of a saucepan, and cover the jar entirely with soap and water. Let this boil for some time, adding water from time to time. When the cleaning appears to be done, take out the jar and place it in a basin full of clean tepid water, which change repeatedly. When the water on rinsing is perfectly clear, take out the jar and allow the lace to dry in some place secure against dust, without touching it. If it is desired to give a yellow tint to the lace, plunge it, while still moist. In a decoction of tea, saffron, lime leaves or camomile, according to the shade of yellow required. If it requires to be stiffened it should be put, while still moist, in a weak solution of gum arabic. Lace should be ironed on the reverse side, on a board covered with some soft substance, with a piece of fine linen over it. By this means, when the designs are in relief, as in guipure, they are not crushed.
Excellent Starch for Laces, &c.
Mix a small quantity of cornflour smoothly with cold water to proper consistency.
To Wash Prints, &c.
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To Wash Shetland ShawlsTo Wash New BlanketsTo Wash Muslin BlousesTo Wash Laces and Fine MuslinsTo Clean White LaceExcellent Starch for Laces, &c.To Wash Prints, &c.