To every tAvo gallons of lukeAvarm Avater add a handful of salt and
1 tablespoonful vinegar✪ To Wash Stockings. Do not forget to shake before washing.
Slue the rinsing water to prevent them turning green. Never put
blue and vinegar into one Avater, as the one counteracts the other.
To Wash Silk Stockingfs (Coloured or
Black).
Wash with warm bran water✪ To Wash Silk Stockings (no soap). (See recipe for washing
prints). Squeeze, don’t wring, and dry in the shade.
To Wash Black Materials.
Make a lather by adding a tablespoonful of soap jelly, and' two
level teaspoonfuls of powdered borax to a gallon of water✪ To Wash Black Materials of about
110 degs. Work the material up and down in this, drawing it
through your hands, but not rubbing it. -Rinse in two lots of clear
lukewarm water, and hang in the shade (Avithout wringing) till nearly
dry. Pull each piece into shape when hanging on the line. Iron on
the wrong side when nearly dry, and continue ironing till quite dry.
For other woollen articles, such as children’s dresses, shawls, die.,
fvhere there are green or other fancy colours, add to your soap jelly
^ gill of spirits of turpentine, and a tablespoonful of spirits of harts-
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horn ; then thoroughly wash as quiclQy as possible ; rinse in cold
water with a little salt in it, and dry quickly. If this is done care-
fully, the colours will remain quite fresh.
Handkerchiefs.
Cambric handkerchiefs should be well soaked in tepid water for
2 hours, then squeezed out to a pan of water, to every gallon of which
an ounce of shredded soap and a small tablespoonful of paraffin are
added. Boil 20 minutes and rinse in clear cold water, and again in
blue water. Pass through wringer, but don’t twist. Spread smoothly
between the folds of a towel and roll up tightly. Iron in a few
hours, while still damp. A little arrowroot, in a muslin bag and
placed in the water in which handkerchiefs are boiled (using no para-
ffin), will give them a. faint and agreeable perfume when ironed). If
borax ia added to the rinsing water, they will be slightly stiff, with-
out being hard.
To Wash Sashes and Ribbons, &c.
Squeeze in warm soapy lather (not . hot) till clean, then rinse in
warm water, then in cold, to which 1 tablespoonful salt and same of
vinegar✪ To Wash Sashes and Ribbons has been added. This is to preserve the colour. Squeeze
tightly, fold evenly, and roll in a clean cloth. Beat well between the
hands, and iron at once with moderately hot iron under muslin.
Never soak coloured silks, but wash and iron as expeditiously as
possible to prevent colour going. If wanted slightly stiff, put 1 tea-
spoonful prepared gum water to each pint rinsing water, or dissolve
a little gum arabic the size of a walnut in the quart of rinsing water.
Ribbons treated so will look equal to new.
White cotton gloves wash beautifully and do not shrink. Put
them on the hands, and wash them as if you were washing your hands ;
use cold water, and rinse well. Put them in a clean, dry towel, and
pass them twice through the wringer, and finish drying in the air or
by the fire.
Wash white woollen gloves in soapy lather, to which a little am^
monia is added. Rinse in warm water. Put in clean cloth, and pass
through mangle. Don’t dry near fire, but in a warm place.
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Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
To every two gallons of lukewarm water add a handful of salt and 1 tablespoonful vinegar. Do not forget to shake before washing. Blue the rinsing water to prevent them turning green. Never put blue and vinegar into one water, as the one counteracts the other.
To Wash Silk Stockings (Coloured or
Black).
Wash with warm bran water (no soap). (See recipe for washing prints). Squeeze, don’t wring, and dry in the shade.
To Wash Black Materials.
Make a lather by adding a tablespoonful of soap jelly, and' two level teaspoonfuls of powdered borax to a gallon of water of about 110 degs. Work the material up and down in this, drawing it through your hands, but not rubbing it. -Rinse in two lots of clear lukewarm water, and hang in the shade (without wringing) till nearly dry. Pull each piece into shape when hanging on the line. Iron on the wrong side when nearly dry, and continue ironing till quite dry.
For other woollen articles, such as children's dresses, shawls, &c., where there are green or other fancy colours, add to your soap jelly ^ gill of spirits of turpentine, and a tablespoonful of spirits of harts-horn ; then thoroughly wash as quickly as possible ;; rinse in cold water with a little salt in it, and dry quickly. If this is done carefully, the colours will remain quite fresh.
Handkerchiefs.
Cambric handkerchiefs should be well soaked in tepid water for 2 hours, then squeezed out to a pan of water, to every gallon of which an ounce of shredded soap and a small tablespoonful of paraffin are added. Boil 20 minutes and rinse in clear cold water, and again in blue water. Pass through wringer, but don’t twist. Spread smoothly between the folds of a towel and roll up tightly. Iron in a few hours, while still damp. A little arrowroot, in a muslin bag and placed in the water in which handkerchiefs are boiled (using no paraffin), will give them a. faint and agreeable perfume when ironed). If borax is added to the rinsing water, they will be slightly stiff, without being hard.
To Wash Sashes and Ribbons, &c.
Squeeze in warm soapy lather (not hot) till clean, then rinse in warm water, then in cold, to which 1 tablespoonful salt and same of vinegar has been added. This is to preserve the colour. Squeeze tightly, fold evenly, and roll in a clean cloth. Beat well between the hands, and iron at once with moderately hot iron under muslin.
Never soak coloured silks, but wash and iron as expeditiously as possible to prevent colour going. If wanted slightly stiff, put 1 teaspoonful prepared gum water to each pint rinsing water, or dissolve a little gum arabic the size of a walnut in the quart of rinsing water. Ribbons treated so will look equal to new.
White cotton gloves wash beautifully and do not shrink. Put them on the hands, and wash them as if you were washing your hands ; use cold water, and rinse well. Put them in a clean, dry towel, and pass them twice through the wringer, and finish drying in the air or by the fire.
Wash white woollen gloves in soapy lather, to which a little ammonia is added. Rinse in warm water. Put in clean cloth, and pass through mangle. Don’t dry near fire, but in a warm place.
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