Buack Print on PERCALE Dresses, that have figures of white in them,
may be washed nicely by putting them in the ‘‘ boiling suds,” after the other
clothes have all been removed, and boiling for ten minutes; cool the suds,
rub out quickly, rinse in lukewarm water, then in very blue cold water, and
starch in coffee starch. After the dress is dried, it is to be dipped into cold
water, passed through the wringer, rolled in a coarse towel or sheet and left
for a couple of hours, then ironed on the wrong side.
To Wasu Dexicate Cotorep Musiins.—Boil wheat bran (about two quarts
to a dress) in soft water half an hour, let it cool; strain the liquor, and use
it instead of soap-suds; it removes dirt like soap, keeps the color, and the
clothes only need rinsing in one water, and even starching is unnecessary.
Suds and rinsing water for colored articles should be used as cold as possible.
Another way is to make thick corn meal mush, well salted, and use instead
of soap; rinse in one or two waters, and do not starch.
To Wasu A Srtk Dress.—To wash a silk dress with gall soap, rip apart
and shake off the dust; have ready two tubs warm soft water, make a suds
of the soap in one tub, and use the other for rinsing; wash the silk, one
piece at a time, in the suds, wring gently, rinse, again wring, shake out, and
iron with a hot iron on what you intend to be the wrong side. Thus pro-
ceed with each piece; and, when about half dene, throw out the suds and
make suds of the rinsing water, using fresh water for rinsing.
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THE LAUNDRY.
, A Wasuine Fiuip.—The washing fluid made by the following rule is
mvaiuabie in cleaning woolen goods, in washing woolen tidies, or worsted
goods of any kind: One-half bar of Babbitt’s or Bell’s soap, one ounce salt-
petre, one ounce borax, four quarts soft water. Dissolve all together over a
fire; when half cold, add five ounces spirits of ammonia. The compound
may be bottled and is good for an indefinite length of time. It is used just
as you would use soft soap.—WMrs. Judge West, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
To “Do Up” Brack SitK.—Boil an old kid glove (cut up in small shreds)
in a pint of water till the water is reduced to a half pint; then sponge the
silk with it; fold it down tight, and ten minutes after, iron it on the wrong
side while wet. The silk will retain its softness and luster, and, at the
same time, have the ‘“‘body”’ of new silk.
Or, rip up and brush thoroughly, then sponge in ammonia water, and
pin out perfectly straight, each width or piece where the sun will shine on
it and let dry.
To TAKE out Scorcu,.—If a shirt-bosom, or any other article has been
scorched in ironing, lay it where bright sunshine will fall directly on it.
Peel and slice two onions, extract the juice by pounding and squeezing;
eut up half an ounce of fine white soap, and add to the juice; two ounces
of fuller’s earth and_ half pint of vinegar. Boil all together. When cool
spread over the scorched linen, and let dry on; then wash and boil out the ©
hehe and the spots will disappear unless burned so badly as to break the
threads. ;
Fiour Starcn.—Have a clean pan or kettle on stove with one quart boil-
ing water, into which stir three heaping table-spoons flour✪ Flour Starch, previously mixed =
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Buack Print on PERCALE Dresses, that have figures of white in them,
may be washed nicely by putting them in the ‘‘ boiling suds,” after the other
clothes have all been removed, and boiling for ten minutes; cool the suds,
rub out quickly, rinse in lukewarm water, then in very blue cold water, and
starch in coffee starch. After the dress is dried, it is to be dipped into cold
water, passed through the wringer, rolled in a coarse towel or sheet and left
for a couple of hours, then ironed on the wrong side.
To Wasu Dexicate Cotorep Musiins.—Boil wheat bran (about two quarts
to a dress) in soft water half an hour, let it cool; strain the liquor, and use
it instead of soap-suds; it removes dirt like soap, keeps the color, and the
clothes only need rinsing in one water, and even starching is unnecessary.
Suds and rinsing water for colored articles should be used as cold as possible.
Another way is to make thick corn meal mush, well salted, and use instead
of soap; rinse in one or two waters, and do not starch.
To Wasu A Srtk Dress.—To wash a silk dress with gall soap, rip apart
and shake off the dust; have ready two tubs warm soft water, make a suds
of the soap in one tub, and use the other for rinsing; wash the silk, one
piece at a time, in the suds, wring gently, rinse, again wring, shake out, and
iron with a hot iron on what you intend to be the wrong side. Thus pro-
ceed with each piece; and, when about half dene, throw out the suds and
make suds of the rinsing water, using fresh water for rinsing.
a n ‘ {
THE LAUNDRY.
, A Wasuine Fiuip.—The washing fluid made by the following rule is
mvaiuabie in cleaning woolen goods, in washing woolen tidies, or worsted
goods of any kind: One-half bar of Babbitt’s or Bell’s soap, one ounce salt-
petre, one ounce borax, four quarts soft water. Dissolve all together over a
fire; when half cold, add five ounces spirits of ammonia. The compound
may be bottled and is good for an indefinite length of time. It is used just
as you would use soft soap.—WMrs. Judge West, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
To “Do Up” Brack SitK.—Boil an old kid glove (cut up in small shreds)
in a pint of water till the water is reduced to a half pint; then sponge the
silk with it; fold it down tight, and ten minutes after, iron it on the wrong
side while wet. The silk will retain its softness and luster, and, at the
same time, have the ‘“‘body”’ of new silk.
Or, rip up and brush thoroughly, then sponge in ammonia water, and
pin out perfectly straight, each width or piece where the sun will shine on
it and let dry.
To TAKE out Scorcu,.—If a shirt-bosom, or any other article has been
scorched in ironing, lay it where bright sunshine will fall directly on it.
Peel and slice two onions, extract the juice by pounding and squeezing;
eut up half an ounce of fine white soap, and add to the juice; two ounces
of fuller’s earth and_ half pint of vinegar. Boil all together. When cool
spread over the scorched linen, and let dry on; then wash and boil out the ©
hehe and the spots will disappear unless burned so badly as to break the
threads. ;
Fiour Starcn.—Have a clean pan or kettle on stove with one quart boil-
ing water, into which stir three heaping table-spoons flour, previously mixed =