Buckeye cookery

The curtains should always be measured before being wet, and stretched in the frames to that size to prevent shrinking. Five or six curtains of the same size may be put in, one above the other, and all dried at once. The frames may rest on four chairs. ;How to Stive Shirt-Bosoms.—To fine starch add a piece of "Enamel"” the size of a hazel-nut; if this is not at hand use a table-spoon gum-arabie solution (made by pouring boiling water upon gum-arabic and standing un. til clear and transparent), ora piece of clean mutton-tallow half the size of a nutmeg and a tea-spoon of salt will do, but is not as good. Strain the starch through a strainer or a piece of thin muslin. Have the shirt turned wrong side out; dip the bosoms carefully in the fine starch, made according to recipe, and squeeze out, repeating the operation until the bosoms are thoroughly and evenly saturated with starch; proceed todry. Three hours before ironing dip the bosoms in clean water; wringout andyroll up tightly, First iron the back by folding it lengthwise through the center; nextiron the wristbands, and both sides of the sleeves; then the coliar-band; now place the bosom-board under the bosom, and with a dampened napkin rub the bosom from the top towards the bottom, smoothing and arranging each plait See e MS puny AS neatly. With smooth, moderately hot flat-iron, begin at the top and iron downwards, and continue the operation until the bosom is perfectly dry and shining. Remove the bosom-board, and iron the front of the shirt. The bosoms and cuffs of shirts, indeed of all nice fine work, will look clearer and better if they are first ironed under a piece of thinold muslin. It takes off the first heat of the iron, and removes any lumps of starch. ° Washing Fluid.—The very best known, as it saves time, labor, clothes and soap: One pound sal-soda, one-half pound stone lime, five’ quarts soft water, (some add one-fifth pound borax); boil a short time in copper or brass kettle, stirring occasionally, let settle and pour off the clear fluid into. a stone jug, and cork for use ; soak white clothes over night in simple water, wring out and soap wristbands, collars, and dirty stained places; have boiler half filled with water, and when at scalding heat put in one common teacup of fluid, stir and put in clothes, and boil half an hour, rub lightly through one suds only, rinsing well in the bluing water as usual, and all is complete. Instead of soaking clothes over night, they may soak in suds for a few hours before beginning washing. For each additional boiler of plothes, add half a cup only of the fluid, of course boiling in the same water . through the whole washing. If more water is needed in the boiler for the Jast clothes, dip it from the sudsing tub. This fluid brightens instead of fading the colors in calico, and is good for colored flannels. It does not rot clothes, but they must not lie long in the water; *%e boiling, sudsing, rinsing and bluing must follow each other in rapid succession, until clothes are hung on the line, which should be by ten o’clock in the morning. Some of this fluid, _ putin hot water, is excellent for removing grease spots from the floor, doors - and windows; also for cleansing tin-ware, pots, and kettles.—Mrs. Rose Sharp, Kingston, O. To WasH WoouENn Goops.—Dissolve a large table-spoon borax in a pint boiling water. wu.:.7 one-quarter of it in the cold water in which greasy woolen goods are to be washed. Put in one piece at a time, using soap, if needed; and if necessary add more of the borax-water. Wash and rinse in cold water. Shake well and hang where the goods will dry quickly.