To Cleanse Blankets. — Put two large tablespoons of borax and a pint bowl of soft soap in a tub of cold water✪ To Cleanse Blankets. When dissolved, put in a pair of blankets and let them remain over night. Next day rub them out, rinse thoroughly in two waters, and hang them to dry. Do not wring them. - S. E. F. 300 TWENTIETH CENTURY HOME COOK BOOK. To Wash Flannels. — I wonder if housekeepers know that flannel should never have soap smeared upon it, or be rubbed upon aboard? A hot suds should be made, and the flannel should be squeezed through it, rubbing the dirtiest portions in the hands as lightly as possible. When the stains are softened, another warm water should be read}', into which dip the flannels, and squeeze them dry as possible out of it. Shake them well, and hang them out where the wind will not strike them hard; never hang them in the sun. — A. W. Washing Fluid. — Three tablespoonfuls of soda, the same quantity of dissolved camphor (the saine as kept for family use), to a quart of soft water✪ Washing Fluid; bottle it up, and shake well before using. For a large washing take four tablespoonfuls of fluid to a pint of soap, make warm suds and soak the clothes half an hour; then make another suds, using the same quantity of soap and fluid, and boil them just fifteen minutes, then rinse in two waters. — Mamie, Lake County, Ind. To Remove Acid Stains and Restore Color. — When color on a fabric has been destroyed by acid, ammonia is applied to neutralize the same, after which an a})plication of chloroform will, in almost all cases, restore the original color. The application of ammonia is common; but that of chloroform is but little known. Chloroform will remove paint from a garment or elsewhere, when benzole or bisul- phide of carbon fails. To Preserve Clothes-Pins. — They should be boiled a few moments and quickly dried, once or twice a month, when they become more flexible and durable. Clothes lines will last longer and keep in better order for wash-day service, if occa- sionally treated in the same way. To Remove Grease from Worsted — Take one-quarter pound of Castile soap, one-quarter pound ammonia, very strong, one ounce sulphuric ether, one ounce spirits of wine, one ounce glycerine. To mix this cut the soap fine and dissolve in one quart of soft water, and then add four more qiuirts of water✪ To Remove Grease from Worsted and all ingredients. Two or three daily applications of benzine will also remove the grease spots. Apply with brush or woollen cloth. Do not make the application in a wai'm room, as the article is highly inflammable. — Maggie, Eichland, Mich. XIII. Starching and Ironing. Starch and iron shirt bosoms as usual, and when the articles are thoroughly dry, place one at a time on a narrow, hard and very smooth board, which has one thickness of cotton cloth over it, sewed tightly ; have the polishing iron heated so that it will not scorch, and rub it quick and hard over the surface, up and down the bosom, using only the rounded part on the front of the iron. A still higher polish may be obtained by passing a damp cloth hghtly over the smooth surface, and then rubbing hard and quickly with the hot iron. It needs a good deal of patient practice to do this admir- abl.y, but when once learned, it is as easy as other ironing. A polishing iron is small and highly polished, with a rounded part, which allows all the friction to come on a Contributions froji friends on household economy. 301 small part at one time, which develops the gloss that may be in both linen and starch. Collars and cuffs look nicely done in this way.

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To Cleanse Blankets. — Put two large tablespoons of borax and a pint bowl of soft soap in a tub of cold water. When dissolved, put in a pair of blankets and let them remain over night. Next day rub them out, rinse thoroughly in two waters, and hang them to dry. Do not wring them. - S. E. F. To Wash Flannels. — I wonder if housekeepers know that flannel should never have soap smeared upon it, or be rubbed upon a board? A hot suds should be made, and the flannel should be squeezed through it, rubbing the dirtiest portions in the hands as lightly as possible. When the stains are softened, another warm water should be ready, into which dip the flannels, and squeeze them dry as possible out of it. Shake them well, and hang them out where the wind will not strike them hard; never hang them in the sun. — A. W. Washing Fluid. — Three tablespoonfuls of soda, the same quantity of dissolved camphor (the saine as kept for family use), to a quart of soft water; bottle it up, and shake well before using. For a large washing take four tablespoonfuls of fluid to a pint of soap, make warm suds and soak the clothes half an hour; then make another suds, using the same quantity of soap and fluid, and boil them just fifteen minutes, then rinse in two waters. — Mamie, Lake County, Ind. To Remove Acid Stains and Restore Color. — When color on a fabric has been destroyed by acid, ammonia is applied to neutralize the same, after which an application of chloroform will, in almost all cases, restore the original color. The application of ammonia is common; but that of chloroform is but little known. Chloroform will remove paint from a garment or elsewhere, when benzole or bisulphide of carbon fails. To Preserve Clothes-Pins. — They should be boiled a few moments and quickly dried, once or twice a month, when they become more flexible and durable. Clothes lines will last longer and keep in better order for wash-day service, if occasionally treated in the same way. To Remove Grease from Worsted — Take one-quarter pound of Castile soap, one-quarter pound ammonia, very strong, one ounce sulphuric ether, one ounce spirits of wine, one ounce glycerine. To mix this cut the soap fine and dissolve in one quart of soft water, and then add four more quarts of water and all ingredients. Two or three daily applications of benzine will also remove the grease spots. apply with brush or woollen cloth. Do not make the application in a warm room, as the article is highly inflammable. — Maggie, Richland, Mich. XIII. Starching and Ironing. Starch and iron shirt bosoms as usual, and when the articles are thoroughly dry, place one at a time on a narrow, hard and very smooth board, which has one thickness of cotton cloth over it, sewed tightly ; have the polishing iron heated so that it will not scorch, and rub it quick and hard over the surface, up and down the bosom, using only the rounded part on the front of the iron. A still higher polish may be obtained by passing a damp cloth lightly over the smooth surface, and then rubbing hard and quickly with the hot iron. It needs a good deal of patient practice to do this admirably, but when once learned, it is as easy as other ironing. A polishing iron is small and highly polished, with a rounded part, which allows all the friction to come on a Contributions froji friends on household economy. 301 small part at one time, which develops the gloss that may be in both linen and starch. Collars and cuffs look nicely done in this way.

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