Add 1 pint of salt and 1 tablespoonful of powdered alum to 1 gallon of water✪ Setting Colors and use in soaking fabrics to set the following colors : pink, brown, red, yellow, gray, black and black and white mixtures. Green is set by soaking the garment in 1 gallon of water to which 1 tablespoonful of powdered alum has been added. If strong salt water fails to set blue dye in fabrics, 1 table- spoonful of powdered alum, ^2 cupful of strong vinegar and 1 tablespoonful of sugar of lead, a poison, may be added to a gal- lon of water used in the soaking. Lavender and purple are set by being soaked in a gallon of water to which % cupful of strong vinegar is added. LAUNDERING RECIPES 243 Bleaching Yellowed WMte Fabrics To bleach yellowed white cotton and linen fabrics, moisten the material in a solution made by dissolving 2 teaspoonfuls of potassium permanganate in 2 quarts of water. Rinse in a clear warm water. The material will become brown. Then dip it in a dilute oxalic acid solution, made by diluting the concentrated acid in an equal amount of water. Rinse through several waters, one of which is soapy. If all the white clothes appear a little yellow, use a lemon or oxalic acid rinse when washing. Use l^ tubful of hot water and add the juice of 4 large lemons or 2 tablespoonfuls of oxalic acid crystals✪ Bleaching Yellowed White Fabrics first dissolved in a little warm water. Put the clothes in this rinse a few at a time and let stand 4 or 5 minutes and then put through a clear hot rinse. Drying the clothes outdoors in the sunshine is the best way to keep them white. Slightly yellowed garments may be wet in water and spread on the grass in the sunshine to bleach. Washing Pillows and Feathers Fill a tub almost full of water and add 1 cupful of borax and 1 tablespoonful of ammonia✪ Washing Pillows and Feathers. Place soiled feather pillows in this and boil 20 minutes. Scrub the tick to make certain it is clean. Rinse three times in clear warm water and hang outdoors in the wind, but in a shady place if possible. If one wishes, the feath- ers may be poured through a small opening in the tick into a muslin bag. Then the feathers and the pillow covering may be washed separately. Javelle Water 1 pound sal soda or pearl ash ^ pound chloride of lime 2 quarts cold water✪ Javelle Water Mix the ingredients thoroughly and let stand overnight. Pour off the clear liquid and bottle for use. Store in a cool, dark place. To use Javelle Water, stretch the stained article and rub the liquid into it. Then rinse it quickly in clear water and rub a little if necessary. When the stain is gone, rinse in a little ammonia water. Javelle water is used only in removing stains from white cottons and linens. 244 THE FAEM COOK AND RULE BOOK Removing Scorch Scorch usually can be removed from cottons and linens by being moistened in water and placed in the sun to dry. It may be necessary to repeat this process more than once. Removing Mucus from Handkerchiefs Soak the handkerchiefs in salt water or in boric acid and water. Removing Ordinary Stains Blood — Soak fabric in tepid water. Chocolate and Cocoa — Wash in cold water. Bleach white fabrics with Javelle water. Coffee — ^Pour boiling water through fabric or cover with water in which borax is dissolved. Egg — Wash out in cold water. Fruit — Pour boiling water through fabric or dissolve in alco- hol. Use Javelle water on white materials.

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Add 1 pint of salt and 1 tablespoonful of powdered alum to 1 gallon of water and use in soaking fabrics to set the following colors : pink, brown, red, yellow, gray, black and black and white mixtures. Green is set by soaking the garment in 1 gallon of water to which 1 tablespoonful of powdered alum has been added. If strong salt water fails to set blue dye in fabrics, 1 table- spoonful of powdered alum, ^2 cupful of strong vinegar and 1 tablespoonful of sugar of lead, a poison, may be added to a gal- lon of water used in the soaking. Lavender and purple are set by being soaked in a gallon of water to which % cupful of strong vinegar is added. LAUNDERING RECIPES 243 Bleaching Yellowed WMte Fabrics To bleach yellowed white cotton and linen fabrics, moisten the material in a solution made by dissolving 2 teaspoonfuls of potassium permanganate in 2 quarts of water. Rinse in a clear warm water. The material will become brown. Then dip it in a dilute oxalic acid solution, made by diluting the concentrated acid in an equal amount of water. Rinse through several waters, one of which is soapy. If all the white clothes appear a little yellow, use a lemon or oxalic acid rinse when washing. Use l^ tubful of hot water and add the juice of 4 large lemons or 2 tablespoonfuls of oxalic acid crystals first dissolved in a little warm water. Put the clothes in this rinse a few at a time and let stand 4 or 5 minutes and then put through a clear hot rinse. Drying the clothes outdoors in the sunshine is the best way to keep them white. Slightly yellowed garments may be wet in water and spread on the grass in the sunshine to bleach. Washing Pillows and Feathers Fill a tub almost full of water and add 1 cupful of borax and 1 tablespoonful of ammonia. Place soiled feather pillows in this and boil 20 minutes. Scrub the tick to make certain it is clean. Rinse three times in clear warm water and hang outdoors in the wind, but in a shady place if possible. If one wishes, the feath- ers may be poured through a small opening in the tick into a muslin bag. Then the feathers and the pillow covering may be washed separately. Javelle Water 1 pound sal soda or pearl ash ^ pound chloride of lime 2 quarts cold water Mix the ingredients thoroughly and let stand overnight. Pour off the clear liquid and bottle for use. Store in a cool, dark place. To use Javelle Water, stretch the stained article and rub the liquid into it. Then rinse it quickly in clear water and rub a little if necessary. When the stain is gone, rinse in a little ammonia water. Javelle water is used only in removing stains from white cottons and linens. 244 THE FAEM COOK AND RULE BOOK Removing Scorch Scorch usually can be removed from cottons and linens by being moistened in water and placed in the sun to dry. It may be necessary to repeat this process more than once. Removing Mucus from Handkerchiefs Soak the handkerchiefs in salt water or in boric acid and water. Removing Ordinary Stains Blood — Soak fabric in tepid water. Chocolate and Cocoa — Wash in cold water. Bleach white fabrics with Javelle water. Coffee — ^Pour boiling water through fabric or cover with water in which borax is dissolved. Egg — Wash out in cold water. Fruit — Pour boiling water through fabric or dissolve in alco- hol. Use Javelle water on white materials.

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