Putting away Clothes. — Before putting away summer or winter clothes, mend, clean, bruaii, shake well, fold smoothly, sprinkle gum- camphor on every fold and on the bottom of trunks or closets. Fine dresses, cloaks, etc., should be wrapped in sheets or towels separately, and, as far as possible, be laid away lightly. To Remove Stains from Linen. — Tartaric acid or salts of lemon will quickly remove stains from linen. Put less than a half-teaspoon- ful of salts or acid in a tablespoonful of water, wet the stain with it, and lay it in the sun for at least an hour ; wet it once or twice in the time with cold water. If not entirely out after the first trial, repeat, and lay it again in the sun. To Remove Grease from Silk, Cotton, Linen, or Worsted THE LAUNDRY. 299 Goods. — Rub magnesia freely on both sides of silk or worsted goods, and hang away. Benzine, ether, or soap will take out spots from silk, but the goods must not be rubbed. A towel folded several times should be laid under the silk, so as to absorb the grease. Oil of turpentine or benzine will remove spots of paint, varnish or pitch from white or colored cotton or woollen goods. After using, it shoul'd be washed in soap-suds. Cream of Tartar rubbed upon soiled white kid gloves cleanses them well. Hartshorn, rubbed on silk or woollen garments, will restore the color without injuring them. Fly-spots can be removed with a camel's-hair brush dipped into spirits of wine, and then applied to the spot. Crape can be stiffened by holding it over potatoes or rice while boiling, and then let it dry by the fire. Gin is an excellent thing to restore rusty crape (and it is perhaps the best use that gin can be put to). Dip the crape in it, and let it get well saturated, then clap it till dry, and smooth it out with a moderately hot iron. . Water-spots may be removed from black crape by clapping it until dry. If dried before the spot was noticed, it will need to be dampened and then clapped in the hands. Sand-paper is the best polisher for smoothing-irons. It removes all roughness and starch. Bar-soap should be kept in a dry place several weeks before using. It will last much longer. Spirits of Turpentine is good to take grease or drops of paint out of cloth. Apply it till the grease can be scraped off Feathers may be cleaned by dipping them into hot water. Dry by shaking. Feathers may be bleached by exposure to the vapor of burning sulphur — sulphurous acid — in a moist atmosphere, but it is necessary to remove the oily matters from them before they can be satisfactorily so bleached. This may be accomplished by immersing them for a 300 THE hearthstone; or, life at home. short time in good naphtha or benzine, rinsing in a second vessel of the same, and thoroughly drying by exposure to the air. This treat- ment does not injure the feathers. To take out tar, paint, or resin, from either linen or woollen, pour a little alcohol on the place and let it soak half an hour, and rub gently. To Bleach Hose. — Strong chlorine water applied only to the stains on white hose, and well rinsed afterward, will bleach them nicely.

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Putting away Clothes. — Before putting away summer or winter clothes, mend, clean, brush, shake well, fold smoothly, sprinkle gumcamphor on every fold and on the bottom of trunks or closets. Fine dresses, cloaks, etc., should be wrapped in sheets or towels separately, and, as far as possible, be laid away lightly. To Remove Stains from Linen. — Tartaric acid or salts of lemon will quickly remove stains from linen. Put less than a half-teaspoonful of salts or acid in a tablespoonful of water, wet the stain with it, and lay it in the sun for at least an hour ; wet it once or twice in the time with cold water. If not entirely out after the first trial, repeat, and lay it again in the sun. To Remove Grease from Silk, Cotton, Linen, or Worsted Goods. — Rub magnesia freely on both sides of silk or worsted goods, and hang away. Benzine, ether, or soap will take out spots from silk, but the goods must not be rubbed. A towel folded several times should be laid under the silk, so as to absorb the grease. Oil of turpentine or benzine will remove spots of paint, varnish or pitch from white or colored cotton or woollen goods. After using, it should be washed in soap-suds. Cream of Tartar rubbed upon soiled white kid gloves cleanses them well. Hartshorn, rubbed on silk or woollen garments, will restore the color without injuring them. Fly-spots can be removed with a camel's-hair brush dipped into spirits of wine, and then applied to the spot. Crape can be stiffened by holding it over potatoes or rice while boiling, and then let it dry by the fire. Gin is an excellent thing to restore rusty crape (and it is perhaps the best use that gin can be put to). Dip the crape in it, and let it get well saturated, then clap it till dry, and smooth it out with a moderately hot iron. . Water-spots may be removed from black crape by clapping it until dry. If dried before the spot was noticed, it will need to be dampened and then clapped in the hands. Sand-paper is the best polisher for smoothing-irons. It removes all roughness and starch. Bar-soap should be kept in a dry place several weeks before using. It will last much longer. Spirits of Turpentine is good to take grease or drops of paint out of cloth. Apply it till the grease can be scraped off Feathers may be cleaned by dipping them into hot water. Dry by shaking. Feathers may be bleached by exposure to the vapor of burning sulphur — sulphurous acid — in a moist atmosphere, but it is necessary to remove the oily matters from them before they can be satisfactorily so bleached. This may be accomplished by immersing them for a 300 THE hearthstone; or, life at home. short time in good naphtha or benzine, rinsing in a second vessel of the same, and thoroughly drying by exposure to the air. This treatment does not injure the feathers. To take out tar, paint, or resin, from either linen or woollen, pour a little alcohol on the place and let it soak half an hour, and rub gently. To Bleach Hose. — Strong chlorine water applied only to the stains on white hose, and well rinsed afterward, will bleach them nicely.

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