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removed by clipping immediately in cold water. Another
and better way: Cover the spots with common salt; squeeze
over the salt enough lemon juice to wet it, spread it in the
sun, and in a short time the spots will disappear, unless of
long standing, when they may need a repetition. When
the spots disappear, wash and boil out.
To take mildew out of linen : Take soap and rub it well,
then scrape some fine chalk and rub it on the linen and lay
it on the grass. As it dries, wet it a little, and it will come
out in twice doing.
HINTS TO LAUNDRESSES.
A tea-spoonful of turpentine boiled with white cloths will
aid materially in the bleaching process.
A table-spoonful of black pepper put into the first water in
which gray and buff linens are washed will keep them from
spotting. It will also keep the colors of black or colored
cambric or muslin from running, and it does not harden the
water.
A little gum arabic imparts gloss to common starch.
A tea-cupful of lye in a pail of water is said to improve
the color of black goods when it is necessary to wash them.
A strong, clean tea of common hay will preserve the color
of French linen.
Vinegar in the rinsing- water for pink or green will
brighten these colors, and soda answers the same purpose
for both purple and blue. The colors of these fabrics
may be preserved by using a strong milk-warm lather of
white soap and putting the dress into it instead of rubbing
it on the material, and stirring into a first and second tub
of water a large table-spoonful of ox-gall.
To retain colors: To keep the colors of calico and ging-
ham bright for a long time, dissolve a piece of alum the size
of a shell-bark hickory-nut for every pint of starch and add
to it. This will keep it bright a long time.
366 The Neiv Kentucky Home Cook Book.
To wash colored stockings: Prepare a strong lather of
soap and soft water, free from soda and all other compounds,
as hot as the hands can bear. After washing the goods
therein, rinse in clear water with a little salt thrown in to
prevent the colors from running. It is very necessary to
wring out as much water as possible, and then wring again
in a dry towel and dry immediately before a fire. The art-
icles must be pinned up, not laid over any thing. On no
account must soap be rubbed on, nor must the article be
allowed to lie about in folds before drying, as by so doing it
is apt to stain itself.
Washing laces: If your lace curtains are soiled, wash
them, and instead of bluing dip them in some very weak
cold coffee. They will receive from it a delicate shade of
ecru, which is so popular for laces just now. Other articles
of lace may be treated the same way.
Washing blankets: Blankets should be put into a tub of
cold water in which has been dissolved a pint of soap and
two table-spoonfuls of borax. Let them remain all night,
and in the morning rub and rinse them. Dry them
quickly.
Flannels should be washed in warm soap-suds. Rinse
them in warm water with very little soap in it. Do not
wring them, but hang them by the fire and dry them imme-
diately. When almost dry, iron them with a warm iron.
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removed by clipping immediately in cold water. Another and better way: Cover the spots with common salt; squeeze over the salt enough lemon juice to wet it, spread it in the sun, and in a short time the spots will disappear, unless of long standing, when they may need a repetition. When the spots disappear, wash and boil out.
To take mildew out of linen : Take soap and rub it well, then scrape some fine chalk and rub it on the linen and lay it on the grass. As it dries, wet it a little, and it will come out in twice doing.
HINTS TO LAUNDRESSES.
A tea-spoonful of turpentine boiled with white cloths will aid materially in the bleaching process.
A table-spoonful of black pepper put into the first water in which gray and buff linens are washed will keep them from spotting. It will also keep the colors of black or colored cambric or muslin from running, and it does not harden the water.
A little gum arabic imparts gloss to common starch.
A tea-cupful of lye in a pail of water is said to improve the color of black goods when it is necessary to wash them.
A strong, clean tea of common hay will preserve the color of French linen.
Vinegar in the rinsing- water for pink or green will brighten these colors, and soda answers the same purpose for both purple and blue. The colors of these fabrics may be preserved by using a strong milk-warm lather of white soap and putting the dress into it instead of rubbing it on the material, and stirring into a first and second tub of water a large table-spoonful of ox-gall.
To retain colors: To keep the colors of calico and gingham bright for a long time, dissolve a piece of alum the size of a shell-bark hickory-nut for every pint of starch and add to it. This will keep it bright a long time.
366 The Neiv Kentucky Home Cook Book.
To wash colored stockings: Prepare a strong lather of soap and soft water, free from soda and all other compounds, as hot as the hands can bear. After washing the goods therein, rinse in clear water with a little salt thrown in to prevent the colors from running. It is very necessary to wring out as much water as possible, and then wring again in a dry towel and dry immediately before a fire. The articles must be pinned up, not laid over any thing. On no account must soap be rubbed on, nor must the article be allowed to lie about in folds before drying, as by so doing it is apt to stain itself.
Washing laces: If your lace curtains are soiled, wash them, and instead of bluing dip them in some very weak cold coffee. They will receive from it a delicate shade of ecru, which is so popular for laces just now. Other articles of lace may be treated the same way.
Washing blankets: Blankets should be put into a tub of cold water in which has been dissolved a pint of soap and two table-spoonfuls of borax. Let them remain all night, and in the morning rub and rinse them. Dry them quickly.
Flannels should be washed in warm soap-suds. Rinse them in warm water with very little soap in it. Do not wring them, but hang them by the fire and dry them immediately. When almost dry, iron them with a warm iron.