As for cream-colored laces, they should
be boiled for one hour in soapy bluing-
water, then taken out and the operation re-
peated tv/ice, always in fresh water. The
third time there should be no bluing in the
water, and it should not be rinsed. The
lace should afterward be put in gum water,
with a little brandy and alum dissolved in
it. Then powder lightly with sulphur
flour and iron while damp.
Valenciennes should be folded together
in a regular length, sewed in a sack of fine
white linen, and soaked in olive oil for
twelve hours. Afterward put some sliced
pure soap in water and boil the sack con-
tainins: the lace for fifteen minutes. Rinse
w^ell, dip in a thin rice w^ater, then rip open
the sack and pin down the lace to dry.
Iron it under a muslin cloth.
Black laces should also be folded in a
short package and kept in place by stitching
at the top, in the middle, and at the bottom.
Dip the lace in beer and roll it with the hands,
not rubbing too much to clean it. When it
is taken out of the beer, press it between the
hands without wringing, then roll it in a
cloth. Iron it after it has been partly dried,
according to the desired stiffness. To iron
it, stretch it on a thick flannel, and let it re-
main there. Cover it with a thin piece of
muslin to prevent the iron from making it
glossy.
When gowns trimmed with lace are put
away, cover the lace with silver paper.
To cleanse silver laces and braids, put
them in a sack of white linen, which dip into
one pint of water, adding sixty grams of
soap. Boil well, and rinse in cold water.
Apply a little spirits of wine to the tarnished
places .
Cleaning Woolen Goods.
Clean rose-colored cashmere by washing
in cold soapsuds. If you attempt to put
dye in the water, the material will ])e spoiled.
Rinse well in cold water, and dr}^ in the shade.
To clean white serge, use a decoction of
soapwort roots. The gown when washed
will be white and soft to the touch. Soap
hardens stuff goods, and makes them yellow.
Knitted or crocheted garments should be
washed in the following manner : cut one
pound of soap in thin slices, and melt in a
little water until it has the consistency of
jelly. When the preparation has cooled,
beat it up with the hand, and add three spoon-
fuls of grated stag's horn. Wash the whole
material in this mixture, and rinse well in
cold water. If necessary, dip the articles a
second time in salt water to fix the color.
Place before the fire ; stir frequently in order
to let the dampness evaporate ; be sure not
to stretch the articles out to dry.
To clean a faded black cashmere, rub it
width b}^ width with a sponge soaked in a
solution of alcohol and ammonia, equal
parts, diluted with hot water.
Wash merinos and cashmeres in warm
water into which Irish potatoes have been
scraped. Rinse in good soft water. These
materials should not be wrung out. They
should be spread smoothly on a line where
they may drip, and should be allowed to be-
come partly dry before ironing.
Black merinos, cloaks, gentlemen's
clothes, or woolen goods generally, may be
cleaned with carbonate of ammonia, which
must be poured into boiling water and
allowed to become cold. Meanwhile, brusli
the stuff thoroughly with a hard brush, lay-
ing it upon a large newspaper, and brushing
both sides, where possible.
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Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
As for cream-colored laces, they should be boiled for one hour in soapy bluingwater, then taken out and the operation repeated twice, always in fresh water. The third time there should be no bluing in the water, and it should not be rinsed. The lace should afterward be put in gum water, with a little brandy and alum dissolved in it. Then powder lightly with sulphur flour and iron while damp.
Valenciennes should be folded together in a regular length, sewed in a sack of fine white linen, and soaked in olive oil for twelve hours. Afterward put some sliced pure soap in water and boil the sack containing the lace for fifteen minutes. Rinse well, dip in a thin rice water, then rip open the sack and pin down the lace to dry. Iron it under a muslin cloth.
Black laces should also be folded in a short package and kept in place by stitching at the top, in the middle, and at the bottom. Dip the lace in beer and roll it with the hands, not rubbing too much to clean it. When it is taken out of the beer, press it between the hands without wringing, then roll it in a cloth. Iron it after it has been partly dried, according to the desired stiffness. To iron it, stretch it on a thick flannel, and let it remain there. Cover it with a thin piece of muslin to prevent the iron from making it glossy.
When gowns trimmed with lace are put away, cover the lace with silver paper.
To cleanse silver laces and braids, put them in a sack of white linen, which dip into one pint of water, adding sixty grams of soap. Boil well, and rinse in cold water. Apply a little spirits of wine to the tarnished places .
Cleaning Woolen Goods.
Clean rose-colored cashmere by washing in cold soapsuds. If you attempt to put dye in the water, the material will be spoiled. Rinse well in cold water, and dry in the shade.
To clean white serge, use a decoction of soapwort roots. The gown when washed will be white and soft to the touch. Soap hardens stuff goods, and makes them yellow.
Knitted or crocheted garments should be washed in the following manner : cut one pound of soap in thin slices, and melt in a little water until it has the consistency of jelly. When the preparation has cooled, beat it up with the hand, and add three spoonfuls of grated stag's horn. Wash the whole material in this mixture, and rinse well in cold water. If necessary, dip the articles a second time in salt water to fix the color. Place before the fire ; stir frequently in order to let the dampness evaporate ; be sure not to stretch the articles out to dry.
To clean a faded black cashmere, rub it width b}^ width with a sponge soaked in a solution of alcohol and ammonia, equal parts, diluted with hot water.
Wash merinos and cashmeres in warm water into which Irish potatoes have been scraped. Rinse in good soft water. These materials should not be wrung out. They should be spread smoothly on a line where they may drip, and should be allowed to become partly dry before ironing.
Black merinos, cloaks, gentlemen's clothes, or woolen goods generally, may be cleaned with carbonate of ammonia, which must be poured into boiling water and allowed to become cold. Meanwhile, brusli the stuff thoroughly with a hard brush, laying it upon a large newspaper, and brushing both sides, where possible.