Tuesday.
Heat water.
Rub clothes out of steeping water.
Wash, starch where necessary, and dry:
(a) Woollens.
(b) Table linen.
(c) Face towels.
(d) Fine white things.
(e) Bed and body linen.
(f) Coarse towels and kitchen towels.
(g) Colored cottons.
Clean utensils and wash-house.
Fold clothes (slightly dampened) ready for ironing or me cias They may
be mangled and hung to air that night or mangled next day. Hang woollens to
air overnight.
Wednesday.
Iron and air clothes.
Sorting and Steeping.
Sorting. Clothes are sorted into different piles to collect those of similar
kind requiring the same treatment.
(1.)
(2.)
(3.)
(4.)
(S.)
(6.)
(7.)
(8.)
Table linen.
Face towels.
Fine white muslins,
Bed and body linen.
Bath and kitchen towels.
Handkerchiefs.
Woollens.
Coloured clothes.
Steeping or Soaking: White clothes are put to soak in warm soapy water,
which softens the fibres; loosens the dirt, and makes washing quicker and easier.
If three tubs are available, put table linen and the cleanest white things in
the first, bed and body linen in the second, coarse things and kitchen towels in
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the third. Wet each article and soap the dirty parts, roll it up tightly and place
in the tub of warm soapy water, the dirtiest at the bottom, the cleanest last ot all
on the top. In this way he cleanest clothes are first rubbed out of steeping
water, and so escape the soiled matter from the dirtier ones. A tablespoonful of
soda solution may be added to the steeping water.
Handkerchiefs should always be soaked alone, a bowl does for this, add a
small handful of salt to the water as it dissolves the phlegm. They should be
washed out separately before being mixed with other clothes.
If colds prevail, boil handkerchiefs separately.
White Curtains and Dirty Muslins should be steeped in several cold waters
containing one tablespoonful soda solution to every gallon.
Woollens and Colored Cottons are not steeped unless the cottons are fast
colours, in which case use cold salted water. :
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CHAPTER VII.
THE WASHING OF WHITE COTTON CLOTHES
Wring out clothes from steeping water and wash in the following order,
doing the cleanest first and paying special attention to soiled parts mentioned
below:
Order: Table linen; face towels, fine muslins, handkerchiefs, bed linen, body
linen, kitchen clothes and towels. =
Parts Requiring Particular Rubbing and Attention
Tablecloths:
(a) The edges of cloth.
(b) The part that hangs over the edge of table.
(c) Fold down centre of cloth and wash on both sides of fold.
Collars and Cuffs:
Turn edges half way down to wash.
Fine Muslins:
Do not rub these, but wash by squeezing in the soapy water. Attend to
neck and wrist bands, under side of sleeves, fronts, and armholes.
Nightdresses, Chemises: :
Neck band, wrist band, bottom hem. Fold down centre of back and front
and wash carefully from waist to hem.
Combinations and Drawers:
Bands, under arm, seat, and knees.
Washing.
Materials:
Hot water, hard soap.
Processes:
(1.) Wash on right side with hot water with soap.
(2.) Wash on wrong side with hot water with soap.
(The washing may be done in a washing machine.)
(3.) Boil for fifteen minutes, put fine things in a cheesecloth bag.
(4.) Rinse well in hot water until all soap is removed, otherwise the blueing-
may streak the clothes.
(5.) Blue in cold water containing dissolved blue, stir blue water each time
before using it and do not leave clothes lying in it.
(6.) Starch those clothes which require hot water starch.
(7.) Dry in open air, the thickest parts uppermost.
(8.) When dry, remove, dampen those to be ironed and roll each garment
separately, pack tightly in a basket lined with a damp cloth, cover clothes with
another damp cloth. i
Time is saved if clothes are taken in sufficiently damp for ironing.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Tuesday.
Heat water. Rub clothes out of steeping water. Wash, starch where necessary, and dry: (a) Woollens. (b) Table linen. (c) Face towels. (d) Fine white things. (e) Bed and body linen. (f) Coarse towels and kitchen towels. (g) Colored cottons.
Clean utensils and wash-house.
Fold clothes (slightly dampened) ready for ironing or mending. They may be mangled and hung to air that night or mangled next day. Hang woollens to air overnight.
Wednesday.
Iron and air clothes.
Sorting and Steeping.
Sorting. Clothes are sorted into different piles to collect those of similar kind requiring the same treatment.
(1.) (2.) (3.) (4.) (S.) (6.) (7.) (8.)
Table linen.
Face towels.
Fine white muslins,
Bed and body linen. Bath and kitchen towels. Handkerchiefs. Woollens.
Coloured clothes.
Steeping or Soaking: White clothes are put to soak in warm soapy water, which softens the fibres; loosens the dirt, and makes washing quicker and easier. If three tubs are available, put table linen and the cleanest white things in the first, bed and body linen in the second, coarse things and kitchen towels in
the third. Wet each article and soap the dirty parts, roll it up tightly and place in the tub of warm soapy water, the dirtiest at the bottom, the cleanest last ot all on the top. In this way he cleanest clothes are first rubbed out of steeping water, and so escape the soiled matter from the dirtier ones. A tablespoonful of soda solution may be added to the steeping water.
Handkerchiefs should always be soaked alone, a bowl does for this, add a small handful of salt to the water as it dissolves the phlegm. They should be washed out separately before being mixed with other clothes.
If colds prevail, boil handkerchiefs separately.
White Curtains and Dirty Muslins should be steeped in several cold waters containing one tablespoonful soda solution to every gallon.
Woollens and Colored Cottons are not steeped unless the cottons are fast colours, in which case use cold salted water. :
THE WASHING OF WHITE COTTON CLOTHES Wring out clothes from steeping water and wash in the following order, doing the cleanest first and paying special attention to soiled parts mentioned below: Order: Table linen; face towels, fine muslins, handkerchiefs, bed linen, body linen, kitchen clothes and towels. =
Parts Requiring Particular Rubbing and Attention
Tablecloths:
(a) The edges of cloth.
(b) The part that hangs over the edge of table.
(c) Fold down centre of cloth and wash on both sides of fold.
Collars and Cuffs:
Turn edges half way down to wash.
Fine Muslins:
Do not rub these, but wash by squeezing in the soapy water. Attend to neck and wrist bands, under side of sleeves, fronts, and armholes.
Nightdresses, Chemises: :
Neck band, wrist band, bottom hem. Fold down centre of back and front and wash carefully from waist to hem.
Combinations and Drawers: Bands, under arm, seat, and knees.
Washing. Materials:
Hot water, hard soap.
Processes:
(1.) Wash on right side with hot water with soap.
(2.) Wash on wrong side with hot water with soap.
(The washing may be done in a washing machine.)
(3.) Boil for fifteen minutes, put fine things in a cheesecloth bag.
(4.) Rinse well in hot water until all soap is removed, otherwise the blueingmay streak the clothes.
(5.) Blue in cold water containing dissolved blue, stir blue water each time before using it and do not leave clothes lying in it.
(6.) Starch those clothes which require hot water starch.
(7.) Dry in open air, the thickest parts uppermost.
(8.) When dry, remove, dampen those to be ironed and roll each garment
separately, pack tightly in a basket lined with a damp cloth, cover clothes with another damp cloth. i
Time is saved if clothes are taken in sufficiently damp for ironing.
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