A manual of home-making

a. White cotton and liDea clothing Table linen and clean towels Bed and body linen Handkercliiefs Soiled towdB and dotbs. b. Colored do thing, c. Flannels. 2. Mend rents, except in stockings. a. Remove stains (pages 282 to 306). 4. Put as many white dothes to m&k Ba is practicable. Some dothea having fast colors may be soaked if very much soiled. The purpose of soaking soUed clothes before washing, is to soften and separate the fibers of cloth in order to L dirt* Water alone accomplishes this purpose to a great ex but the use of a soap solution^ or a soap solution to whicl been added borax, ammonia, or other alkali^ and turpe* kerosene, or benzine, makes the washing process both and quicker. It is well before be^ning the washing to make a bo&^ tion, ad it gives a quick suds and is moie eaaOy handl*^ its use willj therefore, save time. All the clothing should not be put to soak in the SEi- If three tuba are available, table linen and clean towels be soaked in one, bed Hnen and body linen in a second^ towels and cloths in a third. If only two tubs are avf table linen and clean towels may be washed without i inary soaking. Soiled towels and cloths ^ould alw^ soaked before washing. If colds have prevailed in a family, the handkerchiefb be put to Boak in a solution of boric add in a basin by THE LAUNDRY 261 I ith aitd iitm od m>mng board covered with bl^ok clotli. Any glue left uver roay be saved and used agaia* f ,j increase stiffnexn: 1 Partly dry garmeDt before starching* J. Add 1 tablespoon powdered gum arable reduced to liquid in M cup iiuiling water, to the stiff atarch mixture. 3. Use borax. i Add a smaU amount of glue to starch mixture^ 5. Drj' quickly. (;iim arMc at a Miarch mibsiUuU: 4 tablespoons pulverized gum arable I pint cold water :J tablespoons alcohol. Put water and gum arable in saucepan and set into aaucepan oontaining iKHling water, VVIiciL dissolved, strain through cheese-cloth, cool, add alcohol, pour into a bottle, cork, set away for use. The alcohol acts aa a preservative and \be mixture may be kept for any length of time. BLUTNG VHnie fabrics have naturally a creamy tint, wMch may be fleepened to an unpleasant pale yellow by careless washing, Uy insufficient rinsing, or by lack of exposure to the bleaching influence of sunlight and fresh air. Bluing is used to hide the ycilow color, because blue and yeUow are complementary colors and when used together in proper proportions give the effect of whiteness. Bluing is unwarrantably used to hide a yeUownesa which comes from careless washing, Xo one kind of bluing may be recommended to the house- keeper. She must experiment for herself, choose one good variety, and leara to use that one properly^ Sufficient bluing should be used to make a little of the bluing water taken up in the cup of the band show a pale sky-blue color. More than that amount of bluing should not be needed. It is always best to make a small amount of strong bluing in a bowl of water, then draw from it to color the water in the tub. WASHIKO ^Vhile Monday has long been chosen as the home day for washing, there may be good reason to postpone the process 260 A MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING Thick siarch: H cup starch, mixed with H ctip oold water I quart boUing water H to 1 level tablespoon borax