8, It is !mpo6sib]6 to give any rule for the amount of bluing to
or the depth of color to be decided on. Some fabrics, such as soft, looeely-
woven ones, absorb more bhiing thim others. The amount of bluing to he
used is a matter for expc*rimentation by the launderer. Clothes should
not be allowed to stand in the billing water^ a« they might l>ecome streaked.
If a ball bluing is used, tie it in a thick cloth, wet, and wnj«}exe it into
a bowlful of hot water. Use a part of the resiulting flolulion for bluing
the water. More of the bluing in the bowl should Ik* added to the bluing
in the tub from time to time as the clothing takes it up. As Bome kinds
of bluing are in the form of minute particles, the bluing water should be
stirred each time before adding clothes to it. After they arc wrung,
unstarched clothes will then be ready for drying.
9, Make the starch according to directions on pages 25% to 28L Starch
thof*e garments requiring thick Btnrch first, lieeause moisture from the
clothing gradually thins the starch, and a medium stiff, medium thin,
and tliin starch ^^aduatly result.
Stiff sUirch: Collars, cufTn, Mhirt bosoDiK.
Mrdium ntiff starch: Shirt waists^ eollara and cuffs, coarse Iat5e cnirtailiaw
Medium tkin /starch : White petticoat-s, duck skirts, and some drcsBes.
Thin Blardk: Skirts and dresses when a stiff finish is not desired; shirt
watstB,
Clear «larch: Infants* dresses, fine kces, curtains, light-weight table linen
when it is demrable to give it some body.
Raw starch: Collars, cuffs, shirt bosoms when an extra stiffness is desired;
some light curtains ,
The starch shotild Ix* thoroughly worked into the cloth so as to distribute
it evenly tlirough the threads of the fabric. Such working insures a smooth,
even st^ness and prevents starch spots in ironing. All garmentjs starched fl
with boiled starch should be dried thonmghly l>efore Ix^ing dampened, ■
They should be dampi^nt'd several hours before being ironed. If articlf?a
are t« be raw-starched, they should be thoroughly dried first. They are
then dipped into the raw starch and niblx'd as for washing, squeezed dry,
and spread out on a clean sheet or cloth, but not one over the other. They
should cover only half the sheet. The other half of the sheet should
be folded over them. Then the sheet with its contents should be rolled
tightly and allowed to stand for two or three hours to insure even distri-
bution of moisture.
10, When possible the process of drying should accomplisih more than
the mere removal of moisture. Clothing should be bung where it will be
freely exposed to the action of fresh air and sunshine. Such exposure puri-
fies and bleaches at the same time.
The blunderer should be provided with a clothes-pin bag or, better nhll,
with a clothesKpin apron having a deep wide pocket.
When possible, linm should be taken down each week^ but wht^n tliey
cannot be, they should be well wiped with a damp doth before hanging
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8, It is !mpo6sib]6 to give any rule for the amount of bluing to
or the depth of color to be decided on. Some fabrics, such as soft, looeely-
woven ones, absorb more bhiing thim others. The amount of bluing to he
used is a matter for expc*rimentation by the launderer. Clothes should
not be allowed to stand in the billing water^ a« they might l>ecome streaked.
If a ball bluing is used, tie it in a thick cloth, wet, and wnj«}exe it into
a bowlful of hot water. Use a part of the resiulting flolulion for bluing
the water. More of the bluing in the bowl should Ik* added to the bluing
in the tub from time to time as the clothing takes it up. As Bome kinds
of bluing are in the form of minute particles, the bluing water should be
stirred each time before adding clothes to it. After they arc wrung,
unstarched clothes will then be ready for drying.
9, Make the starch according to directions on pages 25% to 28L Starch
thof*e garments requiring thick Btnrch first, lieeause moisture from the
clothing gradually thins the starch, and a medium stiff, medium thin,
and tliin starch ^^aduatly result.
Stiff sUirch: Collars, cufTn, Mhirt bosoDiK.
Mrdium ntiff starch: Shirt waists^ eollara and cuffs, coarse Iat5e cnirtailiaw
Medium tkin /starch : White petticoat-s, duck skirts, and some drcsBes.
Thin Blardk: Skirts and dresses when a stiff finish is not desired; shirt
watstB,
Clear «larch: Infants* dresses, fine kces, curtains, light-weight table linen
when it is demrable to give it some body.
Raw starch: Collars, cuffs, shirt bosoms when an extra stiffness is desired;
some light curtains ,
The starch shotild Ix* thoroughly worked into the cloth so as to distribute
it evenly tlirough the threads of the fabric. Such working insures a smooth,
even st^ness and prevents starch spots in ironing. All garmentjs starched fl
with boiled starch should be dried thonmghly l>efore Ix^ing dampened, ■
They should be dampi^nt'd several hours before being ironed. If articlf?a
are t« be raw-starched, they should be thoroughly dried first. They are
then dipped into the raw starch and niblx'd as for washing, squeezed dry,
and spread out on a clean sheet or cloth, but not one over the other. They
should cover only half the sheet. The other half of the sheet should
be folded over them. Then the sheet with its contents should be rolled
tightly and allowed to stand for two or three hours to insure even distri-
bution of moisture.
10, When possible the process of drying should accomplisih more than
the mere removal of moisture. Clothing should be bung where it will be
freely exposed to the action of fresh air and sunshine. Such exposure puri-
fies and bleaches at the same time.
The blunderer should be provided with a clothes-pin bag or, better nhll,
with a clothesKpin apron having a deep wide pocket.
When possible, linm should be taken down each week^ but wht^n tliey
cannot be, they should be well wiped with a damp doth before hanging
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