A manual of home-making

up cIothc«, The clothes-pina should b© dean. Each article abould be turned wrong aide* out and hung with the threads of the material straight; the gannetit shoiild tie shaped as nearly as possible in its natural shape. Avoid han^ng piticts4 by eornersi, for thus hung they would Ik* pulled out of shape. Fasten garnieuts by their bands when possible. Table linen, bed linen, and towels should h^ well stretched and hung very straight; the larger fiieces should be pinned in at least four placf!s, as it ia nearly impossible to iron properly a piece that huMS been improperly hung. Careful hanging greatly rcducee the labor of ironing. When the clothes are brought in from the line» the clothes-pins shc>uld Ix; put into the apron or baaket kept for that purpose and placed where they will be clean. Starched pieces should not l>e allowed to freeze and should be removed from the line aa soon as dry» Long hanging reduces their BtilTneaa. If flannel undenvear is properly stretched and hung, it may be folded and put away without further treatment- 11. Clothes should be dampened some hours before l^ing ironed, because during the interval between moistening and ironing tlic moisture becomes distributed evenly and does away with the necessity of using a superfluous amount of water. The dampening is best done at night, but onJy as many articles should be sprinkled as can be ironed next day, for damp fabric mil mildew if left wet for a few days, especially in hot weather. Although clothes should be well dampened, they should not be drenched* Very often, trouble in ironing starched pieces is owing to overwetting. The starched part is soaked and made limp and sticky. A clean whisk- broom kept for the purpose is the best thing to um^ for sprinkling clothes. Some persons have used a toy sprinkling pot. There ia, however, a danger in its use, for it may rust and give rise to rust stK)t« on clothing. Large pieces should be sprinkled and folded separately. Small pieces may be sprinkJed and Itiid together l>efore folding. Care ahoukl be taken to fold and roll giirments smoothly, since this aids in their ironing. The rolls of dampened pieces should be packed closely in a basket lined with a cleaa cloth and covered with a clean cloth. Table linen and other linen should be made very damp, not wet. If table hnen in sprinkled with a mixture of one part alcohol and four part« water, the result after ironiDg will be a shght stiffness resembling that erf new linen. If an ironing machine is used, uni!tarch^ pieces may be removed from the line while still damp and ironed immediately without the preJiminaiy gprinkling. Washing colored clothing* Colored goods requii'e more careful treatment than do white goods. The conditions that most affect the stability of colors in fabrics are: long-cootinued action of water and ^ap; strong I I d A MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING alkalis or acids; strong sunLight^ which is a powerful bleiiching agent and is used frequently for bleaching.