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The collars should be turned into shape before airing. Put them on the table wrong side up, pass the iron over them, and turn the collars, one at a time, after the hot iron. Place, them in front of a good fire to air — this adds to the stiffness. NOTE. — All irons used for starched linen must be quite clean and hot. Dirty irons make bad work, and cool irons leave brown marks. Gum Starch. Pound 2 oz. fine white gum arabic to powder, put it in a jug and pour over it 1^ pint boiling water ; cover the jug, and let it remain all night; on the following morning pour the liquid carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork it and keep for use. A tablespoonful stirred into a pint of starch made in the usual manner will give a splendid gloss to linen. Soap Jelly. Collect all odd pieces of soap in clean jar. Add yellow soap cut in small bits to make 4 oz. in all. Add 1 quart cold water. Put in oven till quite melted. When cold it will be a thin jelly. Covered up, it will keep any time. Add sufficient to the washing water to make a lather. Laundry Glazing: Secret. Starch in cold starch and iron damp. Next dip piece flannel in some French chalk and rub smoothly on each article, after which a piece of white curd soap is rubbed over the chalk. Finally, the articles are ironed on the right side only with a moderately hot iron, and when finished have the appearance of new articles. Woollen Undergarment Washing. The only effects of rubbing are to shrink and destroy the material, so use as little friction as possible. All articles should be first shaken, then turned inside out. If coloured, a very little salt or a few drops of vitriol will prevent the dye running. For white flannel add a tahlespoonful ammonia to first water and less to second water. Ammonia fades coloured flannels. Make a strong lather in warm water, and wash the garment In it, drawing it repeatedly through the hand ; then in a second soapy water, hot as hands can bear. Lastly, rinse well in hot water slightly blued. Put 4 times through the wringer and shake well to raise the pile which makes flannels warmer to wear. While the things are drying they should be repeatedly (but gently) pulled in every direction When about half dry, fold evenly and mangle well, then dry thoroughly. In winter, flannels are best dried by the fire, or better still, on the pulleys. They should not be allowed to He in water, nor left lying wet. To Wash Flannel or Flannelette So that they may not shrink, stir 1 tablespoonful of ammonia into a gallon of very hot water, also some soap previously boiled. Put in the clothes, and press under the water with a stick j cover the vessel closely, and let it stand for one hour, when the dirt will almost drop out of the flannels. Rinse well in hot water, and hang out quickly. This method is specially good for. white flaimel. To Wash Red Flannel. Wash in same manner as white, except to the last water add vitriol, in proportion of 1 teaspoonful to 3 gallons of water; this fixes the colour.. Salt may be used, one large handful to about 2 gallons of water, but it has the drawback of making the flannel absorb moisture. To Shrink Flannel. Before making up, soak for a night in cold water, then wring out of warm water in which a little soap has been dissolved. To Wash New Blankets.