Rice is an excellent thing to clean white woollen dresses and coats
Take a clean cloth, dip it in dry ground rice, and. thoroughly rub it
over every soiled part, using a fresh piece of the cloth as often as it
becomes at all soiled. End the process with a good shaking, when the
garment should look like new.
Spirits of wine rubbed on a white leather belt with a clean cloth
will remove all stains.
To Iron Blouses.
First, iron trimmings, then collar and cuffs, then yoke, then
body, beginning with button side of front and with top placed at the
left hand. Iron from bottom to top, right across blouse. Lastly,
iron sleeves.
To Restoi*e Yellow Linen.
Linen garments which have become yellow may be whitened by
being boiled in a lather made of milk and pure white soap, a pound
of the latter to a gallon of the former. After the boiling, rinse linen
twice, a little blue in last water.
TRIED FAVOURITES COOKERY BOOK. 227
To Remove Mildew.
Moisten soft soap and starch with the juice of a leipon✪ To Remove Mildew. Spread
this paste over mildew, lay out and bleach, afterwards wash. If it
fails the first time, repeat, or boil \ hour in butter-milk.
For Scorched Linen.
It is said that when linens are badly scorched the spot can be
removed if treated in the following manner : Extract the juice from
two peeled onions, and add half an ounce 'of white castile soap, cut
in small pieces, and two ounces of fuller’s earth. Mix them together,
and then stir in one cup of vinegar. Stand the vessel over the file,
and let its contents thoroughly boil. When the mixture has become
cool, spread it over the scorched linen and let it dry upon the cloth.
When well dried wash out the linen.
A SIMPLER METHOD.
If a short bosom, or any otlier article, has unfortunately been
scorched in ironing, lay iti wliero the bright sunshine will fall straight
on it. It will take it entirely out, leaving it clean and white as before.
To Remove Iron Mould from Linen.
Rub thoroughly the affected part with lemon juice, then expose
to the sun✪ To Remove Iron Mould from Linen until the stain disappears If one application is not suffi-
cient, repeat the process until the mould disappears.
To Remove Medicine Stains from Sheets.
Before washing lay on paste made from fuller’s earth and am-
monia✪ To Remove Medicine Stains from Sheets. Leave till dry, then directly wash the part in a basin of cold
water, when stain will come quite out.
Chloride of Lime Bleaching: Liquid
Will remove all stains from linen. Pour boiling water on
chloride of lime in proportion of 1 gallon to J lb. Bottle it, cork it
tightly, and in using the liquid be careful not to stir it.
Washing:' Blue.
3d Chinese Blue, Id Oxalic Acid.
Put these in a bottle, add boiling water to fill the bottle, and
allow to stand all night. Add 3 more bottles of water to this.
To Wash Clothes in Paraffin Soap.
Cut down ^ lb. paraffin soap and put it into a boiler of water✪ To Wash Clothes in Paraffin Soap
to melt. Rub the clothes well out of the soda water, in which they
have been previously soaked, put them into the boiler and let them
boil for \ hour, then put them into a tub with plenty of cold water ;
wash them thoroughly, rinse in blue water, and dry.
To Render Children’s Clothes Unin-
flammable.
To 3 parts of dry starch add 1 part tungstate of soda, and use
in ordinary way.
If material does not require starching dissolve 1 lb. of the same
in 2 gallons water✪ To Render Children’s Clothes Uninflammable. Well saturate the fabric and dry. Will not
injure colour, nor will ironing affect it.
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Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Rice is an excellent thing to clean white woollen dresses and coats Take a clean cloth, dip it in dry ground rice, and. thoroughly rub it over every soiled part, using a fresh piece of the cloth as often as it becomes at all soiled. End the process with a good shaking, when the garment should look like new.
Spirits of wine rubbed on a white leather belt with a clean cloth will remove all stains.
To Iron Blouses.
First, iron trimmings, then collar and cuffs, then yoke, then body, beginning with button side of front and with top placed at the left hand. Iron from bottom to top, right across blouse. Lastly, iron sleeves.
To Restore Yellow Linen.
Linen garments which have become yellow may be whitened by being boiled in a lather made of milk and pure white soap, a pound of the latter to a gallon of the former. After the boiling, rinse linen twice, a little blue in last water.
To Remove Mildew.
Moisten soft soap and starch with the juice of a lemon. Spread this paste over mildew, lay out and bleach, afterwards wash. If it fails the first time, repeat, or boil \ hour in butter-milk.
For Scorched Linen.
It is said that when linens are badly scorched the spot can be removed if treated in the following manner : Extract the juice from two peeled onions, and add half an ounce of white castile soap, cut in small pieces, and two ounces of fuller’s earth. Mix them together, and then stir in one cup of vinegar. Stand the vessel over the file, and let its contents thoroughly boil. When the mixture has become cool, spread it over the scorched linen and let it dry upon the cloth. When well dried wash out the linen.
A SIMPLER METHOD.
If a short bosom, or any other article, has unfortunately been scorched in ironing, lay it where the bright sunshine will fall straight on it. It will take it entirely out, leaving it clean and white as before. To Remove Iron Mould from Linen.
Rub thoroughly the affected part with lemon juice, then expose to the sun until the stain disappears If one application is not sufficient, repeat the process until the mould disappears.
To Remove Medicine Stains from Sheets.
Before washing lay on paste made from fuller’s earth and ammonia. Leave till dry, then directly wash the part in a basin of cold water, when stain will come quite out.
Chloride of Lime Bleaching: Liquid
Will remove all stains from linen. Pour boiling water on chloride of lime in proportion of 1 gallon to J lb. Bottle it, cork it tightly, and in using the liquid be careful not to stir it.
Washing:' Blue.
3d Chinese Blue, Id Oxalic Acid.
Put these in a bottle, add boiling water to fill the bottle, and allow to stand all night. Add 3 more bottles of water to this.
To Wash Clothes in Paraffin Soap.
Cut down ^ lb. paraffin soap and put it into a boiler of water to melt. Rub the clothes well out of the soda water, in which they have been previously soaked, put them into the boiler and let them boil for \ hour, then put them into a tub with plenty of cold water ; wash them thoroughly, rinse in blue water, and dry.
To Render Children’s Clothes Uninflammable.
To 3 parts of dry starch add 1 part tungstate of soda, and use in ordinary way.
If material does not require starching dissolve 1 lb. of the same in 2 gallons water. Well saturate the fabric and dry. Will not injure colour, nor will ironing affect it.
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To Remove MildewTo Remove Iron Mould from LinenTo Remove Medicine Stains from SheetsTo Wash Clothes in Paraffin SoapTo Render Children’s Clothes Uninflammable