Put the flour, sugar, and salt into a basin, and mix them together; then put the yolks of the eggs into a bowl, stir them till they are a little light, and add the milk to them. Add both gradually to the flour in the basin, taking care to prevent it getting into lumps. Beat the whites to snow, and add them gently with the essence to the rest of the mixture. Melt a piece of butter the size of a walnut in a frying-pan, then pour in all the mixture, and hold it over a very gentle fire for 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour, till set and well risen, then hold it in front of the bars to brown the top, or bake it in an oven for a quarter of an hour. Washing and ironing. White clothes ought to be soaked for a few hours in soap, melted in hot water, and a little washing powder. This loosens the grease, and saves rubbing, which wears out material very much. Window blinds, and anything that is smoked, should be allowed to soak in cold water and wrung out again. © © Flannels are best washed in tepid water, in which is mixed a little melted soap and washing powder. For this purpose it is profitable to cut down thinly a few pounds of yellow soap, and melt it in a pot with water in the proportion of about 1 lb. of soap to 6 breakfast-cupfuls of water✪ Candied Peel. Flannels should be rubbed as little as possible, as rubbing causes them to shrink. Very hot water has the same effect, and unites with the soap to discolour flannel. Coloured flannels and strips of sofa blankets should be washed in barely tepid water, in which a good piece of ammonia and a handful of melted soap has been dis- solved, and dried quickly thereafter. Blankets are washed in exactly the same way as flan- nels as regards soap, washing powder, and the tempera- ture of the water. They should be first washed in tepid water, with plenty of melted soap and a little washing powder ; quickly washed and tightly wrung out with a wringing machine, if possible ; then in a second tub of water, with much less soap and no washing powder, and wrung out once more. They are improved, if much soiled, by a third washing through tepid water, which may be 128 WASHING AND IRONING. slightly tinged with blue; then wrung out tightly, well shaken, and folded for ten minutes before being hung out to dry. They ought to be dried very quickly, and frequently shaken, to raise the pile of the blankets and draw them into shape. The process of washing blankets seems to differ in different countries. In Scotland the custom is and has always been to tramp the blankets with the feet, in a tub of water, which knocks them about well, and washes them quickly. In England this is performed by the hands or machines. Either way does, so that the blankets are well and quickly cleansed without much rubbing. Silk scarfs and stockings are better washed in tepid water with white soap dissolved in it, then rinsed quite free from soap, wrung dry within the folds of a towel, and ironed dry on the wrong side, having a muslin cloth between the iron and the silk. Fruit stains are removed by being wet in soap and water, and exposed to the sun and air. If that fails, wet the stain, and rub it with bleaching powder or liquid chloride of lime diluted with a little water ; then wash, and expose to the sun and air.

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Put the flour, sugar, and salt into a basin, and mix them together; then put the yolks of the eggs into a bowl, stir them till they are a little light, and add the milk to them. Add both gradually to the flour in the basin, taking care to prevent it getting into lumps. Beat the whites to snow, and add them gently with the essence to the rest of the mixture. Melt a piece of butter the size of a walnut in a frying-pan, then pour in all the mixture, and hold it over a very gentle fire for 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour, till set and well risen, then hold it in front of the bars to brown the top, or bake it in an oven for a quarter of an hour. Washing and ironing. White clothes ought to be soaked for a few hours in soap and melted in hot water, with a little washing powder. This loosens the grease, and saves rubbing, which wears out material very much. Window blinds, and anything that is smoked, should be allowed to soak in cold water and wrung out again. © © Flannels are best washed in tepid water, in which is mixed a little melted soap and washing powder. For this purpose it is profitable to cut down thinly a few pounds of yellow soap, and melt it in a pot with water in the proportion of about 1 lb. of soap to 6 breakfast-cupfuls of water. Flannels should be rubbed as little as possible, as rubbing causes them to shrink. Very hot water has the same effect, and unites with the soap to discolour flannel. Coloured flannels and strips of sofa blankets should be washed in barely tepid water, in which a good piece of ammonia and a handful of melted soap has been dissolved, and dried quickly thereafter. Blankets are washed in exactly the same way as flannels as regards soap, washing powder, and the temperature of the water. They should be first washed in tepid water, with plenty of melted soap and a little washing powder ; quickly washed and tightly wrung out with a wringing machine, if possible ; then in a second tub of water, with much less soap and no washing powder, and wrung out once more. They are improved, if much soiled, by a third washing through tepid water, which may be slightly tinged with blue; then wrung out tightly, well shaken, and folded for ten minutes before being hung out to dry. They ought to be dried very quickly, and frequently shaken, to raise the pile of the blankets and draw them into shape. The process of washing blankets seems to differ in different countries. In Scotland the custom is and has always been to tramp the blankets with the feet, in a tub of water, which knocks them about well, and washes them quickly. In England this is performed by the hands or machines. Either way does, so that the blankets are well and quickly cleansed without much rubbing. Silk scarfs and stockings are better washed in tepid water with white soap dissolved in it, then rinsed quite free from soap, wrung dry within the folds of a towel, and ironed dry on the wrong side, having a muslin cloth between the iron and the silk. Fruit stains are removed by being wet in soap and water, and exposed to the sun and air. If that fails, wet the stain, and rub it with bleaching powder or liquid chloride of lime diluted with a little water ; then wash, and expose to the sun and air.

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