Take a pan with a pint of white flour, rub
the article in the flour well. Shake the flour off
out of doors ; if there are soiled places still, put it
in the flour again. It takes a good deal of rubbing
with the flour. This will clean almost any knit-
ted worsted article in white goods, also white lace
ties, and it will clean white furs until they look
like new.
WASHING CLOTHS.
Red bordered napkins will bear boiling with
other clothing, but scalding is all that is necessary,
as, indeed, it is for all the washing. "For the last
12 years (says a good house wife) I have scalded
my cloths instead of boiling them." Have the
cloths washed as cleanly as possible, and no soap
for the scald ; that in the clothes from the suds is all
that is necessary. In an ordinary sized wash
boiler of water, add i table-spoonful of ammonia,
and bluing as desired. Put the cloths in when
cold and let them just come to a boil, and then
remove. Rinse and dry. The blue, put in the
MISCELLANEOUS DIVISION. 409
scald, gives a much clearer look than in the rinse,
without looking blue.
TO IRON EASILY.
Put a teaspoonful of kerosene into your cold
starch, say to a pint, and your iron will not stick.
The smell will soon pass off. Rub your iron on
soap or wax if it is rough.
TO CLEAN LACE CURTAINS.
To clean lace curtains without washing them,
shake the lace gently to remove the loose dust,
then spread a clean sheet on a table, and Jay the
curtains one above the other, with a plentiful
sprinkling of unsifted corn meal or bran between
them. Then roll them up snugly, and put away
in a safe, dry place, for a week or lo days ; then
shake the bran out, and, with a moderately hot
iron, press out the wrinkles, and your curtains are
as nice as new.
WASHING FLUID.
Take 2 pounds sal soda. Dissolve. Take I
pound unslacked lime, boil it awhile, then set aside
to settle. Drain off and add water to the amount
of 2 gallons ; add your sal soda; set aside for use.
The night before wash-day put your cloths to soak
in warm soap suds. In the morning put over
your boiler, and to the boiler two-thirds full of
water add i cup of fluid✪ Washing Fluid. Wring your cloths
from the tub, boil 15 minutes, then rub through
one suds and rinse. It blackens, but does not rot
the cloths.
4IO DOMESTIC GUIDE.
SOFT SOAP.
Try out 14 pounds of grease ; to this add 10
pounds of potash dissolved in just boihng water ^
enough to cover the lumps. In 2 or 3 days pour
over the mixture several pailfuls of boiling water.
Be careful to use boiling water^ as that cooks it.
Keep on adding the water as fast as the soap
thickens, until your barrel is full of nice, sweet,
clean soap. It must be stirred hard every time
the water is put into the barrel, until it is en-
tirely mixed.
HARD SOAP.
Take ij^ pounds clean, melted grease, and i
gallon of lye strong enough to bear an ^^^. Mix
them together m a barrel, and stir until a good
soft soap is the result. Then take 6 quarts of this
soft soap, I pint of salt, and J^ pound of resin.
Melt and scald the ingredients together, and put
it aside to cool. When hard, cut it, throw away
the ley that has settled to the bottom, and melt
the soap again to refine it. Pour it into a small
tub, and, when hard, cut into cakes.
TO KILL PLANT LICE.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Take a pan with a pint of white flour, rub the article in the flour well. Shake the flour off out of doors ; if there are soiled places still, put it in the flour again. It takes a good deal of rubbing with the flour. This will clean almost any knitted worsted article in white goods, also white lace ties, and it will clean white furs until they look like new.
WASHING CLOTHS.
Red bordered napkins will bear boiling with other clothing, but scalding is all that is necessary, as, indeed, it is for all the washing. "For the last 12 years (says a good house wife) I have scalded my cloths instead of boiling them." Have the cloths washed as cleanly as possible, and no soap for the scald ; that in the clothes from the suds is all that is necessary. In an ordinary sized wash boiler of water, add i table-spoonful of ammonia, and bluing as desired. Put the cloths in when cold and let them just come to a boil, and then remove. Rinse and dry. The blue, put in the
scald, gives a much clearer look than in the rinse, without looking blue.
TO IRON EASILY. Put a teaspoonful of kerosene into your cold starch, say to a pint, and your iron will not stick. The smell will soon pass off. Rub your iron on soap or wax if it is rough.
TO CLEAN LACE CURTAINS. To clean lace curtains without washing them, shake the lace gently to remove the loose dust, then spread a clean sheet on a table, and Jay the curtains one above the other, with a plentiful sprinkling of unsifted corn meal or bran between them. Then roll them up snugly, and put away in a safe, dry place, for a week or lo days ; then shake the bran out, and, with a moderately hot iron, press out the wrinkles, and your curtains are as nice as new.
WASHING FLUID. Take 2 pounds sal soda. Dissolve. Take I pound unslacked lime, boil it awhile, then set aside to settle. Drain off and add water to the amount of 2 gallons ; add your sal soda; set aside for use. The night before wash-day put your cloths to soak in warm soap suds. In the morning put over your boiler, and to the boiler two-thirds full of water add i cup of fluid. Wring your cloths from the tub, boil 15 minutes, then rub through one suds and rinse. It blackens, but does not rot the cloths.
SOFT SOAP.
Try out 14 pounds of grease ; to this add 10 pounds of potash dissolved in just boiling water enough to cover the lumps. In 2 or 3 days pour over the mixture several pailfuls of boiling water. Be careful to use boiling water as that cooks it. Keep on adding the water as fast as the soap thickens, until your barrel is full of nice, sweet, clean soap. It must be stirred hard every time the water is put into the barrel, until it is entirely mixed.
HARD SOAP.
Take ij^ pounds clean, melted grease, and i gallon of lye strong enough to bear an egg. Mix them together m a barrel, and stir until a good soft soap is the result. Then take 6 quarts of this soft soap, I pint of salt, and J^ pound of resin. Melt and scald the ingredients together, and put it aside to cool. When hard, cut it, throw away the ley that has settled to the bottom, and melt the soap again to refine it. Pour it into a small tub, and, when hard, cut into cakes.
TO KILL PLANT LICE.
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