Keep it in keg. The night before washing, take six
tablespoons to four pails warm water; put in clothes,
soak over night; next morning add hot water enough
to wash the clothes with good soap suds. Boil the
clothes ten minutes, and wash as usual. One trial of
.this fluid will show its good effects.
* To Clean 3lack Kid Gloves.
"Put a few drops of black ink to a teaspoon of sweet
oil, rub in with small cloth and dry in the sun.
To Clean Gloves.
Gloves slightly soiled can be cleaned by placing
glove on hand, wet a piece clean flannel with benzine,
and wipe the stained part very lightly and carefully.
Do not rub but wipe it gently from the tips of the
fingers toward the wrist.
A ripe tomato will remove ink stains from the hands
or from paper or linen.
Grass Stains on White Goods.
Wet the fabric in suds and some soda in it, let
stand half an hour, and wash.
^ To Wash Lawn, Muslin or any Color that Fades.
Bring to a boil four quarts of bran-middlings, in two
I pails of water, strain and mix in water, wash, using no
soap, put a little of the bran water in rinsing water,
\jyou need no starch. Rip skirt from waist and all
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To Renew Wrinkled Crape.
Cover a board about twelve inches wide with cloth,
stretch the crape on it round and round perfectly
smooth and tight. Hold it over boiling water, shift-
ing as the steam 'penetrates it. Lay a heavy weight
on it to dry. If a good quality of crape, it will look
as good as new.
To Starch Black Dresses.
Add a cup of strong coffee to very weak starch.
To Clean Black Cashmere Goods.
Let soak over night in luke warm strong borax
water. Squeeze it through the hands as you would
yam; then take out and hang on line to drip, when
nearly dry, press on wrong side. Do not rinse or
wring.
Ammonia water is good to renovate a black chip
hat. One teaspoon, to one pint cold water.
To Clean Chamois Skins.
Put to soak for two hoxirs in warm water, with a lit-
tle soda and soft soap suds. Then wash, and rinse it
well in a weak solution of soda and hard soap in warm
water. It must not be put in clear water as it makes
it hard.
Striped or Colored Table Linen.
Wash in borax water, put two tablespoons df salt
in rinsing water.
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Lace Curtains.
Soak over night in warm soap suds, squeeze through
two waters; boil in weak borax water, suds and rinse,
handle very carefully, do not wring but only squeeze.
Starch, pin sheets on carpet and pin the curtains
down or dry them on curtain frames. Wring out of
starch with clothes-wringer.
To Wash White Flannels.
A good laundress will wash flannels with warm water
and hard soap without shrinking. Use one-fourth of
a cake of hard soap (shave it up and dissolve in hot
water the night previous) to three pails of hot water.
Put some of this suds in rinsing water after dissolving
two tablespoons of powdered borax in both waters.
Clear water leaves the flannels hard. Wring very
dry; shake, pull and stretch well. Press them when
dry.
How TO Relieve Rheumatism.
Put away sheets and counterpane and sleep in
blankets, under and over. The sheets and cotton
spread do a great deal of mischief. The cotton keeps
the sour heat- and perspiration from the body in the
bed, and so you breathe poisoned air all night, sum-
mer and wmter, which makes the rheumatism worse.
Blankets do not absorb the perspiration. Selected.
Relief for Burning Feet.
First discard tight boots; then take one pint of bran
and one ounce of bi-carbonate of soda and put it in the
foot-bath with one gallon of hot water. When cool
enough, soak your feet in this mixture for fifteen min-
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Presented as published in 1895. 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
Keep it in keg. The night before washing, take six tablespoons to four pails warm water; put in clothes, soak over night; next morning add hot water enough to wash the clothes with good soap suds. Boil the clothes ten minutes, and wash as usual. One trial of .this fluid will show its good effects.
* To Clean Black Kid Gloves.
"Put a few drops of black ink to a teaspoon of sweet oil, rub in with small cloth and dry in the sun.
To Clean Gloves.
Gloves slightly soiled can be cleaned by placing glove on hand, wet a piece clean flannel with benzine, and wipe the stained part very lightly and carefully. Do not rub but wipe it gently from the tips of the fingers toward the wrist.
A ripe tomato will remove ink stains from the hands or from paper or linen.
Grass Stains on White Goods.
Wet the fabric in suds and some soda in it, let stand half an hour, and wash.
^ To Wash Lawn, Muslin or any Color that Fades.
Bring to a boil four quarts of bran-middlings, in two
I pails of water, strain and mix in water, wash, using no
soap, put a little of the bran water in rinsing water,
\jyou need no starch. Rip skirt from waist and all
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To Renew Wrinkled Crape.
Cover a board about twelve inches wide with cloth, stretch the crape on it round and round perfectly smooth and tight. Hold it over boiling water, shifting as the steam 'penetrates it. Lay a heavy weight on it to dry. If a good quality of crape, it will look as good as new.
To Starch Black Dresses. Add a cup of strong coffee to very weak starch.
To Clean Black Cashmere Goods.
Let soak over night in luke warm strong borax water. Squeeze it through the hands as you would yam; then take out and hang on line to drip, when nearly dry, press on wrong side. Do not rinse or wring.
Ammonia water is good to renovate a black chip hat. One teaspoon, to one pint cold water.
To Clean Chamois Skins.
Put to soak for two hours in warm water, with a little soda and soft soap suds. Then wash, and rinse it well in a weak solution of soda and hard soap in warm water. It must not be put in clear water as it makes it hard.
Striped or Colored Table Linen.
Wash in borax water, put two tablespoons of salt in rinsing water.
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Lace Curtains.
Soak over night in warm soap suds, squeeze through two waters; boil in weak borax water, suds and rinse, handle very carefully, do not wring but only squeeze. Starch, pin sheets on carpet and pin the curtains down or dry them on curtain frames. Wring out of starch with clothes-wringer.
To Wash White Flannels.
A good laundress will wash flannels with warm water and hard soap without shrinking. Use one-fourth of a cake of hard soap (shave it up and dissolve in hot water the night previous) to three pails of hot water. Put some of this suds in rinsing water after dissolving two tablespoons of powdered borax in both waters. Clear water leaves the flannels hard. Wring very dry; shake, pull and stretch well. Press them when dry.
How TO Relieve Rheumatism.
Put away sheets and counterpane and sleep in blankets, under and over. The sheets and cotton spread do a great deal of mischief. The cotton keeps the sour heat- and perspiration from the body in the bed, and so you breathe poisoned air all night, summer and winter, which makes the rheumatism worse. Blankets do not absorb the perspiration. Selected.
Relief for Burning Feet.
First discard tight boots; then take one pint of bran and one ounce of bi-carbonate of soda and put it in the foot-bath with one gallon of hot water. When cool enough, soak your feet in this mixture for fifteen min-
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