The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-08
wAsIIING mADE EASY,

washing Made Easy" Of Mrs. Benvel.
wherein she promises To give eertain valuable |
HINTS aud Information in regard To Washing. !
ior the sum of one dollar, Below will be
found her great secret, which we publish.
thinking IL may possibly be useful 10 house
wives. i Bradford Reporter.
Madame Is. need not enler into n long dis
seTtauOn on the irsubles Of Washing day
These are already too well known. her OH
scI is To impaII iniormatlu that will ohvIate
all these troubles. mud render Wushing DH!
1s pleasant as any oi lbe seven, and nj The
same time, sare labor, wear OF clothes, tear.
ing OF buttons. SHINING Of hands, the cost Ul
washboards, machines, pounding hnels,
&c.
Put your clothes to sCak in soft water
Jusi enough to cover Ihem,) The night he
ore you wish to wash. II few quarts ol
soap suas are added so mach the betlet.-
Should The wristbands OF bindings of shifts
ne rsry dirty rub in such spots little soap,
Oelnre putting to soak; THIS is ALL THE
RUBBING about the whule washing, AfieI
putlng the clothes to soak, take three oun
ccs of fresh unsIackpd lime, half pound Of
common soda, aud half pound % good h,rd
soup, (cut the soap in sm4ll pieces.) or a hall
Ia pint Of strung honemade soft soap, IN YES
sci by themselves, and pour on them one
gallon OF boiling soft watet: ShIhe them up
and stir them TeU, and let all stand III mon
mg, when you mnst take this liquor ana
lstfalni., being veI! careful no TO have par
tGcle of setting poured off with the iiqnOr. =
When y"u ge, ready 10 wash, have ten gal
Ions OF boiling soft water in your ki'le ol
boiler, into which pour the lqIpI made from
the soap, lime and soda, (keep out e sci
ltlmgs,) and place an ear;hen plate in the DO.
tom ot The boiler to keep Ice clothes iI0m
burning, (S"me persons also enClnse ihfn
fiIGSi linens aud c"lIouS IN b y be inre plh
cling N ohe bolc'; Madame B cons deus his
a good rIan Frst i s,ag th'm N VAIN
water. Tnrn put N"ut Ctu,nrs lntn the bnii.
er aud boil ,rem half an hour. (Fhe same
water wIlI answer for 'hree lots Of cIulhcs J
Then take them out, scnln them. ami rinse
them IN clean soit water. Ylfm or cold, and
your cIotfes will be as clean aud rs white ns
driven snnw. and all without rubbing or mi
chlnery. BY h's plan The finest mems, Ia
ces, canbics, &c. can be readily aud easily
clensed. Wo"lenS are MT lU he washed bv
IhS method Madame b can safely assert
that her plan is The easiest m0de Of washing
ever discovered. By il one person can do
The washing OF "A family ofIwenIv persons he ,
fore breakfast, have the clothes out to dry,
aud The house IN good oIder, and the gem
tlrman Of the family, us well us all about The
, house, free from washing day annuy ancps.--
II Should the clothes 20 be washed require
more Or less than ten gallons ofwater 10 boil
them III, more or less soap. lime or soda, can
be used in proportion. When there ~ any
tiiculty in always procuring fresh lime, a
liquor can he made from il winch will keep
for years, If corked up, and always ready Tor
use.
1 Madame B would advise her patrons to
divide their clothes INTO two or more parcels
before boiling, as tho c0arsest, dirtre5t and
most greasy oGes ought not 10 be boiled with
those Of finer fabric containing less dTt, as
the water N which they are boiled must, of
course, parlnke ofIis contents. 'Fhe finer =,
: cleaner clothes Can he boiled first, or The was
ter for boiling clothes in, Containing the H.
INTO as many pats is yo0 have parcels OF
clothes, aud thus boil eash parcel its proper
time. When pu, in soak before washing the
r clothes should be separate.
Grease Spots on Wooleu CLOTH. Six, Lin
en- or CoHOa.- May be removed by rubbing
fIou she slo' Il IIIe magnesia, and when dry
brush il Oft. Another method is to wash and
peal off the skin OF rolalo and cut it in
slices and rub The spot with one or more sill
ces ill cleaned.
Paint may be removed by rubl ing with
woolen rags dipped in turpentine, and allcre
wards IN str0fg soap snds
I Ink Stains and Iron MouldS can be remo-
we'd 10y salts Of lemon.
4 To Wash and Clean Dresses, &c - Many
persons suppose that silks canno' he washed,
and under this impression have lain aside Of
gwen away such dresses as nearly worthless.
Silks can be washed without injury BY Mad
ame Beavelt's system. To succeed best i;
may be necessary to tako the dress to pieces,
or partly so, If very full. The silk should We
aid on perfectly smooth board, and rubbed
one way with fine flannel well soaped VITA
pure soap, and wet in soft mjlkwarm water,
rub IN ihs way ill the dirt is removed, then
take sponge weted in cold water, iwhskey
or alcohol is botef,) and rub Oft all the sunp
or suds left Oh the s. lk. Afer thus cleaning
one SIDE turn the silk and clean the Other
side, The finesl silk and silk ribbons may
thus be made as clean as new. Silk stock.
lngs may be washed ii weak soap suds ant
dried by rubbing rhem with dry flannel. o.
lroned with a waim (not hot non, placing {
, blanket between the stocking and The iron.-
Silks should never be wrung alier washing
but hung up 10 dry in the air in the shade
or hung on horse within doors, The sIr
i will fade the colors. A hot iron should neve
4 be used on silks--onc just warm may be
used. Black silk is often cleaned by being
. tubbed as above in heel's gall water, ant
{ cleaned off with The sponge. Silk can bt
r! dried by stretching Out smooth with pins
: The quicker silk is cleaned aud dried the
better.
+ Stains from Fruits, etc. May be removed
. by rubbing on spirits of ammonia. 1t the
4 stains are quite recent they mny be remov
ed by soap and whitening mixed together
and then beached. Sour butermilk often
6 removes such stains. If the stains on liner
/ are old rub each side with hard soap, then
4 put on thick cold water starch and rub il
well in, and expose 20 the sun and air GoI
three or four days.
TO RemoUe Milldew from Linen. AIoister
/ piece OF hard soap and rub on the parts af'
lecied Then ruh over The snnts with whit