Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-05-23
Washing made Easy.

made Easy" of Mrs. Beavlet wherein she ven
lures to give several valuable hints and informa-
tion in regard to Washing, for the sum of one dol
lar Below will be found her great secret, which
we publish, thinking it may possibly be useful to
housewives. l--Bradford Reporter.
Madame B. need not enter into long disserta-
ton on the troubles of Washing Day. These are
already too well know. Her obec, is to impart
information that will obvia,e all these troubles,
and render Washing Day as pleasan, as any of the
seven, and at the same time, labor, wear of
clothes, tearing off buttons, sknnng of hands, the
cost of washboards, machines, pounding barrels
&c.
DIRECTIONS.
Put your clothes to soak in soft water (jus, en-
ough to cover them,) the night before you wish to
wash. If a few quarts fstrong soap suds are ad
ded, SO much the better. Should the wristbands
or bindings of shirts be Uery dirty, rub in such
spots little soap, before putting soak this is
all the rubbing about tie phole ,cashing. After
putting the clothes to soak, take three ounces of
fresh unslacked lime, half pound of common soda,
and half pound of good hard SOAP (cut the soap
IN small pieces,) or half pint of strong home
made soft SOAP in a vessel by themselves, and
pour on them one gallon of boiling soft water
shake them up and stir them acel, and let all stand
till morning, when you must take this liquor and
strain it, being very careful no. to have particles
OF settling poured off with the liquor. When you
get ready TO wash. have ten gallons of boiling wa
ter in your kettle or boiler, into which pour the
! liquor made from the soap, lime and soda, (keep
out the se,ings,) and place an earthen plate in
the bottom Of the boiler to keep the clothes from
burning. (Some persons also enclose their finest
| linens and cotton in bag before placing in the
boiler; Madame b. considers this good plan.)-
! First rinsing them in water. Then put
your clothes into the boiler and boil them half an
! hour. (The same water will answer for three
lots Of cloihes.) Then take them out, scaid them
and rinse in clean soft water, warm cold, and
your clothes will be clean and az white driven
snow, and all without rubbing or machinery By
this plan the finest linens, laces, cambrics, &C.,
can be readily and easily cleansei Woolens are
not TO be washed by this method. Madame B
can safely assert that her plan is the easies, mode
of washing ever discovered. By it one person
can do the washing of family of twenty persons
before breakfast, have the clothes ou, to dry, and
the house kept in good order, and the gentlemen
Of the family, as we'll as all about the house, free
from washing day annoyanoes. Should the clothes
to be washed require more than ten gallons Of wa
Ter TO boil them in, or less soap, lime, soda,
can be used in proportion. When there is any
difficulty in always procuring fresh lime, liquor
can be made from it which will keep for years,
if corked up, and always be ready for use.
Madame B. would advise her patrons to divide
their clothes into two more parcels before boil
ing, the coarsest, drties, and most greasy ones
ought not to be boiled with those OF finer fabric
containing less dirt, the water in which they are
boiled must, of course, partake of its contents
The finer, cleaner clothes can be boiled first, OIL
the water for boiling clothes n Containing the
liquor Of soap. lime and soda,) can be divided in
to as many parts you have parcels Of clothes
and thus boil each parcel its proper time. Wher
put in soak before washing, the clothes should be
separate.
Grease Spots on Woolien Cloth, Six, Lsne'n o1
Cotton-May be removed by rubbing on the spot:
a little moisiened magnesla, and when dry brush
, it off, Another method is to wash and peal of
the SIX kin Of potato ard Gu. it in slices, and rut
the spots with one or more slices till cleansed.
Paint may be removed by rubbing with wooller
rags dipped in ,urpentne, and afterwards strong
, soap suds.
Ink Stains and Iron Moulds can be removed b,
salts of lemon.
To ,cash and clean Six Dresses dc.-Many per
SONS suppose tha; silks canno; be washed, ano
under this impression have lain aside or given a
way such dresses nearly worthless. Silks car
!. be washed without injury by Madame Beavels:
system. To succeed best it may be necessary ic
take the dress to pieces, or partly so very full
The silk should be laid on a perfectly smooth
board, and rubbed one way with fine fame
well soAped with pure soap, and wet in soft mill
warm water, rub in this way till the dirt is re-
moved then take sponge wetted in cold water
(whskey or alcohol is better,) and rub off all the
soap or suds left on the silk After thus cleaning
one side turn the silk and clean the other side
The finest elk ribbons may thus be made as clear
, as new Silk stockings may be washed in a veal
: soap suds and dried by rubbing them with dry
flannel, or roned with warm mot hot iron, pla
cling blanket between the stocking and the iron
Silks should never be @rung after washing, bu
hung Up to dry in the air in the shade. or hung OF
l.u, ,.,,l,;, Inors Tha will fade the col