The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-08-21
FOR THE LADIES.

difficult one, except 10 the very rich.-
Toilets Of iulle, or gauze, OF muslin are
beautiful, indeed, but their beauty de-
ponds almost entirely upon their fresh.
ness. When soiled and tumbled, with
frayed lacss aud crushed flowers, they
are anything but attractive. To renew
them constantly calls for heavy outlay;
while the French laundress who can
readily do up a muslin to look like
new, charges a high price for her SER
vices. ....
Lower down in the scale Of summer
suits the same truth prevails. Swiss
muslin cannot be washed 10 look like
new, and t~arletan once soiled is gone
forever. Victoria lawns and the pretty
colored muslins, which are 80 cheap,
must be made up like any other dress,
and every frill or plating adds to the
trouble in having them properly laun-
dried. One promenade in dusty lane or
on sandy beach, and the soiled skirts
are ct only for the wash-tub. Every
anxious mother Of q family, counting
pennies and contriving ways and means,
knows how these simple lawns and cam.
brics swell the family wash, utterly be-
yond the power Of the one or two ser.
wants to accomplish it. But where this
may not be a burden, and extra help
may be easily had, how few ordinary
washerwomen know how to do the work.
The lawns are starched stiff, sateens are
ironed on the right side, while calicoes
come out stiff and shiny, looking ss
never new calicoes were known to do,
and plaitings are ironed all awry. There.
fore the majority Of women with moder-
ate incomes fall back in despair upon
buntings and grenadines, wearing white
sparingly and making special provision
for having it washed when necessary
II, one can get a good laundress by the
day it will be found the most economical
plan OF doing up summer dresses. In.
sist On her using thin starch and ironing
all embroideries on the wrong side
Where dresses are trimmed with plat.
ings haste them with two or three rows
Of stitches before putting them in wash.
All shirring for wash dresses should be
done on narrow tapes run in casings.-
These should be let out for washing and
drawn up after the dress is ironed. This
will make it look much fresher as well
as render the ironing much easier to do.
When black or navy blue linens are
washed, soap should not be used. Take
instead two potatoes grated into tepid
soft water (after having them washed
and peeled), into which o teaspoonful OF
ammonia has been put. Wash the lin
ems with this and rinse them in cold blue
water. They will need no starch and
should be dried and ironed on the wrong
side. An infusion Of hay will keep the
natural color in buff linens, and IN infu-
sion of bran will do the same for brown
linens. Only the very thinnest starch
should be used for seersuckers and
Madras ginghams, since these are soft
finished when bought, and much Of their
beauty depends upon their clinging
folds. Nearly every good laundress has
arecipe Of her own for washing black
lawns and calicoes. One notable house,
wife, after washing them like any other
cotton garment, boils them for fifteen
minutes in water, to which just enough
logwood has been added to color it,
Rinsing them out after washing, in very
dark indigo water, will be found to pre-
vent their turning brown or rusty
Doubtful colors may be set by soaking
for several hours before washing in
salt water or in O weak solution of sugar
Of lead. The salt used should be table
salt. This is best for reds; white sugar
OF lead is preferred for blues. Washing
soda should never be used with colored
clothes, since it not only fades, but often
changes the color. We have known a
green gingham turned blue and a brown
calico yellow by its use. For the same
reason strong soap should not be en-
ployed; no soap which affects the skin Of
the hands ~unpleassntly is Git for washing
colored clothes.
Swiss muslin never looks well after
having been washed; therefore, French
or India muslin, at four times the cost,
is cheapest in the end. Dotted muslin,
which is again in fashion, laundries ad-
mirably. 1t is scarcely necessary to say
that it is of absolute Importance that the
irons and ironing sheet used for white
muslin should be scrupulously Clean
Hot irons should always be tried on a
clean cloth before touching them, in or
der to avoid all danger of scorching.-
Ink and fruit stains may be removed by
soaking in sweet milk before washing;
the milk does no injury to the most del
icate colors. After washing, salts of
lemon will answer for taking stains out
Of white goods, but if used on anything
colored it will remove the color as well.
Ammonia will restore color taken out by
acids, but when the acid has been used
to remove a spot we have known it to
bring back the spot also.
A Daughters Love.
Mr.. Avery Moore, q tax collector Of
Chicago. who defaulted and fled ahont