The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-29
HINTS FOR TINE HOUSEHOLD.


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ihrs H. W. Deecber. In thc c1.rsst4n rntps
Fruit stains On eolored goods co
be removed befor. washing by Just we,
ting the spo, and holding Il over a Ugh;
sd birthstone match. The gas from IN.
sulphur on the match Is almo-; sure q
remove the stain.
In summer. IL one has o nice gras'
yard where the closhes can be exposes
60 pure air aud clear sunshine. all white
clothes but the yery dirty can be wAsbc<
and tleached without the trvubie ol
boiling. This SAVES time, fuel (snd 10
the city always and in the country some.
times fuel is a large item If expcnse),
n also some extra wrinSiDg. Wash
the articles carefully In good clean suds
and spread them ai once out Of the suds
on the green grass 20 bleach. Leave
them an hour or -o-untl the colored
clothes, WOODEN and coarse articles are
washed, rinsed and hung oui-then take
them up from the grass, pass them
through a tub Of clean, hot, but not very
strong suds, and then through . large
quantity Of well blued rinsing-water, and
hang up to dry. This gives all white
clothes a nice clear color. II there is no
grass-plat this mode Of bleaching can
not be carried out.
Many good housekeepers complain
tina, their clothes turn yellow in wash
ing, and they can not understand why
this should be. We think they will soon
find a remedy il they will take the troa-
hln an far O.. a-.- sLa ..zL:-~ -. a..
be sure that the clothes are put on To
boil in cold water, instead Of hot or even
boiling water, as servants are over-fond
Of doing. The clothes, after wringing
from the first suds, must have a little
soap rubbed on the worst stains or
soiled spots-enough to make q good
suds when they are put into the boiler
OF cold water and placed over the fire.
Nothing turns clothes a bad color so
quickly as tn put them into hot water,
as is too often done, and il they are al
lowed 10 boil long it is very much worse.
From 20 TO % minutes slow boiling is
quite long enough for the dirtiest arti-
cles. Sheets, pillow-cases, towels,
handkerchief, table-linen, etc, should
have very little boiling. Let them scald
for - minutes without At any time COM
ing To fun boiling heat: and the color
will be much clearer and any streaks or
stains be much more readily taken out
If boiling is rejected for all but the
coarsest and d~irtiest articles.
In washing merino, lambs wool
and silk under-clothes or silk handker-
chiefs none but the best and purest soap
should be used. The soap should be
well dissolved in hot water into which
the articles to be washed are put: but
only two or three at a time, keeping
fresh suds hot over the fire To be added
when more clothes are put into the tub.
DO not rub them, but cleanse them by
drawing them through the hands-up
and down-in the suds. Rubbing
shrinks wooden and Injuries the fabric of
both wooden and silk. When they have
been thus drawn through the hands till
clean wiring as dry as possible, with the
TO remove all the soap; then
rinse in a tub of hot water, which should
be ready TO put the pieces in immedi-
ately on being wrung from the suds. II
and yellows them badly if left
out Of the wafer any time after being
either from suds or rinsing water.
they are wrung out shake each piece
lree and put at nee into the rinsing-
water. As fast as it can be done the
pieces should be rinsed, wrung out, |
into their proper shape, and
hung smoothly on the line where the
and vi a have full play over
them.
Be particular TO remove all stains
white goods before they are wet or
put into the wash. II there is ink on
any white article dip the spot in boiling
hot tallow before il has been wet; let il
cool; then wash put i'm hot soap-suds
and the ink will disappear. If any ar
ticle is iron-molded, prepare oxalic acid
and cream of tartar in the proportion
IF N part of oxalic acid to four parts
cream of tartar. Dip the finger in
water, then dip it in the powder and
on the iron-mold. Keep the spot
moist by dipping the finger in water
and then into the powder, and rub it on
he spot several times. The stain will
soon disappear. As soon as the trace
the mold is left wash the linen first
pure cold water, then put it in the
'uds with the rest of the wash and pro-
iced as usual. Be careful not to leave
he acid on the linen q moment longer
han is necessary to remove the stain as
t will soon injure the texture of the cloth.
)xalie acid is deadly poison, and the
should be closely bottled and
marked " Poison" and put safely away
where no N will NEEDLE with
t but those who have charge of the
work. After the stain disappears wash
he hands carefully before using them
or any thing else. An old toothbrush
5 better to wet and dip in the powder
md wet the satin with than the finger,
with the vial of powder, it can be
put away. Or, with less trouble.
ne AN put a teaspoonsul of oxalic acid
a pint of boiling water and dip the
attn in the solution till the stain is re-
moved, and then rinse in clear water as