Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-11-04
How to Wash.
THE METHOD OF DEALING WITH sorLED
LINEN AND LACES.

LINEN AND LACES.
As in everything else so in washing
clothes there is a right and wrong way to
do 1t, and most people take the wrong way.
! The clothes are soaked over night some
times in hard water, process which surely
sets the dirt and other stains, and then,
half-washed, are boiled and boiled in the
vain hope that the steam will extract the
dirt That, clothes thus treated become
yellow and dingy is small matter for won
der 1t would be strange if they did not.
In washing clothes the right way, the
water used is of great Importance soft
water being much preferable to hard. Cis-
tern or rain water is best, next comes river
and soft spring water while in the lime
stone regions far more labor and IN extra
quantity of soap are necessary to success.
Therefore, the farmer who, while supply
ing himself with all the newest and most
/ approved appliances for farming, fails to
provide a cistem and pump in or near the
kitchen for wash-day use, is, to say the least,
bamably unmindtul of the comforts of the
women of his family. People who live in
4 the country cannot have stationary tubs to
/ be found in city houses, hut there is no
| good reason why soft water for washing
| should not hc ut hand in all but the poor
| est houses, still it is not absolutely ncces-
| ~lrY.
| The boiling of clothes is a widespread
| Wash.day error, As we have already said,
unless the clothes are well washed il sets
| the dirt and yellows them For this rca-
SON all washing machines which depend ON
| soaplng the clothes, then boiling or steam
| ing the dirt out have proved failures How
many weak backs, how many female COM
! plants may be traced TO lifting the heavy
| wash boiler back and forth from the stove,
| II would hc hard to say. II Is altogether
! mistaken economy TO buy low-priccd soaps
| for Iaundry'Wurk I'm the first place more
! Vt tacm must hc used besides this, the
injury done 60 the fabrics and colors b. the
| strong chemicals which they contain far
more than absorbs the small amount saved
| in first cost
No soap which will iniurc the hands
! should ever he used for clothing; II is sure
| % harm IN the end
The wringcrs which were so hard TO IN.
troduce, are now part of the regular wash
ing apparatus IN every well-rcguated
family. In order to use them properly,
they must be kept well oiled and not set
too tight Ii they break on buttons it il
the fault of the laundress The clothes
should be folded with the buttons inside.
and thus pass through the wnngcr Leave
nothing IN the twist from Wringng, but
shake out each piece before throwing into
the basket and hang out rs soon ~ the
basket is full. Clothes should be on the
, line as quickly rs possible after the rnsng
in buing water, or there will be danger
of some streaks and cloudy looking places
when dry
Much care should be taken to see that
| the clothesp pins are clean, and the clothes
line should always be wiped with cloth
before the clothes are hung upon it. If
they clothes-lincs- left in the
yard instead of taking in after using they
will mildcw and stain the clothes badly
There is always fashion in starching
clothes. Nowadays the fancy is for shirt
b0soms and collars and cuffs rs stn as
boards, while in all Undertaking for
ladies and children limpness is the prevail
| ing mode. Fashionable dressmakcrs cau-
| ton their customers not TO have any starch
TO speak of put into chemises and corset
covers, while stillly-starched skirts are
wholly out of style
| In ironing, il is of the first importance
that the, irons should be scrupulously clean.
'H' Hh'bib always DC carefully WlUtu
before putting away, and kept in perfectly
dry places. BecS-wax and salt will make
tlat-irons as smooth IA glass. Tie a lump
OF wax in rag and keep ii for that pur-
pose. When the irons are hot rub them
with the wax rag, then scour with paper
or rag sprinklcd with salt The glaze given
TO collars and shirt bosoms at city lnun-
dries Is done with a polishing iron which
is a flat-iron made of highly polished steel.
The manner of polishing is to rub and rub
the linen with this until it has the desired
glaze Is obtained, but it is terribly hard on
the linen, and collars and bosoms so treated
do not last long. A little spermacet, or Il
little dissolved gum arabic, added to the
starch gives a gloss. Some aundresses use
salt for the same end and we have known
high-priced laundrcss who buttcrcd her
starch, l. e., she added slice of the best
butter to every kettleful. Boiling water
will remove tea stains and many fruit
stains; pour the water through the stain
and thus prevent il from spreading over
the fabric, while soaking IN milk before
washing viii always remove ink stains
from any fabric.