Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-26
In the Laundry.

lrult stains Will sometimes Weld to
cold water; cherry stains, for example.
Others require boiling water. and still
others some bleaching agent. The
most convenient material is JavelIe wa.
ter. generally kept by druggists. 70
make 1t, dissolve one pound of salera-
tus IN a pint of water: mix four ounces
OF fresh chloride of lime with one pint
OF water, stirring to remove the Jumps
i. will not all dissolve. Pour the two
liquids together, stir or shake thorough
ly, set aside, and when the deposit has
settled pour oil the perfectly clear liquid
and bottle for use. Glass or earthen
vessels should be used in preparing it.
Wet the stains with this anu rinse we'll,
just before washing the articles. 1t
can, Of course, only be used on white
articles, as it would bleach colored ones.
Slams from fabrics may be removed
by moistening the spot with solution
OF EPSON salts in a few drops of hot
water. Run it we'll the first time and
then mo'sten again. Next, ill tin
vessel with boiling wafer, and set it on
the stained place for a few minutes, and
afterwards wash out in soft water. 1t is
advisable to have articles thus treated
washed Immediately.
Light colored prints and cambrics
may be washed in this way: Take a
tablespoonful of alum and dissolved it in
enough iukewarm water to rinse print
dress. Dip the soiled dress into it,
taking care to wet thoroughly every
part OF it, and then wiring it out. lave
warm-not hot-suds all ready, and
wash out the dress quickly; then rinse
it in cold water. White CASTLE soap
is the best for colored cottons, if it can
be commanded Have the starch
ready--but not too hot: rinse the dress
in it, wiring il out, and hang i. wrong
side out to dry, but not in the sun.
Place it where the wind will strike it
rather than the sun. When dry, iron
directly. Prints should never be sprink-
led; but if allowed to become rough
dry, they should be ironed under a
damp cloth. 1t is better to wash them
some day by themselves, when washing
aud iroi ing can be done at once.
Black silk stockings are apt to fade
unless washed with care. Take quar-
ter of IL pound Of soft soap, the same
quantity of run honey, and 3 large
wineglassful OF gin; mix these until
dissolved in a quart or three pints of
warm salt water. Wash the stockings
we'll in this and rinse them IL two wa
tiers (rain water is best, squeeze them
in towel, smooth them out and lay
them on sheet to dry in some airy
place, but not in the sun. Smooth them
with cool iron on the wrong side. If
carefully and quickly done i'll this way,
black silk stockings will retain their
color. Black merino stockings should
be washed twice in lather of milk
warm water, no soap rubbed on them.
Rinse in cold water with salt in it; dry
them quickly in the open air, if posi-
bic, and when half dry, mangle them.
To wash silk handkerchiefs: Wash
them in cold rain-water with little
curd soap; then.rinse them in rain water.
cold, slightly colored with stone-blue;
wiring we'll and stretch them ont on a
mattress, lacking them out tightly.
They will look as good as new if care
fully washed.
To stiffen gauze: Good wheat starch
and white wax are employed. either
cold or warm, according to the color.
The gauZe on removal from the starch
is perfectly UNFINISHED, pressed out, and
clapped with the hands. so that the
starch may be uniformly distributed.
Any meshes that may still appear filled
with starch may be freed from it when
the gauzs is stretched on the drying.
pad by brushing it with the hand, or.
better, with q soft brush. Small
starched pieces can also be placed on
the finishing-drum, since the starch re-
naming in any of the meshes will stick
to the drum when the gauze is removed.
In this case, however, it will unavoid.
ably have spotted luster on the side
next the drum.
Very glossy starch is made in this
way: Take two ounces of white gum
arabic powder, put into pitcher, and
pour on it pint of boiling water, &C.
cording to the degree of strength you
desire, and then, having covered it, let
it stand all night. In the morning
pour it carefully from the dregs into a
clean bottle; keep it for use. A table.
spoonful of gum water stirred into
pint of starch that has been made in
the usual manner, will give lawns,
either black or printed, look of new
ness. when nothing else can restore
them after washing. It is also good.
much diluted. for thin white muslin
and bobinet.
Those who make raw starch for COL
lars and cuffs should mix very gradually
one tablespoon OF white starch with
half pint of cold water; dissolve u
small piece of lump borax about the
size of the tip of a finger in hot water;
when cold, stir it into the starch. Put
the collars into the starch, rub them
up and down in it, squeeze them and
press them in cloth; smooth them
we'll out witlfa soft piece of linen, and
iron Immediately, first with fat-iron,
then with polishing.iron. And to
those who make up their own fine linen,
we can highly recommend the follow.
ing plan: Let the collars be washed,
blued and dried; then take two large
tablespoonfuls of ordinary starch and
blend in cold water till there is about
a breakfastcupful of it. Dip your col
lars through it without going to the
sediment; wiring dry and lay them in