The Russellville Democrat., 1881-01-20
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Plan for Doing a Washing Household
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PLAN FOR DOING A WASHING

PLAN FOR DOING A WASHING.
 see to it and help in doing it myself l find the clothes wear much longer and look very much better since ..::i.ei s.1S,oK the management of the washer. have enc homo washing with wooden wringer this does for my mangle--two India rubber wringers, three wash tubs, one rinsing tub with division in the center to fix a wringer, etc; two old saucepans that are spoiled for cooking to hold, say two or four pints (these are to boil soap in), one hair sieve, sundry mugs and pails, one stick to take the clothes out of the machine, another for the copper, six clothes bags made from old cheese cloth These are for boiling the clothes in. 1 double the cloth, make them twenty-four inches long, have cord run in the top to draw up; this cloth answers well for boiling, as it is thin and strong. The wa ter goes through more quickly, and there is no fear of the boiling water springing up to your face and hands while stirring them round to prevent them burning. Never put more than one pair of large sheets in one bag and six shirts into an-- other. Place as many bags in the copper as it will conveniently hold, and never boil cotton and linen together. Put each boiling in COG water, with soap and com mon soda. 1 never use washing powders or dry soap for flannels or print dresses, etc. I use bicarbonate of soda for white fiannels, and sometimes liquid ammonia with the soap, but the bicarbonate of soda will not injure the most delicate colors if the water is not too hot, as I strain the water through the hair sieve after doing the flannels To wash the prints, etc, don't use ammonia; for the fannels 1 never rub the soap, but have it all boiled, and I find from experience it answers better and is much more econ- omical For dark woolen hose, dresses, 1 blue serge suits, etc, never use soap, but boil for five minutes some bicarbonate of soda and wash with a machine, or rub with the handle, then rinse in clean water and stiffen with blue. 1 have all dark things dried as quickly as possible, mangle them in towel before they are dry, and iron until they are dry on the wrong side. With regard to the buttons, 1 have all mine put on the dress with rings Linen buttons I do not take off; night shirts I make to slip over the head and have a stud for the neck. The day and dress shirts I make with button hole at the back of the neck for stud instead of button, so that never have the trouble of sewing buttons on the shirts when wanted. The white quilts I stitch round with the machine old sheets, too--and this makes them strong er-not so easily torn on the line, and it is never seen. Table cloths might be done the same way.
 HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.
 SHUTTING FOR ROAST TURKEY-Chop half-pound lean and half-pound fat pork very finely, and mix with them four ounces bread crumbs, large teaspoon of minced sage, blade of powdered mace, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix with an egg. Sausage meat may be used in place of the pork, and may be favored with lemon peel and sweet herbs, accord. ing to taste.
 lswIss PUnpIxssstt tt isrss,of is sr of bs and sliced apples with sugar between, till the dish is quite full; let the crumbs be tho, uppermost layer; then pour butter melted over, and bake it. Or butter | dish, strew bread crumbs thickly over it, | add apples, raspberries, or any fruit, sweetened, alternately with bread crumbs until the dish is full; then pour melted butter, or rather small Jumps of butter, over the top, and bake.
 SPONGE CAkE.-Iake or powdered lump sugar the weight of six eggs in their shells, and take half that weight of po- tato flour; separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs, beat up the latter with the sugar, adding the grated rind of one lemon. Whisk the whites to a stiff froth, mix the two together, and incor- porate the potato four with the mixture, quickly and effectually, beating it all the time with the egg whisk. PouI the mix ture in a buttered mold, and bake it in the oven until done. When cold turn it out and trim it to make it stand even.