Morris tribune., 1883-09-15
FARMERS COLUMN.
Hints for the Laundry.

FLANNELs.-Make suds of boiling
white soap in soft water; do not use the
suds while boiling, but let it be- as hot as
the hands will bear when the articles
are put. Do not rub with soap while in
the water, nor Should the articles be
rubbed at all as it causes shrinking.
Siuice them up and down, and after
| wards squeeze, not wiring out; rinse and
dry in tue open air. All tlannels should
be soaked before they are made up, first
| in cold, then in hot water, to shrink
them. To wash q WOODEN shawl, scrape
one pound of soap in one quart Of water,
boil three minutes; add three table
spooniuls of spirits of turpentine and
! one of ammonia. Wash the shawl we'll
| in it, then rinse in cold wafer until the
soap is taken of, then in salt and water.
| Fold bet tween two sheets. taking care not
| to allow two folds of the shawl to lie to-
| gether. Iron with a cool iron.
Gun ARABIC SrAECu.--Pound to pow
der two ounces of gum arabic. Put it
into an earthen dish and pour on it
pint of boiling water; let it and twelve
hours; pour it carefully from the dregs
into bottle and cork tightly 4 table
spoonful used in pint of starch will
give g,oss to shirt bosoms. To my fine
Shite goods much diluted it will give q
look OF newneSs.
IRoN1Na.-In ironing dress first iron
the waist, next the sleeves and lastly
the skirt. Keep the latter rolled while
doing the other parts. In ironing shirt
first do the back, tn II the sleeves, and
co lar and bosom and then the trout.
Silk should be ironed on the wrong
side, when quite damp, with an iron
not very hot. Always iron lace and en-
broidery on the wrong side.
To BLEACH SHEETING.-Soak the cloth
twelve hours in soap-suds, then take for
every twenty-five yards of sheeting a
half pound of chloride OF lime and dis.
solve i! in enough boiling water to cover
The cloth when dipped into il. When
the lime in dissolved, strain the solution
through cloth; then put the sheeting
in and stir constantly for half hour
rinse well in pure water, then boil in
strong suds, and hang in the air to dry.
Flannel, which has become yellow, may
be whitened by putting it for twenty
four hours in solution of hard soap
water and ammonia. Use half pint of
ammonia to pound of soap and one gal
lon of water.
Straw hats or bonnets may be cleaned
by rubbing them we'll with soap and wa
ter, then With small hand brush; last
ly rubbing them with pure lemon juice
until white.
To remove starch or rust from flat
irons, have piece of yellow heeswax
tied in a coarse cloth. When the iron !
is almost hot enough rub it quickly with |
the wax und then with q clean cloth, or |
put handful of salt on apiece of |
smooth board and rub the IRON over it |
several times.
New linen may be embroidered more
easily by rubbing it over with fine white
soap. This will prevent the threads |
cracking.
Linen should be washed in water in |
which hay or quart of bran his been
boiled.
To remove midew, dip the goods in
soft water. then rub the spot with soap
and chalk, lay it on the grass for two or
three days; rub it each day with soap
and chalk until the mildew is removed.
To keep the colors of muslin bright,
dissolve small lump Of alum in the
starch.