Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-01
Useful Hints for Washing Day.

Nelly Browne in the Household
 In cases where it is feared that soap may change the color of an article, as, for in- stance, scarlet hosiery or lilac print, if the garment be not ba6ly soiled, it may be cleansed by washing, without soap, in Wa ter in which pared potatoes have been boiled. This method will also prevent col ors from running in washing prints.
 To prevent blue from running into a white ground, dissolve teaspoonful of copperas in a pailful of soft water, aud a piece of lime the size of an acorn, and soak the garments in this water two hours before washing.
 To keep colors from running in washing black prints put a teaspoonful of black pepper in the first water.
 To make linen beautifully white, prepare the water for washing by putting into eve " ten gallons of water a large handful of powdered borax. Or, boil with the clothes one teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine,
 To remove tea stains from white cloth, soak it in javelle water, which is made as follows: Put pound of sal soda and five cents worth of chloride of lime into an earthen vessel, pour over it two quarts of soft water, stir we'll until the sal soda is dis solved and use the warm bath This is also effectual in case of grass, tannin or fruit stains.
 A simpler way to remove grass stains is to spread butter on them and lay the article in hot sunshine.
 Fruit stains upon cloth or upon the hands may be removed by rubbing with the juice of ripe tomatoes. If applied immediately powdered starch will also take fruit stains out of table linen. Left on the spot for a few hours, it absorbs every trace of the stain. For mildew stains mix together soft soap, laundry starch and half much salt and the juice of lemon. Apply to the mil dewed spots and spread the garment on the grass. Or wet the linen, rub into it white soap, then finely powdered chalk; lay upon the grass and keep damp. Mildew stains that have been long in linen may be removed by rubbing yellow soap on both sides, afterward laying on very thick starch wetted with cold water. Rub in we'll and expose to light and air.
 There are several eHectual methods ot re- moving grease from cloth. First wet with linen cloth dipped in chloroform. Sec ond, mix four tablespoonfuls of alcohol with one teaspoonful of salt; shake together until the salt is dissolved, then apply with a sponge. Third, wet with weak ammonia water; then lay thin white plotting or tissue paper over it and iron lightly with iron not too hot. Fourth, apply mixture of equal parts of alcohol, gin and aqua ammo nia
 To make very stiff starch, add to each cup full and half of cold, soapy water two heaped teaspoonfuls of starch and one even teaspoonful of powdered borax. Dissolve and wiring through it collars, cuffs, etc., hay ing previously dried them: They will be a. starch very stiff is to use equal quantities of starch and epson salts, using only half the usual quantity of the former.
 For everything but laces starch may be used cold; but cold starch will not stiffen lace. Laces should be cleansed by winding them round and round a long bottle between two thicknesses of flannel and boiling in wa ter to which a trife of borax has been add ed. Then remove the outside flannel, rinse 1 the lace in two or three waters, then dip in s weak starch or gum-arabic water; all with out removing the lace from the bottle. Dried l in this way it is kept smooth and it is not | easily injured, needing no ironing.