Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-12
gadies' Column.
Washing Flannels.

In washing fannels, make a suds
of blood warm water and white soap.
Allow the fannels to soak in this
water from one-half to one whole
hour, then wash them with as little
friction as possible, using no rubbing
board or soap, save what is dissolved
in the water; squeeze the articles
with the hands until the. dirt is fore
ed out as much as possible, then
change to another clear suds prepar-
ed in the same way, and finish the
washing process. Finally rinse in
warm water in which you may put in
very little blulng if you like. Do
not wiring as you do other clothes,
but simply squeeze out the water
enough to admit of carrying to the
line, and be sure when removing the
fiannels from one water to another
that each successive water is hotter
than the last-never any colder.
If YOU wish to restore the color of
fannels which are apparently ruined
by bad treatment, it can be done by
making a solution of ~ pounds of
white soap and two-thirds of an ounce
of spirits of ammonia dissolved in
twelve gallons of soft water. BY
dipping the f1annels in this and wet
ting them thoroughly in the solution,
beautiful and lasting Wilderness will
be impaired to them, no matter how
yellow they were previous to their i'm
mersion. After being well stirred
round for a short time, take the arti-
Giles out and wash we'll in clean, soft
water
To cleanse blankets, put two large
tablespoonful of borax and one-half
bar of white soap (cut up the soap
into thin shavings with a knife, be-
fore putting into the water) into a
tub of luke-warm water; when the
soap and boraX are well dissolved, ,
put in the blankets and let them re-
main in soak over night; the next
morning wash well and rinse in two
waters, and hang out to dry without
wringing them at all.
The washerwomen of Holland use
a handful of boraX to every ten gal
Ions of water. This makes the clothes
very white and is perfectly harmless
The reason why wooden fabrics shrink,
is because the fibres of wool and GER
tain kinds of hairs are toothed or flag
ged at the edges-the teeth or imbri
cations pointing upward. These
fibres, therefore, when subjected t.
friction or compression, being free t.
move in one direction, by reason o
| these asperitles of surface, have
: great tendency to unite and cling to
: gether. This accounts for the pecul
lar qualification possessed by woo
: for mating or fulling, and also eX
: plains why wooden fabrics are so liza
r BILE to shrink badly when washed. l
washing, the excessive rubbing t
5 which they are as a rule subjecte
+, causes binding or mating togethe
: of the ultimate fibres which caus
shrinkage, and this is rendered wors
0 by the common practice of changin
: the pieces from hot to cold water, 6
: the contraction of the fibres whic
y this causes is of itself fulling pro-
ess. So remember, whenever wasl
It inc wooden articles and changing fro
e one water to another let each succe
a sive water be hotter than the other
IS never any colder. The fibres of co
= ton and linen are straight and smoot
and possess none of the roughness
surface which characteriZes the struc
ure of wool, hence they do not shriI
l. in washing.
~ Now, a few words in regard
washing cotton goods; 1t is we
w known fact that soda spoils law
III and percales. They should be was
,r ed in tepid water, without soap, sa
l. lust enough dissolved in the water
n. render it smooth and easy to us
a. Wash and rinse as expeditiously
st possible, turn and starch in thin be
10 ed starch, in which you have dlssoI
ed enough white soap to make II
he tlife sudsy. Dry in the shade a
of iron on the wrong side. Should
"a articles have figure of some brig
ed hue which is liable to fade, gen
Gus handful of salt will prevent it,
. using it in the rinse water. -Po'ttd
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