The Penn's Grove record., 1889-06-01
Washing Day.

household, large and small; it is proven
bially associated with w~retchedness and
discomfort, and many have been the
plans, methods, and receipts, which
have been imposed upon housekeepers,
in their desire to relieve themselves OF
this constantly recurring source Of
trouble and annoyance.
Such efforts are mostly vain and use
less, however, sometimes worse-posi-
lively injurious. Clean clothes are q
luxury that must be paid for in some
shape n other-and no substances have
been discovered, and few machines in
vented to rival the stout arm and strong
hand of the professional washerwoman.
1t is true, there are o number of SOAPS
now manufactured that help wonder
fully in washing, but they will make
the clothes yellow in time. KEROSENE
oil and turpentine are said to take the
dirt out of clothes also.
Never use soda to soften water; il
rots the clothes in proportion to its
strength; buy crude borax by the
pound, and put in half an ounce for an
ordinary washing; it whitens, and
cleanses, and softens wonderfully, and
Injuries nothing. The women Of Hol-
land, whose washing is proverbial, use
borax.
Use a really good brand Of soap well
dried-not the soft, gelatinous, yellow
bars, which melt away in q moment,
and really stains rather than cleanse the
clothes, and always destroy the hands.
Have the clothes soaked over night
in warm water, rubbing all creased and
soiled places with soap, and they will
require only one washing, and that not
laborious one, before boiling. Boil
quick, rinse thoroughly, wiring through
a first-rate clothes wringer, the bar
barism of wringing by hand is now
happily at an end,) and bring them in,
and fold them as soon as they are dry.
Fine shirts, rufies and linen, and cam
brio underclothing are much injured by
being exposed an unnecessary length
of time to frost, wind, or dust.
White Fyannels.-White flannel gar
ments, such as p~etticoats, underskirts,
and drawers, baby fannels and the like,
also to be put In boiling water.
The very best way to wash white fam
nels, is by pouring on boiling suds, mild,
let them stand a few minutes, then
grind them out. Pour the suds AWAY,
put the fannels in again, and pour
over them a kettle Of clear boiling
water, with a pinch of crude borax in
it, and grind them out of that. This
finishes the process, and makes them
beautifully soft and clean, with little
labor, and no danger of shrinkage.
Zephyr Goods and C0lored Fdnnels.
-Colored flannel dresses, sacks, Carl
Jaldi and other articles of knitted wool,
,uch rs baby socks, knitted sacks and
he like, should all be washed in cold
in which a little crude borax
md some white CASTLE soap have been
dissolved. The process will be found
very easy and perfectly satisfactory;
he dirt will come out in the cold water
without any trouble; there will be no
shrinking, and the color will remain
in the colored woolens, Dr. fancy
oorderings.
TO rash lace and needleWork. Fine
iandkerchiefs, collars, chemisettes and
should never be put into the
arge wash; they should be kept till q |
ufiicient number has accumulated, and
hen on a rainy day, when visitors are
lot expected, collect them, mend care ,
rilly every little hole, soap them and
them in a clean, bright tin pail that
ill cover down close, and fill up with
water with a pinch of borax in it.
let them come to a slow boil, then
queeze them out; if they are very yell
ow, and very dirty, the operation may
ave to be repeated. Rinse and dry;
n the meantime pour o little boiling
'ater over q few Jumps of loaf sugar,
if you wish a yellow tinge add a
tablespoonful of clear liquid coffee, in
tead Of starch; lay the articles straight
ut in clean, dry towels, and by the
the last one is folded up, the first
i'll be ready to iron. Point lace can
e washed in this way to look like new.