Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-06-05
Washing Day.

household. large and small; it is proven
biallv associated with wretchedness 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 a
luxury that must be paid for III some
shape or 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 a number of soaps
now manufactured that help wonder
fully in washing, but they viii make
| the clothes yellow in time. keTosine
| oil and turpentinc 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 III half an ounce for an
ordinary washing; 1t 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 a 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
Solied places with soap, and they Will
require only one washing, and that not
a laborious one, before boiling. Boil
quick, rinse thoroughly, wiring through
a iirst-rate clothes wringer, (the bar
harism 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, ruffles and linen, and cam
hric underclothing are much injured by
being exposed an unnecessary length
of time To frost, wind, or dust.
White FTaHncLs.-white flannel gar
ments, such as petticoats, underskirts,
and drawers, baby flannels and the like,
require also to be put in boiling water.
The very best way to wash white fan
neis, Is 10y pouring on boiling suds, mild,
let them stand a few minutes, then
grind them out. Pour the suds away.
put the hannels in again, and pour
over them a kettle of clear boiling
water, with pinch of crude borax in
II, aud grind them out of that This
beautifully soft and clean, with little
labor, and no danger of shrinkage.
Z.y1AlIr Goods and COIorcd FYaJineIs.
-Colored flannel dresses, sacks, Carl |
baldi and other articles of knitted wool.
such as baby socks, knitted sacks and
the like, should all he washed in cold
water, III which little crude bornx |
and some white CASTLE soap have been
dissolved The process will be found
very easy and perfectly satisfactory; |
the dirt Will come out in the cold water |
without any trouble; there will be no |
shrinking, and the color will remain |
bright IN the culored woolens, or fancy |
borderings.
To JCdsh lace and HcCdleICOrE- /
handkerchiefs, collars, chemisettes and |
edglngs should never be put into the 4
large wash; they should be kept till n |
sufficient number has accumulated, and |
then ON "A rainy day, when visitors are /
not expected, collect them, mend care
fully every little hole, soap them and |
put them in a clean, bright tin pail that |
viii cover down close, and fill up with
cold water with a pinch of borax in it.
Let them come to a slow boil, then
squeeze them out; if they are very yell
low, and very dirty, the operation NAV
have to be repeated. Rinse and DIV;
IN the meantime pour little boiling
water over a few Jumps of loaf sugar.
and If you wish yellow tinge add a
tablespoonful of clear liquid coffee, in
stead of starch; lay the articles straight
out in clean, dry towels, and by the
time the last one is folded up, the first
viii be ready to iron. Point lace can
be washed in this way to look like new.