Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-16
REPAIRING USELESS WASTES.

II Not fA-t tnpuk Uif tfhis W teuNst-
esscnc- from y seven-months' Illness IL
the dilspidai-d condition % tAble-llnen.
A ! examine the content. 81 one draw
er after another, I can readily sce ho~
the servant whose strongest rcsommcn-
dalton to favor VAS the invarishle neat
ne.. II the dinlng-tAble Won her praise.
easily for with free acccss to supplies
aud no Que Ia say nay, abe made .ad
havoc % all grades ~ articles. Table
cloth. that should have lasted we'll until
time Ia purchase supple. another Win.
ter are unit for use. colorci fruit nap
kins were eyidently not suited to tb.
young managers s.thstlc taste, for
while they were undlsturt-cd, all grades
aud .ife. % white Que. ar. stained With
peach, plum aud grape stains, a well
az mlldcw and lron-rust. Doilles and
other ornamental accessories have been
used without limit aud thrown Into the
common wash: AMI no brand % wash
ak made will endure the careless
handling ~ the majority 10 launire.scs,
aud so they are far from ornamental
now. The threads of dfswn-~ork arr
broken. and those With fringed edge
veil, words fall Ia give an adequate
Iies of their rsgg,si, forlorn appearance.
What can IL done, With the table
cloths, nothing. except o. lay them
away until the leisure of winter, ~hsn
IN. CENTRES ~ them will bc made Into
tray-cloih. and centr~piecc. for the
table or bread and cake cloth. for the
pantry, aud The bor,ier Into dl.h-cloths.
With heavy canton flannel spread next
io the table, and o.ntrr~pI.,~. and
dollics In daily use, comparatively little
wear come. on a table-cloth except 81
the ssig. ~ the table, aud thu centre. ~
worn one. we'll r,psy making Into other
articles. 4 fratl,er-.titcbed ben. done
In either Whit. or colorcd cotton or linen
embroidery f'Oss, 4. the most ser,iceabl.
edge tnish for the aforementioned arti-
ele.. and all the ornamenistion required.
The bread and cake cloths can b.
quickly hcmmed an = machine; the
di.h-clOth. should b. made double, the
edge. run ~ mschlDe-stitched together,
aud two or thrrc rows Of the latter put
through the centre.
The embroidered plece. that were
hot~lcs.ly faded have b-en rcp.sis'il,
wet In hot water, Ia which had b~cn
added n little potash, And hung up,
without wringing, In the sun. such a.
wcr. embroidered With linen OF cotton
are beautifully white, but tb. silk
much 81 It's yellow.
The common cloths With fringc'i
edges, that wer, otherwise good. have
had the remaining fringe cut OF snd
coarse, inch ~ ide torchon lace put just
above The overcast edge, on a.. right
eide, aud stitched around twicc-oDce AZ
near In the edge Ne possible and again
an eighth of an inch below u. The lace
Was turned square At the corners, with
out fullness.
The h-tter cloths had the fringe cut
OF evenly. and the edge VA. then but
touhole stitched with white linen foss,
some In regular stitch and other. Ia
What I. called "long aud short button
hole-.tltch;" that u, every alternate
stitch !. taken Ia deeper, but the edg. i.
straight.
IA though To verify the old sdsge
that "Misfortunes never come slngly,"
when new stock had been supplied aud
the above mentioned ways devised for
making part Of the old more preseptable,
Their. came an act 90 wa.tefuln-ss that
was too much for even the patience of a
strong woman. A handsome table
cloth that, because Of It. exceptionally
handsome pattern, had been purchas.d
larger than usual, MAS put Ia With the
weekly wash. The laubdress, an eNcrp-
tIonally capable worker. has the dread
fui habit OF sometimes indulgiDg an sp-
petit. Tor strong drink. This she must
have been doing previous To ironing-day.
for, when leaving for home, she left
wori to ''tell the missis that ] soorched
one 81 the table-cloths q bit" And
sure enough; .be had ironei the new
cloth beautifully, and laid Il under some
others on q newspaper spread across the
hack of the kitchen range, and four
folds, each extending across the entire
width, we're burned. The flrst 90 badly
that Il dropped apart when shaken; the
Others not So As 20 be tender, we're yet
very brown for an inch or more In
| width.
After cutting Il OF at the burned fold
nearest the end, there would still be- two
and half yards, or enough for a CON-
mon cloth. had often drawn out little
touches Of scorchlng by placing the gar
mept In the sun, but "a think OF taking
Il out when burned through four thick
nesses Of new, firm dAmssk seemed hops
less. appealed to the kitcbeo-girl. and
she guessed she could get some of u
out u I would leave II entirely alone.
That Was ten days ago, and this morning
she returned Il 80 clear ] could not tell
which Was the burned end. And all she
did was 10 wet u repeatedly Ia strong,
hot borax water and hang u In the sun.
Surely, there could be no stronger
proof of the efficacy Of the remedy.
forgot to say that I easily removed
evesy trace Of lron-ru,t by covering the
spots thickly with salt, then damp
enlng thoroughly with lemon juice
and because it Was q cloudy day, laid
them over the hot registers from the fur
mace instead OF In the sun.
The mlldew and tea stains, together
With many of the fruit stains, came out
after soaking half an hour In . pail Of
warm water, Ia which two tablespoon
fuls Of chloride Of lime had been aided
by dissolvlng and stralning through o.
piece Of cheese-cloth. wash the articles
In clean, hot water and rinse twice.