The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
A Days Washing.

Editor Household Department:
Will you give me explicit directions Ihow
to do week S washing for family? know
nothing about it. Have always sent out the
clothes until now am compelled to do it
with the help of other members as ignorant
as myself H.
To begin with, we will suppose the clothes
are gathered up each day as they are soied
and placed in the hamper kept in some Sc
Guided spot in the home. If you have q
bath room the best place is found in one
corner oft. Another good plan is to have
clothes holders in each room and early Mon
day morning the housekeeper must make
the rounds, gather up all she can find and
take them to the back porch.
Galyaniz ed tubs with plenty OF water soap
and pearline are the next headed articles
A good plan is to put the clothes 10 soak
begin about four o'clock in the afternoon
or perhaps during the summer 1t would be
better not to put them to soak until after
supper. This will take little extra work
but then wash day is the hardest of all
days SO we cannot expect to carry it on
without any inconvenience. Take a tub
about half full of warm water--not holland
make good lather with soap and pear!ine
and put all the incest pieces, such as shirts,
bed clothes, skirts, collars and cuffs, etc.,
into this packing them tightly with enough
water to cover them.
Into tbs next tub put the coarser pieces.
Holding the callcoes aud dark pieces, host
cry and anything that will fade until next
day. By following the soaking method the
washing cannot be done until Tuesday
which is generally good day, for Monday
is usually spent, or should be- in straighten-
ing up the home and putting ay the cloth
ing of the different members OF the family.
Tuesday morning put on the boiler half full
of water and let it heat. Then wiring out
your soled pieces-notice how dirty the wa
ter will be after the nights standing-put the
hot water in the tub and drop the pieces
in do not pour the hot water over the
clothes as it seems to make the dirt harder
to wash out, Then soap and board are
placed in the tub and each piece rubbed not
too hard but evenly up and down examined
for the most soiled spots and an extra rub
given. Then have your boiler clean and
half full with slightly warm water into this
put each piece after well soaping it, until it
is nearly full, then cover and put over the
fire to boil. While these are boiling your
next tub must be gone over the same way.
Discretion should be used as to sortng-so
as to avoid getting anything in with the
clothes that fades. When the boiler full
has come to good boil, take piece of
broom handle or clean stick kept for the
purpose and punch them down a number
of times. Remove, let stand until you get
tub emptied-it takes about three tubs to
do washing Then lift from the boiler and
drain each piece and place into freshly
filed tub of water. These may be slightly
rubbed by board or hand according to
daintiness of the article and placed in the
tub of water into which bluing has been
added. The best way to grade the blueness
of the water is to put the hand half wav
down to the bottom through the water and
if it can be seen it Is about right, too much