The record-union., 1899-04-02
To sum up, if tempted

+ soaked To sum up, if tempted to
soak clothes-don't.
! The process of washing taught by
Miss Emily Huntington, the domestic
science expert, provides as a first pro-
. cess the careful sorting of the clothes;
+, the table linen, the fine clothes, the bed
linen, the coarse clothes and the towels
are separated in the order in which
| they should be washed. A strong suds
is made by cutting the soap into small
J pieces and dissolving the pieces in
| warm water. The first water should be
warm but not boiling hot. Only little
more soap should be used during the
washing and this on the most soiled
pieces of the articles. The garments
are washed on both sides, care being
taken that the finest and incest clothes
are not rubbed on the board. The table
linen is washed first of all; then the
| fine clothes. Both should be put into
| the boiler in cold water and brought
to a scald. To put them in hot water
sets any stains. When they have been
| scalded, they are drained out and put
into clean, cold water. The coarse
clothes and towels are then washed
and put into the boiler for twenty min
utes. Too much boiling makes clothes
! tender.
| When the blueing water is made, care
being taken that it is not too blue, the
! fine clothes and table linen are drain
ed from the cold water and put through
the blueing water first, the other
clothes passing from the boiler into the
clean water, and then into the blueing
water, where they may remain until the
| fine clothes have been hung out.
J Clothes should not be wrung out and
I left any length of time in baskets, as
in this way they become streaked. The
/ hanging out process, if properly man
aged, has direct influence on the iron
! ing of clothes. All articles. should be
snapped and pulled smooth and even,
and hung up on the wrong side. They
should be dampened at night and rolled
tightly, the starched things being iron
ed first in the morning. In summer
| they should not be sprinkled over night
as they will sour before morning, and
! there is danger of mildew. The starch
ed clothes should be hung in the sun
niest places.
Miss, Huntingtons formula for starch
! is to dissolve three tablespoonfuls in a
little cold water, pour on a quart of
boiling water, stirring all the time. Be
fore taking it off, stir wax candle Ga
spermaceti candle) around in the starch
/ and add a pinch of salt; then boil ten
minutes.
i When clothes become yellow or of a
bad color from lying unused or from
sickness, they should be taken from the
hot suds and spread on the grass or in
the sun to bleach for half a day. and
in two waters, the last one blued. The
fiannels, of course, are washed separ-
ately in warm suds and rinsed in clear
warm water.
! The care of boiler and tubs after
washing is also important. The form
er should be washed out and carefully
dried in all the creases to prevent rust
i The tubs, too, should be washed, and,
if wooden ones, little clear, cold water
left in them. Soapstone or the new por-
celain tubs are much to be preferred
and these should be wiped perfectly dry
Raise the covers of wooden tubs once
or twice during the week, leaving them
open over night; otherwise they be-
come close
This is a laundry process presented ir
the simplest possible way. At another
d
for washing the fine expensive fiannels
and clear-starching will be given.
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A French doctor has been trying some
( interesting experiments with typhoid
fever germs, and it is announced in an
1 English print that he has made at least
/ one very important discovery This
is that the germs do not survive a
cl,n ~f ho
I of the apple. and ne advises, therefore,
that those who live in infected places
should mix a little cider with water
before drinking it. This discovery, too,
will doubtless confirm the belief held
by many that apples are a febrifuge;
/ they are certainly a most agreeable one.
Il would give said a man the other
day, "a thousand dollars, plus wa ges,
to a capable servant who would agree
to remain in my employ for ten years.
The men who spoke lives in a college
! town in a neighboring State, and he
went on to say that the problem of Sc
curing assistance to carry on the work
OF house was becoming about as i'm
portant as the matter of university edu-
cation. The local worker viii not en-
girl, usually from a neghboring city,
soon ties of her quiet surroundings.
Who Will solve this problem of grow
ing Importance?
In London, during the Christmas hol-
idays, in addition to the regular matis
nee performance. of ''Alice in Wonder
land" the management found the rush
so great that actual morning PERFORM
ances were given. The result of this
experiment proved so satisfactory that
it is likely to be extended to other per-
formances that cater particularly. to
children The idea appeals to mothers
and elders who undertake to escort a
party of children to entertainments. The
rush homeward late Saturday after
noon, particularly if one lives a long
distance from the center of the city. is
apt to be an uncomfortable scramble
A morning entertainment, releasing its
little patrons in time for a comfortable
luncheon, ought to be well patronized
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