The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-28

flowers. they are anything but attractive.
To renew them constantly calls for
heavy outlay. while the exceptional
laundress who can really "do up" an or
candle to look like new readily commands
a high price for her services.
Lower down in the scale of summer
suits the same truths prevails. Cheap
muslins cannot be washed to look fresh
and silk finished cotton once soiled is
done forever. India linens and the pretty
colored lawns which are so inexpensive
in themselves must be made in the pre-
vailing fashion. and gored skirts stretch
out of shape under unsk;llful laundering
while every frill and plating adds to the
trouble of ironing the garment properly.
One promenade in dusty lane, on sandy
beach, or dewy lawn, and the soiled
skirts are fit only for the washtuh. Every
anxious mother Of a family. counting
dimes and contriving how to make those
in elastic conditions known as both ends
meet. knows how these simple summer
gowns and dirty shirtwaists swell the
family wash far beyond the power Of the
one or two maids to accomplish it, and
even where the extra expense of extra
help may not be a burden, and can be
TedIi4F Hdu Which, lccocti> lew DIRT "a ~
tween are the competent washerwomen
whom money win buy. Fine ironing and
clear ssarehing. which, half a century ago
both IN the South and in New England,
were considered a necessary part of every
gentlewoman's education, are rapidly be-
coming lost arts. Not one girl in a hum
bred can do mp her WI white dresses;
perhaps one in fifty can lander her own
laces and ties. Lawns are starched stiff,
piaues and %cinghains are ironed on the
right siie Of the goods. while prints come
ont of the wash shiny IN streaks and look
ing as navar new ~caawbrays nor ehintzes
were known TO 40: ruFles are rs crooked
as a snake fence; and taeks ana plaits
are iroaed all awry.
Therefore tho majority of women with
moderaFa incomes fall back in despair
upon six waists and dark skirts, where
the shirt waist is not Dc regle, and wear
White gowns and organdie sparingly,
with jealous care TO keep them clean.
II you can get a good laundrsss by
the day it will be found by far the most
economical plan of doing up the summer
gowns. Insist on her using thin starch,
and ironing all em~braideries on the wrong
side. Where plaitings are used blste
them carefully before putting the garment
in wash.
All shirrings for wash dresses should
be doue. on narrow tables. run in castings.
These should he let out before Sending
to wash and drawn up again after the
garment IS ironed. a process which not
only facilitates the task of ironing. but
makes the articles look very much better.
When navy blue or black linens are
washed. instead of using soap. take Two
large potatoes. peeled and grated into 4
pail Of tepid soft water, to which a table
spoonful of ammonia has been added
Wash the linens in this and rinse in cold
blue water. They will need no starch,
and should be dried and ironel On the
wrong side. An infusion of hay VIII keep
the color in buff cotton and linens. while
.the use Of bran will do the same for f.rown
goods. Only the very thinnest starch
should be used for the fine ginghams and
fancy eottons so popular this season.
The beauty of these depends greatly upon
their soft finish. and is lost when they
hang in stiffly starched folds.
Every expert laundress has a recipe of
her WI for washing black lawns and
sateens- One of the best of the methods
is to wash them like any other cotton
garment and then scald them for fifteen
minutes In water to which just enough
extract of logwood has been added 20
color it. Rinsing after washing, in very
deep indigo water, so deep as to be black
rather than blue, will prevent their turn
ing brown or rusty. Doubtful colors may
be set by soaking for several hours before
wa shine in na1t
luton Of sugar of lead. The salt used
should be table salt. This is best for reds
and pinks; uga of lead is preferable for
blues. Never use washing soda in the
laundry: it yeiiows white goods and fades
or changes the hues of colorad poods.
FOR the same reason strong soap should
be tabooed; no soap which Injuries the
hands should be used in the laundry
Always dry colored fabrics in the shade:
the sun will invariably fade them more or
less. One sunny summer Monday morn
ing I found the mead of the department
of cotton colored dress goods in a mann
moth dry goods store decidedly out of
temper A customer had Just come in
with a Scotch Bingham which had faded.
Madam" he said, "this has been dried
in the sun-the hot sun at thai. AS I
came down town this morning. late. all
the back yards were full of colored
clothes, hanging in the blazing sunshine.
Don't you know you can bleach anything
by wetting 1t with water and hanging ii
In the full sunshine? No color is fast I'M
der such conditions"
Swiss muslin never looks new after even
the most careful washing; therefore.
French or India muslin, at three times the
price, is cheaper in the long run. Seeded
and embroidered muslins launder admir-
ably. 1t is scarcely necessary to say that
It is of the utmost Importance that the
irons and ironing sheet used for white
muslins should be scrupulously clean. Try
the irons always on a clean white cloth
or on white paper. to prevent any danger
of smut or scorching.
Fresh fruit stains may be removed by
scalding with boiling water before wash
Ing; ink tains can usually be removed
by soaking in fresh milk: the milk will
not injure the most delicate eolors. Salts
of lemon, lemon juice and salt, the article
well wet with the mixture and dried in
the sun. will efface most stains including
ink and iron rust. from white goods; if
the fabric is colored the acid will remove
the color with the stain. Oxalic acid is
still more powerful for the same purpose.
after using It wash the article. or the acid
will injure the fabric. Ammonia will re-
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