Evening star., 1900-08-18
TO TAKE OUT STAINS,
Some Valuable Hints That Every
Housewife Should Heed.

hOusewhe should Heed.
From the New York Herald.
Mildew, iron rust and grease spots are
persistent worries in summer time to the
| careful mother. Rub mldewed spots well
| with lemon Juice and salt and expose to a
hot sun. The most delicate fabric will be
| unharmed. The spots will disappear
For removing grease spots take equal
parts of strong ammonia, water, ether and
alcohol To prevent the ring forming about
the cleaned spot, rub with a cloth slightly
dampened with the same solution. In other
words rub out the ring. If the cloth is too
wet it will only make another one
Ink spots should be attended to before
they dry to save the garment. Sponge with
milk until all the ink is removed and then
| sponge with benZine to take out the erea ca
| left by the milk. Ink spots can be removed
| from goods of which the color will not run
| by applying salts of lemon.
When varnish gets on any garment the
| cleansing should be done as soon IS possible
Wet the varnish thoroughly with alcohol
two or three times and then sponge off with
a clean cloth. If the color has been af-
fected the material should be sponged with
chloroform, unless the color is blue. Then
vinegar or acetic acid should be used in
stead of the chloroform. Both of these are
hard on the hands and should be used with
caution. Muddy spots on white dresses may
be removed by washing in a solution of
| carbonate of soda in water. Lay the soiled
part on a cloth and sponge well.
One often notices on new linen yellow
| stains left by the sewing machine Such
garments should not be put into the wash
until the spots have been well rubbed with
liquid ammonia Repeated applications of
fresh lard or butter Will come as near as
anything to removing tar, though q spot is
almost always left.
Fine linen is continually in danger of
iron rust, and unless such spots are attend
ed to at once there is little hope Of remov-
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eral washing, pass a hot iron over a wet
cloth. and when the latter steams well put
1t under the stained garment. Then, on
the upper side of the goods, rub a little
oxalic acid where the spots show. The ac-
ton of the acid Is fastened by the heat
and the moisture. The rust disappears
Then the whole garment should be washed
with soap.
Paint on wooden clothing may sometimes
be removed by rubbing the spot with the
same cloth. 1t is supposed that the paint
disappears in the fuzz produced by the
| rubbing. If this is not successful try tur-
pentine
Blood stains are about as difficult as any
to get out. Here starch comes into use.
Make a thin paste and spread on the stain.
Leave it to dry. Then brush aft. Generally
| the stain will go with the starch. The worst
stains. however, will require several appli-
cations of the starch.
A poor ironer Is one of the great trials of
housekeeping. Scorched clothes are often
discarded as hopeless, but II not too much
burned may be made all right by the patient
use of onion Juice. Bake the onion, and
| squeeze out the juice. Mix 1t with an ounce
of fuller's earth. little shredded soap and
wtneglassful of vinegar. Heat the mix
ture till the soap is dissolved. Then wait
till it is cold before applying. Rub it well
| over the scorched place. leave to dry and
| then put the garment in the regular wash
ing
1t Is sometimes difficult to remove large
coffee stains. First pour boiling water
through the stain. then dip the spot in
strong ammonia water, rinse in cold water
and put out in the sun to bleach. For tea
stains nothing is needed but plain water.
| Often the shrinking effect of rain drops
seems to have ruined light silks, when all
| wrong side with a piece Of muslin between
| the goods and the iron.