The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-05
LAUNDRY WORK IN WINTER
Methods of Keeping Clothes White and
 in Gold Condition.

Methods of Keening Clothes White and
 in Gold Condition.
 Laundry work in winter and laundry work in summek are two diametrically different things. In summer clothes can be bleached on he grass and dried in the warm sunshine, and while they are winter for beirg frozen and thawed, there is seldom warmth enough in the depth of wintef to thaw them on the line, and if they are handled in the fro zen state they are apt to crack. For this reason good tiousekeepers will not allow fine table linen to be dried out of doors in the winter, seven though it may be slightlyyellowedS Sby indoor drying. Fine handkerchiefs ars very easily torn. and delicate underwea8 can be ruined mere quickly by being taken from the line and folded when frozen than in any other way.
 If white cotton garments are much stained, freezing will restore them to their proper color, and if there is time they can be left out on the lines until they freeze hard and thaw out, provided they are not handled in frozen state or left to flap about in the wind. Loose ly woven materials, like stockinette, may also be left outdoors on the lines until they are dry enough to bring into the house.
 A large laundry is very useful place in winter, as the clothes can be dried 1 there and the dangers of freezing avoid 1 ed. Such room is also very useful for ironing in hot weather. It should be provided with laundry stove and the fire kept p until the clothes are dried. | Flannels and woolen stockinette ought Ito be dried on wooden frames, which ] any carpenter will make, and which wifi prevent shrinking. This is because the ultimate fibre of wool is spiral, the drawing up and interlocking of the l flores being what constitutes shrinkage In underwear factories the garments are always washed and dried on frames so that they may be offered soft and unshrunken for sale.
 It is much better and easier to scrub soiled flannel with small brush than it is to rub them clean on a board. A lrather stiff brush about four or five inches long is the best article for this purpose. Scrub the hands and seams of heavy woolen shirts, as we'll as those of cotton, in this way This small brush is excellent in washing corsets or any heavy pieces that are difficult to rub on a board. If the brush has small han dle the garments may be more easily cleaned with it.
 Many excellent housekeepers disagree las to the best method of washing white clothes. Some of them prefer to soak ltfeir clothes over night in cold water. iOthers who are equally good managers, lafter examining. each piece to see if
 there are any stains or spots that need lspecial attention, plunge them into boil ling hot soapsuds and let them stand for several hours, or over night. This lat ter method seems to draw out the dirt
 quite thoroughly, as the water itself
 will attest next morning. The clothes
 are then lifted out of this water into
 clean warm water, the few soiled places
 that remain are rubbed out and the
 clothes are put in the boiler to come to
 the boiling point If the water is hard
 tablespoonful of washing soda, but nc
 more, eshould be added to every gallon
 of water in the boiler, the soda being
 first dissolved in a little boiling water
 If 1t is put in without melting it may
 eat hole in the clothes If the water