Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21


the vinegar had touched it was gone. This
was carefully sponged with soda and water
until the color resumed Its norman tone,
when final sponging with fresh water
and pressing made the garment as good as
new again.
In the case of another brown wool dress
worn at a dance. where the back OF the
waist was turned red by the contact OK
hands. the color returned perfectly after
sponging with dilute ammonia.
For wash goods short list of stains with
their "antidotes' runs as follows:
Fresh tea stains, cold water and soap. IT
old and obstinate, soak first in cold water.
squeeze dry, rub with the yolk of an egg
and glycerine, then wash with simple, pure
soap and lukewarm water. Fresh coffee
stains will come out with cold water. Old
ones that have been boiled In need the
same treatment as old tea stains followed
by good bleaching on the grass.
For orange or lemon stains dry diluted
ammonia. Tar or fresh paint will yield to
kerosene, or the article may be soaked in
buttermilk, then rinsed in soapy water For
paint on colored cottons, rub kitchen soap
thoroughly on the spot, then soak In cold
water over night, when the paint will pull
OFF leaving no stain nor injury to the
fabric.
For wine stains try sprinl<ling thickly
with salt then pouring hot water through
the fabric. If the wine is claret, sulphur
match burned under 1t, taking pains not to
scorch the goods. will usually be efficacious
WI man HOUSEWIVES nave little sulphur
sticks which they keep on purpose for such
stains. A buffers rule for removing wine
stains from table linen Is to cover red wine
stains with white wine and vice versa.
An Iodine stain will come out If the fab
ric is soaked in sweet milk with Occa sional
rubbing of the spot.
For blood stains nothing is better than
cold soapsuds, to which kerosene has been
added. Machine oil or vaseline comes out
easily when washed with soap and cold
water.
For chocolate or cocoa soap thickly and
rinse In warm water To remove scorch
dip in soapsuds and spread in the hot sun
shine. 1t may take days. but it will yield
at last. For grass stains soak and rub
the spot in solution of water and cream
of tartar Alcohol or molasses is also said
to be effica cious.
Iron rust is stubborn, but 1t will come
out of white goods with lemon juice, salt
and sunshine. Saturate the spots with the
juice, coat thickly with salt and lay where
the strongest sunlight will fall on it for
five or six hours. IF not of long standing
soak in sweet milk until the milk sours
will cause the stain to disappear. Much
of the iron rust clothing comes from
using inferior blue, whose chemical in
gradients mix with starch and produce
iodide.
Soluble blue bought of reliable chemist
will solve this difficulty. Ten cents worth
will make six quarts of bluing that will
not hurt the clothes. The little balls OF
French blue are also reliable. Tie two or
three of these loosely in a piece of flannel
and move slowly in the bowl of hot water
until the proper tinge is evolved In first
class hand laundries little vinegar is al
ways added to the bluing water to give
1t greater brilliancy A teaspoonful to each
quart of blue is sufficient.
Widowed fabrics, alpaca or cloth as well
as white goods, can be restored by spread
ing thick paste of buttermilk and salt
over the stained portion and laying in the
sun for day Renew the paste every
four hours and repeat the next day If nee
essary Soft soap and powdered chalk are
also effectual.
Ink spots are removed by various things,
according to the nature of the ink. Old
fashioned ink made of tannate of iron
could be removed by immersing in sweet
milk until 1t soured. The writing fluids
now used are generally aniline inks and re-
quire much more heroic treatment.
A Standard Preparation.-A standard
preparation for removing ink or al
most any other obstinate stain Is made
from oxalic acid and lemon Juice. Dissolve
a TABLESPOONFUL of each in pint OF rain
or soft water and keep on hand in a bottle.
Rub the stain with this mixture, but the
moment that 1t disappears wash the fabric
where it was used very thoroughly In clear,
cold water.
Javelle Water.-Javelle water is also an
excellent laundry standby, especially for
the summer, when things get yellowed by
pe-spira ton and stained with fruit, but 1t
should be used with discretion. labeled with
skull and crossbones, and kept high enough
so that children cannot get to 1t. While IL
can be bought at the druggists, 1t can be
made at home at half the cost. Dissolve
four pounds Of washing soda in four quarts
of soft water, boil ten minutes, take from
the fire. and add one pound of chloride OF
lime. Cool quickly, bottle and keep tightly
corked This is very strong and must be
handled with care. When using 1t in the
summer to whiten pillowcases, handker-
chiefs and body linen yellowed by perspira.
ton allow a half teacupful to tub OF
clear cold water. Soak the clothes twenty
mir utes, then rinse thoroughly.
To Clean Mattresses-If the mattress Is
stained put in the sun and cover the spots
with thick paste made by wetting laun-
dry star CHI with cold water. Leave for an
hour or two and then rub Off If not per-
fectly clean. repeat
Fancy denim or cretonne sofa pillow COW
ers can be cleansed In the same way.
Feather Beds and Pillows.-Feather beds
and pillows are also benefited. at this sea-
son. by good airing and freshening on the
grass II there Is smart shower so much
the better. If not the hose may be turned
on them to advantage. AS they dry beat
light with stick. Do not leave out over
night. After they are partially dried the
process may be COMPLETED on a roof or a
ladder laid across supports of some sort.
TYING Comfortahles-If one has a grass
Mot with overhaneine trees. secluded some
what from the public eve. a sDecial 10y Just
now Us the tving Of comfortables out under
the trees This is the verv poetry Of labor.
especiallv wheE the comfortable Is one OF
the pretty cheesecloth ones. light. dainty
ard Ia roe enough TO tuck in"
" the cheeserIoth or chalFe is YARD
wide sixteen ard half wards will be re-
ouired Two rolls of cotton batting and y
cents worth Of Gerroantown wool to match
tie color Of the cloth are also needed. Cut
the cheesacIoth into five breadths. having
one breadth crt IN two So as to give two and
half breadtbs in width on each SIDE.
Stretch one side on the frames and catch IN
Mace Spread the cotton on the cheesecloth
in the frame and cover with the remaining
side. Paste the edges together. then tack
| with the wool. having the knots In rows ten
| or twelve inches anart. This can he done IN
| a few hours esneciaIlv ~ there are several
| at IT, After It Is taken of the tie frames,
! brttonhole the edges tooether-
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