Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-12


| table salt wet with lemon Juice. As fast
| as IL dries renew the application. In obsti-
nate cases repeat several times. As soon
| as the stain is removed rinse thoroughly.
Wine stains-SprirlIle thickly with salt
| while still wet. II dried. wet with boiling
water. rub thoroughly with salt and pour
more boiling water through
Grass Stains. -Alcohol or inolasses.
Ink Stains.-Dip into boiling water spread
over basin. rub we'll with salts OF sorrel
then rinse thoroughly
lndeifbie Ink.-Soak in a solution OF COM
mon salt then wash with diluted ammonia.
Rlnse we'll Javelie water and a solution
or oxaiic acid Will also remove indelible Ink.
Rinsing must follow Immediately and thor
oughly.
Blood stains.-Soak in cold soapsnds 10
which little kerosene has been added
Miidew--Mix lemon juice with salt, pow
aered starch and softsoap. apply with a
prush and spread on a board or the grass
| In the sun until the stains disappear
Fruit stains.-If fresh. spread over a
basin or tub. then holding a boiling tea
Kettle high over the spots. pour the water
through and stains will disappear as you
| pour If they have been set, try first dip
| ping in sour butternillk and drying in the
sun. III mat does not answer. use a soiu-
uon OF oxalic acid: rinse at once. then wet
the stained spot in ammonia and rinss
again In clear water.
Tea and Coffee Stains. These are easily
| removed when fresh by pouring boiling
water through them. Soap sets the stain.
! IL the stains are OF long standing soak In
glycerine and wash the latter out with cold
water. Chocolate stains may be removed
! in the same way.
| Machine Grease.-These may be removed
| from wash fabrics by cold rain water or
| soda. weak solution of ammonia may
also be used white goods
| Orange AID Lemon Stains.-Use diluted
ammonia.
Fresh Paint.-Try kerosene. vaseIIne or
| machine oil. Then wash with soap and
| cold water.
Wax. resin and tu1pentine pitch may be
removed with pure alcohol Hard pitch
| must be softeued with lard or sturgeon
| OIL then removed with pure turpeutine and
| soap.
Wash Blankets Before Putting Away
| May is also the month for washing and
| packing away winter blankets. Some
| housewives prefer the dry cleaning process,
! thinking 1t less hard on the blanket. Most
women, however vastly prefer thoroughly
washing and drying in the fresh air. IL
this is properly done the blankets will come
out as soft and feecy as when new.
| II there are spots on the blankets. il is
wise precaution before washing to haste
a thread of white earning cotton round
them so that there will be no difficulty in
seeing where the spots are. after the
| blanket is under water. Now prepare a
tub of luke warm suds The soap should
blankets are immersed The soap must not
be the yellow. resinous kind that hardens
the wool. If the water is hard, soften It
with little boraX. Now put the blankets.
one at n time. in the water and let stand
about twenty minutes. Then sop and
squeeze and press through the hands until
they look clean. Have in readiness a sec
ond tub half full of slightly soapy water
OF the same temperature as the first.
Wiring out the blanket from the first water
either with a wringer or by pressing with
the hands Dit must not be twistedl. drop
into the second tub. Proceed in the same
way here, then rinse in clear water of the
same temperature, a little more than luke
warm. Shake and hang lengthwise in a
"a her Before
ting away for summer, rebind II necessary.
then pack away in paper or muslin bags or
a cedar chest.
Washing White Counterpanes-Was in
plenty OF hot soapsuds rinse thoroughly
and blue. Hang in the sunshine, pinnng
evenly on the line, until almost dry While
still slightly damp, fold evenly twice or
more and lay on the ironing board or
kitchen table, covered with a sheet. then
smooth out with the hands until perfectly
free from wrinkles. Place over 1t now
heavy board with a clean cloth between
board and counterpane, then weight 1t with
several irons and leave for twelve or thlr.
teen hours. Take off the weights and IL
not perfectly dry hang over the clothes
horse or line until II IS.
Washing Crocheted or Knitted Wool
Garments wash the Shetland shawl or
other feecy wrap in which the summer slri
delights make a strong suds with white
soap and soft water, put in the article 10
be cleansed and sop and squeeze unth ap-
parently clean; in no case rub or wiring
which will make them stringy Have
ready a second tub full of slightly soapy
water of the same temperature and third
OF clear rinsing water. also of the same
temperature and slightly blued. Put the
garment through the three waters. squeez-
ing from the last water dry as possible.
Put into a clean pan or on a big earthen
platter then set In the warming oven OF me
rranpe turning over occasionally until per-
fectiy dry. When lifting. take hold of the
whole fabric not one side, which would
pull II out of shape.