Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
HOUSEHOLD BLEACHES.
Simple Preparations Needed Daily In
Everv Family to Remove Stains.

There are certain bleaching or cleaning
| preparations frequently quoted, and. indeed.
most convenient that many housekeepers
would do we'll to know how to mix or to
have on hand. Javelle water is one of these.
and is made by dissolving one-half pound
of washing soda in pint of boiling water.
Put a quarter Of a pound of lime into
quart of boiling water and dissolve: Then
mix the two compounds. stir thoroughly
and pour off the clear portion. Bottle and
keep in a dark place.
This Is used to bleach white things, and
will take the color from any other. To ap-
ply 1t, wet the stain in clear water and
pour a little OF the javelle into a basin.
Into this put the stain, taking great care
that no more of the material gets into the
bleach. With a spoon or other thing hold
the material SO the stain is covered and
watch it every moment AS soon as the
spot begins to fade remove from the bieach
and plunge quickly into soapy water and
wash thoroughly. The danger with this
| bleach is it's great strength that will eat
| out the material If 1t stays in the liquid too
! long. Too much care cannot be taken IN
| the washing afterward with soap.
A white straw hat may be bleached by
wipng with javelle water and then wiping
over quickly again with clear water. Dry
in the dark.
The bottle containing this should be
marked poison.
A solution of oxalic acid is considered
best by laundresseS for removing iron rust
in white clothes, and it will bleach yell
lowed linens. To mix. put four ounces of
the crystals into half a pint of cold water
Cork and shake at intervals until dissolved
To use put gill into two gallons of boiling
water and rinse the cloth to be bleached
before 1t is washed.
To remove iron rust put few drops on
the spot and watch with javelle water.
Oxalic acid, too Is poisonous and should
not be used If the hands are scratched.
Add two parts of cream of tartar to one
Of lie acid orr
dry in bottle. You will find by applying
little of the powder that the result is
quick. Wash out in clear warm water to
prevent injury to the goods.
1t must not be forgotten that a final
bleach in the sun greatly aids the correct
work Of any of these things.
A little kerosene used in boiling white
clothes does not give odor and is a gen.
tie bleach. A tablespoonful to the gallon is
quite enough.
A laundress will find this preparation in
valuable for very yellow or dirty things
Make mixture of pint each of lime
water, turpentine and kerosene. Shake and
add a half a pint to boiler full of clothes
and let them cook half an hour Wash
them in good soapy water.
Lime water clear will sometimes remove
grease from cloth, but it should be washed
out afterward in clear water.
The most harmless and sure remover of
ink from any linen or material is to soak
1t in milk. AS fast the milk becomes
colored. the spot should be wrung and put
into a fresh quantity. This will take hours.
but it will work without damage.
The use of gasoline or naphtha Is not
quite understood by many women who
handle it. When possible the whole article
should be immersed and squeezed repeated
ly under the liquid AS fast one bath Is
soiled the article should be put into a fresh
one. repeating this until the last is clear.
Shake the article quickly and hang at once
in shape in the air to dry.
If only a spot is to be removed. back 1t
with a clean piece of cloth and with an
other piece wet with naphtha rub the stain
briskly. Turn the wet cloth constantly
that the dirt will not be rubbed back in
Wet often as necessary until the spot
disappears. Let this dry in the sun or air
II a ring remains. hold 1t before the steam
from a boiling kettle, which will remove
the discoloration. Do not forget that these
two cleansers are explosives.