The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-11
THE LAUNDRY
PROBLEM IN SUMMER

In many a household summer is al
ter all far from representing an eco
nomical season of the year, the les
sened coal and gas bills and doctors
and chemists accounts being almost
balanced by the Increase in the cost Cf
laundering. Muslin and cotton dresses.
petticOats. tennis frJcks aud blouses
as vel as lace, lawn ana ribbon stocks
and collars Worn all day ami every DAY
during the hot months may represent
small fortune to the laundry woman
or dry-clIaacr, but To the average
housewife the problem Of keeping down
expenses without m any way stint:Eg
the necessary daily supply o. lipen
becomes a very insistent one. To In
dertake a fair percentage Of the week.
~ wash at home is. after All The
only possible solution Of the Gificnltv
the cost of firing beng probably in
creased only to a ''Omiual extent while
little mana gement of the internal
economy of the house can easily be
made to overcome the difficulty of the
extra work involved. There is no rea-
son. moreover, why d blouse of lawn
lace or muslin, however elaborate.
should not be washed at home as sat
lsfactorlly as It can be done profess
Slonally provided care is taken and tn.
beginner works steadily through the
mill of experience
Dresses or blOuseS of eoiored and
patterned lawn. print and muslin. il
must be remembered, should never be
soaked Tor more than half an hour be
tore they are washed, q little salt he
ing added to the water to prevent the
color from fading. The garments
should then be wrung out of the brine
water and immersed at once in a Iath-
eF or Warm-but not hOt-Water After
thorough squeezing, first on the right
ana then on the reverse they should he
again Wrung out and placed in soft
cold water and then in hard cold Wa
ter and lastly returned to sailed water
GntH they are ready for starching.
should no staTching be required. the
garments may be hung up in the sun
70 dfE. SILK blouses should never be
washed in soda water nor boiled. but
dipped in lather of tepid water and
worked well with the hands. then
squeezed out and laid i'm cold soft wa
ter After pressing with the hands.
the garments should be held in run
hlng Water-and in the case of white
sikh water into which little bIra
and methylated spirit have been
stirred, colored silks recurring the
spirit but no blueing water. White
SILK should never be hung out in the
sun ~ uiys Dut cOlOred silk blouSes
may be put out on theSline for a short
tlme, the best method being. however.
mat OF wrapping the garment up in a
cloth until nearly dry, when it should
be ironed in the usual way.
In starching colored and white
dresses. the mistake must never be
made OF dipping the colored garments
INFO the starch first. while in the lat
ter case a good rule to remember is
that ii is advisable 10 leave them ia |
soak in salt and water until the starch
IS ready. Boiling water starch is best
Tor garments which require a uniform |
Stiffness although cold water starch I
IS preferable for the collars and cuffs /
Of shirts, ETC., the dress in the former /
case being dipped in il while wet while \
the contrary procedure is wisest with /
regard to the cold water starch. All l
colored articles should always he |
roned ON the wrong side, the same |
rule applying TO trimmings of lace
and embroidery, the appearance of
oroderie Anglaise being, in fact. ruined
by ironing on the right side