Evening star., 1915-03-28
WASHING WOOLENS.

Wash woolens by hand and in water
| not too hot, say about los degrees. and
you never will have them shrink or
| look bad. Use good. pure soap. max
| ing lather and rubbing some soap
on the garments if there are spots.
| Rinse in water of the same tempera-
| ture as that in which you washed the
| articles. Before hanging them up to
dry shake them well and while they
are drying shake them again. Many
Of the best woolens, like baby sacques
and blankets, will look like new if this
| plan is followed. Do not iron them,
| and when ironing other woolens, like
underfanuels. use only a moderately
| warm iron. Two potatoes grated In a
| basin of water will also give good re-
suits when washing delicate fannels,
| wooden goods. ribbons, etc.
Five cents worth of soap tree bark
will clean a black wooden skirt. Put
the bark into one gallon of water and
set it on the stove. letting it boil ten
minutes, then strain and pour the
strained water into tub containing
sufficient warm water to wash the
skirt. Rub the skirt thoroughly in this
water. Do not use the board, but rub
the skirt between the hands. Put the
bark strainings back on the stove with
COlu water ana neat IL just warm
enough for rinsing water. Rinse the
skirt in this and hang it out TO dry. When
it is nearly dry, take it from the line and
iron II On the wrong side while it is still
damp. When woolen dress absorbs
perspiration, mix Fullers earth with the
least bit of water containing a few drops
of ammonia Put the paste on the inside
of the sleeves. coating the stain. Allow
it to remain until dry. then brush it off.
| Do not make the mixture SO thin that it
will penetrate the goods
II white serge is not too badly soiied
1t may be dry-cleaned successfully. Place
| in q good sized vessel and cover with
| fine cornmeal or flour. Add half a cup
| OF borax. then wash the garment in the
| meal as though 1t were water. When
clean. shake and brush thoroughly in the
open air II may be necessary to repeat
| this operation
! Sponge a serge suit or dress with hot
vinegar and press in the usual manner.
\ No odor of vinegar will remain, all the
/ shine caused by wear will disappear
and the garment will look like new
4 The vinegar leaves no stain.
good way to press wooden cloths
| is to lay over the garment strip of
| heavy tan linen. such as is used for
mems suitings, and dampen 1T lightly
with wet sponge. Do not dampen
| the garment itself. Press with a hot
iron.
Use large piece of light brown
| wrapping paper to press trousers and
skirts. This does away with water and
damp cloths, and makes plaits and
creases better.
II you wish to wash blankets for the
first time, do not mix them with those
that have been washed before The
water must be just warm, with plenty
Of soap and borax in each of two or
three rfnsing waters. The blankets
have the natural grease Of the wool
as you will see when they get into the
water and IL must be gotten out now
or never. When they have been washed
so that they do not look streaked, put
| them in hotter suds for the Anal one
and rinse in the same temperature
| Have the wringer loose SO as not to
press down the pile too hard. Pull them
in shape and shake hard several times
while drying. Hang outside to dry
| when there is a little wind. Crochet ed
or knit shawls. jackets or caps washed
| in this way and dried on sheet not
hung up. in any warm place. are made
like new.