Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-03

For the second step make starch
| of medium Stiffness, using a quarter
Of a cupful of starch to two quarts
of boiling water. and add four quarts
of cold water as before. Subject the
] garment to a second washing in this
mixture. This second step may De
omitted if the garments are put
| slightly soiled.
| AS a third step. rinse the garments
| thoroughly in an abundance OF coio
water, changing the water two or
three times and swishing the things
about as if it were necessary to get
every particle of the starch out. DO
not be afraid; the starch will not all
come out, and after drying in the
! shade and ironing the dresses will
be delicateIy crisp. the color will be
| uninjured and they will have exactly
| the finish of new goods. No other
method of washing. even when there
is no necessity for preserving the
color. will give so perfect a finish
after ironing as will this method OIL
washing in starch.
| Very much soiled garments require
| twice the quantity of starch IN the
first step of the process. but thin
| lawns and organdies are seldom SUI
as that. Heavier colored cottons.
| especially pinks. violets or green's
which are likely to change tint in
| the wishing. must never be soaked.
boiled, rubbed with soap, or touched
by washing fluids. These garments
| There are simple fixatives by which
1 many delicate shades may be made
permanent. For all shades OF mauve.
heliotrope or violet immense your
garment or goods in mixture of
turpentine and water. in the pro,
portion Of one to three. Let it stand
an hour or two. then wiring, allow
| it to become perfectly dry, and wash
as usual For green, use two ounces
Of alum in gallon of water, and
proceed. in the same way: FOR PINK,
use two tablespoonful of vinegar to
a quart of water. Thse fixatives can
| be applied before you make up your
| goods, or after the garments have
| been made and worn. They will not
| insure against changes caused by
| sunlight, but they Will insure against
| those due to soap.
| How to Clean Laces.-l.ace That IS
| too delicate to be washed in the usual
| way can be cleaned in this way: Make
a strong soapsuds of some good soap
| with a pinch of borax added. and al
low the lace to remain in it for sew
| eral hours, although it is well to
| shake it out occasionally. A wide
mouthed bottle is most convenient to
handle. When the lace is Thoroughly
! soaked, let the soapy water out OF the
| bottle and keep adding clean water
!, until the soap has all been removed
| from the lace. Do not handle the lace
| at all: shaking the bottle Will rinse
| IT thoroughly. II the lace is narrow,
| wind it round bottle that has been
| covered with piece OF sort nahnei'
| and do not remove it until 1t IS dry.
IL it is too wide to care for In that
| way, dry it on a large cushion. FIRST
| cover the cushion with a heavy towel
| then pin the points OF the lace IN
place and allow it to dry. 1t is better
\ II tins m
| the danger from rust. When dry. the
| lace will look like new
| The Way to Wash a Wool sweater,
| Scarf or Other Knitted or Crocheted
| Woof Garment-Make good suos
with some soap known WIZ 20 ce s1I to to
| have the water not too hot. Place tne
| article in a pillowcase or cheeseclotn
| bag. and let it lie in the soapy water
| for five or ten minutes. DO not ruO'
but press and squeeze the soapy W." a.
ter ont of it until appears 10 oe
| clean Then rinse in water the same
| tamnerafure as the suds, leaving a
little soap in the rinsing water. as
| this leaves the wool In sou conu,
| ton. Hang the bag with tne aruI.e
in it in the sun ana no, WI" IN ra,,n% to he
and when dry it Will De 1ouno " VIC
| in it's original shape. pa--
rhines That Are Necessary for FER
feet Ironing-First, of all come LA
irons. For varied work there snou,a
be three kinds-the ordlna.y s1en-
der double-pointed iron for sleeves
and narrow places, and q tiny iron ior
amalI detail work, especially on Da-
bies' clothes n 70 have
I As for boards. it is wen 70 nas 9
several-a narrow one for skirts,
s1eeve hoard. a little oval affair held
nm in the air by two supports SO ina ina.
the article can hang free. ana elther E
! small rolling-pin or plece " ~
broomstock, padded and covered, "
slip into tight, closed plsI ndara to
sic heavily padded, for ironing en-
hroidared nieces, or the padding may
he kent ready to slip on one OF the
other boards. r,,h-
| Sticky irons can be avoided by rup-
| bling the hot irons on sneet VI ,sc
| sandpaper and then polishing on mus
lin or newspaper. II the iron Is bees-
waved after this it cannot stick.
| Snrinkling by hand is often unsat.
| isfactory, one portion OF the garment
receiving an undue amount OF mos.
ture. and another remaining almost
drv The best way is to use tiny
watering-pot' with a fine spray. TINS
! moistens the clothes evenly and thor.
oughly, and renders the, process OF
! ironing easier.
| "A good many housekeepers do not
wash and iron mems shirts and col
| lars and cuffs unless they are of the
soft. unstarched variety. because they
do not know how to prevent the starch
| from forming Jumps or the fabric
from blistering. They VIII be inter,
ested to learn that if they put lard
| in the starch-a heaping tablespoon
full to about two quarts Of thick
starch, or to four quarts of starch
! thinned for use-the linen will look
as we'll as If it had been done up by
.
do not like high polish on their col
lars and cuffs. but If they do desire
it. lump of paraffin in the hot starch
mixture will produce it.
| A pleated garment can be more
easily ironed. and the pleats will stay
in place better, If each pleat is pin
ned to the board in position before it
is pressed. 1t is very little work to
DO this, and the result is most sat
isfactory, especially in the case of
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