Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-18
VALUABLE HINTS ABOUT IAUNDEE.

Dear Sisers of the Corner: Does your laundry contain all of these: Salt, beS rax, turpentine. ammonia washing soda, kerosene, lard, rice, wheat and corn starches, red ink, white and yellow soap, bluing, molasses, lemons, bydroch- lous acid, javelle water, chloride of lime, ] blue green and lavendar dyes?
 In laundering, as well as in other
 household tasks, well begun is half | done" I have sent my way of taking out stains for have tried the recipes l that were in different papers and maga- zines without good results.
 I visited chemist and I found so 1 much depended upon proper sorting, soaking and sother preliminaries before using the different stain removers. First i all stains should be removed from cloth- | ing before it is put in the suds. The logical time to- discover garments requir- ] ing special attention Is whens they are i first removed from the hamper, and dis l tributed on sorting table. When sorting clothes, the fine prices
 that cannot be rubbed should be kept to- gether and washed first. Garments of l silk and wool. which require special methods should be separated from the ! cotton Sand linen fabrics. The white
 clothes which can be boiled are sorted first-delicately tinted ones next, dark :. colored ones last. | Prints that are to be washed for the first time must have colors set by soak ], ing. each garment separately in strong i solution, n cupful of salt to one-half pail lof cofd water. A tablespoon of turpen- tine in one-haH pail of water is especial i 1y effective in setting dark blue. I soak ! cach garment I5 minutes.
 l Now my method is absolutely scien- tic, and if one is able to distinguish the svarions kinds os stains that appear on I clothing their obliteration is practically I certain. 1 have seen so many recipes ] For removing stains that are absolutely
 sure to set Q stain if they diagnose the wrong stain. and then l. is difficult to ! remove, If not impossible. 2. .---. ] And since I sent my stain removal re-
 cipes I have worried for fear they would not be used as they should bed
 1 Heavy grease stains such as tar and axle grease can be dissolved by rubbing lard into the stain, followed by washing i in hot water and soap. Paint, vaselinC l and machine oil should be soaked in tIr-
 peftine or benzine and then washed IT
 cold water and soap: Grass stains are
 the most difficult to remove. but very oft. en yield to bath of clear, cold water
 followed by an application of molasses | which should be left an hour or two then washed off in warm water have had the stain on garment that woult
 not endure that treatment, so rubbed :. it with alcohol with pleasing results For Ink, Stains. and Iron Rust-Covei ], thes spot with salt. moisten with lemon juice, lay In the sun. If the spots ,dt / not disappear after several treatment
 and sometimes they will not) apply a sfeS drops of hydrochloric acid, always usinl , a medicine dropper for the purpose. Rims, quickly in solution of borax water, one , half teaspoon of bprax to pint of water Soak medicine stains in alcohol for sever al hours; then wash in warm water. Powdered borax should be rubbed int fruit stains Then pour boiling wate ! directly on the Stain and it will take l. .out. Some times1they will yield by pour | ing boiling water on them. Blood stains can be washed out wit ! twarm water, Soap and ammonia, If tn material is cotton or linen, boiling an bleaching in the sun will obliterate tn ? tlast traces of discoloration.
 ? Farelle water Is made by dissolvin ! half a pound of washing soda-in one pin !. of boiling water. and adding to 1t whe : fcold quarter of pound of. chlorid c llime that has been mixed and allowe ! Ito settle in 8 pint of cold water. Straf the last mixture before adding to th p solution. Keep corked in. dark blu bottle or jug { Very often garments that cannot .h e fwashed become stained. Tn this evel e Ecover the spots with a paste made d llaundry starch and warm water .applyin z fresh paste after the old has hecon