Evening star., 1927-09-09

remain in the turpentlne water Lor
80 minutes before washing. Ink
stains on white or colored garments
can be soaked out with a mixture
Of salt and sweet milk. Use tea
spoonful of salt to nearly han-
glassful of sweet milk. If the ink
has been allowed to dry it will be
necessary to soak the stained part
in the milk for an hour or two. Soak
iodine stains in sour milk for several
hours, according to the size of the
stain. Every trace of the iodine will
disappear if the sour milk is applied
when the stain is still moist.
If a woolen or silk article is badly
soiled. use two parts of clear cold
water to one part gasoline. Squeeze
but do not rub the garment, rinse
in the same mixture and dry in the
shade. Garments so treated look like
new when pressed. To successfully
remove stains from delicate fabrics,
such as voileS. silks. or other goods,
without leaving circles when using
gasoline. place a clean blotter under
the stained part and rub with gaso-
line, then place another blotter on
top and press with hot iron. Water
spots or circles may be removed from
crepe dresses by folding a portion of
the dress over the spot after it has
dried and rubbing briskly together.
To remove grease spots from cloth
put soft blotting paper underneath
and on top of the grease spot, then
draw a hot fiatiron across it two
or three times. The grease will be
absorbed by the paper. Citrate of
magnesia is also valuable for taking
grease stains out of light materials.
Apply it freely to the stain and leave
II for about half an hour, then brush
off lightly with a clean brush. The
magnesia absorbs the grease and
leaves no mark behind.
Chloroform rubbed in repeatedly
with a soft cloth will remove paint
from silk or other fabrics. 1t will not
injure the most delicate fabrics or col
ors. Always have and absorbent cloth
or blottihg paper on the under side to
take up the moisture and grease which
is rubbed out of the spots. To restore
faded plush, lay the plush on a fiat
surface, pour a small quantity of
chloroform on a sponge and rub it
over the pile of the plush. Always
clean with chloroform outdoors.
When washing laces and other fine
fabrics, use heavy glass tumbler or
cup for a miniature vacuum washer.
With good soapy water, the material
may be thoroughly and carefully
rubbing. Pressing the cup up and
down on the cloth or lace makes a
suction that removes all soil. Laces
may be wound around bottle to dry.
Table Linen and Towels.
When laundering table linen the
wearing quality will be preserved and
a greater whiteness will be secured if
the cloths are not hung on the clothes
line to dry. When the tablecloths are
properly washed. boiled and rinsed,
first pass them through a good wiring
er, then spread them on a dry cloth,
and finally roll up tightly. In two
hours they may be ironed if you wish,
or they may be left until the next day
Use very hot irons on the linen and
a beautiful sheen will be impaired to
II. To remove ink stains or peach
stains that have dried in the cloth,
use peroxide of hydrogen. AS soon
as 1t is dry from one application, put
on more until the stain disappears,
then rinse out at once in clear water.
Peach stains may also be removed by
first soaking the stained portion, then
wiring out, cover with cream of tartar,
then lay out in the sun. The stain
will soon disappear. To remove iron
rust, take a slice of lemon about one
fourth inch thick and lay it on the
cloth directly over the iron rust, then
hold it over the steaming spout of a
teakettle until it disappears This is
much quicker way than using salt
and lemon, as it only takes few min.
utes. To remove coffee stains, beat
the yolk of fresh egg until quite
smooth, mix thoroughly with the same
amount OF pure giycerin, ad apply
hberally to both sides of the stained
cloth. Leave on for two hours, then
soak in milk-warm water for one hour,
ana then wash in the usual way, Put
badly soiled towels in cold water to
which has been added half a bar of
shaved-up soap, one teaspoonful of I've.
and two tablespoonfuls of gasoline.
Bring to boil, and after 80 MINUTES
they VIII be snow white. When wash
ing IN sort water or cistern water,
drop a handful of table salt or a
spoonful OF EPSON salts in the bluing
water and clothes will not streak or
turn yellow in ironing. The secret of
keeping a chamois leather cloth soft
is TO wash 1t in warm soapsuds and
rinse 1t in fresh suds, not in clear
water. Pull it out occasionally while
1t is hanging up to dry.
When Ironing.
To save electricity when ironing
place a piece of asbestos under the
pad OF the ironing board. Also use a
mat OF asbestos to rest the iron upon
when not in use, and you will con.
sumo less electricity, as the iron re.
talns its heat for hours when used in
this way. Sew a pad made from the
left glove onto the palm of the right
one and on ironing day you will find
your hand will not blister, while the
fingers and the back of the hand will
be protected from the scorching heat
which is so damaging to the skin. On
ironing day fold cloth several times
to form long, thick pad. When Won
get to the part of a garment where
the buttons are, lay the garment, but.
tons face down, on the pad and iron
on the wrong side. The result is very
satisfactory, besides being quicker
than the old way Of trying TO iron
around each button.
To Brighten and Renew.
To renew faded artificial flowers or
leaves powder ordinary sealing wax
the color desired. place in a glass and
pour over enough denatured alcohol to
cover. Let stand until the sealing
wax is thoroughly dissolved and per-
fectly smooth, then with a small
camers hair paint brush paint the
flowers and leaves with the melted
sealing wax, being careful that the
wax is thin enough to go on easily and
not look gummy. This not only stiff
ems but gives them a lovely gloss,
making them appear new and shiny.
To make pretty frosted effect, mix a
small amount of silver sealing wax
with the other color. Gold may be
used equally as well. Often a very
cheap bunch of cotton flowers appear
to be made Of silk and much more ex-
pensive when treated in this way.
To brighten up or make to look