Take soft water, as warm as you can bear your hands in. Make a strong suds, well blued. In washing fine flannels, wet but one piece at a time; soap the dirty spots and rub with the hands, as washboards full the flannels. When half clean, add three times as much blue as for cotton clothes. Use plenty of soap. When clean, have ready a rinse of the same temperature as the suds, rinse well, wring tight, shake briskly for a few minutes, hang out in a gentle breeze. When nearly dry, roll smooth and tight for an hour or two. Press with a moderately hot iron. If embroidered, press on the wrong side. Flannels washed in this way will look white and clean when worn out, and the quality will look better than when new.