How To Wash Lace Curtains

Wash and starch. (Boil them in a soapy water. Do not rub. Rinse twice. Use a wringer or squeeze them dry.) Do not iron them out. You may stretch sheets on a clean carpet, fasten down, and pin the curtains on this. Let dry. They will look like new.

How To Wash Linen Or Calico

Make flour-starch of soft water. Thin with cool, soft water and wash the dresses in this without soap. Rinse in thin starch-water, turn wrong-side out, and hang in the shade to dry.

How To Wash Sateen Dresses

To Wash Sateen Dresses use borax water. This method will restore the gloss.

How To Wash Soiled Ribbons And Ties

Rub carefully through a solution of ½ teaspoonful of ammonia to one cup of water. If much soiled put through a second water with less ammonia. Lay between clean white cloths and press until dry. The effect is good.

Pongee requires no more care in washing than a white garment; it will bear hard rubbing if necessary, but it must not be boiled or scalded. Treat it about as you would flannel; let it get quite dry, and if you use a quite hot iron, not hot enough to singe, of course, all the creases will come out, and the silk will look like new. The ironing when wet is the reason of silk handkerchiefs becoming yellow, the hot iron turning the moisture into steam.

Bleaching With Chloride Of Lime

For 5 pounds of unbleached muslin take 1 pound of chloride of lime, over which pour boiling water. Let stand and settle. Have ready in a tub warm, soft water enough to cover the goods, into which strain through a cloth the solution of lime. Stir well, put in the goods, stirring them frequently, and let remain from fifteen to thirty minutes. Wring out, rinse thoroughly and the process is complete.

Coffee-starch for Brown Linen and Black Dress Goods. Make as usual, using carefully strained coffee instead of water. It gives the proper tint and prevents white scales of starch upon the surface. They may also be washed in hay water. Scald hay in the water until it is the proper color.

A Receptacle for Soiled Clothing can be easily made of a small barrel. Clean and line with cambric, covering the outside with cretonne or Turkey red cotton laid on in plaits. Border the top with a ruche of the same. Cover the lid with the same material and screw on a small brass knob in the center. This will be ornamental in a sleeping-room or corner of upper hallway.

How To Wash Red Table Linen

Rub carefully in tepid suds, using a little borax in the water to set the color; rinse well. It must never be ironed, the hot iron fades it more than washing or wear. Pull out carefully and stretch in the proper shape before putting on the line. Dry in the shade, fold, and if wished put under a weight to press. They will retain their color much better than by the old method.

How To Wash Colored Handkerchiefs

Washing and boiling does not fade these, but hot irons do. Be very careful. If ironing could be dispensed with they would remain bright much longer.