This section is from the book "The Progress Meatless Cook Book", by Carlotta Lake. Also available from Amazon: The Progress Meatless Cook Book.
1 pint deodorized benzine 1 oz. alcohol
1 oz. spirits of ammonia
Shake well, apply with a sponge and rub. When dry, press with a slightly warm iron.
3 drachms sulphuric ether 3 drachms chloroform
6 drachms alcohol 1 quart gasoline
Let the articles to be cleaned remain in the fluid from one to twelve hours. If small pieces are to be cleaned, immerse them in the mixture in a glass fruit jar with the top screwed tightly. Laces, feathers, silks, woolens, etc., clean beautifully in this.
2 buckets lukewarm rain water 1 oz. borax 1 1/2 bars naphtha soap 1 oz. cleaning soda
1 oz. Fuller's earth
Scrub the mixture on the carpet with a scrubbing brush, and wipe dry with clean cloths.
1 quart cold water 10c worth oil of sassafras
1 1/4 cupfuls aqua ammonia 2 teaspoonfuls salt
1 teaspoonful soda
Mix, and add flour till stiff enough to drop from spoon.
Cook in a covered pail set in a kettle of boiling water, stirring often, till done. If the mixture does not stick to the hands when cool, it is done, and can be kneaded into loaves. Rub the wall with pieces of the loaf, using the pieces over and over. Keep the loaves covered when not using.
 
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