451. To Clean Worsted Reps

451.    To Clean Worsted Reps. Worsted rep sofas, and worsted furniture of any kind, are freshened by dusting damp Indian meal over them, and rubbing off with a stiff brush. Dry bran is said to answer the same purpose, or very light, dry snow, not suffered to melt on the surface. A large sheet should be spread under each piece of furniture, as it is cleaned, to catch the falling litter.

452. To Clean Table-Covers of Cotton and Worsted, Silk and Worsted, or Printed Cloth

452.    To Clean Table-Covers of Cotton and Worsted, Silk and Worsted, or Printed Cloth. Dissolve 1 bar of the best mottled soap in 4 gallons of scalding water, with 1 pound of pearlash in it. Have 3 tubs ready, and put in the first, 1 pail of cold water and 3 gallons of soap liquor; in the second, 1 pail of cold water and 2 gallons of soap liquor ; and in the third, 2 pails of cold water and 1 gallon of soap liquor. In another tub have 6 pails of cold water, with a table-spoonful of oil of vitriol in it. If the cover is cotton and worsted, wash and wring it through the three soap-waters; rinse it five minutes in the vitriol tub, and wring out of cold, clear water; fold it up smoothly to drain, and hang it to dry without wringing.

For a silk and worsted cover use three soap-waters ; rub it well, and, instead of the vitriol, put a pound of common salt in 2 pails of water, and work the cloth well in this. Rinse it in 2 cold waters after the salted one, and hang it to dry in a warm room.

A printed cloth wash through three soap-liquors ; if one has a variety of table-cloths, of different mixtures, they may be put through the same suds in the order given in these directions, using different rinses for each. Give the printed cloth, after the last soap-liquor, two cold waters, with a table-spoonful of vitriol in each; after these, a cold, clear water. Fold and drain it, and dry quickly in a warm room, or the colors will run into one another. To press table-cloths, lay them under a damp sheet, and iron with a heavy iron.

453. To Clean White Jean Boots

453.    To Clean White Jean Boots. If you have not boot-trees, stuff the boot as full as possible with common cotton wadding or old rags, to prevent any creases; then mix some pipe-clay with water to rather a stiff paste, wash the jean boots with soap and water and a nail brush, using as little water as possible to get the dirt off. When they look tolerably clean, rub the pipe-clay with a flannel well over them and hang them to dry. "When dry, beat out the superfluous clay with the hand and rub them till they look smooth. Flake white may also be used.

454. To Clean White Kid Boots

454.    To Clean White Kid Boots. If the kid boots are not very soiled they may be cleaned in the following manner: Put 1/2 ounce of hartshorn into a saucer, dip a bit of clean flannel in it and rub it on a piece of white curd soap; rub the boots with this, and as each piece of flannel becomes soiled, take a fresh piece; the boots will look like new.