If a small quantity of borax be put in the suds, and the clothes allowed to soak about one-half hour they will be found to require much less rubbing, and no boiling, unless very dirty.

Washing Fluid

One and a half pound lime, (slaked), one pound sal-soda, three gallons of water. Mix and allow it to stand until settled. Pour into glass bottles.

Directions For Use

Soak the clothes about one hour in clean water; wring them, soap them thoroughly, and they are ready to be boiled. Use one cupful of the fluid for a boilerful of clothes. The water must be hot when the clothes are put in. Put the fluid in the water before the clothes. Wash them through the water in which they are boiled, rinse well.

Recipe For Cleaning Goods

Five ounces ammonia, four ounces castile soap (best white), one and a half ounce spirits, one-half ounce glycerine, one ounce ether. Dissolve the soap in four quarts of soft water. Add all the ingredients. Keep corked tight when not using. How to use. Shake thoroughly. Wet the sponge and apply it to the soiled goods, rubbing well. Then take a dry sponge or cloth and rub until dry, or nearly so.