Bordered Towels

Bordered Towels should be treated the same as fancy hose, to set the color the first time, and then washed like red table linen.

How To Wash Silk Knit Underwear And Hose

Wash by hand in cool suds of fine castile, or toilet soap, rub very little; press dry in a cloth. Rinse twice; once in clear cold water, again in water tinctured with cream of tartar, or vinegar or alum. Dry quickly, first stretching in shape. Do not iron, press under a heavy book. If the article is black, add a little ammonia, instead of acid to the rinsing water.

How To Set Colors In Wash Goods. Blue

Put 1 ounce of sugar of lead in a pail of water, soak the material in the solution two hours, wring out and dry before washing and ironing. This Will answer for all shades of blue.

Buff Or Gray Linen

A teaspoonful of black pepper stirred into water in which these are washed will prevent spotting. See also Coffee Starch, and to "Wash Linen or Calico.

Black wash goods. A teacupful of lye in a pail of water is said to improve the color of black goods.

Pink Or Green

Vinegar in the rinsing water will brighten these colors, also good for purple and blue. To set green soak in alum water before washing. See that the alum is dissolved. Before washing almost any colored fabrics, it is recommended to soak them some time in water, to every gallon of which is added a spoonful of ox-gall. In washing use a strong milk-warm lather of white bar soap, and put the garments into it, instead of rubbing soap on the material. Rinse twice, putting a large tablespoonful of ox-gall in each water.

How To Clean Kid Gloves

Kid gloves that have been dyed cannot be cleaned; the only remedy is re-dyeing. Benzine or naptha is excellent for cleaning gloves, but is too strong for delicate colors. Stretch them on the hand and apply any cleansing compound, rub always in the same direction, using a bit of sponge or soft flannel. Delicate colors may be cleaned with a sponge dipped in milk and rubbed lightly over white soap; the oily nature of the milk softens the kid.

Black Kids

Black Kids may be renewed by touching all the whitened portions with a mixture of two parts of black ink to 1 part of sweet oil- Keep this in a bottle with a sponge attached to the cork same as the "liquid blacking," which, in an emergency, may be used on gloves also. The ink and sweet oil forms an excellent polish for ladies' and children's kid boots. A crumb of stale bread rubbed over any kind of gloves will often clean them nicely.

Dyeing Gloves Black

Put a large handful of logwood chips into a bowl and cover with alcohol, let stand until it looks strong, at least one whole day. Rub all over carefully with a hit of sponge or flannel, have the glove on the hand, then leadry. Repeat the operation and the glove will be black.

Stained Bed-ticking may be renovated by applying a, paste of raw starch and water to the stained portions and allowing to dry on.

Ironing Boards

Ironing Boards (which no one should be without) may be protected from dust by taking two paper flour sacks, cutting the bottom from one and pasting on the top of the other to form the required length. Slip this over the board when putting away.

Holders

A piece of burlap of convenient size is nice for handling hot pans and kettles with. For ironing holders fold pieces of knit underwear into convenient size and thickness, run together, slip inside the blanket on ironing board to have ready and clean. The tops of worn-out leather shoes, cut in shape and covered, are pice for ironing to keep heat from the hands; Make the cover so it can be removed for washing.

How To Keep Tubs

To Keep Tubs turn over and pour water on the bottom, unless there is a good cellar where they may be kept.

Clothes for Boiling are very much nicer, put in a large bag made of sheeting or muslin, there will then be no danger from, iron rust.