Show ri DRY BLANKETS IN THE WIND Squeeze Them as Dry as Possible and Hang Very Straight on a Line Blankets after being washed should be dried If possible on a sunny sun-ny day In the open nlr and If there Is plenty of wind so much the better I To prepare n wash for the blankets tako two cakes of white or yellow soap cut them Into rlorcs and dissolve dis-solve them In boiling water on the stove When the soup Is quite melted remove thb saucepan from tho stove ind addto the water two tablespoonfuls tablespoon-fuls of ammonia Tako half of tho prepared liquid and pcur It Into a tub of lukewarm water put In tho blankets let them soak for a quarter of an hour and squeezo nnd press them gently the while Then tako tho rest of the hot soap nUll water wa-ter and put the blankets Into tills tub squeezing them about again Afterward After-ward take them from the tub nml squeeze do not wring tho water out then put blankets Into a tub of clearwater clear-water and rinse them well Take them out and squeeze them ns dry as possible shako them nnd hang them very straight on a lino pulling nnd shaking them periodically while they are drying When they are thoroughly thorough-ly dry air them near a fire and they will be ready to put away |